Comments for Stephanie's Musings http://stephanieshackelford.com/blog One Christian's perspective on fiction and life Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:30:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 Comment on What Do I Believe? by Stephanie’s Musings » Blog Archive » Statement of Faith http://stephanieshackelford.com/blog/index.php/what-do-i-believe/comment-page-1/#comment-3733 Stephanie’s Musings » Blog Archive » Statement of Faith Sun, 20 Jun 2010 07:17:56 +0000 http://stephanieshackelford.com/blog/?page_id=416#comment-3733 [...] be useful to make that spiritual foundation clear. Many months ago, I posted my statement of faith, What Do I Believe?, with Scripture references and lengthy (for me) explanations. It is unfinished in places and, even [...] [...] be useful to make that spiritual foundation clear. Many months ago, I posted my statement of faith, What Do I Believe?, with Scripture references and lengthy (for me) explanations. It is unfinished in places and, even [...]

]]> Comment on ANOTHER New Start? by Stephanie’s Musings » Blog Archive » Again? Again! http://stephanieshackelford.com/blog/index.php/2010/03/29/another-new-start/comment-page-1/#comment-3713 Stephanie’s Musings » Blog Archive » Again? Again! Fri, 18 Jun 2010 22:11:31 +0000 http://stephanieshackelford.com/blog/?p=622#comment-3713 [...]         Back in late March, in the blog post “ANOTHER New Start?” I wrote I was now going post more often. I said it would most likely be a hodgepodge of [...] [...]         Back in late March, in the blog post “ANOTHER New Start?” I wrote I was now going post more often. I said it would most likely be a hodgepodge of [...]

]]> Comment on Bible Reading Table by Stephanie’s Musings » Blog Archive » Excited about Leviticus! http://stephanieshackelford.com/blog/index.php/bible-reading-table/comment-page-1/#comment-3181 Stephanie’s Musings » Blog Archive » Excited about Leviticus! Tue, 30 Mar 2010 07:11:09 +0000 http://stephanieshackelford.com/blog/?page_id=589#comment-3181 [...]         If you are following my plan for reading through the Bible in a year, you have just started reading Leviticus. I wonder if your reaction is the same as mine the first [...] [...]         If you are following my plan for reading through the Bible in a year, you have just started reading Leviticus. I wonder if your reaction is the same as mine the first [...]

]]> Comment on Bible Reading Table by Stephanie’s Musings » Blog Archive » Is It A Plan? http://stephanieshackelford.com/blog/index.php/bible-reading-table/comment-page-1/#comment-2906 Stephanie’s Musings » Blog Archive » Is It A Plan? Fri, 12 Feb 2010 09:05:31 +0000 http://stephanieshackelford.com/blog/?page_id=589#comment-2906 [...] each day’s readings as chronologically as possible within that Testament. Check out “Bible Reading Table” to see the entire [...] [...] each day’s readings as chronologically as possible within that Testament. Check out “Bible Reading Table” to see the entire [...]

]]> Comment on Christmas traditions by Stephanie http://stephanieshackelford.com/blog/index.php/2009/12/05/christmas-traditions/comment-page-1/#comment-2638 Stephanie Tue, 29 Dec 2009 19:56:31 +0000 http://stephanieshackelford.com/blog/?p=492#comment-2638 Hi Autumn! Sorry I didn't see this comment earlier. I did something similar when the children were growing up. There was always a plastic nativity set for them to play with set up somewhere in the main area of the house. When legos and mini animals were added from their toy boxes, they could play "Jesus' life" for hours. I'm looking forward to the return of that when grandkids start arriving. (Not for several years. None of my children are in serious relationships, yet.) Hope your Christmas was grand. Hi Autumn!
Sorry I didn’t see this comment earlier.

I did something similar when the children were growing up. There was always a plastic nativity set for them to play with set up somewhere in the main area of the house. When legos and mini animals were added from their toy boxes, they could play “Jesus’ life” for hours. I’m looking forward to the return of that when grandkids start arriving. (Not for several years. None of my children are in serious relationships, yet.)

Hope your Christmas was grand.

]]> Comment on Christmas traditions by Autumn Jordon http://stephanieshackelford.com/blog/index.php/2009/12/05/christmas-traditions/comment-page-1/#comment-2631 Autumn Jordon Mon, 28 Dec 2009 02:14:44 +0000 http://stephanieshackelford.com/blog/?p=492#comment-2631 Wonderful post! I love the idea of scriptures posted in different places. Every year I have two naivety scenes displayed. One is adult eye level and the other, a more cherub vision is place at a child's eye level. I encourage my grandchildren to pick up the the characters and ask questions. Wonderful post! I love the idea of scriptures posted in different places. Every year I have two naivety scenes displayed. One is adult eye level and the other, a more cherub vision is place at a child’s eye level. I encourage my grandchildren to pick up the the characters and ask questions.

