tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4808375493800890797.post6821023665818777430..comments2024-03-27T13:12:39.343-04:00Comments on A Concord Pastor Comments: Current events in the ChurchConcord Pastorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18322127779647130869noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4808375493800890797.post-28005227656219821572012-04-30T15:25:16.181-04:002012-04-30T15:25:16.181-04:00I do like coming to this blog because it's a b...I do like coming to this blog because it's a breath of fresh air compared to some others where discussion can get pretty nasty at times. <br /><br />Regarding the LCWR, I believe the sisters are perfectly capable of determining their own policies and procedures.Annenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4808375493800890797.post-54627734389030437542012-04-28T22:12:23.059-04:002012-04-28T22:12:23.059-04:00This is part of the reason why I love your blog so...This is part of the reason why I love your blog so much! I love how it focuses on prayer, spirituality and scripture I truly look forward to receiving the email each morning with all of your latest posts and your blog has really been helping me prepare my mind and heart for Mass. I feel like your blog gives me a little bit of pastoral care each and every single day and often its exactly what I need to turn towards God on any given day! I feel like you're my second pastor even though you live in a different country and I've never met you, your blog is yet another reason why I am so thankful for the amazing priests around the world who have dedicated their lives to the Church.<br /><br />I think that you are right when you say that initial reporting is often hasty and ill informed. Since I've been seriously discerning religious life for the last year and a bit I've been following the LCWR debate with some interest and it seems like the vast majority of the writers haven't even read the actual document "Doctrinal Assessment of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious" since they are describing it as a scathing document... I don't think it is at all scathing but rather written in a very pastoral manner and I think some of the concerns are actually legitimate since in my discernment journey I've visited a few communities that do things that the LCWR is accused of supporting... those are the kinds of communities that I just don't visit again or maintain contact with and there are so many wonderful women religious out there who truly do embrace their role in the Church.Jennanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4808375493800890797.post-8238047280852579692012-04-28T21:18:01.406-04:002012-04-28T21:18:01.406-04:00me too...what you saidme too...what you saidFaithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13945662015612932618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4808375493800890797.post-75465174394584416352012-04-28T12:48:42.574-04:002012-04-28T12:48:42.574-04:00Your blog has always been a lovely, durable and re...Your blog has always been a lovely, durable and reliable source of inspiration. Your focus on scripture, spirituality, and prayer is an island of sanity in an ocean of crazy. <br /><br />Over the years I've dipped in and out of engaging in whatever debate is raging -- usually in devolving concentric circles. Over the past year or so, I've pretty much limited myself to posting a QOTD from which anyone is free to infer anything. I do not post anonymous comments.<br /><br />All this is to say/write that given the current climate of "discourse," I'm rethinking what I want to do with/on my personal blog. Might end up writing about my cat and the weirdness of becoming a clergy spouse.<br /><br />Bless you for your ministry, Austin.Meredith Gouldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16260267368064065843noreply@blogger.com