tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3337042377966398742.post3957465309054020346..comments2024-02-22T07:47:22.661-05:00Comments on The Bathroom Monologues: Monologue for a male theologian who is somehow hired to do the commencement speech for an all-girls collegeJohn Wiswellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07416044628686736927noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3337042377966398742.post-2930246800491042972013-05-15T09:35:31.083-04:002013-05-15T09:35:31.083-04:00Snarky gems hidden within the lushness of truth. G...Snarky gems hidden within the lushness of truth. Great piece, John!Laura Enohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09982794146667832204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3337042377966398742.post-46405266652231438532013-05-14T23:51:05.665-04:002013-05-14T23:51:05.665-04:00This is amazing! Off to share with a few people wh...This is amazing! Off to share with a few people who really need to hear this :)Meradeth Houstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06741790047121063893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3337042377966398742.post-28248034488144090602013-05-14T21:45:11.259-04:002013-05-14T21:45:11.259-04:00This is fantastic. Wish more "Men of the Clot...This is fantastic. Wish more "Men of the Cloth" were like this. Eric J. Krausehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05774468607814244185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3337042377966398742.post-34931729289296102302013-05-14T18:56:16.414-04:002013-05-14T18:56:16.414-04:00I think this is one of my favorites of yours. Have...I think this is one of my favorites of yours. Have you ever read Lamb by Christopher Moore? It's not from Mary's perspective (although someone needs to write that shit), but from Christ's fictional best friend. It's an amazing theory on the life of Christ before he became The Lamb. And it's pretty damn funny to boot.<br /><br />Growing up in the church, I wish I had met even one man with this Theologian's beliefs. Well done, my friend.Danielle La Pagliahttp://www.daniellelapaglia.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3337042377966398742.post-54139185733430014332013-05-14T17:55:50.540-04:002013-05-14T17:55:50.540-04:00Great post, especially the last paragraph. :)Great post, especially the last paragraph. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3337042377966398742.post-44969471940678211322013-05-14T16:16:57.213-04:002013-05-14T16:16:57.213-04:00I enjoyed the voice you captured here. I think I w...I enjoyed the voice you captured here. I think I would find it an existentialistic experience to be asked to speak in a theology college.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15459671422564355990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3337042377966398742.post-90673731148087132332013-05-14T12:30:52.380-04:002013-05-14T12:30:52.380-04:00Indeed, education is the key. Indeed, education is the key. EvalinaMariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13560920752412411766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3337042377966398742.post-75364352036907449042013-05-14T11:00:23.503-04:002013-05-14T11:00:23.503-04:00Well, I'd say he showed why he was invited, an...Well, I'd say he showed why he was invited, and it wasn't because the Dean of Studies is a friend. He made a slightly clumsy start of it, but finished stronger than Hell. (I chose that phrase deliberately.)Larry Kollarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08317037795075278427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3337042377966398742.post-42444345167258257092013-05-14T09:54:42.516-04:002013-05-14T09:54:42.516-04:00I had the very great fortune of meeting a devote, ...I had the very great fortune of meeting a devote, Catholic man shortly after my falling out with family due to my lack of Christian faith. I was on a downward spiral of piss, vinegar, and hate. For the first few months I knew him, I had no idea he was even Christian. He never really brought it up. He was just a really cool, grandfatherly type with the best mustache I think I've ever seen.<br /><br />Anyway, one day the term "turning the other cheek" came up in conversation. I remember he furrowed his brow a bit, "You know that didn't always mean what it does today, don't you?" He went on to tell me that ancient Roman soldiers were not allowed to strike a person on both cheeks. He said that Jesus Christ, a political leader of the time, taught his followers to turn the other cheek specifically because it would save them from being struck again.<br /><br />It turned out that this gentleman had attended classes to become a priest, but didn't end up going all the way through with it. He shared a bunch of things in that conversation about alternate translations, things that were left out of the things taught to the general populace, and so on.<br /><br />I think if he had gone on to be a priest, he might have been like the fellow here.<br /><br />Thanks for sharing. This is fantastic. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3337042377966398742.post-28162657778348562022013-05-14T04:56:16.430-04:002013-05-14T04:56:16.430-04:00I wish I had ever met a theologian with this much ...I wish I had ever met a theologian with this much truth and integrity in his heart, mind and mouth. 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