Comments on: The Church That Had Too Much https://anitamathias.com/2012/11/20/the-church-that-had-too-much/ Anita Mathias's Blog on Faith and Art Tue, 01 Dec 2015 22:49:45 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Anita Mathias https://anitamathias.com/2012/11/20/the-church-that-had-too-much/#comment-18790 Fri, 14 Dec 2012 11:54:00 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/?p=38791#comment-18790 In reply to Sue B.

Thanks so much, Sue!

]]> By: Sue B https://anitamathias.com/2012/11/20/the-church-that-had-too-much/#comment-18789 Thu, 13 Dec 2012 12:07:00 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/?p=38791#comment-18789 Beautifully said. Thank you. You truly have a gift with words.

]]> By: Most Read Posts in November on Dreaming Beneath the Spires | Dreaming Beneath the Spires https://anitamathias.com/2012/11/20/the-church-that-had-too-much/#comment-18788 Fri, 30 Nov 2012 22:47:02 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/?p=38791#comment-18788 […] 1 The Church That Had Too Much […]

]]> By: Anita Mathias https://anitamathias.com/2012/11/20/the-church-that-had-too-much/#comment-18787 Mon, 26 Nov 2012 08:03:00 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/?p=38791#comment-18787 In reply to LA.

Wow, incredible aggression on Black Friday.
Some native American tribes have this custom called Potlatch, which I guess you know all about. People simply distribute their excess when they feel they have too much, and then resume life on an equal footing with everyone else.

]]> By: LA https://anitamathias.com/2012/11/20/the-church-that-had-too-much/#comment-18786 Sun, 25 Nov 2012 14:57:00 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/?p=38791#comment-18786 In reply to Angela M. Shupe.

agreed!

]]> By: LA https://anitamathias.com/2012/11/20/the-church-that-had-too-much/#comment-18785 Sun, 25 Nov 2012 14:55:00 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/?p=38791#comment-18785 I have a close friend who is widowed from an Oglalla Sioux on Pine Ridge reservation in the Dakota Territory. Every year, we gather some things to send to them for Christmas…coats, blankets, etc. The poverty on this res in particular is stunning. Yet, the spirit of their giving is amazing. Rather than hoarding as one would think living in impoverished conditions would lead to, it makes for more real and genuine sharing. My friend said if I ever visited, prepare to see her mother-in-law with no blanket on a cold night, but her friend having the one we bought last Christmas…her friend being determined to be more in need. There is no ownership, just useful things used by everyone as needed.
Your post also recalls to me that wonderful 60’s folk song One Tin Soldier…after all the fighting and killing for “the treasure on the mountain” they turned the rock and looking benath it…”Peace on Earth” was all it said. Fighting for stuff brings out the worst in us as evidenced by our horrible Black Friday sales. Someone shot over a parking space…others trampled in a rush…fisticuffs over the last of something and a gun pulled for cutting in line.

]]> By: Anita Mathias https://anitamathias.com/2012/11/20/the-church-that-had-too-much/#comment-18784 Thu, 22 Nov 2012 08:29:00 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/?p=38791#comment-18784 In reply to Steve P.

Thanks much, Steve P. And welcome (back?) to my blog. I loved your trenchant comments on my gay posts, though I didn’t have a good reply

]]> By: Anita Mathias https://anitamathias.com/2012/11/20/the-church-that-had-too-much/#comment-18783 Thu, 22 Nov 2012 08:27:00 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/?p=38791#comment-18783 In reply to Angela M. Shupe.

Thanks much, Angela!

]]> By: Anita Mathias https://anitamathias.com/2012/11/20/the-church-that-had-too-much/#comment-18782 Wed, 21 Nov 2012 16:26:37 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/?p=38791#comment-18782 In reply to Angela M. Shupe.

Oh thank you, Angela. And happy thanksgiving!

]]> By: Anita Mathias https://anitamathias.com/2012/11/20/the-church-that-had-too-much/#comment-18781 Wed, 21 Nov 2012 16:26:08 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/?p=38791#comment-18781 In reply to Steve P.

Thanks Steve. (P.S., are you the Steve P who wrote such perceptive comments on my gay posts that I was temporarily left without a good answer or comeback?)

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