Comments on: I’ll take the root canal, thank you. http://morethanstone.blogsome.com/2007/02/02/ill-take-the-root-canal-thank-you/ To those who are open to my teaching, more understanding will be given… Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:18:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: SharonB http://morethanstone.blogsome.com/2007/02/02/ill-take-the-root-canal-thank-you/#comment-549 Wed, 06 Feb 2008 03:19:37 +0000 http://morethanstone.blogsome.com/2007/02/02/ill-take-the-root-canal-thank-you/#comment-549 There are those women who have a desire to be real. I mean really real in a god honoring way. In a way that help grow, encourage and heal women of past hurts etc. Recently we began to advertise a day long seminar entitled "Let's Get REal" it wasn't very well received. I was left with wondering if women really want to 'get real'. After thinking about it for a while I realized that women are not going to open up and stop hiding until they feel safe, until they know the women are going to accpet them where they are. We have a long way to go...but at least I think we are headed in the right direction. There are those women who have a desire to be real. I mean really real in a god honoring way. In a way that help grow, encourage and heal women of past hurts etc. Recently we began to advertise a day long seminar entitled “Let’s Get REal” it wasn’t very well received. I was left with wondering if women really want to ‘get real’. After thinking about it for a while I realized that women are not going to open up and stop hiding until they feel safe, until they know the women are going to accpet them where they are. We have a long way to go…but at least I think we are headed in the right direction.

]]> by: morethanstone http://morethanstone.blogsome.com/2007/02/02/ill-take-the-root-canal-thank-you/#comment-217 Tue, 06 Feb 2007 13:10:49 +0000 http://morethanstone.blogsome.com/2007/02/02/ill-take-the-root-canal-thank-you/#comment-217 Paul--Now THAT's funny! Paul–Now THAT’s funny!

]]> by: Paul http://morethanstone.blogsome.com/2007/02/02/ill-take-the-root-canal-thank-you/#comment-215 Tue, 06 Feb 2007 12:34:19 +0000 http://morethanstone.blogsome.com/2007/02/02/ill-take-the-root-canal-thank-you/#comment-215 not if your post on women and sexuality is anything to go by, lol ;) not if your post on women and sexuality is anything to go by, lol ;)

]]> by: morethanstone http://morethanstone.blogsome.com/2007/02/02/ill-take-the-root-canal-thank-you/#comment-203 Sat, 03 Feb 2007 20:30:14 +0000 http://morethanstone.blogsome.com/2007/02/02/ill-take-the-root-canal-thank-you/#comment-203 Mike, Oh boy...a whole new take...being a single guy at a christian women's conference. That HAD to be a good time. Mike, Oh boy…a whole new take…being a single guy at a christian women’s conference. That HAD to be a good time.

]]> by: Rachel http://morethanstone.blogsome.com/2007/02/02/ill-take-the-root-canal-thank-you/#comment-201 Sat, 03 Feb 2007 17:36:31 +0000 http://morethanstone.blogsome.com/2007/02/02/ill-take-the-root-canal-thank-you/#comment-201 "Perhaps we really can be set free !!!" Yes! I've written a few more thoughts on this topic on my blog: http://rachelstanton.wordpress.com/ “Perhaps we really can be set free !!!”

Yes! I’ve written a few more thoughts on this topic on my blog: http://rachelstanton.wordpress.com/

]]> by: mike http://morethanstone.blogsome.com/2007/02/02/ill-take-the-root-canal-thank-you/#comment-199 Sat, 03 Feb 2007 17:14:11 +0000 http://morethanstone.blogsome.com/2007/02/02/ill-take-the-root-canal-thank-you/#comment-199 well bless your heart... i was a maintenance guy at a christian conference center for a few years and i have to say that i feel the same about womans conferences. part of my issue was that i was/am single and these women were always trying to set me up with their daughters who were as nutty as they were. bless their hearts well bless your heart…

i was a maintenance guy at a christian conference center for a few years and i have to say that i feel the same about womans conferences.

part of my issue was that i was/am single and these women were always trying to set me up with their daughters who were as nutty as they were.

bless their hearts

]]> by: Rachel http://morethanstone.blogsome.com/2007/02/02/ill-take-the-root-canal-thank-you/#comment-198 Sat, 03 Feb 2007 00:35:34 +0000 http://morethanstone.blogsome.com/2007/02/02/ill-take-the-root-canal-thank-you/#comment-198 Talking about the concept of "enough" reminds me of the story of Mary and Martha. I love what Jesus said to Martha, "There is really only one thing worth being concerned about. Mary has discovered it - and I won't take it away from her." In the face of intense pressure to be the perfect hostess, Mary chose to simply sit at Jesus' feet. And Jesus said that was enough. Talking about the concept of “enough” reminds me of the story of Mary and Martha. I love what Jesus said to Martha, “There is really only one thing worth being concerned about. Mary has discovered it - and I won’t take it away from her.”

