No, this rePost does not have anything to do with the theological validity of potlucks but one I posted last Friday that I believe is worth looking at again, as no one posted comments on it.... As I have been delving into creating an open source CMS and continually engaging in social networking sites like Twitter, Facebook, and others I have begun to ask myself (and be asked by others) about the connective tissue between these and my previous stream of posts on story/storytelling (which I greatly appreciate Jason and Steve's comments upon). My intial observations are these we often tell our stories without even being aware of it, in ways we are no longer even conscious of through what we listen to, what we read, what we consume and how we publicize and encourage others to consume. recently, I found that my re-tweeting excerpts from morning and evening prayers from TheUrbanAbbey was inadvertently encouraging others to follow these prayers as well, adding a whole new dimension
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As for the spiritual snag, I pretty much live in one all the time. At least since the Baptists revivals or Jr. High. The best advice I can give is to just keep struggling. I think I will struggle with my spirituality until the day I die and I am ok with that. Heck, Mother Theresa even had a "Crisis of Faith" and from what I've read it was much worse than mine. Just my opinion, but I think that was due to the fact that she had trouble accepting it.
You're going to feel better soon. The fact that you posted this blog tells me that you are a fellow struggler.
Remember this prayer that my 4 year old recites every Sunday morning. "Dear Jesus, who loves us, help us we pray, to be your good children and live the right way. Amen"
That pretty much sums it up for me... Peace
Neil