Comments on: Faith: embedded in story

By: Ronna Detrick

Ronna Detrick — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:03:43 +0000

Again, thanks Renie!

By: renie cline

renie cline — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:02:16 +0000

Yes…next blog…the tough stuff of Laban! ….Jacob!…Leah!…I love her..and Rachel!..love her too. What a family.
So very happy to hear the book is in process. You MATTER !!!
Renie

By: Ronna Detrick

Ronna Detrick — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:20:13 +0000

Thanks so much, Renie. Your words mean much to me and yes…the book is in-process! ‘Love that you’ve spoken such out-loud to me. It reminds me and confirms (again and again) that I need to and can press forward, that my thoughts matters, that my doubts, questions, and frailty (especially in this regard) are all part of the process! And yes…Rachel & Leah, Jacob and Laban – tough stuff and right in the mix of our every-day story. Maybe that should be my next blog, huh?

By: Renie Cline

Renie Cline — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:43:28 +0000

Hi Ronna,
I just read your post on the mystery of Genesis 30 with the powerful story of Rachel and Leah, Jacob and Laban. I always loved and hated that story in its complexity and puzzlement for me as I grapple with the meaning it has for me and all women today. Your thoughts on frailty ~ questioning ~ doubt, offer hope in the journey~pilgrimage of my own life through circumstances that also contain much heartache and no clear solutions. Thank you.
As I read your words, I also thought to myself, “Has Ronna written a book I don’t know about?” If you have not…it seems like the time might have arrived for you to consider it seriously. You have many things to say that are wise, strong and tender ~ spoken with a voice that reaches the heart.
Renie

By: Ronna Detrick

Ronna Detrick — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 01:10:23 +0000

The struggle is where it’s at. Later in Devotion, the author says this: Life is suffering. There is no way around it. The human condition–the knowledge of this–drives many of us to drink, to drugs, to denial, to running as fast as we can away from the truth of life’s fragility. We think we can shore ourselves up. if only we work hard enough, make lots of money, are good and kind enough, pray hard enough, we will somehow be exempt. Then we discover that no one is exempt. What is to be done?

These words can be read with an experience of resignation…or, as an invitation to the hope and faith inherent in the midst of our common experiences.

I choose the latter (most of the time).

Thanks, Sandy.