tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297631190403710992.post6047586847810166115..comments2024-03-27T14:34:57.325-04:00Comments on Through a Glass, Darkly: One Thousand Gifts, chapter 6M.K.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09205619221345704689noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297631190403710992.post-67759041052033472102012-08-20T17:10:18.126-04:002012-08-20T17:10:18.126-04:00Me again...can't seem to leave. The sexual re...Me again...can't seem to leave. The sexual reference was just the thing that offended a friend of mine who read the book. Another friend just loved it, and just passed on by this chapter with no trouble.<br /><br />You just never know.<br /><br />melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07239376501783744106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297631190403710992.post-35781537121838975192012-08-04T20:02:20.475-04:002012-08-04T20:02:20.475-04:00I'm pondering whether to do a post just on my...I'm pondering whether to do a post just on mysticism, and on exactly how we express our worship (2 different topics). I agree that mysticism is not a negative thing, that mystics are useful and necessary. Sandra, I do think she needs to be much more careful about describing exactly how she's worshiping. She explicitly says that she is NOT worshiping the creation. However, I feel sure that the worship experience she had in the wheat field would never have occurred without the presence of the moon. I don't think she's worshiping the moon, but I definitely think she's worshiping God-in-the-moon (panentheism is all about location), and that it's difficult for her, at that point, to remove God from the glory she sees in the moon.M.K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09205619221345704689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297631190403710992.post-88787689284078842472012-08-04T18:36:25.174-04:002012-08-04T18:36:25.174-04:00Great review and great comments. I would hope tha...Great review and great comments. I would hope that all Christians are mystics. Don't we all want to be united with Christ? To become less while he becomes more? And how can our faith be explained logically or intellectually? It's beyond our comprehension how salvation works. <br /><br />If I were the one to come up with a way of salvation for the human race, I certainly wouldn't have picked the way our Father did. I would have done something more logical or practical. Don't ask me what!debbie baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02479699000203333679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297631190403710992.post-54662409993987418832012-08-01T11:09:21.300-04:002012-08-01T11:09:21.300-04:00In agreement with PomPom...excellent review, your ...In agreement with PomPom...excellent review, your best yet and also, I am a prude. Prude comes from the Old French meaning an honorable woman. Yes, I am an honorable woman but that's not always been the case. Since being washed by the blood of the Lamb, I wear the title proudly!<br />I think we in the western world are uncomfortable with words like "mystic". That's a shame as I think I fit the definition you gave. I'm also a practicing Christian and don't believe nor feel those two things are at odds with one another.<br />Sometimes I think sexual imagery is used simply for the shock value. Other times I think it's the differences in generations. Each generation becomes weaker both physically and spiritually. The Bible says this will happen and history bears it out as well.<br />Frankly, I think Voskamp comes close, dangerously close, to worshiping the creation and not the Creator. <br />There's a fine line, a very fine line, and she's beyond toeing the mark, imho.<br />My mother has a saying, "The mind is the devil's playground."<br />Ain't it just the truth?!Thistle Cove Farmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15722295191884810953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297631190403710992.post-5623782046011207342012-07-31T17:36:17.097-04:002012-07-31T17:36:17.097-04:00Excellent review, MK!
I AM a prude. Really, I am....Excellent review, MK!<br />I AM a prude. Really, I am. I think all fairy grandmothers are.<br />Not to oversimplify, but letting go of her grief allows her to feel more and she wants to feel as much as possible. I wonder if she'll slide toward a more pensive and liturgical spot in the future.Pom Pomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01524994024698986829noreply@blogger.com