tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13080538.post2248977238979171657..comments2023-10-08T07:07:36.538-04:00Comments on Search the Sea: Broadening ExperiencesGannet Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16374279595560691174noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13080538.post-63090217119751527822007-06-29T08:56:00.000-04:002007-06-29T08:56:00.000-04:00I read Eat, Pray, Love and liked it. Not a great b...I read Eat, Pray, Love and liked it. Not a great book, but sparked an interest for meditation....again (old '70's chick, don't ya know)alphawomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12788721975727895601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13080538.post-86604226416682797652007-06-27T16:42:00.000-04:002007-06-27T16:42:00.000-04:00Just finished "Eat, Pray, Love" for my book club. ...Just finished "Eat, Pray, Love" for my book club. Italy/Eat was fun to hear about the sights and the food, India/Pray was absolutely impossible to get through for both myself and the majority of the members of my book club. Indonesia/Love was far easier but don't get your hopes up about being enlightened in any way at all.<BR/>Just starting "Snowflower and the Secret Fan" for this month's book club read; hoping it's better.<BR/>Saw the Ann Coulter/Elizabeth Edwards exchange last night on Hardball. That woman, AC, gives me the creeps. She is truly what's wrong with not only politics but America in general.<BR/>Sorry about the heat; no help here as the temps are in the mid-90s with matching humidity. And I can't complain because my dd is in the middle of MA without a/c and temps right at 100.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13080538.post-59229812146351237652007-06-27T16:41:00.000-04:002007-06-27T16:41:00.000-04:00More Cows, I wish you would write about the book. ...More Cows, I wish you would write about the book. I read a lot of gushing reviews on Amazon. I would love to read one from someone whose writing I enjoy so much.<BR/><BR/>Hopefully: an adverb.<BR/><BR/>We looked hopefully out the window,<BR/><BR/>meaning<BR/><BR/>We looked out the window in the hope of seeing sunshine (or whatever).<BR/><BR/>Not:<BR/><BR/>Hopefully, we are going swimming tonight --<BR/><BR/>by which people usually mean<BR/><BR/>We hope we are going swimming tonight<BR/><BR/>and not<BR/><BR/>We are going swimming hopefully <BR/><BR/>which would mean<BR/><BR/>We are going swimming in the hope of cooling off, or of not being consumed by sharks, or whatever,<BR/><BR/>which might actually be the case<BR/><BR/>but is not what was meant.<BR/><BR/>I'm hopeful that that's more clear than mud. But perhaps not. The heat is doing a number on me.Gannet Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16374279595560691174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13080538.post-4169333166116074592007-06-27T16:20:00.000-04:002007-06-27T16:20:00.000-04:00i listened to eat. pray. love. while traveling in...i listened to eat. pray. love. while traveling in europe last summer and loved it. i wonder if it's a better listen than read. yes, self-absorbed, but is it possible for a memoir to be anything but? <BR/><BR/>and, um... could you give me the "hopefully" lesson? i'm afraid i never learned it.more cows than peoplehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15848597902402114593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13080538.post-23417462082855355352007-06-27T09:11:00.000-04:002007-06-27T09:11:00.000-04:00I'm so with you on several points--all rather rand...I'm so with you on several points--all rather random:<BR/><BR/>1. I don't read Ann Coulter either despite my right wing leanings. She strikes me as a mean-spirited harridan. (Did I say that? Yes I did.)<BR/><BR/>2. The word "missional" also gets on my last nerve. I do my best to tune it out.<BR/><BR/>3. I'm also a voracious reader, but have also learned when not to finish a book. Don't think I'd care for your friend's book either from your description.<BR/><BR/>4. Have some ice cream for me.Babs has me on a diet so I can get back into some clothes!Jody Harringtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08031378214797420014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13080538.post-59173859886916791652007-06-27T08:47:00.000-04:002007-06-27T08:47:00.000-04:00I've used and over used, and am tired of the langu...I've used and over used, and am tired of the language of Mission and Ministry and Missional. It's been useful up to a point as I have sought to focus small church and give us a reason for being other than our navel gazing and insular fears. (Which are typical in small churches fearful of dying, no one wants to focus on doing anything but surviving)...After reading lots of Kennon Callahan and his 12 Keys books, which again were useful up to a point, I was relieved to read Bass's "Christianity for the Rest of Us." I also attended a conference last fall where she was the keynote speaker. Good stuff.<BR/><BR/>Anyway. Always good to read things that push our buttons and help us clarify.Terrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15667178624061122421noreply@blogger.com