http://www.sarahgbennett.com/MyWonderings/2009/07/26/where-the-only-future-is-an-impossible-future/ an Episcopal priest trying to figure out stuff about God, Life and the Internet Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:29:33 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.sarahgbennett.com/MyWonderings/2009/07/26/where-the-only-future-is-an-impossible-future/comment-page-1/#comment-2634 fetiches Sun, 08 Jan 2012 21:34:25 +0000 http://www.sarahgbennett.com/MyWonderings/?p=171#comment-2634 some really interesting information, well written and broadly user friendly . some really interesting information, well written and broadly user friendly .

]]> http://www.sarahgbennett.com/MyWonderings/2009/07/26/where-the-only-future-is-an-impossible-future/comment-page-1/#comment-30 Kelley Tue, 28 Jul 2009 16:22:49 +0000 http://www.sarahgbennett.com/MyWonderings/?p=171#comment-30 I read and reread the materias on absolute future but I couldn't quite wrap my arms around it. Your writing really helped me understand the concept. And besides, it is a wonderful and poignant piece. Thanks for sharing. I read and reread the materias on absolute future but I couldn’t quite wrap my arms around it. Your writing really helped me understand the concept. And besides, it is a wonderful and poignant piece. Thanks for sharing.

]]> http://www.sarahgbennett.com/MyWonderings/2009/07/26/where-the-only-future-is-an-impossible-future/comment-page-1/#comment-29 Jeffrey Shy Mon, 27 Jul 2009 00:55:55 +0000 http://www.sarahgbennett.com/MyWonderings/?p=171#comment-29 It is an odd coincidence that you should mention this topic, as I was just re-reading a blog post of my own (http://atheistepiscopal.blogspot.com/2009/06/i-need-thee-o-i-need-thee.html) about this issue (at least in part) that I wrote a few weeks ago about my 90-year-old Uncle Delmer on the death of his wife. Rather than hollow words of comfort, I think that "presence" in a true and authentic sense is what we can offer persons in this difficult time. We can be truly and really present with them. All else rings too false, I think. It is an odd coincidence that you should mention this topic, as I was just re-reading a blog post of my own (http://atheistepiscopal.blogspot.com/2009/06/i-need-thee-o-i-need-thee.html) about this issue (at least in part) that I wrote a few weeks ago about my 90-year-old Uncle Delmer on the death of his wife. Rather than hollow words of comfort, I think that “presence” in a true and authentic sense is what we can offer persons in this difficult time. We can be truly and really present with them. All else rings too false, I think.

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