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hi rachel, your review is really touching :) your outtakes from the book are truly beautiful and i cannot wait to read it, too.
Thank you, Jayne. I hope you enjoy it as well. It changed the way I think and feel about faith completely.
Thanks for this review. It really touched me. I started reading this book.
I love your review. God's love, and reciprocating that love, is the greatest of all commands, so it makes sense that we would be drawn to the love and repelled from the hate. I nearly lost my faith . . . Until I saw that is was about LOVE, not politics. Thanks for sharing so honestly.
Thank you Mark..and Cassie and Melissa, belatedly. :) I'm glad there are others who feel the same way with regards to faith and love.
Keep reading sweet, Rachel. Perhaps that is the way God speaks to you; through the written word of his people.I was touched by your testimony. May God bless you on your journey.
Thank you for the kind words, Karen. :)
I love the mystics
Thr take yuo oit of thr ordinary into the extrao
Wonderful review. I will read it. I find it difficult to believe there is not some other-worldly element that touches our existence. It affects me greatly (with tears) just to think of this and respond to you -- while so much of daily life appears base and profane.
Rachel, I only just read your moving review and witness to being moved to go back to church. I hope your journey in faith continues. Blessings. btw I love Julian's works.
Hi Rachel, many months have passed since you wrote this honest review. What has been the impact till now? Do you still connect and think the same of the book? Thank you!
Rachel, this book affected me profoundly as well even though our starting beliefs were different. I have experienced abuse from a pastor and faith community, but also know that God is not like that. The church is flawed, but God loves us anyway. "...all shall be well." Thank you for your honest reflection.
What a lovely review. Thank you for sharing your personal experiences. I was contemplating if I'd read the book and your feedback was an encouraging reason to do so. I wish you continued growth and prosperity in your search.
Great review, very moving. Will read this book although i came back to faith quite a while ago.
Blessings to you!
Hey Rachel! :) I know it's none of my business and you may never read this, but I just wanted to ask if you ever ended up going back to church after that first time you talked about? curious to see how it turned out :)
Just saw this book mentioned on Goodreads’ ‘What will you be reading this weekend?’ post. Thank you for your honest and touching review. Hoping you are well. 🙏🏻
Keep walking in the direction of peace! It does not have to be a fleeting moment, but a place you can inhabit and live in. Despite the wind and the waves, even. My prayers for you!
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hi rachel, your review is really touching :) your outtakes from the book are truly beautiful and i cannot wait to read it, too.
Thank you, Jayne. I hope you enjoy it as well. It changed the way I think and feel about faith completely.
Thanks for this review. It really touched me. I started reading this book.
I love your review. God's love, and reciprocating that love, is the greatest of all commands, so it makes sense that we would be drawn to the love and repelled from the hate. I nearly lost my faith . . . Until I saw that is was about LOVE, not politics. Thanks for sharing so honestly.
Thank you Mark..and Cassie and Melissa, belatedly. :) I'm glad there are others who feel the same way with regards to faith and love.
Keep reading sweet, Rachel. Perhaps that is the way God speaks to you; through the written word of his people.I was touched by your testimony. May God bless you on your journey.
Thank you for the kind words, Karen. :)
I love the mysticsThr take yuo oit of thr ordinary into the extrao
Wonderful review. I will read it. I find it difficult to believe there is not some other-worldly element that touches our existence. It affects me greatly (with tears) just to think of this and respond to you -- while so much of daily life appears base and profane.
Rachel, I only just read your moving review and witness to being moved to go back to church. I hope your journey in faith continues. Blessings. btw I love Julian's works.
Hi Rachel,
It's wonderful that you are delving into the writings of medieval mystics. That is where you will find the heart of Christianity. Note that Julian was unquestionably Catholic; this was before the division of Christendom and advent of modern ideological divisions. I assure you that you will not find the true religion being publicized in this Dark Age. We have our Rosaries, such writings by the saints, Holy Scripture, and the sacraments (if you can find a traditional priest). I highly recommend researching Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre and finding an SSPX chapel in your area to see the Mass as Julian of Norwich experienced it, which you can't find in modern post-Vatican II churches. The Tradition of the Church is rich and beautiful, I promise. God's Church is not "conservative" in the modern, Republican meaningless sense but in the sense that Truth does not change. I also ask you to recall that Julian does not claim that sin does not exist in the sense that we do not really commit sin. She says that it has no metaphysical existence because God, Who is goodness and Being itself, did not create it. To sin Julian writes, "God shield us all from thee!" because true charity is desiring what is truly good for someone, the renouncing of all evil.
Pax
It's wonderful that you are delving into the writings of medieval mystics. That is where you will find the heart of Christianity. Note that Julian was unquestionably Catholic; this was before the division of Christendom and advent of modern ideological divisions. I assure you that you will not find the true religion being publicized in this Dark Age. We have our Rosaries, such writings by the saints, Holy Scripture, and the sacraments (if you can find a traditional priest). I highly recommend researching Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre and finding an SSPX chapel in your area to see the Mass as Julian of Norwich experienced it, which you can't find in modern post-Vatican II churches. The Tradition of the Church is rich and beautiful, I promise. God's Church is not "conservative" in the modern, Republican meaningless sense but in the sense that Truth does not change. I also ask you to recall that Julian does not claim that sin does not exist in the sense that we do not really commit sin. She says that it has no metaphysical existence because God, Who is goodness and Being itself, did not create it. To sin Julian writes, "God shield us all from thee!" because true charity is desiring what is truly good for someone, the renouncing of all evil.
Pax
Hi Rachel, many months have passed since you wrote this honest review. What has been the impact till now? Do you still connect and think the same of the book? Thank you!
Rachel, this book affected me profoundly as well even though our starting beliefs were different. I have experienced abuse from a pastor and faith community, but also know that God is not like that. The church is flawed, but God loves us anyway. "...all shall be well." Thank you for your honest reflection.
What a lovely review. Thank you for sharing your personal experiences. I was contemplating if I'd read the book and your feedback was an encouraging reason to do so. I wish you continued growth and prosperity in your search.
Great review, very moving. Will read this book although i came back to faith quite a while ago. Blessings to you!
Hey Rachel! :) I know it's none of my business and you may never read this, but I just wanted to ask if you ever ended up going back to church after that first time you talked about? curious to see how it turned out :)
Just saw this book mentioned on Goodreads’ ‘What will you be reading this weekend?’ post. Thank you for your honest and touching review. Hoping you are well. 🙏🏻
Keep walking in the direction of peace! It does not have to be a fleeting moment, but a place you can inhabit and live in. Despite the wind and the waves, even. My prayers for you!
May I share something with you? Here's a short post from Thoughts about God website. May we be blessed with it. :)
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“He was born to be a man and became like a servant.” Philippians 2:7
Holiday travel. It isn’t easy. Then why do we do it? Why cram the trunks and endure the airports? You know the answer: We love to be with the ones we love…
So does God… Between him and us there was a distance—a great span. And he couldn’t bear it. He couldn’t stand it. So he did something about it. “He gave up his place with God and made Himself nothing” (Philippians 2:6).