tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30648257.post3570283395295546758..comments2024-02-19T04:50:58.170-08:00Comments on Shuck and Jive: Using Prayer for JusticeJohn Shuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00798753206614838161noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30648257.post-75868248686827384372009-01-22T13:58:00.000-08:002009-01-22T13:58:00.000-08:00I absolutely LOVED the benediction. Now that was o...I absolutely LOVED the benediction. Now <I>that</I> was one hell of a prayer.<BR/><BR/>Because I claim Bishop Robinson as my own (I'm Episcopalian and a big-time bleeding-heart faggy leftie) I suppose I should take you up on your challenge.<BR/><BR/>Excellent idea. Snarky? Who gives a crap?Lee M. Davenporthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05414914592624225281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30648257.post-62882992063222127772009-01-22T02:52:00.000-08:002009-01-22T02:52:00.000-08:00You are brilliant and these are worthy ways to tur...You are brilliant and these are worthy ways to turn the prayers into action.<BR/><BR/>FWIW, my whole take on the Warren flap now that the moment is behind us is this... Warren, IMO, ended up looking like the insincere and petty man that he is. Bookended between Robinson and Lowery, who both spoke with humility, a quality that I think Warren lacks.Franhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07181529277715646835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30648257.post-20897529305383239922009-01-21T21:11:00.000-08:002009-01-21T21:11:00.000-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.John McNeesehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18301421993866391399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30648257.post-37315589635434497972009-01-21T15:31:00.000-08:002009-01-21T15:31:00.000-08:00Where two or three are gathered there will be much...Where two or three are gathered there will be much quibbling over proper prayers.<BR/><BR/>In regards to Jesus and prayer, I am wondering if he would have even imagined a secular nation and how public prayer fit into that. <BR/><BR/>You got a point. An out of context use of scripture on my part except to the extent that all of this prayer fuss is a posturing over power, to which his general principles might apply.John Shuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00798753206614838161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30648257.post-32273015561814064432009-01-21T13:37:00.000-08:002009-01-21T13:37:00.000-08:00Ugh, the whole argument about who's prayer was mor...Ugh, the whole argument about who's prayer was more goddy is so gauche. I've been having a little fun elsewhere making fun of the whole thing and demonstrating how stupid it is, alas I'm the only one who seems to get the joke. <BR/><BR/>And, while I don't think these sorts of national prayers are exactly what Jesus was talking about, I'm pretty sure he'd have something to say to people's small and petty nitpicking about someone else's prayer as a means to simply score cheap political points.<BR/><BR/>That is, if I actually believed the fuss over Robinson's prayer was actually about his prayer and not about the fact that he's teh gay.Alanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16274395216929104919noreply@blogger.com