tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-802209603334802806.comments2023-05-02T08:39:59.244-04:0099 Brattle99 Brattlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16119063045295271621noreply@blogger.comBlogger146125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-802209603334802806.post-64124834866515315282016-10-04T14:31:51.748-04:002016-10-04T14:31:51.748-04:00I agree with you, Chris. I count myself to be a p...I agree with you, Chris. I count myself to be a progressive Christian.<br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10858062019321739977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-802209603334802806.post-37886188959928841562016-08-30T07:56:02.054-04:002016-08-30T07:56:02.054-04:00Fascinating. Fascinating. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-802209603334802806.post-57478937986035259942016-03-07T05:19:23.789-05:002016-03-07T05:19:23.789-05:00Your articles support me a lot in all mediums of s...Your articles support me a lot in all mediums of subjects. <a href="https://silkroadexplore.com/destinations/china/" rel="nofollow">china</a><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17487948991177670833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-802209603334802806.post-20574195314812574382014-10-30T23:25:58.954-04:002014-10-30T23:25:58.954-04:00How big was Christ?How big was Christ?Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17104540166445385592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-802209603334802806.post-39991894774043545222014-09-05T02:03:43.796-04:002014-09-05T02:03:43.796-04:00Churches should be made as much as possible. Peopl...Churches should be made as much as possible. People don't know the power of surrendering oneself to Jesus. It is not about religion but faith. If you have faith in God then you will always move towards ultimate peace and happiness. Thank you for this article, Elizabeth. Keep writing...<br />Church Supply Storehttp://aquinasandmore.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-802209603334802806.post-5338928642582961892014-06-22T14:04:57.569-04:002014-06-22T14:04:57.569-04:00If you are interested in some new ideas on religio...If you are interested in some new ideas on religious pluralism and the Trinity, please check out my website at www.religiouspluralism.ca. It previews my book, which has not been published yet and is still a “work-in-progress.” Your constructive criticism would be very much appreciated. <br /><br />My thesis is that an abstract version of the Trinity could be Christianity’s answer to the world need for a framework of pluralistic theology. <br /><br />In a constructive worldview: east, west, and far-east religions present a threefold understanding of One God manifest primarily in Muslim and Hebrew intuition of the Deity Absolute, Christian and Krishnan Hindu conception of the Universe Absolute Supreme Being; and Shaivite Hindu, Buddhist, Taoist apprehension of the Destroyer (meaning also Consummator), Unconditioned Absolute, or Spirit of All That Is and is not. Together with their variations and combinations in other major religions, these religious ideas reflect and express our collective understanding of God, in an expanded concept of the Holy Trinity. <br /><br />The Trinity Absolute is portrayed in the logic of world religions, as follows: <br /><br />1. Muslims and Jews may be said to worship only the first person of the Trinity, i.e. the existential Deity Absolute Creator, known as Allah or Yhwh, Abba or Father (as Jesus called him), Brahma, and other names; represented by Gabriel (Executive Archangel), Muhammad and Moses (mighty messenger prophets), and others. <br /><br />2. Christians and Krishnan Hindus may be said to worship the first person through a second person, i.e. the experiential Universe or "Universal” Absolute Supreme Being (Allsoul or Supersoul), called Son/Christ or Vishnu/Krishna; represented by Michael (Supreme Archangel), Jesus (teacher and savior of souls), and others. The Allsoul is that gestalt of personal human consciousness, which we expect will be the "body of Christ" (Mahdi, Messiah, Kalki or Maitreya) in the second coming – personified in history by Muhammad, Jesus Christ, Buddha (9th incarnation of Vishnu), and others. <br /><br />3. Shaivite Hindus, Buddhists, and Confucian-Taoists seem to venerate the synthesis of the first and second persons in a third person or appearance, ie. the Destiny Consummator of ultimate reality – unqualified Nirvana consciousness – associative Tao of All That Is – the absonite* Unconditioned Absolute Spirit “Synthesis of Source and Synthesis,”** who/which is logically expected to be Allah/Abba/Brahma glorified in and by union with the Supreme Being – represented in religions by Gabriel, Michael, and other Archangels, Mahadevas, Spiritpersons, etc., who may be included within the mysterious Holy Ghost. <br /><br />Other strains of religion seem to be psychological variations on the third person, or possibly combinations and permutations of the members of the Trinity – all just different personality perspectives on the Same God. Taken together, the world’s major religions give us at least two insights into the first person of this thrice-personal One God, two perceptions of the second person, and at least three glimpses of the third.