Comments on: Giving up people http://lent2008.wordpress.com/2008/02/07/giving-up-people/ simply Tue, 25 Mar 2008 01:03:07 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Jon Swanson http://lent2008.wordpress.com/2008/02/07/giving-up-people/#comment-30 Jon Swanson Mon, 11 Feb 2008 04:22:43 +0000 http://lent2008.wordpress.com/?p=13#comment-30 very well said, Meg. What crosses my mind is that anyone can be quiet for huge expanses of time. doing it in bite size piece is where the challenge...and the blessing come. Thanks for the challenge. very well said, Meg. What crosses my mind is that anyone can be quiet for huge expanses of time. doing it in bite size piece is where the challenge…and the blessing come. Thanks for the challenge.

]]> By: Meg http://lent2008.wordpress.com/2008/02/07/giving-up-people/#comment-28 Meg Sun, 10 Feb 2008 16:21:07 +0000 http://lent2008.wordpress.com/?p=13#comment-28 Thanks, Jon. Silence is a Lenten pursuit for me. Perhaps the more difficult then any I've made before. It is an enormous challenge for me to be quietly alone for even small pockets in the day. My silence is just too loud, it's in need of tending. -Megin Thanks, Jon.
Silence is a Lenten pursuit for me. Perhaps the more difficult then any I’ve made before. It is an enormous challenge for me to be quietly alone for even small pockets in the day. My silence is just too loud, it’s in need of tending.
-Megin

]]> By: Jon Swanson http://lent2008.wordpress.com/2008/02/07/giving-up-people/#comment-16 Jon Swanson Thu, 07 Feb 2008 16:43:08 +0000 http://lent2008.wordpress.com/?p=13#comment-16 And the challenge for me is that it isn't the fault of the people. Particularly when I'm not doing anything that would give me space, when I am not taking myself out of the stream. I was driving the other day, listening to a pledge drive for a radio station, and thought "Why am I spending this time with this chatter?" Love them, listen at other times, but for that 20 minutes, I could have been letting silence work on me. And this isn't about figuring out how to be productive all the time. This, for me, at this moment, is about choosing to not be unproductive at times. Thanks, Kim, for the tweet. And thanks Tom. And the challenge for me is that it isn’t the fault of the people. Particularly when I’m not doing anything that would give me space, when I am not taking myself out of the stream. I was driving the other day, listening to a pledge drive for a radio station, and thought “Why am I spending this time with this chatter?” Love them, listen at other times, but for that 20 minutes, I could have been letting silence work on me.

And this isn’t about figuring out how to be productive all the time. This, for me, at this moment, is about choosing to not be unproductive at times.

Thanks, Kim, for the tweet. And thanks Tom.

]]> By: Tom http://lent2008.wordpress.com/2008/02/07/giving-up-people/#comment-15 Tom Thu, 07 Feb 2008 16:18:45 +0000 http://lent2008.wordpress.com/?p=13#comment-15 Well written - much along the same lines that I have been thinking. Fasting is a great discipline and when the hunger pangs come, I am reminded of why I fast - that it is to focus on God. But even the disciplines that I think will help me focus more on God are frequently interrupted even sabbotaged by people. It is a confirmation of Dallas Willards observation that we will not make great gains in our spiritual journey without extended times of solitude and silence. Perhaps it is because our ears are not as skilled at hearing God's voice that we need to eliminate the distractions that come with people and their accompanying noises. Well written – much along the same lines that I have been thinking. Fasting is a great discipline and when the hunger pangs come, I am reminded of why I fast – that it is to focus on God. But even the disciplines that I think will help me focus more on God are frequently interrupted even sabbotaged by people. It is a confirmation of Dallas Willards observation that we will not make great gains in our spiritual journey without extended times of solitude and silence. Perhaps it is because our ears are not as skilled at hearing God’s voice that we need to eliminate the distractions that come with people and their accompanying noises.

]]> By: An Interesting Article About Lent and What We Are Called To Do. | http://lent2008.wordpress.com/2008/02/07/giving-up-people/#comment-14 An Interesting Article About Lent and What We Are Called To Do. | Thu, 07 Feb 2008 15:43:22 +0000 http://lent2008.wordpress.com/?p=13#comment-14 [...] “Giving Up People” [...] [...] “Giving Up People” [...]

]]> By: Return to Me with all your heart, And with fasting.. « Fiat Women http://lent2008.wordpress.com/2008/02/07/giving-up-people/#comment-13 Return to Me with all your heart, And with fasting.. « Fiat Women Thu, 07 Feb 2008 14:17:44 +0000 http://lent2008.wordpress.com/?p=13#comment-13 [...] praying. I’ve read a couple of really great reflections on Lent and wanted to point you to this one. Mostly because that’s part of my Lenten promise - to give up Fridays to spend in meditation [...] [...] praying. I’ve read a couple of really great reflections on Lent and wanted to point you to this one. Mostly because that’s part of my Lenten promise – to give up Fridays to spend in meditation [...]

]]> By: Kim http://lent2008.wordpress.com/2008/02/07/giving-up-people/#comment-11 Kim Thu, 07 Feb 2008 12:56:55 +0000 http://lent2008.wordpress.com/?p=13#comment-11 Thanks for sharing your insight with us - a different thought instead of giving up giving in. Thanks for sharing your insight with us – a different thought instead of giving up giving in.

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