tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10217302.post113095036389194721..comments2024-03-21T03:45:48.679-05:00Comments on Enter the Rainbow: ... Okay, but how do you FEEL?Andy B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/05944614269873479581noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10217302.post-1131384312447682282005-11-07T11:25:00.000-06:002005-11-07T11:25:00.000-06:00Dear Eye,Yes, I know about this powerful undertaki...Dear Eye,<BR/>Yes, I know about this powerful undertaking. But I did not know they had a website. Check it out:<BR/>http://www.showerofstoles.org/<BR/>Thanks for the reminder.<BR/>- ABAndy B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05944614269873479581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10217302.post-1131369871516830432005-11-07T07:24:00.000-06:002005-11-07T07:24:00.000-06:00Andy, are you familiar with the Shower of Stoles? ...Andy, are you familiar with the Shower of Stoles? Just curious.EyeRytStufhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05490634373460113381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10217302.post-1131121799445311882005-11-04T10:29:00.000-06:002005-11-04T10:29:00.000-06:00I DO kick ass!! Brother I wish I had your clarity...I DO kick ass!! Brother I wish I had your clarity of mind and levity in situations like this. I just react and leave it. But the truth is, I was pissed. I've always been proud of being a United Methodist. This week I am ashamed, they took something away from me and, more importantly, from that person. <BR/><BR/>kicking ass, little broBradhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07427946383017171929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10217302.post-1131080573526381962005-11-03T23:02:00.000-06:002005-11-03T23:02:00.000-06:00A verse for you throughout this:Romans 8:38-39 (NI...A verse for you throughout this:<BR/>Romans 8:38-39 (NIV)<BR/>For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the <B>present nor the future</B>, nor any <B>powers</B>, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.<BR/><BR/>I think blood has been spilled, too many people spewing garbage from all camps. Yet it is probably good to get it out there, express your feelings, but then we (and I do mean WE) have to work towards some form of reconciliation. God have mercy upon all of us if we do not continue to pray, to talk, to try, and to try harder.<BR/><BR/>Pax,<BR/>Stephenmethodist monkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09969578733912538184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10217302.post-1131057714557644812005-11-03T16:41:00.000-06:002005-11-03T16:41:00.000-06:00Way to go, Erin! And I'm sorry, Andy, that you got...Way to go, Erin! And I'm sorry, Andy, that you got my wanting-to-look-altogetherness. And I am so pleased that you have seen some value in your brother's way of approaching life. It does have some merit. cbAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10217302.post-1131039898373392582005-11-03T11:44:00.000-06:002005-11-03T11:44:00.000-06:00My heart is broken too, Andy. All I can pray is t...My heart is broken too, Andy. All I can pray is that we not remain silent... that we always keep the conversation alive, even if others would kill it.<BR/><BR/>I stand with you on the arbitrariness of the decisions that shoot people down.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10217302.post-1131028604242561072005-11-03T08:36:00.000-06:002005-11-03T08:36:00.000-06:00I don't have any suggestions right now, Andy, exce...I don't have any suggestions right now, Andy, except that I want to share a prophetic quote that Keith Taylor posted over on Beth Quick's blog, and I wish for every UM paying attention to Judicial Council rulings to meditate on it:<BR/><BR/>"And what can hurt the Methodists, so called, but the Methodists? Only let them not fight one another, let not brother lift up sword against brother, and 'no weapon formed against them shall prosper.'" -- John Wesley, May 29, 1764DogBloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16188110384649189032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10217302.post-1130992845289955182005-11-02T22:40:00.000-06:002005-11-02T22:40:00.000-06:00I read your previous entry earlier this evening, a...I read your previous entry earlier this evening, and despite being at a friend's house, I had to comment.<BR/><BR/>Then I thought more about it on the way home, and thought I should add a thing or two (mostly sarcastic stuff like, "Yes, what the Civil Rights movement needed was to know when everyone was tired of talking about it, and to just sit down and stay in it's place.").<BR/><BR/>Then, through the use of some crazy wormhole, you put this post up (it says you did this at 10:07 this morning, which means either I blacked out for a long time or you are having time-posting issues. Occam's Razor demands I stick with the latter.<BR/><BR/>So I'm sad for your heart, and I don't want to say all my sarcastic angry things now.<BR/><BR/>If my ignorant understanding of quantum physics is correct, there's a lot of quantum realities for us to choose from where in the future your heart's pain has helped lead to a time where lots of people aren't feeling so worthless.<BR/><BR/>Does that help any?<BR/><BR/>I don't blame you if it doesn't. I haven't found my lame understanding (which is to say a movie-level understanding) of quantum physics has never brought me a lot of comfort.<BR/><BR/>Well, thanks for caring, anyway. It means something to those of us who know.<BR/><BR/>--A.H.f.P.P.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10217302.post-1130991696559829802005-11-02T22:21:00.000-06:002005-11-02T22:21:00.000-06:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.EyeRytStufhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05490634373460113381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10217302.post-1130991561410686812005-11-02T22:19:00.000-06:002005-11-02T22:19:00.000-06:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.EyeRytStufhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05490634373460113381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10217302.post-1130991354246588262005-11-02T22:15:00.000-06:002005-11-02T22:15:00.000-06:00That's more like it Andy. The three part series t...That's more like it Andy. The three part series telling me I was an ideolouge wasn't very revealing. I've always valued my own views over others, rightly or wrongly. However, I have put some effort and thought and prayer into those views. What I know is that 'devaluing people based on arbitrary critera' is against everything American and Christian that I have ever learned. It makes me angry. And sad.Seamheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16281681151691962356noreply@blogger.com