]]> Comment on Recovering from a Stumble by Stephanie http://stephanieshackelford.com/blog/index.php/2009/10/13/recovering-from-a-stumble/comment-page-1/#comment-1431 Stephanie Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:26:37 +0000 http://stephanieshackelford.com/blog/?p=448#comment-1431 Definitely, Larry! One of my favorite quotes is, "The pen is mightier than the sword." It is so true. I once heard someone complaining about someone in the movie business (something to do with Warner Bros, I think) saying the goal of the company was to influence, with well-made movies, the minds of the young people watching. My first thought was, "But that's what we SHOULD be doing!" That is the nature of words, stories, treatises and more, to influence. Every thing we read influences us in some way. When we consciously notice that influence, it often is magnified or, if it is a detrimental influence, can be refuted. It's when we don't notice those detrimental ideas that they take root and grow wild, taking over our minds. That is at the heart of why I want to discuss the books I read. To analyze their influence and draw the good out of them. Or warn others when there is no good in them. Definitely, Larry! One of my favorite quotes is, “The pen is mightier than the sword.” It is so true. I once heard someone complaining about someone in the movie business (something to do with Warner Bros, I think) saying the goal of the company was to influence, with well-made movies, the minds of the young people watching. My first thought was, “But that’s what we SHOULD be doing!” That is the nature of words, stories, treatises and more, to influence. Every thing we read influences us in some way. When we consciously notice that influence, it often is magnified or, if it is a detrimental influence, can be refuted. It’s when we don’t notice those detrimental ideas that they take root and grow wild, taking over our minds. That is at the heart of why I want to discuss the books I read. To analyze their influence and draw the good out of them. Or warn others when there is no good in them.

]]> Comment on Recovering from a Stumble by Larry Fogelberg http://stephanieshackelford.com/blog/index.php/2009/10/13/recovering-from-a-stumble/comment-page-1/#comment-1362 Larry Fogelberg Fri, 16 Oct 2009 22:07:50 +0000 http://stephanieshackelford.com/blog/?p=448#comment-1362 Reviewing literature from a Christian perspective. Hm. Just the last few days, I was thinking about Playboy Magazine, and how us guys used to love to read it when I was a teenager. And in hindsight, the most abominable section of that magazine was not the foldouts of naked women (after all, a naked woman is just a naked woman, in all the glory God bestowed upon her), but the most abominable -- the most pernicious -- element was a column written by Hugh Hefner, called the Playboy Philosophy. If you're not familiar with it, it justified free sex and denigrated everything spiritual. I was influence by that pernicious rot far more than by the foldouts, to the point where I feel a visceral repulsion whenever I see pictures of HH in his captain's hat. Ideas are powerful. And depraved ideas are no exception. Would you care to comment? Reviewing literature from a Christian perspective. Hm. Just the last few days, I was thinking about Playboy Magazine, and how us guys used to love to read it when I was a teenager. And in hindsight, the most abominable section of that magazine was not the foldouts of naked women (after all, a naked woman is just a naked woman, in all the glory God bestowed upon her), but the most abominable — the most pernicious — element was a column written by Hugh Hefner, called the Playboy Philosophy. If you’re not familiar with it, it justified free sex and denigrated everything spiritual. I was influence by that pernicious rot far more than by the foldouts, to the point where I feel a visceral repulsion whenever I see pictures of HH in his captain’s hat. Ideas are powerful. And depraved ideas are no exception. Would you care to comment?

]]> Comment on Anyone Listening? by Stephanie http://stephanieshackelford.com/blog/index.php/2009/08/25/anyone-listening/comment-page-1/#comment-744 Stephanie Mon, 31 Aug 2009 05:13:00 +0000 http://stephanieshackelford.com/blog/?p=435#comment-744 Thank you, Autumn, Sonya and Shonna! Good points, all! So I'll keep "blooming" here and try to comment on more blogs and lists (I already do some, but in a pretty haphazard way) and remember why I started this. That should keep me writing! Thank you, Autumn, Sonya and Shonna! Good points, all! So I’ll keep “blooming” here and try to comment on more blogs and lists (I already do some, but in a pretty haphazard way) and remember why I started this. That should keep me writing!

]]> Comment on Anyone Listening? by Shonna http://stephanieshackelford.com/blog/index.php/2009/08/25/anyone-listening/comment-page-1/#comment-741 Shonna Mon, 31 Aug 2009 01:48:50 +0000 http://stephanieshackelford.com/blog/?p=435#comment-741 People are shy. Keep writing :) People are shy. Keep writing :)

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