tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12602416.post115940581433540487..comments2023-11-02T07:39:55.859-04:00Comments on VERTIZONTAL: Book Entry #1Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12602416.post-1161213720648841682006-10-18T19:22:00.000-04:002006-10-18T19:22:00.000-04:00Dude....I wandered onto your site today because we...Dude....I wandered onto your site today because we have a worship team leadership meeting this Friday...It is not your typical meeting, it was called because we received a letter. I don't know the contents of it yet(will find out Friday) but I get the impression it didn't say that we RAWK!<BR/><BR/>This made me think of you, and the battles you endured here with letters from people. I was pleased to read your thoughts, and I feel confident to attend this meeting now. I love the fact that you are real, and I think God is proud of you! <BR/>I continue to try and be myself @ Church and everywhere I am, but I do fall victim sometimes to try and fit myself into the small square box in the middle of the Church Stage, where lines are feed to me via pre-service preparation, or after the first service, where I get the "maybe that wasn't apropriate....let try this for the next one...." speech!<BR/><BR/>Thank you for being Honest!!!!<BR/>I Love you man!<BR/><BR/>Chris "Goldie" RallensAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12602416.post-1159800186429370262006-10-02T10:43:00.000-04:002006-10-02T10:43:00.000-04:00John! It's so good to read your latest entry. I ...John! It's so good to read your latest entry. I am a Westwinds partner (I say AM because in my mind Westwinds will always be my home church) that, in August, moved to Frankfort, Kentucky for a job. <BR/><BR/>I've been going through Westwinds withdrawl, trying to find a church that fits what I need in my spiritual maturity (does that sound too self-absorbed?). <BR/><BR/>I've been attending a church in Lexington that "feels" like Westwinds, but falls short with some of it's "churchiness." It was soooo good to read your blog today ... have I mentioned that already? :) <BR/><BR/>Most times, I think I'm probably a little off center in the way I view what God is like ... what He "commissions" as good and acceptable, if you will. Perhaps this goes back to my conservative Baptist roots that I fight constantly. Westwinds was the first time/place in my life where I heard my thoughts and theories about God validated. <BR/><BR/>While I'm okay with the church down here, I miss the values of Westwinds. I miss the stuff Coriolis and the leadership team put up on the HIGH VALUE pedestal. <BR/><BR/>Your blog was a breath of fresh air for me while I plow through the church struggle. <BR/><BR/>Hugs ... MeganMeganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08453832649615264545noreply@blogger.com