tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7876613.post109662999887072741..comments2023-11-20T10:17:40.928+00:00Comments on Good in Parts: Struggling...Kathrynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09171138485811816831noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7876613.post-1096754325126707962004-10-02T22:58:00.000+01:002004-10-02T22:58:00.000+01:00Its a bit late, but for what its worth; founding f...Its a bit late, but for what its worth; founding fathers normally were there at the beginning, blazing the trail, claiming the land/ territory. in dealing with Zac, JC was blazing a trail and leading by example in the way he expected his followers to behave. It wasn't a shallow or easy existence because it called for behaviour which didn't necessarily fit with social convention. Going against the flow and that takes comitment and dedication. You said you were St Marys? She didn't exactly follow convention with the birth of her son ie unmarried etc etcStickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13383408243961421248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7876613.post-1096751587367161682004-10-02T22:13:00.000+01:002004-10-02T22:13:00.000+01:00and on another thread almost completely...
kathryn...and on another thread almost completely...<br />kathryn? Kathryn? KATHRYN? you were listening to The Verve? http://bigbulkyanglican.blogspot.com/2004/10/funeral-music-and-verve.html#109672754716014180<br />and they say Zac was converted....Carolinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06193073783136129633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7876613.post-1096743724240529532004-10-02T20:02:00.000+01:002004-10-02T20:02:00.000+01:00it's a little known fact that 815 years ago there ...it's a little known fact that 815 years ago there was a tax office and betting shop on the patch of land that your church is built on. <br />So the story of Zac is perfect really.<br /><br />;)Carolinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06193073783136129633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7876613.post-1096727158162279112004-10-02T15:25:00.000+01:002004-10-02T15:25:00.000+01:00Thanks, all of you...I think the building on new f...Thanks, all of you...I think the building on new foundations bit might work.Sadly it's not actually our patronal (we're St Mary, which would probably not help us with dear Zac either)...but our dedication of building type celebration,- 814th birthday bash. Anyway, best press on with it, encouraged by your posts. :-)Kathrynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09171138485811816831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7876613.post-1096636116093253322004-10-01T14:08:00.000+01:002004-10-01T14:08:00.000+01:00I'd guess that links probably centre around ideas ...I'd guess that links probably centre around ideas like Zachaeus dedicating his life to Jesus, building on new foundations, that sort of thing. Also, Jesus' mission is here seen as changing people from self-centred to love-in-action, as the church should be doing.<br />Or, there's Jesus here acting out the subversion of secular and religious authority in both selecting a hated tax collector as his host (not a popular decision with the religious) and changing that tax collector (the emblem of the secular occupying force) into an emblem of His kingdom. Similarly, a new church carries on the business of spreading God's kingdom wider in this world.<br />Anyhow - let us know how you get on!<br /><br />pax et bonumSolidushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01942352297819203368noreply@blogger.com