Comments on: Ambush (Pt3) http://shaungroves.com/2007/08/ambush-pt3/ Sat, 20 Mar 2010 06:39:05 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: tony http://shaungroves.com/2007/08/ambush-pt3/#comment-11354 tony Wed, 05 Sep 2007 11:38:36 +0000 http://shaungroves.com/2007/08/ambush-pt3/#comment-11354 <p>Great stuff, Shaun… </p> Great stuff, Shaun…

]]> By: shaunfan http://shaungroves.com/2007/08/ambush-pt3/#comment-11353 shaunfan Sat, 01 Sep 2007 00:30:21 +0000 http://shaungroves.com/2007/08/ambush-pt3/#comment-11353 <p>Way to go Shaun.  I applaud your principles and we also homeschool our 3 girls after my wife taught 2nd grade in a public school for 7 years.  That was my thought during part 2, but I’m glad I waited for part 3 of your story. </p> <p> Oh, and yes we’d shorten your name to S.G. but people might think we were talking about Sara.  I actually knew who Zack meant with D.W., but my brain (and maybe yours as well) went to the “Arthur” books with his sister D.W.  Now that would be a cool Shlogcast if you could interview her! </p> Way to go Shaun.  I applaud your principles and we also homeschool our 3 girls after my wife taught 2nd grade in a public school for 7 years.  That was my thought during part 2, but I’m glad I waited for part 3 of your story.

Oh, and yes we’d shorten your name to S.G. but people might think we were talking about Sara.  I actually knew who Zack meant with D.W., but my brain (and maybe yours as well) went to the “Arthur” books with his sister D.W.  Now that would be a cool Shlogcast if you could interview her!

]]> By: Shawn Bashor http://shaungroves.com/2007/08/ambush-pt3/#comment-11352 Shawn Bashor Fri, 31 Aug 2007 22:09:57 +0000 http://shaungroves.com/2007/08/ambush-pt3/#comment-11352 <p>Is that a rhetorical question or do you talk to yourself on your own blog Shaun? </p> Is that a rhetorical question or do you talk to yourself on your own blog Shaun?

]]> By: Shaun Groves http://shaungroves.com/2007/08/ambush-pt3/#comment-11351 Shaun Groves Fri, 31 Aug 2007 20:49:46 +0000 http://shaungroves.com/2007/08/ambush-pt3/#comment-11351 <p>Finished? </p> Finished?

]]> By: no longer nancy http://shaungroves.com/2007/08/ambush-pt3/#comment-11350 no longer nancy Fri, 31 Aug 2007 17:26:13 +0000 http://shaungroves.com/2007/08/ambush-pt3/#comment-11350 <p>thanks for finishing.  i can breathe again. </p> thanks for finishing.  i can breathe again.

]]> By: Shawn Bashor http://shaungroves.com/2007/08/ambush-pt3/#comment-11349 Shawn Bashor Fri, 31 Aug 2007 17:19:25 +0000 http://shaungroves.com/2007/08/ambush-pt3/#comment-11349 <p>Loud showy christian probably goes to the loud showy church… </p> Loud showy christian probably goes to the loud showy church…

]]> By: Cali Amy http://shaungroves.com/2007/08/ambush-pt3/#comment-11348 Cali Amy Fri, 31 Aug 2007 14:42:54 +0000 http://shaungroves.com/2007/08/ambush-pt3/#comment-11348 <p>Thanks for your comments Geneva.  I was longing for more grace yesterday myself. </p> <p> And it’s true.  Some people my forever be loud and showy, but I think a lot of us go through different phases of growth.  </p> <p> It sounds to me like you handled it really well Shaun.  You showed her respect and represented your position well in so doing.  </p> <p> I hope that the society doesn’t get to the point where every Christian feels they have to homeschool to protect their children.  It’s not a realistic option for all families, but it is a great option for some.  That’s just a side thought. </p> Thanks for your comments Geneva.  I was longing for more grace yesterday myself.