<br /><br />* The ever-mysterious Holy Ghost or Unconditioned Spirit is neither absolutely infinite, nor absolutely finite, but absonite; meaning neither existential nor experiential, but their ultimate consummation; neither fully ideal nor totally real, but a middle path and grand synthesis of the superconscious and the conscious, in consciousness of the unconscious. <br /><br />** This conception is so strong because somewhat as the Absonite Spirit is a synthesis of the spirit of the Absolute and the spirit of the Supreme, so it would seem that the evolving Supreme Being may himself also be a synthesis or “gestalt” of humanity with itself, in an Almighty Universe Allperson or Supersoul. Thus ultimately, the Absonite is their Unconditioned Absolute Coordinate Identity – the Spirit Synthesis of Source and Synthesis – the metaphysical Destiny Consummator of All That Is. <br /><br />For more details, please see: www.religiouspluralism.ca <br /><br />Samuel Stuart Maynes <br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08498099628281661196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-802209603334802806.post-13024435845216074892014-03-29T08:14:03.369-04:002014-03-29T08:14:03.369-04:00Now-a-days, all of we're surrounded with noisy...Now-a-days, all of we're surrounded with noisy environment. I feel Irritable and this noisy environment creates hindrance before life-development. So these days i use the web daily for looking some technique to escape this condition. And one day i read an effective sermon on mediation and prayers said by Chamunda Swami Ji. <br /><br />Today I'm feeling better...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03254603560904514798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-802209603334802806.post-49822672432379439952014-03-03T04:07:43.031-05:002014-03-03T04:07:43.031-05:00 I like your post and everything you share with us... I like your post and everything you share with us actually, i was always in search of useful information and i come across your site by chance. keep blogging!<br /><br />www.n8fan.netkenjihttp://www.n8fan.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-802209603334802806.post-10429894101458050842013-08-30T13:23:21.244-04:002013-08-30T13:23:21.244-04:00I met two of the organizers from Alabama at a rece...I met two of the organizers from Alabama at a recent meeting. <br />Note: in two years will be the 50th anniversary. Time enough to plan.Cyndi Jonesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-802209603334802806.post-31637995295746302162013-08-22T09:58:09.256-04:002013-08-22T09:58:09.256-04:00I was told long ago that all land is sacred becaus...I was told long ago that all land is sacred because it holds the bones of the ancestors. I agree that yours was a Holy Land journey; the bones rest there and the stories, too. Here on Turtle Island/North America, we need more pilgrimmages like this. Most of us are lost. We need to learn the stories the land holds. After I read your beautiful account, I began to imagine a pilgrimmage to Indian residential school sites, with cross-cultural healing ceremonies for the land and for all peoples involved in them. We have blessed work before us. Carolyn Poguehttp://www.carolynpogue.canoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-802209603334802806.post-74521292058439821392013-04-26T15:05:53.758-04:002013-04-26T15:05:53.758-04:00Angela, thank you for the invitation to acknowledg...Angela, thank you for the invitation to acknowledge and move beyond fear, fully present and living life. My response, "Yes ..."Joan M. Martin, Womanist Ethicisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01228096109250564857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-802209603334802806.post-43367009052353166612013-04-22T16:46:45.675-04:002013-04-22T16:46:45.675-04:00Thank you Angela. Thank you Angela. Nancy Davidgehttp://ecfvp.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-802209603334802806.post-49444411771734014052013-04-22T16:03:23.398-04:002013-04-22T16:03:23.398-04:00Thank you for your reflection and openness. And wi...Thank you for your reflection and openness. And wisdom. Locked down becomes a metaphor for all oppressions.<br /><br />Robert Banks Foster, EDS '75Robert Banks Fosternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-802209603334802806.post-37121805807573290212013-03-08T15:29:58.368-05:002013-03-08T15:29:58.368-05:00You might try a Passover feast from the book. The...You might try a Passover feast from the book. The celebration of Passover has changed significantly since the first century and the book includes a haggadah for your Seder.Douglas Neelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13134484932350573440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-802209603334802806.post-17791658837445678212013-03-07T11:53:22.011-05:002013-03-07T11:53:22.011-05:00This is awesome! I've been looking for such a...This is awesome! I've been looking for such an introduction to the cultural and theological context of food in the first century. Anyone up for an agape feast? Thank you for posting this.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06957817184498480215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-802209603334802806.post-7130664693770782662013-02-20T14:12:38.804-05:002013-02-20T14:12:38.804-05:00Thank you, Carol, for sharing your experience. I,...Thank you, Carol, for sharing your experience. I, too, find that it is not always easy for me to say out loud in public, "I believe in God." I wonder if Jesus had to get used to proclaiming the Good News, or if it was always a natural thing for him. Maybe his voice wobbled a bit at first. Part of what comes from living our faith day-to-day, I believe, is the courage and the conviction of our connection to God. Think of what it is like for God to hear us proclaim it!Christi Humphreynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-802209603334802806.post-82221338711661157242013-02-19T20:41:13.236-05:002013-02-19T20:41:13.236-05:00Hi Christy, recently I was in a discount store loo...Hi Christy, recently I was in a discount store looking for bowls to use in a church service at St James. As I was loading 8 salad bowls in my carriage a couple of ladies were watching me with curious looks on their faces. I ran into them again when I was putting 4 dozen candles in my cart and they just couldn't resist asking me what in the world I was going todo with 8 salad bowls and all those candles. Smiling I explained that I was head of our Altar Guild and they were for a service in my church. It happened again at checkout when people behind