tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post8144637181932534421..comments2024-02-21T03:20:21.898-08:00Comments on An Inch At A Time: Reflections on the Journey: New RulesSUSAN RUSSELLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01795717638621668638noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-9654637517674121762011-03-25T19:08:05.094-07:002011-03-25T19:08:05.094-07:00I am looking forward to reading things here that a...I am looking forward to reading things here that are New Territory. [I would be nice not to talk about sex issues all the time. ]<br /><br />Lets talk about God and his attributes, let's talk about God's Word, and how it has changed our lives... let's talk about what God's Word means to us as we navigate this world, and wait for his return.<br /><br />Can we share about how we useLGMarshallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04902418111182358582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-45041933557772070522011-03-25T17:59:12.527-07:002011-03-25T17:59:12.527-07:00Thank you, Susan. I am now able to come back to re...Thank you, Susan. I am now able to come back to read and enjoy the blog without being attacked.David and Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09545394141617985139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-41751464180860638022011-03-25T06:31:28.712-07:002011-03-25T06:31:28.712-07:00Dear Susan+,
Thank you for the New Rules. I too w...Dear Susan+,<br /><br />Thank you for the New Rules. I too want to see honest discussion that avoids intentional harm.<br /><br />I work in a university chaplaincy. This is something that we are modelling for the students and they get it.Patricia Brushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10287784822349193106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-78403299968278979132011-03-24T20:27:28.613-07:002011-03-24T20:27:28.613-07:00Sometimes - as I know from personal experience - a...Sometimes - as I know from personal experience - a person is just an angry looking for a cause. <br /><br />For me, that's meant having to <i>really</i> strain to keep my emotions in check, but it is much more difficult when you run into someone who isn't doing that and just whales away at everyone. It was seriously becoming an "occasion of sin" for me, so I am grateful I don&MarkBrunsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16971990948866488080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-85551773236486006772011-03-24T13:53:06.707-07:002011-03-24T13:53:06.707-07:00New Rules! Alleluia!New Rules! Alleluia!uffda51https://www.blogger.com/profile/11395027089123943228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-29398641779914954872011-03-24T13:41:10.742-07:002011-03-24T13:41:10.742-07:00hee hee ~ actually, it's "sis"
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...hee hee ~ actually, it's "sis"<br />;-)<br /><br />It makes me giggle 'cuz my husband always jokes that I must have been a man at some point in my life.Just Mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12858984705804810792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-89946785387321461252011-03-24T11:57:43.842-07:002011-03-24T11:57:43.842-07:00I am glad to see a new direction here. and i am i...I am glad to see a new direction here. and i am in favor of having some new descussions, as Susan+ said. <br /><br />So, are there some issues that can, or need to, be discussed? <br /><br />I do admit that it was 'shielding the joyous' which got me posting on Susan's blog in the first place. But i hope that there are other reasons for us to come together rather than just mutual danieljhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08901342566971331937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-68936991066320792822011-03-24T08:58:41.969-07:002011-03-24T08:58:41.969-07:00I would also like to extend an invitation for thos...I would also like to extend an invitation for those no longer able to comment here to contact me (I'm not hard to find).<br />I really do understand where you're coming from and how you are feeling. There are sites out there with conversations free of anger triggers. There really is a way to abide by your beliefs without feeling isolated, frustrated and angry.<br /><br />(Susan, feel Just Mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12858984705804810792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-61925733053525752642011-03-24T08:29:36.242-07:002011-03-24T08:29:36.242-07:00Dear Susan,
I think you're correct about...Dear Susan,<br /><br /> I think you're correct about stepping in and moderating. This is something we have to do at times even among friends gathered in our own homes. The comments section of our hometown online newspaper has gotten so awful, I can't bear to read it.<br /><br /> It is also amazing how even innocuous postings can attract vitriol. At my blog, I once posted a Rick+https://www.blogger.com/profile/03322574092020268536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-68879457411973999662011-03-24T07:37:13.772-07:002011-03-24T07:37:13.772-07:00Good news -- maybe I will read the comments again ...Good news -- maybe I will read the comments again - I have been ignoring them lately. Who needs abuse - it was not argument or debate- just abuse of your hospitality.Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07287169546184325690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-25259876107630845732011-03-24T07:22:01.494-07:002011-03-24T07:22:01.494-07:00Yup. It is necessary to police the marketplace of...Yup. It is necessary to police the marketplace of ideas or the bad actors take over. I have 3 simple rules and a quick trigger finger on the moderation screen. It would be nice if we did not have to do this but about the 12th time I had to delete the same boring diatribe about HIV I decided it was part of the blogging experience.<br /><br />FWIW<br />jimBJimBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17312606954135884910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-27359506703262646372011-03-24T04:08:02.922-07:002011-03-24T04:08:02.922-07:00I know first-hand how destructive anger and unforg...I know first-hand how destructive anger and unforgiveness are; those chains that once bound me were the hardest for me to allow YHWH to break.<br />I find it so heart-breaking (and scary) that we (as a society) have gone out of our way to fuel the fire of anger. No one "side" is to blame; both have done plenty of damage.<br />God is God & we are not. He has control & we do notJust Mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12858984705804810792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-51984853318041422892011-03-23T23:48:30.985-07:002011-03-23T23:48:30.985-07:00Thank you, Susan. Thank you.
You're no cowar...Thank you, Susan. Thank you.<br /><br />You're no coward, that's for certain; you made a hard decision that opened you to bile and racked your own tolerant heart. <br /><br />Thank you.MarkBrunsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16971990948866488080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-47049317661280026192011-03-23T22:40:35.434-07:002011-03-23T22:40:35.434-07:00Let's give some context, shall we/
I am repos...Let's give some context, shall we/<br /><br />I am reposting here, for context, some comments from the thread below:<br /><br />I wrote:<br /><br /><i>These are the words you use towards LGBT Episcopalians and their place in the church, harvested from just a couple of threads here:<br /><br />•disdain<br />•disgust<br />•crap<br />•people like you<br />•gross<br />•mad as hell<br />•people IThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09605163506396013904noreply@blogger.com