Comments for Phoenix Hopes http://phoenixhopes.wordpress.com Just another WordPress.com weblog Sat, 21 Feb 2009 07:40:32 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on The Dentist by jacidawn http://phoenixhopes.wordpress.com/2009/02/17/the-dentist/#comment-51 jacidawn Sat, 21 Feb 2009 07:40:32 +0000 http://phoenixhopes.wordpress.com/?p=84#comment-51 My mouth is costing me over - omg, I have no idea now. Some day I will compute it. I found a dentist who was willing to work with PAYMENTS rather than how much I needed the work. So we often let things hang until they were critical, but he was always there when they did become critical. I think I started the work in about 1999??? Naw, it had to be earlier than that. Probably 1995. Little bit by little bit. He understood my loathing. Understood my fears. And best of all - his staff understood my finances. Never over scheduled, never ran up my debt to him ,never left me hanging. Anyway, after all these years, I am actually at a point where my teeth are HEALTHY. It's been - oh God, Marci -- THOUSANDS. But a little bit at a time so it never hurt. I really hope and pray that your new dentist is like Dr. Garcia. He never got frustrated with my time line due to finances. His commitment was (is) always to doing what needed to be done AS I COULD AFFORD IT. He UNDERSTOOD being POOR. Wish you were here - I would totally recommend him to you. And the end of the story: I am actually getting my teeth straightened after all these years. Not to make my face prettier (hahahaha) but to KEEP my teeth. My mouth is costing me over – omg, I have no idea now. Some day I will compute it. I found a dentist who was willing to work with PAYMENTS rather than how much I needed the work. So we often let things hang until they were critical, but he was always there when they did become critical. I think I started the work in about 1999??? Naw, it had to be earlier than that. Probably 1995. Little bit by little bit.
He understood my loathing. Understood my fears. And best of all – his staff understood my finances. Never over scheduled, never ran up my debt to him ,never left me hanging.

Anyway, after all these years, I am actually at a point where my teeth are HEALTHY. It’s been – oh God, Marci — THOUSANDS. But a little bit at a time so it never hurt. I really hope and pray that your new dentist is like Dr. Garcia. He never got frustrated with my time line due to finances. His commitment was (is) always to doing what needed to be done AS I COULD AFFORD IT. He UNDERSTOOD being POOR.

Wish you were here – I would totally recommend him to you.

And the end of the story: I am actually getting my teeth straightened after all these years. Not to make my face prettier (hahahaha) but to KEEP my teeth.

]]> Comment on The Shack by phoenixhopes http://phoenixhopes.wordpress.com/2009/01/31/the-shack/#comment-50 phoenixhopes Tue, 03 Feb 2009 03:45:10 +0000 http://phoenixhopes.wordpress.com/?p=79#comment-50 >>I felt like “God” (Papa) was really nothing more than a remake of The Oracle from The Matrix movies This really cracks me up and I can totally see it! >>I felt like “God” (Papa) was really nothing more than a remake of The Oracle from The Matrix movies

This really cracks me up and I can totally see it!

]]> Comment on The Shack by dsimple http://phoenixhopes.wordpress.com/2009/01/31/the-shack/#comment-49 dsimple Sun, 01 Feb 2009 07:50:08 +0000 http://phoenixhopes.wordpress.com/?p=79#comment-49 I read it recently and wasn't overly impressed, either. I didn't hate it. Didn't love it. Don't know if I'd even recommend it to someone else to read. Personally, I felt like "God" (Papa) was really nothing more than a remake of The Oracle from The Matrix movies ... I could even hear her voice in my head while I read. Not a bad book ... not a great book ... and not even a very original book (like I said, I felt like I'd seen it all before in a movie, but just making some different points). It rattled my cage a bit ... found myself feeling like it was walking very close to the edge of heresy a couple of times. But I think my biggest concern would be people reading it who don't read very carefully and might end up thinking the author was saying things he really wasn't saying at all. My two bits for what it's worth. :-) ~Debi I read it recently and wasn’t overly impressed, either. I didn’t hate it. Didn’t love it. Don’t know if I’d even recommend it to someone else to read. Personally, I felt like “God” (Papa) was really nothing more than a remake of The Oracle from The Matrix movies … I could even hear her voice in my head while I read. Not a bad book … not a great book … and not even a very original book (like I said, I felt like I’d seen it all before in a movie, but just making some different points). It rattled my cage a bit … found myself feeling like it was walking very close to the edge of heresy a couple of times. But I think my biggest concern would be people reading it who don’t read very carefully and might end up thinking the author was saying things he really wasn’t saying at all. My two bits for what it’s worth. :-)

~Debi

]]> Comment on The Shack by phoenixhopes http://phoenixhopes.wordpress.com/2009/01/31/the-shack/#comment-48 phoenixhopes Sat, 31 Jan 2009 23:45:02 +0000 http://phoenixhopes.wordpress.com/?p=79#comment-48 Dang, I was trying to do the block quote thing. Let me try again.... <blockquote cite=""> <I> I agree! I think The Shack is only dangerous to two types of people: 1) Those who can’t/won’t think for themselves and accept everything they read as truth, and 2) Those who want to be the ones to say what The Truth should be and are afraid of losing control. Dang, I was trying to do the block quote thing. Let me try again….

