tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4429515118424269823.post1430855678105169804..comments2023-10-07T14:23:22.606+01:00Comments on davesdistrictblog: For everything there is a season: delight and derelictionvisual theologyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01184961109315471466noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4429515118424269823.post-3599621008930974152010-03-17T17:07:43.842+00:002010-03-17T17:07:43.842+00:00Hope your meeting went well Micky; and Rachel, man...Hope your meeting went well Micky; and Rachel, many thanks for your telling comment.visual theologyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01184961109315471466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4429515118424269823.post-29424929630145794422010-03-09T19:03:41.201+00:002010-03-09T19:03:41.201+00:00I agree that this parable is a key one for our tim...I agree that this parable is a key one for our times. Try telling a version of it that features "Methodist Figs UK Ltd" - an old family firm started nearly 300 years ago as a co-operative business with fig farms all round the country, and, at its height, a source of abundant sweetness both to its workers and the surrounding communities, but finding it is finally time to take stock of its falling fruit yields. So many of the trees are not dead, but they are past their fruitful season. So many plead for "one more year"..... It is so hard. The business was set up to yield fruit - not to grow trees. But as you observe, Dave, Jesus leaves us to finish the story. Wouldn't it be easier if we simply had to read the answers off the page!Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04535754671156360985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4429515118424269823.post-12129481261797650432010-03-05T10:06:46.555+00:002010-03-05T10:06:46.555+00:00I have a project in my Circuit which has brought f...I have a project in my Circuit which has brought forth fruit for most of its 60 years, but is now no longer able to do so. It is so painful and challenging to move people to a place where they can accept dereliction. To do so will clear the ground and provide the resources for new growth - so thanks for this post. I would like to use it within a meeting next week at which important decisions will be made.Mickyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00048072951653184794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4429515118424269823.post-16162260910170695072010-03-04T09:25:11.288+00:002010-03-04T09:25:11.288+00:00Great! :-)Great! :-)visual theologyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01184961109315471466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4429515118424269823.post-86407393930192884022010-03-03T08:43:09.797+00:002010-03-03T08:43:09.797+00:00even better for the fact that the last capatcha wa...even better for the fact that the last capatcha was "muckier"!Sallyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01759963926280667938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4429515118424269823.post-79693082430938996562010-03-03T08:42:26.738+00:002010-03-03T08:42:26.738+00:00Thank you, just what I needed this morning!Thank you, just what I needed this morning!Sallyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01759963926280667938noreply@blogger.com