tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6624495780966204366.post8131421961862468682..comments2023-10-16T07:25:14.037-04:00Comments on Writing Cabin: Believing in HopeJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17169893443626130840noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6624495780966204366.post-17527459663745997932008-04-06T19:09:00.000-04:002008-04-06T19:09:00.000-04:00I can imagine the kind of conversation you might h...I can imagine the kind of conversation you might have had with a student about this painting. Lucky student. Lucky you. Lucky story.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17169893443626130840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6624495780966204366.post-35386425304969460042008-04-04T22:56:00.000-04:002008-04-04T22:56:00.000-04:00Your words and this painting inspired me to make i...Your words and this painting inspired me to make it the desktop on my computer at work. Today afterschool I had the most marvelous conversation with a student about it after she noticed it and bagan asking questions. We talked about the story in the Gospel, about the different ways different people take in truth, the different ways we offer ourselves as evidence of life and hope, wounds and all. <BR/><BR/>Thank you for helping facilitate that conversation.Kimberlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13564606268367781659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6624495780966204366.post-60558007932711833682008-04-01T19:27:00.000-04:002008-04-01T19:27:00.000-04:00I too noticed in the painting how Jesus brings the...I too noticed in the painting how Jesus brings the hand of a reluctant Thomas to the wound. Caravaggio's Jesus seems to know what will be for the good of his followers as well as what he himself most wants to ask of each man or woman able to face the enormous mystery of human life with him.<BR/><BR/>There is no story so sad, so trying, so tearful that the invitation to an amazing intimacy can't be heard.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17169893443626130840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6624495780966204366.post-41071393873332921322008-03-31T22:07:00.000-04:002008-03-31T22:07:00.000-04:00You were certainly one who taught me how to listen...You were certainly one who taught me how to listen. Thank you for listening once again, this time to my son's story. And thank you, too, for sharing some of your story with me. <BR/>The Caravaggio is perfect.<BR/>Michael (and Maureen)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6624495780966204366.post-76910260590068495032008-03-31T21:50:00.000-04:002008-03-31T21:50:00.000-04:00beautifully and sensitively written. Well done, s...beautifully and sensitively written. Well done, sir.<BR/><BR/>I notice in the Carravagio that Christ is holding Thomas' hand and placing it in the wound. What invitation and grace.Vic Mansfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06194671996997775313noreply@blogger.com