tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7473605999727982678.post653278253372610566..comments2024-02-27T05:11:52.806-08:00Comments on Killing Churchianity: A Well-Scrubbed Version of ME, part 1Mike Howertonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14678951997902415232noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7473605999727982678.post-83679948206379351702009-03-20T23:10:00.000-07:002009-03-20T23:10:00.000-07:00I have mixed feelings about this post. I agree tha...I have mixed feelings about this post. I agree that it isn't good to put oneself out there in a way that doesn't feel safe. But I also think we scrub way too often, and this is often unintentional. But I must say... I am SO DRAWN to people who are out there with their soul searching, who can admit that life is hard, who readily recognize their imperfections. This type of authenticity is just so human to me and I'm drawn toward it. <BR/><BR/>I know that I am a person that tends to feel comfort in sharing. I am an external processor. I need community. So FOR ME, the line in the sand has to do with vulnerability. If it is a vulnerable subject, I have an inner circle. But if I don't feel overly vulnerable, then I will share with a larger audience, even if it is heavy content. Because heavy is real and if there is anything I want to be, it is real.<BR/><BR/><BR/>(deleted comment is mine... i was typing too fast and the spelling was horrible...)Diane Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06936557805809829205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7473605999727982678.post-9429926585740258542009-03-20T23:08:00.000-07:002009-03-20T23:08:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Diane Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06936557805809829205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7473605999727982678.post-48640168011732391482009-03-14T19:21:00.000-07:002009-03-14T19:21:00.000-07:00I have the opposite problem. I have NO SCRUBBER.. ...I have the opposite problem. I have NO SCRUBBER.. I'm just all out there for everybody, strangers and friends alike. My friends know I have a huge heart, strangers may think I'm a head case. Either way it's a lot for everyone in my life to take. I've been focusing on James 1:19 a verse brought to my attention at the AWAKE conference. "Be quick to listen, SLOW to speak and slow to anger." Never feel guilty for scrubbing on line or in sermons. There truly is a time and place for such things.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7473605999727982678.post-79580053397609160462009-03-11T18:02:00.000-07:002009-03-11T18:02:00.000-07:00It doesn't take a social utility to present oursel...It doesn't take a social utility to present ourselves as "well-scrubbed". It's the way about humanity. Put your best foot forward. Be the best you can be. Beneath the squeaky clean surface, we all know that we are flesh-and-blood, flawed selves. Hopefully we can edify others while we seek to glorfiy God through the demonstration of His hand upon our less-than-perfect lives. The alternative is...well...edify ourselves while we glorify ourselves. The "scrub" is in the motivation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7473605999727982678.post-16318649981350665672009-03-11T07:43:00.000-07:002009-03-11T07:43:00.000-07:00Attempting to live an authentic life is a worthy g...Attempting to live an authentic life is a worthy goal.<BR/>Spilling your guts in public isn't pleasant for anyone.<BR/>Where is the balance of being a "real" person, a "real" Christian? Neither gut wrenchingly grossly self revelatory, nor smoothly polished in laquered hypocrisy?Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14162085941331282372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7473605999727982678.post-9387235052323168672009-03-10T17:38:00.000-07:002009-03-10T17:38:00.000-07:00Guys, thanks for weighing in. I like where this is...Guys, thanks for weighing in. I like where this is going...Mike Howertonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14678951997902415232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7473605999727982678.post-36344753270304171882009-03-10T17:25:00.000-07:002009-03-10T17:25:00.000-07:00Thank you for the transparency. It's real and well...Thank you for the transparency. It's real and well-said. I try to be the most honest version of myself that I can be with others so they don't have to guess at who I am. But, let's be honest for real, I sometimes guess at who I am. How's that for a paradox?Dulcinatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02573724264120640331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7473605999727982678.post-3337770670643610682009-03-10T16:26:00.000-07:002009-03-10T16:26:00.000-07:00I am a master scrubber. Due to my past I realize t...I am a master scrubber. Due to my past I realize that people may not accept a sparkling clean version of me so I scrub my filth by the slight of hand. I point to one area of my life that might be more exciting, even though wrong, an ex pro fighter that struggles with the impulse to dominate. Although this may be true occasionally, usually it is just a mask a slight of hand trick. A scrub that others may not see my fear, my insecurity, and my insufficiency. I would rather people dislike me or fear me than know that I am fragile and question my ability to be strong. I am a Master Scrubber.Doug Murphyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07382739693718734592noreply@blogger.com