Comments for Levite Chronicles

Comment on what are you spreading? by Jon Swanson

Jon Swanson — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:19:59 +0000

and the reality is that you may not get the harvest, even as you may be harvesting what you didn’t plant.

Thanks Virginia.

Comment on what are you spreading? by Virginia

Virginia — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:35:53 +0000

The best veggies grow in fresh manure. A truer message has never been sent. From this writer/blogger; there are many farming allegories applied to the blogging and social media world. You have to prepare the soil(find your audience); plant your seed(an idea or goal), water and fertilize before you can harvest any worthwhile fruit from your garden.
Once your idea comes to fruition; friends who have been helping to tend the garden will gratefully share in the harvest. Thanks for the post.

Comment on it is not what you think by Jon Swanson

Jon Swanson — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 23:41:19 +0000

And Jim, I’m discovering that you have spent time with people in life crises, holding hands, being present, thinking beyond the easy trite answers.

“Just our current understanding through the lens we have available” a wonderful picture. Thanks.

Comment on it is not what you think by Jim Hughes

Jim Hughes — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 22:50:24 +0000

If your theology is not changing, growing, then you’re not living growing. You’ve stagnated. And that’s terribly uncomfortable for us. In visiting with people going through crisis, I often find that they are finding that their old image of God (theology) has been broken, and that they’re having to develop a new image, which leads not only to new and hopefully improved theology, but significant spiritual growth.

And we’ll never have the “right” image or theology in this life — just our current understanding through the lens we have available.

Thanks for the post, Jon, and the chance to think by writing a response!

Comment on it is not what you think by Jon Swanson

Jon Swanson — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 20:26:03 +0000

Rob - my attention span makes writing incredibly helpful. (I can also make notes for posts, for teaching).

Douglas - there is this standard of being judged by the measure we use. A tough standard. A good reminder.

So you are looking at it not as a baseball bat but as a coach?

Amy - Given how many of the words are story/narrative or personal messages (”Tell Mark to hurry” “Say hi to everyone that’s at your house”, we tend to fall short of the model when we get stuck on lists.

Comment on it is not what you think by amyvanhuisen

amyvanhuisen — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 19:52:12 +0000

A group of us were talking about this very thing at lunch today.

“What if it is actually a collection of love letters? What if it is actually a collection of stories?” How much of Scripture seems to always come back to relationship or story?

Comment on it is not what you think by Douglas Karr

Douglas Karr — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 17:38:44 +0000

I’m always astonished at those who call themselves Christians but tend to only pull bits and pieces of the Bible and then judge others based on their limited knowledge. Much of the Bible is written metaphorically, to make you ‘think’. Some of the Bible is mistranslated in English, so understanding the original words is important and the variations of them.

I look at the Bible as a tool on my lifelong journey. It’s there to help me be a better person, not to ignore and mistreat those who choose a different path. Who are we to judge?

Great quote, great post!

Comment on it is not what you think by Rob

Rob — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 14:21:09 +0000

Brilliant, just brilliant! Thank you Pastor Bill.

I was also caught be the comment…’Hope and Nancy and I all wrote it down’. I do wonder what it would be like to be writing down my thoughts at Mass…hmm.

Comment on someone is always just starting by Meg

Meg — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 00:16:56 +0000

There you go again, Jon. Making sense and bringing things into the light.

Comment on words come from people by Jon Swanson

Jon Swanson — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 22:55:03 +0000

Thanks, David. Great image of the jet ski. Skimming is an increasingly frequent skill, but the result is that we don’t learn people deeply.

Thanks Rick. good description.