tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27685414.post9152296124879884178..comments2015-01-17T12:12:06.987-05:00Comments on Sober Joy: Icon New Media InterviewBarnabas Powellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08584837837292068637noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27685414.post-56090069749424714132008-08-02T15:33:00.000-04:002008-08-02T15:33:00.000-04:00Again, Michael, hard to disagree with you!Communit...Again, Michael, hard to disagree with you!<BR/><BR/>Community is really the point of all this. the old aying holds true "No one goes to heaven alone, but everyone goes to hell alone."<BR/><BR/>I ghuess the point of my comment is that the best way to earn the right to speak honestly into someone else's life is after they have seenmy own life work diligently toward holiness. Only then will my Barnabas Powellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08584837837292068637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27685414.post-20645233041068556972008-08-02T03:06:00.000-04:002008-08-02T03:06:00.000-04:00"Our job is to ignore the sins of others and focus..."Our job is to ignore the sins of others and focus on our own sins to become the men Christ has called us to be." <BR/><BR/>I don't think you mean that quite the way it sounds, at least I hope not. <BR/><BR/>A good part of what we are called to be involves community, not just me and Jesus, but you and me and Jesus to over simplify. Community is not just the sharing of common ideas or ideals or Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27685414.post-23062434139925622522008-07-31T18:13:00.000-04:002008-07-31T18:13:00.000-04:00No invasion at all Michael. In fact, I agree with ...No invasion at all Michael. In fact, I agree with most of what you wrote!<BR/><BR/>Truth be told, media is as much an enemy as a value. I realize that and that is why we can never see media or technology as ends in themselves, only tools to be harnessed and used well. It is much ike the C.S. Lewis story "The Great Divorce." In his story there is a man (or better yet, a spector of what use to be aBarnabas Powellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08584837837292068637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27685414.post-91073857879621906872008-07-24T14:43:00.000-04:002008-07-24T14:43:00.000-04:00Not to invade your privacy or disturb your joy, bu...Not to invade your privacy or disturb your joy, but I think your sobriety has temporarly left you. <BR/><BR/>I am an old, fat crumudgeon, an unworthy sinner, but to put much hope in electronic media to spread the truth of the Orthodox faith is dangerous. Electronic media has the effect of de-personalizing despite its frenetic attempts to allow everyone to participate in their own space and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27685414.post-41720607291166537022008-07-17T15:52:00.000-04:002008-07-17T15:52:00.000-04:00Thanks so much for the interesting post. Very tho...Thanks so much for the interesting post. Very thought provoking.<BR/><BR/>Best,<BR/>Pat<BR/><A HREF="http://www.libertyhouse.org" REL="nofollow">sober living</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27685414.post-12217326460572113352008-07-08T12:29:00.000-04:002008-07-08T12:29:00.000-04:00The Evil Eastern Orthodox Octopus spreading its cu...The Evil Eastern Orthodox Octopus spreading its cunning tentacles to lure in the unsuspecting souls of innocent American Protestants into its deceiving embrace, using the latest state-of-the-art techno-logical advancements to fulfill its wicked purpose in the most machiavelical of manners. >:) Ah, such craftiness can come only from true Masters of Deception! >:) <BR/><BR/>Our mischievious motto Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com