| "A lifelong friend just sent me two issues of Connections.
It was like receiving two pieces of chocolate cake!" --a Presbyterian
clergyman in North Carolina |
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| Your assessment of the current local situation, in my view,
is "spot on". your suggestions as to responses are
measured and rational....but more importantly...right on the button as to
being consistent with the teachings and examples offered by Jesus Christ.
-- an Oklahoma layman |
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| "I appreciate your ability to see and critique the
church without jargon or being on a soapbox, and to write in a way that is
clear and accessible."--an Illinois laywoman |
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| "I couldn't put it down. Usually I read one or two
articles in newsletters and that's it. Yours is a powerful
message"--a C.P.A. |
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| "I have a renewed sense of hope & inspiration in
reading your newsletter. Your newsletters have helped me feel connected to
the living church."--a United Methodist lay woman |
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| "Connections is the bright spot in my month, giving me
hope for the future. Generally I discover you thinking about things that
have been raging in my mind, and you have put words to those
thoughts."--a Presbyterian clergywoman |
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| "Connections is a refreshing, insightful piece of
thinking & writing."--a United Methodist seminary professor |
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| "Your writing is so clear and simple. . . . You're able
to simplify answers to those nagging, complex questions I don't even have
time to identify--only feel on a gut level."--a Lutheran lay woman |
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| "The main points you touch on are exactly the same
which I've agonized over for a long time. I applaud your courage to speak
out. A strong voice from the midst of the people of the church is
desperately needed."--a United Methodist layman |
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| "Connections stimulates my thinking and gives me hope
for the church. When I receive it, I can hardly put it aside to get on
with my day's tasks. I walk down the corridors of the hospital reading it,
bumping into people and smiling over your witty, inspiring
writing."--a hospital chaplain and author |
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| "Keep writing! What you have said needs to be said by
people like you. The clergy can't say it nearly as effectively. And what
you're saying needs to be heard. I'm making copies for parishioners &
friends. You've made me thirsty for more."--an Oklahoma clergywoman |
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| "You stirred up in me a lot of feelings that I keep
suppressed. I wanted to jump up & down & wave your newsletter like
a flag after I read it. The clergy with whom I have spoken have truly
enjoyed & upheld almost everything you wrote. Our feeling was 'finally
someone has spoken out!'" --a Central Texas United Methodist
clergyman |
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| "You write for people who are not into academia. It is
a gift and the result of intentional work . . . You write out of careful,
thoughtful reflection, with analytical skills and broad exposure to ideas.
. . . You are basically "orthodox" in Christian theology, open
to interaction with a personal God."--a Texas clergyman |
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| "Your newsletter is well written, coherent, fresh, and
subtly challenging. In short, it is one of the few things that I get in
the mail that I actually read! . . . I appreciate the way you incorporate
scriptures into the theme of each issue; it is fair-minded and
sound."--a Texas clergyman |
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| "Connections gets better with each issue. It is like a
breath of fresh air after being in a smoke-filled room."--a Southern
Baptist lay woman |
| "You are putting into print many things that many
people are feeling no matter what denomination they come from. The size is
good for people who don't have a lot of time."--an Episcopal lay
woman in Alabama |
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| "I'm always delighted when your monthly issue arrives
in my mail. When I'm tired and weary the revealing of your faith journey
renews, enlightens, and sustains me."--a businessman |
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| "I've read the issues cover to cover and been
challenged, guided, and helped by each one."--a United Methodist
bishop |
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| "When I read Connections I feel as though I'm reading a
letter from a wise and caring friend."--a lay woman in South Carolina |
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| "When I reach into the mailbox and find a new issue of
Connections I stop everything and read it nonstop and then come back to it
later to really digest the thoughts. There is nothing like it!"--a
Texas United Methodist lay woman |
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| "I'm seeing your great gift as the ability to take
things that have become too familiar to preachers, basic things of faith
and Christian community, and breathing new life into them."--a United
Methodist clergyman |
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| "At first I looked for narrowness, or ego, or for
something self-serving . . . I have not found these things in your
witness. Instead, I have found one who has experienced the love and work
of God in her heart . . . a person who searches for ways to strengthen the
church and tell the truth and facilitate the spreading of the Good News of
Jesus Christ. . . . I pray that you continue to touch nerves. It is
through the nerves that we receive the impulse to move."--a United
Methodist clergyman |
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| "It's terrific. Right on target. Your biblical examples
are very apropos, your perception of churchly practices correct, and your
biblical analogies provocative."--a lay woman in Delaware |
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| "You are writing about topics I have thought of and
grieved over."--a Presbyterian lay woman |
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| "I am very impressed both with the professional layout
and appearance of Connections and with your clear and forceful writing
style. It is a very polished product."--a United Church of Christ
layman |
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| "I got so charged up reading Connections, I could
scarcely get any sleep. . . . I've been wearing out the copying machine
around the corner, making copies for everyone in the church."--a
Florida United Methodist lay woman |
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| "Consider me hooked on Connections."--an Episcopal
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