Comments on: Just to Pay the Bills http://nakedpastor.com/archives/1063 David Hayward is an artist trapped inside a pastor's body. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:02:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Jill Esmailion http://nakedpastor.com/archives/1063#comment-9647 Thu, 31 May 2007 03:06:53 +0000 http://nakedpastor.com/archives/1063#comment-9647 I think theres something built in our DNA, this need for adventure. Some sort of craving that can be disappointed and manipulated over time and perhaps fade when misused or not utilized. I remember talking about this with our friend before she went (out of country). Now I cant GO unto all the world,at this time. And I want more risk and adventure, than just tossing red undies into a "white" load. Urban soccermom, even one who cant currently drive, legally (which really interrupts the soccermom part) seeks more. And I think I figured it out what it is for me. Its there in the depths, the depths of relationships. Its in the discovery of self and the transparency in which I am willing live it. Now thats risky behavior. I think theres something built in our DNA, this need for adventure. Some sort of craving that can be disappointed and manipulated over time and perhaps fade when misused or not utilized. I remember talking about this with our friend before she went (out of country). Now I cant GO unto all the world,at this time. And I want more risk and adventure, than just tossing red undies into a “white” load. Urban soccermom, even one who cant currently drive, legally (which really interrupts the soccermom part) seeks more. And I think I figured it out what it is for me. Its there in the depths, the depths of relationships. Its in the discovery of self and the transparency in which I am willing live it. Now thats risky behavior.

]]> by: Barry Pike http://nakedpastor.com/archives/1063#comment-9584 Wed, 30 May 2007 13:37:17 +0000 http://nakedpastor.com/archives/1063#comment-9584 Amen, NP. I think about this a lot, too. Like Jon Birch said above, "I'm not very good at contentment." It may be simply my inability to reconcile these issues in my own soul, but I am at a point where I think I believe that this side of Heaven, nobody gets to have it all. Working to pay the bills seems to be part of the curse of the fall. And when I look at the lives of those who don't really seem to have to work to survive, they are largely cursed in other, more dismal, ways. Uhm...everybody have a nice day, anyway. :) Amen, NP. I think about this a lot, too. Like Jon Birch said above, “I’m not very good at contentment.” It may be simply my inability to reconcile these issues in my own soul, but I am at a point where I think I believe that this side of Heaven, nobody gets to have it all.

Working to pay the bills seems to be part of the curse of the fall. And when I look at the lives of those who don’t really seem to have to work to survive, they are largely cursed in other, more dismal, ways.

Uhm…everybody have a nice day, anyway. :)

]]> by: Greg Laughery http://nakedpastor.com/archives/1063#comment-9573 Wed, 30 May 2007 05:28:42 +0000 http://nakedpastor.com/archives/1063#comment-9573 Where I live we're never sure of being able to pay the bills - a month to month faith walk. I'm with you on breaking out of the safe boxes that are so stifiling and constrictive, but I wonder if there is ever such a thing as "truly mine" in that we're always preceded by someone and something. Yet, I think, within sedimentation there can always be a spark of innovation and improvisation that makes life adventerous, creative and interesting. Where I live we’re never sure of being able to pay the bills - a month to month faith walk. I’m with you on breaking out of the safe boxes that are so stifiling and constrictive, but I wonder if there is ever such a thing as “truly mine” in that we’re always preceded by someone and something. Yet, I think, within sedimentation there can always be a spark of innovation and improvisation that makes life adventerous, creative and interesting.

]]> by: Anna http://nakedpastor.com/archives/1063#comment-9563 Wed, 30 May 2007 03:02:46 +0000 http://nakedpastor.com/archives/1063#comment-9563 Cheers! You don't want to shake my hand right now...it has damp henna on it! My own way of authentic creativity. ~Anna Cheers!

You don’t want to shake my hand right now…it has damp henna on it! My own way of authentic creativity.

~Anna

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