tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9048575444859487507.post2227645985609710480..comments2023-09-12T10:10:57.773-04:00Comments on thinking-out-loud: Missing the CCA (Again)Rev. Rick Stuckwischhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10664716292792101540noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9048575444859487507.post-85914467008474776242008-06-26T08:36:00.000-04:002008-06-26T08:36:00.000-04:00Truth Questioner, I'm a little slow (or, rather, a...Truth Questioner, I'm a little slow (or, rather, a lot slow), but I'm finally getting around to responding to your comments and questions.<BR/><BR/>"Beam us up . . . there's no intelligent life. . . ." goes back to the original Star Trek series. You're right that a lack of intelligence is not generally the problem. Good point. I was trying to be humorous, but I fear that my cultural literary references are becoming outdated.<BR/><BR/>The "mud and the blood and the beer," on the other hand, is lifted from a relatively current country song. Your assessment of it is far more profound than my intentions were. But now that you've said it, I'll go with your third option. I'm always up for Christological allusions.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for your helpful input.Rev. Rick Stuckwischhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10664716292792101540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9048575444859487507.post-14377148803254950692008-06-26T08:32:00.000-04:002008-06-26T08:32:00.000-04:00I'm sorry that you're missing out on the Higher Th...I'm sorry that you're missing out on the Higher Things conference again, Darth. I wasn't able to go last year, either; and, even though I'm serving as the conference chaplain in St. Louis this year, I'm presently missing my entire youth group in the Poconos, and I won't really get to benefit from the conference apart from the daily services. I'll spend my days in the beautiful chapel (like heaven on earth), and I suppose I'll spend my nights in my dorm room. Not quite the same, for me, as past conferences.<BR/><BR/>Ah, well. "Wait'll next year."Rev. Rick Stuckwischhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10664716292792101540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9048575444859487507.post-54666132900468995672008-06-24T17:44:00.000-04:002008-06-24T17:44:00.000-04:00I have nearly identical feelings about having to m...I have nearly identical feelings about having to miss attending an HT conference for the second year in a row.Aaron.D.Nemoyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02073580150390924858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9048575444859487507.post-58254327185756819012008-06-22T16:02:00.000-04:002008-06-22T16:02:00.000-04:00And on a personal note, I missed you being there t...And on a personal note, I missed you being there too.Scot Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00005991628975864962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9048575444859487507.post-65827470875601611562008-06-21T22:31:00.000-04:002008-06-21T22:31:00.000-04:00" Beam us up, Peter, there's no intelligent life o..." Beam us up, Peter, there's no intelligent life out here (or seemingly very little of it). "<BR/><BR/>Hmm. The problem is not with their intelligence, methinks. (but note that that is only my thought) Perhaps their intelligence is getting in the way of their receiving abilities... just a thought. <BR/><BR/>"We could all camp out in the midst of the mud and the blood and the beer and listen to great catechesis non-stop for days on end."<BR/><BR/>1st: Sounds Great! <BR/><BR/>2nd: Is that "mud and blood" used allegorically, or as a comic reference or both? <BR/><BR/>3rd: If used as allegorically, does "mud and blood" refer to life under the cross or to that which sustains life under the cross, namely flesh (which is dust) and blood of Him who also lived in the mud and blood?sarahlaughedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13497856947371058556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9048575444859487507.post-3656897137374280432008-06-20T22:24:00.000-04:002008-06-20T22:24:00.000-04:00Not to rub it in, but you missed a tremendous, dar...Not to rub it in, but you missed a tremendous, dare I say, seminal, paper by Rev. Piotr Malysz on Humanity in the Image of God. That will be worthy of discussion over a few beverages.Moriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11304644291440502044noreply@blogger.com