Comments on: Parables from a deer feeder.

By: Micah Moss

Micah Moss — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 04:14:03 +0000

I have really enjoyed your issues and am so grateful that you were able to enjoy some time with the wonderful people I get to call my family! My first memories of a Heritage Place sale and the prices of the horses are ones I will not ever forget, I was 15. ,Unfortunately, I was the black cow that made a mess wherever I went, the rebel child who showed up (from college) to Heritage Place in a mini skirt and spiked green hair to see if I could get a rise out of my father! I wore a bikini top to the races with my jeans & boots, just in time to “dine” in elegance! How my parents survived five of us being teenagers when they wed is a wonder to me. We all had our ways of trying to be the “right species”, trying to get inside the “fence” when in actuality we were helping “build the fence;” however, I believe that too was in effort to be accepted! When wearing skimpy clothes and awful haircuts didn’t work I tried being the best at everything and involved in everything – even church – again trying to gain acceptance from anyone who would offer the “corn” I so desperately wanted & truly needed to grow to be the perfect species. When the camera took my picture, I wasn’t even chosen to be the “kill.” Now, tell me, is that a good thing or a bad thing? Love you all!

By: Yandy & Bobbi

Yandy & Bobbi — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 01:56:25 +0000

Good stuff and so true!

By: Amanda

Amanda — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 03:51:27 +0000

this post was well worth the wait! And being a horse person i had to laugh at the poop analogy, you have no idea how seriously we horse people take our poop!

At first i thought some past bitterness was coming out, but as i read further i realiized the bitterness i was tasting was mine. i have been under much stress lately ( too much to go into detail here) but have been leery of trying to find another “feeder”. i

i agree that most churches have good intentions but getting the corn out to ALL the people doesn’t always seem to be a priority. we seem to get caught up in conformity (yes i include myself in this, i am just as guilty for trying to blend in as the next guy) and we end up keeping out people (or parts of ourselves) that we consider imperfect for whatever reason. (messy poops? =) )

So i try like many others to go it alone, following this blog here, reading the Bible there, listening to that Christian station…and not being very blessed. i read a piece of i think ephesians today were Paul talks about how we are all forgiven & our sins have been blotted out but we will still be judged for our works. we will go thru the fire some strong and some looking like they just escaped, and barely. i find myself wondering which one will i be and is it because in my own way i have put up a deer feeder against all churches because of the bad taste from one.