tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35717060.post116915020403847407..comments2023-07-03T03:16:12.356-07:00Comments on An American Minister (Formerly) in London: A new dayRev. John A. D'Eliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03460378542471421949noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35717060.post-1169487573455461422007-01-22T09:39:00.000-08:002007-01-22T09:39:00.000-08:00Bill here. 4 channels and no football american st...Bill here. 4 channels and no football american style. There are reminders all around us of the cross aren't there? I think that is one reason why we are compelled to be in church and hang in there with people, because that is how we learn to be Christ like.<BR/><BR/>You get to feel in a way what we should all feel. We are aliens in this world, sojourners in a foreign land, that is not our home.<BR/><BR/>Miss you and we will talk soonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35717060.post-1169364710862586892007-01-20T23:31:00.001-08:002007-01-20T23:31:00.001-08:00Oops, I meant to say "in Goran's class"...Oops, I meant to say "in Goran's class"...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35717060.post-1169364672299183612007-01-20T23:31:00.000-08:002007-01-20T23:31:00.000-08:00Thanks for sharing your thoughts here on your blog...Thanks for sharing your thoughts here on your blog. And thanks for sharing all the pictures as well! I"m not really sure how blogger works but it appears I can comment anonymously which I guess I will have to do as I don't have a blogger account. However I am not anonymous, I am Pam D. from GPC, wife of Jim D. and mom to the only teenager in Linda's class.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35717060.post-1169181342434478942007-01-18T20:35:00.000-08:002007-01-18T20:35:00.000-08:00It's me, again. I wonder if you have read "The Kit...It's me, again. I wonder if you have read "The Kite Runner." It has a similar theme to the movie you wrote about, but it's very foreign. Both little boys are born in Afghanistan, one to a slave for the other one's father. The book starts when they are little and ends when they are adults. Please put it on your list of things to read. You will not be sorry. They are already making a movie about it but try to read it first. This is not an order, just a kind motherly suggestion. bye, MomAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35717060.post-1169158228445835572007-01-18T14:10:00.000-08:002007-01-18T14:10:00.000-08:00Wow, John. This entry made me cry deeply. My Bible...Wow, John. This entry made me cry deeply. My Bible study this morning was on Romans 8. It's all about suffering and how the glory that follows is so great that it will make all the suffering worth it. When I got home my first email was from my friend, Cathy. She missed our luncheon because her husband was having his big toe amputated. It didn't work so next Wed. he is having more of his foot amputated. Cathy's mother died last year. She was left with the job of caring for her invalid father and her 65yr old autistic brother. She had to find facilities for each and get them moved, then empty her parents' house and sell it while she was caring for her ailing husband. She has never had time to grieve her mother's death. Somehow, I can't see the blessings in her suffering and I told her so in my reply email. Then I read your entry. I hate it that your relocation has had so many things making it difficult for you guys. I did not see any value or blessing from suffering in my bible study class. I could not see it in Cathy's email. But I do see it clearly in your BLOG. I hear a closemess to God in your words. Paul says suffering brings dependence on God and I hear it in you now. You have to preach without your books, which are in Rotterdam, but you do have your Bible. I know you want to look great at your installation, but your "cool" clothes are in Rotterdam with your books. You will have to rely on the great smile God gave you and a firm handshake to introduce yourself formally. Only God and Julie could love you as much as I do at this moment. MomAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com