tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4381472662149763328.post4035138900257064029..comments2023-10-23T12:09:50.512-04:00Comments on Clergy Confidential: Beware Church Smarm Tim Schenckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13913584491460599491noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4381472662149763328.post-75240392869518687702014-11-25T19:21:49.129-05:002014-11-25T19:21:49.129-05:00#1,#2,#6...and all the rest. Clearly and wonderful...#1,#2,#6...and all the rest. Clearly and wonderfully articulated. #6...did I mention I especially <3 #6. The church nicey-nice stuff drives me wild. It's as if no one has read -- or can't remember -- all the passages in which Jesus pitches a hissy fit.Meredith Gouldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16260267368064065843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4381472662149763328.post-27742504737470227282014-11-25T07:42:41.620-05:002014-11-25T07:42:41.620-05:00I've been reading a lot of posts where people ...I've been reading a lot of posts where people are saying 'Jesus was not nice' -so then I look in the dictionary and look up synonyms and one of them is kind. And then I think Jesus was kind, at times. To me, Jesus was always authentic- sometimes nice -aka kind. <br />I watched a video interview with Archbishop Welby where he talked about the fact that we need to learn to disagree well. To me, because we haven't done that yet, sometimes haven't tried, we can land in swarm. I wish the church would teach us how to do this correctly. I'm sure they try, I need to listen better. But I also think about churches where they are all about 'speaking the truth in love' to one another. All the time. They sometimes land here http://welovemarshill.com/Gale Greyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07197264797362322629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4381472662149763328.post-19040182795941457382014-11-25T01:31:06.372-05:002014-11-25T01:31:06.372-05:00If one blogs about an episcopal visit while advisi...If one blogs about an episcopal visit while advising against tweeting episcopal selfies, is that a violation? <br /><br />#metablogs<br />:)Daniel Stroudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02080752497388925023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4381472662149763328.post-7330692466590137082014-11-24T23:03:45.171-05:002014-11-24T23:03:45.171-05:00Thank you for #1. This has been the source of many...Thank you for #1. This has been the source of many disastrous and painful wrong calls that take ages to heal. I can't agree completely with #5. I know one clergy person, now a retired bishop, who occasionally would preach in dialogue with puppets with skill and grace that highlighted the power and drama of the passage on which he was preaching; I agree that not everyone can do this. Elizabethnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4381472662149763328.post-88538497117769410532014-11-24T20:55:34.982-05:002014-11-24T20:55:34.982-05:00Love this. But, "the divine is not an emotico...Love this. But, "the divine is not an emoticon"? Sounds like a simple design challenge ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4381472662149763328.post-72474682439057342662014-11-24T20:55:15.549-05:002014-11-24T20:55:15.549-05:00Yes, yes, yes to 4 and 7. Yes, yes, yes to 4 and 7. Marianoreply@blogger.com