tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30656748.post4356527799559421607..comments2014-06-21T23:12:28.485-06:00Comments on chez mon esprit: A Sunday study in contrastsEGBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16398294462103899874noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30656748.post-75280795656799033092009-02-27T10:35:00.000-07:002009-02-27T10:35:00.000-07:00Thanks, "anns," for your support & t...Thanks, "anns," for your support & tender spirit.EGBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16398294462103899874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30656748.post-80936226421438627952009-02-26T18:32:00.000-07:002009-02-26T18:32:00.000-07:00Anonymous,I have visited the Canopy a number of ti...Anonymous,<BR/><BR/>I have visited the Canopy a number of times, and was completely blessed each time.<BR/>Perhaps you should keep in mind that your words are a reflection of your heart, and do not paint a pretty picture to say the least.<BR/>One always has the opportunity to make things right though.<BR/><BR/>annsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30656748.post-78506232896105731202009-02-26T14:07:00.000-07:002009-02-26T14:07:00.000-07:00Dear Anonymous,You are quite skilled at saying thi...Dear Anonymous,<BR/><BR/>You are quite skilled at saying things that are clearly designed to be very hurtful. I don't know what Eric and I ever did to you to deserve such slander. I find the anger in your words simply stunning.Jim Hallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05645119495731688833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30656748.post-91258009385950839512009-02-26T12:21:00.000-07:002009-02-26T12:21:00.000-07:00Dear anonymous,At least have the courage to leave ...Dear anonymous,<BR/><BR/>At least have the courage to leave your name when you are going to vomit your rage on someone.<BR/><BR/>Your complete lack of grace, gentleness and mercy are all evidence of the lack of the Holy Spirit's work in your life. May that change.EGBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16398294462103899874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30656748.post-85073291513581097842009-02-26T11:56:00.000-07:002009-02-26T11:56:00.000-07:00you are so full of yourself and blinded by the fac...you are so full of yourself and blinded by the fact that your church was so very unfriendly and poorly led. you have no business even commenting on other churchs when yours was an abject failureAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30656748.post-851497907799560292009-02-13T17:32:00.000-07:002009-02-13T17:32:00.000-07:00I don't know what I think.One the one hand, I appr...I don't know what I think.<BR/>One the one hand, I appreciate what you're saying. <BR/>On the other hand, I'm reminded that our church (The Canopy) closed because people stopped attending it and decided they like other churches better. This post is about the experience of visitors and most of the people who left The Canopy were (at one time) regular attenders. So it's a bit hard to compare.<BR/>However, I will say that by my estimation, The Canopy stopped regularly having visitors on Sundays as far back as the Spring of 2008. We may have done better but how would we have known, since there were very few visitors.<BR/>Toward the end I think we were doing pretty well; I mean it was all so small that it was hard not to recognize a visitor.<BR/>Personally, I'm one of the rare people who kind of likes it when nobody talks to me when I'm a visitor. I find it hard to meet new people, so I find it hard to evaluate a church based on how friendly they are. (perhaps that makes me an unfriendly person, but this isn't about me!)<BR/>I know that since The Canopy has closed and I've been going to different churches I've had an awful lot of musings about what it was like for people when they came to my church....Jim Hallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05645119495731688833noreply@blogger.com