Comments on: Rant http://littlebitbrown.wordpress.com/2008/09/04/rant/ Coming in October ... Little Bit Brown Sat, 29 Nov 2008 11:30:56 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: he was fragged for our sins » Blog Archive » The “eat together” test, or, a post about deep community. http://littlebitbrown.wordpress.com/2008/09/04/rant/#comment-241 he was fragged for our sins » Blog Archive » The “eat together” test, or, a post about deep community. Tue, 16 Sep 2008 08:06:55 +0000 http://littlebitbrown.wordpress.com/?p=181#comment-241 [...] out of my reaction to reading the first half of Anna’s recent rant, appropriately entitled: “Rant”. The post talks primarily about a similar experience of the Brown’s, where they left a church [...] [...] out of my reaction to reading the first half of Anna’s recent rant, appropriately entitled: “Rant”. The post talks primarily about a similar experience of the Brown’s, where they left a church [...]

]]> By: april http://littlebitbrown.wordpress.com/2008/09/04/rant/#comment-235 april Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:14:46 +0000 http://littlebitbrown.wordpress.com/?p=181#comment-235 i love you, Anna. i love you, Anna.

]]> By: Julie Tiemann http://littlebitbrown.wordpress.com/2008/09/04/rant/#comment-234 Julie Tiemann Mon, 08 Sep 2008 03:13:04 +0000 http://littlebitbrown.wordpress.com/?p=181#comment-234 Girl, you're speaking my language. I left in college. I'll always be grateful to the SBCers for teaching me about Jesus, but I can't reconcile what I believe in my heart Jesus was about with the political-ness the denomination seems currently seems all about. There's a lot more I could say, but I make it a point to not put my politial viewpoints out in cyberspace, so I'll stop. But I'll just say, I'm with ya, girl. Girl, you’re speaking my language. I left in college. I’ll always be grateful to the SBCers for teaching me about Jesus, but I can’t reconcile what I believe in my heart Jesus was about with the political-ness the denomination seems currently seems all about. There’s a lot more I could say, but I make it a point to not put my politial viewpoints out in cyberspace, so I’ll stop. But I’ll just say, I’m with ya, girl.

]]> By: joshua case http://littlebitbrown.wordpress.com/2008/09/04/rant/#comment-232 joshua case Fri, 05 Sep 2008 02:10:02 +0000 http://littlebitbrown.wordpress.com/?p=181#comment-232 Anna- Thanks so much for putting it out there. To be honest, I was really feeling much of the same as you last night when watching the speech and..i was thinking, "Oh my goodness, there are people who actually think the way she is talking about people, and the politics she is advocating is good for all?" Honestly, it made me not only scared but quite moved to try to do more for Obama in Georgia. Leslie- Thanks so much for your post too! And I love the several very quotable part in the future. Again Anna, thanks for the raw honesty. I am glad you decided to post it. Thanks for the real articulation of faith and the honest articulation of what it means to be on a journey, even when it means to be on one with people who choose a much shallower route to friendship than you do. Friendship that is reciprocal, and committed over the long haul. joshua c Anna-

Thanks so much for putting it out there. To be honest, I was really feeling much of the same as you last night when watching the speech and..i was thinking, “Oh my goodness, there are people who actually think the way she is talking about people, and the politics she is advocating is good for all?”

Honestly, it made me not only scared but quite moved to try to do more for Obama in Georgia.

Leslie-

Thanks so much for your post too! And I love the several very quotable part in the future.

Again Anna, thanks for the raw honesty. I am glad you decided to post it. Thanks for the real articulation of faith and the honest articulation of what it means to be on a journey, even when it means to be on one with people who choose a much shallower route to friendship than you do. Friendship that is reciprocal, and committed over the long haul.

