tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543355.post112666398551301988..comments2023-11-15T17:55:18.051-05:00Comments on MarkDaniels.Blogspot.com: The Place of 'Place' in Faith and Life (Part 2)Mark Danielshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18205344762960756655noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543355.post-1126748914045217362005-09-14T21:48:00.000-04:002005-09-14T21:48:00.000-04:00I meant "it's rich in histories..."I meant "it's rich in histories..."Richard Lawrence Cohenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01951947957345891398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543355.post-1126718339502726532005-09-14T13:18:00.000-04:002005-09-14T13:18:00.000-04:00Richard:I've heard Gerald Mann, who is a pastor in...Richard:<BR/>I've heard Gerald Mann, who is a pastor in Austin, say that there is more mention of God's Name on golf courses on Sunday mornings than there is in the average worshiping church at the same time.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for your comments!<BR/><BR/>MarkMark Danielshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18205344762960756655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543355.post-1126711595423364772005-09-14T11:26:00.000-04:002005-09-14T11:26:00.000-04:00Thanks for this miniseries, Mark. Like so many of ...Thanks for this miniseries, Mark. Like so many of your posts, it's right in histories, both personal and public, interwoven with theological musings expressed with great humanity and friendliness. <BR/><BR/>I have to admit a weakness for beautiful places -- landscapes, buildings, streets -- and I think that if I were a churchgoer I'd find it much easier to worship in a physically beautiful church than in a drab one. (I have a son who's a churchgoer and who feels the same way.) I think our attachment to place is an exact marker of the degree to which we're earthly, fleshly creatures rather than celestial creatures. Perhaps it would be more enlightened to dismiss the importance of place, but I think it may be a kind of wisdom to accept a compromise with our mortal failings. <BR/><BR/>I once knew a man whose family went to church but who, for his own part, preferred to golf on Sunday mornings. "I can find God just as well on the golf course," was his rationale. Of course in the abstract he was right, but I've often wondered how sincere his statement was. Perhaps more so than a cynic would assume.Richard Lawrence Cohenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01951947957345891398noreply@blogger.com