Comments on: This could be quite expensive! http://rupertward.cce.uk.net/2007/02/19/this-could-be-quite-expensive/ Random wonderings about God and Life Fri, 05 Dec 2008 11:54:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Rupert Ward http://rupertward.cce.uk.net/2007/02/19/this-could-be-quite-expensive/#comment-603 Rupert Ward Thu, 22 Feb 2007 00:04:56 +0000 http://rupertward.cce.uk.net/2007/02/19/this-could-be-quite-expensive/#comment-603 Oh yes Paul - agree too with your comments on evangelicals. i think this is where a generous orthodoxy is so helpful. Oh yes Paul - agree too with your comments on evangelicals. i think this is where a generous orthodoxy is so helpful.

]]> By: Rupert Ward http://rupertward.cce.uk.net/2007/02/19/this-could-be-quite-expensive/#comment-602 Rupert Ward Thu, 22 Feb 2007 00:04:11 +0000 http://rupertward.cce.uk.net/2007/02/19/this-could-be-quite-expensive/#comment-602 Paul - thanks for stopping by and adding your comments. I was going to ask you about the 40 days of faith, but have found more details on your blog. Looks good, and i am going to try to incorporate some of that into my lenten disciplines.<br/><br/>I like your thought of gaining something. Sometimes i think our giving up can seem something we do for the sake of it ... rather than a positive intention. For example fasting, so that i can create more space for God. Paul - thanks for stopping by and adding your comments. I was going to ask you about the 40 days of faith, but have found more details on your blog. Looks good, and i am going to try to incorporate some of that into my lenten disciplines.

I like your thought of gaining something. Sometimes i think our giving up can seem something we do for the sake of it … rather than a positive intention. For example fasting, so that i can create more space for God.

]]> By: paul http://rupertward.cce.uk.net/2007/02/19/this-could-be-quite-expensive/#comment-601 paul Wed, 21 Feb 2007 02:48:19 +0000 http://rupertward.cce.uk.net/2007/02/19/this-could-be-quite-expensive/#comment-601 or should i say i'll be adding to what i am gaining thru lent by incorporating the christian aid idea as part of the spiritual practice of giving to the poor... or should i say i’ll be adding to what i am gaining thru lent by incorporating the christian aid idea as part of the spiritual practice of giving to the poor…

]]> By: paul http://rupertward.cce.uk.net/2007/02/19/this-could-be-quite-expensive/#comment-600 paul Wed, 21 Feb 2007 02:46:39 +0000 http://rupertward.cce.uk.net/2007/02/19/this-could-be-quite-expensive/#comment-600 heh that sounds a cool idea :) thanks for blogging about it Rupert.<br/><br/>I'll be doing the 40 days of faith again, which is a bible reading/prayer sprititual discipline that Boston Vineyard [USA] do every year for the last few yrs. I'll also be praying for Sri Lanka where our church has made some links over the last yr or so and going to my first ever ash wednesday service where we all get symbolically marked with a cross on our foreheads from well ash...<br/><br/>i'm thinking more about lent as a chance to gain/do something rather than giving something up - in my case spiritual disciplines - but i think i might incorporate your one as well :)<br/><br/>as for evangelicals - i suspect it goes back to our distrust of all things catholic that lurk in our protestant roots :) heh that sounds a cool idea :) thanks for blogging about it Rupert.

I’ll be doing the 40 days of faith again, which is a bible reading/prayer sprititual discipline that Boston Vineyard [USA] do every year for the last few yrs. I’ll also be praying for Sri Lanka where our church has made some links over the last yr or so and going to my first ever ash wednesday service where we all get symbolically marked with a cross on our foreheads from well ash…

i’m thinking more about lent as a chance to gain/do something rather than giving something up - in my case spiritual disciplines - but i think i might incorporate your one as well :)

as for evangelicals - i suspect it goes back to our distrust of all things catholic that lurk in our protestant roots :)

]]> By: Rupert Ward http://rupertward.cce.uk.net/2007/02/19/this-could-be-quite-expensive/#comment-599 Rupert Ward Tue, 20 Feb 2007 23:02:54 +0000 http://rupertward.cce.uk.net/2007/02/19/this-could-be-quite-expensive/#comment-599 Thanks for the comment David. I was in a very similar situation. I wonder why there is such a hesitation to engage with Lent as evangelicals? Thanks for the comment David. I was in a very similar situation. I wonder why there is such a hesitation to engage with Lent as evangelicals?

]]> By: David http://rupertward.cce.uk.net/2007/02/19/this-could-be-quite-expensive/#comment-598 David Tue, 20 Feb 2007 20:43:12 +0000 http://rupertward.cce.uk.net/2007/02/19/this-could-be-quite-expensive/#comment-598 Yeah, being a part of the Evangelical community since 1991, I haven't done anything with Lent since..well before then-growing up Lutheran.<br/>We're going to a Episciple (sp?) Lenton service tomorrow night. Yeah, being a part of the Evangelical community since 1991, I haven’t done anything with Lent since..well before then-growing up Lutheran.
We’re going to a Episciple (sp?) Lenton service tomorrow night.

]]> By: Rupert Ward http://rupertward.cce.uk.net/2007/02/19/this-could-be-quite-expensive/#comment-597 Rupert Ward Tue, 20 Feb 2007 16:07:47 +0000 http://rupertward.cce.uk.net/2007/02/19/this-could-be-quite-expensive/#comment-597 Thanks for stopping by Molly. It rather pales into insignificance to what you are doing ... hope you will blog your way through it. Inspiring.<br/><br/>You are right about how rich we are. I suppose the only thing that we do have to recognise is the cost of living in our countries. When i lived in Pakistan, i lived like a king on £100 a month (about UD$180), whereas that hardly pays for anything here.<br/><br/>Having said that, we have water, electricity, unlimited food, transport, communication, heating etc etc. So we do have so much, and that is worth remembering. Thanks for stopping by Molly. It rather pales into insignificance to what you are doing … hope you will blog your way through it. Inspiring.

You are right about how rich we are. I suppose the only thing that we do have to recognise is the cost of living in our countries. When i lived in Pakistan, i lived like a king on £100 a month (about UD$180), whereas that hardly pays for anything here.

Having said that, we have water, electricity, unlimited food, transport, communication, heating etc etc. So we do have so much, and that is worth remembering.

]]> By: molly http://rupertward.cce.uk.net/2007/02/19/this-could-be-quite-expensive/#comment-596 molly Tue, 20 Feb 2007 07:08:06 +0000 http://rupertward.cce.uk.net/2007/02/19/this-could-be-quite-expensive/#comment-596 I'm thinking the same thing, Rupert. (Though the more I read, the more excited I am about giving, and the more shocked I am about just how RICH I am, in comparison with the rest of the world). <br/><br/>Thanks for the link, brother. :) I’m thinking the same thing, Rupert. (Though the more I read, the more excited I am about giving, and the more shocked I am about just how RICH I am, in comparison with the rest of the world).

Thanks for the link, brother. :)

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