joshua c

]]> By: Leslie http://littlebitbrown.wordpress.com/2008/09/04/rant/#comment-231 Leslie Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:06:44 +0000 http://littlebitbrown.wordpress.com/?p=181#comment-231 Woah, you read my mind or my gut and my tight chest. This election has seriously made me sit by myself in my bathroom and cry. It has made me try new breathing techniques and I am on my way to buy a yoga video today! Really, it is not the election. It is the true sides of people that come out. It is the selfishness, the hatred, and judgement that makes me ill. I love my family, but if I mention Obama, I really become the enemy. Crazy names are thrown at me and my intelligence and character are judged and why? Because I think social programs are important? Because I think that war has killed innocent people. Because I value human life? Because I think Sarah was a bad choice and her parenting skills should be considered. If you cant parent well, how can you lead a country well? here is the thing. I am not tied to a party. If there was a great republican candidate, I would vote for them. But here with are with a Democratic candidate that could postivily change the world, and we are not grabbing a hold of that? We are not helping our kids and their kids and the world at large? I dont get how that happens. What is more upsetting is that people wont change. I am more than willing to open my ears to different opinions, but dont find that to be the case with many conservatives. Oh, and there was no nut kick. Since when did they start from door to door knocking to fund social programs for the community? They talked down to hard working americans. I think that was pretty stupid. Here is the thing, I am PRO-AMERICAN who thinks that the war is wrong, that we should help people who cant help themselves, that Bush is a close to satin as I will see in mylife time, that digging for more oil is not a solution, that there should be stricker gun laws, that a woman should choose, and taxes are the least of my concern. Hear that people, PRO-AMERICAN! I love my country and my difference in opinion doesnt state otherwise. I am concerned and McCain and his no name concern me. Obama is not some unqualified suprise. People knew he would run for president when Kerry was running...ya know when Obama was going door to door to talk to average americans about how he can make things better? He has been around making things better his whole professional life. Phew, sorry, I need to break. That all to say, I got ya Anna. your awesome. I love you. Woah, you read my mind or my gut and my tight chest. This election has seriously made me sit by myself in my bathroom and cry. It has made me try new breathing techniques and I am on my way to buy a yoga video today! Really, it is not the election. It is the true sides of people that come out. It is the selfishness, the hatred, and judgement that makes me ill. I love my family, but if I mention Obama, I really become the enemy. Crazy names are thrown at me and my intelligence and character are judged and why? Because I think social programs are important? Because I think that war has killed innocent people. Because I value human life? Because I think Sarah was a bad choice and her parenting skills should be considered. If you cant parent well, how can you lead a country well? here is the thing. I am not tied to a party. If there was a great republican candidate, I would vote for them. But here with are with a Democratic candidate that could postivily change the world, and we are not grabbing a hold of that? We are not helping our kids and their kids and the world at large? I dont get how that happens. What is more upsetting is that people wont change. I am more than willing to open my ears to different opinions, but dont find that to be the case with many conservatives. Oh, and there was no nut kick. Since when did they start from door to door knocking to fund social programs for the community? They talked down to hard working americans. I think that was pretty stupid. Here is the thing, I am PRO-AMERICAN who thinks that the war is wrong, that we should help people who cant help themselves, that Bush is a close to satin as I will see in mylife time, that digging for more oil is not a solution, that there should be stricker gun laws, that a woman should choose, and taxes are the least of my concern. Hear that people, PRO-AMERICAN! I love my country and my difference in opinion doesnt state otherwise. I am concerned and McCain and his no name concern me. Obama is not some unqualified suprise. People knew he would run for president when Kerry was running…ya know when Obama was going door to door to talk to average americans about how he can make things better? He has been around making things better his whole professional life. Phew, sorry, I need to break. That all to say, I got ya Anna. your awesome. I love you.

]]> By: Rick http://littlebitbrown.wordpress.com/2008/09/04/rant/#comment-230 Rick Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:49:55 +0000 http://littlebitbrown.wordpress.com/?p=181#comment-230 For us, we left one SBC to go to another before leaving the denom, going to a non-denom, leavnig that, now at another non-denom. Sorry - rambling. But each time we left or were asked to step aside, it was as you described. We haven't moved, but we've got little/no contact with anyone from the past. Friends, mentors, youth group - we've got no contact. Those relationships were based more on location and the circumstantial passing geographically than on any other factor. One friend said she missed seeing us on Sundays. When we mentioned that we live in the same house the same distance from their home as before, she said, "I just don't know if it's worth it." Well, evidently not. For us, we left one SBC to go to another before leaving the denom, going to a non-denom, leavnig that, now at another non-denom. Sorry – rambling. But each time we left or were asked to step aside, it was as you described. We haven’t moved, but we’ve got little/no contact with anyone from the past. Friends, mentors, youth group – we’ve got no contact. Those relationships were based more on location and the circumstantial passing geographically than on any other factor. One friend said she missed seeing us on Sundays. When we mentioned that we live in the same house the same distance from their home as before, she said, “I just don’t know if it’s worth it.” Well, evidently not.

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