tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15178007.post8085001218096122192..comments2024-02-25T16:56:47.627-05:00Comments on Magdalene's Egg: Sigh. Another Outburst of Pure Meanness from a Crotchety BloggerFather Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18170260624474428623noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15178007.post-53375579033880397452014-04-17T16:44:00.540-04:002014-04-17T16:44:00.540-04:00Thanks I agree the real story is far better than t...Thanks I agree the real story is far better than the made up one. I appreciate the link to the true story, and since the message of Easter is one of Real Hope, I think this will help my congregations grasp that concept a bit better.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14504178389198184366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15178007.post-32399328333154276152013-03-29T16:19:55.027-04:002013-03-29T16:19:55.027-04:00Fascinating. Thanks!
Fascinating. Thanks!<br />Father Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18170260624474428623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15178007.post-77230806807945715292013-03-29T16:11:45.380-04:002013-03-29T16:11:45.380-04:00Thank you for this research.
I, too, ran across t...Thank you for this research.<br /><br />I, too, ran across this story in an online sermon and not only wanted to verify it, but also learn its outcome, if true. That is how I came upon this 3-year-old post.<br /><br />If any are interested after all these years, I came upon a first-person account of the rescue effort. The web address is http://www.subvetpaul.com/USS-S-4.htm . Scroll to the bottom; it's the last story on the page.<br /><br />As already discussed on this page, the time was earlier than World War II (1927), and the location was not New York Harbor but near (not in) Cape Cod.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15178007.post-1596110818925514792010-04-08T17:47:59.577-04:002010-04-08T17:47:59.577-04:00amen to what you say about telling the story strai...amen to what you say about telling the story straight... more difficult but more powerful...<br /><br />I love stories, but you're right, you have to be careful...<br /><br />and it does test how far one's faith actually reaches, doesn't it?Diane M. Rothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07749136181846671327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15178007.post-23319777325467173352010-04-03T17:36:50.928-04:002010-04-03T17:36:50.928-04:00I rarely tell stories. I went to seminary in the ...I rarely tell stories. I went to seminary in the day that telling stories (especially stories about yourself) was in vogue and felt inadequate because I'm a very literal person and often I don't make the connection unless it's REALLY obvious like in Les Miserables. (Remember when everyone was in love with Frederick Buechner? Or are you too young? I never understood him)<br />Like the submarine story just seems depressing to me. <br /><br />To me the biblical story is good enough. Although it makes preaching the epistles really challenging.Pastor Joellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14212838423929588352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15178007.post-78744369049716462432010-04-03T10:39:34.152-04:002010-04-03T10:39:34.152-04:00I saw this same anectdote and agree with you whole...I saw this same anectdote and agree with you wholeheartedly! I am always suspicious of "stories" in sermons. I've given up looking at sermons on-line. The (very few) good ones make me think "I can never preach like that, I might as well give it up now." And the bad ones (most) make me wonder why anyone would want to be a Chritian and listen to that drivel on a regular basis. BlsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com