tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post4011917382030942227..comments2024-03-22T10:51:23.567-05:00Comments on Faith, Fiction, Friends: Neither One nor the OtherGlynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10802111972232088511noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-41898216803422921992011-09-28T20:44:06.898-05:002011-09-28T20:44:06.898-05:00Yes, community is divine. And mysterious. For some...Yes, community is divine. And mysterious. For some reason, God didn't design His body to fit together like Lego bricks, snapping together in neat, spiritual clicks. <br /><br />Instead, at the molecular level, we bump and jump in seemingly haphazard directions. We just don't always understand how we fit together or how we're to do life stuff together.<br /><br />Christians often waste so much time and energy in carving out four poster beds -- with the hope of finding places of rest for our identities. <br /><br />And yet -- rough, smooth, disjointed or cracked -- His mysteriously framed body still finds a way, together, to inhale -- and exhale -- with a life-sustaining grace.Matthew Kreiderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02103423425503819964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-85775759045725710552011-09-28T14:03:51.737-05:002011-09-28T14:03:51.737-05:00all matter
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togetherall matter<br />differently<br />togetherAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-71612974150570587992011-09-28T12:06:49.346-05:002011-09-28T12:06:49.346-05:00Community, the word itself, is divine.Community, the word itself, is divine.H. Gillhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16866823621648796335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-66192219851489779242011-09-28T11:49:39.404-05:002011-09-28T11:49:39.404-05:00So glad we aren't supposed to be Marlboro Men....So glad we aren't supposed to be Marlboro Men. I have many objections to that (not least of which being he died of cancer). Besides all that, I'm still reeling that an executive put a bed in his office! Great points and great post, Glynn. Thanks for contributing so much to these discussions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-2970450624740743072011-09-28T09:01:12.945-05:002011-09-28T09:01:12.945-05:00All morning long, I have had a song stuck in my he...All morning long, I have had a song stuck in my head...<br /><br />"We are one in the bond of love..."<br /><br />It's not that we are not different individuals with different approaches and characteristics... It is that we are bound together in God's grace as the Body of Christ.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06527906507696759328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-20493229220439443192011-09-28T05:47:34.717-05:002011-09-28T05:47:34.717-05:00Seriously? A four poster bed in his office instea...Seriously? A four poster bed in his office instead of a desk?<br /><br />Oh my.<br /><br />Really good example of creative thinking creating angst and discomfort. I can't imagine sitting beside his bed to meet. Oh my!<br /><br />Which is why your post is so relevant. We are connected through our human condition -- we must always be conscious of what our creations create; singularly and in community.<br /><br />Good one Glynn!<br /><br />Thanks.Louise Gallagherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13522775693728655487noreply@blogger.com