tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8986634090859680345.post7637384452424881343..comments2022-04-26T03:58:59.299-05:00Comments on Slope Sitter: The Ragman... the Rest of the StoryUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8986634090859680345.post-78191545920871721942010-04-13T12:42:51.969-05:002010-04-13T12:42:51.969-05:00Yeah, I hate how churches manage to turn the party...Yeah, I hate how churches manage to turn the party of Resurrection Sunday into another lesson on penal-substitutionary atonement. It's "The Passion of the Christ" all over again...two hours of blood and gore with a tiny little coda that looks hopeful if you already know the story. BLECH!!!<br /><br />I didn't have the stomach to go see the Ragman based on your description (I don't need any more religious inspiration right now!) but I can say this: if we were living like the church, it would be us as believers giving that encouragement, that handholding, that weeping & rejoicing together, that you crave. What sucks is how the church has become a place you have to look "victorious" on your own steam or else you're suspect.<br /><br />Keep asking the questions...maybe some day someone who's actually close enough to look you in the eye, will hear them too! Till then, some of us distant friends hear you loud & clear!Dan Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01635080266346679464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8986634090859680345.post-90257282280131755982010-04-11T20:54:36.389-05:002010-04-11T20:54:36.389-05:00It's important to have an outlet, a safe place...It's important to have an outlet, a safe place to wrestle with these issues. <br /><br />I love the "rest of the story" that you wrote. Truth is, sometimes healing makes us outcasts ~ from family, from church, from friends. The man born blind, whom Jesus healed, was cast out. <br /><br />Keep wrestling and asking the hard questions. {{Hugs}}Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8986634090859680345.post-46277327505512874062010-04-08T23:44:28.701-05:002010-04-08T23:44:28.701-05:00Amen and beautifully said! When I came to Christ I...Amen and beautifully said! When I came to Christ I had ideas at first that if I could be obedient at all times He would make things go my way...and in a sense He has, but not in the ways I thought. He works all things together for my good, all the bad things too. Which means, a lot of bad has come my way, all of which God uses for good. Sometimes He lets me see some of the good he's doing. Other times, well, it's like with Job, we won't understand it until eternity. (Oh, by the way, I've never succeeded in being only obedient. And that's why I need His grace every moment of every day.)Laurie M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15840896949617719814noreply@blogger.com