tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18974473.post114055894498320080..comments2024-03-22T14:19:36.812-04:00Comments on Bear Me Out - the mind of a bear: OremusBeartoasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07629488754337171368noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18974473.post-9804983092155478412011-07-11T08:42:55.753-04:002011-07-11T08:42:55.753-04:00Why should we be able to understand prayer? One of...Why should we be able to understand prayer? One of the parties is incomprehensible -- except that the Incarnation teaches that Incomprehensible comes to us in the languages of our species!! And comes to us continually in random absolutions,in slices of beauty that melt us to tenderness, in fierce embraces of men unashamed that we are animal persons!Whartonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06456339847052144121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18974473.post-74535131303547127402011-07-11T08:40:53.634-04:002011-07-11T08:40:53.634-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Whartonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06456339847052144121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18974473.post-1140733976284108512006-02-23T17:32:00.000-05:002006-02-23T17:32:00.000-05:00Joe,Know that you are in our prayers. Take your s...Joe,<BR/><BR/>Know that you are in our prayers. Take your steps gently and love yourself.Closedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04752595488795781895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18974473.post-1140621228943408202006-02-22T10:13:00.000-05:002006-02-22T10:13:00.000-05:00Prayer, says Teresa, is taking time alone to talk ...Prayer, says Teresa, is taking time alone to talk with (Editor's note: not just <I>to</I>)the One who loves us. I am sure you are doing a lot of that, and you will be in my conversations with that One. I have said it before and will say it again: The Serenity Prayer for oneself or for others is always good: Serenity, Courage, Wisdom be yours (and theirs) from the hands and heart of the One.<BR/><BR/>Just another thought: Maybe in prayer we don't change God's mind (such an anthropopmorphic statement about God must be meaningless anyway), and I am not sure that in prayer we just change our own mind. Maybe in that conversation, we come to discern that God's mind was not what we had feared or projected or assumed all along. Maybe it is only in prayer that we can discover what is in God's mind. (But then, that's another anthropomorphism, isn't it?)Michael Doddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00942287172727040371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18974473.post-1140618964104072962006-02-22T09:36:00.000-05:002006-02-22T09:36:00.000-05:00The one thing I know is that the closer the relati...The one thing I know is that the closer the relationship, or the more I have at risk, the more fear there is. But two things I've gotten from <I>Coming Out: An Act of Love</I> is that (a) unconditional love is about acceptance, not manipulation and fear, and (b) coming out is about getting honest, about stopping the lies and the hiding.<BR/><BR/>You'll be in my prayers, brother - and "peace be with you" is not just blowin' smoke in my book. Hugs across the miles.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13286849248756070621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18974473.post-1140583196918795702006-02-21T23:39:00.000-05:002006-02-21T23:39:00.000-05:00OOooh. The next step...the next phase. This is v...OOooh. The next step...the next phase. This is very exciting.<BR/><BR/>I'm sorry if I sound too much like a mother on the first day of school, but I'm hoping it can encourage you as well.<BR/><BR/>I'll be keeping you in my prayers. I'm excited to hear what milestone you will reach next. I like milestones. You can make your own, and they can be as significant as you like.<BR/><BR/>God be with you.Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08732955876428732569noreply@blogger.com