tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8418143357621015814.post246992764759486483..comments2012-03-09T16:30:05.089-06:00Comments on Books with the Bishop: Inviting others into the storyKatie Sherrodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09159503802660122104noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8418143357621015814.post-71828350420346063472011-12-10T12:02:41.648-06:002011-12-10T12:02:41.648-06:00I was transfixed by the story told by the elder Je...I was transfixed by the story told by the elder Jesuit priest. I know the feeling of forgetting everything under stress, even though one is well prepared. I know what it is like to walk under the cloud of embarrassment at how or what one has done. But this little story also makes a profound observation about our growth in God.<br /><br />Just like the young priest in the story, we too, start with the emphasis on "I." As we live, the emphasis shifts periodically to other elements, but inevitably defaults to the "I" again and again. Particularly when we do something stupid, our reflex is to sink into embarrassment and shame (more "I").<br /><br />The story of the prodigal son, as well as the account of the young priest's predicament, is a journey of shifting emphasis, ultimately from "I" to the Father. I think the failed sermon was in fact quite profound, and I'll have to agree, "Amen."eleanor.brockmanhttp://episcopalenvironmentalist.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8418143357621015814.post-70890291749172646132011-12-10T02:17:13.915-06:002011-12-10T02:17:13.915-06:00Dear bloggers....Knowing that nothing is " by...Dear bloggers....Knowing that nothing is " by accident ", I have to admit that Fr Nouwens book<br />" the Man with Two Sons " came into my hands just days before finding this blogspot . Now I am struck with Bishop Wallis' admittance that when he is reading the parable ( or I assume the book) that he may be struck by something once read as having a deeper meaning...<br />I must admit that I am only on pp 55 simply because I can only digest about a paragraph each day...I read , and re-read , only to go back over...and re-read yet again...and to think of myself as a father , is yet another hurdle , though I have raised two sons...<br />well , let me keep re-reading :) <br />DavidDallasLEMministerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00060645499002776437noreply@blogger.com