tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32444916.post8208627460866406613..comments2023-12-17T06:06:12.732-06:00Comments on Making Home: Me, Myself & I vs. CommunityJess Connellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00372282510182101716noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32444916.post-46532022835728135632013-12-17T20:48:12.956-06:002013-12-17T20:48:12.956-06:00I enjoy reading your blog and 'found' you ...I enjoy reading your blog and 'found' you in 2008 and bonded with you over music then (Tenth Ave. North/Revelation song). I enjoy the worship circle series too...<br />Even though I have never met you, you write what I would write if I made the time and was more organized with homeschooling/life in general. I am an introvert who approaches friendship the same way and I married my best friend. <br />I am an avid follower of your gleaned wisdom and I just want to say thank you, my sister in cyberspace.... You encourage me greatly. <br /><br />My favorite posts are your perspective/exhortations on loving your husband and your children. <br /> Rebekahnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32444916.post-53889715241372975512013-12-17T15:22:31.721-06:002013-12-17T15:22:31.721-06:00Thought-provoking. After living abroad in a very ...Thought-provoking. After living abroad in a very remote area for three years, I missed community, even as a decided introvert. Now that we're back in the States, I realize that my idea of community is being around people once or twice a week and spending most of my time at home with my kids. Other people, however, think of it as putting in a lot of concentrated time with others. I can't do that. I feel a little guilty about it because the church body can make you feel bad if you're not there every time the doors are open. You start to feel like you aren't being "in community" enough. But then that becomes its own form of legalism and can be a burden. No easy answers, I guess, and a lot of our ideas are culturally informed, I suspect.Hannahhttp://prayingwithoneeyeopen.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32444916.post-36379409151216894492013-12-17T14:55:38.465-06:002013-12-17T14:55:38.465-06:00Thank you for the link. Chatting on this a bit ov...Thank you for the link. Chatting on this a bit over at E's place. <br /><br />FWIW, my BFF and I don't cookie-cutter match, nor do most of my friends and I. <br /><br />But I'll take over her thread... lol. Poor E. She's so sweet to put up with me.Hearthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17755578765945858847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32444916.post-58557392547080674112013-12-16T12:23:21.517-06:002013-12-16T12:23:21.517-06:00Perfectly said. This is what I try to teach my you...Perfectly said. This is what I try to teach my young adult daughters, as well. Only Jesus is the PERFECT friend. Everyone else will, at some time, disappoint. Be a friend to have a friend. Look for those who need a human friend and love them with Jesus' love. JenniferAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32444916.post-48466747892928428892013-12-16T09:46:32.161-06:002013-12-16T09:46:32.161-06:00Turns out that you posted about something that I a...Turns out that you posted about something that I am posting about as well, albeit from a slightly different angle. <br /><br />I'm going to link to this.Elspeth https://www.blogger.com/profile/17495546895657214080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32444916.post-23195349958484044752013-12-16T05:02:43.469-06:002013-12-16T05:02:43.469-06:00Like.Like.Elspeth https://www.blogger.com/profile/17495546895657214080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32444916.post-17115119854151185842013-12-16T03:15:27.931-06:002013-12-16T03:15:27.931-06:00There is so much amazing blessing to be gotten fro...There is so much amazing blessing to be gotten from taking friendship where it comes. There is definitely a level of friendship to be had with those with whom we share things in common, but I've found my deepest friendships have often been with those who aren't necessarily in the same circumstances but are a stage (or stages) ahead or behind me, e.g. my nieces who are 8-15 years younger than me up to my mother who is 40 + years older than me and a myriad of lovelies who come between. They all speak into my life and I hope that I can speak into theirs as well.Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12517027509572216527noreply@blogger.com