tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4108147564771067205.post3709389369398901666..comments2022-12-08T08:55:26.122-08:00Comments on sixinthesticks: The Real Christ In A Cruel World {In Which I Say What I Really Feel About the Church}Nacolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00895935638466741365noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4108147564771067205.post-30126085769241722712013-03-13T12:43:58.027-07:002013-03-13T12:43:58.027-07:00Oh, my dear Emily, your words are a healing salve....Oh, my dear Emily, your words are a healing salve. Thank you, sweet friend, thank you so much. xoNacolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00895935638466741365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4108147564771067205.post-26663613336373016052013-03-13T12:43:10.112-07:002013-03-13T12:43:10.112-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Nacolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00895935638466741365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4108147564771067205.post-5510598868794437542013-03-13T12:41:57.541-07:002013-03-13T12:41:57.541-07:00Cora, you wow me with your love and humility, and ...Cora, you wow me with your love and humility, and I'm sobered by your words. Love you, Cora. xo.Nacolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00895935638466741365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4108147564771067205.post-70151320262173865682013-03-13T12:41:02.514-07:002013-03-13T12:41:02.514-07:00Oh, Kelli, sweet friend, that I moved you deeply? ...Oh, Kelli, sweet friend, that I moved you deeply? Wow, thanks for letting me know. I'm happy it resonated so richly with you. I can't say what that means. Thank you, thank you, for being a fellow so-journer, a sister. I had no idea you were on both sides, did not realize we had so much in common. Maybe someday we will sit down and share stories. Yes to everything you said. And Kelli? I love your heart too. Nacolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00895935638466741365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4108147564771067205.post-80787729736419156702013-03-13T12:37:39.576-07:002013-03-13T12:37:39.576-07:00Thank you, sweet Ro. You are always so good and ki...Thank you, sweet Ro. You are always so good and kind to me, friend. Yes, that man of mine is so gifted. May I learn to be brave, to love fearlessly. Love you. Nacolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00895935638466741365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4108147564771067205.post-61661638866133302452013-03-13T12:36:52.856-07:002013-03-13T12:36:52.856-07:00Nancy, oh, sweet Nancy, I think you may have said ...Nancy, oh, sweet Nancy, I think you may have said the most important thing my heart needed to hear. You didn't have to, but that you are grieving with me? That says so much about you, Nancy. Love you, sister/friend. xo.Nacolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00895935638466741365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4108147564771067205.post-39184160092484702612013-03-13T12:35:39.521-07:002013-03-13T12:35:39.521-07:00So happy to meet you, Elizabeth. Thanks for coming...So happy to meet you, Elizabeth. Thanks for coming by.Nacolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00895935638466741365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4108147564771067205.post-6729768504955096952013-03-13T12:35:08.980-07:002013-03-13T12:35:08.980-07:00Wow, humbled, Shelly. Thank you so much for your e...Wow, humbled, Shelly. Thank you so much for your encouraging words; they are needed here--this was a hard write. Nacolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00895935638466741365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4108147564771067205.post-58739285865581323612013-03-13T12:34:27.285-07:002013-03-13T12:34:27.285-07:00Brandee, your words always so honest and true. You...Brandee, your words always so honest and true. Your heart is so pure and lovely, so loving and strong. Thank you for always encouraging! "I'll scrap..." You made me giggle out loud. Love you, beautiful, friend. Nacolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00895935638466741365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4108147564771067205.post-73518906234836203632013-03-13T12:33:14.888-07:002013-03-13T12:33:14.888-07:00Ah, Dawn, thank you for sharing. So humbled. I'...Ah, Dawn, thank you for sharing. So humbled. I'm glad you came too. Nacolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00895935638466741365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4108147564771067205.post-18733418427514441832013-03-13T12:32:45.395-07:002013-03-13T12:32:45.395-07:00Thank you so much for these encouraging words, Kat...Thank you so much for these encouraging words, Kath. It means so much. This was a hard piece to write out. Nacolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00895935638466741365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4108147564771067205.post-80935384005373674982013-03-13T12:31:59.291-07:002013-03-13T12:31:59.291-07:00Karmen,
Thank you so much for the kind words. Alw...Karmen,<br /><br />Thank you so much for the kind words. Always humbled. Nacolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00895935638466741365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4108147564771067205.post-25769068546036231392013-03-12T19:43:34.772-07:002013-03-12T19:43:34.772-07:00I'd like to stand on top of the podium and dec...I'd like to stand on top of the podium and declare that Jesus wants all the sick, all the hurting, every color, all of his brothers and sisters, all of God's children and the same breath that's in me, God breathed into them.