Comments on: When we are stained http://dwkirk6.wordpress.com/2007/11/14/when-we-are-stained/ Just another WordPress.com weblog Wed, 09 Jul 2008 03:03:02 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: dwkirk6 http://dwkirk6.wordpress.com/2007/11/14/when-we-are-stained/#comment-5 dwkirk6 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 23:48:42 +0000 http://dwkirk6.wordpress.com/2007/11/14/when-we-are-stained/#comment-5 Thank you Aunt Brandi, you are right it is amazing. I see Michael twice, three times a year at most, so I get to see little phases of it at a time, but he's a good boy, and ya'll are good parents to him, love you too. Appreciate the comments JM, it has been a while. You might like my new blog, it is somewhat along the lines of your comment, at least in the ballpark of it. Hope everything is going well. Good to hear from ya Thank you Aunt Brandi, you are right it is amazing. I see Michael twice, three times a year at most, so I get to see little phases of it at a time, but he’s a good boy, and ya’ll are good parents to him, love you too.

Appreciate the comments JM, it has been a while. You might like my new blog, it is somewhat along the lines of your comment, at least in the ballpark of it. Hope everything is going well. Good to hear from ya

]]> By: Brandi http://dwkirk6.wordpress.com/2007/11/14/when-we-are-stained/#comment-4 Brandi Thu, 15 Nov 2007 21:43:42 +0000 http://dwkirk6.wordpress.com/2007/11/14/when-we-are-stained/#comment-4 Daniel, Good blog. The funny thing about blogging (which by the way .. I do not) is that you learn so much about the person writting the blog. I have been reading your dad's for a while and sometimes find it ironically sad that I learn so much about his thoughts and what he is passionate about through the internet. At least I now know. Most of his blogs would make very boring Thanksgiving table talk!! I agree with what your concern is for that precious age group. Michael is 10 and I am watching him come into himself and define his walk as a christian. Our youth pastor once explained this stage as "making your faith your own, not your parents". I used to love when he would talk to the youth about that, but now with my own son it has a whole new meaning. ... I love you and will pray for your ministry...see you in a week. Daniel,

Good blog. The funny thing about blogging (which by the way .. I do not) is that you learn so much about the person writting the blog. I have been reading your dad’s for a while and sometimes find it ironically sad that I learn so much about his thoughts and what he is passionate about through the internet. At least I now know. Most of his blogs would make very boring Thanksgiving table talk!!

I agree with what your concern is for that precious age group. Michael is 10 and I am watching him come into himself and define his walk as a christian. Our youth pastor once explained this stage as “making your faith your own, not your parents”. I used to love when he would talk to the youth about that, but now with my own son it has a whole new meaning. … I love you and will pray for your ministry…see you in a week.

]]> By: Jon Mark http://dwkirk6.wordpress.com/2007/11/14/when-we-are-stained/#comment-3 Jon Mark Thu, 15 Nov 2007 06:10:12 +0000 http://dwkirk6.wordpress.com/2007/11/14/when-we-are-stained/#comment-3 I left a comment...where did it go??? jonmark@the-photosmith.com I left a comment…where did it go???

jonmark@the-photosmith.com

]]> By: Jon Mark http://dwkirk6.wordpress.com/2007/11/14/when-we-are-stained/#comment-2 Jon Mark Wed, 14 Nov 2007 21:13:38 +0000 http://dwkirk6.wordpress.com/2007/11/14/when-we-are-stained/#comment-2 Hey Big D! Great thoughts. My 2 cents... I don't think that it is becoming a Xtian that makes one timid...shy...embarrased...ashamed...for me it was the thought of having to be SO MUCH MORE than I was before. We raise our kids thinking that they need to have all the right answers instead of teaching them that Jesus is the ONLY RIGHT ANSWER! I believe if our teens truly understood the freedom they have in Christ they would be much happier...much more open and honest...and their personal expectations of self would grow. It's not about being right...it's about trusting the one who is! Look forward to seeing you. Jon Mark Smith Hey Big D!

Great thoughts.
My 2 cents…
I don’t think that it is becoming a Xtian that makes one timid…shy…embarrased…ashamed…for me it was the thought of having to be SO MUCH MORE than I was before. We raise our kids thinking that they need to have all the right answers instead of teaching them that Jesus is the ONLY RIGHT ANSWER!

I believe if our teens truly understood the freedom they have in Christ they would be much happier…much more open and honest…and their personal expectations of self would grow.

It’s not about being right…it’s about trusting the one who is!

Look forward to seeing you.

Jon Mark Smith

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