tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7738491514776990176.comments2023-03-13T12:26:22.435-04:00...for the innumerable benefitsSnarky Anglicanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12447943386562605651noreply@blogger.comBlogger175125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7738491514776990176.post-18290457302538666222018-05-05T21:03:09.311-04:002018-05-05T21:03:09.311-04:00Preach! Preach! Elizabeth Kaetonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06787552280232329081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7738491514776990176.post-10209519649553686672018-05-04T14:11:07.390-04:002018-05-04T14:11:07.390-04:00Your post has been featured in the RevGalBlogPals ...Your post has been featured in the RevGalBlogPals "Friday Festival" this week. You can find it on the RevGals website www.RevGalBlogPals.org. I would have tagged you on the post in the RevGalBlogPals Facebook group as well, but I don't have any other name for you than "Snarky Anglican." Barbara Bruneauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06700850718746361073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7738491514776990176.post-45027856383545215702015-06-27T22:32:17.314-04:002015-06-27T22:32:17.314-04:00I heard a great reflection by a Russian Orthodox t...I heard a great reflection by a Russian Orthodox theologian (and you know they are not just automatically ecumenical in their outlook) where he acknowledged that even if you are SURE that the Body of Christ is absolutely congruent with the church body to which you belong, you never DARE say to another Christian of any stripe "I have no need of you." It was very moving. Thank you for this!Crimson Ramblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13020190454645032359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7738491514776990176.post-30590539106972641982015-02-05T20:30:19.172-05:002015-02-05T20:30:19.172-05:00Thanks for shedding some light on this issue.Thanks for shedding some light on this issue.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7738491514776990176.post-70148910649278640802015-02-03T16:53:09.498-05:002015-02-03T16:53:09.498-05:00Amen Adrien! I pray this whole tragic situation in...Amen Adrien! I pray this whole tragic situation in our diocese can bring us to our knees to acknowledge we are powerless over alcohol and our corporate life has become unmanageable.Snarky Anglicanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12447943386562605651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7738491514776990176.post-8957568432170254262015-02-03T16:01:21.999-05:002015-02-03T16:01:21.999-05:00Thank you Angel. We need Al-anon for the church c...Thank you Angel. We need Al-anon for the church community that continually enables alcoholics and does not intervene on behalf of life and health.adrienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13701717022151975019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7738491514776990176.post-44414744819271443272014-09-30T11:35:51.222-04:002014-09-30T11:35:51.222-04:00I am a UCC pastor. Stained glass ceiling exists he...I am a UCC pastor. Stained glass ceiling exists here, too. Harder for women to find a job and advance to senior positions. I haven't had seriously defend myself and my call in a while, and am always startled by the continued discrimination. Keep the faith!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09860845287600446857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7738491514776990176.post-71581195966965477552014-08-15T19:34:28.331-04:002014-08-15T19:34:28.331-04:00I love your "reaction boxes" BTW -- and ...I love your "reaction boxes" BTW -- and I thank you for your reflection on "the news" but none of it is new, of course... kind of shamefacedly grateful that the second-biggest story hereabout, earlier in the week, was that a lady in a high-priced neighbourhood not far off away was frightened -- hissed at -- by a Wild Animal under her front porch. It turned out to be a badger. She's not sure, at last report, whether it's still there or not.Crimson Ramblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13020190454645032359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7738491514776990176.post-79914819213984520382014-08-15T12:54:30.703-04:002014-08-15T12:54:30.703-04:00Amen.Amen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7738491514776990176.post-2339666530029905702014-03-05T16:21:02.904-05:002014-03-05T16:21:02.904-05:00Well said! Sin is something that comes with humani...Well said! Sin is something that comes with humanity. If we repented of our humanity, what would we have...inhumanity?Mary Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02970052534402740820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7738491514776990176.post-49148656185712785872014-01-02T13:14:03.784-05:002014-01-02T13:14:03.784-05:00Anjel! Happy New Year, my friend. I know it'...Anjel! Happy New Year, my friend. I know it's kinda out of your AO, but we need you http://trinitywaterloo.episcopalmaryland.org/<br /><br />I have no idea how this works, but maybe you could shoot me an email?