tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20184070.post115258780176678135..comments2024-01-11T10:58:30.769-05:00Comments on Jesus community: being ourselvesTed M. Gossardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10580691315315271791noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20184070.post-1152702564142857612006-07-12T07:09:00.000-04:002006-07-12T07:09:00.000-04:00John,Thanks so much for your comment, and referrin...John,<BR/>Thanks so much for your comment, and referring us to LeRon Shult's work. I hope to read/work on that in the not too distant future.<BR/><BR/>Sometimes for me it is a case of not only knowing who I am but understanding and living by the ramifications of that- i.e., as a child to the heavenly Father and Jesus as our Brother. Yet at the same time we do ever need what you're referring here to- from the face of God and others.Ted M. Gossardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10580691315315271791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20184070.post-1152666796109073312006-07-11T21:13:00.000-04:002006-07-11T21:13:00.000-04:00Ted,Your post reminds me of LeRon Shults' writing ...Ted,<BR/>Your post reminds me of LeRon Shults' writing about the importance of "the face"--the face of God and the faces of others that help us know who we are.John Fryehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02575709757912510374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20184070.post-1152625169588300092006-07-11T09:39:00.000-04:002006-07-11T09:39:00.000-04:00Thanks Allan for the very fitting and helpful word...Thanks Allan for the very fitting and helpful words here, and for your gracious words.Ted M. Gossardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10580691315315271791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20184070.post-1152621793597604872006-07-11T08:43:00.000-04:002006-07-11T08:43:00.000-04:00Great post! Your words are reminscent of John Donn...Great post! Your words are reminscent of John Donne, of course.<BR/><BR/>We cannot be ourselves until we are in Christ. Just like the prodigal we "come to ourselves," when we realize our identity is bound up with our Heavenly Father.Allan R. Beverehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07903011101108437513noreply@blogger.com