tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3290861160441200305.post6162149720152240164..comments2023-05-14T10:34:27.461-04:00Comments on Calamity Joe: Mountains and MolehillsJeanne Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15878315129715691919noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3290861160441200305.post-24039591507236839342011-10-10T21:25:32.809-04:002011-10-10T21:25:32.809-04:00Thanks so much for your response Janet! I was so ...Thanks so much for your response Janet! I was so nervous to post this, because I feel exactly like you most of the time; hypocritical among my religious friends and cowardly among my non-religious friends. So thanks for sharing your struggles with me too, because that encourages me. Such a huge part of this journey of faith is, well...a journey. Right? I am so heartened to know that you are also navigating these sometimes stormy, sometimes murky waters. And I would love to hear more of your thoughts and experiences anytime! xoxo!Jeanne Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15878315129715691919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3290861160441200305.post-82705123732648668722011-10-01T17:56:41.518-04:002011-10-01T17:56:41.518-04:00Thank God that you did publish this! I feel the e...Thank God that you did publish this! I feel the exact same way that you do every single day of my life! My two selves pull me in all different directions and sometimes I just feel like I don't fit in anywhere! Because I do question my beliefs on a daily basis, I sometimes feel like a big fat fake in front of my "religious" friends. But at the same time, I have a desire to live an open, unabashedly spiritual life....to be able to reflect on God's presence in my life out loud with other people....but my fear of being judged by my "liberal" friends stops me (which isn't to say that you can't be liberal and religious....it has just been my experience that liberals tend to be more religiously skeptical? I don't know...it seems that way to me). Gah! So complicated! Thanks Jeanne Joe for being brave and sharing all this! I especially love, "I always take myself with me, whatever the situation." This can be so hard to do but it is SO important! :)Janet McWilliamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01449465369428892845noreply@blogger.com