tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8311928015079423906.comments2023-06-17T09:32:12.782-06:00Irreducible MinimumsThe Rev. Torey Lightcaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11575889913001493762noreply@blogger.comBlogger79125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8311928015079423906.post-33745971691437707262016-05-25T10:36:12.288-06:002016-05-25T10:36:12.288-06:00
These are good rules for interaction with anyone,...<br />These are good rules for interaction with anyone, teachers workplace etc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8311928015079423906.post-7347483653213420192015-04-12T19:53:57.921-06:002015-04-12T19:53:57.921-06:00Exceptional. Exceptional. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06660173144485987813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8311928015079423906.post-19497622981640320162015-04-12T19:53:41.464-06:002015-04-12T19:53:41.464-06:00Exceptional! Exceptional! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06660173144485987813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8311928015079423906.post-7635445038025582852015-04-11T20:08:40.993-06:002015-04-11T20:08:40.993-06:00Señor Brew: I was only too happy to remove the pic...Señor Brew: I was only too happy to remove the picture, which I thought I'd found while performing a "Labeled for noncommercial reuse" advanced Google Image search (but apparently found using just plain old Google Image search). It's really no problem at all, and I do apologize. However, I take very seriously the allegation that anything I wrote on that page may have been "borrowed." That's what I grew up calling plagiarism, and it does not fly.The Rev. Torey Lightcaphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11575889913001493762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8311928015079423906.post-79706672409634715982015-04-11T17:36:51.122-06:002015-04-11T17:36:51.122-06:00Nice story you borrowed. Looks like you borrowed ...Nice story you borrowed. Looks like you borrowed the photo from my blog too, http://noblesquarebrewing.blogspot.com or someplace else that also copied it, since I created it. Please remove it.<br /><br />Señor BrewSeñor Brewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11959117029473235232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8311928015079423906.post-5994386657905980112014-12-07T08:13:36.755-07:002014-12-07T08:13:36.755-07:00Great sermon. I got down to the last few sentence...Great sermon. I got down to the last few sentences and I felt like the movie ended without putting closure to the story. What an amazing set up to close the sermon with a focus on Jesus Christ. <br /><br />We’ll find ourselves praying the urgent and truthful prayer<br /><br /> Of right relationship with God,<br /><br /> Right beside Isaiah:<br /><br /> “Come down, God. Come down, and dwell among us.”<br /><br /> <br />And the still, small voice replies:<br /><br /><br /> “Behold, a virgin shall conceive and bear a son.”<br /><br />I got here and I got excited. I was grabbing hold of my seat, I was looking for a page 2 button to see what was next! A word of redemption, a word of Grace, a word of Love, and a word of Forgiveness. <br /><br />The Good News of our Savior is always a refreshing and exciting ending. <br /><br />with love.......Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8311928015079423906.post-39250066963512328922014-10-10T07:06:44.283-06:002014-10-10T07:06:44.283-06:00I really do not have an opinion about this topic o...I really do not have an opinion about this topic one way or another... I just like to read what my brother (Mr.Lightcap) puts on paper, or screens across America as it were.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8311928015079423906.post-87627210110143710002014-09-10T09:49:48.779-06:002014-09-10T09:49:48.779-06:00Ann, I was rereading comments left here just now, ...Ann, I was rereading comments left here just now, and I found myself wondering how that conversation with your 16-year-old went, and how life has been since then. Thanks for writing. <br /><br />Torey The Rev. Torey Lightcaphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11575889913001493762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8311928015079423906.post-42545494235104642402014-08-18T16:47:47.799-06:002014-08-18T16:47:47.799-06:00Rev. Torey,
I haven't felt as sad as I did and...Rev. Torey,<br />I haven't felt as sad as I did and and frustrated with the "establishment" since the 60s. Good thing that God has control even though I am more than a bit edgy. His patience with us is so infinite. Blessings!Fun and Thoughtshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08677374189415990685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8311928015079423906.post-34384098833826596752014-08-18T14:24:35.011-06:002014-08-18T14:24:35.011-06:00Thanks for your thoughts, Scoop. You're absolu...Thanks for your thoughts, Scoop. You're absolutely right about what's more important here.The Rev. Torey Lightcaphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11575889913001493762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8311928015079423906.post-60263120567975482622014-08-18T14:03:25.357-06:002014-08-18T14:03:25.357-06:00Speaking from the St. Louis area, I have to say th...Speaking from the St. Louis area, I have to say that there are far, far more peaceful protesters than looters. But there are also far more good people who would like to see peace restored without having to confront the question of why this happened and why people in Ferguson "can't just get over it." I am also still confounded by people who are far more outraged by the looting than by the death of an unarmed teenager. Both are wrong. But death is absolutely final, while things can be replaced. Scoop (Leslie Scoopmire)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03599423243399045800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8311928015079423906.post-16440381355938931092014-08-17T15:06:50.813-06:002014-08-17T15:06:50.813-06:00Thank you for your honest wondering and insight. I...Thank you for your honest wondering and insight. It has been a very hard week. And it is hard to talk honestly to my 16 year old daughter about it. And yet I know that it is my holy duty and ministry to talk to her, and to her friends, about it all. Not to give answers, but space to question and decide what to do. And the more we can do that in and out of church, the better the chance that we can, indeed, move forward.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16835720234036656248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8311928015079423906.post-44501990605236024492014-08-08T16:15:29.409-06:002014-08-08T16:15:29.409-06:00I LOVE this! I wish I had read it before I went t...I LOVE this! I wish I had read it before I went to seminary, although I'm sure most of it (except the coffee) would have gone right over my head at the time. Absolutely spot on - especially the caste system! Thanks!Jean Mornardhttp://preacherjean.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8311928015079423906.post-56071311968678299342014-08-08T10:51:39.706-06:002014-08-08T10:51:39.706-06:00Thanks for the feedback so far, friends.
