Comments on: I am the cause of our problems http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2007/02/21/i-am-the-cause-of-our-problems/ by Dave Walker Fri, 27 Jan 2012 07:58:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Raspberry Rabbit http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2007/02/21/i-am-the-cause-of-our-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-90217 Raspberry Rabbit Sat, 24 Feb 2007 14:17:56 +0000 http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2007/02/21/i-am-the-cause-of-our-problems/#comment-90217 I know it does Dave. It just really sucks to be people other than me right now. I have got the world arranged perfectly - just perfectly - and in that world you draw, dammit, you draw....you, you, you..... *splutter, gag, faint, jerk about* I know it does Dave. It just really sucks to be people other than me right now. I have got the world arranged perfectly – just perfectly – and in that world you draw, dammit, you draw….you, you, you…..

*splutter, gag, faint, jerk about*

]]> By: Karin http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2007/02/21/i-am-the-cause-of-our-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-89937 Karin Fri, 23 Feb 2007 16:50:26 +0000 http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2007/02/21/i-am-the-cause-of-our-problems/#comment-89937 I rather liked the idea of MadPriest as a closet flower arranger myself - oops, duck the oasis and the misletoe dart. :D I rather liked the idea of MadPriest as a closet flower arranger myself – oops, duck the oasis and the misletoe dart. :D

]]> By: Chris http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2007/02/21/i-am-the-cause-of-our-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-89935 Chris Fri, 23 Feb 2007 16:34:13 +0000 http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2007/02/21/i-am-the-cause-of-our-problems/#comment-89935 Poppy Thanks everso for that - very profound. I'd love to pinch it for a sermon one of these days - probably just before we leave ... ;-) Dave, keep drawing, keep writing, keep highlighting!! Poppy

Thanks everso for that – very profound. I’d love to pinch it for a sermon one of these days – probably just before we leave … ;-)

Dave, keep drawing, keep writing, keep highlighting!!

]]> By: Poppy http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2007/02/21/i-am-the-cause-of-our-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-89654 Poppy Fri, 23 Feb 2007 07:21:56 +0000 http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2007/02/21/i-am-the-cause-of-our-problems/#comment-89654 Forget 'Dave for Bishop' the cry should be 'Dave for Pope.' Passion is a funny thing. Used wisely it gets unjust laws changed, campaigns for those without a voice and brings Christ's light into the world. Much of the time passion in church is about the little things that really don't matter such as who is sitting in my pew which I have sat in for 35 years, or why are they singing 3 hymns instead of 4. We spend so much time obsessiog about what goes on in the building that we forget that we are meant to be outside doing the things that Jesus told us to. This destructive passion is what Dave is so good at highlighting. Keep drawing Dave. Maybe Madpriest is the puppet of all those flower arrangers you upset with your cartoon about the flower festival..... Forget ‘Dave for Bishop’ the cry should be ‘Dave for Pope.’

Passion is a funny thing. Used wisely it gets unjust laws changed, campaigns for those without a voice and brings Christ’s light into the world. Much of the time passion in church is about the little things that really don’t matter such as who is sitting in my pew which I have sat in for 35 years, or why are they singing 3 hymns instead of 4. We spend so much time obsessiog about what goes on in the building that we forget that we are meant to be outside doing the things that Jesus told us to.

This destructive passion is what Dave is so good at highlighting.

Keep drawing Dave. Maybe Madpriest is the puppet of all those flower arrangers you upset with your cartoon about the flower festival…..

]]> By: Dave http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2007/02/21/i-am-the-cause-of-our-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-89292 Dave Thu, 22 Feb 2007 21:24:27 +0000 http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2007/02/21/i-am-the-cause-of-our-problems/#comment-89292 RR - Your ring of prayer / high tower combo sounds a bit like a sort of a prison setup. Would I be allowed visitors and toilet breaks? RR – Your ring of prayer / high tower combo sounds a bit like a sort of a prison setup. Would I be allowed visitors and toilet breaks?

]]> By: Raspberry Rabbit http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2007/02/21/i-am-the-cause-of-our-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-89289 Raspberry Rabbit Thu, 22 Feb 2007 21:10:16 +0000 http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2007/02/21/i-am-the-cause-of-our-problems/#comment-89289 Cartoonists shouldn't get into verbal battles with mad priests. They're cartoonists - they draw. The rest of the folks in the room will pull in close to you like muskoxen defending their young. We will form a ring of prayer around you - we will be your high tower. You just draw cartoons. Cartoonists shouldn’t get into verbal battles with mad priests. They’re cartoonists – they draw. The rest of the folks in the room will pull in close to you like muskoxen defending their young. We will form a ring of prayer around you – we will be your high tower. You just draw cartoons.

]]> By: Philip of Samaria http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2007/02/21/i-am-the-cause-of-our-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-89262 Philip of Samaria Thu, 22 Feb 2007 20:21:12 +0000 http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2007/02/21/i-am-the-cause-of-our-problems/#comment-89262 Dave - rejoice when you are persecuted for righteousness sake. You can't be a bishop in my church but you'd be a peacemaker anywhere Dave – rejoice when you are persecuted for righteousness sake.

You can’t be a bishop in my church but you’d be a peacemaker anywhere

]]> By: Dave http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2007/02/21/i-am-the-cause-of-our-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-89211 Dave Thu, 22 Feb 2007 17:06:45 +0000 http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2007/02/21/i-am-the-cause-of-our-problems/#comment-89211 Caleb - I don't really know what the 'middle ground' is either. It wasn't me who introduced the term. Caleb – I don’t really know what the ‘middle ground’ is either. It wasn’t me who introduced the term.

]]> By: Caleb http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2007/02/21/i-am-the-cause-of-our-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-89188 Caleb Thu, 22 Feb 2007 15:45:51 +0000 http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2007/02/21/i-am-the-cause-of-our-problems/#comment-89188 What on earth is the 'middle ground'? The haven of the coward? Give me good, principled, upstanding, ranting, bigots like David Virtue any day... Them I can understand. By the way, Dave, I adore your cartoons. Less waffling about the mythical middle ground, more drawing. 'Kay? What on earth is the ‘middle ground’? The haven of the coward? Give me good, principled, upstanding, ranting, bigots like David Virtue any day… Them I can understand.

By the way, Dave, I adore your cartoons. Less waffling about the mythical middle ground, more drawing. ‘Kay?

]]> By: Dave http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2007/02/21/i-am-the-cause-of-our-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-89141 Dave Thu, 22 Feb 2007 13:44:24 +0000 http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2007/02/21/i-am-the-cause-of-our-problems/#comment-89141 MadPriest, Following the post you refer to I sent you an e-mail attempting to make peace. I did not receive a reply. I don't know what more I can do. I did not mention 'the passionate' in my previous post, and I do not know where you get the idea that I am 'against change'. The fact that you insist on continuing to make these allegations about how smug and evil I am has the effect of pushing me further towards the 'middle ground' rather than away from it. MadPriest,

Following the post you refer to I sent you an e-mail attempting to make peace. I did not receive a reply. I don’t know what more I can do.

I did not mention ‘the passionate’ in my previous post, and I do not know where you get the idea that I am ‘against change’.

The fact that you insist on continuing to make these allegations about how smug and evil I am has the effect of pushing me further towards the ‘middle ground’ rather than away from it.

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