http://www.dialogueventure.com/2009/10/02/the-priest-and-i/ with John Backman Sat, 14 Jan 2012 21:22:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.dialogueventure.com/2009/10/02/the-priest-and-i/comment-page-1/#comment-49 Bill Tue, 13 Oct 2009 22:53:59 +0000 http://www.dialogueventure.com/?p=182#comment-49 Despite the vast differences in our overt political stances, I think this interim priest and I had an excellent relationship, with very good "chemistry". We often joked about how, starting off on dealing with some political or church issue, we'd take off in opposite directions and wind up, after our separate "great circle routes" at pretty much the same place of reasonably close agreement. I wonder how we would have done with the kind of email dialogue you two had. Our email threads didn't last long. The only jarring note was that he was quite dismissive of Tom Ehrich's writings on Church Wellness. And he's very pessimistic about the future of the church, wanting orthodoxy of some kind but thinking that it can't be reconstructed, whereas I look for community and dialogue within a "servant church" where "certainties" don't have to exist. Despite the vast differences in our overt political stances, I think this interim priest and I had an excellent relationship, with very good “chemistry”. We often joked about how, starting off on dealing with some political or church issue, we’d take off in opposite directions and wind up, after our separate “great circle routes” at pretty much the same place of reasonably close agreement. I wonder how we would have done with the kind of email dialogue you two had. Our email threads didn’t last long. The only jarring note was that he was quite dismissive of Tom Ehrich’s writings on Church Wellness. And he’s very pessimistic about the future of the church, wanting orthodoxy of some kind but thinking that it can’t be reconstructed, whereas I look for community and dialogue within a “servant church” where “certainties” don’t have to exist.

]]> http://www.dialogueventure.com/2009/10/02/the-priest-and-i/comment-page-1/#comment-47 Prudence Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:36:23 +0000 http://www.dialogueventure.com/?p=182#comment-47 After reading this blog I'm left with a visual image of two people walking for a bit along the same path. Most of us feel alone and so to have someone join us on the path of life for however briefly and even if we don't agree with totally is to experience a connection with humanity and therfore to be treasured. To have someone stretch our minds enables us to feel the joys of being human and living on this earth. A very thought provoking blog indeed. After reading this blog I’m left with a visual image of two people walking for a bit along the same path. Most of us feel alone and so to have someone join us on the path of life for however briefly and even if we don’t agree with totally is to experience a connection with humanity and therfore to be treasured. To have someone stretch our minds enables us to feel the joys of being human and living on this earth. A very thought provoking blog indeed.

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