tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107887.post7594486507977240429..comments2024-03-27T08:37:26.489-04:00Comments on Not Another Episcopal Church Blog: No More TiersUndergroundpewsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10182191422663119484noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107887.post-62054325463496315082010-06-15T11:09:54.989-04:002010-06-15T11:09:54.989-04:00UGP
Excellent verse for stage III spiritual develo...UGP<br />Excellent verse for stage III spiritual development. I wish I was there.Dale Matsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12975212053636312471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107887.post-17911101624113190352010-06-13T16:45:19.645-04:002010-06-13T16:45:19.645-04:00Thanks Dale+,
Paul goes on to describe that uniti...Thanks Dale+,<br /><br />Paul goes on to describe that unitive stage in today's reading from Galatians 2:20,<br /><br />20 and it is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.Undergroundpewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10182191422663119484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107887.post-7895797113597622652010-06-12T22:01:29.299-04:002010-06-12T22:01:29.299-04:00UGP,
Nice post. The three tiers remind me of the t...UGP,<br />Nice post. The three tiers remind me of the three stages of spiritual development. Purgative, Illuminative and Unitive. Put this way we seem to vacillate between the first and second stages. BlessingsDale Matsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12975212053636312471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107887.post-22137908385912648892010-06-09T19:20:18.548-04:002010-06-09T19:20:18.548-04:00I just got finished watching our county's Dem....I just got finished watching our county's Dem. leader beating himself up over the discovery of the facts about the Dem. nominee who they elected yesterday to run against Sen. DeMint.<br /><br />And this from <a href="http://voices.washingtonpost.com/right-now/2010/06/bob_menendez_explains_the_alvi.html" rel="nofollow">the Washington Post</a>,<br /><br />"Alvin Greene -- a 32-year old unemployed veteran who paid a filing fee but did no campaigning -- upset the party's choice.<br /><br />'We take our efforts and time in the states where we have the greatest calculus of being able to engage and win,' said Menendez, 'so we weren't engaged in South Carolina. But I think one story out of South Carolina is the volatility that exists out there, where you have someone who spent no time and no effort on a campaign, and that guy could win. That shows the nature of the campaigns out there.'<br /><br />Not long after that, the South Carolina Democratic Party discovered that Greene was facing felony charges over having allegedly shown obscene material to a college student. Carol Fowler, the party chairman, has talked to Greene and asked him to quit the race. As of right now DSCC has not responded or signed on to the South Carolina party's request."<br /><br />Oops!Undergroundpewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10182191422663119484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107887.post-55828885332376713922010-06-09T18:27:14.728-04:002010-06-09T18:27:14.728-04:00Totally off-topic: Can your fine state's senat...Totally off-topic: Can your fine state's senate race get any weirder?<br /><br />Just askin'<br /><br />Cheers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107887.post-61444225122823610532010-06-09T08:44:03.970-04:002010-06-09T08:44:03.970-04:00If all those wants and desires of the natural self...<i>If all those wants and desires of the natural self desert us in the end, why do we who live in that great second class continue to follow after them? Why can't we overcome our selves? What keeps us from being part of that third class?</i><br /><br />Good questions. For me, I think it's the conscious or subconscious belief that I cannot live a full life if I abandon the Self. Thus, I am forever holding back something, because I don't trust God enough to do what He promises.<br /><br />Consider the American Anglicans. Many pay lip service to God's injunctions, but they really believe that a segment of their congregation will not be "fulfilled" unless they hold on to certain things which are clearly contrary to God's Word. Yet, instead of trusting God, they turn the Self into a sacrament.<br /><br />Cheers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com