tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7361429.post5299382119471383814..comments2023-11-03T00:59:06.808-07:00Comments on Common Places: The Holy Spirit is my Interior DecoratorRachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09552221110548320109noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7361429.post-6247270266742028372010-02-09T01:35:33.571-08:002010-02-09T01:35:33.571-08:00Incidentally (and I made this a second comment so ...Incidentally (and I made this a second comment so that the snideness of that one didn't leak into this one), I love the title and point of the article. Anyone who actually has a direct line to God is going to be terrified to pick up the Bat-phone and hear what he really wants of their time and heart and energy, not chat at length about gifts and parking spots and the like. It's almost like they're deliberately not listening to the voice of God by pretending to listen to the voice of God. In my opinion, of course.<br /><br />(Hmm, that actually turned out rather snide after all.)Steven Lansinghhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07019445807854678404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7361429.post-534391826786164832010-02-09T01:30:40.281-08:002010-02-09T01:30:40.281-08:00We got a four-and-a-half-foot wide floral wreath s...We got a four-and-a-half-foot wide floral wreath so large it had full-sized tea cups sewn into it, and smelled like the perfume counter at Macy's. We were moving into a one-bedroom apartment.<br /><br />I didn't change any of the details because if the gift-giver wants to track this down on the internet 11 years later, more power to them.Steven Lansinghhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07019445807854678404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7361429.post-4561715134799265202010-02-06T13:11:25.723-08:002010-02-06T13:11:25.723-08:00Love this post! And I might steal your phrase abou...Love this post! And I might steal your phrase about holy spirit as interior decorator. It fits well with all the praise music that seems to assert "Jesus is my boyfriend" and also, "God is my valet" (love it when people attribute their finding of a perfect parking spot to God...and am always baffled that people don't seem to get how theologically problematic it is to assume God is involved in helping them to get the perfect house, perfect parking spot, perfect job, etc., etc., etc., but doesn't seem to mind letting other people die by rape and torture and starvation...). Also, i love your distinction about believing that God does indeed involve her/himself in the everyday details of our lives out of love vs. believing that God is a sort of vending-machine-in-the-sky...Muser Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03619098935024377476noreply@blogger.com