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By: Brady

Brady — Thu, 22 Dec 2005 14:00:00 +0000

Hey Randy. Thanks for the post. Steve took the words right off of my keyboard. Jesus is not the prodigal. But he certainly did all that Nouwen said he did.

By: Randy

Randy — Thu, 22 Dec 2005 01:08:00 +0000

Steve, I agree with you. There are some leaps and jumps that are made throughout the book. He makes quite a few assumptions from things in the painting and not actually in the story. People also tend to forget that the story is just that, a story.

Kristi, I took your advice and purchased some decon (cue the evil laughter). Between that and the chdeocg, the mouse standeth not a chance.

By: Thurman8er

Thurman8er — Thu, 22 Dec 2005 00:41:00 +0000

I was actually at my friend, the Red Sox fan’s house last night when he fired up Yahoo and got the bad news. He didn’t swear (out loud), to his credit, but the rest of the evening had quite the damper on it.

Cecil, you’re on vacation. You can stop keeping score now. (For the record, the stones are still winning.)

Randy, I’m with Brady on this one. I thought Nouwen’s comparison of the prodigal to Christ was a tad strained. But there is much merit to the thought process there. And no question as to what he knowingly went through for us.

By: kristi

kristi — Wed, 21 Dec 2005 20:59:00 +0000

I’m telling you…DECON to send the little critters away (far, far away)

By: cd2lab

cd2lab — Wed, 21 Dec 2005 20:04:00 +0000

I appreciate Nouwin’s use of the “journey”. It is something that I very much relate to and try to emulate. I’m not a preacher or a missionary, but day to day, year to year, place to place, if I can make other lives better, help communities, bring different constituencies into partnerships, improve qualty of life for people, that’s my journey. I don’t try to save souls, mine included. Salvation is not my call, I have to rely on faith for that. But if I can help others with their journey, my journey (and my soul) is complete.

Not much of a philosophy. In the future I’ll leave the deep thinking to the professionals in the blogosphere.

By: Stoogelover

Stoogelover — Wed, 21 Dec 2005 19:05:00 +0000

Mice … baptize them and get them into a small group. Obviously they are extremely gifted critters.
I don’t keep up with baseball except through Steve, so I’m clueless as to where Damon will now play.
I’d never thought of Jesus as the prodigal either. Must get the book.

By: meowmix

meowmix — Wed, 21 Dec 2005 18:20:00 +0000

Some truly awesome thoughts. I never thought of Jesus as the prodigal son. To think He left His home in glory to travel to this sin-infested world and take on the misery that we have inflicted on ourselves………..what a wonderfully sobering and humbling thought. Thanks for articulating it, again, in such a way as to hit me between the eyes in a new way.

As for the mice, my suggestion is the same as before……….get a church cat! Say they like fudge, huh?

By: cwinwc

cwinwc — Wed, 21 Dec 2005 17:55:00 +0000

1. Johnny Damon ‚Äì A Floridian (Orlando‚Äôs Dr. Phillips High School) and apparently living a very deprived life. It seems the 40 million the Sox offered just wouldn‚Äôt meet his needs like the 52 million the Evil Empire threw his way.

2. Latest (estimated) Score: Randy ‚Äì 1, Mice ‚Äì at least 8!

3. Interesting thought about the ‚Äúsuffering obedience‚Äù of Jesus. Thank God for it.

4. Prayers for you. The mice don‚Äôt need any.
Perhaps you should try ahlbesmo on the traps.