Comments on: Peacebang In Savannah http://www.peacebang.com/2005/01/25/peacebang-in-savannah/ The manic mind of the minister -- Auntie Mame Meets Cotton Mather Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:51:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Chalicechick http://www.peacebang.com/2005/01/25/peacebang-in-savannah/#comment-59 Chalicechick Wed, 26 Jan 2005 19:53:35 +0000 http://www.peacebang.com/2005/01/25/peacebang-in-savannah/#comment-59 If it helps, I don't get it either. <br /><br />What my friend wrote or the War in Iraq. <br /><br />CC If it helps, I don’t get it either.

What my friend wrote or the War in Iraq.

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]]> By: PeaceBang http://www.peacebang.com/2005/01/25/peacebang-in-savannah/#comment-58 PeaceBang Wed, 26 Jan 2005 16:23:18 +0000 http://www.peacebang.com/2005/01/25/peacebang-in-savannah/#comment-58 Thanks for posting, Philip, and for offering that link. It leads me to think with sorrow about those people who come to church at a time of loss and suffering because they know a religious community can be good for them and their healing/wholeness. But because they haven't done the discernment of finding the right community *before* their loss, they have the very hard job of integrating into a flawed, all-too-human institution during a time of extreme personal stress. I actually think that the process of committing to a religious community is in itself frightening, exhilirating and stressful -- so I feel that it's opportune to do so when one is on fairly level emotional ground, if at all possible. <br /><br />My heart is hurting so much today about our mad and bloody presence in Iraq. No official post on it, just a comment made in great sorrow. Thanks for posting, Philip, and for offering that link. It leads me to think with sorrow about those people who come to church at a time of loss and suffering because they know a religious community can be good for them and their healing/wholeness. But because they haven’t done the discernment of finding the right community *before* their loss, they have the very hard job of integrating into a flawed, all-too-human institution during a time of extreme personal stress. I actually think that the process of committing to a religious community is in itself frightening, exhilirating and stressful — so I feel that it’s opportune to do so when one is on fairly level emotional ground, if at all possible.

My heart is hurting so much today about our mad and bloody presence in Iraq. No official post on it, just a comment made in great sorrow.

]]> By: Phil http://www.peacebang.com/2005/01/25/peacebang-in-savannah/#comment-57 Phil Tue, 25 Jan 2005 20:21:09 +0000 http://www.peacebang.com/2005/01/25/peacebang-in-savannah/#comment-57 You know, it was never an article of faith about the root of the word "religion." The American Heritage definition says "perhaps from religre." What's more important, I think, in this "Spiritual But Not Religious" thread is whether or not such a stance is harmful, or at least not as healthy--spiritually, psychologically, and physically--as being spiritual and part of a religious community. Fortunately, there is some evidence that it's better to either be spiritual and part of a community or not spiritual at all rather than being SBNR. "See Spirituality Without Practice: Can It Bring You Down?" at Spirituality & Health. (http://www.spiritualityhealth.com/newsh/items/article/item_3513.html) You know, it was never an article of faith about the root of the word “religion.” The American Heritage definition says “perhaps from religre.” What’s more important, I think, in this “Spiritual But Not Religious” thread is whether or not such a stance is harmful, or at least not as healthy–spiritually, psychologically, and physically–as being spiritual and part of a religious community. Fortunately, there is some evidence that it’s better to either be spiritual and part of a community or not spiritual at all rather than being SBNR. “See Spirituality Without Practice: Can It Bring You Down?” at Spirituality & Health. (http://www.spiritualityhealth.com/newsh/items/article/item_3513.html)

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