tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907440527168314545.post4240512069974977285..comments2023-11-03T05:09:33.978-04:00Comments on Fragments of Grace: The View from the BasementUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907440527168314545.post-81341737137241728942012-02-23T03:36:20.351-05:002012-02-23T03:36:20.351-05:00The trend for beach wedding dresses or any wedding...The trend for beach wedding dresses or any wedding dress for that matter, has been leaning towards simplicity for the last several years. Gone are the wedding dresses that incorporated heavy materials, yards of lace and large fabric flowers.wedding venue byron bayhttp://byronbaybeachweddings.com.au/byron-bay-beach-weddings/byron-bay-beach-wedding-ideas/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907440527168314545.post-7752134175179312632012-02-12T06:48:07.852-05:002012-02-12T06:48:07.852-05:00Oh, thank you, Robin! Sometimes your stinging hone...Oh, thank you, Robin! Sometimes your stinging honesty is just what I need to read, and your conclusion literally brought me to tears. Oh, and thank you, too, for introducing me to Fr John Predmore. I never would have discovered that extraordinary post otherwise...Mike Farleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06732248182662167951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907440527168314545.post-81279104401575746552012-02-05T12:40:17.098-05:002012-02-05T12:40:17.098-05:00Powerful questions and awareness...Powerful questions and awareness...Gbergerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08895779471612397202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907440527168314545.post-15307766825945473182012-02-05T07:26:59.694-05:002012-02-05T07:26:59.694-05:00Has God been trying to show me everything? Wow - t...Has God been trying to show me everything? Wow - that is something to think and pray about. What a reframing. My own desire to reject it for myself is reason alone for me to slowly turn back to that and engage with it.<br /><br />Peace to you and thank you always for your thoughtful witness and for your words. You are a gift.Franhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07181529277715646835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907440527168314545.post-68210950415698681992012-02-04T20:50:46.449-05:002012-02-04T20:50:46.449-05:00No, me neither - to your last sentence. At least ...No, me neither - to your last sentence. At least to God causing life horror's -- I certainly don't believe that. As far as allowing -- well, they do seem to happen rather relentlessly, don't they? <br /><br />I can see where someone might read my post to say that God "causes" such things. I think it's more that when they happen, God gives us opportunities to see more clearly, opportunities which we can accept or not, as we are inclined and/or able. We can take that "long, loving look at the real" which Jesuit Walter Burghardt talks about. It's certainly difficult, and asks far more of us than that we merely accentuate the positive.Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01898073277524952683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907440527168314545.post-39831162953624532392012-02-04T12:38:45.841-05:002012-02-04T12:38:45.841-05:00RE that "life is so great!" link...I hav...RE that "life is so great!" link...I haven't had anywhere near the level of badness in life that you've had, though I've had plenty. I won't be joining in the chorus of "I'm so lucky!!" going on there. And for the person who put in that song/poem--may they be cursed to hum it the rest of their days. grr.<br />Whenever I read things like that, I wonder what they have that I don't have...I'm beginning to think there's some kind of switch in the brain--the rose glasses switch or something. Mine's not on. Theirs seems to be on for the both of us.<br /><br />I'm intrigued by your thoughts on the breadth of experience you tried to offer your children and whether the breadth/depth we experience is part of God's good parenting. Maybe. though that leads down a road of God either causing or allowing some of the horror...and I'm pretty sure I'm not willing to go there. sigh.Terihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10838436991138846332noreply@blogger.com