tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19897950.post115393243238241890..comments2024-02-03T08:17:24.123-06:00Comments on Loud Time: David A. Zimmerman's Blog of Miscellany: The Ultimate Loud TimeDavid Zimmermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04736122606687383813noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19897950.post-1154552239952739102006-08-02T15:57:00.000-05:002006-08-02T15:57:00.000-05:00Then the LORD put a mark on Cain so that no one wh...Then the LORD put a mark on Cain so that no one who found him would kill him. Genesis 4:15<BR/><BR/>. . . also forced everyone, small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on his right hand or on his forehead. Revelation 13:16<BR/><BR/>So how many of you had your name written in a piece of clothing so that it wouldn't get lost? Me too. But usuall it was written on the Mr Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05695133074084359840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19897950.post-1154463683787531442006-08-01T15:21:00.000-05:002006-08-01T15:21:00.000-05:00Here's a sneak peek for you of the forthcoming boo...Here's a sneak peek for you of the forthcoming book <I>Flirting with Monasticism</I> by Karen Sloan. She's interviewing Sister Antoniana, a member of the Dominican Sisters of Life:<BR/><BR/>SISTER ANTONIANA: To wear the holy habit is one of the nine essential elements of religious life. But before I had even heard about the nine essential elements, I knew that if I was called to be a sister, I David Zimmermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04736122606687383813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19897950.post-1154458155030532072006-08-01T13:49:00.000-05:002006-08-01T13:49:00.000-05:00Interesting thoughts. I think some of the complai...Interesting thoughts. I think some of the complaints about cell phones are more complaints with the users. I couldn't live without my cell phone, as I am so often away from my home and so may of my friends are far away. Also, when one is my age, social plans are built around the assumption that you can call to find out where people are. However, I am very fastidious about turning it off or bethanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08163733354894909762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19897950.post-1154453165094821552006-08-01T12:26:00.000-05:002006-08-01T12:26:00.000-05:00I've heard teachers talk about lecturing while wat...I've heard teachers talk about lecturing while watching their students text-message on their phones. I'm with GZ--and not just because she's my mom. (Well, maybe because she's my mom, since I would have absorbed some of this perspective from her.) I'd agree that interruptibility is virtuous, but there's something to be said about the sacrament of the present moment. Cell phones don't just David Zimmermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04736122606687383813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19897950.post-1154357392385248532006-07-31T09:49:00.000-05:002006-07-31T09:49:00.000-05:00I see television commercials and pop-up ads as use...I see <I>television commercials</I> and <I>pop-up ads</I> as useless interruptions. But I’m trying more and more to go “the glass is half-full” by seeing human interruptions as divine opportunities. Things like trivial comments from my kids while I try to study, and even the ringing of my telephone--these are opportunities to love my neighbor. Silence and solitude can be precious, but in my Craver Viihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12882284402568264182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19897950.post-1154307800666695962006-07-30T20:03:00.000-05:002006-07-30T20:03:00.000-05:00no cell phones means that the only interruptions w...no cell phones means that the only interruptions will be the actual voices in my head. not a good thing, trust me.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12968721641385680296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19897950.post-1154293551046278592006-07-30T16:05:00.000-05:002006-07-30T16:05:00.000-05:00Some of us do not have, or want to have, a cell ph...Some of us do not have, or want to have, a cell phone in our lives. Just think: no annoying messages, no irritating ringing or vibrating, no useless interruptions of our thoughts or activities. What is wrong with being alone with oneself and having the time to think without useless interruptions? What is wrong with some silence in our lives?<BR/><BR/>GZAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19897950.post-1154102430862476702006-07-28T11:00:00.000-05:002006-07-28T11:00:00.000-05:00It seems that a phylactery can be worn for "show":...It seems that a phylactery can be worn for "show": "I'm wearing something you're not accustomed to seeing." But that was not it's original intent, was it? Seems it was to remind the <I>wearer</I>, not the observer, that "The Lord our God, the Lord is One!" It is self-directed, not other-directed. <BR/><BR/>Though the batteries never go dead, the intent or purpose may, and often did (does).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19897950.post-1154065309446451762006-07-28T00:41:00.000-05:002006-07-28T00:41:00.000-05:00Makes me go hmmmMakes me go hmmmMargaret Feinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00618923034620497185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19897950.post-1153941911733139322006-07-26T14:25:00.000-05:002006-07-26T14:25:00.000-05:00I would agree that phylacteries are unlike anythin...I would agree that phylacteries are unlike anything found in your local CBS (Christian Book Store). <BR/><BR/>Boiling it down, and not to intentionally give a Sunday School answer, ours are a bit more intangible than a box. Proclaiming that the Lord is God looks very different for us in that it should permiate every fiber of our self. It's the question I, and many other generations of studentsPete Juvinallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11688790195308178112noreply@blogger.com