Comments for kathy escobar. http://kathyescobar.com Mon, 21 May 2012 16:37:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on power is not like pie. by Laurie http://kathyescobar.com/2012/05/21/power-is-not-like-pie/#comment-40317 Laurie Mon, 21 May 2012 16:37:52 +0000 http://kathyescobar.com/?p=6225#comment-40317 "(we could call it…I don’t know…grace?)" LOL!!! I almost sprayed coffee all over my computer screen!! What a concept, this "grace" thing! Preach it sista! :) “(we could call it…I don’t know…grace?)” LOL!!! I almost sprayed coffee all over my computer screen!! What a concept, this “grace” thing! Preach it sista! :)

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]]> Comment on power is not like pie. by Randy Beckett http://kathyescobar.com/2012/05/21/power-is-not-like-pie/#comment-40295 Randy Beckett Mon, 21 May 2012 15:21:12 +0000 http://kathyescobar.com/?p=6225#comment-40295 Motivational speaker "Chicken Soup for the Soul" Mark Victor Hansen has said and attributed it to others "It's not how big your piece of the pie is but how big you make the pie." I like loaves and fishes because it relates the miraculous power of God. Motivational speaker “Chicken Soup for the Soul” Mark Victor Hansen has said and attributed it to others “It’s not how big your piece of the pie is but how big you make the pie.” I like loaves and fishes because it relates the miraculous power of God.

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]]> Comment on power is not like pie. by Amy http://kathyescobar.com/2012/05/21/power-is-not-like-pie/#comment-40291 Amy Mon, 21 May 2012 15:15:46 +0000 http://kathyescobar.com/?p=6225#comment-40291 That's a really great set of metaphors for power in the world vs the church: pie vs loaves and fishes. I like it! I can imagine alter-ego-Jesus being like, "Hey disciples, the crowd is hungry. Would you please slice up this pie and eat it in front of them? For the Kingdom of God is like a raspberry pie..." So much of my frustration with church is how it mimics the world so well. When I was a kid, when people talked about "conformity to the world" in regards to the church, they were talking about music, clothes, hair, jewelry, etc. But what I always saw was systemic conformity, and this bothered the heck (and by heck I mean church) out of me. I love the idea of church being a place where we are vigilant about allowing the breakdown of fear and control and self-protection, the place where we hold up the reality of abundance, (we could call it...I don't know...grace?) while the world does everything it can to shout "scarcity!!" But our church systems, and the structure of power within, conform to the ideas of scarcity as if they've never experienced grace. Ahhhh, now you got me all fired up again. Where's my soapbox? That’s a really great set of metaphors for power in the world vs the church: pie vs loaves and fishes. I like it! I can imagine alter-ego-Jesus being like, “Hey disciples, the crowd is hungry. Would you please slice up this pie and eat it in front of them? For the Kingdom of God is like a raspberry pie…”

So much of my frustration with church is how it mimics the world so well. When I was a kid, when people talked about “conformity to the world” in regards to the church, they were talking about music, clothes, hair, jewelry, etc. But what I always saw was systemic conformity, and this bothered the heck (and by heck I mean church) out of me.

I love the idea of church being a place where we are vigilant about allowing the breakdown of fear and control and self-protection, the place where we hold up the reality of abundance, (we could call it…I don’t know…grace?) while the world does everything it can to shout “scarcity!!” But our church systems, and the structure of power within, conform to the ideas of scarcity as if they’ve never experienced grace.

Ahhhh, now you got me all fired up again. Where’s my soapbox?

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]]> Comment on be yourself, everyone else is taken. by Peggy http://kathyescobar.com/2012/05/18/be-yourself-everyone-else-is-taken/#comment-40289 Peggy Mon, 21 May 2012 14:57:19 +0000 http://kathyescobar.com/?p=6218#comment-40289 ...another time, kathy :-) Thanks. …another time, kathy :-) Thanks.

