Comments on: Befriending Judas http://tryingtofollow.com/2008/03/02/befriending-judas/ Thoughts on the Journey Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:15:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jamie http://tryingtofollow.com/2008/03/02/befriending-judas/comment-page-1/#comment-35181 Jamie Mon, 05 May 2008 23:43:46 +0000 http://blog.iamnotashamed.net/2008/03/02/befriending-judas/#comment-35181 Hey Ariah, Just wanted to let you know I am finally back online again (yep- after 7 long months).... and I am so glad to see you're still here, shaking things up and keeping us all *thinking*. I've really missed your posts. Looking forward to catching up! Peace, Jamie Hey Ariah,

Just wanted to let you know I am finally back online again (yep- after 7 long months)…. and I am so glad to see you’re still here, shaking things up and keeping us all *thinking*. I’ve really missed your posts. Looking forward to catching up!

Peace,
Jamie

]]> By: Ariah http://tryingtofollow.com/2008/03/02/befriending-judas/comment-page-1/#comment-31500 Ariah Sat, 08 Mar 2008 20:04:21 +0000 http://blog.iamnotashamed.net/2008/03/02/befriending-judas/#comment-31500 Jason, Thanks for sharing your thoughts. Yes, there is definitely a lot to discuss on that topic. I've never seen the wire, but I can pick up on what your saying. I have some friends who live in Baltimore, not in the city exactly, though I'm not really sure of the area at all. Anyways, be encouraged and keep us posted. I'm gonna subscribe to your blog to stay up to date. Jason,

Thanks for sharing your thoughts. Yes, there is definitely a lot to discuss on that topic.
I’ve never seen the wire, but I can pick up on what your saying.
I have some friends who live in Baltimore, not in the city exactly, though I’m not really sure of the area at all.

Anyways, be encouraged and keep us posted. I’m gonna subscribe to your blog to stay up to date.

]]> By: Jason J http://tryingtofollow.com/2008/03/02/befriending-judas/comment-page-1/#comment-31373 Jason J Wed, 05 Mar 2008 20:38:44 +0000 http://blog.iamnotashamed.net/2008/03/02/befriending-judas/#comment-31373 Ariah, thanks for posting that.. We lived in downtown Baltimore for 4 years before we moved out to the suburbs (mainly to take care of my wife's mother who was very ill), so I'm very familiar with urban life and its good and bad sides. We've missed it there ever since moving out and we've decided to take action on that. We are definitely in that place where Shane Claiborne described where we are definitely more scared of the suburbs than the city. That all being said, in our short time there our house and our car were broken into, one of my best friends was threatened with a knife, and a few months after we moved out, 4 random thugs broke into our neighbors house 2 doors down and shot the guy for absolutely no reason. We didn't live in that bad of a neighborhood, but those elements were still prevalent. Just to give you an idea of where we lived, they would sometimes film scenes for "The Wire" in our neighborhood. I guess that meant that we were dingy enough to look bad but safe enough that they wouldn't risk the actor's lives. However, its our conviction from the Jesus that is making us want to move back there.. As a side note, I looked up real estate in our old neighborhood and my old house was listed at $60K less than we sold it for 20 months ago.. I bet they would be mad if we showed up at settlement and bought it back at a discount :) Keep up the good posts though, they're encouraging to those who are following just a few steps behind. Ariah,
thanks for posting that.. We lived in downtown Baltimore for 4 years before we moved out to the suburbs (mainly to take care of my wife’s mother who was very ill), so I’m very familiar with urban life and its good and bad sides.

We’ve missed it there ever since moving out and we’ve decided to take action on that. We are definitely in that place where Shane Claiborne described where we are definitely more scared of the suburbs than the city.

That all being said, in our short time there our house and our car were broken into, one of my best friends was threatened with a knife, and a few months after we moved out, 4 random thugs broke into our neighbors house 2 doors down and shot the guy for absolutely no reason.

We didn’t live in that bad of a neighborhood, but those elements were still prevalent. Just to give you an idea of where we lived, they would sometimes film scenes for “The Wire” in our neighborhood. I guess that meant that we were dingy enough to look bad but safe enough that they wouldn’t risk the actor’s lives.

However, its our conviction from the Jesus that is making us want to move back there.. As a side note, I looked up real estate in our old neighborhood and my old house was listed at $60K less than we sold it for 20 months ago.. I bet they would be mad if we showed up at settlement and bought it back at a discount :)

Keep up the good posts though, they’re encouraging to those who are following just a few steps behind.