<br /><br />oh Nacole, you have a ministry here, friend, a ministry to the hurting and the lost. the people who don't feel seen. oh friend. as a fellow pastor's daughter who's also seen the dark side of the institution, i understand. i think we've missed it too. Mommy Emilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09989213786947802537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4108147564771067205.post-27298730833698738302013-03-07T15:48:30.985-08:002013-03-07T15:48:30.985-08:00Nacole, today I feel like I looked out into the da...Nacole, today I feel like I looked out into the darkness and saw a single light on a hill, and despite the harshest of winds, it kept on shining!!! YOU are that light in a very dark place, my girl. My heart rises up against the abuses and hurts and disappointments shot your way, yet I rejoice to see you still have the ability to know the difference between truth and lies, and you still have the ability to rise up and respond as Jesus would ---- in love! Oh, that the world could know more women such as yourself. In reading this, I am resolved to reach out to someone who is hurting, shunned, and stumbling in the darkness and to be a light and source of warmth to them. It's the only way I really know to answer the call you have so brilliantly made here. Thank you, Nacole, for being so brave and hitting that publish button!!!Cora from Hidden Richeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11066244776488896258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4108147564771067205.post-19218919742871452632013-03-07T11:33:09.581-08:002013-03-07T11:33:09.581-08:00i'm sitting here trying to compose my thoughts...i'm sitting here trying to compose my thoughts into some semblance of order -- to no avail. this story? this bit of you? it moves me deeply. <br />i have been on both sides of the church walls. and so often found greater grace waiting without, like you. we have been the pastor's family turned against and then, in a parable-like plot-twist, we have done the turning against. not without our own complexities and confusions, any of us. <br />but i love your heart for the shunned and the outcast. the church is often very good at "knowledge" -- especially regarding morality -- but even the best doctrine usually comes off as unappealing as a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal because they've forgotten the Most Important Thing. to which you call us here, so clearly.<br />thank you, friend. for the vulnerability of this story, for the love that lives in your heart. Kelli Woodfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00693942264588745151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4108147564771067205.post-63853375882421388152013-03-07T11:14:44.231-08:002013-03-07T11:14:44.231-08:00first...let me say your hubby is very gifted...wow...first...let me say your hubby is very gifted...wow...what a very artsy, talented family you all have. it is so wonderful to hear your brave words...spoken loud. And yes...may we all continue to learn to love with His heart... I am still holding you before the Throne...love to you my friend~Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4108147564771067205.post-5667244130972556472013-03-07T09:25:09.127-08:002013-03-07T09:25:09.127-08:00Grieving your wounds, Nacole. Your story matters t...Grieving your wounds, Nacole. Your story matters to me. So thankful for the grace of that one feisty old widow woman who showed you real Jesus love, real mercy. Because as wounded as you've been, I see in through your words that you still cling to the reality of it.<br /><br />Yes, let's be about Jesus business. The church is full of wolves devouring, but glimpses of mercy remain. I am the church; I am your sister. Praying with/for you.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04881750571782158938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4108147564771067205.post-41187609948374682202013-03-07T08:09:15.227-08:002013-03-07T08:09:15.227-08:00Beautiful post. I'm so glad to "meet&quo...Beautiful post. I'm so glad to "meet" you here via Imperfect Prose.elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06572872315082254364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4108147564771067205.post-32086144054945330302013-03-07T06:16:22.300-08:002013-03-07T06:16:22.300-08:00Nacole,Thank you for sharing your heart. Such a co...Nacole,Thank you for sharing your heart. Such a convicting post. May I never forget the sacrifice and the pain, get so caught up in my comfortable world lest I forget grace. So thankful for redemption that flows through your words. Grateful to know more of your story.Shelly Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12051889442102350746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4108147564771067205.post-10624548193965829882013-03-07T05:27:55.453-08:002013-03-07T05:27:55.453-08:00Gorgeous words, Nacole, and some of them straight ...Gorgeous words, Nacole, and some of them straight from my own heart. I have some of these proselytisers who come to my house, and mercy, they just shine out. I always invite them in: they're beautiful. It's been a little while since they've been here, and I've looked out the window for them on especially lonely days, wondering if they've figured out I'll never convert and given me up. Only God knows who's been saved by the blood of His Son, and I don't know how a person glows like that if she doesn't know Him. I had an aunt of a different "cult" who was the same way. I've seen her since she's been in heaven, and I'll scrap w/ anyone who insists otherwise. The LGBT thing grieves me, too. I definitely have a heart for this community. That anyone should feel unloved is a terrible thing, and why can't we disagree and still think love is the most important thing....and Love...and He is Love? Because it is. You aren't singing alone in the darkness, Beautiful Girl. You aren't alone. Love you, Pretty.Brandee Shaferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08960175760263515363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4108147564771067205.post-16139124120404437272013-03-07T03:27:32.708-08:002013-03-07T03:27:32.708-08:00This is so beautiful.Your words resonate with me. ...This is so beautiful.Your words resonate with me. Must share, my friend. So glad I came. enthusiastically, dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13491170202082863992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4108147564771067205.post-82489863998770604822013-03-07T01:44:05.685-08:002013-03-07T01:44:05.685-08:00Yes. Let's be about his work. Your story is pa...Yes. Let's be about his work. Your story is part of the blessing here. Thanks for hitting the button.Kathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06766959085269574785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4108147564771067205.post-79433917280723759512013-03-06T22:40:34.759-08:002013-03-06T22:40:34.759-08:00Your bravery is so strong. This post is beautiful...Your bravery is so strong. This post is beautiful. Glad to have found you tonight. You summed up how I feel beautifully. Thank you for being brave.Karmen M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06808722278501574962noreply@blogger.com