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]]> Comment on be yourself, everyone else is taken. by kathyescobar http://kathyescobar.com/2012/05/18/be-yourself-everyone-else-is-taken/#comment-40283 kathyescobar Mon, 21 May 2012 14:36:38 +0000 http://kathyescobar.com/?p=6218#comment-40283 "self-worth battleship" you have the best words! love you my dear. yes, integration is bumpy but possible and glad we are all in the thick of learning these things together. “self-worth battleship” you have the best words! love you my dear. yes, integration is bumpy but possible and glad we are all in the thick of learning these things together.

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]]> Comment on be yourself, everyone else is taken. by kathyescobar http://kathyescobar.com/2012/05/18/be-yourself-everyone-else-is-taken/#comment-40280 kathyescobar Mon, 21 May 2012 14:35:22 +0000 http://kathyescobar.com/?p=6218#comment-40280 thanks for sharing, tamara, no doubt it is scary to do. sometimes i get these moments of shame & a feeling of "i'm just going to pull the plug on the whole thing because it's so freaky" but i know that would be out of fear and in the end, i would miss out on what i'm supposed to keep learning through this process. oh it's been one of the most healing things i've ever done. keep me posted on what emerges for you, too. thanks for sharing, tamara, no doubt it is scary to do. sometimes i get these moments of shame & a feeling of “i’m just going to pull the plug on the whole thing because it’s so freaky” but i know that would be out of fear and in the end, i would miss out on what i’m supposed to keep learning through this process. oh it’s been one of the most healing things i’ve ever done. keep me posted on what emerges for you, too.

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]]> Comment on be yourself, everyone else is taken. by kathyescobar http://kathyescobar.com/2012/05/18/be-yourself-everyone-else-is-taken/#comment-40279 kathyescobar Mon, 21 May 2012 14:33:29 +0000 http://kathyescobar.com/?p=6218#comment-40279 thanks my friend. thanks my friend.

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]]> Comment on be yourself, everyone else is taken. by kathyescobar http://kathyescobar.com/2012/05/18/be-yourself-everyone-else-is-taken/#comment-40278 kathyescobar Mon, 21 May 2012 14:33:05 +0000 http://kathyescobar.com/?p=6218#comment-40278 thanks dear peggy. i am so sad i missed you a few weeks ago! those are some great little quotes! thanks dear peggy. i am so sad i missed you a few weeks ago! those are some great little quotes!

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]]> Comment on be yourself, everyone else is taken. by kathyescobar http://kathyescobar.com/2012/05/18/be-yourself-everyone-else-is-taken/#comment-40277 kathyescobar Mon, 21 May 2012 14:31:54 +0000 http://kathyescobar.com/?p=6218#comment-40277 thanks, sharon. it can be so anxiety-provoking and have so many weird things attached to it. here's to piece and freedom and flow! thanks, sharon. it can be so anxiety-provoking and have so many weird things attached to it. here’s to piece and freedom and flow!

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]]> Comment on be yourself, everyone else is taken. by Stacy http://kathyescobar.com/2012/05/18/be-yourself-everyone-else-is-taken/#comment-40099 Stacy Sun, 20 May 2012 06:29:24 +0000 http://kathyescobar.com/?p=6218#comment-40099 I knew that tonight, it would be helpful to read this again. Especially, as I am in an internal game of self-worth battleship, this line spoke to me: "I think that is a very holy and sacred experience on our spiritual journey, learning to find safety and security in who we really are." For so long, I crafted a pretty "solid" identity.. for 20 years. It was.. easy to be myself, because *I* created her. It is challenging to be comfortable in this chick, er, my skin because, she is so full of paradox.;) Integration is bumpy, but I hear possible. Lessening of self-loathing, even just a fraction? YES please. Because I would really, really, really like to be comfortable in I knew that tonight, it would be helpful to read this again. Especially, as I am in an internal game of self-worth battleship, this line spoke to me: “I think that is a very holy and sacred experience on our spiritual journey, learning to find safety and security in who we really are.”

For so long, I crafted a pretty “solid” identity.. for 20 years. It was.. easy to be myself, because *I* created her. It is challenging to be comfortable in this chick, er, my skin because, she is so full of paradox.;) Integration is bumpy, but I hear possible. Lessening of self-loathing, even just a fraction? YES please. Because I would really, really, really like to be comfortable in

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