tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11022879.post7102777646853266510..comments2024-03-27T03:25:08.267-07:00Comments on Life in the Shoe: ABC Post 5--Looking for Honest Books & A Review of Charlie's BoyDorcashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07050605764466835485noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11022879.post-16243128381748256242022-04-10T03:22:25.479-07:002022-04-10T03:22:25.479-07:00Oh Dorcas, how I would love to have a chat with yo...Oh Dorcas, how I would love to have a chat with you in person. You have such a knack for hitting nails right on their heads and saying things out loud that we all know we are thinking but we feel so unrighteous verbalizing them. Your mention of the infamous MB in your blog has reminded me of the powerful, far reaching influence that each one of us has that speaks into generations that will come after us. I have countless relatives that experienced the fruit of his influence. I looked up that word--Influence: "the capacity to have an effect on the character, development or behavior of someone or something" Thank you for shining the light on our cultural "prosperity gospel". God is God and may we never waver from that "knowing". Here is to speaking true Godliness into generations to come!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03296897375268856137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11022879.post-987793444029424822022-04-08T19:53:31.858-07:002022-04-08T19:53:31.858-07:00Thanks for sharing!Thanks for sharing!Dorcashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07050605764466835485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11022879.post-88609142871837592942022-04-08T19:53:20.191-07:002022-04-08T19:53:20.191-07:00Very interesting insight. I know the internet and...Very interesting insight. I know the internet and self-publishing have given voice to so many people who never had a voice or platform before.Dorcashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07050605764466835485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11022879.post-45436283300769882822022-04-08T19:45:33.899-07:002022-04-08T19:45:33.899-07:00You're welcome, and thanks for sharing.You're welcome, and thanks for sharing.Dorcashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07050605764466835485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11022879.post-27395421574228805462022-04-08T19:45:07.852-07:002022-04-08T19:45:07.852-07:00I hadn't equated this mindset with the prosper...I hadn't equated this mindset with the prosperity gospel until you and a couple of others mentioned it. Thank you.<br />So very true that the less cut and dried stories don't get published as much.Dorcashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07050605764466835485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11022879.post-38543198018488699852022-04-08T19:42:59.208-07:002022-04-08T19:42:59.208-07:00Sue--I am obsessive about directions and knowing w...Sue--I am obsessive about directions and knowing where I am, which is fine until you go to Lancaster, PA, like we did recently, and all the roads go diagonally and every which way. Garrison Keillor once wrote about Minnesotans traveling abroad and standing on street corners in Paris or London, holding a map and trying to figure out which way is North. I felt so understood.Dorcashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07050605764466835485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11022879.post-275411076629770642022-04-08T10:51:40.664-07:002022-04-08T10:51:40.664-07:00I am honored that you mentioned Turtle Heart. Than...I am honored that you mentioned Turtle Heart. Thank you. Honesty was so so important to me as I wrote that book, and in all my writing. Maybe the tide is changing and maybe outspoken Mennonite bloggers have something to do with that. I have often thought of that. Blogging gives a platform for saying things that might not be publishable anywhere else. Lucinda Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15417289089523711683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11022879.post-80659196208287687542022-04-08T08:51:42.389-07:002022-04-08T08:51:42.389-07:00I think you may get some comfort and understanding...I think you may get some comfort and understanding out of this talk, given at a General Conference this past weekend. Life is at times confusing and inexplicable.<br />https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2022/04/41christofferson?lang=engRozy Lasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019413665136390175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11022879.post-72337377120621296052022-04-08T03:21:58.248-07:002022-04-08T03:21:58.248-07:00Thank you for shining a light on this assumption i...Thank you for shining a light on this assumption in our Mennonite world - that by doing the right things we make the right outcomes. I am coming to terms with this kind of control and narrow view, and still struggling to learn HOW to do life more expansively. . . your clear assessment gives me some more insight and ways to be. . . THANK YOU. Margohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16345165456341197559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11022879.post-70136429965840288982022-04-07T18:07:45.240-07:002022-04-07T18:07:45.240-07:00I really like that you are bringing up this topic....I really like that you are bringing up this topic. I hadn’t thought about it, but you’re absolutely right that these stories where good is rewarded and evil is punished help to reinforce the Mennonite version of the prosperity gospel. (Also—see the R & S and CLP story papers…)<br /><br />In real life, bad people do good things sometimes and good people do bad things sometimes. One set of parents discipline their kids well (or at least it looks like it), only to have them go wild in adulthood. Another family looks like they’re raising a set of future monsters, but in the end they grow up and become healthy adults. <br /><br />But the less cut-and-dried stories don’t get published as much. Joel Horsthttps://joelhorst.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11022879.post-21946197162989562432022-04-07T11:29:24.723-07:002022-04-07T11:29:24.723-07:00Such a big topic for discussion--how much control ...Such a big topic for discussion--how much control we think we have over outcomes! And no easy pat answers. Thank you. As a former Minnesotan living in Oregon, I didn't realize it was a MN trait to need to know where I'm at and which way is north. No wonder I need to study a map before traveling anywhere. I have a rock in front of our house with sandblasted compass points to keep me aligned in the right direction. Sue R.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com