Thank you, Maureen, Having your listening ear is vital for all of us, viv ... From: Maureen <maureen904@...> Subject: [mkadvocates] Re: Thanks, from viv ...
HI Suzie, I'm a member over there, and the fellow who runs it does seem to be a decent guy. He also has put up links there, to this list and the MK Safety Net...
've been reading and enjoying your postings. I too am a former MK. A couple of years ago a group of Quito Alliance Academy alumni, of which I am a member,...
... ******************************************** Greetings Irma, Your thoughts on forgiveness and grace are well spoken. I have to ask..why is it that the...
Thanks Viv, I feel no need to forgive the C&MA. They have to answer for their own misdeeds. I only seek peace for myself. I am tired of being angry ...
Hi Irma, I understand. It is time to move on. Since I have written my story, I find I am more stable and less confused with issues that keep me off balance. I...
When I went in front of the committee at the Presbyterian Church no one asked me to forgive them. That wasn't the issue. The issue was being heard and...
Hi Irma, Powerful stuff. Thanks for sharing that with us. Richp ... From: irma_emery To: mkadvocates@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2008 10:03 AM ...
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... one asked me to forgive them. That wasn't the issue. The issue was being heard and having the pain of those years acknowledged. People shouldn't be...
I fear the word 'grace', because in my eyes, it is another control word...It is a word that brings memories of smiling adults who turn on a dime and minister...
I quite agree with you that church-speak is meaningless. But it's left me a little bereft. How do you derive your sense of spirituality? It helps to hear...
Ah, how do you derive your sense of spirituality -- indeed? I am still grappling with that one. Perhaps I was trying to take "grace" out of the church-speak...
Well, ladies, Â I too have struggled with this question. I have found that spirituality defined by the European Christian world is always connected to Church...
Hi Viv, Thanks for sharing that. A lot of this discussion is pretty deep for a fellow like me, but some of it resonates loudly. I grew up in the western PA...
Hi Rich, Thank you for your thoughts and sharing your experiences.. I am coming to believe that while we as humans need to structure our belief system, that...
Hi Viv, Don't worry, I don't see this as a doctrinal discussion. It's more of a sharing about where our life experiences have brought us. Marilyn talks about...
Hi all. I have been reading your wonderful, insightful posts and just taking it all in. I am encouraged, challenged, and validated. Thank you all for sharing...
Cheers! I did not start my process until I was 55. A friend we both had, Dan and I, was a vet of the Viet Nam era. He was a survivor of that time and he had...
It's really wonderful that so much that is said resonates with my experience, probably in a different years (from 19Â 55 to 1962) in a different country,...
Viv, thank you for your encouragement. Debby, thank you for sharing more of your life story. I actually like the theory about breast cancer, it may seem far...
Hi Suzie, I also appreciate the way people are sharing here. We'd hoped it would happen, and it certainly seems to be.... It's also our hope that as people see...
Hi Folks, A couple of things have been mentioned off-line that seem to me to be useful to pass on to everyone on the list. Some of you might not want to...
Suzie, as I read your words her, my heart seizes on the similarities of our journeies. I was living a very chaotic life of depression, anxiety, anger, knowing...
By Mary Oliver in her collection "Why I wake Early" BONE Understand, I am always trying to figure out what the soul is, and where hidden, and what shape.... ...
Margie, I like that "middle world" called third culture. Is that like "middle earth in the Tolkein chronicles "Lord of the Rings?" LOL I usually feel like I...
Marilyn, I can truely identify with your words: "I am screwed up mightily from experiencing the merging of evil and faith as I child," It is no wonder that we,...
