tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11022879.post111453691298501324..comments2024-03-15T05:59:23.683-07:00Comments on Life in the Shoe: Young People's DiscussionsDorcashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07050605764466835485noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11022879.post-1114885779549958642005-04-30T11:29:00.000-07:002005-04-30T11:29:00.000-07:00Dorcas, I can really identify with that idea of be...Dorcas, I can really identify with that idea of being 15 again! NO NOT FOR ANY AMOUNT! Unless I can retain the knowledge that I have gained at 56! But that would be so not fair to the world! ;-)<BR/><BR/>I see my children's thoughts better from their blogs too, just like you see your children's thoughts. Me thinks this is a wonderful way to share such thoughts for when we are together we never get to them, the visual and merely being with them seems to over-ride the ability to share in these areas. Physical presence is a form of blindness of the mind that can stifle the sharing of thoughts. <BR/><BR/>Discussions will go on forever about the need for changes in the church, the young will see things and want to know why, and do they need to remain as they have been? The older will see from experience, that only time can explain, and is not possible for the youth until they are among the older members and think that things are fine as they are. Such a circle we spin within! <BR/><BR/>May the youth always question the past and traditions. For this will keep us fresh and alive as Christians, "what mean ye by these stones"? The future may not be lived like the past, by God's help they will help us continue on God's path and take with them the wisdom of the past and keep traditions that are needed to keep them strong in the Lord. May God be with all of our children as they increase while we decrease.Truthseekerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15401365816156872807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11022879.post-1114713412999589112005-04-28T11:36:00.000-07:002005-04-28T11:36:00.000-07:00Sheryl, The United Bethel Youth Chorus. My fiance...Sheryl, The United Bethel Youth Chorus. My fiancee and I were at the church in southern Virginia when your chorus sang there. She is Ab, and Rach, and Esther's cousin. I enjoyed that service.<BR/><BR/>VernonMomof3https://www.blogger.com/profile/15766291815417117391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11022879.post-1114666169675681022005-04-27T22:29:00.000-07:002005-04-27T22:29:00.000-07:00Great blog post - those Deep Discussion Topics are...Great blog post - those Deep Discussion Topics are the same type of thing I remember discussing at deep and passionate length in the youth group - and on United Bethel's youth chorus tour bus last fall. I suspect that Mennonite youth across the country have hashed through these same discussion topics over and over through the years. (Imagine what all the walls of the RBI campus, or similar places, have heard across the generations!) At 32, I feel like I'm somewhere on the line between a Challenge the Norm Youth and a Loyal Adult Fixture. Dorcas, You were so right with your points Numbers 3 and 4 - Only time and the H.S. can change people (and it's really not my responsibility!) and - I'm the one who really needs to change, anyway!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11022879.post-1114598197543093762005-04-27T03:36:00.000-07:002005-04-27T03:36:00.000-07:00I once heard a pastor of 30+ years experience say ...I once heard a pastor of 30+ years experience say <BR/>"There aren't many problems I've seen in the church that couldn't be solved by a death or two..." <BR/><BR/>Seems a rather Morbid (and too true!)way of seeing church probs! <BR/><BR/>Lord, May I be willing to turn the scope on myself and not be the one others wait to die off!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11022879.post-1114585014858802712005-04-26T23:56:00.000-07:002005-04-26T23:56:00.000-07:00Actually, that quote wasn't quite original with me...Actually, that quote wasn't quite original with me. I saw it on an email forward a long time ago when I was like, 12 or 13.<BR/><BR/>MSAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11022879.post-1114584312417280762005-04-26T23:45:00.000-07:002005-04-26T23:45:00.000-07:00Arlene, rest assured in the fact that the bigger y...Arlene, rest assured in the fact that the bigger your children become the bigger will be the challenges. Like now you're helping them to learn to sit still in church. Later you'll be helping them to choose which church, if any at all. Enjoy them now. Indeed, in each phase of life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11022879.post-1114556750730764982005-04-26T16:05:00.000-07:002005-04-26T16:05:00.000-07:00Arlene--Matt came up with that comment with no pro...Arlene--Matt came up with that comment with no prompting from me or anyone else. I wasn't even there...just heard about it later. He has a well-deserved reputation as a witty guy, not that I'm proud of him or anything.<BR/>I agree that the youth are good for the rest of us. They make us laugh and think and even get a bit uncomfortable.Dorcashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07050605764466835485noreply@blogger.com