Comments on: Surrounded http://erikanderica.org/erica/2007/08/19/surrounded/ A blog by Erica Schemper Sun, 20 Jul 2008 14:04:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: Laura Stuart http://erikanderica.org/erica/2007/08/19/surrounded/#comment-478 Laura Stuart Thu, 23 Aug 2007 02:33:52 +0000 http://erikanderica.org/erica/2007/08/19/surrounded/#comment-478 I really like your analogy about the stadium. It struck me because I love the National Catherdral and I had just finished thinking about being part of a Christian group experience. Do you get "Cathedral Age" from the National Cathedral? There is an article in the Fall 2006 publication that says the Sermon on the Mount "is not a personal ethic... Except for three brief sections on religious life - prayer, fasting, and charity - everything else is addressed to the Christian community. The problem has to do with the little word "you." Whenever we read the word "you" in the Bible we tend to think singularly. What we need is a way of distinguishing "you" from a Southern style "ya'll." The Sermon on the Mount was addressed to "ya'll." End quote. Page 9. I will never read it the same way again. PS - And on a needle crafters note - Did you see the needlepoint pew pads in the side chapel that were stitched by the Queen of England and her friends in gratitude for US help during WWII? Thank you laura I really like your analogy about the stadium. It struck me because I love the National Catherdral and I had just finished thinking about being part of a Christian group experience. Do you get “Cathedral Age” from the National Cathedral? There is an article in the Fall 2006 publication that says the Sermon on the Mount “is not a personal ethic… Except for three brief sections on religious life - prayer, fasting, and charity - everything else is addressed to the Christian community. The problem has to do with the little word “you.” Whenever we read the word “you” in the Bible we tend to think singularly. What we need is a way of distinguishing “you” from a Southern style “ya’ll.” The Sermon on the Mount was addressed to “ya’ll.” End quote. Page 9. I will never read it the same way again.

PS - And on a needle crafters note - Did you see the needlepoint pew pads in the side chapel that were stitched by the Queen of England and her friends in gratitude for US help during WWII? Thank you laura

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