http://www.faithfulphillyforum.org/2007/03/30/how-far-to-take-radical-acceptance/ Walking the Talk in Philadelphia: A Ministry of the Christian Association at the University of Pennsylvania Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:38:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3 http://www.faithfulphillyforum.org/2007/03/30/how-far-to-take-radical-acceptance/#comment-1200 Marisa Sat, 31 Mar 2007 01:24:34 +0000 http://www.faithfulphillyforum.org/2007/03/30/how-far-to-take-radical-acceptance/#comment-1200 Whoops, thanks for catching that Jeff, I did miss a word, which totally changed the meaning of my post. We have not been challenged by something of this magnitude and I was just wondering how we'd handle it. Whoops, thanks for catching that Jeff, I did miss a word, which totally changed the meaning of my post. We have not been challenged by something of this magnitude and I was just wondering how we’d handle it.

]]> http://www.faithfulphillyforum.org/2007/03/30/how-far-to-take-radical-acceptance/#comment-1199 Jeff Draine Sat, 31 Mar 2007 00:53:17 +0000 http://www.faithfulphillyforum.org/2007/03/30/how-far-to-take-radical-acceptance/#comment-1199 Marisa--do you mean your church has been challenged with something like this, or not? SOmething makes me think you missed a 'not' in there. In any case--I'm always thinking that I have NO idea how I would react in situations like this. I know what I hope I'd do if I were, say, a German citizen in Nazi times--but there is no way I could guarantee I'd be like Bonhoeffer, no way I could know unless I had the experience of being there... I don't know how I would react to something like this example in my church, and it really is uncomfortable to realize I do not know this. --Jeff Marisa–do you mean your church has been challenged with something like this, or not? SOmething makes me think you missed a ‘not’ in there. In any case–I’m always thinking that I have NO idea how I would react in situations like this. I know what I hope I’d do if I were, say, a German citizen in Nazi times–but there is no way I could guarantee I’d be like Bonhoeffer, no way I could know unless I had the experience of being there… I don’t know how I would react to something like this example in my church, and it really is uncomfortable to realize I do not know this. –Jeff

]]> http://www.faithfulphillyforum.org/2007/03/30/how-far-to-take-radical-acceptance/#comment-1196 Beverly Dale Fri, 30 Mar 2007 21:07:15 +0000 http://www.faithfulphillyforum.org/2007/03/30/how-far-to-take-radical-acceptance/#comment-1196 Surely radical acceptance, or radical love, does not depend upon the degree of severity of the offense/sin. But surely to love one another is also to protect the most vulnerable as well. Thus, if this had happened in my church I would hope we would welcome him generously into our congregation even as we also would be open about putting definitive policies into play that would protect ourselves (and our children) as well. Surely radical acceptance, or radical love, does not depend upon the degree of severity of the offense/sin. But surely to love one another is also to protect the most vulnerable as well. Thus, if this had happened in my church I would hope we would welcome him generously into our congregation even as we also would be open about putting definitive policies into play that would protect ourselves (and our children) as well.

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