Comments on: Leave Room for Some Dignity

By: Linda Stoll

Linda Stoll — Mon, 28 Dec 2020 17:31:17 +0000

Lisa, hi! I’m always excited to read Barbara’s books … they stretch me, give me cause for pause, help me to see through different lenses. My copy is in transit in our local library system. I hope it’ll be in my hands by the end of the week!

By: David

David — Sun, 27 Dec 2020 23:12:52 +0000

“… something about these clips makes me feel we’re stripping dignity away from the person who has needs.” Spot on. And agency. I don’t know about Christians but IMHO the left in this country (UK) have the same problem: the poor/oppressed/downtrodden are helpless victims who need the uplifting compassion of the Enlightened. The left are often shocked and appalled — feel kind of cheated? — when the poor/oppressed/downtrodden act to uplift themselves. Sorry to be political but I think Christians are qualitatively more self-aware on this point (if not always quantitatively;).

Stirring quotes from the book. I would say get all the women out, not just Mary. Women have almost all of the best bits in the gospels; the disciples are often just proxies for the reader (like Watson in the Holmes stories), but who gets the attention?

Just reading that list of Things you no longer have to do was very liberating and almost made me cry!

Really love your writing, and your book reviews.

By: Nancy Ruegg

Nancy Ruegg — Sat, 26 Dec 2020 18:22:54 +0000

Barbara’s comments would steer us toward anonymous giving–a secret to be shared between the individual and God. I think He augments the satisfaction and pleasure for the giver when no one else is aware of what he or she did.

By: Martha Jane Orlando

Martha Jane Orlando — Sat, 26 Dec 2020 14:52:09 +0000

Oh, my, Lisa, this book sounds marvelous! You know I’m adding it right now to my wish list.
Hope you had a wonderful Christmas!