Comments on: Covenant Stories: Clearing the Land http://highcallingblogs.com/2949/covenant-stories-clearing-the-land/ Real Community. Shared Values. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:28:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: nAncY http://highcallingblogs.com/2949/covenant-stories-clearing-the-land/comment-page-1/#comment-11235 nAncY Fri, 24 Jul 2009 18:08:34 +0000 http://highcallingblogs.com/?p=2949#comment-11235 closet pentecostalist's comment had me thinking about how the Holy Spirit of God works in us as believers.... kind of the way that you all went about clearing away a path and areas to build a place for the work and worship of Him. closet pentecostalist’s comment had me thinking about how the Holy Spirit of God works in us as believers….

kind of the way that you all went about clearing away a path and areas to build a place for the work and worship of Him.

]]> By: closet pentecostalist http://highcallingblogs.com/2949/covenant-stories-clearing-the-land/comment-page-1/#comment-11234 closet pentecostalist Fri, 24 Jul 2009 17:27:52 +0000 http://highcallingblogs.com/?p=2949#comment-11234 I wonder if the guy with the Bobcat would have saved the oaks and the mountain laurel? I wonder if the guy with the Bobcat would have saved the oaks and the mountain laurel?

]]> By: Jean Hall http://highcallingblogs.com/2949/covenant-stories-clearing-the-land/comment-page-1/#comment-11206 Jean Hall Fri, 24 Jul 2009 01:04:47 +0000 http://highcallingblogs.com/?p=2949#comment-11206 Blood, sweat, and tears invested into a common goal often produce a whole lotta love and pride in the project and in each other. Bonds that won't be easily broken. Congratulations! Jean Blood, sweat, and tears invested into a common goal often produce a whole lotta love and pride in the project and in each other. Bonds that won’t be easily broken.

Congratulations!

Jean

]]> By: nAncY http://highcallingblogs.com/2949/covenant-stories-clearing-the-land/comment-page-1/#comment-11200 nAncY Fri, 24 Jul 2009 00:04:45 +0000 http://highcallingblogs.com/?p=2949#comment-11200 thanks, sam... i thought you might spot that :-) along with kathy's response...i was thinking about the positive physical rewards as well. maybe some stronger muscles. best of all, i liked the way that there people doing all sorts of things to work together and help out. thanks, sam… i thought you might spot that :-)

along with kathy’s response…i was thinking about the positive physical rewards as well. maybe some stronger muscles.

best of all, i liked the way that there people doing all sorts of things to work together and help out.

]]> By: Sam Van Eman http://highcallingblogs.com/2949/covenant-stories-clearing-the-land/comment-page-1/#comment-11190 Sam Van Eman Thu, 23 Jul 2009 19:56:35 +0000 http://highcallingblogs.com/?p=2949#comment-11190 (nAncY, nice <i>Gift</i> connection!) Gordon, I'm glad you did what you did the way you did it. I could almost taste the Gatorade. (nAncY, nice Gift connection!)

Gordon, I’m glad you did what you did the way you did it. I could almost taste the Gatorade.

]]> By: nAncY http://highcallingblogs.com/2949/covenant-stories-clearing-the-land/comment-page-1/#comment-11187 nAncY Thu, 23 Jul 2009 19:03:29 +0000 http://highcallingblogs.com/?p=2949#comment-11187 what was exchanged for the work was probably far more a gift of bonding compared to what you all would have received from a one day, three hundred dollar exchange. thank you for sharing your memories. what was exchanged for the work was probably far more a gift of bonding compared to what you all would have received from a one day, three hundred dollar exchange.

thank you for sharing your memories.

]]> By: Rachel Barenblat http://highcallingblogs.com/2949/covenant-stories-clearing-the-land/comment-page-1/#comment-11186 Rachel Barenblat Thu, 23 Jul 2009 18:49:32 +0000 http://highcallingblogs.com/?p=2949#comment-11186 What a wonderful story. Like a good old-fashioned barn-raising. I love hearing about how your community chose to tackle this task. More work than it could've been? Yeah, but it sounds like the payoffs were proportional, and that's irreplaceable. What a wonderful story. Like a good old-fashioned barn-raising. I love hearing about how your community chose to tackle this task. More work than it could’ve been? Yeah, but it sounds like the payoffs were proportional, and that’s irreplaceable.

]]> By: Kathy Rushing http://highcallingblogs.com/2949/covenant-stories-clearing-the-land/comment-page-1/#comment-11184 Kathy Rushing Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:41:02 +0000 http://highcallingblogs.com/?p=2949#comment-11184 Reflecting on the spiritual implications, I wonder what beautiful oaks and mountain laurels we miss in our own lives if we're unwilling to do the "clearing"? Another great story :) Reflecting on the spiritual implications, I wonder what beautiful oaks and mountain laurels we miss in our own lives if we’re unwilling to do the “clearing”?
Another great story :)

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