"laestadian, apostolic, gay, lgbtq, ex-oalc, ex-llc, llc, oalc, bunner" LEARNING TO LIVE FREE: A Lily Grows in Battle Ground

Wednesday, July 13, 2005

A Lily Grows in Battle Ground


Casablanca
Originally uploaded by Free2beme.
I took this photo in my sister's lush garden in BG, just before heading south to California for a week on the coast. I'm told the OALC has rented the fairgrounds for its summer meetings, and indeed I saw a sign nearby that said: "OALC Elders Meetings." On our way out of town, I saw a carload of long-haired girls at an intersection and had a strange feeling of looking into my own past, and felt so much gratitude for the roads I've travelled and the distance I've come.

I wondered if they were happy.

10 comments:

  1. Did you intentionally plan your trip to California to coincide with the Elders Meetings? Smart move. I would think many or most of those girls are happy. I remember feeling content as part of a group traveling around with the Elders. If you don't think too deeply, that surface bond can be quite powerful.

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  2. Your photography is awsome. The fairgrounds meetings were very beautiful, peaceful, and loving.

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  3. Hi everybody!
    I just wanted to recommend this article.
    It brightened my day this morning.

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  4. An excellent article...Thank you for posting it. Virginia, you may enjoy this one. It even mentions baby and bathwater.

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  5. Thanks!! for the recommendation. I needed that. And I loved the "baby and bathwater" comment - no baby! (I frequently deal with pregnancies where there is "no baby" also. Might be some deep insight here - I'm too busy and tired to dig it out right now!) Sisu, I like your moniker. V

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  6. I was just wondering, since the elders are in the states now, have they heard about this sight? If they have, and preach against it, just imagine how many will come to 'check it out'.

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  7. I will continue to pray for you, as you still have a soul. A dying relative of yours told you repeatedly, "I love you". She is not alone in that thought. She loved all of you naturally and had a love and concern for your soul salvation. She was following Jesus own words when he said, "go out quickly, into the highways, hedges, streets, and lanes, and compell them to come in, that my house may be filled. We are still a house of the maimed, halt and blind.

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  8. What are you talking about?

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  9. And WHO are you talking about? Be more specific. And I will pray for you too, that you make more sense in future. (I apologize and take full responsibility for the snottiness of that statement). I personally cannot abide other people "praying for my soul" when they are doing it out of excessive piety, judgment, a mis-placed sense of responsibility for MY soul, and, yes, self-righteousness. I would pray for you, too, but not without an invitation. That being said, may we be blessed with expanding peace and harmony. V

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  10. Seems I have the same impression of the "I will continue to pray for you..." post above. How cruel to write such words, as it is obvious it is not known to whom they are for. Words are meaningless without action to back them up. Frankly, I grew tired of so much lip service in the OALC. It's not enough to talk about all the "Christian love"; it is real when it is lived and shared and this is accomplished by doing.

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