tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6025490242883149468.post7723115016203937184..comments2023-05-02T02:48:18.552-07:00Comments on Here I Am: Belonging Rev. Abigailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01595305292646706146noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6025490242883149468.post-70467970201362536802017-08-09T08:00:40.998-07:002017-08-09T08:00:40.998-07:00"For the record, I still maintain that it'..."For the record, I still maintain that it's a good way to make people who did not grow up in the tradition feel unwelcome." It is crazy for any one to challenge this statement. Or to say that it is wrong to feel that way. Nonsense.<br /><br />For me personally, I have always respected the person who chose to join a group to which I have always belonged. I feel proud of having been a life-time Democrat, but I would expect the person who became a Democrat despite her wealthy family's history of Republicanism would be more proud of being a Democrat.<br /><br />And for you personally, given the hurdles you've crossed to be a pastor, given your excelling at preaching and theology and all things ministerial, I would expect you to be proud of the choices you have consciously made in comparison to those of us who accepted the tradition handed to us.<br /><br />But, none of my expectations changes the observation you raise and the feelings you share here and before on Facebook. I appreciate your sticking with it and sharing so completely such that we who were unaware can think about such things in the future.JimIIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15490036980295467544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6025490242883149468.post-9329805964890655722017-08-08T21:11:15.603-07:002017-08-08T21:11:15.603-07:00Thanks. You're beautiful when you are snarky....Thanks. You're beautiful when you are snarky. Nice move from the personal to the prophetic, from the particular to the universal. I always like your reflections.Doug Blandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05257150499096008333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6025490242883149468.post-23895701064445196902017-08-08T20:35:07.031-07:002017-08-08T20:35:07.031-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00100265946085733570noreply@blogger.com