Maybe you remember me, Lois, formerly of SF and now up in Portland... Tom and I want to express our sorrow for your loss. Rascal was a great cat! She wouldn't have much to do with me on the couple of times I met her, and I respected that. She was definitely Royalty. I get she'll be looking in to make sure you're doing everything up to her high standards!
I really like your take on the word "worship". I seldom use that word because of the implication of begging subservience attached to it. That is certainly not how I feel. Worship as an expression of love--that's it! Coming from a Catholic tradition meant pleading and begging as worship, and not a little grovelling. And yet all the teachings had to do with how much God loved us--didn't make sense to me, even as a kid. I left early. Now I sort of cringe when I see signs outside churches inviting us all to come and worship. Over time, the word had become very heavy, sticky and threatening: unworthy sinners, you MUST bow in worship to be saved!!! Thank you. I'll see about looking at it a little differently now.
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I really like your take on the word "worship". I seldom use that word because of the implication of begging subservience attached to it. That is certainly not how I feel. Worship as an expression of love--that's it! Coming from a Catholic tradition meant pleading and begging as worship, and not a little grovelling. And yet all the teachings had to do with how much God loved us--didn't make sense to me, even as a kid. I left early. Now I sort of cringe when I see signs outside churches inviting us all to come and worship. Over time, the word had become very heavy, sticky and threatening: unworthy sinners, you MUST bow in worship to be saved!!! Thank you. I'll see about looking at it a little differently now.