http://growmercy.org Mercifully gumming up the scapegoating mechanism Tue, 22 May 2012 23:06:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://growmercy.org/2012/05/18/in-the-name-of-love/comment-page-1/#comment-70796 Stephen T Berg Tue, 22 May 2012 23:06:44 +0000 http://growmercy.org/?p=3316#comment-70796 Connie, thanks so much for adding to the conversation the aspect of those who are unable to mentally grasp any kind of faith tradition. In this there seems to be present something like a purity, an innocence that transcends our preconceived notions of how and why we are motivated. Thanks again. Connie, thanks so much for adding to the conversation the aspect of those who are unable to mentally grasp any kind of faith tradition. In this there seems to be present something like a purity, an innocence that transcends our preconceived notions of how and why we are motivated. Thanks again.

]]> http://growmercy.org/2012/05/18/in-the-name-of-love/comment-page-1/#comment-70794 Stephen T Berg Tue, 22 May 2012 22:57:58 +0000 http://growmercy.org/?p=3316#comment-70794 Lucy, thank you. It's critical for we Christians to remember the truth of your perspective. This is what I was aiming at in my post. Lucy, thank you. It’s critical for we Christians to remember the truth of your perspective. This is what I was aiming at in my post.

]]> http://growmercy.org/2012/05/18/in-the-name-of-love/comment-page-1/#comment-70792 Stephen T Berg Tue, 22 May 2012 22:52:57 +0000 http://growmercy.org/?p=3316#comment-70792 Sam, All we can do is speak from our particular corner. Thanks for speaking. Sam, All we can do is speak from our particular corner. Thanks for speaking.

]]> http://growmercy.org/2012/05/18/in-the-name-of-love/comment-page-1/#comment-70386 Connie Sat, 19 May 2012 14:12:10 +0000 http://growmercy.org/?p=3316#comment-70386 Beautiful Steve, thanks for writing. Compassion and love truly are universal, not unique to any one faith tradition. Nor is a faith tradition of any kind a prerequisite for these qualities. It is innate in all of us, evident in infants, and evident in those lacking the mental ability to grasp the teachings of any prophet or teacher. It is imprinted and present, until something or someone snuffs it out. And it is the only part of us worth nurturing and feeding and protecting and living for. Beautiful Steve, thanks for writing. Compassion and love truly are universal, not unique to any one faith tradition. Nor is a faith tradition of any kind a prerequisite for these qualities. It is innate in all of us, evident in infants, and evident in those lacking the mental ability to grasp the teachings of any prophet or teacher. It is imprinted and present, until something or someone snuffs it out. And it is the only part of us worth nurturing and feeding and protecting and living for.

]]> http://growmercy.org/2012/05/18/in-the-name-of-love/comment-page-1/#comment-70320 Sam Sat, 19 May 2012 01:08:17 +0000 http://growmercy.org/?p=3316#comment-70320 Thank you, Lucy. I should have been even more diffident, and spoken more personally and less generally. Let me try again. I only know that for me, having heard Jesus call to follow, and then having been led to his cross, where he offers me forgiveness for my self-centredness, and then asks me to join him up there on his cross as he models self-sacrifice - the story has a grasp that changes me. I can only hope that it might have changed me to the point of being able to stoop and tie the shoe-laces as did the diffident manager/tour-guide in Steve's piece. Thank you, Lucy. I should have been even more diffident, and spoken more personally and less generally. Let me try again. I only know that for me, having heard Jesus call to follow, and then having been led to his cross, where he offers me forgiveness for my self-centredness, and then asks me to join him up there on his cross as he models self-sacrifice – the story has a grasp that changes me. I can only hope that it might have changed me to the point of being able to stoop and tie the shoe-laces as did the diffident manager/tour-guide in Steve’s piece.

]]> http://growmercy.org/2012/05/18/in-the-name-of-love/comment-page-1/#comment-70315 Lucy Fri, 18 May 2012 22:56:32 +0000 http://growmercy.org/?p=3316#comment-70315 Thank you Stephen for this post. I appreciate the introspection and self-aware-ability. This I believe can lead to spiritual maturing. Thank you Stephen for this post. I appreciate the introspection and self-aware-ability. This I believe can lead to spiritual maturing.

]]> http://growmercy.org/2012/05/18/in-the-name-of-love/comment-page-1/#comment-70314 Lucy Fri, 18 May 2012 22:48:13 +0000 http://growmercy.org/?p=3316#comment-70314 I would like to speak as an outsider. I know of those who have not been raised with a Jesus story who have the same motivation...I would disagree that it is unique to the cross story. I would like to speak as an outsider. I know of those who have not been raised with a Jesus story who have the same motivation…I would disagree that it is unique to the cross story.

]]> http://growmercy.org/2012/05/18/in-the-name-of-love/comment-page-1/#comment-70289 Sam Fri, 18 May 2012 16:34:21 +0000 http://growmercy.org/?p=3316#comment-70289 If I may, with a diffidence equal to that of the tour-guide: I think that there is in the story of Jesus on the cross, when one is grasped by it, a compellingness to stoop and tie the shoe-laces, that is unique in the sources of motivation to such self-sacrifice. (I speak, of course, as an insider....) If I may, with a diffidence equal to that of the tour-guide: I think that there is in the story of Jesus on the cross, when one is grasped by it, a compellingness to stoop and tie the shoe-laces, that is unique in the sources of motivation to such self-sacrifice. (I speak, of course, as an insider….)

]]> http://growmercy.org/2012/05/11/making-a-turn-on-view/comment-page-1/#comment-70206 Stephen T Berg Thu, 17 May 2012 22:28:30 +0000 http://growmercy.org/?p=3304#comment-70206 Thank you Stan. Age does bring perspective. Thank you Stan. Age does bring perspective.

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