Comments on: Mindful Worship Meditation #15 – Guard Your Heart

By: April Rain

April Rain — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 03:59:59 +0000

I wouldn’t let Ulysses comment bother any of us. Let’s not let the enemy throw anything in to disrupt our precious time with the Lord.

Perhaps you could delete the post? See meditation # 14.

By: Ricky Spears

Ricky Spears — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:23:29 +0000

Donald – Thank you for your response here. I wasn’t quite sure how best to handle Ulysses comment. I certainly didn’t want him to feel slighted or ignored. I also didn’t want to get involved in a theological debate here on the blog–at least not a theological debate on that particular topic. )

We’ll see what others think and if it seems appropriate I’ll remove these comments. However, I don’t want to stifle discussion about the meditations here; I really want to encourage it. I just don’t want that discussion to distract from the purposes of the work here though.

Thanks again!

By: Donald

Donald — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 06:46:36 +0000

I found Ulysees’ post to be a distraction from my attempt to listen to the voice of God. This is not the place to bring up this controversial subject, as it is hairsplitting. The use of the masculine gender has for centuries been understood to refer to both genders, and the original languages of the Scriptures utilize it in that way. I read his post before engaging in the meditation, and all I could think about was the issue, and not the Word. A private email would have been a more appropriate context in which to submit a complaint of this nature.

By: Ricky Spears

Ricky Spears — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:37:37 +0000

Ulysses – Thank you for your comments.

By: Ulysses

Ulysses — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:11:34 +0000

I was enjoying this meditation, until the “my son” part. I think it is really insensitive to women to say that, whether they we are men or women, that all Christians are “sons.” It would have been better to be more generous to use inclusive language and say “my child” as in the NRSV, CEV, NET, NCV, and NLT translations. I know that it’s a theological issue in many Baptist churches, but I think especially in a meditation, it is really jarring. It upset me enough that it pulled me completely out of the meditation and I had to stop.

I’m not trying to start a theology war, just trying to be helpful.