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Good Samaritan Sunday

Jul 25, 2004 22:15

So as I was sitting in church this morning I decided, God's probably pretty pissed at how much Bible's cost. I mean, if you think about it, we should really be handing them out for free. I've seen em' at the dollar store, while finding the same exact one in Target for $8. I understand that maybe $8 isn't a lot of money, but if the whole point is to ( Read more... )

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commonswings July 26 2004, 07:47:40 UTC

what about gideon bibles?

i've always had two minds on this - i kind of like having a formal bible that i respect and keep special as it feels right to do so. but then again, i also think that having one that is battered and tatty and used and cheap is far more practical and that's what the bible should be about really. far better to have one that's used and shows it - my little pocket bible has been through years of abuse on beach missions and the like yet still stays together so probably that's a good sign!

nickolai322 July 26 2004, 08:03:27 UTC

Beach missions, eh? Whereabouts?

commonswings July 26 2004, 08:07:41 UTC

oh this is a british thing

http://www.ubm.org.uk/newsite/index.html

old fashioned as anything (use new king james or AV as default bibles, don't let women do a thing, half expect women to wear head covering to pray etc etc) but they do a very good job and i spent a happy ten years doing it up until a couple of years ago when me and god started having "issues"

nickolai322 July 26 2004, 15:45:38 UTC

I'm sorry about the issues between you and God. I can relate to that. I think at some point, having the issues is important, because it provides you with the opportunity to maybe become stronger in your faith, depending on how they're dealt with...yeah, I'm still working on it. :O) Thanks for the link...it seems that it would be a good experience.

commonswings July 26 2004, 16:28:51 UTC

well basically i'd had a nightmarish few years, found my non christian friends mostly more supportive than my christian friends and decided that rather than trying to quosh my niggling problems with regards to god, actively get them out in the open. i'm slowly sorting them out, but it's not really helped that lincoln is fairly much a desert spiritually with no really great churches within my pedestrian-only grasp... heigh ho

but i think these questions will demand answers and those answers will - build me when i am out of the lincoln nightmare. that's what i keep telling myself anyway!

nickolai322 July 26 2004, 18:41:13 UTC

I can understand that as well..sometimes when I hit a rough spot, the hardest things to hear are the religious cliches that my mom throws out.."Well pray about it", or "It's in God's will". I believe in that...but I don't find it practical at those particular times. If I'm venting about something, it's much more comforting to hear "You're right, that guys a jerk", rather than "It happens for a reason". Slowly sorting through them is better than ignoring them, in my opinion, so I admire you for that...to be honest, I think I've been forcing mine to the back for awhile. But I hope that your voyage over here will prove useful, and that our churches and religious types don't drive you further away. :O)

Still hunting for the plag. sheet...

commonswings July 26 2004, 18:52:01 UTC

well sarah's uncle is apparently top preaching bod from delaware and hopefully the scarey country singing worship squad who i horribly offended last year by point blank refusing to line dance to choruses won't be there so should be good! heh heh

i forced mine back for ages, and to be honest the danger of bringing them to the fore is that it did rather come at a time when i was generally getting a bit - well lazy isn't quite the word, but i don't push myself enough and can get apathetic. so bad churches + questioning + a place i don't like and feel a bit fed up in = lazy so and so who might be using his problems as an excuse for a lie in on a sunday

i'm hoping that when i leave lincoln next year (god well and truly willing) the change in place and what i'm doing will kick start a real desire to seek again...

nickolai322 July 26 2004, 18:58:28 UTC

:O) ah yes, the sacred line dancing. Musn't let that happen again. How long will you be over here for?

commonswings July 26 2004, 19:05:51 UTC

only two weeks - my word the holy hoe down was creepy beyond words. and the woman who did the whole shebang (husband did the light show/ played the backing tracks) had three kids, two of whom were well into the whole running around with the tambourines and mics and one who just couldn't be bothered and sat next to me because i gave him one of my doughnuts. bless...

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