tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24917443.post115904181910842157..comments2023-05-07T02:34:30.801-07:00Comments on One Quaker Take: another one bites the dust...Tmothy Travishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02788311873771605510noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24917443.post-1159450701952896242006-09-28T06:38:00.000-07:002006-09-28T06:38:00.000-07:00I really like Peterson's queries! At least, that ...I really like Peterson's queries! At least, that is, they reflect some of my own inward process and ongoing concern as the blogosphere and cyberspace continue to expand. <BR/><BR/>If there were a way for a blog-reader to lift up a comment, I'd lift up these queries... <BR/><BR/>And Timothy, like QuakerDave, that same passage he quotes resonates with me.<BR/><BR/>Blessings,<BR/>Liz Opp, <A HREF="http://thegoodraisedup.blogspot.com" REL="nofollow">The Good Raised Up</A>Liz Opphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09802348848085930901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24917443.post-1159362317287223602006-09-27T06:05:00.000-07:002006-09-27T06:05:00.000-07:00Being led by the Spirit within the context of the ...Being led by the Spirit within the context of the cyber world requires cooling off periods for me. When do I engage or respond to ugly or provocative comments? Am I responding, reacting or exacting revenge? When does it cross over into a dysfunctional and abusive cyber relationship where the person leaving comments is simply heaping abuse on me from which I need to walk away? <BR/><BR/>When do I delete a comment because it is so violent that my blog is no longer a safe space for the people who feel attached by the words. <BR/><BR/>And how do I write a response to an "opponent" when I cannot look into their eyes and see the heart behind the words or cannot hear their tone of voice and thus miss out on actually meaning of these words that on the screen wound me so much?Peterson Toscanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18189029949905668568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24917443.post-1159064496894279402006-09-23T19:21:00.000-07:002006-09-23T19:21:00.000-07:00Hi. That was me. I let my hurt feelings get in t...Hi. That was me. I let my hurt feelings get in the way of the Spirit that led me to start my blog in the first place. <BR/><BR/>You said it perfectly and plainly: "Sometimes those hard feelings, those difficult feelings, are meant to do a work in us, or a work is meant to be done in us in regard to such feelings and the source of them. One thing of which I am certain, though, is that when rough handling leads us to handle roughly then we are not headed in the right direction, we are listening to the wrong voice."<BR/><BR/>Upon reconsideration, prompted by folks who read my blog and who share my feelings about life and politics - if not always faith - I have decided to stay on.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for tuning in, and for expressing these thoughts in this gentle manner. I will keep your words in my heart and mind in the future.<BR/><BR/>- DavidQuakerDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10727729821155579518noreply@blogger.com