tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5056516915392913431.post3417432172322190049..comments2023-10-21T05:09:27.355-04:00Comments on a second chance: having an identity crisis?uncle jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01879341171634900790noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5056516915392913431.post-89056166006381715842008-02-17T14:17:00.000-05:002008-02-17T14:17:00.000-05:00Fr. V,I believe you're right. To that end I recogn...Fr. V,<BR/>I believe you're right. To that end I recognize Miss Emily for not working in Catholic Schools - she knows the difference.uncle jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01879341171634900790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5056516915392913431.post-43342263422635311242008-02-17T13:50:00.000-05:002008-02-17T13:50:00.000-05:00"Such bold leadership should be applauded."If more..."Such bold leadership should be applauded."<BR/><BR/>If more of our institutions, particularly our schools did this. "If you do not want to follow Catholic teaching, avoid working and going to Catholic institutions." If only that were the mantra instead of, "Go ahead and go to or work at a Catholic institution, you'll barely be able to tell the difference anyway."Fr. Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13201561855047420853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5056516915392913431.post-89066740203103263892008-02-16T21:56:00.000-05:002008-02-16T21:56:00.000-05:00On the subject of Don Piper's book, "90 Minutes in...On the subject of Don Piper's book, "90 Minutes in Heaven"; if you get a chance, read it. It's very interesting, and is definitely from a Christian perspective. The part about him being "almost" in heaven is only the first part of the book. Most of the length of it is about his sufferings in recovering and rehab, and the depression he endured after having been brought back to earth. His coming back to earthly life seem not to have been for his benefit, but for his family; and to bear witness to others about what is beyond this life.Melody Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00442985285647041700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5056516915392913431.post-12436100633243332852008-02-16T08:41:00.000-05:002008-02-16T08:41:00.000-05:00Em,It seems to me most of our divergence is genera...Em,<BR/>It seems to me most of our divergence is generated in one general area. I believe we all, every one of us, are bound to live our life based in our rightly formed conscience. I believe in God given inspiration, and intelligence, and free will. I believe it is possible for us to be truly engaged in the search for truth and, at different points of that journey, end up at different places. I also believe in absolutes, as in 'truth'. It cannot be both black and white - it is one or the other. Our job is to find truth and live by it.<BR/>If I knowingly choose the wrong [untruth] - shame on me. If I unknowingly choose the wrong, God knows my heart. When I am really seeking to find and live by the truth, and not merely living, by a code of 'what is convenient for or pleasing to me' I believe a loving Creator God is more than willing to be merciful.<BR/>Always continue to be a thinker - to be a searcher - to be a learner - to be a questioner - to be a positive force for change - to be accepting of others' views as their views and not as an attack on or as a confrontation with you - to be merciful and forgiving - to be loving and compassionate and caring, even when others might not be - to be all God intends you to be, using the many gifts and talents he has given you.<BR/>PS - I think you're pretty cool, too.uncle jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01879341171634900790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5056516915392913431.post-2682663474071648782008-02-16T01:41:00.000-05:002008-02-16T01:41:00.000-05:00PS- I know I rarely agree with you theologically. ...PS- I know I rarely agree with you theologically. I don't mean it just to be argumentative...that's just my opinion. Always around to offer another POV. You know deep down I don't dislike you or anything! You're pretty cool, we get along. I just have weird theology and tend to share it.Buddhist, RNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09777947611604831806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5056516915392913431.post-19109393688799692622008-02-16T00:04:00.000-05:002008-02-16T00:04:00.000-05:00And that's why I refuse to work in the Catholic sc...And that's why I refuse to work in the Catholic schools. They'd probably fire me in an instant. Silly, but that's life. I stand up for what I believe. I'm glad some people do.Buddhist, RNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09777947611604831806noreply@blogger.com