Thanks for Dialoguing
A quick thank you to the people who participated in the discussions of 2012. Thank you for the time and thought. Any of us who follow the comments already know this top five list is a diverse one, but could you each take a little time to tell us more about yourself?
First, some fun stuff. Favorite meal? Favorite drink? Favorite book? Favorite music?
Second, please list one good thing about two other top five commenters. Come on…
Anyone else is welcome to join in! 
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- Thanks for Dialoguing | cathlick.com | January 8, 2013
Stacy, I didn’t know I was that gabby. Quantity is not quality, fearlessness plays a part, retired with lots of time is an advantage, wonderfully inspiring posts are the catalyst.
If you play you must pay, so…
“First, some fun stuff. Favorite meal? Favorite drink? Favorite book? Favorite music?”
When hungry for Chinese, Lo Mein.
When hungry for Italian, anything.
When hungry for French, anything with sauces then pastries.
When hungry for American, steak.
Drink, micro-brews.
Book, The Bible.
Music, Country. But, only during certain periods.
Patsy Cline – the greatest country singer of all time.
Next to Country, Mozart.
“Second, please list one good thing about two other top five commenters.”
The only fair thing to do is to say something about my antagonists.
(He pauses for a few hours thinking)
Alan164 is really not a numbered science fiction figure, he is just Alan. He has a strong will that can weather conflict very well although he does not know why.
Mjeck, has a strong will that weathers conflict very well and he knows why.
Gabby? I seriously LOL’d (as they say). Kids thought I was laughing at them.
Thanks for the answers, and kind words. Steak! Woohoo!
I apparently have way too much free time.
Howard thanks for the kind words.
Favorite meal: of course I can’t be easy. My chicken park with mashed potato or East Ocean City’s peking ravioli, chicken corn soup and spicy squid with sea salt
Favorite drink: water (I do love me some beer, but water is my number 1)
Favorite book: Again difficult. Steven James has a series about Patrick Bowers. Stephen is actually a christian author so the books generally lack sex scenes and are not overly violent given they are detective stories. You all should give them a try.
Favorite music: Dance or disco.
Nice things about other 4:
Howard: Determined. He really wants me to see and understand what he sees and understands, and it’s for my own good.
Mjeck; Tenacious. He does not give up.
Rick: Committed. I don’t think I have ever come across anyone who believes in what they write as strongly as I think he does.
Adam Eve Stevens: I honestly cannot remember any debates with him. I guess bad short term memory is kicking in.
Stacy,
I think your writing is very thought provoking. I learn a great deal from you and the commentors and recognize them.
Nice thing to say:
I read a series of back and forth comments between Rick and another writer discussing the idea that the earth may actually be the center of the universe. It was very entertaining. Anyway, I asked Rick to explain why I never heard that there was some doubt about this and he wrote a very clear response back to me. He was patient with my many follow up questions. He also posed a question to me about an apparent contradiction in Summa Theologia that I still ponder.
Thank you all for contributing!
Alan R.
Though I am rather new to the scene and not even close to being a top commenter, I have been and will continue to be a commenter “reader” of your blog. I cannot at this time comment on Howard, Alan164, AlanR and Rick since as I have said, I am rather new and still don’t know them well enough, I have enjoyed however,taking out my popcorn, putting my feet up and watching topics unfold. I may have put my toe in the water with a few comments but I have always believed that in a debate in which a Christian finds himself and has to defend his faith, his or her comments should reveal the love of Christ when he engages in a battle of ideas with others. That takes patience, and presently, I am in dire need of patience for as of now, my passion for my faith has a tendency seek a victory rather than the witnessing of Christ’s love to others. Have patience with me
The Ordinary Catholic ^ above as anonymous
TOC,
To engage consistently here is to learn better that victory is not ours to attain. The battle is along side St. Michael.
There is a seemingly endless crowd closing in on us throwing just words and sometimes if we are lucky, coherent thoughts. It is those thoughts that reveals the possibility of communication. True communication that we hope ensues is the only way then for us to accomplish our charge. It also is the way we correct and sharpen our understanding, which is as important if not more important.
377 comments? Wow.
More about me: I’m a writer and painter. I once wrote a novel about a boy who grows up in heaven, but escapes; here is the first chapter:
THE BOY FROM HEAVEN
Want to exit Heaven?
Consider for a moment: What if you saw the best God had to offer, but didn’t care for it much? This is how we must begin the story of the boy who grew up in Heaven.
Well, just outside of Heaven to be rightly accurate. In Lower Heaven, an Earthly paradise of greenness and innocence; filled with shaded meadows, a soft breeze and flowers that seem to blossom in every corner all at once. Yet Lower Heaven was still a comfort that didn’t seek attention to this fact; giving those that lived there the good sense to still seek out four leaf clovers.
Mostly children lived in Lower Heaven and every one of those blessed children was adorned with Angelic wings on their forearms. Not to fly, of course. We could not have children flying everywhere – That would be disastrous. No, the wings showed their love for Heaven, a symbol that they loved God and God loved them.
High above God and His Angels lived in Upper Heaven; a Divine Light which shone down, bright and hot like the Sun. Every day the children gave praise to God and His Light. Soon they’d reach the ‘Age of Understanding’ and join God and His Angels forevermore.
No gate beholding twelve single pearls revealed a way out. Neither were there mysterious travelers who accidently stumbled into Heaven to offer magic or maps. No, this was a place hidden and locked from the inside – And happily so.
But as with all children everywhere, they needed to go to school. So every day the boys and girls were sent to an Abbey to learn the perfect ways of God. And every night they returned home through the woods by a path beaten down to the tree roots from children long since graduated.
The name of that curious boy who pondered that most peculiar question was Tona. Tona grew up at Beth’s Farmhouse along with three other boys and sometimes one enormous dog named Bastian.
And so this is where we begin the story of the boy who left Heaven.
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Howard: Inside there is a really nice guy fighting to get out. Also, Howard has very interesting stories from his past.
Rick: I love Rick’s theories.
An autobiography?
A Thesis
this is a great group and many times after giving a few thoughts I just sat back and read. some of what Stacy writes is over my head though I do take time to try to understand it, especially when she gets deep into Aquinas.
fun stuff – favorite meal – one I don’t have to fix myself, drink – leaded coffee followed by A&W Root Beer, Mich Amber dark beer.
Favorite music – depends on mood – oldies, older country (Conway, Lorette, Johnny Cash), meditation music; book – Holy Bible.
The other day another topic came back up on ‘singing’ and need to get back to that also since I’ve read some sermons from St. Augustine on the topic.
Hopefully this year I’ll find – make more time to join in disussions.
I hardly ever participate in the comments (I follow this through a reader program), but I have greatly enjoyed several posts from this blog. As I’m something of a blogaholic, I tend to be a week or two (or three) behind…
A little about myself:
- I’m Mormon (and yes, I consider myself a Christian)
- I enjoy dark chocolate, classical music/soundtracks, and YA fantasy (among other things)
- I’m a programmer (professional geek)
It’s nice to meet you, Jeremy. Thank you for telling a little about yourself. Back in the days when I was so lost, I had a couple of friends who were Mormon and their living witness to faith and family was a powerful testimony that drew me toward God and His laws.
Here, here to dark chocolate and classical music!