Comments for The Sunset Juggler (formerly The Dragon's Mouth) http://johnmangels.com Musings by and conversations with John Mangels Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:10:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on Evangelism and Spiritual Direction by johnmangels http://johnmangels.com/2012/01/15/evangelism-and-spiritual-direction/#comment-841 Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:10:17 +0000 http://johnmangels.wordpress.com/?p=1193#comment-841 Thanks, Karen. The no notes thing is only from the past couple of years. It seems to be working well (people seem to like it and I’ve been able to incorporate and change things on the fly). I do take longer to say what I want to say in this format …

]]> Comment on Evangelism and Spiritual Direction by Karen http://johnmangels.com/2012/01/15/evangelism-and-spiritual-direction/#comment-839 Mon, 16 Jan 2012 07:27:42 +0000 http://johnmangels.wordpress.com/?p=1193#comment-839 Well done – I like the idea of suggesting a spiritual friendship rather than the evangelism that carries so much baggage.

Good on ya for being able to preach without any notes, too! I long to be free from my manuscript . . . one day!

Blessings.

]]> Comment on The Shepherd, Jacob by “To You Christ is Born” « The Sunset Juggler (formerly The Dragon's Mouth) http://johnmangels.com/2011/12/23/the-shepherd-jacob/#comment-792 Sat, 24 Dec 2011 18:50:01 +0000 http://johnmangels.com/?p=1166#comment-792 [...] guess if you’re looking for dandelions, you’ll find dandelions.  Because it fits with my sermon for tonight (which I posted yesterday).  It fits well enough that I’m considering adding it as a [...]

]]> Comment on Elise by johnmangels http://johnmangels.com/2011/11/16/elise/#comment-736 Tue, 22 Nov 2011 06:38:48 +0000 http://johnmangels.com/?p=1141#comment-736 Thanks Karen.

]]> Comment on Elise by Karen http://johnmangels.com/2011/11/16/elise/#comment-734 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 08:10:03 +0000 http://johnmangels.com/?p=1141#comment-734 I’m sorry for your loss, John.

]]> Comment on Remembering and Moving Forward by johnmangels http://johnmangels.com/2011/09/13/remembering-and-moving-forward/#comment-694 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 21:53:43 +0000 http://johnmangels.com/?p=1109#comment-694 Well, I wasn’t preaching that day. And the preacher (Deacon Bob Olsen) had found the Presiding Bishop’s prayer, which he thought fit well with his sermon. I let him make the call.

]]> Comment on Remembering and Moving Forward by Sharen Cornils - St, James of Jerusalem/ YC http://johnmangels.com/2011/09/13/remembering-and-moving-forward/#comment-693 Mon, 10 Oct 2011 22:28:19 +0000 http://johnmangels.com/?p=1109#comment-693 Just checking out your blog and Church website, after seeing you again in Willows on Friday. Your prayer for 9/11 struck me as pretty wonderful. How come you dd not use it?

]]> Comment on The Wealth of Poverty? by johnmangels http://johnmangels.com/2011/08/06/the-wealth-of-poverty/#comment-658 Sun, 07 Aug 2011 22:39:52 +0000 http://johnmangels.com/?p=1094#comment-658 To the point. Thanks.

]]> Comment on The Wealth of Poverty? by Will Holt http://johnmangels.com/2011/08/06/the-wealth-of-poverty/#comment-657 Sun, 07 Aug 2011 11:56:12 +0000 http://johnmangels.com/?p=1094#comment-657 Knowing others is wisdom;
Knowing the self is enlightenment.
Mastering others requires force;
Mastering the self needs strength.
He who knows he has enough is rich.

Lao Tzu

]]> Comment on Paying the Passage by Fred http://johnmangels.com/2011/06/14/paying-the-passage/#comment-643 Thu, 23 Jun 2011 14:22:24 +0000 http://johnmangels.com/?p=1074#comment-643 Never mind about the e-mail. I forgot about Facebook. Got your address from there.

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