tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878914472051909043.post4116041975382274884..comments2024-01-12T12:39:47.241-08:00Comments on The Christian Monist: The Invention of Lying and the Art of TruthUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878914472051909043.post-14823717967603656382010-02-09T15:48:47.690-08:002010-02-09T15:48:47.690-08:00PRS & AMP: ALS
I bet you son and wife will fi...PRS & AMP: ALS<br /><br />I bet you son and wife will find it hard to ever be in that situation again.<br /><br />That is one of the things that attracted me to LAbri. I guess that because the workers at LAbri always had students living with them, that they decided to live their private lives out in the open. A friend said that her first night in a LAbri house was strange. The worker couple were having a big fight. She eventually threw a tea pot at him, hitting him in the head. She thought that maybe these people weren't even Christians (she had been raised in a "holy" family).<br /><br />It is tough to learn new tricks with the society that we live in pressures us to conform (by pretending that all is well).MJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09240462070445948163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878914472051909043.post-10884915950066339792010-02-07T11:11:42.299-08:002010-02-07T11:11:42.299-08:00I agree that we need more openness in our Christia...I agree that we need more openness in our Christian relationships. It's real, it's healthier in the long run. But it is more uncomfortable for many of us. I too have struggled with this issue particularly in the last few years and have tried to be more authentic and honest. <br /><br />Our son and his wife lived in community while they were at seminary. They lived in an seminary apartment complex and kept their doors open to the outside most of the time. People heard and saw the good times and the bad. They cherish this time in their lives and grew so much through it. And the relationships they built with people there are like none others. After leaving there they moved in with my husband and myself (along with their son, as well as other family members living with us part of the time) But our family has a tendency to sweep things under the rug, to deny the elephant in the room. There was undealtwith tension that existed that should have been aired. But we were in such a habit of denying that we fell into that pattern again. The few times that we did express "negative" feelings, it was uncomfortable and we weren't sure what to do then. We were well trained by our Christian upbringing to supposedly let things go and not air our feelings. How do we who grew up in this get past it? Is it too late to teach an old dog new tricks?PRS & ALShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11253977035775901284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878914472051909043.post-9553531363305384152010-02-06T07:41:14.934-08:002010-02-06T07:41:14.934-08:00Thanks for your headsup. I haven't been over t...Thanks for your headsup. I haven't been over there in a while but I will.<br /><br />I have deep concern about Michael and care a lot about him. I got in a little hot water with his followers when I expressed my frustration early on about the great mystery about his illiness. I guess it is because I work in medicine that we call a spade a spade. In the begining the "cancer" word was dropped but that was about it.<br /><br />Now that Michael has updated us with more information, it does sound serious and I will pray for him with all my heart.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878914472051909043.post-90864570131001384822010-02-06T06:40:31.774-08:002010-02-06T06:40:31.774-08:00Sorry, this has nothing to do with your post (well...Sorry, this has nothing to do with your post (well, maybe indirectly), but I thought you might be interested in the discussion that has been going on at the Boar's Head Tavern yesterday into today. The guys over there started addressing the elephant in the room ... iMonk's illness. You've mentioned your concern about Michael ... and honesty in the church is your interest ... so ... thought maybe I'd give you a head's up.Beckynoreply@blogger.com