tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post8496244443943994241..comments2024-03-28T23:25:07.821+00:00Comments on Jean's Knitting: Jeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12038517988391228260noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-16844719037507686872021-08-03T16:59:21.712+01:002021-08-03T16:59:21.712+01:00As I vaguely understand it, the Prodigal Son parab...As I vaguely understand it, the Prodigal Son parable is the explanation for associating with sinners, tax gatherers, etc - to reclaim the lost ones.=Tamarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-1467768559105274272021-08-03T14:09:44.957+01:002021-08-03T14:09:44.957+01:00Sometimes I think the parables are just snapshots ...Sometimes I think the parables are just snapshots without any extenuating circumstances to produce a fair picture. Which may have been fine in Bliblical times but no longer is enough today. Mentally disturbed people didn't have pills and therapy to get them better. The lame didn't have PT and prosthetic limbs, and so on. Everything must have been so absolute back then. ChloeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-56269582750747745012021-08-03T01:04:59.221+01:002021-08-03T01:04:59.221+01:00It suddenly turned relatively cool here. Checking ...It suddenly turned relatively cool here. Checking my notes, it did the same for the last few years. For all the reputation of August as being hot, it seems to be a turning point toward fall.=Tamarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-6444425703956936812021-08-02T22:16:07.780+01:002021-08-02T22:16:07.780+01:00A good friend of mine, a Dominican nun, also has a...A good friend of mine, a Dominican nun, also has a problem with the prodigal son.catdownunderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08189081688973141295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-39180785110862656112021-08-02T21:25:00.016+01:002021-08-02T21:25:00.016+01:00My mother always had a problem with the prodigal s...My mother always had a problem with the prodigal son parable, as well. I’ll have to track down Sayers.Mary Louhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05588244535423212079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-59527918099024266822021-08-02T19:06:07.523+01:002021-08-02T19:06:07.523+01:00Inspired by you I have started walking a loop arou...Inspired by you I have started walking a loop around our local roads, steadfastly walking past the two tempting shortcuts so far. It is 0.7 of a mile and takes me just over half an hour.<br />I read 'Christ stopped at Eboli' last year. What a desperately impoverished place that part of Spain was. I can't imagine living in such abject conditions. <br />Hope you recover from your 'feebleness'and find some energy; have you gota brew of kimchi on the go?KirstenMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04460530603998948689noreply@blogger.com