A word ...Thanks for the feedback so far, friends. <br /><br />A word or two about the term <i>caste</i>, which I see has perhaps a stronger air of deliberative provocation about it than originally calculated:<br /><br />My experience (you can't un-have an experience; nor should you disown it) was that of a few excellent academic performers and a few struggling academic performers, with a vast middleground where it was easy to get lost or behind and start to founder. (Where I might have fallen on that spectrum is my own business.) This is typical for any learning situation. But it IS a kind of stratification. Where it goes wonky is in thinking that <i>By golly this is a seminary, we're all in this side-by-side, and we all rise or fall together</i>, which is just destined not to be as true as it sounds, even if it sounds great.<br /><br />What is <i>not</i> intended or should be construed through that word is that the seminary system itself somehow only supports those who show the highest degree promise through performance. Indeed, as any good seminary should, the folks at my school worked hard to demonstrate equal treatment. You have to do this, and they did it exceedingly well.<br /><br />For the record, I am just gobsmacked in love with the seminary where I received my training. I wouldn't change a single experience for all the tea in China (as difficult and strange as those experiences may have been at the time), and I am thrilled with that school's current leaders, administrators, staff, and professors. It's a privilege to be associated with it.The Rev. Torey Lightcaphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11575889913001493762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8311928015079423906.post-56675822709367696012014-08-08T10:11:39.991-06:002014-08-08T10:11:39.991-06:00Excellent and pretty spot-on, though I didn't ...Excellent and pretty spot-on, though I didn't really experience things as a "caste system" as such. There were, however, some natural leaders and other natural scholars in our class. Also, chapel is more valuable than you can possibly imagine.Tom Sramek, Jr.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17891982131922786298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8311928015079423906.post-39095542670858489492014-08-08T09:59:21.073-06:002014-08-08T09:59:21.073-06:00Thanks for this. Our mutual friend Jen sent me her...Thanks for this. Our mutual friend Jen sent me here. The countdown to orientation has begun, and even though I am attending a UCC seminary, there is a cohort of Episcopalians there, so that is comforting.Scoop (Leslie Scoopmire)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03599423243399045800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8311928015079423906.post-68106691515991940182014-08-08T09:22:17.085-06:002014-08-08T09:22:17.085-06:00And I wish I had gone, if this is the norm.
And I wish I had gone, if this is the norm.<br />Anne Tannernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8311928015079423906.post-11773617644225795312014-08-08T09:00:58.280-06:002014-08-08T09:00:58.280-06:00Glad I did not go to an Episcopal seminary if this...Glad I did not go to an Episcopal seminary if this is the norm.Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07287169546184325690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8311928015079423906.post-12575919923258609382014-07-06T23:54:02.898-06:002014-07-06T23:54:02.898-06:00Thank you so much for including Tim and me and Max...Thank you so much for including Tim and me and Max in this morning's beautiful sermon. I appreciate not only your words, but, by doing so, helped me to "spread the word" regarding my relationship with Tim. I was so moved and blessed to receive so many good wishes from my church family. I could never leave St. Thomas' completely. It and the people there are my touchstone and my life is so rich because of these amazing relationships. Now, if I could just sell my house... Max could be running on the beach in September.Rebeccanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8311928015079423906.post-87600718951854097102014-06-09T09:56:29.339-06:002014-06-09T09:56:29.339-06:00Thank you for this. It should be used by all pasto...Thank you for this. It should be used by all pastoral care classes for insight and discussion.Kris Litman-Koonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12105443453264251874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8311928015079423906.post-53860672190290353092014-06-07T16:01:12.142-06:002014-06-07T16:01:12.142-06:00I did this just the other day without realizing it...I did this just the other day without realizing it. I was talking with a co-worker and complimented them on their attitude and said that I was trying to do the same thing. I followed just about every step you mentioned. I had no idea that I was blessing them. I just wanted to let them know that their presence had changed me. Thank you Torey.<br />leighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03926593289978347295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8311928015079423906.post-59467044411108163152014-04-19T21:08:56.534-06:002014-04-19T21:08:56.534-06:00Or just as bad as any of these, there's the te...Or just as bad as any of these, there's the tendancy not to speak to the strangers at all.SCGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08162762233972733978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8311928015079423906.post-62639969834295231232014-04-19T19:50:04.319-06:002014-04-19T19:50:04.319-06:00Christ honoring. Provoking. Brilliantly written.
...Christ honoring. Provoking. Brilliantly written.<br /><br />He is Risen...keep creating, MikeAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15872459703501959598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8311928015079423906.post-32279415055202042092014-04-19T12:03:42.444-06:002014-04-19T12:03:42.444-06:00Or, what was said to my husband the one time he da...Or, what was said to my husband the one time he darkened my church's door when we lived in VT--"About time you showed up! We thought Laura was single." Do you see why it was the only time he darkened the door?Lauralewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13899810561123775484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8311928015079423906.post-3832947400209353122014-04-17T10:33:20.645-06:002014-04-17T10:33:20.645-06:00Fabulous. Simply perfect. I needed that this morni...Fabulous. Simply perfect. I needed that this morning.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com