<br /><br />whitehead.jennifer@gmail.comJennifer Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05612156207001150050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7738491514776990176.post-32027601283616791852013-12-18T15:17:04.210-05:002013-12-18T15:17:04.210-05:00You go, Passs-tore! You go, Passs-tore! The Reverend Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14528884172827053976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7738491514776990176.post-55997852087705123112013-11-06T16:50:24.592-05:002013-11-06T16:50:24.592-05:00Thank you Becki+. Fortunately for this family, the...Thank you Becki+. Fortunately for this family, they found a wonderful church family to help them raise their two daughters.<br /><br />I've since been approached by another family who, instead of taking my counsel and finding a church home (or returning to our congregation), chose to make me the "bad priest" because I refused to baptize their daughter - even after I spent several hours in conversation with them in their home explaining why I don't baptize children whose parents are not committed to attending church regularly.<br /><br />Baptism means something ... and it does make demands on parents. I take those vows as seriously as marriage vows. Would that all couples with children did.Snarky Anglicanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12447943386562605651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7738491514776990176.post-43290251731070101282013-11-06T13:13:16.469-05:002013-11-06T13:13:16.469-05:00Anjel, This is a wonderful piece and captures well...Anjel, This is a wonderful piece and captures well so much of what too many think about baptism. Glad you stuck to what's right with that family. Not the popular or easy path, but the right one, and it bore good fruit.Becki+noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7738491514776990176.post-59346763839630253262013-11-05T23:44:54.102-05:002013-11-05T23:44:54.102-05:00All that and a bag of chips!All that and a bag of chips!Snarky Anglicanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12447943386562605651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7738491514776990176.post-87773594238276883632013-11-05T22:17:32.768-05:002013-11-05T22:17:32.768-05:00and yet you don't seem all that busy. SNORTand yet you don't seem all that busy. SNORTAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07072042083868686206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7738491514776990176.post-26774401327629912152013-10-06T20:53:34.481-04:002013-10-06T20:53:34.481-04:00such a sad story...and such a hard memory.such a sad story...and such a hard memory.Crimson Ramblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13020190454645032359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7738491514776990176.post-14741195105928124072013-07-16T07:46:14.502-04:002013-07-16T07:46:14.502-04:00what Ginger says - we just don't know.
My hea...what Ginger says - we just don't know.<br /><br />My heart ached when I read this ...Anonymoushttp://stf.writeouts.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7738491514776990176.post-19608035740707931512013-03-21T19:44:36.014-04:002013-03-21T19:44:36.014-04:00I am so terribly sorry you feel you didn't rec...I am so terribly sorry you feel you didn't receive any encouragement in your faith journey. That is truly heartbreaking.<br /><br />You are right: this isn't about punishment, discipline or correction. It is about love and sadly, it appears you didn't feel this from your faith community.<br /><br />My point in writing this is that Jesus cares for far MORE than just your feelings (although feelings are a part of who we are). Perhaps this got lost in my words.<br /><br />Christ cares for the whole of you and your salvation. I pray you find a faith community where you can receive encouragement rather than a list of "do's and don'ts." Do's and don'ts are not what Christianity is all about.Snarky Anglicanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12447943386562605651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7738491514776990176.post-10920579572241612322013-03-15T19:19:24.464-04:002013-03-15T19:19:24.464-04:00I read your article and would like to ad this : Th...I read your article and would like to ad this : There are some of us who have had be childhoods and made bad choice along the way because it was all we knew...I am one of them.But then I became a Christian and gave up my old ways, friends, music, etc...try to do what please God etc...only thing is this...God NEVER encouraged me along the way...never cared for my feelings or showed it in anyway in tangible ways that would help me go on...Where am I now ? I am not walking with God now.....I am lost and with no direction in life...trapped ! I needed Jesus to care about how I feel also for me to trust him fully...but he never showed that to me ! I needed some encouragement to know I was on the right track...never got that either ! Anyone