Where does that come from I wonder. I do too, especially in the fall for some reason. Probably some highly successful advertising.
We were both kids watching Lassie listening to āSoup and Sandwichā¦ā
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Oh no, not down a well again! Oh well soup and sandwiches once Timmy is safe again.
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@MarkD, @William_Grady, and @jpm , Iām trying really hard to avoid stretching this ācheeseyā tangent even farther, but my will-power is melting, and just about to slide off the buttery toasted bread into my ā¦ā¦ tomato soup. Maybe we need a āSoup and Sandwichā thread.
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Like mindedā¦
Thereās merit in finding different views. I dont suppose i share many views with anyone hetr
Many of us are āin between,ā even if weāre regularly attending a church. (Sounds just like surveys on unsatisfied employees.) Terri thoughts. I plan on listening again to that Biologos podcast with āAsk Mike,ā Whoo ministers to such folk. Second, we have a great small group of intimate friends where ideas and feelings are shared, even disagreements, in trust and love. Find such a group. You may have to do the spade work.
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A lot of people are in that place as you state, but it is difficult to find a group of like minded people you can trust and share with in many areas. I think online groups help, so long as they do not become gripe sections and pity parties.
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Bingo, it is very difficult to find that group. I once had it years ago when I lived in another city. If I could find it again, then āwhere I worshipā would bother me very little, thatās just an event I go to once a week.
Phil, thanks for your response. Thinking through it, Iām interested in your definition of ālike minded people.ā If I understand you correctly, Iām less concerned about like minded people in my small group than people I can trust, share my most intimate thoughts, feel accepted, and heard, considered. Although an āevangelical,ā in the classic sense (not the populist reputation), I have a great, trusted, ongoing discussion with a good Catholic friend of mine. Our small group is similar: 6 people; 1 is a Presbyterian, 2 are Mennonite (MCUSA), and 2 are transitioning out of Mennonite cultural attitudes while still embracing Anabaptism. Then, thereās meā¦
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I think if you can trust and feel accepted, that is like minded enough. I am finding that is pretty rare and precious.
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One of the most awesome churches I ever attended was a black inner city church, or at least primarily black because of āwhite flightā. It was very āhigh churchā with liturgy that made the installation of a new pope as shown on TV look ordinary while having a choir that sang everything from Gospel to Gregorian. But the thing I loved about it the most was that a good number of members had a ābrokenness radarā that could pick up on who was hurting through the best layers of masks and āIām fine!ā performance drama ā quite different from so many churches where itās the nicely-dressed well-to-do who get welcomed, these people put on their very best to make the broken feel at home.
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I once heard the Initial Singularity described as God sticking His finger into a place that was not yet a place and puncturing the not-a-place so that everything exploded through.
That would be ĪŗĪ±ĻĪµĻ
Ī»ĪæĪ³ĪĻ ā Greek, not Hebrew.
Interestingly, the Hebrew word, " ××Ø×" comes from the root meaning ākneeā, and can be translated ākneeā, ākneelingā, or āblessā. Also interestingly, ĪŗĪ±ĻĪµĻ
Ī»ĪæĪ³ĪĻ (kat-eu-log-EH-oe) can mean āpraiseā; the root meaning is āspeak (very) well ofā.
Thatās the only way I like tomato soup!
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The GOD Who Relates is alive and well in the lives of GODās People.
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