tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17139371.post6230088139847792292..comments2024-03-07T09:03:05.404-06:00Comments on The Vintage Butterfly: HomecomingVanessahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08071728508673942664noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17139371.post-50202723476597391852011-10-15T06:38:50.545-05:002011-10-15T06:38:50.545-05:00I think that it shows in many ways that the Gospel...I think that it shows in many ways that the Gospel changes people...it even can change the pharisees<br /><br />I still haven't come to full peace with my time there..I treasure it in one way. I needed the structure of a curfew and the responsibility of daily cleaning because I had none growing up. I connected well with teachers that "got" that the gospel wasn't following a bunch of rules, but a person that changes how we live life...Those teachers connected well with me because I think they saw that I "got it" too.<br /><br />I had few friends though, still saw way to much of a popularity contest between the students, and found myself to be very much an 'odd ball' when I thought that going there I would be able to feel more acceptance and freedom. What I got instead was sympathetic looks and other students just not quite sure of what to do or say to me because my past was so very different than the majority there. I think though, from what my husband tells me, I was admired by many from afar. <br /><br />I broke many, many of the rules, gladly and sometimes with permission from my dorm mom (Yes, my dorm mom was Faye)...rules like going to the movies...and staying out past curfew to get a few "drinks" (I had soda of course lol) with co-workers at a bar. Talk about a scandal...lol<br /><br />All though I don't doubt that I would be welcomed back...it reminded me too much of High school then, and my heart still has issues with how I was treated by girls at a "Christian school." What I am trying to remember though is that the more a christian really understands that the Gospel is a person that changes the way we live and brings hope, and not a list of rules to follow...the more I hold out hope that the same people that left me hurt will be the same people that will have changed the most. <br /><br />Thanks for sharing it does make me want to go back in some ways too.Sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08795538413354707685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17139371.post-35426114799867264092011-10-10T13:13:23.150-05:002011-10-10T13:13:23.150-05:00giggle...Burchie, if Jim Dandies' was still op...giggle...Burchie, if Jim Dandies' was still open, I was totally planning on partaking in some foolishness there....<br /><br />A, I feel absolute confidence that you and yours would be welcome there with open arms. They all said as much. <br /><br />And Heidi, so true. I find myself thinking that all this time, we were waiting for BBC to claim us, and maybe what they needed was for us to claim them...Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08071728508673942664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17139371.post-13503626312727172582011-10-10T13:02:25.571-05:002011-10-10T13:02:25.571-05:00Your Pictures are GORGEOUS...miss that place. So ...Your Pictures are GORGEOUS...miss that place. So very blessed to have been a part of the journey. Precious times. And I didn't have a perfect record with OSD... not even close.:-)BURCH(beri church)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17139371.post-74475023968974417212011-10-10T11:21:52.447-05:002011-10-10T11:21:52.447-05:00Yes, thanks for that walk down some sort of memory...Yes, thanks for that walk down some sort of memory lane. I am happy for the two of you getting to experience it, and candidly jealous. I am not sure that a visit there for me will ever be one as joyous or free from fear of running into certain people who may have an issue with me. Maybe someday me and my family will be able to return and experience some measure of what you did.Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10204637625044774585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17139371.post-50011782400396975062011-10-10T11:14:46.557-05:002011-10-10T11:14:46.557-05:00Beautiful. This makes me happy.
I often "bla...Beautiful. This makes me happy.<br />I often "blame" my changes in theology, etc. on Dennis Wilhite, Ted Boykin and Pilgrimage. Due to their influence I saw for the first time a faith that was real and had legs. Until that time Christianity was something I wore like a uniform. It wasn't something that I was. They started me on the path of asking questions and challenging my faith. I've often wondered if going back to BBC would feel like the prodigal son returning. <br />After reading this I want so much more to return and take my kids. It is such an important part of my transformation and I want my kids to have the chance to see it.Heidihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02802735137126269213noreply@blogger.com