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HelenM · 03-10-2002, 03:00 PM

It finished this week...meanwhile I wrote about it and what I wrote was printed in the local newspaper..if you're interested, here's the text of it (and their title) from my site:

<a href="http://home.att.net/~shmildenhall/writings/course.html" target="_blank">Caught Between Two Views of Jesus: A Modern Meditation </a>

They printed it in a place where they generally have a column from one of a group of regular writers. That was neat

love
Helen

ex-preacher · 03-10-2002, 03:10 PM

Well done, Helen!

Scotty · 03-10-2002, 03:14 PM

Good work Helen.
Wouldn't it be great if it was all laid out logically and made sense the first time?

-Scott

Pitshade · 03-10-2002, 06:18 PM

Looks good, very thoughtful.

HelenM · 03-11-2002, 01:17 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Scotty:
Wouldn't it be great if it was all laid out logically and made sense the first time?

My writing? Yeah, I agree.

Ohhhh, did you mean...life, the universe and everything?

(I still agree

)

Thanks for your responses, Scotty, ex-preacher and Pitshade

love
Helen

[ March 11, 2002: Message edited by: HelenSL ]

sighhswolf · 03-11-2002, 03:46 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Pitshade:
Looks good, very thoughtful.

Yes, very nicely done Helen.
A commentary easy to read and understand, and touches on some very distinctive issues that
face christianity in these modern times.
I have seen some hot debates between christians as to whether the traditional view that was aimed
at a Jewish audience over 2000 years ago is relevent in todays world.
Wolf

beachbum · 03-11-2002, 04:44 AM

Hi Helen

Great piece of writing. I enjoyed reading this and doing some mental comparison of times pst.

Listen, I lost my complete system about two weeks ago and lost everything. Please send me an e-mail at scallihan@cfl.rr.com so I can recapture your information.

Thanks, and keep inquiring.

Your friend,

Stan the friendly beachbum.

Doubting Thomas · 03-11-2002, 06:46 AM

Hi Helen, nice essay!

Some books that might better explain what you heard at that class:

"Honest To Jesus" by Robert Funk

And

"Why Christianity Must Change or Die" by John Shelby Spong.

Both point towards a new Christianity that gets back to the alleged core of what Jesus taught.

Personally, I think there's too many agendas and too little core documents of original writtings for us to ever know. Short of finding some undiscovered writtings I suspect His divinity will continue to be debated.

-T

HelenM · 03-11-2002, 09:37 AM

Thanks for your comments, Thomas

.

Actually, there was a reading list given out with the course and they were selling copies of "Honest to Jesus" there - so I got that and have read quite a bit of it. You're right that the course content is partly from it and as you say, the book is able to go into more depth than a short five week overview. I knew from a conversation prior to taking the course that the teacher of it (the UU minister) liked Funk's writings.

I don't have "Why Christianity Must Change or Die" by Spong but I do have "Christianity for a New World" (or something like that) by him - his most recent book - and enjoyed reading it.

Stan thanks for your comments

. I e-mailed you.

love
Helen

freemonkey · 03-11-2002, 09:52 AM

Helen, well done.

03-10-2002, 03:00 PM	#1
HelenM Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Ill Posts: 6,577	About the UU course I went to... It finished this week...meanwhile I wrote about it and what I wrote was printed in the local newspaper..if you're interested, here's the text of it (and their title) from my site: <a href="http://home.att.net/~shmildenhall/writings/course.html" target="_blank">Caught Between Two Views of Jesus: A Modern Meditation </a> They printed it in a place where they generally have a column from one of a group of regular writers. That was neat love Helen

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03-10-2002, 03:10 PM	#2
ex-preacher Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: University of Arkansas Posts: 1,033	Well done, Helen!

03-10-2002, 03:14 PM	#3
Scotty Senior Member Join Date: May 2001 Location: OutBound Posts: 804	Good work Helen. Wouldn't it be great if it was all laid out logically and made sense the first time? -Scott

03-10-2002, 06:18 PM	#4
Pitshade Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Sugar Grove,NC Posts: 4,316	Looks good, very thoughtful.

03-11-2002, 04:44 AM	#7
beachbum Beloved Deceased Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cocoa Beach, FL Posts: 864	Hi Helen Great piece of writing. I enjoyed reading this and doing some mental comparison of times pst. Listen, I lost my complete system about two weeks ago and lost everything. Please send me an e-mail at scallihan@cfl.rr.com so I can recapture your information. Thanks, and keep inquiring. Your friend, Stan the friendly beachbum.

03-11-2002, 06:46 AM	#8
Doubting Thomas Regular Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 290	Hi Helen, nice essay! Some books that might better explain what you heard at that class: "Honest To Jesus" by Robert Funk And "Why Christianity Must Change or Die" by John Shelby Spong. Both point towards a new Christianity that gets back to the alleged core of what Jesus taught. Personally, I think there's too many agendas and too little core documents of original writtings for us to ever know. Short of finding some undiscovered writtings I suspect His divinity will continue to be debated. -T

03-11-2002, 09:37 AM	#9
HelenM Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Ill Posts: 6,577	Thanks for your comments, Thomas . Actually, there was a reading list given out with the course and they were selling copies of "Honest to Jesus" there - so I got that and have read quite a bit of it. You're right that the course content is partly from it and as you say, the book is able to go into more depth than a short five week overview. I knew from a conversation prior to taking the course that the teacher of it (the UU minister) liked Funk's writings. I don't have "Why Christianity Must Change or Die" by Spong but I do have "Christianity for a New World" (or something like that) by him - his most recent book - and enjoyed reading it. Stan thanks for your comments . I e-mailed you. love Helen

03-11-2002, 09:52 AM	#10
freemonkey Veteran Member Join Date: May 2001 Location: hell if I know Posts: 2,306	Helen, well done.

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