tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4680282344162469445.post941692292866454819..comments2023-09-30T06:31:56.558-07:00Comments on Living Stones Community: When God Disappears in a Powerful Wayliving stoneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07444266250380793763noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4680282344162469445.post-8775114883879002032013-01-16T23:08:13.188-08:002013-01-16T23:08:13.188-08:00I'm new to this community, so I'm very lat...I'm new to this community, so I'm very late in replying, nevertheless, I want to say thank you. <br /><br />To think about God's hiddeness in this way will help me accept the automatic stories of people asking for change because they need to catch a bus to... whereever. The story is just another layer of separation. Maybe it can be both the wall that separates, like in Simone Weil's illustration, and the means of communication--the prisoners tapping out a code on the very wall that separates. <br /><br />Anyway, to see the wretchedness as a kind of presence, that helps me keep looking. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03515737176889999554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4680282344162469445.post-61186078293369624682012-06-03T19:16:59.667-07:002012-06-03T19:16:59.667-07:00Paul, I'm sorry for my late comment. This was ...Paul, I'm sorry for my late comment. This was a really insightful post. Thank you for sharing it. Great reminder that "Every human we encounter is some sort of a theophany," even though that is usually "not obvious." I pray that I might be more aware of God's presence (and absence or hiddenness) in the lives of those I meet.John Orzechowskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01701058293832714313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4680282344162469445.post-89434207275966511122012-05-17T17:10:16.700-07:002012-05-17T17:10:16.700-07:00Paul,
Maybe because I just came back from visitin...Paul,<br /><br />Maybe because I just came back from visiting Rickey’s mom and my mom and Catherine, all who aren’t fully present as we normally think of presence, this reflection meant a lot to me.<br /> <br />I thought it significant that you pointed out that Job’s friends “… sat down on the ground with him for seven days and seven nights with no one speaking a word.” The best response was silence. (Ah, I want more of this.)<br /><br />Also, I particularly appreciated your insight when you wrote, “…invisibility of God is what makes those persons least. But, by faith, we are sure to be with God when we are with them. We ought to go and be with these people not in order to assure them that God is there for them but rather to go, for our own sake, to be with God who hides within them.” This seems valuable because it cuts across selfishness. It suddenly isn’t about me or my good intention. It is about being fully present to the pain as well as the joyful moments. In that place of meeting God in the other I am strangely strengthened and made more whole.<br /><br />Thank you for your investment in writing such a thoughtful, rich, and meaningful reflection.<br /><br />Blessings—AnnaAnna Cottonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10836741144341026491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4680282344162469445.post-21888184091531020142012-05-08T02:53:54.675-07:002012-05-08T02:53:54.675-07:00Wow! Great post, Paul. Thank you for investing in ...Wow! Great post, Paul. Thank you for investing in and sharing this. It is a very insightful and powerful inspiration for us to humbly and sensitively engage and identify with those who suffer. I am grateful to be involved with brothers and sisters who are seeking to practice this kind of spirituality in genuine, meaningful ways!<br />--RickeyRChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06953614290688725077noreply@blogger.com