tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13642801.post2457845131146651985..comments2024-01-07T09:34:44.086-05:00Comments on What Canst Thou Say?: The Tools We NeedRobin M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10336915224193704866noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13642801.post-66183984259534788262013-01-29T09:25:40.311-05:002013-01-29T09:25:40.311-05:00Thanks, Viv and Liz, for your comments. I want to ...Thanks, Viv and Liz, for your comments. I want to be sure Friends know that the organizing ministers, Wess, Peggy and Kathy, are available to speak and to teach in other places as well...Robin M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10336915224193704866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13642801.post-54384064850689163662013-01-27T16:19:09.637-05:002013-01-27T16:19:09.637-05:00You know you're out of touch when you had no i...You know you're out of touch when you had no idea that one of your blogging fFriends has traveled across the country to serve as a spiritual companion to other blogging fFriends during an event that they've put together, and you've had no idea that any of them were up to anything! <br /><br />It sounds like it was a wonderful and rich experience, and I'm glad to read about it, even if it's after the fact. <br /><br />One thing that struck me is Peggy's use of a <i>"jujitsu move to shift a discussion and to diffuse the tension..."</i> This was a strategy used very effectively in the work Minnesotans did to defeat the anti-LGBTQ proposed amendment to limit the freedom to marry. <br /><br />During our phone banking or 1-on-1 conversations with friends, neighbors, and family, whenever someone brought up Bible verses as a reason to keep marriage as only between a man and a woman, we were encouraged to say something like, "Oh... Well, what part of the Bible do you really enjoy reading?" Or, "What religious community are you a part of, and what feeds your spirit there?"<br /><br />Then it becomes much easier to share what I also like about Scripture and about my own faith and practice. ...And it totally disarms the person who isn't even aware of her or his own automatic thinking. <br /><br />Glad to know that the seeds that were planted some years ago around <a href="http://robinmsf.blogspot.com/2006/01/robinopedia-convergent-friends.html" rel="nofollow">Convergent Friends</a> have taken root and are continuing to bring forth new fruit and new Light.<br /><br />Blessings,<br />Liz Opp, <a href="http://thegoodraisedup.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">The Good Raised Up</a>Liz Opphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09802348848085930901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13642801.post-69546137511460800932013-01-26T13:17:09.452-05:002013-01-26T13:17:09.452-05:00Thanks, Robin, for this wonderful account. May th...Thanks, Robin, for this wonderful account. May these tools and others be taken up among this Religious Society and beyond.Viv Hawkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14972483332748047429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13642801.post-71316243586752823452013-01-25T14:08:11.682-05:002013-01-25T14:08:11.682-05:00The tagging really means a lot. I only recently fi...The tagging really means a lot. I only recently figured out how to do it and by accident and when I was not even dealing with screen reader too. Maybe it's documented somewhere but who reads documentation?<br /><br />Anyway this sounds like a wonderful event.RantWomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17611656459134372290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13642801.post-4571246116751300032013-01-25T13:57:18.329-05:002013-01-25T13:57:18.329-05:00RantWoman, I actually thought about you when I was...RantWoman, I actually thought about you when I was doing it. Thank you for your reminders over the years. I'm finally catching on.Robin M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10336915224193704866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13642801.post-2212585507206699512013-01-25T13:45:30.600-05:002013-01-25T13:45:30.600-05:00I love the definition of elder as "agent of c...I love the definition of elder as "agent of contagion for the Holy Spirit."<br /><br />I love the inclusion list.<br /><br />And one more thing: THANK YOU FOR TAGGING YOUR PHOTOS. Sometimes I take time to look at photos and am really grateful to be able to see them when I have time to look. But today it was awesome just to have my screen reader read past the descriptions as I read the text. So whatever you did, being an agent of contagion for that would also be a service.RantWomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17611656459134372290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13642801.post-62921482882303378622013-01-25T13:27:04.787-05:002013-01-25T13:27:04.787-05:00I'm glad the report is helpful. I am so lucky ...I'm glad the report is helpful. I am so lucky to have been there, that I feel it is my responsibility to share with a wider community the lessons that were taught.Robin M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10336915224193704866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13642801.post-6801382590251752952013-01-25T09:50:00.970-05:002013-01-25T09:50:00.970-05:00Thank you! Brent Bill shared your link on Facebook...Thank you! Brent Bill shared your link on Facebook. <br /><br />Robin, I have carried your definition of "Convergent Friends" with me for several years, so I thank you for that as well.Paula Demingnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13642801.post-15029382155497262142013-01-25T08:20:21.391-05:002013-01-25T08:20:21.391-05:00Thanks so much for sharing the learning from this ...Thanks so much for sharing the learning from this event! The specific suggestions are really useful.Marcelle Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01145301330059056577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13642801.post-56068518847921189622013-01-24T17:43:26.470-05:002013-01-24T17:43:26.470-05:00Oh good. I'm glad you like the description, an...Oh good. I'm glad you like the description, and I hope that it inspires other people to go forth and do the same.Robin M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10336915224193704866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13642801.post-47949356357112791492013-01-24T15:37:19.490-05:002013-01-24T15:37:19.490-05:00Thanks for this very good description. Let's h...Thanks for this very good description. Let's hope it catches.<br />PegPeggy Senger Morrisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05193006027950622923noreply@blogger.com