tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post327448633522594489..comments2024-03-22T10:51:23.567-05:00Comments on Faith, Fiction, Friends: A Miss and a HitGlynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10802111972232088511noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-5742669951869483952011-10-03T21:08:18.936-05:002011-10-03T21:08:18.936-05:00What I find most compelling here, Glynn, is how mi...What I find most compelling here, Glynn, is how mindfully you're reading the chapters! You're not just accepting at face value what Langer says. You have a unique perspective from your career vantage point so I value what you're saying and perhaps should read these chapters a little more critically myself.Lisa notes...https://www.blogger.com/profile/07103364395238899215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-48763667368502701862011-10-03T16:52:17.474-05:002011-10-03T16:52:17.474-05:00Good thoughts in the post and the comments!Good thoughts in the post and the comments!S. Etolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01847206680320012887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-50385580317583887882011-10-03T12:40:47.387-05:002011-10-03T12:40:47.387-05:00interesting thoughts, even though, i am not readin...interesting thoughts, even though, i am not reading the book.<br /><br />i went to the quaker church service the last few sundays, and the speaker has been talking about listening. all the different ways that we listen and all the different ways that God speaks to us.<br /><br />when we make time to listen...as well as as spontaneously as we are doing our ordinary day.<br /><br />i do see it as listening, and yet, i see it more as relating...both talking and listening. being aware of the living relationship that is both spiritual and physical in it's relating...as we know that God does relate through other people and things that we can touch and perceive. which brings all relationship and mindfulness into the relationship that we have with God.<br /><br />and in a way, we add another and different kind of mindfulness to the other...a spiritual mindfulness.<br />we can see some things in a new way. we can have an extra sensory perception, in a way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-6440247056446219312011-10-03T07:08:14.479-05:002011-10-03T07:08:14.479-05:00I appreciate your insights here, Glynn. I too have...I appreciate your insights here, Glynn. I too have wondered a bit about what Langer calls "research". Perhaps if we read the articles she wrote for the scholarly journals she mentions in the introduction we would be less dubious. What I am finding is that in just considering the information she offers, the way I evaluate the world around me is shifting. It's pretty cool. I've never been much of a critical thinker--children from substance abuse families tend to be pretty big on acceptance. So this is teaching me to be open and explore other possibilities. Who says you can't teach an old dog new tricks?Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08263995875732832349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-6903400583160203192011-10-03T06:03:59.433-05:002011-10-03T06:03:59.433-05:00Sounds fascinating -- your experience parallels my...Sounds fascinating -- your experience parallels my experience.Louise Gallagherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13522775693728655487noreply@blogger.com