tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839286112311865682.post5635479019060755412..comments2024-03-25T08:19:20.812-04:00Comments on Spiritual Reflections by Marshall Davis: Baptismal SynchronicityMarshall Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13258746699175155741noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839286112311865682.post-62697685746101639062014-04-25T17:27:02.439-04:002014-04-25T17:27:02.439-04:00Marshall,
What an awesome article on yours' a...Marshall,<br /><br />What an awesome article on yours' and my shared experience so long ago. Nancy and I celebrated our 39th wedding anniversary on the weekend of April 12 in Ipswich, MA. Driving home to NH, we drove to Danvers First Baptist Church and I traced for Nancy our walking journey that sunny July Sunday morning when we trooped out the front door of the church in our white baptismal robes, led by Pastor Paul Aita (sp?) and the congregational enthusiastically following behind us. We crossed the road and walked to the beach. The river was regularly polluted - it was the day before and the day after. But God kept it clean for Marshal and me. It was low tide, so there was a lot of beach as bathers shifted themselves to allow the gathered church through their midst. We had to go quite a ways out and the hard sandy bottom gave way to oozing river mud - but as Marshall has so aptly recounted that didn't stop us or God from blessing His Kingdom so long ago!JPBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01718017648173501696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839286112311865682.post-76671769444942817442014-01-30T13:36:30.776-05:002014-01-30T13:36:30.776-05:00A privilege to know BOTH you and John!
A privilege to know BOTH you and John!<br />Vicki Hollandnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839286112311865682.post-88862102933402562002014-01-30T13:27:26.178-05:002014-01-30T13:27:26.178-05:00I am staggered by your statistic that 60 to 80% of...I am staggered by your statistic that 60 to 80% of those who enter the ministry won't still be in it after 10 years and a fraction will do it as a lifetime career. I am certainly blessed in my pastoral friends then, as I cannot think of a single one who took up being a minister and then moved on to another walk of life as though being a priest was "just another job". If one is "called" to spread god's message, surely one is not "uncalled" like a retracted dinner invitation. And there can't be anyone alive who thinks you become a minister to earn big money. Very curious food for thought -as I'm sure you intended it to be. And I will add an extra prayer of thanks tonight for you and my other friends who took the ball from Jesus when it was passed and are still devoutly and eagerly in the game! AnneAnne Bullittnoreply@blogger.com