tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10838182.post113846885292996714..comments2023-10-31T05:56:45.788-07:00Comments on LutheranChik's "L" Word Diary: The Problem of No PainUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10838182.post-1138497016989791482006-01-28T17:10:00.000-08:002006-01-28T17:10:00.000-08:00bls: [voice of Lucy Van Pelt] THAT'S IT! Thanks!...bls: [voice of Lucy Van Pelt] THAT'S IT! Thanks!<BR/><BR/>RP: I'll have to check that one out.<BR/><BR/>PS: While I wasn't exactly <I>angry</I> when I went through a Bible course in college, I did feel patronized by the church: "Why didn't you people tell me this before?"<BR/><BR/>IMHO it seems that confirmation class age, when kids start really flexing their critical thinking muscles and questioning some of the Sunday School platitudes they've absorbed as children, would be a good time to start introducing them to more challenging exegesis and hermeneutics. My pastor talks about how, as a skeptical and questioning high school kid he was about ready to bail out of church, but his pastor gave him a Paul Tillich book that suddenly gave him a whole new perspective on Christianity.LutheranChikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02685566332651377907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10838182.post-1138496606953771832006-01-28T17:03:00.000-08:002006-01-28T17:03:00.000-08:00There's another book titled "The Gift Nobody Wants...There's another book titled "The Gift Nobody Wants" by Paul Brand, which explores this very topic in detail--what does pain bring us? What would life be like if we didn't feel pain? What does it mean for our spiritual journey? Great book that made me rethink many things. <BR/>Pain really is a good thing.Rainbow Pastorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16294525557328362313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10838182.post-1138472221237583412006-01-28T10:17:00.000-08:002006-01-28T10:17:00.000-08:00"Adam Lay y-Bounden":Adam lay ybounden, bounden in..."Adam Lay y-Bounden":<BR/><BR/><I>Adam lay ybounden, bounden in a bond,<BR/>Four thousand winter thoughte he not too long;<BR/><BR/>And al was for an apple, and apple that he took,<BR/>As clerkes finden writen, writen in hire book.<BR/><BR/>Ne hadde the apple taken been, the apple taken been,<BR/>Ne hadde nevere Oure Lady ybeen hevene Queen.<BR/><BR/>Blessed be the time that apple taken was:<BR/>Therfore we mown singen Deo Gratias.</I>blshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07627725321531151309noreply@blogger.com