tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post904709489435871556..comments2023-11-03T11:37:04.473+00:00Comments on nothing new under the sun: Worse than death? Vbyron smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-80928073176077060492007-01-31T12:30:00.000+00:002007-01-31T12:30:00.000+00:00John (and Christian) - thanks for the recommendati...John (and Christian) - thanks for the recommendation (and quote from Buerchner).<br /><br />Michael (& Christian) - euthanasia. Hmmm, I haven't yet seen the articles (haven't got to the SMH today - chemo day), but I'll have a think. Can't say it's something I've been directly thinking about recently, except insofar as some cancer patients seem quite content to fade away. I hear lots of stories ofbyron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-46581820573397025022007-01-31T08:37:00.000+00:002007-01-31T08:37:00.000+00:00Horay for Jesus!
(I hope this post works I haven't...Horay for Jesus!<br />(I hope this post works I haven't been able to do it lately)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-70083739476566985482007-01-30T22:08:00.000+00:002007-01-30T22:08:00.000+00:00I notice euthanasia has been raised (sorry) again ...I notice euthanasia has been raised (sorry) again in the Aussie media. Do you have new perspectives on this topic since getting sick?michael jensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15379361601019023165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-71017250208627107652007-01-30T20:51:00.000+00:002007-01-30T20:51:00.000+00:00I came across a quote by Frederick Buechner today ...I came across a quote by Frederick Buechner today regarding Jesus' cry from the cross and the (as you put it) hell of godforsakenness. Buechner basically said that Jesus was asking God: <br /><br />"Where the HELL are YOU!"<br /><br />I am usually not one for placing too much stock in colloquial translation, but there was something profound to me about the "rawness" of that phrasing...<br /><br John P.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15932170293301607563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-78061672794310249862007-01-29T23:48:00.000+00:002007-01-29T23:48:00.000+00:00But what does it mean that we have died, since we'...<i> But what does it mean that we have died, since we're still breathing? Is this a legal fiction? A pious way of speaking of the end of an old selfish way of life? </i><br /><br />So true. How easily we forget that our union with Christ is completely transformative - My thoughts kept coming back to Gal 2:20 as I read your post.<br /><br />'I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I Mandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07386483160078580069noreply@blogger.com