tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12478084.post3953944502693736727..comments2024-01-17T02:39:06.048-05:00Comments on rude truth: belated thoughts on CSC 2010JJThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14920416765778868736noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12478084.post-49639666769982485412010-06-07T16:53:57.499-05:002010-06-07T16:53:57.499-05:00Katie, I have been meaning to tell you that you ma...Katie, I have been meaning to tell you that you may have graduated in absentia but you got a war whoop from yrs truly!<br /><br />Yeah, Susan was there, and for the whole conference. I think it might be easy to miss this in the book, but it is clear when you hear her speak that she is ambivalent and not just wholly negative about her C'sofC upbringing.<br /><br />About tonoard a plane now somust go!JJThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14920416765778868736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12478084.post-15377031173186967932010-06-07T16:04:31.283-05:002010-06-07T16:04:31.283-05:00JTB, first, can I just say, the doctoral bars on y...JTB, first, can I just say, the doctoral bars on your sleeves are AWESOME! I got the graduation program from PTS (I was one of the absentee D.Min.s, didn't figure I'd go since they canceled my whole dang program and fired my advisor) and it was so much fun to see your name there. Among other notables. How cool, for Clare to be there and perhaps even remember someday that she saw you achieve this pinnacle. <br /><br />Anyway, it sounds like the CSC was well worth your time. I'm interested to hear that Susan Campbell was there (are you saying she was there?). I wasn't thrilled with "Dating Jesus" mainly because, while I felt a real kinship with her in some important ways, I think I would write my own similar memoir with more...umm...appreciation for what I gained from growing up in the CoC. Sort of God working through a broken system (as all systems are pretty much broken, just in different ways) to make my life good, truly good, in ways it would not have been without that background. I just didn't feel like Campbell could or would say that. But I only read the book, and only once. So.<br /><br />Anyway, congratulations again, Dr. Thweatt-Bates. From the heart. peace -- Katie H.Katiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15486206991072190564noreply@blogger.com