Alia

@sarah-anson

Why thank you. Its been on my mind a bit so I thought I’d discuss it.

@Rochellaine

Well, I guess if her husband just sees it as part of who she is, he’s less likely to want her to stop wearing it, so it sounds very effective to me 😛

No. No one at the church I go to wear any sort of covering and off the top of my head I can’t think of anyone else I know who would. I have some acquaintances who are devout Catholics…[Read more]

@seekjustice Yes, that makes sense. 🙂  Here’s a funny story with a similar sort of idea:

I have an unmarried friend who wears headcoverings constantly, not just in church.  We were talking about it one day, and how the Bible says a woman should wear a head covering to show that she is in submission to her husband, and we told her how we b…[Read more]

@rochellaine

I remember that sort of thing happening to me lately but I can’t remember why now. There was some reason I wanted to jump up and keep correcting the preacher 🙂

@rochellaine

Like I said, until I started reading the Bible for myself (rather than someone reading the Bible to me) I’d never heard the idea of wearing a headcovering. Since I was five I’ve attended a Baptist church and the issue was never addressed. In fact, today was really the first time I ever thought about it in depth. I personally don’t…[Read more]

@seekjustice

I think a lot of Western culture has lost the original meanings of many parts of both the New and Old testaments just because we have such a limited understanding of Eastern culture.

I completely agree!!  Actually, we’ve had that problem a few times with some sermons where we just wanted to yell at the pastor, “we know you’re trying…[Read more]

@skredder Oh my word I’m so sorry! I think I figured out the problem, but then I started beta reading Seekjustice’s book (which has a deadline I’m trying super hard to meet). I really wanna finish it; but would it be okay if I finish reading Seekjustice’s then hop right to yours? (since there’s a deadline).

@seekjustice

…so let’s see if I can do a really short post about the headcovering thing.

Quick (hopefully) answer is: We believe the headcovering referenced there is a literal headcovering, not the hair, and that the hair is used as a symbol, but an additional headcovering is what is expected by the chapter.  From the context, we think that…[Read more]

@rochellaine

I like discussing controversial topics. 🙂 Especially the ones people skirt around for fear of offending someone. 😛

Yep, I understand what you’re talking about. I think a lot of Western culture has lost the original meanings of many parts of both the New and Old testaments just because we have such a limited understanding of…[Read more]

@seekjustice Oh, to clarify, in the last post I said I don’t think God’s commandments change depending on the culture you live in.  I do, however, know that they are often understood differently depending on the culture.  I also believe that, as it says in Romans 14, what is a sin for some may not be a sin for others since even with a literal i…[Read more]

@seekjustice Ooh, not afraid of controversial subjects, are we? 😛

So, I don’t believe commandments change with cultures.  I think you’re remembering that I said we understand some parts of the Bible in a different way because of the Middle Eastern background, but what I meant was that we understand some of the things in the Bible which are…[Read more]

@rochellaine

Well, I know he was a minister of some kind but other than that I don’t really know anything about him, except that C S. Lewis liked him and his writing a lot. There was one book of his that I decided to steer clear of because of the fact that it dealt with Adam’s supposed first wife. However, since the books of his I’ve read don’t…[Read more]

@seekjustice Haha, so that’s why you listed him as a fantasy/allegory author.  I’ve read about ten or twelve of his romance novels. 😛

But anyway, my mom had read them as a teenager, so when I ran out of books in the library, and I was about fifteen or sixteen, she said I was old enough to read them.  There wasn’t much “mush” in them, as they w…[Read more]

@rochellaine

I’ve read The Princess and the Goblins, The Princess and Curdie and The Light Princess, I know I read another book many years ago but I forget what it was. I’ve never been able to find any of his other ones.

@seekjustice Basically, I was going to ask, How much have you read of George MacDonald?  I know you’ve read The Princess and the Goblins. 😉

@rochellaine

I didn’t really think I had done anything 🙂

However, I am very curious to know what you wanted to talk about.

@seekjustice Oh, I am so sorry!  That is awful.  Yes, I will pray.

@seekjustice You’re probably not up anymore, but I just wanted to say… “Whoops!” 😛  Sorry, I didn’t mean to imply you’d said anything I disagreed with in your last post.  I’m pretty sure we agree on the topic.  (I said “inspired” by your post, not “incited” by the post! 😉 😛 )

Anyway, whenever you get this, I hope you’re reassured that th…[Read more]

@seekjustice oh that’s terrible! I will be praying for strength and comfort for all the people affected by this.

@alia @rochellaine @clairec @catwing @jenwriter17

Guys, I’d really like your prayers at the moment. One of our little ponies is really sick and has to be put down. She has no been well for a while and she’s very old, so its not really a surprise, but it’s going to be hard on my family, especially my sister who’s been away for a bit and doesn’t…[Read more]