Comments on: Concern for my soul http://www.mildenhall.net/2007/02/11/concern-for-my-soul/ Helen Mildenhall's site Thu, 17 Jun 2010 14:55:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Helen http://www.mildenhall.net/2007/02/11/concern-for-my-soul/comment-page-1/#comment-55071 Helen Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:15:50 +0000 http://www.mildenhall.net/2007/02/11/concern-for-my-soul/#comment-55071 Hi Kevin, Yes I do remember you and yes it is rather ironic, isn't it? I'm glad I was respectful - that's good to hear! Hi Kevin,

Yes I do remember you and yes it is rather ironic, isn’t it?

I’m glad I was respectful – that’s good to hear!

]]> By: Kevin Madigan http://www.mildenhall.net/2007/02/11/concern-for-my-soul/comment-page-1/#comment-55067 Kevin Madigan Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:42:52 +0000 http://www.mildenhall.net/2007/02/11/concern-for-my-soul/#comment-55067 Hello Helen, do you remember me? I used to work with your husband many years ago and we had an e-mail correspondence on this very topic. Only then you were the one trying to convince me to return to Christianity. You were very respectful and it was an enjoyable dialogue. I just find this ironic. By the way, whenever I see a bumper sticker or hear someone say "Jesus died for your sins" I think to myself "Fine, but I didn't ask him to. He should mind his own business!" Hello Helen, do you remember me? I used to work with your husband many years ago and we had an e-mail correspondence on this very topic. Only then you were the one trying to convince me to return to Christianity. You were very respectful and it was an enjoyable dialogue. I just find this ironic.
By the way, whenever I see a bumper sticker or hear someone say “Jesus died for your sins” I think to myself “Fine, but I didn’t ask him to. He should mind his own business!”

]]> By: Helen http://www.mildenhall.net/2007/02/11/concern-for-my-soul/comment-page-1/#comment-598 Helen Sat, 24 Feb 2007 15:30:39 +0000 http://www.mildenhall.net/2007/02/11/concern-for-my-soul/#comment-598 Benjamin, I've often found that asking the other person questions is a great way to get the focus helpfully off me. I don't know where a person's 'soul' is. In the Old Testament as best I can recall, 'soul' means the whole person, rather than something like the 'immaterial eternal essence of the person/their consciousness' - which can be a bit confusing. Benjamin, I’ve often found that asking the other person questions is a great way to get the focus helpfully off me.

I don’t know where a person’s ’soul’ is. In the Old Testament as best I can recall, ’soul’ means the whole person, rather than something like the ‘immaterial eternal essence of the person/their consciousness’ – which can be a bit confusing.

]]> By: benjamin ady http://www.mildenhall.net/2007/02/11/concern-for-my-soul/comment-page-1/#comment-560 benjamin ady Fri, 23 Feb 2007 05:50:11 +0000 http://www.mildenhall.net/2007/02/11/concern-for-my-soul/#comment-560 here's to asking questions--a lost art. Where exactly is one's soul? I'm in the process of trying to converse with a ... correspondent who comes across the same way--concerned for my soul, and ... repeating in paragraphs things he's heard which I've already heard a thousand times. So I decided to ask *him* questions, and he seems a bit taken aback. Asking questions was actively discouraged in the church I grew up in, and slightly less actively discouraged in the last church I went to. here’s to asking questions–a lost art.

Where exactly is one’s soul?

I’m in the process of trying to converse with a … correspondent who comes across the same way–concerned for my soul, and … repeating in paragraphs things he’s heard which I’ve already heard a thousand times. So I decided to ask *him* questions, and he seems a bit taken aback. Asking questions was actively discouraged in the church I grew up in, and slightly less actively discouraged in the last church I went to.

]]> By: Helen http://www.mildenhall.net/2007/02/11/concern-for-my-soul/comment-page-1/#comment-317 Helen Thu, 15 Feb 2007 21:17:05 +0000 http://www.mildenhall.net/2007/02/11/concern-for-my-soul/#comment-317 He was responding to what I had written about <a href="http://www.mildenhall.net/2006/07/13/why-i-dont-go-to-church-anymore/" rel="nofollow">not going to church anymore.</a> So, he did have some information about me. But, from my point of view, I've already been around the block that most Christians who read that or something else I've written about my change in faith want to take me around. So I've been there, done that already. And rather than have them try to entice me around it again, I'd like them to maybe - just ask me questions like "Is there anything I can do to help?" or "Would you like me to explain what I believe/why I believe it?" Why don't these Christians do more <em>asking</em> and less <em>telling</em>? He was responding to what I had written about not going to church anymore. So, he did have some information about me.

But, from my point of view, I’ve already been around the block that most Christians who read that or something else I’ve written about my change in faith want to take me around. So I’ve been there, done that already. And rather than have them try to entice me around it again, I’d like them to maybe – just ask me questions like “Is there anything I can do to help?” or “Would you like me to explain what I believe/why I believe it?” Why don’t these Christians do more asking and less telling?

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