]]> By: Ariah http://tryingtofollow.com/2008/03/02/befriending-judas/comment-page-1/#comment-31367 Ariah Wed, 05 Mar 2008 17:54:27 +0000 http://blog.iamnotashamed.net/2008/03/02/befriending-judas/#comment-31367 Jason and Josh, Here are some of my thoughts on that topic: http://blog.iamnotashamed.net/2007/09/26/safe-is-an-interesting-word/ Jason and Josh,

Here are some of my thoughts on that topic:
http://blog.iamnotashamed.net/2007/09/26/safe-is-an-interesting-word/

]]> By: Josh http://tryingtofollow.com/2008/03/02/befriending-judas/comment-page-1/#comment-31344 Josh Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:10:46 +0000 http://blog.iamnotashamed.net/2008/03/02/befriending-judas/#comment-31344 Well I most certainly am not a parent but I would have to say that no matter what you do I would first ask God, then I would probably look at the standpoint of God as a Father onto us as his children. Really when in doubt the old WWJD works out quite well. God will give you the answers when you need them, and he is always going to be there for you. God Bless Jason and I hope this helped. Well I most certainly am not a parent but I would have to say that no matter what you do I would first ask God, then I would probably look at the standpoint of God as a Father onto us as his children. Really when in doubt the old WWJD works out quite well. God will give you the answers when you need them, and he is always going to be there for you. God Bless Jason and I hope this helped.

]]> By: Jason J http://tryingtofollow.com/2008/03/02/befriending-judas/comment-page-1/#comment-31343 Jason J Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:38:38 +0000 http://blog.iamnotashamed.net/2008/03/02/befriending-judas/#comment-31343 Ugh.. thats one of my greatest internal struggles at this point. I don't know where the balance point between my God given responsibilities as a parent and my responsibility to help those in need in a practical way. Does anyone have any experience in this b/c I'd really like to hear it. Ugh.. thats one of my greatest internal struggles at this point. I don’t know where the balance point between my God given responsibilities as a parent and my responsibility to help those in need in a practical way.

Does anyone have any experience in this b/c I’d really like to hear it.

]]> By: Richard http://tryingtofollow.com/2008/03/02/befriending-judas/comment-page-1/#comment-31312 Richard Mon, 03 Mar 2008 05:39:15 +0000 http://blog.iamnotashamed.net/2008/03/02/befriending-judas/#comment-31312 Here's another aspect to the Judas Puzzle. The twelve were chosen from a large group of disciples by Jesus. Judas didn't just show up, but at some point in the journey Jesus selected him to be part of the inner circle. This implies to me that at some point in the journey Judas was a good man, a worthy follower, and not the one-dimensional villain he is often painted as. Here’s another aspect to the Judas Puzzle. The twelve were chosen from a large group of disciples by Jesus. Judas didn’t just show up, but at some point in the journey Jesus selected him to be part of the inner circle.

This implies to me that at some point in the journey Judas was a good man, a worthy follower, and not the one-dimensional villain he is often painted as.

]]> By: Josh http://tryingtofollow.com/2008/03/02/befriending-judas/comment-page-1/#comment-31305 Josh Mon, 03 Mar 2008 00:10:06 +0000 http://blog.iamnotashamed.net/2008/03/02/befriending-judas/#comment-31305 That kind of love is hard to come by. That kind of love is hard to come by.

]]> By: Zach http://tryingtofollow.com/2008/03/02/befriending-judas/comment-page-1/#comment-31304 Zach Sun, 02 Mar 2008 22:26:00 +0000 http://blog.iamnotashamed.net/2008/03/02/befriending-judas/#comment-31304 Yeah, it's something we forget, but just hours before Judas betrayed Jesus, and Jesus knowing full well what he was going to do, Jesus washed Judas' feet along with the other disciples. Yeah, it’s something we forget, but just hours before Judas betrayed Jesus, and Jesus knowing full well what he was going to do, Jesus washed Judas’ feet along with the other disciples.

]]> By: Josh http://tryingtofollow.com/2008/03/02/befriending-judas/comment-page-1/#comment-31296 Josh Sun, 02 Mar 2008 19:30:17 +0000 http://blog.iamnotashamed.net/2008/03/02/befriending-judas/#comment-31296 Very interesting article and great thought process. Helped open up and really understand a little bit more on the topic. "Loving our Enemies" is probably one of the hardest challenges we face in our day to day lives. The focus of understanding the meaning and reasoning behind it all is very much worth investigating. Very interesting article and great thought process. Helped open up and really understand a little bit more on the topic. “Loving our Enemies” is probably one of the hardest challenges we face in our day to day lives. The focus of understanding the meaning and reasoning behind it all is very much worth investigating.

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