tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30648257.post4903786429135945542..comments2024-02-19T04:50:58.170-08:00Comments on Shuck and Jive: Taste and See!John Shuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00798753206614838161noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30648257.post-14590606598622305612008-01-12T17:45:00.000-08:002008-01-12T17:45:00.000-08:00My gender is not important and this is not a perso...My gender is not important and this is not a personal issue. Taste and see is the call to communion in the Orthodox church during Lent. I do not want any one contacting you so I am going to leave it at that. Forgive me.existentialisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18121706260786532883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30648257.post-46154844147370118672008-01-12T16:50:00.000-08:002008-01-12T16:50:00.000-08:00No idea what your gender is. You could tell us if...No idea what your gender is. You could tell us if you want. But I have to say, you are making me feel a little uneasy. This is not a forum for dealing with personal issues.John Shuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00798753206614838161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30648257.post-66675815577979778842008-01-12T16:26:00.000-08:002008-01-12T16:26:00.000-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.existentialisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18121706260786532883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30648257.post-7305817087259072262008-01-12T16:21:00.000-08:002008-01-12T16:21:00.000-08:00Jan,Oops. I read over your blog and see that you ...Jan,<BR/><BR/>Oops. I read over your blog and see that you credited Shawn. Read that part too fast. I will correct it.<BR/><BR/>Great post, by the way!John Shuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00798753206614838161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30648257.post-65919102867909107072008-01-12T16:16:00.000-08:002008-01-12T16:16:00.000-08:00Hi Olympiada,I thought you were clergy being talke...Hi Olympiada,<BR/><BR/>I thought you were clergy being talked to by your bishop for some blog you had or something.John Shuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00798753206614838161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30648257.post-12992518593314837192008-01-12T16:01:00.000-08:002008-01-12T16:01:00.000-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.existentialisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18121706260786532883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30648257.post-26291557039757265342008-01-12T15:55:00.000-08:002008-01-12T15:55:00.000-08:00OK, we are on a different topic, now.Yes, we serve...OK, we are on a different topic, now.<BR/><BR/>Yes, we serve communion once in a while, not every Sunday. <BR/><BR/>We don't have bishops. We have a Committee on Ministry. I have not been disciplined. I have been praised, much to the chagrin of my opposition.<BR/><BR/>Are you a clergy person?John Shuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00798753206614838161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30648257.post-61419261811194048992008-01-12T15:50:00.000-08:002008-01-12T15:50:00.000-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.existentialisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18121706260786532883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30648257.post-40288169198597940402008-01-12T15:34:00.000-08:002008-01-12T15:34:00.000-08:00Whoa. This is out of the blue. This is a joke. ...Whoa. This is out of the blue. <BR/><BR/>This is a joke. Admittedly, now I see, a bad one. <BR/><BR/>Pulpit Candy from Jan's blog has to do with the look (and the way of ministering) you have to have to get a big church job. Jan points out the reality to get such a position one looks like a soap opera star. Her point is that it is about image, not content or vision or direction. People in the big churches don't hire content, vision, or wisdom. I would also add that they do not hire radicals. They hire pulpit candy. It looks and tastes sweet but that's about it.<BR/><BR/>Obviously this is not true for all churches, but it is true enough to be a trend. The exception proves the rule.<BR/><BR/>OK? <BR/><BR/>Now, here is the joke!! I am NOT pulpit candy. I will not get a big steeple job (and I freaking don't want one) because I am a radical. I am not an ass kisser to the big givers. I say what I think needs to be said. I participate in protest rallies, and put my butt on the line for lgbts and for social justice issues and for religious freedom. I don't want to be any church's pulpit candy. That is why I am in the church I am in. They don't want candy, they want substance.<BR/><BR/>That is why I put the goofy picture of myself on there and called it pulpit candy. Irony...<BR/><BR/>Get it?!!? <BR/><BR/>Ha ha!<BR/><BR/>aw forget it...John Shuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00798753206614838161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30648257.post-78520843930064292742008-01-12T15:20:00.000-08:002008-01-12T15:20:00.000-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.existentialisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18121706260786532883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30648257.post-66011131329355578872008-01-12T15:18:00.000-08:002008-01-12T15:18:00.000-08:00Olympiada,I am not sure I am following you now. I...Olympiada,<BR/><BR/>I am not sure I am following you now. I was responding to Jan's article and making a joke. <BR/><BR/>Maybe it wasn't that funny.<BR/><BR/>If you are joking, too, I am not getting it.John Shuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00798753206614838161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30648257.post-5666711844203892052008-01-12T15:08:00.000-08:002008-01-12T15:08:00.000-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.existentialisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18121706260786532883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30648257.post-25205568351139962842008-01-12T14:53:00.000-08:002008-01-12T14:53:00.000-08:00John - Thanks for the link and to be fair - it was...John - Thanks for the link and to be fair - it was Shawn Coons who came up with the term.<BR/><BR/>Dr. Monkey - it will be a great day (or will it?) when men come to church in droves because a woman is in the pulpit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30648257.post-41721392529263953652008-01-12T00:51:00.000-08:002008-01-12T00:51:00.000-08:00I like my pulpit candy in a female package. :)I like my pulpit candy in a female package. :)Dr. Monkey Von Monkersteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14370062692837972451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30648257.post-49989467475919686592008-01-11T22:09:00.000-08:002008-01-11T22:09:00.000-08:00Oh, I suppose. I'll try to be a little more modes...Oh, I suppose. I'll try to be a little more modest, like my daemon says I should be.John Shuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00798753206614838161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30648257.post-52639368224466501822008-01-11T22:00:00.000-08:002008-01-11T22:00:00.000-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.existentialisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18121706260786532883noreply@blogger.com