know what it feels like to have no direction in life or encouragement from your own God ? Parents that LOVE their children encourage them along the way....they also tell them the truth even when it hurts for their own good....but they encourage them and help if they can...everyone needs a little real help in life ! Imagine is no doors opened up for you to better yourself ? Imagine doing the right things and nothing good happens in your life ? Or maybe you stand by God and loose your job to keep his Sabbath day holy and take that stand...only to lose your job and not be able to find another ? I lost my job for trying to keep the sabbath day Holy to honor God ! I prayed for help and everything in my life fell apart on top of losing my job...I never felt so alone in my life and betrayed ! I went down hill after that and now live in poverty and depression..I cry all the time.People at church seemed to say nice things but mostly cared for their own lives...words only kind of support !When you turn to God and want to change your life and walk with him...and never get encouragement or help when needed you end up giving up as I did ! I suffered a horrible and hard childhood and never had encouragement growing up and never had affection or love either...my feeling were ignored and never validated either ! If Jesus really does care for my life, my future, my character etc....He would do well to consider my feelings also.....because if he doesn't I might as well end my life ! A part of loving someone is caring about how they feel also and helping ....or you end up being a hard, heartless taskmaster with no compassion !I feel abandoned by God and unloved and for this reason I am in deep depression and lost....this means returning to my bad behaviors and saying things out of the pain and hurt that are <br />wrong ! I just want to die and give up......I need more than words from God...more than punishment and discipline or correction.... only if God gave me love , real help, care about my feelings and thoughts , my dreams and hopes and he would have won my heart forever !Adults who grow up up the way I do need more than a taskmaster....we need love, encouragement, tangible help and care for our feelings to blossom onto healthy adults.....Only wish jesus knew this as I would be healthy now and have hope !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7738491514776990176.post-67953202959952754832013-03-11T19:57:45.073-04:002013-03-11T19:57:45.073-04:00My thoughts exactly Ginger. More prayer and less w...My thoughts exactly Ginger. More prayer and less words. Snarky Anglicanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12447943386562605651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7738491514776990176.post-89891902720648027342013-03-11T19:55:35.138-04:002013-03-11T19:55:35.138-04:00I wonder if we ever know when we've shared our...I wonder if we ever know when we've shared our last words with someone. It makes my heart ache to recall some of the things that I've said or decisions I have made in the past when I realize they were last words.<br /><br />I try now just to be a presence or a prayer or maybe a touchstone for the Holy. That's really all I have. Sometimes the best word is a golden, gentle, silence. Gingernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7738491514776990176.post-17624058799782500022012-11-10T06:49:18.581-05:002012-11-10T06:49:18.581-05:00You are welcome Jeremy. I hope you'll hold on ...You are welcome Jeremy. I hope you'll hold on to this icon's message in those times when things feel dark or stuck in your life. Blessings!Snarky Anglicanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12447943386562605651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7738491514776990176.post-91781535320063284642012-11-09T22:39:43.772-05:002012-11-09T22:39:43.772-05:00Thank you for posting this. Such a beautiful icon...Thank you for posting this. Such a beautiful icon and a powerful message that it displays.Jeremiahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14346743448633131917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7738491514776990176.post-92161988605105685532012-06-14T19:37:47.175-04:002012-06-14T19:37:47.175-04:00I hear you Woodie. I just find myself looking at t...I hear you Woodie. I just find myself looking at the places where we might be tempted to romanticize the life of Jesus. His family of origin often gets reduced to a caricature which isn't helpful. I can see hints in this story that Jesus' family just don't know what to do with him and he's not living up to the expectations of culture and his earthly family.<br /><br />Gregory Nazianzus said, "What is not assumed is not healed." He was speaking in terms of Jesus assuming the totality of our humanity and its condition so that it all gets healed and redeemed through the cross. I think the complexities of our families, the good, bad and ugly, all get assumed in Jesus so that it all gets healed.Snarky Anglicanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12447943386562605651noreply@blogger.com