Comments for No Such Thing As Silence

Comment on Letter to Non-believers by Ciona

Ciona — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:21:37 +0000

Isn’t this great? I wrote a poem called Dodging Samaria–about our attempts to maintain a “clean theology,” which isn’t the way of Christ. I have not been able to find it, though . . .

Comment on Stop! Thief! by Jo Powers

Jo Powers — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:46:56 +0000

Dude, I’m so sorry to hear about this. Totally sucks.

Comment on People’s Coffee – Keepcup launch by Nikki

Nikki — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:28:49 +0000

Apart from you of course, People’s is what I miss most in the whole world about Wellington. Wahhh. And they just get cooler. The cups sound freaking awesome!
xo

Comment on Stop! Thief! by Mrs.Spit

Mrs.Spit — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:10:04 +0000

I’m so terribly sorry. Our house was broken into a year ago this time, and it was such a dreadful violation, to think that someone had wandered into my sanctuary, and strewn filth around.

I’ll hold out hope that things will be found.

Comment on Everything was beautiful and nothing hurt by Ed G.

Ed G. — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:35:44 +0000

Amen! Stumbled onto your site today while I was googling to find the name of the Vonnegut character whose epitaph this was. I look forward to taking a look around. Peace.

Comment on Everything was beautiful and nothing hurt by Ciona

Ciona — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 21:01:28 +0000

Oh, nice . . .

Comment on Haiku by Ciona

Ciona — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:55:20 +0000

Yummy!

I like that you ignore the 5-7-5.

“Summers day”–so lovely a photograph.

Comment on I pray by Ciona

Ciona — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:52:23 +0000

Ooo! I was going to go to sleep, but I was wooed by your delicious haiku! And now this . . .
“thirsty for your themes
your penmanship”

“to become a composition worthy of close-reading
and one that would instill in others
a propensity
for poetry”

I love the shift after “but.” I feel the cadence shift from the hurried self-scrawling to a desire for the steady, faithful handwriting of a masterful Author of Creation.

Love, love, love! Keep your poetry coming, my friend.

I wrote a song about passing the pen to God years ago (I think I told you this already).

Comment on Awesome skills by humblemonkey

humblemonkey — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:34:19 +0000

Pound for pound, you probably are bro

But when it comes to heart, I suspect its the other way around

Comment on ‘Morgan’ Mandela by humblemonkey

humblemonkey — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:33:33 +0000

oh, nice, I haven’t watch the trailer yet.. I shall look for it

Comment on ‘Morgan’ Mandela by Ciona

Ciona — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:14:05 +0000

Ooo . . . just watched the trailer. Should be good. “Hmmm, it’s got Morgan Freeman playing Nelson Mandela in it — how come no one ever thought of that before?” No kidding . . .

Comment on Everything was beautiful and nothing hurt by nick55000

nick55000 — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 03:52:18 +0000

i love Vonnegut
thanks

Comment on NHS slow and ineffective? Who cares! by phil_style

phil_style — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:33:59 +0000

Hey Will, just noticed you stopped by mine recently! how’ve you been?

I ran a short rant on US perceptions of the NHS back in August. Most of the debate from the right seems highly polemic. .. so I’ve responded in kind

http://virtuphill.blogspot.com/2009/08/americans-and-nhs.html

Comment on NHS slow and ineffective? Who cares! by Elmuzzerino

Elmuzzerino — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 01:39:41 +0000

The NHS aint perfect, but I wouldn’t trade it for the US system any day of the week. (although I now live in NZ, where is is pretty much the same)

I wrote a little post on the ‘Evil’ NHS myself, I’d love your feedback on it!

all the best

Muzz

Evil and Socialist NHS!

Comment on The Poor will always be with us by Glenn

Glenn — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 16:33:46 +0000

Relating the above quotes to today’s political challenge. Should the government take responsibility for the poor (uninsured) at the expense of “personal” responsibility? At what cost to pesonal reward? (Heavenly!)

Comment on NHS slow and ineffective? Who cares! by Ciona

Ciona — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:21:31 +0000

Hear, hear!

Comment on The Poor will always be with us by Will

Will — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 06:00:20 +0000

Hi Pat
The full sentence reads:
“It appears Christians will take Sola Scriptura as far as they can if it lets them avoid issues that make them uncomfortable.”
The way the sentence is structured means it logically only applies to a group of Christians.. big or small.. who abuse Sola Scriptura. Obviously this is not all Christians, else it would be pointless me writing the post in the first place.

Comment on The Poor will always be with us by Pat

Pat — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 01:10:07 +0000

It’s unfortunate that you say “It appears Christians will take Sola Scriptura as far as they can,” as if this would include all Christians.

