tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4731530447543672664.post887609442565875940..comments2023-06-29T06:06:16.207-06:00Comments on Karin Kaufman's Blog: I Don’t Belong: The Anne Rice SyndromeKarin Kaufmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00085471267090729677noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4731530447543672664.post-3998621461770605682010-08-23T21:30:24.725-06:002010-08-23T21:30:24.725-06:00Anne, thank you for your response and for directin...Anne, thank you for your response and for directing me to the interviews on your website. I hadn’t seen/read several of them until now. I do believe it was a struggle for you to come to your decision. It must have been heartbreaking. But I disagree with your reasoning. Leaving a church, I understand. It’s disassociating yourself from Christians I don’t.<br /><br />I believe our relationship with Christ is both highly personal (as if we were the only person in the world) and corporate, and that both aspects are important to Him. He cherishes our unity--not in social/political opinion but in love for Him--and at the very least that means associating with fellow Christians in name. I don’t think “Body of Christ” is just an airy metaphor. I believe in the communion of saints--here as well as in heaven. I believe that when we stand up and say, “I’m called by His name, and these others are my brothers and sisters” it gives Him pleasure. I wish you well in your walk with Christ.Karin Kaufmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00085471267090729677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4731530447543672664.post-33607247680845751762010-08-23T21:19:33.622-06:002010-08-23T21:19:33.622-06:00Cynthia, I love C.S. Lewis’s remarks in one of his...Cynthia, I love C.S. Lewis’s remarks in one of his letters about a hypothetical “charwoman” (think it was) in the next pew who loved hymns (he hated them) and wore squeaky rubber boots--and was probably a better Christian than he was. We really have to check ourselves on this--how we view other Christians. I think every generation has its own snobbery about what real Christians look and sound like. But God is infinitely creative and, yes, elaborate! One day we’ll be amazed.Karin Kaufmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00085471267090729677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4731530447543672664.post-25462417024889718032010-08-23T21:13:08.025-06:002010-08-23T21:13:08.025-06:00Vicki, you take me back decades with “we are one i...Vicki, you take me back decades with “we are one in the spirit.” It’s been a long time since I thought of that song. I used to gather with other Christians in this big house in Cleveland--dozens of us packed into one room, on the floor, of course--and that was our closing song. Wonderfully put--“her unique part of the Body is important and always accepted by Christ himself”--and true for all of us. (Why does it take so long to figure that out?)<br /><br />Amy, thank you for you comment. You may want to check out Anne Rice’s website for her additional comments on her decision (scroll about half way down to “Media interviews”).Karin Kaufmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00085471267090729677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4731530447543672664.post-44474663400902150622010-08-23T15:59:41.643-06:002010-08-23T15:59:41.643-06:00Thanks for your article and your observations. I ...Thanks for your article and your observations. I appreciate what you wrote. If you want more info on my initial statements, they are on my website, along with several interviews that gave me an opportunity to explain further. <br />With all due respect, I don't think foot stomping had much to do with this. It was a personal tragedy in many respects. But it was also a matter of conscience. As a believer in Christ, I felt I had to walk away from organized religion --- that the various abstracted and intellectualized Christs of the churches --- were not the Christ whom I had encountered, and to whom I'd dedicated my life. My walk with Him required that I step away from His followers. I put myself in His hands. Again I thank you for giving this your attention. Anne Rice, Rancho Mirage, California.Anne Ricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13467417425476381045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4731530447543672664.post-23007003066200877692010-08-23T15:01:52.153-06:002010-08-23T15:01:52.153-06:00Lovely. Sad to hear about Rice's declaration,...Lovely. Sad to hear about Rice's declaration, though.Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02677742255848919123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4731530447543672664.post-36637246049995993022010-08-23T12:50:09.080-06:002010-08-23T12:50:09.080-06:00This post has me thinking about how I view other m...This post has me thinking about how I view other members of my church, and other churches within my community. The idea of different "organs" is a good reminder of how elaborate and diverse God's plan really is.Cynthia Brunerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10503266626565895328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4731530447543672664.post-70456881818196384902010-08-23T12:21:55.212-06:002010-08-23T12:21:55.212-06:00This is a beautiful post on the Body of Christ and...This is a beautiful post on the Body of Christ and the historic connection to all Christians today.<br /><br />I am sorry that Anne Rice, who was always a little off the beaten path with her writing (pornographic fairy tales, seductive vampires), cannot see that her unique part of the Body is important and always accepted by Christ himself, even if she rejects or is embarrassed by the other parts of the Body. We are one in the spirit, I believe, was one of the mantras of the 70s.Vickihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03268501083492601773noreply@blogger.com