tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518800171649154035.post6993609852540238283..comments2024-01-30T05:22:06.674-08:00Comments on A Majority of Two: There Are No Rules...Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03382221688268676914noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518800171649154035.post-82885052009107212142010-06-30T15:01:21.272-07:002010-06-30T15:01:21.272-07:00all i know is whatever happens in the hereafter ha...all i know is whatever happens in the hereafter has to be different than what we have now. <br /><br />i lost my daughter a year ago so i am not sure what i think. when i hear the "jesus died for your sins" stuff i want to scream because my daughter died too. i don't expect the whole world to pay the price for it.<br /><br />i know that is not what the message is about. i am speaking as a mother. <br /><br />beautiful pictures by the way.Have Myelin?https://www.blogger.com/profile/05704037582961814202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518800171649154035.post-6780837155745394902010-06-29T08:39:04.914-07:002010-06-29T08:39:04.914-07:00Well said. I couldn't agree with you more! I w...Well said. I couldn't agree with you more! I was raised Catholic and I questioned everything. So much of it just didn't make sense to me. I have no need or desire for organized religion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518800171649154035.post-49366499754468932392010-06-29T06:43:10.749-07:002010-06-29T06:43:10.749-07:00A very wise priest, indeed. Must learn more about...A very wise priest, indeed. Must learn more about this denomination. Lovely church, too. Thanks for the uplifting photos. :-)Lauriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18338983050389000985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518800171649154035.post-82149831438192598992010-06-29T05:29:58.356-07:002010-06-29T05:29:58.356-07:00AMEN! Although I now go to a contemporary service ...AMEN! Although I now go to a contemporary service and enjoy it, I can find God in the details in nature more easily. My daughter;s wedding was on the lawn of a golf club at sunset. Just as we assembled for the ceremony, the sun started shining through the tall pines along the fairway and it was a spectacular light show. To me it said that God was there and approved their union.kenjuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342414519714356343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518800171649154035.post-5760826617546090062010-06-28T23:50:24.093-07:002010-06-28T23:50:24.093-07:00I agree. Most churhes are getting older and older ...I agree. Most churhes are getting older and older as the young people don't want to go anymore. A lot of the older people hang on to the old church traditions and its turning away the younger crowds.Firefly the Travel Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03278794823093520621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518800171649154035.post-16995423990455447242010-06-28T23:00:26.742-07:002010-06-28T23:00:26.742-07:00You're right, we can find the God every where....You're right, we can find the God every where...I agree with you...very very nice a post...rather than the bigger church...i think...thanks...nomorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05115872534623500806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518800171649154035.post-6250240943403943002010-06-28T21:07:48.637-07:002010-06-28T21:07:48.637-07:00Amen!
Aloha from Waikiki
Comfort SpiralAmen!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Aloha from Waikiki<br /><br /><a href="http://comfortspiral.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Comfort Spiral</a>Cloudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05853753108637831069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518800171649154035.post-32984827720199687822010-06-28T17:51:58.548-07:002010-06-28T17:51:58.548-07:00Well, Jesus said that there were 2 rules. 1. love...Well, Jesus said that there were 2 rules. 1. love God with all your soul and 2. love others as you love yourself. He was certainly against rituals that enslave and divide rather than help to draw us closer to God or each other.<br /><br />When accused of not obeying the rule of resting on the Sabbath by doing good deeds, he told his accusers that Sabbath was made for man and not man for the Sabbath. i.e. God does and asks things that benefit us and not to enslave us.<br /><br />Beautiful cathedral. Again a church should be there to serve its flock and not to revel in its own importance. This seems like a working church.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518800171649154035.post-79308673294992246722010-06-28T14:03:19.652-07:002010-06-28T14:03:19.652-07:00I love this post too. It is beautifully written, ...I love this post too. It is beautifully written, Jo. <br /><br />I personally like liturgical services. The ritual is soothing & safe for me. I know i'm rather in the minority over that & many other people find ritual stiff & unyielding, pompous & cold. I suppose it can be so, but i've found it to be so healing. <br /><br />I agree with 90% of what you say, especially about Jesus having freed the early Christians of many/most of the rules & laws. It didn't take centuries to put some of those laws back in place. Paul was the start, early on, but i think what happened was he was taken out of context later & so women were relegated to a back seat, just as they had been for centuries. <br /><br />It makes me sad that churches bicker among themselves - NOT what Jesus would want, i think. A friend of mine said that when her children really start to fight with each other, her stomach just drops & she feels awful. She said (& i agree) that God must feel something like that when his children fight & start wars & are unkind to one another. <br /><br />I'm not going to bash anyone else's beliefs or spirituality, but i do believe that it is clear that Jesus came to be our bridge to God & nothing/no one else will stand in for that. <br /><br />I love the wedding in the forest cathedral. :)Kathrynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03272307621143522274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518800171649154035.post-85337140573262482502010-06-28T13:28:24.869-07:002010-06-28T13:28:24.869-07:00Jo, I'm just now catching up - have been absen...Jo, I'm just now catching up - have been absent for a time. This was a great post and it's good to hear that a Catholic sermon resonated. I agree with Alane and would add one other question I continually ask, "What would Jesus say, think, or do in relation to (whatever)?" Frankly I think he'd be horrified about much that has been attributed to him on many different levels.