Comments on Decompressing Faith: Miscellany

Hey there Erin! Thanks for taking the time to wel...

2009-06-18T22:14:07.090-07:00

Hey there Erin! Thanks for taking the time to welcome me back to the blogging world. I have been keeping up with you and have joined Communitas Collective ... hopefully I will find time to participate in the conversation there.

As for now, It is WAY too late. I need to be asleep!! I'll catch up with you more later.

Thank you, Ruth.

2009-06-11T11:26:48.337-07:00

Thank you, Ruth.

Funny how that is when we take the risk and just l...

2009-06-11T10:50:41.505-07:00

Funny how that is when we take the risk and just let it come out. Your article had a raw and honest tone but was still organized and fluid. I could tell it was really from the heart.

Ruth! I'm glad you are enjoying the site. I think ...

2009-06-11T10:18:25.252-07:00

Ruth! I'm glad you are enjoying the site. I think it's going to be fun...and actually the article, well I had written one last week, and on Sunday afternoon decided I didn't like it so I started over and it just came out. Usually I do better that way, when I don't overthink it, ya know? Thank you very much for the compliments!

I absolutely love Communitas! It's just what's nee...

2009-06-11T10:05:37.132-07:00

I absolutely love Communitas! It's just what's needed - great resources and honest writing (Loved your article Erin!)It looks like a lot of hard work went into it.

Thanks Erin!

2009-06-10T13:43:12.094-07:00

Thanks Erin!

Helen - I wondered if yours was a fixed needle siz...

2009-06-10T09:54:43.982-07:00

Helen - I wondered if yours was a fixed needle size. Same with the Byetta.

I haven't been commenting on much, either. I think that's true of many people. Still, it was nice to see you!

Hi Erin! I read your blog regularly and often thi...

2009-06-10T05:04:05.843-07:00

Hi Erin!

I read your blog regularly and often think of commenting but I'm afraid I haven't actually done it much lately.

The needle size is a good suggestion. However Humira pens only come with one size needle - people who have used the syringe option too, which gives them more control, say it's the speed of the pen injection (how fast the fluid goes in) which makes it hurt. Since it's only once a week I can live with it. I don't think I could do syringes myself - too scary :)

I do hope you have fun with CC and experience less injection after-effects soon.

It's OK Glenn, I didn't mind. I enjoy editing, ove...

2009-06-09T22:24:56.464-07:00

It's OK Glenn, I didn't mind. I enjoy editing, overall. And I tend to be a problem solver, which sometimes leads to getting in too deep when it comes to learning new platforms. Then I have to be rescued by people who are smarter than me. :)

I imagine the nausea will get better, it's only been a week. Thanks.

Katherine - Ha. When I was a girl, I saw the Rober...

2009-06-09T22:20:31.652-07:00

Katherine - Ha. When I was a girl, I saw the Robert Schuller thing on tv. I sent away to them for a crystal christmas tree ornament for my mom. I was like 7, barely able to address an envelope. But it came and I was so proud, even if it was made of plastic. :)

I don't know what that has to do with this post, but you reminded me of it.

Erin - I feel bad I had you doing all of the stuff...

2009-06-09T21:15:50.459-07:00

Erin - I feel bad I had you doing all of the stuff for CC while you were feeling so rotten. My wife who works for a pharmaceutical company said that the nausea usually goes away.

Hmm... kind of humorous, in a sad sort of way.... ...

2009-06-09T20:36:28.287-07:00

Hmm... kind of humorous, in a sad sort of way.... I had to look it up to make sure my memory was locking on the right preacher....

Back in the mid 50s, Robert Schuller (Hour of Power, Crystal Cathedral) started his first church by renting a drive in theater and having a drive-in church....

Helen! Wonderful to see you! Thank you about the C...

2009-06-09T18:39:39.678-07:00

Helen! Wonderful to see you! Thank you about the CC site, I think it's going to be a fun new thing.

I don't usually experience pain when I inject, but it takes 10 seconds because the needle is so small. Which is ok with me. I dose twice a day, but when I was pregnant I injected insulin 3-4 times per day, so I can cope.

Since I've only been on it a week, more time will be needed to tell if it's working well enough to be worth it in the long haul. But I'm hopeful.

Is it possible that you could use smaller needles? Or is it just the fluid itself that hurts?

I had a look at the Communitas Collective site - i...

2009-06-09T18:31:16.147-07:00

I had a look at the Communitas Collective site - it looks great.

I do weekly self-injections of Humira (prefilled pens also) for Crohn's - the injection hurts somewhat right when the medicine goes in (even though I ice my skin first, which probably helps) but stops hurting moments after it's finished.

Like you said, it's worth it if it works. I think it helps somewhat although not as much as I would like.

I'm sorry you feel bad for 3 hours after your injections. I hope that goes away. I'm glad I don't feel any obvious side-effects of my medication.

Ahh Sue, worry not your pretty head. It will be fi...

2009-06-09T17:48:01.313-07:00

Ahh Sue, worry not your pretty head. It will be fine. Just write like you do, that's why I asked you. Don't stress too much. And posting is easy, but I can help you with it if you have any questions.

Thanks for the well wishes. I'm willing to endure if this works to make me healthy.

Sara - I wonder why it never took off off? :) I ...

2009-06-09T17:46:30.988-07:00

Sara - I wonder why it never took off
off? :)

I don't mean to slam people who are trying to make church more accessible. I suppose there is a place for it to serve people with disabilities or other issues that might make going into a building more difficult. But otherwise...?

Gary - My thoughts exactly. If a person is at this...

2009-06-09T17:44:51.217-07:00

Gary - My thoughts exactly. If a person is at this point, maybe they should stop going. Next they will have a church where we can drive to and each sit in our cars and watch a live video feed of the church on our laptops, using the free wi-fi, if course.

What's the point? I can do all that from my own livingroom.

I am nervously biting my fingernails waiting for m...

2009-06-09T17:02:52.802-07:00

I am nervously biting my fingernails waiting for my first post to be over on Communitas and then I will breathe easier :)

The drive-in church - what a sad example of missing the point. The whole thing is pathetic. How could you be involved with something like that and hold your head up straight? Just ... stupid!!

PS: I hope the whole wanting to barf thing settles down soon. Yukky. I'm going off to read about Byetta now ((hug))

what's old is new again . . . when we were looking...

2009-06-09T12:26:17.783-07:00

what's old is new again . . . when we were looking to move a couple of years ago, my husband interviewed at a church that had started as one with drive in services some decades back . . . it had never really taken off as hoped.

There was a drive-in church in my neck of the wood...

2009-06-09T11:34:55.333-07:00

There was a drive-in church in my neck of the woods in the 1970s. Didn't last too long. Pathetic gimmick, if you ask me. Why get out of bed? Isn't part of the point of going to a worship gathering to be with other people? How do you develop community if you're all in separate little wheeled enclosures?