Comments on: crisis of faith http://jesswilson.wordpress.com/2009/01/12/crisis-of-faith/ because it is a sense of community that makes the good times sweeter for the sharing and the hard times more bearable for knowing that you're not alone Tue, 22 Dec 2009 15:35:05 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Charlie In Wonderland » Blog Archive » Bri-zill-iant! http://jesswilson.wordpress.com/2009/01/12/crisis-of-faith/#comment-1644 Charlie In Wonderland » Blog Archive » Bri-zill-iant! Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:56:22 +0000 http://jesswilson.wordpress.com/?p=2800#comment-1644 [...] http://jesswilson.wordpress.com/2009/01/12/crisis-of-faith/#comments [...] [...] http://jesswilson.wordpress.com/2009/01/12/crisis-of-faith/#comments [...]

]]> By: rhemashope http://jesswilson.wordpress.com/2009/01/12/crisis-of-faith/#comment-1640 rhemashope Tue, 13 Jan 2009 04:19:42 +0000 http://jesswilson.wordpress.com/?p=2800#comment-1640 Thanks so much for sharing this. I love your stories, I enjoy every word. This one paints another beautiful stroke of what makes you you. “You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.” Jer. 29:13 Thanks so much for sharing this. I love your stories, I enjoy every word. This one paints another beautiful stroke of what makes you you.

“You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.” Jer. 29:13

]]> By: Michelle O'Neil http://jesswilson.wordpress.com/2009/01/12/crisis-of-faith/#comment-1638 Michelle O'Neil Tue, 13 Jan 2009 01:18:02 +0000 http://jesswilson.wordpress.com/?p=2800#comment-1638 "...their very existence, in and of itself offers proof of the divine." That's it. Nothing more needs to be said. BTW, I love your Dad's form of religion. Joy. "I am I said," la la la. Perfect. “…their very existence, in and of itself offers proof of the divine.” That’s it. Nothing more needs to be said.

BTW, I love your Dad’s form of religion. Joy.

“I am I said,” la la la.

Perfect.

]]> By: Jenn Ethirveerasingam http://jesswilson.wordpress.com/2009/01/12/crisis-of-faith/#comment-1637 Jenn Ethirveerasingam Tue, 13 Jan 2009 01:03:35 +0000 http://jesswilson.wordpress.com/?p=2800#comment-1637 I really believe God is everywhere. I see him everytime I look at my kids and my nieces and nephews. I have given up going to church. There are some things the Catholic church and I just can not agree on but I believe. How can I not as my two miracles sleep upstairs? I really believe God is everywhere. I see him everytime I look at my kids and my nieces and nephews. I have given up going to church. There are some things the Catholic church and I just can not agree on but I believe. How can I not as my two miracles sleep upstairs?

]]> By: Martha http://jesswilson.wordpress.com/2009/01/12/crisis-of-faith/#comment-1636 Martha Mon, 12 Jan 2009 21:45:44 +0000 http://jesswilson.wordpress.com/?p=2800#comment-1636 I think I get extra points if I get you to convert :p I think I get extra points if I get you to convert :p

]]> By: Tanya Savko http://jesswilson.wordpress.com/2009/01/12/crisis-of-faith/#comment-1635 Tanya Savko Mon, 12 Jan 2009 17:37:58 +0000 http://jesswilson.wordpress.com/?p=2800#comment-1635 Thanks for sharing this, Jess. I love it, right down to the homemade borscht (I had that too!) I grew up heavily Byzantine Catholic, and came through it quite weary. In adulthood I shed the religion, but I always kept the faith. I don't think we can get very far without that. Thanks for sharing this, Jess. I love it, right down to the homemade borscht (I had that too!) I grew up heavily Byzantine Catholic, and came through it quite weary. In adulthood I shed the religion, but I always kept the faith. I don’t think we can get very far without that.

]]> By: Niksmom http://jesswilson.wordpress.com/2009/01/12/crisis-of-faith/#comment-1634 Niksmom Mon, 12 Jan 2009 16:54:01 +0000 http://jesswilson.wordpress.com/?p=2800#comment-1634 Ok, I want to find some snarky witticism about food and my own pseudo-Italian heritage but...truth is that this post is very significant for me. When Nik was born I was in the same sort of "la-ti-da, the holidays are about consumerism/gifts.candy/being with family" mind-set. When I was adrift at sea in a maelstrom of fierce, raw, frightening emotions and the very real possiblity of losing the child I had tried for years to conceive, well...I can't say I found religion (I did not). But I found tha same sense of faith and belief in something bigger than me. Something/someone full of grace and love and strength that surely I did not possess in great enough number to carry me through. Damn, Jess, you did it again with the "I'm everywoman" connection. Proves that no matter how different our circumstances may be, we're all more alike, more connected than we admit or know. Thanks for that; it's priceless. xo Ok, I want to find some snarky witticism about food and my own pseudo-Italian heritage but…truth is that this post is very significant for me.

When Nik was born I was in the same sort of “la-ti-da, the holidays are about consumerism/gifts.candy/being with family” mind-set. When I was adrift at sea in a maelstrom of fierce, raw, frightening emotions and the very real possiblity of losing the child I had tried for years to conceive, well…I can’t say I found religion (I did not). But I found tha same sense of faith and belief in something bigger than me. Something/someone full of grace and love and strength that surely I did not possess in great enough number to carry me through.

Damn, Jess, you did it again with the “I’m everywoman” connection. Proves that no matter how different our circumstances may be, we’re all more alike, more connected than we admit or know. Thanks for that; it’s priceless. xo

]]> By: JoyMama http://jesswilson.wordpress.com/2009/01/12/crisis-of-faith/#comment-1633 JoyMama Mon, 12 Jan 2009 15:40:28 +0000 http://jesswilson.wordpress.com/?p=2800#comment-1633 Never discount the cultural and family connections - God is in those details too! Mama Mara speaks wisely. Though I think my religious-cultural proof (Mennonite) has more to do with warm zwieback rolls and butter. Never discount the cultural and family connections – God is in those details too!

Mama Mara speaks wisely. Though I think my religious-cultural proof (Mennonite) has more to do with warm zwieback rolls and butter.

]]> By: mama mara http://jesswilson.wordpress.com/2009/01/12/crisis-of-faith/#comment-1631 mama mara Mon, 12 Jan 2009 13:18:44 +0000 http://jesswilson.wordpress.com/?p=2800#comment-1631 From one culturally Jewish sister to another: I believe that it doesn't matter how we seek to connect with our God; it only matters that we seek. (Bagels with lox and schmear: proof that a higher power exists) From one culturally Jewish sister to another: I believe that it doesn’t matter how we seek to connect with our God; it only matters that we seek.

(Bagels with lox and schmear: proof that a higher power exists)

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