I agree! I think The Shack is only dangerous to two types of people: 1) Those who can’t/won’t think for themselves and accept everything they read as truth, and 2) Those who want to be the ones to say what The Truth should be and are afraid of losing control.

]]> Comment on The Shack by phoenixhopes http://phoenixhopes.wordpress.com/2009/01/31/the-shack/#comment-47 phoenixhopes Sat, 31 Jan 2009 23:42:09 +0000 http://phoenixhopes.wordpress.com/?p=79#comment-47 <blockquote cite="I definitely didn’t find it to be dangerous"> I agree! I think The Shack is only dangerous to two types of people: 1) Those who can't/won't think for themselves and accept everything they read as truth, and 2) Those who want to be the ones to say what The Truth should be and are afraid of losing control. <blockquote cite="While I didn’t think the writing was very good..."> I agree with this also. It was a nice, light read.

I agree! I think The Shack is only dangerous to two types of people: 1) Those who can’t/won’t think for themselves and accept everything they read as truth, and 2) Those who want to be the ones to say what The Truth should be and are afraid of losing control.

I agree with this also. It was a nice, light read.

]]> Comment on The Shack by Deanna Piercy http://phoenixhopes.wordpress.com/2009/01/31/the-shack/#comment-46 Deanna Piercy Sat, 31 Jan 2009 17:35:07 +0000 http://phoenixhopes.wordpress.com/?p=79#comment-46 While I didn't think the writing was very good, I loved reading something that confirmed some things I've felt or believed deep down but don't often hear in traditional Christian circles. As I read it I kept thinking of people who have been hurt by misguided Christians and how some of the concepts expressed in the book might touch them. While I didn’t think the writing was very good, I loved reading something that confirmed some things I’ve felt or believed deep down but don’t often hear in traditional Christian circles. As I read it I kept thinking of people who have been hurt by misguided Christians and how some of the concepts expressed in the book might touch them.

]]> Comment on The Shack by hinzkj http://phoenixhopes.wordpress.com/2009/01/31/the-shack/#comment-45 hinzkj Sat, 31 Jan 2009 16:53:32 +0000 http://phoenixhopes.wordpress.com/?p=79#comment-45 I had the same experience. I even didn't read it for a long time because of the all the people saying how wonderful it was. I finally read it when a local pastor wrote something in the newspaper here talking about how theologically wrong and dangerous it was. I knew then that I had to read it :). I'm glad if it's made some people see God as something more than an old man, if it spoke to them in some way about forgiveness or something else. I definitely didn't find it to be dangerous :). I found a lot of the writing style sort of annoying. Like you, I'm also glad that I read it and I'm glad it's been helpful for others. It just wasn't something that really spoke to me. And I still really don't get the dangerous part :). I had the same experience. I even didn’t read it for a long time because of the all the people saying how wonderful it was. I finally read it when a local pastor wrote something in the newspaper here talking about how theologically wrong and dangerous it was. I knew then that I had to read it :) . I’m glad if it’s made some people see God as something more than an old man, if it spoke to them in some way about forgiveness or something else. I definitely didn’t find it to be dangerous :) . I found a lot of the writing style sort of annoying.

Like you, I’m also glad that I read it and I’m glad it’s been helpful for others. It just wasn’t something that really spoke to me. And I still really don’t get the dangerous part :) .

]]> Comment on A Prayer for Owen Meany by phoenixhopes http://phoenixhopes.wordpress.com/2009/01/11/a-prayer-for-owen-meany/#comment-44 phoenixhopes Mon, 19 Jan 2009 04:58:57 +0000 http://phoenixhopes.wordpress.com/?p=62#comment-44 Romances are nice once in awhile in the same way that fast food is quick and easy. It's nice to have available, but I wouldn't want to rely on it for my entire diet. Since our Netflix queues are so similar, I bet our reading lists would also match. Romances are nice once in awhile in the same way that fast food is quick and easy. It’s nice to have available, but I wouldn’t want to rely on it for my entire diet.

Since our Netflix queues are so similar, I bet our reading lists would also match.

]]> Comment on A Prayer for Owen Meany by jacidawn http://phoenixhopes.wordpress.com/2009/01/11/a-prayer-for-owen-meany/#comment-43 jacidawn Mon, 19 Jan 2009 03:13:17 +0000 http://phoenixhopes.wordpress.com/?p=62#comment-43 OK, I am coming to you next time I am out of reading material. I followed suggestions I got from other people and it's all pretty light romance reading. Your books sound infinitely more interesting (and a whole lot closer to my appetite for literature). OK, I am coming to you next time I am out of reading material. I followed suggestions I got from other people and it’s all pretty light romance reading. Your books sound infinitely more interesting (and a whole lot closer to my appetite for literature).

]]> Comment on Saturday by Deanna http://phoenixhopes.wordpress.com/2009/01/11/saturday/#comment-42 Deanna Mon, 12 Jan 2009 01:28:19 +0000 http://phoenixhopes.wordpress.com/?p=71#comment-42 Have you read Pepin's memoir? It is wonderful! Here's the link to it on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Apprentice-My-Life-Kitchen/dp/0618444114/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1231723631&sr=1-4 Have you read Pepin’s memoir? It is wonderful! Here’s the link to it on Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/Apprentice-My-Life-Kitchen/dp/0618444114/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1231723631&sr=1-4

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