In the face of intense pressure to be the perfect hostess, Mary chose to simply sit at Jesus’ feet. And Jesus said that was enough.

]]> by: morethanstone http://morethanstone.blogsome.com/2007/02/02/ill-take-the-root-canal-thank-you/#comment-197 Fri, 02 Feb 2007 21:31:01 +0000 http://morethanstone.blogsome.com/2007/02/02/ill-take-the-root-canal-thank-you/#comment-197 Rachel, First, thanks for your honesty. Your comment is what allowed many other women (me included) to say, "YES, me too...that's how I feel" I think you are right on. Too much and not enough. No wonder we're all half nuts. How do you deal with that? How do you walk that impossible tightrope? I am excited to hear that you felt that this conference was different. THAT encourages me. Perhaps we really can be set free !!! Jamie Rachel,
First, thanks for your honesty. Your comment is what allowed many other women (me included) to say, “YES, me too…that’s how I feel” I think you are right on. Too much and not enough. No wonder we’re all half nuts. How do you deal with that? How do you walk that impossible tightrope?

I am excited to hear that you felt that this conference was different. THAT encourages me. Perhaps we really can be set free !!!

Jamie

]]> by: morethanstone http://morethanstone.blogsome.com/2007/02/02/ill-take-the-root-canal-thank-you/#comment-196 Fri, 02 Feb 2007 21:27:18 +0000 http://morethanstone.blogsome.com/2007/02/02/ill-take-the-root-canal-thank-you/#comment-196 Don, Thanks for the encouragement. I must confess that I tremble a bit as my mouse moves toward the publish button on posts like this. My forthrightness is not always rec'd well. Thank you again for encouraging me. It really does mean a lot. J Don,

Thanks for the encouragement. I must confess that I tremble a bit as my mouse moves toward the publish button on posts like this. My forthrightness is not always rec’d well. Thank you again for encouraging me. It really does mean a lot.
J

]]> by: Rachel http://morethanstone.blogsome.com/2007/02/02/ill-take-the-root-canal-thank-you/#comment-195 Fri, 02 Feb 2007 21:12:56 +0000 http://morethanstone.blogsome.com/2007/02/02/ill-take-the-root-canal-thank-you/#comment-195 Hi, I'm the Rachel who made the original root canal comment. It really was a no-brainer. The root canal would be over a lot sooner and plus you get to take lots of drugs. Morethanstone, I really relate to your statement about feeling like "too much." In fact, my mother used to say that to me a lot when I was growing up, in an exasperated tone, "Rachel, you are too much, just too much!" I think that is a message we get as women, and especially as Christian women - that we are too much and not enough at the same time. Too emotional, too needy, too opinionated, too demanding, we talk too much, we expect too much. And we are also not pretty enough, not thin enough, not educated and accomplished enough, not rich enough, our houses aren't clean enough, our kids aren't perfect enough. The thing that was so amazing about the Convergence conference was that I spent a weekend with a bunch of church ladies and I felt like we were all just exactly enough and not at all too much. Hi, I’m the Rachel who made the original root canal comment. It really was a no-brainer. The root canal would be over a lot sooner and plus you get to take lots of drugs.

Morethanstone, I really relate to your statement about feeling like “too much.” In fact, my mother used to say that to me a lot when I was growing up, in an exasperated tone, “Rachel, you are too much, just too much!”

I think that is a message we get as women, and especially as Christian women - that we are too much and not enough at the same time. Too emotional, too needy, too opinionated, too demanding, we talk too much, we expect too much. And we are also not pretty enough, not thin enough, not educated and accomplished enough, not rich enough, our houses aren’t clean enough, our kids aren’t perfect enough.

The thing that was so amazing about the Convergence conference was that I spent a weekend with a bunch of church ladies and I felt like we were all just exactly enough and not at all too much.

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