http://www.lookingforfaith.org/blog/2007/review-of-kate-braestrups-here-if-you-need-me Religion and spirituality from a Unitarian Universalist perspective Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:41:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://www.lookingforfaith.org/blog/2007/review-of-kate-braestrups-here-if-you-need-me#comment-40552 Free MacBook Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:43:12 +0000 http://www.lookingforfaith.org/blog/2007/review-of-kate-braestrups-here-if-you-need-me#comment-40552 Hands down, Apple's app store wins by a mile. It's a huge selection of all sorts of apps vs a rather sad selection of a handful for Zune. Microsoft has plans, especially in the realm of games, but I'm not sure I'd want to bet on the future if this aspect is important to you. The iPod is a much better choice in that case. Hands down, Apple’s app store wins by a mile. It’s a huge selection of all sorts of apps vs a rather sad selection of a handful for Zune. Microsoft has plans, especially in the realm of games, but I’m not sure I’d want to bet on the future if this aspect is important to you. The iPod is a much better choice in that case.

]]> http://www.lookingforfaith.org/blog/2007/review-of-kate-braestrups-here-if-you-need-me#comment-34828 Chris Tue, 18 Aug 2009 20:30:16 +0000 http://www.lookingforfaith.org/blog/2007/review-of-kate-braestrups-here-if-you-need-me#comment-34828 I have not read this book but I plan to! I was very moved by an excerpt that appeared in a 2007 UU World issue, in which the author accompanied the game wardens when they found a young woman who had died by suicide. In comforting the victim's brother, who had feared that no church would give his sister a Christian funeral, Rev. Braestrup assures him of a God who has to be more -- not less -- compassionate than the game wardens who had searched for the young woman in freezing rain. What a contrast to all the missionaries I have known, whether Christian fundamentalist or atheist missionaries or others (including many UUs) whose intent is not to help people by meeting them on their own ground but by promoting their own egos and ideologies. We need more UU ministers like this author! I have not read this book but I plan to! I was very moved by an excerpt that appeared in a 2007 UU World issue, in which the author accompanied the game wardens when they found a young woman who had died by suicide. In comforting the victim’s brother, who had feared that no church would give his sister a Christian funeral, Rev. Braestrup assures him of a God who has to be more — not less — compassionate than the game wardens who had searched for the young woman in freezing rain. What a contrast to all the missionaries I have known, whether Christian fundamentalist or atheist missionaries or others (including many UUs) whose intent is not to help people by meeting them on their own ground but by promoting their own egos and ideologies. We need more UU ministers like this author!

]]> http://www.lookingforfaith.org/blog/2007/review-of-kate-braestrups-here-if-you-need-me#comment-4574 » Welcome Looking for Faith Tue, 16 Oct 2007 21:00:51 +0000 http://www.lookingforfaith.org/blog/2007/review-of-kate-braestrups-here-if-you-need-me#comment-4574 [...] Review of Kate Braestrup’s Here if You Need Me [...] […] Review of Kate Braestrup’s Here if You Need Me […]

]]> http://www.lookingforfaith.org/blog/2007/review-of-kate-braestrups-here-if-you-need-me#comment-3545 Shelby Tue, 11 Sep 2007 02:21:33 +0000 http://www.lookingforfaith.org/blog/2007/review-of-kate-braestrups-here-if-you-need-me#comment-3545 It's good to hear from you. I also remember this passage from the book. She's having a conversation with her daughters about what criteria she should look for in a romantic partner. The daughters suggest that the wardens are likeable and handsome. Braestrup agrees, but then goes on to explain, as you quoted here, why she cannot and will not become romantically involved with them. It’s good to hear from you. I also remember this passage from the book. She’s having a conversation with her daughters about what criteria she should look for in a romantic partner. The daughters suggest that the wardens are likeable and handsome. Braestrup agrees, but then goes on to explain, as you quoted here, why she cannot and will not become romantically involved with them.

]]> http://www.lookingforfaith.org/blog/2007/review-of-kate-braestrups-here-if-you-need-me#comment-3538 uugrrl Mon, 10 Sep 2007 19:09:16 +0000 http://www.lookingforfaith.org/blog/2007/review-of-kate-braestrups-here-if-you-need-me#comment-3538 This is top on my reading list too. I found out about the book recently from another survivor of UU clergy misconduct. She quoted a long passage from which brought her (and now me) so much hope. The nub of the passage reads: "If I become a game warden’s girlfriend—let alone, God forbid, his ex-girlfriend… then that game warden wouldn’t have his chaplain anymore. And his friends wouldn’t either. I’d be something else to them, someone they like or don’t like, but not their minister. I can’t risk taking a warden’s chaplain away from him, even by falling in love." It's so good to know of UU clergy who don't just talk, but also walk, ministerial ethics. This is top on my reading list too. I found out about the book recently from another survivor of UU clergy misconduct. She quoted a long passage from which brought her (and now me) so much hope. The nub of the passage reads: “If I become a game warden’s girlfriend—let alone, God forbid, his ex-girlfriend… then that game warden wouldn’t have his chaplain anymore. And his friends wouldn’t either. I’d be something else to them, someone they like or don’t like, but not their minister. I can’t risk taking a warden’s chaplain away from him, even by falling in love.” It’s so good to know of UU clergy who don’t just talk, but also walk, ministerial ethics.

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