tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post1928024218183190459..comments2024-03-22T10:51:23.567-05:00Comments on Faith, Fiction, Friends: The Day I Forgot to Wear My MaskGlynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10802111972232088511noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-76384872925427398212014-09-17T10:16:49.510-05:002014-09-17T10:16:49.510-05:00Thanks for sharing. We need more honesty, to be op...Thanks for sharing. We need more honesty, to be open and vulnerable, and also to listen. <br /><br />So much can be gained by taking off our masks and letting others in. TC Aveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01686886257486186821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-8130304164324713222014-09-17T09:54:04.620-05:002014-09-17T09:54:04.620-05:00What strikes me as I read this is something I'...What strikes me as I read this is something I've experienced as well. You deeply connect with people for a season and it's wonderful then you move or they move or other things happen and the relationship lessens. I've often felt pressure to keep some of these at the same intensity or level as before, but instead, I should just rejoice that I had them for that season and they had me. Who knows where we might be in the future, but right now, you can't force it. Anyway, not the true point of your post (which was excellent as always), but important for me. :) Thank you, Glynn.jasonShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03420776820764592085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-49999366574167426252014-09-17T08:37:21.117-05:002014-09-17T08:37:21.117-05:00It's a gift to stop and listen. None of us do ...It's a gift to stop and listen. None of us do enough of it often enough.Maureenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13290283101378474845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-31253373998871072332014-09-17T06:25:02.120-05:002014-09-17T06:25:02.120-05:00Thank you for the reminder to be willing to be &qu...Thank you for the reminder to be willing to be "inconvenienced" That's where the beauty and growth are found. Eileenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08759685086052787602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-85426813421208607582014-09-17T05:58:16.373-05:002014-09-17T05:58:16.373-05:00That was an interesting part about my recent hospi...That was an interesting part about my recent hospital stay, for a short time, because of need and inability to keep it all together, a lot of masks were just simply set aside. No one there knew my degrees, my former job as a pastor, my roll as the "good daughter." In that not knowing, not wearing of those masks, there was an incredible sense of communion and common humanity, which is what it sounds like you found with your friend. <br /><br />Isn't it funny, we often rue those moments when we "couldn't hold it all together" and that fateful tear slips out, but so often those moments end up being our salvation and opening the doorway to communion (community) with God and others and even self. kchripczukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15585289101589690551noreply@blogger.com