tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9632072.post112038787063318660..comments2023-09-25T09:37:40.536-07:00Comments on kairos : kisses: PerspectiveAndrew Dowsetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05417088521258450446noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9632072.post-1120647433219722692005-07-06T03:57:00.000-07:002005-07-06T03:57:00.000-07:00Hi Phil. Joel - a friend of a friend - pointed yo...Hi Phil. Joel - a friend of a friend - pointed you out to me at the ReSource day. I'm sorry there wasn't a chance to meet "face to face".<BR/><BR/>I think the blog-as-gift idea is a good one, but as part of a bigger-picture of gift-giving in the face-to-face world as well as the virtual world (or, as Andrew put it, new media technology should enhance what we are already doing, not replace it.)<BR/><BR/>But here's another picture from nature to describe blogging that struck me as I read your comment:<BR/>Bees do a little dance to let other bees know where there is good pollen, and how to get to it and back again...By hyper-linking to other people's thoughts/experiences we have found helpful, so that more people can access them, blogging is like a bee waggle-dance for the pollenation/cross-pollenation of ideas...<BR/><BR/>I'll see your ramble, and raise it!Andrew Dowsetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05417088521258450446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9632072.post-1120639293519113882005-07-06T01:41:00.000-07:002005-07-06T01:41:00.000-07:00Well, that was a load of pretentious, condescendin...Well, that was a load of pretentious, condescending drivel!<BR/>I do read Andrew's blog on a fairly regular basis...his blog-management stats will prove that.<BR/>Nothing against him personally. Why, therefore, do you spring into action so?!<BR/>Try and calm down! It's perfectly legit to disagree, with or without the outwardly-projected and religious standards of "grace" required here! Or does everyone have to conform in your World?<BR/>Bolty.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9632072.post-1120597191794116032005-07-05T13:59:00.000-07:002005-07-05T13:59:00.000-07:00I was also really struck by the whole gift giving/...I was also really struck by the whole gift giving/blogging thing that Andrew spoke of.<BR/><BR/>Although I've had a blog for some time, I've never really paid a great deal of attention to updating it regularly etc. Seeing your blog as a way to 'give' to others has got me thinking. <BR/><BR/>I know that all this might sound quite pretentious, but perhaps giving our opinions to others, to reflect upon and respond to, to add in to the debate etc. is good, healthy etc??? Healthy for us as individuals, for those we engage with, for the wider debate as a whole. Blogging is just a new of doing all this. <BR/><BR/>I'm not sure. These are just some thoughts. I'm probably rambling now. <BR/><BR/>ByePhilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650338713106764515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9632072.post-1120581712081792592005-07-05T09:41:00.000-07:002005-07-05T09:41:00.000-07:00boltono: no, Andrew didn't do what you suggest, an...boltono: no, Andrew didn't do what you suggest, and if you took the time to read his blog on a regular basis and with a gracious attitude - which would not by any means require of you to agree with all, or even most, of his thoughts - you'd recognise he isn't like that at all...<BR/>As for Google-schmoogle, all he is doing by using an illustration from the contemporary world in which we live is doing precisely what Jesus did in using agrarian parables in the contemporary world of his first hearers...<BR/>As for what you don't hear, if after listening for a while you don't hear anything, just stop listening; don't shout down those who hear something you don't.<BR/>Personally, I'd hope that a disciple of Jesus would show more grace in relation to others than you have in your comment on my blog, and I'd respectfully return your parting question back to you.<BR/><BR/>Just so you know, I felt I couldn't leave your comment on my blog unchallenged, but I have no interest in engaging in a debate with you. So please take this as polite notice not to expect further replies to anything you might choose to add.<BR/>I wish you well on your journey, as I'm sure you would wish me well on mine.Andrew Dowsetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05417088521258450446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9632072.post-1120569308878435292005-07-05T06:15:00.000-07:002005-07-05T06:15:00.000-07:00Google Schmoogle!Did Andrew talk about how you can...Google Schmoogle!<BR/>Did Andrew talk about how you can grow in Christ because of what he (Andrew) can pass on to you about where he has entered into in his own heavenly places?<BR/>I don't hear it.<BR/>I don't hear it from so many out there!<BR/>Emergent Scmergent.<BR/>Get real!!!!!!!!!!!!<BR/>Where on earth are you and where are you really going?!!!<BR/>http://boltono.typepad.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9632072.post-1120474660427341262005-07-04T03:57:00.000-07:002005-07-04T03:57:00.000-07:00Ah, the old "so many possibilities, so little time...Ah, the old "so many possibilities, so little time" conundrum...Bob & Mary suggested I come along on the basis of it being an opportunity to network with new people, but the time was so packed there wasn't much chance for that. Well, what happened happened, and I know that it was much appreciated by everyone I did get to talk with. Different voices would have resulted in a different, differently-good rather than better, day. Thanks to B&M, Roger, and Jonny for bringing it all together, and you and Pall for what you brought to the table.Andrew Dowsetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05417088521258450446noreply@blogger.com