tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post2997945262900184611..comments2024-03-23T18:50:32.902-04:00Comments on Telling Secrets: " . . .; yet even at the grave we make our song Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia."Elizabeth Kaetonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06787552280232329081noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-62470092827369151942008-01-04T21:04:00.000-05:002008-01-04T21:04:00.000-05:00Thanks, Hiram. It's good to know that you DO have...Thanks, Hiram. It's good to know that you DO have a sense of humor - just different from mine. (What a surprise, right?)Elizabeth Kaetonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06787552280232329081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-86477656130347198332008-01-04T14:46:00.000-05:002008-01-04T14:46:00.000-05:00Hi, Elizabeth,I think that I am responding as much...Hi, Elizabeth,<BR/><BR/>I think that I am responding as much to other references to evangelism I have seen here, on "An Inch at a Time," and other progressive blogs, and not just to this one story -- and "evangelism" always seems to be getting people into an Episcopal Church and participating in some degree -- nothing about knowing and trusting the living God.<BR/><BR/>We may have quite different senses of humor. The commenters on "Stand Firm" kid each other a lot, and there is usually a "Friday Palate Cleanser" that is fun and/or funny. most of the commenters here, or at "An Inch", or at Jake's seem to be as serious as a heart attack most of the time.<BR/><BR/>I do see the humor in most of your days of Christmas -- the Turtle Doves, the Partridge in a Pear Tree, and the Calling Birds are a stitch -- but some elude me -- I think that you have something from "The Sopranos," (8 Mobsters Drinking) but since I have never seen that show, I was not sure of the reference.<BR/><BR/>I suppose that perhaps we are only really lighthearted with those who share our basic perspective -- because humor depends on an unexpected "twist"on reality, and if two people have a different sense of what reality is, they have a hard time seeing the twist.Hiramhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00845924600039905182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-92087954245034975732008-01-04T08:54:00.000-05:002008-01-04T08:54:00.000-05:00Oh, Hiram, lighten up. That's the difference betw...Oh, Hiram, lighten up. That's the difference between conservatives and progressives. You REALLY REALLY believe you have the truth in EVERYTHING from what "real" evangelism is to the "real" Jesus, to superior knowledge of what God is "really" saying in scripture to even "real" sex. That, and you have no sense of humor. <BR/><BR/>You probably didn't fin the humor in my 12 Days of Christmas parody either.<BR/><BR/>The Epiphany is almost here. Lighten up!Elizabeth Kaetonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06787552280232329081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-55319234220080509982008-01-04T07:49:00.000-05:002008-01-04T07:49:00.000-05:00I guess that this is the sort of thing that shows ...I guess that this is the sort of thing that shows how differently wired conservatives and progressives are --<BR/><BR/>1) This is not a story of evangelism, simply about the possibility of a transfer from one section of the Church to another. Real evangelism is the presentation of Jesus Christ to one who does not know him in such a way that, through the power of the Spirit, the person is led to trust Christ as Savior and to follow him as Lord in the fellowship of the Church (to paraphrase the definition of evangelism given at a Lambeth Conference - in 1958, I think.) Evangelism is not about "getting bums in the pew." Evangelism is about hearts transformed through meeting Christ and growing in him.<BR/><BR/>2. Is this really a funny story? I did smile, but I was also saddened by the irreverence and fear demonstrated.Hiramhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00845924600039905182noreply@blogger.com