Comments on: A Hobbit’s Tale of the Soul http://de-conversion.com/2007/10/29/a-hobbits-tale-of-the-soul/ Resources for skeptical, de-converting, or former Christians...... Tue, 21 May 2013 17:22:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: loopyloo350 http://de-conversion.com/2007/10/29/a-hobbits-tale-of-the-soul/#comment-9484 Wed, 31 Oct 2007 13:15:44 +0000 http://de-conversion.com/2007/10/29/a-hobbits-tale-of-the-soul/#comment-9484 I am glad that you have found the light amid the darkness and realized perhaps that the journey itself can be rewarding. May you find that light will give you strength. If we don’t question, learn, struggle against the bonds of ignorance how will we ever appreciate the truth when we find it at last among the kernals of untruths strewn across our path.

]]> By: Back Flipping Forward » Blog Archive » Next Steps… http://de-conversion.com/2007/10/29/a-hobbits-tale-of-the-soul/#comment-9469 Tue, 30 Oct 2007 20:51:33 +0000 http://de-conversion.com/2007/10/29/a-hobbits-tale-of-the-soul/#comment-9469 [...] also read this today: The reality we came to face was that we who had spent years in the ministry were completed [...]

]]> By: Thinking Ape http://de-conversion.com/2007/10/29/a-hobbits-tale-of-the-soul/#comment-9465 Tue, 30 Oct 2007 17:54:55 +0000 http://de-conversion.com/2007/10/29/a-hobbits-tale-of-the-soul/#comment-9465

I have been very uncomfortable with the Evangelical Protestant Church almost since I became a Christian. Now fifteen years years later I have finally come to understand the problem. Rather than try to explain it here, I would encourage you to visit my blog.
http://lastdaysrevival.blogspot.com/

Am I correct in saying that you believe the Emergent church is trying to start a One World Church as part of the apocalypse?

]]> By: lastdaysrevival http://de-conversion.com/2007/10/29/a-hobbits-tale-of-the-soul/#comment-9463 Tue, 30 Oct 2007 17:05:26 +0000 http://de-conversion.com/2007/10/29/a-hobbits-tale-of-the-soul/#comment-9463 I have been very uncomfortable with the Evangelical Protestant Church almost since I became a Christian. Now fifteen years years later I have finally come to understand the problem. Rather than try to explain it here, I would encourage you to visit my blog.
http://lastdaysrevival.blogspot.com/

]]> By: karen http://de-conversion.com/2007/10/29/a-hobbits-tale-of-the-soul/#comment-9460 Tue, 30 Oct 2007 16:36:09 +0000 http://de-conversion.com/2007/10/29/a-hobbits-tale-of-the-soul/#comment-9460 Interesting, and well-written. Thanks for letting us in on the background of your journey.

]]> By: Matt Blazer http://de-conversion.com/2007/10/29/a-hobbits-tale-of-the-soul/#comment-9459 Tue, 30 Oct 2007 16:25:32 +0000 http://de-conversion.com/2007/10/29/a-hobbits-tale-of-the-soul/#comment-9459 Lyndon, thanks for writing. I appreciated your comments before, and hearing a bit more of the story is even better.

I often wish we could do away with labels, and wonder what they would think at my Seminary if they knew what I think of “liberals” and “conservatives”.

I’m glad you are continuing the journey.

In a different post I mentioned appreciating a collaborative effort by Brueggemann, Foster, Peterson, and Willard… I find such energy and authenticity from the different places they come from. And, I’m excited to look into the Celtic Daily Prayer. Lectio Divina has been an enjoyable outlet, and really the only way I have enjoyed reading the Bible in years.

Funny how many “conservatives” think that many liberals/emergents want to throw out older traditions. When in fact, we often are running to them as sources of refreshment and wholeness.

Again, thank you for the post.

]]> By: Lyndon http://de-conversion.com/2007/10/29/a-hobbits-tale-of-the-soul/#comment-9454 Tue, 30 Oct 2007 14:50:43 +0000 http://de-conversion.com/2007/10/29/a-hobbits-tale-of-the-soul/#comment-9454 Thanks, Leo. I’ve never visited a Celtic congregation. They’re as hard to come by in Louisiana as Eastern Orthodox churches, which I’d also like to visit someday. My interest in Celtic Christianity began with reading about Celtic monks/missionaries, such as St. Patrick, Brendan, Columba, Aidan, etc. Through that interest I discovered the Northumbria Community in the U.K., which has released a U.S. version of Celtic Daily Prayer with the help of Richard Foster. They are a dispersed community of neo-monastic contemplatives.

Locally, I’ve found a liberal mainstream church downtown that is semi-liturgical and does a good job of including the arts and the contemplative rather than the dogmatic and absolute. I agree with you about the peace-inducing qualities of liturgy and appreciate the symbolism and nuance.

]]> By: LeoPardus http://de-conversion.com/2007/10/29/a-hobbits-tale-of-the-soul/#comment-9451 Tue, 30 Oct 2007 14:22:20 +0000 http://de-conversion.com/2007/10/29/a-hobbits-tale-of-the-soul/#comment-9451 Very interesting that you found Celtic Christianity in your journey. That is a fairly old form of the Faith. Did you ever attend services in a Celtic congregation? From my limited understanding there are actually a few forms of it. Do you know about them, and if so, was there a form that you focused on?

My own journey led to the Eastern Orthodox Church. Despite the fact that I no longer believe, I find the EOC liturgy a very peace-inducing thing. They have a more mystical and holistic outlook on spirituality that folks find refreshing. As long as the priest isn’t preaching, I quite enjoy most of it still.

Welcome to the journey.

]]> By: Rebecca http://de-conversion.com/2007/10/29/a-hobbits-tale-of-the-soul/#comment-9449 Tue, 30 Oct 2007 11:49:00 +0000 http://de-conversion.com/2007/10/29/a-hobbits-tale-of-the-soul/#comment-9449 Enjoyed that Lyndon. The Spiral Staircase is one of my favourite books.

]]> By: Cary Cook http://de-conversion.com/2007/10/29/a-hobbits-tale-of-the-soul/#comment-9445 Tue, 30 Oct 2007 07:52:56 +0000 http://de-conversion.com/2007/10/29/a-hobbits-tale-of-the-soul/#comment-9445 “Dark night of the soul” is euphemistic. It implies there’s only one night. Theresa of Avilla & John of the Cross, after testifying to how they “got thru it,” both died of long and painful illnesses.
I’ve never studied Celtic Christianity or been a pastor. I’m a Bible school dropout and a self styled Christian Freethinker. Check out my website. I’m anot sure I have what you need for conversation, but Im available.

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