And it’s true.  Some people my forever be loud and showy, but I think a lot of us go through different phases of growth. 

It sounds to me like you handled it really well Shaun.  You showed her respect and represented your position well in so doing. 

I hope that the society doesn’t get to the point where every Christian feels they have to homeschool to protect their children.  It’s not a realistic option for all families, but it is a great option for some.  That’s just a side thought.

]]> By: Geneva http://shaungroves.com/2007/08/ambush-pt3/#comment-11347 Geneva Fri, 31 Aug 2007 14:19:02 +0000 http://shaungroves.com/2007/08/ambush-pt3/#comment-11347 <p>Perhaps the clipboard lady started with good intentions.  It sounds like she had a very worldly reaction to a perceived wrong. I praise God that even when I had a “clipboard lady” mentality, He did not leave me there. He didn’t leave you there, either.  If she has a true love of God, He can lead her into a deeper Christianity. We shouldn’t be so quick to look down our noses at her and others like her.  <br /> Let me go ahead and clarify- I am not saying that you, Shawn, are looking down your nose at her.  Many of the comments left on these postings are focused on her shortcomings, and those postings are what I am referring to. </p> Perhaps the clipboard lady started with good intentions.  It sounds like she had a very worldly reaction to a perceived wrong. I praise God that even when I had a “clipboard lady” mentality, He did not leave me there. He didn’t leave you there, either.  If she has a true love of God, He can lead her into a deeper Christianity. We shouldn’t be so quick to look down our noses at her and others like her. 

Let me go ahead and clarify- I am not saying that you, Shawn, are looking down your nose at her.  Many of the comments left on these postings are focused on her shortcomings, and those postings are what I am referring to.

]]> By: DrewbieTech http://shaungroves.com/2007/08/ambush-pt3/#comment-11346 DrewbieTech Fri, 31 Aug 2007 14:08:43 +0000 http://shaungroves.com/2007/08/ambush-pt3/#comment-11346 <p>I would say they are bred.  My step-dad is a pastor, and growing up it never seemed odd to me that he didn’t go out of his way to be a “loud and obnoxious” Christian, yet God used him all the time to bring people to faith and minister to their needs.  I’ve never seen him give away a tract or petition to be allowed to pray in a school.  I didn’t come to faith until I was 17, and after I did, I began to attend church with some friends from my job.  Their church definitely had more of an emphasis on being that loud Christian, especially in youth group there.  So, that’s who I was challenged to be, but it never felt comfortable.  Since then, I’ve re-examined the scriptures to see what it looks like to follow Christ.  Seems to me that the world can tell we are believers by our love, not how lout our t-shirts or voices are. </p> <p> Anyway, that’s my two cents; I think they’re bred. </p> I would say they are bred.  My step-dad is a pastor, and growing up it never seemed odd to me that he didn’t go out of his way to be a “loud and obnoxious” Christian, yet God used him all the time to bring people to faith and minister to their needs.  I’ve never seen him give away a tract or petition to be allowed to pray in a school.  I didn’t come to faith until I was 17, and after I did, I began to attend church with some friends from my job.  Their church definitely had more of an emphasis on being that loud Christian, especially in youth group there.  So, that’s who I was challenged to be, but it never felt comfortable.  Since then, I’ve re-examined the scriptures to see what it looks like to follow Christ.  Seems to me that the world can tell we are believers by our love, not how lout our t-shirts or voices are.

Anyway, that’s my two cents; I think they’re bred.

]]> By: Todd http://shaungroves.com/2007/08/ambush-pt3/#comment-11345 Todd Fri, 31 Aug 2007 13:10:20 +0000 http://shaungroves.com/2007/08/ambush-pt3/#comment-11345 <p>So are loud and obnoxious Christians born or bred? </p> So are loud and obnoxious Christians born or bred?

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