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Comment on in context by Deanna

Deanna — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:57:42 +0000

Verna, I find it interesting, too, to see how things that smack of belief enter and dwell in our different lives. Something bigger going on, indeed. :o)

Comment on in context by Verna Wilder

Verna Wilder — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:55:05 +0000

This is an interesting post, Deanna. You’ve got me thinking about what it means to believe in God – or a god – and how we take that into our lives, into our everyday context. Do you know about James P. Carse, the writer and former professor of the history and literature of religion at New York University? I found him by accident many years ago at the Boulder Book Store, and I was blown away by his writing and the way he wonders about the wonders of life. My favorite is his collection, Breakfast at the Victory: The Mysticism of Ordinary Experience.” He says he doesn’t believe in God, and because his writing so clearly says that he does “believe,” I wonder what he considers to be God? I’ll have to read more of his work. I don’t believe in the God of the various churches I’ve tried, but I know there is something much bigger going on than my brain is able to conceive. And I find comfort in that.

I love your writing and musing, Deanna. Thank you.

Comment on underground by Dee Ready

Dee Ready — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:55:03 +0000

Dear Deanna,
Thank you for explaining/expanding. I encourage you to write the stories your friends have shared with you. You write well and could do them justice.
Peace.

Comment on underground by Deanna

Deanna — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 04:50:01 +0000

Hi Dee, thanks for reading (twice!) and for patience. Obscurity and art were kind of a theme; it was also sort of stream-of-consciousness. Not about my parents but some new friends of ours who actually lived in the Soviet Union without modern appliances and without religious freedom in the 1980s. I get blown away by such stories — I’d like to think I’ll write more about them one day. My take on the one thing necessary is that it is Christ. In the final verses of Luke 10, Jesus said that his friend Mary had chosen that one good thing which would not be taken away from her. For years I considered the one thing to be Christ’s gospel message, and I still think that’s firmly involved, but I’m seeing it now as the God Man, himself. Hope that helps.

Comment on underground by Dee Ready

Dee Ready — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:34:01 +0000

Dear Deanna,
I had to read this post twice to begin to understand what was happening. The first reading drew me in so that I wanted to read again. Am I understanding it correctly? That is a posting about your parents or grandparents living in the U.S.S.R. and having a baby and discovering a Bible through the underground and then coming to the United States? I’m not sure what the “one thing necessary” is that blesses the soul. Would you expand on that?

Peace.

Comment on in context by Deanna

Deanna — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 02:42:18 +0000

Dee, thank you, also. It’s always been easier for me to see the need for these understandings in others, because they will involve another experience than my own. Funny how my own situation can be foggier, somehow, most days…

Comment on in context by Dee Ready

Dee Ready — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 22:52:57 +0000

Dear Deanna,
I think Cherie has summed up an approach to others that leads to a greater understanding of what connects us and binds us together. I try to remember that I haven’t walked in the shoes of the Other and so I don’t know her or his life and all its tragedies, great and small. Nor do I know the weariness of that person’s life or the joys. So I must resist judging the why or wherefore of any response that comes from someone with whom I interact. I must be open to the possibilities of others and to my own possibilities. I applaud your breaking up your own sensibilities and looking at life in a new way.

Peace.

Comment on in context by Deanna

Deanna — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 01:41:55 +0000

Thanks, Cherie. We’re on the same page. Humanity is quite an adventurous place, and I’m liking the journey in these contexts. Appreciating your insights!

Comment on in context by Cherie

Cherie — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 00:36:59 +0000

Interesting post. It’s been my experience that most of the time, when I feel ignored such as you did, it really is my own perspective and not a real shunning. Life can be tedious and hard for all of us and we often aren’t aware that we wear our tension on our faces and through our neglect of others. Also, I’ve learned not to wait for others to acknowledge me, but to acknowledge them first, to go out of my way to give them some cheer. Most everyone could use a kind word, a sincere smile, a hug. It’s just another take on giving ‘creative context’…How can I make that person’s day brighter? rather than ‘Do they see me?’, ‘Do they like me?’ Once a mind gets out of the ‘what’s in it for me’ mentality, well, life opens up. Sounds like you are experiencing that, Deanna, bit by bit.. Yay!

Comment on alive by Deanna

Deanna — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 17:17:41 +0000

Hey, Beth. :o)