tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4429515118424269823.post3606365004684166313..comments2023-10-07T14:23:22.606+01:00Comments on davesdistrictblog: Dredging up the past to replenish the present and shape the futurevisual theologyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01184961109315471466noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4429515118424269823.post-90564266556859700172009-11-06T14:14:08.752+00:002009-11-06T14:14:08.752+00:00Thanks to everyone who has commented. Sally, thank...Thanks to everyone who has commented. Sally, thank you for sharing. And Kathryn, if you are contemplating going down the route that Sally and I chose, be really encouraged that it is worth it; scary but good! Allan, I went through the Churches Ministerial Counselling Service (http://www.cmcs.org.uk/)to use a counsellor whom I knew from previous experience to be simply superb. The Regional Organisers can recommend someone to suit. And Susan, I am so sorry if your hard-won freedom has been squashed by the church. Perhaps your inner-freedom is the solid ground on which you now stand - and that can't be taken away from you. Churches need to be held responsible and accountable for what they 'do' to people. No one should have to put up with being squashed like that. Fortunately it is possible to find alternatives within the institutional mainstream where violence will not be done to your spirit, and where you will be encouraged to flourish in God's love for the unique you you are. I really hope you find such a place.visual theologyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01184961109315471466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4429515118424269823.post-6302714154229579262009-11-06T10:06:42.507+00:002009-11-06T10:06:42.507+00:00Thanks for this and many other posts and phots you...Thanks for this and many other posts and phots you have given us. My problem is when you have found that freedom how you cope when it is squashed by institutional church and fundamentalist views....:) <br />SusanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4429515118424269823.post-9063143237160930042009-11-05T14:35:36.760+00:002009-11-05T14:35:36.760+00:00It sounds as though you found someone who was real...It sounds as though you found someone who was really able to help you 'dredge' through your 'stuff'.How did you set about finding someone......I don't mean names but what was the process you went through to find the 'right' person?<br /><br />Thanks, not only for this post but for all your posts.....<br /><br />Rev.AllanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4429515118424269823.post-59925314374142223752009-11-05T07:47:13.595+00:002009-11-05T07:47:13.595+00:00Oh my goodness me...In the wake of some recent con...Oh my goodness me...In the wake of some recent conversations and advice from a wise friend, this is kind of overwhelming first thing in the morning.<br />Thank you (I think...she says, nervously)!Kathrynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09171138485811816831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4429515118424269823.post-69357946726435126492009-11-04T15:36:53.474+00:002009-11-04T15:36:53.474+00:00:-) sounds remarkably like my journey...:-) sounds remarkably like my journey...Sallyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01759963926280667938noreply@blogger.com