me just had to ask why anyone would need 8 salad bowls. I felt that God just might have been giving me a little nudge to talk about church. I never asked them anything about church but couldn't help but pray that I, maybe, had planted a seed that would bring them into, or back to, their church. I just love those moments when I feel free to say I BELIEVE IN GODSinistral/Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05902845544202195055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-802209603334802806.post-36700985999628787572012-12-07T22:14:55.428-05:002012-12-07T22:14:55.428-05:00Inspired in small part by the liturgical advances ...Inspired in small part by the liturgical advances at St. Gregory of Nyssa, San Francisco, and in large part by the creative imagination of an active and theologically informed laity, Grace Church Bainbridge Island has been doing same these things since 1995 (and more). Congratulations on turning out some divinity students who can roll with us. And Welcome Aboard! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-802209603334802806.post-50403075465086025272012-12-07T21:46:10.608-05:002012-12-07T21:46:10.608-05:00"I felt fully engaged, moved, and impelled by..."I felt fully engaged, moved, and impelled by the liturgy. This was not a typical passive experience in a church. All senses were engaged; sight, sound, intellect, and emotions." Thanks for sharing! <br /><br />We are fortunate at Grâce on Bainbridge Island (www.gracehere.org) to have this feeling and engagement at every service and activity. ~ Patricia ErskinePatriciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18193581671260961932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-802209603334802806.post-27174790121592782632012-11-02T11:28:39.546-04:002012-11-02T11:28:39.546-04:00Dear Emily,
to my favorite hooker. you are so rig...Dear Emily,<br />to my favorite hooker. you are so right...we love.love.love and count our blessings that we are loved.<br />love you<br />Donna Geiger '06Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-802209603334802806.post-32685789601873209432012-11-02T11:25:28.245-04:002012-11-02T11:25:28.245-04:00Dear Emily, My favorite hooker. This is an amazin...Dear Emily, My favorite hooker. This is an amazing article as is your work with your art. You are so right on...may we all love and love and love...<br />my love to you<br />Donna Geiger '06Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-802209603334802806.post-54994048475956146602012-11-01T22:30:24.626-04:002012-11-01T22:30:24.626-04:00Emily,
First of all, I am sorry to hear of the lo...Emily,<br /><br />First of all, I am sorry to hear of the loss of your sister and your brother. My condolences.<br /><br />Thank you for your reflection. As I write this, my wife is out of town, helping to care for her father and to face some of these same questions along with him. I think of them, and of my mother who died five years ago, and of the people with whom I did AIDS ministry decades ago, and come to the same conclusion as you: the hardest thing to accept is the loss of options.<br /><br />Does it matter to the Holy One, to the universe, whether or not we "die well?" Maybe not. Nevertheless, part of the love and kindness and caring that we give away to each other is the care we give others at the end of their lives -- helping them to maintain options, helping them to grieve the loss of possibilities. I do believe that living, and dying, well are part and parcel of our preparation for whatever awaits us in eternity.<br /><br />I don't think it is possible for us to give away all of our love, because the act of loving replenishes our capacities. I think it more likely that love is like the 500 hats of Bartholomew Cubbins in the classic Dr. Seuss tale -- each hat he removes is replaced by another, and another.. Maybe, if we are lucky, the last things we have to give will be the most marvelous and precious of all.Joan Saniukhttp://revjoansaniuk.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-802209603334802806.post-54127310243400116502012-11-01T21:00:05.109-04:002012-11-01T21:00:05.109-04:00Emily,
You are an amazing woman and your art work ...Emily,<br />You are an amazing woman and your art work expresses who you are. You’re area able to share the joys and sorrows of your story with others. Thank you for being a great teacher and friend. I am so sorry to hear about the deaths of Mark and Sue. <br />Peace,<br />Val Miller<br />revvalmillerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05621965351493136529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-802209603334802806.post-41869990905495711482012-09-10T21:03:19.933-04:002012-09-10T21:03:19.933-04:00Thank you! I wasn't able to attend, so I am ve...Thank you! I wasn't able to attend, so I am very grateful for this detailed report on the Intersex and Transgender Theology panel. This is a rich subject for spiritual growth and reflection as well as a challenge to church traditions based on the binary concept of gender. Kittredge Cherryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02617858676733169316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-802209603334802806.post-70621401440161843052012-09-06T11:34:52.388-04:002012-09-06T11:34:52.388-04:00Thanks so very much, Pui Lan!! You have provided a...Thanks so very much, Pui Lan!! You have provided a succinct summary of the inadequacies of the "covenant." As you suggest, let's get on with finding the "new shape." And here is my expectation: that the "new shape," already being born, does not have many of the old labels (such as "anglican")and that as Anglicans bring many unique tools that are creative in service and celebration in the new circumstances, even the functions of "episkopos" will be shared in new ways, as is true of "presbuteros" and "diakonos"--all of us belonging to "laos." Peace, RalphAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07061082574109984584noreply@blogger.com