<br /><br />Love your description of the wedding in the forest - personally, my church is my garden.Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00080418514689447091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518800171649154035.post-33216122729631017252010-06-28T12:50:39.911-07:002010-06-28T12:50:39.911-07:00I'd say a resounding 'amen' to what th...I'd say a resounding 'amen' to what the pastor had to say.<br /><br />I left the church and Christianity in 1968 when I found more hypocrites inside the church, than outside (at least among my friends and associates).<br /><br />I'll live with the idea of being 'good', and have eliminated the idea of 'god'.<br /><br />Good in spirit means 'no religion or church required'.HAPPY IN NEVADAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17214341069801731994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518800171649154035.post-90337550480193847102010-06-28T12:21:06.586-07:002010-06-28T12:21:06.586-07:00I really love the Ghandi quote by Land of Shimp, I...I really love the Ghandi quote by Land of Shimp, I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. I'd never heard that one before.Aliciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18196096131750922174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518800171649154035.post-48705500572790107472010-06-28T11:44:06.302-07:002010-06-28T11:44:06.302-07:00Also... I wanted to add that the Cathedral looks b...Also... I wanted to add that the Cathedral looks beautiful.Katyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02610117543051640146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518800171649154035.post-64202063067343865302010-06-28T11:42:46.218-07:002010-06-28T11:42:46.218-07:00This is a message I have heard more and more from ...This is a message I have heard more and more from people of athority in various Christian streams. <br /><br />I was listening to a nun speak a number of years ago and she said said something to the effect of Christianity lost its way when Constentian became a member.Katyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02610117543051640146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518800171649154035.post-61661203225862094322010-06-28T11:33:45.017-07:002010-06-28T11:33:45.017-07:00That's wonderful. If I could find a church th...That's wonderful. If I could find a church that was like that I'd be more inclined to go back.Whitney Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07766231420593480962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518800171649154035.post-19931556989025626822010-06-28T11:28:52.725-07:002010-06-28T11:28:52.725-07:00I too don't go to any organized church any mor...I too don't go to any organized church any more, but I did for many years. I find that my relationships with loved ones fills me with joy, and when I go to church these days, it feels like an ordeal, not joyful. Perhaps for me it's also hard to have some evangelical Christians among my siblings, and I feel like I have to fend them off. And it makes me sad.DJanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07152183871573797791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518800171649154035.post-54289808343757113422010-06-28T11:11:46.589-07:002010-06-28T11:11:46.589-07:00it is not my place to judge anyone's
style of ...it is not my place to judge anyone's<br />style of worship. i am responsible<br />to love the Lord with all my heart, <br />soul, and strength and others more <br />than myself and not to judge anyone.<br /><br />that's hard enough for me. :)myletterstoemilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17555607498974287844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518800171649154035.post-57852043860522817692010-06-28T11:10:51.247-07:002010-06-28T11:10:51.247-07:00so wonderfully true Josie. Thank you. Dxxso wonderfully true Josie. Thank you. Dxxmrsnesbitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16882736507772457598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518800171649154035.post-7693840844095003342010-06-28T10:27:23.112-07:002010-06-28T10:27:23.112-07:00That is simply astounding from an official of a re...That is simply astounding from an official of a recognized church, and it gives me hope that eventually, all the divisive aspects of organized religion will be abandoned in favor of a true and inclusive spirituality.heartinsanfranciscohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07535397382991383931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518800171649154035.post-15728234539925065962010-06-28T09:59:58.853-07:002010-06-28T09:59:58.853-07:00That was a lovely post, indeed. I left the church...That was a lovely post, indeed. I left the church many years ago because a variety of things, not the least of which was the treatment of women in many organized religions. <br /><br />However, I understood both then and now, that that was a function of religion, not a function of faith. <br /><br />I believe it was Gandhi who said, "I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians."Land of shimphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671954452597068904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518800171649154035.post-52512259532386832072010-06-28T09:19:16.597-07:002010-06-28T09:19:16.597-07:00Beautifully said!Beautifully said!Rosaria Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03133147851332084180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518800171649154035.post-38334450446851490452010-06-28T09:15:30.382-07:002010-06-28T09:15:30.382-07:00Awesome post Johanna! :o)Awesome post Johanna! :o)A.M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11569881503763355767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518800171649154035.post-81286346570347145442010-06-28T08:44:41.200-07:002010-06-28T08:44:41.200-07:00Love this post! It's what I've believed fo...Love this post! It's what I've believed for many years & why the Southern Baptist church is such a BAD fit for me :)<br /><br />Yesterday at church the minister was talking about how all of our stories are important & that we see God every day when we look into each other's eyes. We are God to a weary world - and it feels like we're not doing a very good job these days.The Bughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07509037206264761261noreply@blogger.com