tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8866769061706870107.post8781824407471069427..comments2016-11-03T19:34:56.984-07:00Comments on The Pilgrimage Continues: Ekklesia and GerousiaThe Ornery Pilgrimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15236146088484883943noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8866769061706870107.post-10076398786189673052010-01-27T10:56:29.535-08:002010-01-27T10:56:29.535-08:00as usual, you help me clarify my thoughts...as usual, you help me clarify my thoughts...The Ornery Pilgrimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15236146088484883943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8866769061706870107.post-72063855760949954262010-01-26T15:32:03.903-08:002010-01-26T15:32:03.903-08:00wow - that sounded harsh didn't it
didn't...wow - that sounded harsh didn't it<br /><br />didn't mean it to be so much a chiding as an observationjohn e.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13168524036585318571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8866769061706870107.post-72430207086087300092010-01-26T05:36:48.790-08:002010-01-26T05:36:48.790-08:00Just a denouement, not a conclusion. I can't s...Just a denouement, not a conclusion. I can't solve all the church's problems with a blog post. And I said functional, not necessary. There must be answers to the issues that give rise to tutelarism and control. Answers that lead us away from those two forces. I just don't know what they are. And I also want to have grace for what is. I am not a slash and burn reformer. If I have nothing to invite my brothers into, I don't want to take away from them what they have...The Ornery Pilgrimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15236146088484883943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8866769061706870107.post-43376438280692627902010-01-25T20:01:41.428-08:002010-01-25T20:01:41.428-08:00you really had me... until the second-last paragra...you really had me... until the second-last paragraph<br /><br />then you fell back a bit into YOUR single-acceptance view - just like cahill and his myopia re the catholic church ...evidenced by the fact you don't see the tutelary "nature" and "control" as pernicious forces (or even acceptable side-effects, if i read you wrong)<br /><br />my skin crawledjohn e.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13168524036585318571noreply@blogger.com