tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7301858169187263690.post438490967652779966..comments2023-06-29T05:17:22.025-04:00Comments on The Proper of the Day: The Proper of Yesterday: The Fifth Sunday of EasterRFSJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15164772153139719659noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7301858169187263690.post-621450318192167452008-04-22T16:06:00.000-04:002008-04-22T16:06:00.000-04:00DP - Thanks. I hope you didn't have a lot of hazi...DP - <BR/><BR/>Thanks. I hope you didn't have a lot of hazing to go through at school. I'm more and more unconvinced it's unhealthy in the long run for all concerned.RFSJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15164772153139719659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7301858169187263690.post-65044857302848529582008-04-22T11:22:00.000-04:002008-04-22T11:22:00.000-04:00Thanks for commenting on my sermon. Yes indeed it ...Thanks for commenting on my sermon. <BR/><BR/>Yes indeed it is great that two guys can take the same text and go in different directions. I enjoyed yours as much because it was so personal as for anything else. I feel I know you better. It made me think back to my own school days.Doorman-Priesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06407399232593479871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7301858169187263690.post-37017186771918463012008-04-21T20:38:00.000-04:002008-04-21T20:38:00.000-04:00Bob, I almost mentioned Constantine. I go back an...Bob, I almost mentioned Constantine. I go back and forth about that period, too. At best, I see him as a mixed blessing.June Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7301858169187263690.post-32647018758505874242008-04-21T20:33:00.000-04:002008-04-21T20:33:00.000-04:00Grandmere Mimi - You're right, I think. One of th...Grandmere Mimi - <BR/><BR/>You're right, I think. One of the great debates in church History at GTS was alway the question,was it good for the Church or not, on balance, for Constantine to have been Christianity the state religion? I honestly always have mixed opinions on that. In my idealism of seminary, I believe I answered that it was better for us not to have been made the state religion of Rome, but I can see that is isn't so cut-and-dried. But now, I believe you're correct - we're closer to our first century forebears in faith than any prior generation since Constantine!<BR/><BR/>Butch - glad to hear you didn't have to go through all that stuff! I wonder about the mental health sometimes, of those who enjoyed those "games" too much. There were several initiations I went through in Scouting, too, none too terribly unpleasant, but all designed to some degree make fun of or even humiliate. I never saw the point much.<BR/><BR/>RFSJRFSJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15164772153139719659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7301858169187263690.post-41335743033447736592008-04-21T19:08:00.000-04:002008-04-21T19:08:00.000-04:00Boy have I been through it at The King's College a...Boy have I been through it at The King's College at Briarcliff Manor, NY. We had to wear beanies freshman year and kiss a moosehead which hung on chimney off the main lounge. There were also tales of freshman being boated out to an island in the "lake" in their underwear and left there. The "lake" was only about two feet deep, but many a freshman slept on that island throughout the night. The year after I entered (1983) these practices were banned from the campus. I did enjoy slave day, as I was able to scrub my R.A.'s bathroom sparkling with a toothbrush - I don't remember what I was sold for, but oh how harrowing the experience! One to grow on. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7301858169187263690.post-90279248512473351402008-04-21T18:01:00.000-04:002008-04-21T18:01:00.000-04:00Maybe, just maybe, we're in a better place now, be...Maybe, just maybe, we're in a better place now, being thought of as outsiders, than when we were as part of the in group. Perhaps now we're closer to the image of Jesus and his followers and to that of the early church.June Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7301858169187263690.post-77294542057404956842008-04-21T16:29:00.000-04:002008-04-21T16:29:00.000-04:00Thank for your kind feedback, Mindy! Any new situ...Thank for your kind feedback, Mindy! Any new situation can be hard, even when we know we're perfectly qualified for the job or that we fit right in otherwse. I'm glad to know this last experience for you has gone well.<BR/><BR/>Cheers,<BR/><BR/>BobRFSJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15164772153139719659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7301858169187263690.post-24097378822121468992008-04-21T16:04:00.000-04:002008-04-21T16:04:00.000-04:00I'd like to tell you I enjoyed reading your sermon...I'd like to tell you I enjoyed reading your sermon from the 8 a.m. service. I specifically identified with the wanting to be accepted concept. I had that acceptance from the word go at the last job I had. I usually have anxiety issues before I start a new adventure also. And I am also getting better about it each time I have put myself out there. <BR/>Thank you.mindyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06136954734563302589noreply@blogger.com