Comments on: Two Complaints I Always Ignore

By: Kim

Kim — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 20:00:15 +0000

I am a blogger and I know well the public complaints and name calling of which you speak. I have been called a two-faced hypocrite, in league with Satan, ugly, witch and have been told I am going to hell, simply because I blogged about looking at some piece of scripture or Christian idea in a different way.

All of these comments have been made on my blogs/journals (Cafemom) and I have responded to them, not in like manner, but directly and head on. That only made the complainer more riled. I don’t know what the answer is, but I do know we need to be more supportive and less judgmental.

By: Jenof3

Jenof3 — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 01:46:20 +0000

Just wanted to say that I read her blog despite the negativity surrounding her (and her family). I have for about a year.

Up until she went to Kenya I had yet to ever hear of Compassion.

Sponsoring a child is on my heart right now; without my husband having “experience” with Compassion, we are working through the decision in our marriage, properly.

However, without her blog, experience, pictures, etc. I would not be sitting with my husband praying about this decision.

Just saying . . ..

By: Dc

Dc — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 15:02:08 +0000

Quite a lot of assuming going on in the second last paragraph dont you think?

By: Shaun Groves

Shaun Groves — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 14:12:46 +0000

Thanks, Karen, for the encouragement. And thanks for reading along.

By: Shaun Groves

Shaun Groves — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 14:11:06 +0000

Yep. E-mail works. A person is only banned from commenting on a site.

By: Shaun Groves

Shaun Groves — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 14:09:26 +0000

Ah, but the power of the IP address is forgotten. Nothing is anonymous…to the geekiest among us ; )

By: Karen

Karen — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 13:45:10 +0000

Hi Shaun, have found your blog today and interestingly enough another blog which was a ‘hate’ blog a few days ago. I was shocked by the vindictiveness of the women posting there. Supposedly Christian women (well most seemed to claim that anyway) and yet none were showing any Christ like behaviour. While not a Christian I do believe the bible mentions something about ‘casting the first stone’. It is something I try and live by, not always successfully I might add, but I try. I enjoyed reading this post about that issue. I hope you continue on with the wonderful work and that you continue to ignore the public complaints.

By: Elaina

Elaina — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 03:34:35 +0000

I didn’t have my computer for almost a week and honestly, maybe I should just disconnect for awhile longer. Holy cow. Holy. Cow.

All I know is God worked in my life through ALL (ALL. Of. Them.) of the bloggers and their posts about Kenya. I stated that in the comments of your debrief blog. I’m thankful for the posts and the pictures. God moved in HUGE ways in my life while y’all were in Kenya.

I appreciate this post and your approach. I’m sad it’s necessary. But I appreciate your approach and the way you’ve conducted yourself.

By: Lisa Q

Lisa Q — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 01:06:22 +0000

Well said Shaun! We let ‘stuff’ get in the way and judge people harshly and unfairly. If we could only show a tiny bit of the grace our Father shows us.

So sorry that you have had to deal with so much regarding this blogger trip. It has overshadowed the whole purpose in many ways, but I trust that God’s will is done for these children in need.

By: Amy

Amy — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 00:11:17 +0000

Sorry! My “Hey Shaun” looked kind of rude and I didn’t intend it that way.

The April Rose scam I was referring to was a serial scammer who also conned people into thinking she was carrying a baby she was going to let them adopt. A life may not have been in danger, but I still think this person needed to be addressed in a public forum to protect others from falling prey. In a loving, biblical way, which she was.

http://www.tellthechurch.blogspot.com/