Comments for Jayne Wilcox

Comment on About by Demeris Watkins Miller

Demeris Watkins Miller — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 20:05:59 +0000

Was just searching for a friend from the 70′s in Mt. Sterling, Kentucky, and wondered if you might be THE Jayne Wilcox I remember?

Comment on I’m Back … to talk about the Kingdom of God… by Bob B

Bob B — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 21:04:59 +0000

Excellent! Well said. One thought, and I’m being influenced here by something I just read by Scot McKnight… The Kingdom is community; it is in fact THE Community. A kingdom presupposses more than one… Can I be the Kingdom on my own? I’m not sure I can be. At least not fully. In the end the Kingdom is the what, when, where, how, and why I do as it impacts others, in and out of the Kingdom. Kingdom work and living always invloves more than one… Jesus and me, and at least one more?

Comment on I’m Back … to talk about the Kingdom of God… by Gina

Gina — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:31:49 +0000

Meditating on the Kingdom and my history, I had thought: when I was young and although I was in my house, I constantly longed “to go home.” I never understood that sensation. Now I believe I was wanting to be a part of God’s Kingdom.

Comment on I’m Back … to talk about the Kingdom of God… by Gina

Gina — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 23:00:03 +0000

I’m so thankful that I am part of God’s Kingdom! The alternative is frightening; I have been saved from Hell, and my face is flat on the floor in reverence. Also, I realized that you can’t find the Kingdom in all churches, but I have now.

Comment on It Won’t Be this Way for Long by mrsmooseberrypie

mrsmooseberrypie — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 20:13:12 +0000

This is seth the ten [10] year old! and my mom rocks! why ya emailing my mom? email me at sethwilcox at comcast dot net

Comment on Find a sand pile, a little desert lot … by Shanna

Shanna — Sun, 24 May 2009 03:31:07 +0000

“the Divine Friend will speak–
not to our heads, but to our hearts!
Free from haste and the violence of rushing,
we can do one thing, slowly, at a time.”

*sigh* that sounds …… yeah, i have no words. I just want it.

Comment on Find a sand pile, a little desert lot … by marilyn

marilyn — Tue, 12 May 2009 17:49:10 +0000

I love poetry – it makes my soul feel beautiful. And you, Pastor Jayne. Are you beautiful today?

Comment on Debriefing Our Lives by marilyn

marilyn — Wed, 06 May 2009 15:57:31 +0000

Jayne – I am glad you are writing … and you are dealing here with one of the most debilitating elements of modern life – if we were to stop would we fall apart? Is our speed holding us together somehow? Just wondering with you ….

Comment on Debriefing Our Lives by Shanna

Shanna — Wed, 06 May 2009 03:41:07 +0000

So I googled “song titles with time” and discovered pages of them. The most precious thing we have to offer is our time. We talk about it. We sing about it. We wish for more of it to keep and to give away. The most costly thing we can throw away is our minutes. (There is some great phone commercials on that topic! Keeping the unused minutes at the end of a month!) We are connected to time. We live life in reference to it. We can give it away and we can waste it. We can enjoy it and we can hate the passing of it. We can miss it when it is gone and we can pretend that we have all the minutes and hours in the future that we want. We can think that there is time tomorrow or next week. But we are constantly losing it. We are always spending it. And there is no way to add to the balance sheet.

And really all we actually have is this moment. And God called us to redeem it! Interesting call. God is redeeming all of creation. And he called us to redeem the time. It is truly the only way that we can “get it back.” Redeem the moment you have with an act borne of God’s direction and it will be an eternal moment.

All of the rest of creation bears God’s mark. But time he made for us. God exists outside of it. But he gave to us the precious gift of time and the consciousness of time passing. When you have few dollars, they are each precious and important. And we think about how we are going to spend them. So should it be with time. We have a limited number of moments. They are precious and important. Redeeming the time. Sometimes that is just loving on your family. Sometimes it is sleep. Sometimes it is learning. Sometimes it is smelling the flowers in a meadow you have never been in. But it is always doing something in obedience to the Father who loves us. Now, about applying that to rebellion……

Comment on Debriefing Our Lives by Shanna

Shanna — Tue, 05 May 2009 12:07:00 +0000

Life can leave us breathless.

Even the military spends time debreiefing after each mission – the first step in letting go whether the mission was successful or a dismal failure. (Which kinda reminds me of Sister Marcie…..)

This is why I love rainy days. I think they remind me to slow down. For some reason, I can stop and take a breath when it is raining out. It is easier to let go of the madness that consumes me and pushes me onward.

I am so gald you blogged on this topic. We are such a poor society. And not even sure of what we lost. Just hamsters on a wheel sometimes. Even if that wheel is the church and God’s work.

Some disjointed comments!