tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3550180966906196055.post4178800560403538726..comments2023-07-08T10:48:38.190-04:00Comments on my goodly heritage: Coming AttractionsMartahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14494813731003889158noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3550180966906196055.post-84396239111143556132009-10-27T10:53:14.688-04:002009-10-27T10:53:14.688-04:00patrick: we're twins separated at birth, reme...patrick: we're twins separated at birth, remember? ;-) and it's me who owes you, always, dear. but yes, be in touch. maybe we should take a writing retreat together, huh? there's nothing i can think of that i would love more in the bleak midwinter. i don't know if you want to pursue writing more about james, but that was some powerfully beautiful writing .... xoxo<br /><br />michael: yeah, he's cute as a bug too. but he works too hard. maybe i should introduce the two of you, so you can give him some of your sage advice about pacing and god's time and all that. ;-)<br /><br />i'm too much of a bible study novice to get the "shameful" allusion, but it's interesting that you bring it up. shame is not a big issue for me -- much like guilt, i just don't carry it much. but the only times i have struggled with feelings of shame have been around my relationship with poverty -- or rather, my inability to stay in relationship with those in poverty. both times i have found myself immersed in work with folks living in poverty, i've ended up cutting and running, and i'm certainly not proud of it..... more on that as the story emerges. thanks for stopping by.Martahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14494813731003889158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3550180966906196055.post-76225868921786629082009-10-27T09:06:42.075-04:002009-10-27T09:06:42.075-04:00dear marta, wow, that preacher you cited, he's...dear marta, wow, that preacher you cited, he's great. not King, the other one! just joking. yes, we all have ambition. and needs, even fears. often they get in the way. paralyze us. hurt others. but sometimes, i believe, god can work through even our "shameful" parts. (actually, i think ambition is much more neutral than shameful, but i like the secondary biblical allusion.) keep writing. it's good for you and for others...michael cainenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3550180966906196055.post-77344753114337249432009-10-26T21:31:56.656-04:002009-10-26T21:31:56.656-04:00Once again, Dear Marta, you're grappling with ...Once again, Dear Marta, you're grappling with questions much like ones I've been thinking about. The word 'ambition' has been coming up for me (and boy howdy, is New York City crawling with it), and making me examine how I want to be seen as special, why I do, and all of this has been intensified by losing James... I'm looking forward to hearing your story too! And I owe you an email, I haven't forgotten. <br /><br />xoxoPatrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10556860299477514075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3550180966906196055.post-23145464198833069212009-10-23T20:48:34.628-04:002009-10-23T20:48:34.628-04:00kate: yeah, i know it! here's what i wrote ab...kate: yeah, i know it! here's what i wrote about it for gordon: http://mygoodlyheritage.blogspot.com/2008/12/take-this-bread-radical-conversion.html<br /><br />now, do you want to introduce me to your agent, lol!?<br /><br />thanks again, you are the best! (and really, let's think about a collaboration, okay?)Martahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14494813731003889158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3550180966906196055.post-42965105619270516302009-10-23T20:41:07.592-04:002009-10-23T20:41:07.592-04:00Have you read Take This Bread by Sara Miles? (San ...Have you read Take This Bread by Sara Miles? (San Francisco lesbian gets saved and opens a food kitchen. Good book, but you are so much the better writer.) You could totally do a memoir about love, faith, adoption/mothering and community, with the garden tying it all together as a big old metaphor. See? I figured it all out for you.Kate Haashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04287671961803525930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3550180966906196055.post-56787173462270919232009-10-23T18:47:42.412-04:002009-10-23T18:47:42.412-04:00heather: thank you so much, and thanks for stoppin...heather: thank you so much, and thanks for stopping by. i'm looking forward to exploring your blog (and your recipes! yum!)<br /><br />barelyknittogether/jen: au contraire! i'm so glad to have you here, always (and not just because you always say such nice things, lol!) yeah, reading the gospels is good medicine for low self-esteem, cause those disciples were sorta stoopid sometimes, ya know? and not entirely worthy .. yet jesus chose them, right? we're probably all good enough too!