tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3507820238396505743.post5743430935936231526..comments2009-04-06T08:15:40.114-05:00Jeremiahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10032929810668434740noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3507820238396505743.post-64010422684913729702009-04-05T14:59:00.000-05:002009-04-05T14:59:00.000-05:00Jeremiah, it's me again, Julie Gillen, Emmy Hickman Gobble's and Erin Sisk's and Sam Hickman's Aunt Ju-Ju! Before I go on, I just have to say that I am so proud of Erin and Emmy and Sam and all that they have achieved in their lives thus far. And I have to add that I have recently become a GRANDMOTHER! Before you delete, please check out my own blog: http://juliegillenblog.blogspot.com/<BR/>As a Christian and a fellow writer and as a fellow American who believes in the upside of The First Amendment, I welcome your viewpoint, even if it differs from my own. And as a blogger, I respect your right to block those messages that you do not want to be viewed by others. In my case, I block messages that hint of threat or libel (PETA threatened to kill me), but I do not block messages that challenge my own viewpoints, because I believe it one of my duties as a Christian is to honestly evaluate my own veiwpoints and flaws and misperceptions. First of all, do you truly know the story of the man on the pink bicycle? And second of all, I have to ponder all the other good you could have been doing at that particular point in time. You could have been working in a soup kitchen, or helping a homeless soul, or you could have befriended the man on the pink bicycle and asked him, with love in your heart, what you could have done to help him.<BR/><BR/>These are just my thoughts, Brother Jeremiah. I do not know you and it is not my place to judge the purity of your heart. But it is my place to say that none of us should get too smug in this life. Best to you and yours, Julie Gillen<BR/><BR/>Blog: http://juliegillenblog.blogspot.com/Julie Gillennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3507820238396505743.post-72125168489775608392009-04-04T21:25:00.000-05:002009-04-04T21:25:00.000-05:00Good article, hon! I'm sad for that man but proud of you for standing for the truth with love and compassion in your heart.Amberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00014861997510615746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3507820238396505743.post-63698223491537881372009-03-30T21:52:00.000-05:002009-03-30T21:52:00.000-05:00Great post!! It is so sad to even have to think about that...Jeff Hugheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08867141474998655289noreply@blogger.com