tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post4481730329595788982..comments2024-03-23T18:50:32.902-04:00Comments on Telling Secrets: Unexpected Lessons from the Parochial ReportElizabeth Kaetonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06787552280232329081noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-25364820423375021722007-03-01T14:41:00.000-05:002007-03-01T14:41:00.000-05:00Elizabeth, your tribute to parish treasurers is ab...Elizabeth, your tribute to parish treasurers is absolutely correct, and I am not the treasurer of my parish. God forbid that I should be.June Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-48598480510848108542007-03-01T10:48:00.000-05:002007-03-01T10:48:00.000-05:00The young lady is quoted as saying “So I started t...The young lady is quoted as saying “So I started to read their Prayer Book. Reverend Elizabeth, do you know what? Jews don’t believe in life after death! They believe that mortality is the price we pay for free will.” <BR/><BR/>Now I have to do some research. I spoke about this with my psychologist. Her opinion is that they did believe at one time. She said that it was the "holocaust" which changed that. That they felt that God had deserted them. What a horrible thing to happen if it is indeed true. To be so demoralized that life after death is taken away from the belief system of an entire people.Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05623709712119761741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-72590146239294906402007-02-28T21:17:00.000-05:002007-02-28T21:17:00.000-05:00Dear Rev. Elizabeth:Did you tell your friend that ...Dear Rev. Elizabeth:<BR/><BR/>Did you tell your friend that all she had to do was be baptised ?<BR/><BR/>What assurance do you have that baptism in and of itself saves us from God's judgement and grants us membership in God's eternal family?<BR/><BR/>By the way, I might be a neo-puritan!<BR/><BR/>God bless all you do.Spirohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00615455652394284757noreply@blogger.com