Tony Heringer July 25th, 2008

I really enjoy this show. I stumbled across it a few weeks back due to Steve's shameless plugs whilst he was at Perimeter . Anyway, I'm glad you guys are doing this and was wondering if you were on the radio in the Atlanta area?

Steve, don't tell Randy Pope what you said about not fencing the table. He might smack you.

MerryKate July 26th, 2008

After listening to this intriguing interview, I went and looked up Sara Miles online. Sadly, she is one of the many episcopalians who are encouraging people to disregard the parts of the Bible they don't like. Whatever good she's doing with her food pantry, by encouraging people to accept Christ on their terms, rather than on His, she's leading people astray, and that's a terrible thing. I'm glad she's connected with Jesus, and I pray that in time he'll open her eyes to the truth of his word – the whole truth. But until that time, you should not be promoting her as a teacher or leader. She has too much maturing to do first.

Fran July 26th, 2008

I really enjoyed the show.

I loved what she said about some Christians being so myopic as to pore over the Bible looking for the rules list, when as she said, "How hard is it to understand 'Feed my sheep'?

I've never been to a church that didn't "fence" the Communion table, so that was a new one to me, but I'm going to have to give that some more thought. I've ordered her book and I look forward to reading it.

Molly July 27th, 2008

This was an achingly beautiful interview. I just loved it. I'm still reeling from the views on Communion…I've never been in an environment where it was "open," but what she said made so much sense…

I am so surprised that I've never considered it odd to keep the celebration/memorial of His death as a thing "for already-in-the-camp" folks, when that concept goes so totally against His death, which was for all who were outside the camp. I have a feeling I'm going to chew on these thoughts for awhile…

BUT, and, boy, it's a big but (only one "t," though), I'm still ticked off, Steve, at the REALLY RUDE AND INSENSITIVE comment you made about my favorite brand of wine. Did you really have to "name names." Do you think such condemnation has any place in the Body of Christ?

I'm *deeply* disappointed.

*smirks*

Ford July 27th, 2008

Sarah Miles is a breath of fresh air. For those who would condemn her Theology, I would ask you to look inward. I remember a man once said, "When you see a dog playing checkers, you don't
criticize his game; You just thank God he is playing."

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Fran August 5th, 2008

Ok, I'm more than halfway through the book, and now I understand why you got some cautionary emails. She's a Lesbian, her language is coarse, and she speaks pretty disparagingly of the "typical" Evangelical Christian, the mainstream church, and its fundamental beliefs.

Still, she's a brilliant writer, and her experiences and observations are "speaking" to me because there is great truth to be found from the brutally transparent, sometimes painful and awkward, testimony of a sinner, like myself, coming to know God and deal with all the messiness of living with his people and humbling herself to His will and His purposes.

It's not for the faint of heart. It will never be excerpted in Guideposts magazine. You should still read it.

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Eastern North Dakota Synod » Resouce Center » Taste and See! January 27th, 2009

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bibliochef March 7th, 2009

I am not religious myself, so some of the comments from people seem nonsensical to me; what Sara Miles does is take Christianity seriously and enact it. I do not know how anyone can say she does not take the bible seriously. This strikes me as a comment from someone who does not know the bible particularly well. Though that might sound a bit like "no, you did it" "no you did it" childishness. frankly, I suspect that Jesus was less doctrinaire than the first comment can conceive. Alas.