tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9520508.post607920583064861675..comments2024-02-03T01:51:20.266-07:00Comments on A Song Not Scored For Breathing: Showing UpHopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02045801745534184703noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9520508.post-13035327426801811902008-11-03T08:22:00.000-07:002008-11-03T08:22:00.000-07:00I agree, Jim. It's only by walking with God, that...I agree, Jim. It's only by walking with God, that we get through anything. It's not very often I hear of a good relationship with a former church congregation. We spent quite a few years in a church in this community. They were not supportive when we began attending the Catholic Church instead. We still have some friends from that congregation and I still enjoy visiting with most of them. Sometimes I sense a thin veil of tension over our choice but I also know I can't explain it adequately to them so that they will be supportive, all I can do is live it out and leave it at that.Hopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02045801745534184703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9520508.post-25556310656905471952008-11-03T07:17:00.000-07:002008-11-03T07:17:00.000-07:00This is the second time I've read this and am thin...This is the second time I've read this and am thinking about your relationship with the "homegroup". For five years now I've sat in another church after a three-decade relationship with the old one. Truth be known, I may have severed my "tithing membership" attachment with the former, there is no way I could or would want to divorce my friendship with those who walked with me through that part of my life. Two of my children yet attend there. My grandchildren are involved in activities there. I hold no anger against the pastor and know him too well to count him anything other than a friend. It is a strange relationship and hard to explain; but we all need each other, even if we disagree in our perspectives. It is the next step with Him that gets us through it...Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13302132941940784968noreply@blogger.com