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Anthony Venn-Brown
 
Joined in 2005
July 8, 2010, 00:58

Just thinking out loud here!! :bigsmile:

Simon.


Feel free…..good reading for the rest of us….hehe.


and just so everyone knows……I dont like the :sushi:



iain
 
Joined in 2006
July 8, 2010, 10:34

…oh that’s right …you only like it when there’s two..

:sushi: :sushi:



Anthony Venn-Brown
 
Joined in 2005
July 8, 2010, 14:37

I dont like sushi no matter how many there are…… :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile:


BTW……eye sight is not as good as it used to be. What does it say on the Tshirt or your avatar. H)



gettingthere
 
Joined in 2008
July 8, 2010, 14:48

AVB – the shirt says “We are the people we’ve been waiting for.” Yes, it took me a while too. 🙂



iain
 
Joined in 2006
July 8, 2010, 14:59

:sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi:

…can you tell it’s the holidays…

:sushi:



rediscoveringme
 
Joined in 2008
July 8, 2010, 15:30

where can I get that shirt? It says a lot. :bigsmile:

:sushi: …… :sushi:



iplantolive
 
Joined in 2008
July 8, 2010, 16:48

Sushi … as distinct from Sashimi … the latter of which is sliced raw fish :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile:


:sushi: :sushi:



Anthony Venn-Brown
 
Joined in 2005
July 8, 2010, 20:47

:sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi: :sushi:

…can you tell it’s the holidays…

:sushi:


…..and that you are an artiste :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile:



Anthony Venn-Brown
 
Joined in 2005
July 8, 2010, 20:48

AVB – the shirt says “We are the people we’ve been waiting for.” Yes, it took me a while too. 🙂


thank god for young men with good eyesight 🙂


Nice slogan Iain



rediscoveringme
 
Joined in 2008
July 10, 2010, 20:38

Consciousness Raising in The Church.


Some ideas taken from “The Heart Of Christianity” (Marcus J Borg): –


The author offers the idea that God cares about politics, justice and suffering. He states “the single biggest cause of unnecessary human suffering throughout history has been and is unjust social systems. e.g sexism, racism. The author further comments “The importance of systems can be illustrated by reflecting why most gays and lesbians were so deeply closeted until recently – namely, because of a system of negative and deeply ingrained conventional attitudes.


In coming out, I believe we all need to be very conscious of these ideas and how they affect us on a personal level. In church communities and in the general population being labelled homosexual is a negative classification because we are seen as not conforming to the cultural norm. In Church based communities this makes members particularly uncomfortable. It is an unjust and ignorant culture that encouraged some of us to become closeted and view our sexuality negatively.


Of particular importance is the idea that the cultural systems that surround us “affect how we think, including our self perception of ourselves and others.” So, in the struggle to accept my sexuality what I have found difficult is adjusting my self perception…. I am suspect this this is a common struggle amongst the gay community. (?) comments?


One enormous issue for me is a lack of ‘trust’ of those around me. I think this springs from years closeting myself. I am working on this though. : -)


Just more rambling from me….. :sushi: :sushi: 🙂


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