tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1475128319218423248.post2508847094805804412..comments2023-08-10T06:32:38.601-04:00Comments on By Their Strange Fruit <a name="top"> </a>: Saying Yes to God from the MarginsBTSF:http://www.blogger.com/profile/02553697351488297764noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1475128319218423248.post-58967614709557474252012-03-02T15:47:00.342-05:002012-03-02T15:47:00.342-05:00Bonhoeffer is so great! You're very right tha...Bonhoeffer is so great! You're very right that he should get more play! Little by little we'll spread the word! Glad Marty included him here.<br /><br />What kind words! Thank you! StrngeFruithttp://bytheirstrangefruit.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1475128319218423248.post-40613381962665229982012-03-02T14:16:55.783-05:002012-03-02T14:16:55.783-05:00I have been saying for many years that I will list...I have been saying for many years that I will listen to anyone who brings up Dietrich Bonhoeffer in conversation. I have had to explain who he is to many people, believers and non-believers. I first heard about him in college and was sorry I didn't know about him sooner. <br /><br />I do believe the world would be a better place if more people knew what he stood for and against. Thank you for including him in this post. Thank you for making him a part of this conversation. <br /><br />I am grateful I have found this site. I've been reading for almost a year. Thank you for always making me think. Thank you for helping me find my voice as a Christian, as a citizen of the world. Gailinvanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1475128319218423248.post-72589071073330853522012-02-28T11:01:50.097-05:002012-02-28T11:01:50.097-05:00I've had some of my own reflections on Lent an...I've had some of my own reflections on Lent and will put them here, for lack of a different venue:<br /><br />I grew up non-liturgical, but have recently been discovering the beauty of the tradition. I went from scoffing at ritual and pomp, to understanding the value of remembering the powerful/holy nature of a timeless God that is worshiped over hundreds of years a shared a heritage and tradition. That isn't to say that we idolize ritual, but can enjoy benefit of building good habits in worship as we do in the rest of our lives. At my core, I'm still a non-denom praise-and-worshiper, but have enjoyed the richness that the liturgical calender can bring. <br /><br />One year for Lent, I chose to give up my coveting of time. I tended to hoard 'time' like a treasure stored in a barn. I would be jealous of others' time and stingy with giving my own. I was stressed, and frantic and I tried to buy more time in my day. 'Time' was my currency, often valued much more highly than money. But did I ever tithe my time? Did I give 2.4 hours every day to God? <br /><br />So that year for 40 days, I gave up my obsession with time. When I was tempted to freak out about a lack of time in my busy schedule, I reminded myself of my commitment to release those fears to trust in God's divine schedule. I was scared that I wouldn't be productive, that I would fall be hind on my 'to-do's, but I was amazed at the freeing, life-giving effect it had on me. It was particularly salient the following fall as I entered my last year in college with an understanding of a need to prioritize relationships over 'time', which had been placed on a pedestal. Of course, I need to remain responsible with my studies, but made sure to also carve out space to commune completely unproductively with the folks in my life that I would probably never get such a luxury with again. It was one of the smartest things I did in school. <br /><br />I still struggle with 'time' idolatry. I certainly don't tithe time with nearly the same discipline I tithe money, but the journey continues and it started with one Protestant's curios exploration of Lent. 'Giving up worry and replacing it with Trust'--this should probably be the next step for me.StrngeFruithttp://bytheirstrangefruit.comnoreply@blogger.com