tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7256050.post116101268965533241..comments2023-09-23T07:46:55.137-04:00Comments on the ashram: Thanksgiving.......geoff and sherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02055588922702826766noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7256050.post-1161720080868873652006-10-24T16:01:00.000-04:002006-10-24T16:01:00.000-04:00Thanks for your comment anonymous...regretfully, m...Thanks for your comment anonymous...regretfully, murder has been fundamental to the human experience from the very beginning.....cain killing abel get things started and nothing much changes from that point forward-that is, until Jesus opens the door to a different understanding of how we can process conflict and work out disagreements with one another-he shows us a way around violence and billyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08869740559280036839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7256050.post-1161651724623088682006-10-23T21:02:00.000-04:002006-10-23T21:02:00.000-04:00In birmingham, AL where we are on the brink of the...In birmingham, AL where we are on the brink of the most homicides in our city's history, we could use the same love the Amish showed the family of the killer. It seems the majority of the homicides in the Birmingham are a 'revenge' killing. To repay someone for the evil they have done. To do the work of God. I pray that God uses this (as I know He will) to bring glory to His name.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7256050.post-1161651711147910062006-10-23T21:01:00.000-04:002006-10-23T21:01:00.000-04:00In birmingham, AL where we are on the brink of the...In birmingham, AL where we are on the brink of the most homicides in our city's history, we could use the same love the Amish showed the family of the killer. It seems the majority of the homicides in the Birmingham are a 'revenge' killing. To repay someone for the evil they have done. To do the work of God. I pray that God uses this (as I know He will) to bring glory to His name.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7256050.post-1161033396578923452006-10-16T17:16:00.000-04:002006-10-16T17:16:00.000-04:00Beth,Thanks for sharing-I think that yours is a ve...Beth,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for sharing-I think that yours is a very good observation about the effects of grace upon those who do not understand it. I wonder if one of the reasons why people lash out at beautiful acts like this is because it is convicting in ways that make them feel very uncomfortable? When people choose to walk the very hard path of forgiveness and mercy it automatically makes us billyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08869740559280036839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7256050.post-1161024014926855922006-10-16T14:40:00.000-04:002006-10-16T14:40:00.000-04:00Here in the Boston area, there was a big op-ed art...Here in the Boston area, there was a big op-ed article which was very critical of the Amish, saying that the killer did not deserve forgiveness and that by refusing to hate him, the Amish community were essentially saying he'd done nothing wrong and thereby encouraging others to commit violent acts. The author thought in essence that to forgive an "undeserving" person was immoral and could only Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00962344659360885159noreply@blogger.com