tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5020370.post2266695949029305378..comments2024-01-21T02:42:50.927-08:00Comments on Church of the Masses: "Jerusalem, Jerusalem..."WGA Memberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03320709129586221521noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5020370.post-83893569949591925752007-04-02T08:37:00.000-07:002007-04-02T08:37:00.000-07:00Barbara, this post deeply saddens me. At first re...Barbara, this post deeply saddens me. At first read I was angry at your anger but now I am left with sorrow for all that you missed. Your perceptions are colored by your American Christian eyes. Mine too, but you sound like the typical rude American. Your comments concerning the Arabic children are uncharitable. There are Christian Arabs there as well as Muslim and they are struggling. Some of these children may be Christians. Your comments concerning the Muslim "whining call to 'prayer'" were themselves whiney. As for the shops along the Via Dolorosa, as you say, it is a shopping area and tourism is a huge part of the economy. <BR/><BR/>What you missed is the holiness, history and wonder of the place. Our Lord walked there, preached there, died there. Yes it is loud, discordant, dirty, multicutural now. It was then too. You are not on main st USA for goodness sake. You are in the cradle of faith. It is ancient and amazing. <BR/><BR/>If you listen for God you will hear Him and feel Him strongly there. Don't be sidetracked by the flesh, the world and the devil. Reach for the holiness. Just as we must focus on our Lord in worship and not be thrown off by the crying baby, coughing parishioner or off-key singing behind us, you must focus in Jerusalem. He is powerfully present in that place. I pray you feel this as strongly as I did there last year.<BR/><BR/>If it is not too late, I recommend that you visit with Rabbi Moshe in the Old City. He spoke to our group of Christians at the shop last year and he is breathtaking. Please try to get past your first reaction and delve deeper. <BR/><BR/>Rabbi Moshe can be found here:<BR/>Shorashim , The Biblical Shop<BR/>Tiferet Israel 3, Jerusalem 97500<BR/>Tel: 0119722-6289729<BR/>Email shorashimshop@yahoo.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5020370.post-61799657694094797192007-03-29T19:21:00.000-07:002007-03-29T19:21:00.000-07:00this one too!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIyp1e...this one too!<BR/><BR/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIyp1eIJCgAAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5020370.post-40842652176486170322007-03-29T19:18:00.000-07:002007-03-29T19:18:00.000-07:00Watch this Matisyahu videos, they might change you...Watch this Matisyahu videos, they might change your mind.<BR/><BR/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5SAbiYZud8<BR/><BR/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJ5FvaASrs0&mode=related&search=Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5020370.post-79796342844357076532007-03-29T15:53:00.000-07:002007-03-29T15:53:00.000-07:00Awesome blog! It was very descriptive. I saw som...Awesome blog! It was very descriptive. I saw some mosques on the discovery channel and agree with you about their atmosphere. They seem noisy and chaotic, and the people seem to submitting to an oppressive and unloving god. Jerusalem is more chaotic then what I imagined, thanks for the warning. I hope to visit next summer, if it is safe.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5020370.post-68117484228801036152007-03-29T12:01:00.000-07:002007-03-29T12:01:00.000-07:00I think Barb's comments on the situation in Jerusa...I think Barb's comments on the situation in Jerusalem are especially important in light of the parallel between the hegemony of the Muslim population and their view towards women (in light of Jerusalem = motherhood/women/temple, etc.) On bad days, I think this is uniquely dire; on good days I imagine that it's always been thus in David's city -- it will be chaotic unto the consummation of the world.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com