http://rhsheldon.com/body-mind-soul/walking-on-water/ Writing the Backwash with R. H. Sheldon Sat, 10 Dec 2011 16:18:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://rhsheldon.com/body-mind-soul/walking-on-water/comment-page-1/#comment-68 Jerome Stueart Mon, 09 Aug 2010 09:16:16 +0000 http://rhsheldon.com/?p=423#comment-68 Bob, I could really feel my emotions move with you on this one... I love the idea of a monastery, but I'm sure I'd be haunted by the current negative atmosphere towards gays, and yet I'd bounce back to the serenity, the nature, the ball field, the monks. Maybe the monastery exists between places somewhere---somewhere peaceful, not in the world of the Pope, and still outside our everyday world, so it doesn't inherit that stress. I'm glad you got to stay there a bit. I liked this piece. I would have swapped the crucifix for a plain cross while they weren't looking, and shoved tortured Jesus in a closet somewhere. Maybe I'll bring a small painting instead--in case I ever stop there. Just to put some peace above my head. Bob, I could really feel my emotions move with you on this one… I love the idea of a monastery, but I’m sure I’d be haunted by the current negative atmosphere towards gays, and yet I’d bounce back to the serenity, the nature, the ball field, the monks. Maybe the monastery exists between places somewhere—somewhere peaceful, not in the world of the Pope, and still outside our everyday world, so it doesn’t inherit that stress. I’m glad you got to stay there a bit. I liked this piece. I would have swapped the crucifix for a plain cross while they weren’t looking, and shoved tortured Jesus in a closet somewhere. Maybe I’ll bring a small painting instead–in case I ever stop there. Just to put some peace above my head.

]]> http://rhsheldon.com/body-mind-soul/walking-on-water/comment-page-1/#comment-17 Beckie Elgin Thu, 15 Jul 2010 15:59:52 +0000 http://rhsheldon.com/?p=423#comment-17 I know what you mean, I also find great serenity in some Catholic settings, despite the truths I know about the religion. I felt this way in Rome, attending mass at St. Peters in the Vatican. There was an aura of something deeper and more pure than the evil that has occurred in the name of Christ. I love the surprises in this story, the baseball shrine, the walking on water sign. And I enjoyed how the writing felt so immediate, as if you were typing at the very moment you discovered these things. I know what you mean, I also find great serenity in some Catholic settings, despite the truths I know about the religion. I felt this way in Rome, attending mass at St. Peters in the Vatican. There was an aura of something deeper and more pure than the evil that has occurred in the name of Christ. I love the surprises in this story, the baseball shrine, the walking on water sign. And I enjoyed how the writing felt so immediate, as if you were typing at the very moment you discovered these things.

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