tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2678482213828648107.post9165756344731856733..comments2023-08-16T03:41:06.575-04:00Comments on Seeking Authentic Voice: Speaking of SinTerrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15667178624061122421noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2678482213828648107.post-77624303089863370332008-10-10T10:42:00.000-04:002008-10-10T10:42:00.000-04:00Wow, a big idea expressed here. I have difficulty ...Wow, a big idea expressed here. I have difficulty with use of the term "sin" and find it counter productive, given our culture war mentality with the ultra right using the term over extensively. It tends to hit a nerve with me. <BR/><BR/>I guess I'm more comfortable with a phrase like "failure to live up to the standards I believe God expects of me." I don't know if others find "sin" an outmoded and perhaps fundamentalist term, but I certainly do, and wonder if that is why we are so quick to avoid examining ourselves.<BR/><BR/>While I am loath to shift the fault of the economic crisis away from the business interests whose greed undoubtedly created it, we as individuals bear responsibility as well, by our dogged refusal to become informed. You can take the "they told me I could get a mortgage" only so far. I think that as a nation we are loath to accept our sin for the conduct of our country, and in the end, it is ours. <BR/><BR/>Thanks for such a thought provoking post.Sherryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15503657383929273550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2678482213828648107.post-14521145137618348282008-10-09T23:29:00.000-04:002008-10-09T23:29:00.000-04:00Oh dear. It sounds like such a painful hard thing....Oh dear. It sounds like such a painful hard thing. Wish there was something more to offer but my concern and prayer....but that is surely yours. ((MP))RevDrKatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06043193615563649333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2678482213828648107.post-2419015044015064872008-10-09T19:39:00.000-04:002008-10-09T19:39:00.000-04:00'Sin' is one of those words with a lot of baggage....'Sin' is one of those words with a lot of baggage.<BR/><BR/>It's difficult and challenging being a parent... (((mompriest))) All we can do is give it our best effort.<BR/><BR/>Keeping you in my prayers.Barbara B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02645311082295646375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2678482213828648107.post-39582191450040659102008-10-09T16:29:00.000-04:002008-10-09T16:29:00.000-04:00I never considered how it would be NOT to confess ...I never considered how it would be NOT to confess every time we take communion. I will be thinking on this much.<BR/><BR/>Your grief is palpable. I am holding you in my heart's arms. <BR/><BR/>Brighter days will come. But for now, I am sorry.Mary Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02970052534402740820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2678482213828648107.post-1111319844283301212008-10-09T09:42:00.000-04:002008-10-09T09:42:00.000-04:00i think you've hit an important issue. on one han...i think you've hit an important issue. on one hand we talk about sin and yet when many of us talk about the things we do that are wrong there is a big hesitation about calling it sin. when we hear (read) sin, it seems to either feel terribly heavy or doesn't mean anything at all.<BR/><BR/>i struggle with the confession thing--we do it every week now. i find it very powerful but i worry that it may be too shallow or rote. does it mean anything if we do it every week?<BR/><BR/>peace to you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2678482213828648107.post-5812177967740990342008-10-08T22:28:00.000-04:002008-10-08T22:28:00.000-04:00I think I was probably that way at 16...I think I was probably that way at 16...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2678482213828648107.post-30124355702064529552008-10-08T22:08:00.000-04:002008-10-08T22:08:00.000-04:00I hear you! My skin is covered with sin compost! I...I hear you! My skin is covered with sin compost! I try to teach my 9 years old in terms of choices and consequences. So far so good. But then, he's not a teenager yet.Lorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02785984092226524603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2678482213828648107.post-39387422568631988982008-10-08T21:06:00.000-04:002008-10-08T21:06:00.000-04:00I respect you for being so honest in this post. I ...I respect you for being so honest in this post. I think we have all had relationships in which we felt we failed. Some people prefer to find others to blame for that failure, but the responsible thing is to at least ask what part we played in it.<BR/><BR/>I'll say a prayer for you and your son.Ruth Hull Chatlienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08797146501548509911noreply@blogger.com