Comments on: why I am learning to like and value all kinds of christians but especially the ol’ kinda ones

By: Paul

Paul — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 09:28:05 +0000

Bryan (10) – so very true, i am finding Jesus teaching on why we need to be like lil children up close and personal :)

By: Paul

Paul — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 09:27:13 +0000

Helen (9) are you saying your mind is wandering a lot???? ;) lol

By: Bryan Riley

Bryan Riley — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 15:31:40 +0000

I love how our kids teach us so much. And your comment leads me to think of putting away childish things…! Thank you for reminding us how much we can learn from our kids, even in the simplest of things.

By: Helen

Helen — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 00:59:10 +0000

Paul – yikes, when did I get to be in the ‘older’ category? That must have happened when I wasn’t looking ;-)

By: Paul

Paul — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 20:13:37 +0000

Bryan (3) great observation! I keep reminding myself from watching my 3 yr old son that it is a lot more easy (and fun!?!) to knock things down than it is to build them up – i think i’m really challenged to stop trying to make everyone do church my way!

By: Paul

Paul — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 20:11:13 +0000

Dan (4) thans very much, i hope you can be a positive agent of action and feel free to preach as many sermons as you are inspired too :)

By: Paul

Paul — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 20:09:58 +0000

Helen (2) – you older people are always teasing us young whipper snappers – guess that’s the advantage of having wisdom on your side ;)

I like your wisdom of learning from both – it certainly has been an eye opener for me!

By: Paul

Paul — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 20:08:16 +0000

Peter (1) thanks very much. I agree we can learn a lot from people who have experienced frustration – i think frustration can be a helpful thang just like anger can when it gives emotional energy to confront/face/explore/ponder the things that are getting our goat ;)

By: dan brown

dan brown — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 01:24:41 +0000

It is very difficult for me to remain positive in this challenging world. Thank you for encouraging me to be an agent for positive vocation amongst the institutions, the masses of humanity as well as my friends and acquintances. I will try to be gracious to others and the Lord has been gracious to me. There are a lot of good sermon topics in your post. Thanks again. Dan

By: Bryan Riley

Bryan Riley — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 23:39:17 +0000

Sigh, may we never tire of learning that God is our strength, even when we can only shake our heads at how weak we have been and say, Thank you Jesus for loving the unlovable, desiring the undesirable, and not needing me to be perfect.

Great post. It strikes me that we are always better at being reactionary and critical than we are at being edifying and encouraging. We tend not to be creative and helpful to organizations; we more often that not simply find the negatives and harp about them.