tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1643092331729126387.post7177713253164490265..comments2024-03-29T09:18:31.897+00:00Comments on More than Writers: Who is the Other?auntyamohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08213728883228063200noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1643092331729126387.post-87948121559334974192016-11-07T14:34:14.841+00:002016-11-07T14:34:14.841+00:00So very well said, Tony. Thank you.So very well said, Tony. Thank you.Cindy Thomsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14247347449851970570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1643092331729126387.post-69299599697588929882016-11-07T10:23:51.531+00:002016-11-07T10:23:51.531+00:00Thank you Aggie.Thank you Aggie.Tony Collinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11944180192955058668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1643092331729126387.post-84279466200739219662016-11-07T10:23:27.540+00:002016-11-07T10:23:27.540+00:00Thanks Mari. Signs of redemption: good theme for a...Thanks Mari. Signs of redemption: good theme for an article somewhere. Greetings TonyTony Collinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11944180192955058668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1643092331729126387.post-74922879376915336272016-11-07T10:21:58.375+00:002016-11-07T10:21:58.375+00:00Thanks Mandy!Thanks Mandy!Tony Collinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11944180192955058668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1643092331729126387.post-56756187694668326192016-11-07T10:21:14.260+00:002016-11-07T10:21:14.260+00:00Hi Wendy (and Deborah) - thanks for these comments...Hi Wendy (and Deborah) - thanks for these comments. Glad to find other Christians taking the same approach! Round our way the event has morphed from an excuse for teenagers to throw eggs at our house to a family-friendly event with parents accompanying children, all in costume!Tony Collinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11944180192955058668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1643092331729126387.post-57438529790197640262016-11-07T10:18:26.766+00:002016-11-07T10:18:26.766+00:00Thanks Trevor!Thanks Trevor!Tony Collinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11944180192955058668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1643092331729126387.post-23175952998768976182016-11-07T10:17:54.399+00:002016-11-07T10:17:54.399+00:00Thanks Fran, I'll take a look. How did they do...Thanks Fran, I'll take a look. How did they do this to Jesus?Tony Collinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11944180192955058668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1643092331729126387.post-66337284628455746572016-11-07T07:43:27.938+00:002016-11-07T07:43:27.938+00:00Very well said, Tony. We are to love, not hate. I ...Very well said, Tony. We are to love, not hate. I also give sweets out at Halloween. I am astonished at the way many are condemning those of an opposite viewpoint, many of them Christian Wendy H. Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04022089775887274043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1643092331729126387.post-18739164541548738442016-11-06T21:15:13.606+00:002016-11-06T21:15:13.606+00:00I love this. Thank you. Re Halloween we do exactly...I love this. Thank you. Re Halloween we do exactly the same. When we worked in Turkey we handed out sweets at Bayram (the end of Ramadan) to be culturally appropriate. I feel that doing it at Halloween is similar. Deborah Jenkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11156120348177986321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1643092331729126387.post-40126154677715271032016-11-06T20:35:19.994+00:002016-11-06T20:35:19.994+00:00Good stuff. The demonisation of all sorts of group...Good stuff. The demonisation of all sorts of groups is shocking. The calls to violence by groups, 'if we don't get our own way' is amazing (especially in this country. Personally I find it hard to write fiction right now, simply because it is as if our society has suddenly changed, almost overnight, and to write about 'contemporary' things (taking place in 2007) I am having to think how we thought 'back then'! How to give hope towards a future which I now know was doing this approx 10 years further along ... how does one put in a 'theme of redemption' when one knows how much hatred was going to jump out of its box around the corner? So, struggling with that at p resent, but agreeing with your points here. (Though have personal dislike of Hallowe'en because it has been commercialised so much ...)Mari Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05606125048044373268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1643092331729126387.post-64529539271572494482016-11-06T15:59:07.185+00:002016-11-06T15:59:07.185+00:00Well said Tony, thank you.Well said Tony, thank you.Scamperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10777425117697788921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1643092331729126387.post-41623151273389509062016-11-06T11:49:17.009+00:002016-11-06T11:49:17.009+00:00Your words are always an encouragement, this post ...Your words are always an encouragement, this post not least. Thank you.Aggie Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18423816343811534473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1643092331729126387.post-43306379633844368482016-11-06T09:36:17.608+00:002016-11-06T09:36:17.608+00:00Well said Tony. I wholeheartedly endorse this. The...Well said Tony. I wholeheartedly endorse this. The New Testament is inclusive from beginning to end. Whether someone or some group of people is in Christ or not is not for us to judge. We need not fear, just trust God, and love everyone. This is not namby-pamby stuff - you need courage to love in the face of hate. It is not for us to defend God, He is more than capable of looking after Himself.Trevor Stubbshttp://www.trevorstubbs.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1643092331729126387.post-37944550056128503092016-11-06T09:34:05.052+00:002016-11-06T09:34:05.052+00:00Did you see the BBC3 programme, Tony, about hate p...Did you see the BBC3 programme, Tony, about hate preachers in America? I was so shocked at that, I couldn't get it off my mind. I didn't know there were such extremists and it put the American election furore in a whole new light for me. Here's the link if you didn't catch it. http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p049v0dm/americas-hate-preachers?suggid=p049v0dm<br />Fran Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07935088780461825341noreply@blogger.com