Comment on The Seven Stages of Faith by One of Gods Girls

One of Gods Girls — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 23:00:01 +0000

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Comment on The Seven Stages of Faith by One of Gods Girls

One of Gods Girls — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 22:57:18 +0000

I am a first visitor to this site. I am a born again Christian for probably 5 years now And perhaps this isn’t the same for everyone as I don’t know for sure that I have gone through any of these stages. While I am a servent of God, I am still not without sin. Jesus who died for all mans sins has given me grace. And Grace is how I have a true relationship through the Father. Pastors are hugely important they lead us and guide us, they pray for us and they have dedicated their life to serve. The Bible is the word of God for without and it we would have no way os sharing the good news with anyone. Have you thought of the word History … HIS STORY it is factual. We could not come to where we are going without!
Sadly, the heart can be decietful, looking inward, giving us pride and idolitry of self. Perhaps I just don’t understand the stages well enough to put myself into one. Nor will I accept any of the stages you label me with. But what I do know is that God works everyday in my life, some times He uses godly people and sometimes He uses people that have no fear of Him at all. But every day is a blessing whether its filled with roses or dandilions.

Comment on The Seven Stages of Faith by Katie Kizzie

Katie Kizzie — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 00:03:04 +0000

It was actually a chain effect! I started out on my friend Amber’s blog Girl Healthy at http://www.girlhealthy.com and, after checking out the blogs that she follows, found A Thing with Feathers which I found inspirational. And right now, it’s killing me that I can’t remember Ciana’s exact post that led me to here from there… But that’s the chain of events!

Comment on The Seven Stages of Faith by Will

Will — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 06:28:15 +0000

Katie thanks for dropping by and sharing. I am truly humbled to have offered some small nugget of insight, even if I stole it from another author, hehe. Which blog did you find me through, if I may ask?

Comment on Old stuff, part 1 by Will

Will — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 06:24:01 +0000

I still have the diary I wrote this in, think =)

Comment on in your mind’s eye by Will

Will — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 06:22:03 +0000

yes, I wrote it this year… re-invigorating my poetic passion.. thankyou for the compliment =)

Comment on Old stuff, part 1 by Ciona

Ciona — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 03:42:25 +0000

How beautiful to peek into your candor with God . . .

Comment on in your mind’s eye by Ciona

Ciona — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 03:36:33 +0000

This is good . . . It’s yours?

Comment on The Seven Stages of Faith by Katie Kizzie

Katie Kizzie — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 00:41:22 +0000

Wow… Found your blog whilst blog-surfing through a friend’s. Your post has been truly enlightening. I find for myself that I have been floating in the uncertain world of Stage 4. While I recently tried to reestablish myself in a local church, I never felt truly connected. I guess I could not resign myself to focus my faith merely through the words and ideals of my Pastor — I just couldn’t swallow what he was dishing out every Sunday. While I know I have a long way to go, I am definitely planning on checking out Dr. Fowler’s book. Thanks again for the words of wisdom and the inspiration!

Comment on National’s Slash and Burn by Ciona

Ciona — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 04:41:08 +0000

How frustrating! These funding cuts sound awful; thanks for the peek into NZ politics.

It seems leaders would recognize that early prevention or attacking root causes like poverty and other social injustices would be a wise investment to treat a problem as opposed to bandaging a problem with boot camps. I believe those have not been terribly successful here in the States. Hmmmm . . .

Comment on The Walled World by invisionphotography

invisionphotography — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 03:22:43 +0000

Interesting that the main goal of these “walls” is to keep others out, but the tragic side-effect is that they also make it very difficult for anyone who wants to get out to help those on the outside.

Comment on Creationism by Ciona

Ciona — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 22:29:17 +0000

I, too, find it sad when we get bogged down in these debates instead of being present to God alive and among us. Who cares how God created the world when God is constantly recreating us right now and begging us to join in these acts of re-creation–from re-creating the story of the single mum (a new word for me–hehe) to the stories of war and famine and faithlessness.

We have a lot of self-proclaiming Christians who are really good at worshiping this Christ of ours without experiencing this same Christ. Experiences in Christ lend themselves to mystery and wonder and the unexplained. When God is an entity that we do something for, to or at, it’s probably easy to try to prove our rightness or others’ wrongness. When we become swept into this crazy/beautiful intimate relationship with a mystical Christ, we experience God in a way that helps us dig down to the jewel of our faith: we serve a God so great and so full of glory that we cannot even conceive God’s glory. I agree . . . even Christ didn’t overdo the explanations and proof.