tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9665353.post6869720651221660262..comments2023-10-20T05:50:34.162-05:00Comments on with devotion: Responding to a Young Physicistkc bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17440862813109808755noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9665353.post-9833307989642111612013-06-09T09:18:41.404-05:002013-06-09T09:18:41.404-05:00Thanks for sharing your story Audrey! Interesting ...Thanks for sharing your story Audrey! Interesting that I was widowed in my forties too. I think that we have similar stories.kc bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17440862813109808755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9665353.post-38629133756150118172013-06-08T21:34:26.198-05:002013-06-08T21:34:26.198-05:00I, too, have moved away from conservatism toward a...I, too, have moved away from conservatism toward a "grayer" faith. Sixteen years ago, I was widowed at 43 with three teenagers. Two years later, I added my friends' teens to the mix after they both died. Maybe it was caring for 5 grieving teens. Maybe it was facing my own weaknesses. Maybe it was coming up against absolutes and being unable to make any sense of them. I left church (not my faith in God) for over 10 years and, during the past two years, I have found my way slowly back to a church that I find healing and kind and faith-filled. I am humbled to find my way back after all these years. Thank you for your blog. It helps.Audreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09875251659220244704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9665353.post-28387886456614183552013-06-05T09:45:15.142-05:002013-06-05T09:45:15.142-05:00Thanks Susan. Thanks Susan. kc bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17440862813109808755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9665353.post-442938877957192762013-06-05T09:43:22.360-05:002013-06-05T09:43:22.360-05:00Hard to beat Billy Grham Ma. My views also changed...Hard to beat Billy Grham Ma. My views also changed with age. Nice to know that I am in good company. ツkc bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17440862813109808755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9665353.post-85029798183597858302013-06-04T14:19:51.334-05:002013-06-04T14:19:51.334-05:00Appreciate your gentle, calm approach. Appreciate your gentle, calm approach. Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11360047123820906113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9665353.post-9129194304866881162013-06-04T06:26:12.159-05:002013-06-04T06:26:12.159-05:00When you mention that the loss of your wife stripp...When you mention that the loss of your wife stripped much of the black and white silliness away, that resonates with me. It's all fine and good to hold to a belief system, but when it gets REAL, we are kind of forced to get real, no?<br /><br /><br /><br />Many people think Billy Graham has apostatized in his later years (compromised, ear-tickling, and the like)and I used to think so, too. But I wonder if someone like him who has spent his entire life in trying to please God has not perhaps learned something...that we cannot KNOW for sure and God is bigger.<br /><br />Alicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00380432930727921469noreply@blogger.com