<br /><br />sara: yeah... just yeah. so glad to have you in the circle.<br /><br />kate: as i've said before, i think i should just put you on retainer, lol! a memoir, huh? if it were that easy, sure! alas, maybe i should start a little smaller, huh? maybe i should pick your brain.... i have thought we should do a joint blog/zine effort, i dunno, sorta multi-media collaboration? hmmmm.....<br /><br />melissa: i'm pretty sure if you don't like being a sahm, it's not the sort of service you are destined for. in the meantime, you ROCK, btw, and you have two awesome boys to show for it. and your time will come. soon i think! (two weeks, woo hoo!!)<br /><br />jmomma: i'm glad you liked michael's sermon. he's pretty special (and cute too ;-) i'm just starting to scratch the surface of your blog, but loving it! thanks for all your honesty and lovely writing. i would be incredibly honored to be on your blogroll, and if i ever get around to putting one on my blog, i'd like to put you on it as well (but that's pretty technologically advanced for this luddite, so no promises! i should probably get a wordpress account and hire dawn to put a real blog together for me ... baby steps, you know?!)Martahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14494813731003889158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3550180966906196055.post-815493803458076652009-10-23T16:27:21.491-04:002009-10-23T16:27:21.491-04:00Thanks for the link to Michael's sermon! MLK&#...Thanks for the link to Michael's sermon! MLK's bit was familiar and I appreciated the way the rest wove together.<br /><br />What you write resonates with my experience in many ways, including feeling paralyzed about writing sometimes. <br /><br />My blog is primarily a way to express and grow into greater awareness. If being myself in God's world can be of use to anyone else, that's gravy.<br /><br />I think I'd like to add you to my blogroll. Is that ok with you?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3550180966906196055.post-59945370585468122892009-10-23T16:07:59.330-04:002009-10-23T16:07:59.330-04:00I'll be curious to read this. I have found my ...I'll be curious to read this. I have found my life of service (as a SAHM)for the last eight years exceedingly difficult, and dull, and lonely, despite my best efforts! Then I hear stuff like this and think, this is what I *should* be doing. It's what we all should be doing! It's hard and not very gratifying, IMO. Maybe that's the point. But I don't like it ;-)Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02514055311027146205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3550180966906196055.post-19325291770691683052009-10-23T13:44:02.133-04:002009-10-23T13:44:02.133-04:00Marta, you are a fantastic writer. Even when I'...Marta, you are a fantastic writer. Even when I'm not commenting - like on all the Jesus-y stuff - I'm still reading and thinking, holy cow, this woman is eloquent! Have you ever thought about a memoir?Kate Haashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04287671961803525930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3550180966906196055.post-54348672920377074052009-10-23T09:15:39.640-04:002009-10-23T09:15:39.640-04:00No doubt it'll be a good story - and it's ...No doubt it'll be a good story - and it's a lovely circle that never ends eh? The writing feeds the comments which feed the writing...Sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14708048027984241299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3550180966906196055.post-88314623656418565642009-10-23T08:39:53.691-04:002009-10-23T08:39:53.691-04:00I'm so sorry I haven't visited in a while ...I'm so sorry I haven't visited in a while - not because I think you've missed me, but because your writing is edifying and humbling and makes me think.<br /><br />I have a friend who always cited that argument among the disciples about who was the "greatest." He said, "If those regular schmoes can be friends with Jesus, than I guess I can be too!" I understood his point - that we all have those unfortunate human traits that we'd rather pretend we didn't. <br /><br />Thank you for writing.BarelyKnitTogetherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08792388328301999674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3550180966906196055.post-89224895807393085082009-10-23T00:00:40.898-04:002009-10-23T00:00:40.898-04:00I know I"m really looking forward to the stor...I know I"m really looking forward to the story. :)Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05737780263679929983noreply@blogger.com