Comments on: what could be http://kathyescobar.com/2008/11/17/what-could-be/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-could-be Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:04:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: What Could Be | EmDes http://kathyescobar.com/2008/11/17/what-could-be/#comment-4953 What Could Be | EmDes Sat, 26 Feb 2011 23:06:55 +0000 http://kathyescobar.com/?p=976#comment-4953 [...] the mother-ship but not apart from Christ.I’d really encourage you to read the entire blog at:http://kathyescobar.com/2008/11/17/what-could-be/#comment-1657For those of you who didn’t know, Kathy is coming to visit us Dec 7th and she’s really [...] [...] the mother-ship but not apart from Christ.I’d really encourage you to read the entire blog at:http://kathyescobar.com/2008/11/17/what-could-be/#comment-1657For those of you who didn’t know, Kathy is coming to visit us Dec 7th and she’s really [...]

]]> By: Ethos of the Gathering | EmDes http://kathyescobar.com/2008/11/17/what-could-be/#comment-4952 Ethos of the Gathering | EmDes Sat, 26 Feb 2011 23:05:29 +0000 http://kathyescobar.com/?p=976#comment-4952 [...] to a church door somewhere.And, not unlike the “What Could Be” posts by Kathy Escobar (http://kathyescobar.com/2008/11/17/what-could-be/) these statements put into words what I can’t. I read them and I think…That’s [...] [...] to a church door somewhere.And, not unlike the “What Could Be” posts by Kathy Escobar (http://kathyescobar.com/2008/11/17/what-could-be/) these statements put into words what I can’t. I read them and I think…That’s [...]

]]> By: last what could be: freedom celebrated « the carnival in my head… http://kathyescobar.com/2008/11/17/what-could-be/#comment-1895 last what could be: freedom celebrated « the carnival in my head… Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:31:00 +0000 http://kathyescobar.com/?p=976#comment-1895 [...] December 30, 2008 this is the last post on this 9 part series of some of my little dreams for what could be for “the church.”  i have had fun writing them and i thank you all for commenting [...] [...] December 30, 2008 this is the last post on this 9 part series of some of my little dreams for what could be for “the church.”  i have had fun writing them and i thank you all for commenting [...]

]]> By: what could be: creativity expressed « the carnival in my head… http://kathyescobar.com/2008/11/17/what-could-be/#comment-1878 what could be: creativity expressed « the carnival in my head… Sat, 27 Dec 2008 20:31:22 +0000 http://kathyescobar.com/?p=976#comment-1878 [...] one with no seriously major damage, yeah!   and yes, thankfully, i am almost done with this what could be series, two more posts!  here we [...] [...] one with no seriously major damage, yeah!   and yes, thankfully, i am almost done with this what could be series, two more posts!  here we [...]

]]> By: what could be: justice pursued « the carnival in my head… http://kathyescobar.com/2008/11/17/what-could-be/#comment-1852 what could be: justice pursued « the carnival in my head… Mon, 22 Dec 2008 17:31:30 +0000 http://kathyescobar.com/?p=976#comment-1852 [...] we will have to work for it, fight for it, sacrifice for it.  so when it comes to thinking of “what could be” related to us as “the church”, there’s absolutely no escaping the [...] [...] we will have to work for it, fight for it, sacrifice for it.  so when it comes to thinking of “what could be” related to us as “the church”, there’s absolutely no escaping the [...]

]]> By: what could be: love, mercy & compassion extended « the carnival in my head… http://kathyescobar.com/2008/11/17/what-could-be/#comment-1841 what could be: love, mercy & compassion extended « the carnival in my head… Tue, 16 Dec 2008 22:47:02 +0000 http://kathyescobar.com/?p=976#comment-1841 [...] almost there, just a few more & the year’s almost over!  this particular dream of “what could be“ is maybe the nearest and dearest to my heart because i firmly believe that this was, is, and always [...] [...] almost there, just a few more & the year’s almost over!  this particular dream of “what could be“ is maybe the nearest and dearest to my heart because i firmly believe that this was, is, and always [...]

]]> By: what could be: equality practiced « the carnival in my head… http://kathyescobar.com/2008/11/17/what-could-be/#comment-1817 what could be: equality practiced « the carnival in my head… Fri, 12 Dec 2008 17:07:07 +0000 http://kathyescobar.com/?p=976#comment-1817 [...] far, what could be, my dreams for “the church”, include:  God expanded, pain welcomed, doubt honored, [...] [...] far, what could be, my dreams for “the church”, include:  God expanded, pain welcomed, doubt honored, [...]

