http://currentsoffaith.com/2008/01/31/living-in-process-i-1-scaredy-cat-living-in-a-gray-world/ Ruminations on culture, religion, and politics from diverse perspectives of faith. Tue, 17 Aug 2010 15:15:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://currentsoffaith.com/2008/01/31/living-in-process-i-1-scaredy-cat-living-in-a-gray-world/comment-page-1/#comment-180 Tatiana Wed, 12 Nov 2008 15:23:15 +0000 http://currentsoffaith.com/2008/01/31/living-in-process-i-1-scaredy-cat-living-in-a-gray-world/#comment-180 great post hope to see some additional comments here... great post hope to see some additional comments here…

]]> http://currentsoffaith.com/2008/01/31/living-in-process-i-1-scaredy-cat-living-in-a-gray-world/comment-page-1/#comment-160 Lee Crawford Sat, 07 Jun 2008 17:02:52 +0000 http://currentsoffaith.com/2008/01/31/living-in-process-i-1-scaredy-cat-living-in-a-gray-world/#comment-160 I've just finished reading this book through Chapter 12 and have decided it's time to make some comments that I'm going to send here at the end of Chapter 1 as well as at the end of Chapter 12. The book is quite interesting and thought provoking and should be a must read for all literate people of faith who have open, questioning minds(and those without faith too, for it resonates with alternative ideas to many orthodox doctrines that can be off-putting to the modern mind. Showing how the theology has emerged from or along with the author's personal story is a fascinating approach, and the ideas are presented in a way that can be grasped by literate readers without much formal theological training. This book needs to come out in hardback as well! I’ve just finished reading this book through Chapter 12 and have decided it’s time to make some comments that I’m going to send here at the end of Chapter 1 as well as at the end of Chapter 12. The book is quite interesting and thought provoking and should be a must read for all literate people of faith who have open, questioning minds(and those without faith too, for it resonates with alternative ideas to many orthodox doctrines that can be off-putting to the modern mind. Showing how the theology has emerged from or along with the author’s personal story is a fascinating approach, and the ideas are presented in a way that can be grasped by literate readers without much formal theological training. This book needs to come out in hardback as well!

]]> http://currentsoffaith.com/2008/01/31/living-in-process-i-1-scaredy-cat-living-in-a-gray-world/comment-page-1/#comment-109 Robert Brizee Sun, 06 Apr 2008 23:22:40 +0000 http://currentsoffaith.com/2008/01/31/living-in-process-i-1-scaredy-cat-living-in-a-gray-world/#comment-109 Dear Bob: The bright color came from my time at school. I really enjoyed learning and read alot. The other was the B Western movies which we went to every Saturday afternoon or the dime we would spend on a comic book instead of the movies. Most of my energy was spent, however, in staying safe, toeing the line, so that I would not get into trouble. Still, that lead to extreme guilt because even if I were safe my brother was not. Mostly I did not think my own thoughts beyond staying safe. Dear Bob: The bright color came from my time at school. I really enjoyed learning and read alot. The other was the B Western movies which we went to every Saturday afternoon or the dime we would spend on a comic book instead of the movies. Most of my energy was spent, however, in staying safe, toeing the line, so that I would not get into trouble. Still, that lead to extreme guilt because even if I were safe my brother was not. Mostly I did not think my own thoughts beyond staying safe.

]]> http://currentsoffaith.com/2008/01/31/living-in-process-i-1-scaredy-cat-living-in-a-gray-world/comment-page-1/#comment-99 Bob Stevenson Fri, 04 Apr 2008 05:45:20 +0000 http://currentsoffaith.com/2008/01/31/living-in-process-i-1-scaredy-cat-living-in-a-gray-world/#comment-99 Bleak, bleak as \'The Last Picture Show.\' Black and white and gray. And filled with such painful silence. Were there any bright colors? Bob, it seems so similar and yet so different from my upbringing, which also felt so much like \'The Last Picture Show.\' Red rage was to be avoided, I see. I wonder if there were other colors as you remember your childhood? Thank you for these vivid, mostly painful, images. Bleak, bleak as \’The Last Picture Show.\’ Black and white and gray. And filled with such painful silence. Were there any bright colors? Bob, it seems so similar and yet so different from my upbringing, which also felt so much like \’The Last Picture Show.\’ Red rage was to be avoided, I see. I wonder if there were other colors as you remember your childhood?
Thank you for these vivid, mostly painful, images.

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