----- Original Message ----- From: "Barb Annunziello" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: March 18, 2005 09:38 Subject: A little unexpected theology
> Hey there. Thought you would like a little section I came across in a novel > "Carry Me Home", that I was reading. One more reason to entertain the idea > of universalism!! > I'll try and give it to you as best I remember. > > The novel is about a young man who had a high fever as a child and is at > about a 10 year old leval mentally even thought he's in his early 20's. His > brother has gone to the Phillipines in WW2 along with several of their > childhood buddies. One of the young men is killed and the funeral is held > in the small town. After the funeral, the young man is having trouble > sleeping and his Dad comes in to tuck him in. > He asks the dad "Is Louis in heaven?" > Dad: Funerals always make people ask questions about things like that > I knew that Dad hadn't answered my question, so I asked it again. "Is Louis > in heaven?" > Dad: Well, we know that if we love Jesus and live a good life then we will > go to heaven > Son: Is it a good life to drink lots of Schlitz, talk about titties and > fish in the mill pond? Cause that's what Louis liked to do > Dad: Louis was a good boy son. > > After Dad left I got to thinking that this Jesus guy might be the only one > in heaven. Everybody tried to be good but everybody messed up sometimes, no > matter how hard they tried. My Sunday School teacher says that God is out > Heavenly Father. Well my dad isn't perfect. He never picks up after > himself, and he cusses like a sailor. And sometimes, when people pay him > for fixing their car, he puts the money in his pocket instead of writing it > down in that book where you show how much you gotta pay the government. But > even with all his messing, cussing and cheating the government, I know one > thing. My Dad would never lock me and my brother out of our house forever > and ever cause we did something bad. And he sure wouldn't lock us in the > basement in the woodstove with some guy in a red suit to stick a pitchfork > up our ass. So I say a prayer for God to be as good a dad as my dad is to > me and my brother > > Once again, this is why I like novels. You just never know what you are > going to find hidden away in some little paragraph! > Barb > > > > >From: "Lance Muir" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: "Barb Annunziello" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: Fw: Victor Shepherd Lecture with Q&A Sat Apr 2 9-11 a.m. > >Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2005 08:14:54 -0500 > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: Lance Muir > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Sent: March 18, 2005 08:14 > >Subject: Victor Shepherd Lecture with Q&A Sat Apr 2 9-11 a.m. > > > > > >at Streetsville United Church > > > >Please confirm if you will be in attendance. There is no charge. > > > >Lance > > ---------- "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed.