]]> By: light: i’ll take a sliver anyday « the carnival in my head… http://kathyescobar.com/2008/11/17/what-could-be/#comment-1803 light: i’ll take a sliver anyday « the carnival in my head… Wed, 10 Dec 2008 02:57:24 +0000 http://kathyescobar.com/?p=976#comment-1803 [...] a sliver anyday December 8, 2008 i’m taking a brief departure from this current series what could be to participate in the december synchroblog, a group of bloggers writing on the same topic. i always [...] [...] a sliver anyday December 8, 2008 i’m taking a brief departure from this current series what could be to participate in the december synchroblog, a group of bloggers writing on the same topic. i always [...]

]]> By: kathyescobar http://kathyescobar.com/2008/11/17/what-could-be/#comment-1763 kathyescobar Wed, 03 Dec 2008 04:07:47 +0000 http://kathyescobar.com/?p=976#comment-1763 jeff - thanks for always taking the time to comment. i always love to hear what you have to say brother maynard - thanks for the link love davida - yes, this tension is so real! i think the reasons that you mentioned, not being good enough, brave enough, whatever enough are not just your issues or struggles. i totally know the feeling and i know so many that feel the same way. i always live in this weird tension that any minute it's all going to go away because i screwed it up somehow and that'll be it, done for, over. oh the enemy is so mean. i think he loves the idea of a comfortably numb life. i think that's why we need each other so much, to spur one another long to not settle, to search for & create small pockets of hope and purpose and life no matter where we are. thanks so much for your honesty, i think you expressed this crazy tension of how tricky "hope" really is. yet God, the God of crazy beautiful wild hope, keeps stirring up trouble for really good reasons. i hope you can come down and hang out soon! my friend amber is doing a reading of her short stories this saturday night the 6th in lafayette which isn't quite as far south. details are on the refuge web. i think you'd dig it but i know that it's a crazy time of year! jeff – thanks for always taking the time to comment. i always love to hear what you have to say

brother maynard – thanks for the link love

davida – yes, this tension is so real! i think the reasons that you mentioned, not being good enough, brave enough, whatever enough are not just your issues or struggles. i totally know the feeling and i know so many that feel the same way. i always live in this weird tension that any minute it’s all going to go away because i screwed it up somehow and that’ll be it, done for, over. oh the enemy is so mean. i think he loves the idea of a comfortably numb life. i think that’s why we need each other so much, to spur one another long to not settle, to search for & create small pockets of hope and purpose and life no matter where we are. thanks so much for your honesty, i think you expressed this crazy tension of how tricky “hope” really is. yet God, the God of crazy beautiful wild hope, keeps stirring up trouble for really good reasons. i hope you can come down and hang out soon! my friend amber is doing a reading of her short stories this saturday night the 6th in lafayette which isn’t quite as far south. details are on the refuge web. i think you’d dig it but i know that it’s a crazy time of year!

]]> By: Davida http://kathyescobar.com/2008/11/17/what-could-be/#comment-1741 Davida Fri, 28 Nov 2008 21:20:25 +0000 http://kathyescobar.com/?p=976#comment-1741 kathy, this post inspires me and scares me. it inspires me because i find that living in those "what could be" spaces is exactly what my heart and soul are longing for. to really LIVE it out...every day of the week. knowing christ, being known by him. the incarnation of it all. so beautiful, so theoretical. that is what scares me. that i might not actually get to live this out. that i'm not good enough for it. not brave or smart or "whatever" enough. yeah, i have issues. :-) also, even though the reality of things is VERY messy, i feel a bit idealistic about it all. yet i know it is difficult and can be unpopular. that doesn't scare me as much as living a comfortably numb life. to float through on my own self-centeredness. to miss what God has for me. or worse yet, to miss Him in the midst of everything. maybe i'm not strong enough to find a place to live these things out and to live them out myself. maybe i will be sucked back into the way things were before. that terrifies me. kathy, this post inspires me and scares me. it inspires me because i find that living in those “what could be” spaces is exactly what my heart and soul are longing for. to really LIVE it out…every day of the week. knowing christ, being known by him. the incarnation of it all. so beautiful, so theoretical. that is what scares me. that i might not actually get to live this out. that i’m not good enough for it. not brave or smart or “whatever” enough. yeah, i have issues. :-) also, even though the reality of things is VERY messy, i feel a bit idealistic about it all. yet i know it is difficult and can be unpopular. that doesn’t scare me as much as living a comfortably numb life. to float through on my own self-centeredness. to miss what God has for me. or worse yet, to miss Him in the midst of everything. maybe i’m not strong enough to find a place to live these things out and to live them out myself. maybe i will be sucked back into the way things were before. that terrifies me.

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