tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7457030.post110775361881527465..comments2023-07-11T08:11:27.571-04:00Comments on Ragamuffin Ramblings: An amazing workshop that was not in San DiegoSteve F.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12697100521186605498noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7457030.post-1107827066876756822005-02-07T20:44:00.000-05:002005-02-07T20:44:00.000-05:00After your comments Saturday night about this even...After your comments Saturday night about this event, I was happy to have a chance to read your further reflections. The remarks about HIV/AIDS shattering the traditional model of caring in the church struck home. Back in 1985 a member of my community, a friend if not part of my innermost circle, was diagnosed with AIDS. In those days, when dinosaurs still roamed the earth, the fear was Michael Doddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00942287172727040371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7457030.post-1107793088528260712005-02-07T11:18:00.000-05:002005-02-07T11:18:00.000-05:00Great post, bro! I worked on the AIDS unit at SF G...Great post, bro! I worked on the AIDS unit at SF General this summer as a chaplain and on the GLBT psyche unit. WOW! <br /><br />It was always interesting to get a group of evangelcial christians on fire for Jesus and wanting to do so work to help save some souls...and they are taught that the way they do this is not by what they say about what they believe, but to be the loving, incarnational, New Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07328837865727756374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7457030.post-1107776670165522542005-02-07T06:44:00.000-05:002005-02-07T06:44:00.000-05:00...bringing both medical and religious professiona......bringing both medical and religious professionals together to talk about...<br />I think that this principles of connecting the "ought" crowd with the "is" crowd is neccesary and vital for both, and in no way am I saying that there is a true dichotomy between the two. <br /><br />Religion has such power to move people, and its such a shame to see lay people of different faiths failing to comeFausthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06237116246279913606noreply@blogger.com