tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132206171945839649.post2450896293325636854..comments2024-02-13T11:11:28.246+00:00Comments on Bishop Alan’s Blog: Stability: Eating your own dogfoodBishop Alan Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13879516755776951638noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132206171945839649.post-87157667382174859362009-03-26T18:14:00.000+00:002009-03-26T18:14:00.000+00:00What I find so interesting about the post is the c...What I find so interesting about the post is the concept of community, no matter how troubled being worth sticking by.<BR/><BR/>God called us to be the best we can be, and as we are not Islands, we need others, from spouse, children, friends, community to make us whole. <BR/><BR/>What happens when communities are allowed to break down? War, War, War.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132206171945839649.post-42905104079431021472009-03-25T22:08:00.000+00:002009-03-25T22:08:00.000+00:00Great post. I love that foundation-God loves us. ...Great post. I love that foundation-God loves us. You cannot beat that as a perfect foundation for our lives to build on. :)Veritashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18262525481125837163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132206171945839649.post-66707870772362385542009-03-25T20:16:00.000+00:002009-03-25T20:16:00.000+00:00Great article and very very good comment. I share ...Great article and very very good comment. I share your ideas.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132206171945839649.post-19764399097250492422009-03-25T10:34:00.000+00:002009-03-25T10:34:00.000+00:00Fantastic post - thank you.The difficulty and pain...Fantastic post - thank you.<BR/><BR/>The difficulty and pain of being community are not much talked about. I was fascinated once when on retreat to see in the 'house magazine' of the order an article entitled 'The Monster Within'. It was ostensibly about the 'monster' of negative feelings that lurks in each of us, and how we try to suppress that and pretend it doesn't exist when we should bring it to the light. <BR/><BR/>But in linking this to the story of how a particular community felt when they accepted someone very difficult as a member, it (perhaps unwittingly) also raised the point that any community will contain 'monsters' who make us uncomfortable because it makes it that much harder to retain our own illusion/delusion of being the kind, calm, loving person we would like to be. <BR/><BR/>Or is it just me.......Pam Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03952001402591649389noreply@blogger.com