Comments on: A Story of two sides https://joh.globalimmerse.org/2022/03/19/a-story-of-two-sides/ A Global Immersion Site Mon, 21 Mar 2022 20:22:08 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 By: Lorna Hamilton,UK-22 https://joh.globalimmerse.org/2022/03/19/a-story-of-two-sides/#comment-103 Mon, 21 Mar 2022 20:22:08 +0000 https://journey-of-hope.blog/?p=335#comment-103 In reply to Franceska Dante, UK-22.

Thank you Franceska, it was really interesting to read your thoughts. I have come from a very varied faith tradition but I’ve come to see God in the people rather than the tradition. I very much agree with you that when we let go of the control and prejudices, God brings freedom and a beautiful creativity!

Our church is also starting a new contemporary worshipping community alongside the Anglo- Catholic and I am part of both congregations. It will be an interesting journey to see if incense and contemporary worship can have a place together and if people will embrace that idea! I hope so because I have come to value its symbolism a lot.

]]> By: Franceska Dante, UK-22 https://joh.globalimmerse.org/2022/03/19/a-story-of-two-sides/#comment-102 Mon, 21 Mar 2022 19:27:02 +0000 https://journey-of-hope.blog/?p=335#comment-102 I love this! The original basis of the Anglican Church was, of course, to be a middle way between Catholicism and Protestantism. You are so right that reconciliation has to be rooted in individuals, only then can a change in culture occur. In the 12 step programmes, one of the things that we acknowledge is that humility is ‘giving up the right to be right’ and it is such a hard thing to let go of, yet so simple. As we let go of that right, we find that grudges, resentments and prejudices begin to ebb away and, rather than missing them, we find that God replaces them with all the good things that they have been blocking. I’m an unashamedly very catholic Anglican but, with the gradual dawning of humility as I surrender my defensiveness and pride, I am learning to accept so many expressions of faith that would once have seen me running for the hills. Who is to say that ‘Shine Jesus Shine’ and incense don’t belong together after all?

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