Comments on: Is Another World Possible?

By: zride17

zride17 — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:48:43 +0000

@jamtown – I echo your comments, friend. And I agree with you. The “world” does not have a soul or mind that changes all at once like a light switch.
Your world is changing. So is mine. Samir is leaving breadcrumbs for us to find as he continues to change as well.

Thank you for your comment. You have encouraged me today.

By: jamtown

jamtown — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 02:03:58 +0000

I am a man who has lost faith and is slowly finding it again. It is still undefinable to me, still a bit blobby. Without form and void. Well, not void.

People want me to define it, though. They want me to justify why my faith is different than their/our church taught me it should be. I find that I don't want to justify it. I just want to let it grow into whatever it will be and I want to enjoy the process.

Can the world change? My world has. And if we can each change individually, the world cannot help but be ever changing. Can it change for the better? I don't know. I sure hope so.

By: Samir Selmanovic

Samir Selmanovic — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:08:22 +0000

Lauren, maybe next book?

By: Stephen Feltmate

Stephen Feltmate — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:08:13 +0000

My pleasure

I'm really looking forward to hearing more about what is happening in New York. I love the direction you are taking this conversation and I'm thinking that this idea is going to resonate with a large number of people from all walks of faith. You're definitely on to something

By: Lauren Bishop-Weidner

Lauren Bishop-Weidner — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 23:30:08 +0000

I don't know about a new world. I don't know if the potential “return” is worth the “investment”. But words are powerful. And stories, poems, and prayers are constructed of words. (I still think your book should have been titled “Hear Her Breathing”. Just sayin'.)

By: Samir Selmanovic

Samir Selmanovic — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 13:23:55 +0000

Stephen, yes, in our lifetimes!

And BTW, thanks for making this the very first comment on this new blog. Good omen.

Samir

By: Stephen Feltmate

Stephen Feltmate — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 11:47:55 +0000

I felt the same way so often. Am I wasting my time? Are the critics right – is it better to just walk away and do my own thing and forget about everyone else?

And then I find others like you and Nick Fiedler, Doug Pagitt, Brian McLaren and others who are thinking and feeling the same way I am and I realize that this idea means something to people.

What is really exciting is the interfaith work that you are doing. My feeling is that we are about to transcend emergence and begin the process of convergence – where each person offers their gifts to each other and we become the sum of all things life-affirming regardless of their origin.

Within my lifetime, I believer that the predominant thought will not be in the form of Jewish, Christian, Muslim or scientist construction but in the form of giving and receiving in symbiotic relationship.

It's happening. It's difficult. And it's worth it