tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post114503301745245013..comments2024-02-21T03:20:21.898-08:00Comments on An Inch At A Time: Reflections on the Journey: Jesus is dead.SUSAN RUSSELLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01795717638621668638noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-1145375363325164282006-04-18T08:49:00.000-07:002006-04-18T08:49:00.000-07:00Sorry, my memory had failed me in the last post: T...Sorry, my memory had failed me in the last post: The exact lyric was "I rolled the dice when they pierced his side."<BR/><BR/>Peace of Christ,<BR/>ChipChip Webbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01055858187692162039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-1145374073684769912006-04-18T08:27:00.000-07:002006-04-18T08:27:00.000-07:00One more thought, Rev. Susan: the traditional Chri...One more thought, Rev. Susan: the traditional Christian understanding is that we ALL are responsible for the Lord Jesus Christ's death on the cross. It was the sins for which every human being who ever has or will live commits that provided the reason for which he went to the cross. (Think of "Ah, Holy Jesus.") As Bono once wrote:"I was there when they crucified my Lord/I held the scabbard as theChip Webbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01055858187692162039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-1145320395843575332006-04-17T17:33:00.000-07:002006-04-17T17:33:00.000-07:00Rev. Susan,Much of this sermon is truly wonderful....Rev. Susan,<BR/><BR/>Much of this sermon is truly wonderful. It's well-written and the stories are moving.<BR/><BR/>But -- and I'm sure you can guess where I'm going already -- the whole bit regarding orthodoxy is the biggest problem. It ignores several facts:<BR/><BR/>*The Pharisees were known not for adhering to the letter of the law, but actually for having constructed rules that went beyond Chip Webbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01055858187692162039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-1145128868671809792006-04-15T12:21:00.000-07:002006-04-15T12:21:00.000-07:00I remember hearing this last year from you and thi...I remember hearing this last year from you and thinking she's on to something. So as I read this, I knew that I needed to post. <BR/><BR/>At the Good Friday, overnight vigil in a nearly empty church , I started thinking about the drama of Holy Week and how so many just come at the beginning and the end of this drama without being witness to the "in between" moments. <BR/><BR/>Skipping Thursday, africantrekkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13742033500881963509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-1145118406569897462006-04-15T09:26:00.000-07:002006-04-15T09:26:00.000-07:00AFter the candles on the chancel had been extingiu...AFter the candles on the chancel had been extingiushed at All Saints Tenebrae service last night, I waited in silence, knowing that this is the part in the liturgy where someone brings back the lit candle, yet I found myself praying, "bring back the Light, bring back the Light.." Its arrival brought me to tears and the reminder that yes, there is darkness, grief, evil in the world that I cannotAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-1145059206441392332006-04-14T17:00:00.000-07:002006-04-14T17:00:00.000-07:00Thank you Susan for a very inspiring and thought-p...Thank you Susan for a very inspiring and thought-provoking message.<BR/>Rev'd Peter Weeks,<BR/>Uniting Church in AustraliaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-1145051007564375322006-04-14T14:43:00.000-07:002006-04-14T14:43:00.000-07:00Thank you Susan, your message resonates with my pr...Thank you Susan, your message resonates with my priest's message today. The Rev Anne Bartlett and the Rev Tom Murphy instilled in us today that without this piece of the "symphony" how can we truly know the joy of Easter morning; well, we really can't and understand it as well as feel it in our very bones. May God in Her wisdom continue to give us shepherds like you and, Anne, and Tom. Amen.Catherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04267544451078638468noreply@blogger.com