Comments on: When Everything Good Is Bad for You http://ceruleansanctum.com/2007/05/when-everything-good-is-bad-for-you.html Looking for the 1st century Church in 21st century America Tue, 22 May 2012 03:53:34 +0000 hourly 1 By: Rich Tatumhttp://ceruleansanctum.com/2007/05/when-everything-good-is-bad-for-you.html#comment-26795 Rich Tatum Mon, 14 May 2007 09:06:40 +0000 http://ceruleansanctum.com/2007/05/when-everything-good-is-bad-for-you.html#comment-26795 Pat, not kin, not that either of us is aware of. I used to get that question a lot when I was in Springfield, not so much now that I'm in Chicago. Rich <a href="http://tatumweb.com/blog/" rel="nofollow">BlogRodent</a> Pat, not kin, not that either of us is aware of. I used to get that question a lot when I was in Springfield, not so much now that I’m in Chicago.

Rich
BlogRodent

]]> By: Pat Nolanhttp://ceruleansanctum.com/2007/05/when-everything-good-is-bad-for-you.html#comment-26792 Pat Nolan Mon, 14 May 2007 05:15:22 +0000 http://ceruleansanctum.com/2007/05/when-everything-good-is-bad-for-you.html#comment-26792 Rich -- are you kin to Bil Tatum, who used to be an editor with the Springfield paper? If so, I hope he is well. Please give him my best -- I learned a lot interning with him. Rich — are you kin to Bil Tatum, who used to be an editor with the Springfield paper?

If so, I hope he is well. Please give him my best — I learned a lot interning with him.

]]> By: Rich Tatumhttp://ceruleansanctum.com/2007/05/when-everything-good-is-bad-for-you.html#comment-26775 Rich Tatum Sun, 13 May 2007 01:04:05 +0000 http://ceruleansanctum.com/2007/05/when-everything-good-is-bad-for-you.html#comment-26775 I remember while working at the Assemblies of God headquarters in Springfield, MO, being told frequently that I should be in church, essentially, every time the doors were open. Poopycock. I've been given suggestions on the best time for devotions (early morning, natch, maybe because God gets a little tired in the evening and wants to spend quality time with Jesus and Mary?), to not go to Bible college (and, later, seminary) because education "kills the Spirit" (as if God could be so easily vanquished!), and to generate children early and often (not bad advice, really, but, really <i>must</i> I?). And let's not even deal with the legion of urban myths floated my way by well-meaning believers. I've had my file of Procter & Gamble boycots, gas boycots, needles at McDonald's PlayLands, hitchhiking angels, and prayers by Jabez. :: sigh :: We're so gullible sometimes. Rich <a href="http://tatumweb.com/blog/" rel="nofollow">BlogRodent</a> I remember while working at the Assemblies of God headquarters in Springfield, MO, being told frequently that I should be in church, essentially, every time the doors were open.

Poopycock.

I’ve been given suggestions on the best time for devotions (early morning, natch, maybe because God gets a little tired in the evening and wants to spend quality time with Jesus and Mary?), to not go to Bible college (and, later, seminary) because education “kills the Spirit” (as if God could be so easily vanquished!), and to generate children early and often (not bad advice, really, but, really must I?).

And let’s not even deal with the legion of urban myths floated my way by well-meaning believers. I’ve had my file of Procter & Gamble boycots, gas boycots, needles at McDonald’s PlayLands, hitchhiking angels, and prayers by Jabez.

:: sigh ::

We’re so gullible sometimes.

Rich
BlogRodent

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