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I'd like to add that 'coexist' contrad...

2012-05-26T20:10:00.378-04:00

I'd like to add that 'coexist' contradicts 'survival of the fittest'

@dieselducy it was at an older building in uptown ...

2010-12-03T09:20:51.344-05:00

@dieselducy it was at an older building in uptown Charlotte.

WHAT building was this elevator in???

2010-12-03T02:50:01.396-05:00

WHAT building was this elevator in???

Man, that's terrible. It's always stupid w...

2010-09-10T16:00:03.505-04:00

Man, that's terrible. It's always stupid when they change the rules like that. I'll pray for you.

@Mark, There is a little more to it. They have mad...

2010-09-03T15:50:37.378-04:00

@Mark,
There is a little more to it. They have made the supervisor restrictions much tougher too so it is much harder to find a qualified supervisor and get the work counted.
So currently, the only opportunities I've found are at centers where the pay is waaaay below my cost of living and the populations are outside my training and interests.

I don't really know how the licensing works, b...

2010-09-03T15:45:37.861-04:00

I don't really know how the licensing works, but based on what you said isn't it just a matter of doing more counseling and waiting a little longer (ok, 3000 more hours is a lot, but not forever)?

You already had 1260 hours to go, this is just a little more than double that. It seems like you could've still done it. Or is there something else?

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2010-08-30T19:51:54.191-04:00

ah----, 704 890 0236, or carlos@areafifteen.com

pls call me asap, i would like to talk @ possibili...

2010-08-30T19:51:03.000-04:00

pls call me asap, i would like to talk @ possibiliites for u in my community, area15, areafifteen.com, i have similar education , did grad school at Trinity and counseled in charlotte for 14years. peace, carlos

I feel for you bro. But, I do agree that God will...

2010-08-30T14:57:48.111-04:00

I feel for you bro. But, I do agree that God will use this in your life and open up another door for you. It's good that you recognize that this has closed for now.

I bet you could move to Rock Hill and find friendlier requirements in South Carolina should you still have desire to counsel.

Good things will certainly come!

Excellent post - I especially like how you conclud...

2010-04-28T11:25:35.728-04:00

Excellent post - I especially like how you concluded with a question - much like God did at the end of Jonah...

To Anonymous: I am pretty sure you did not even re...

2010-04-13T15:47:20.619-04:00

To Anonymous:
I am pretty sure you did not even read the post or at least did not make it all the way through it. Or perhaps worse, the point of it was totally lost on you.
When was the last time you know of someone in the US or any Westernized nation that was burned at the stake for not following Christianity?
I would reckon it was not after the invention of that ridiculous bumper sticker much less the invention of the car itself.

You are entitled to your opinion.You choose religi...

2010-04-13T15:32:49.658-04:00

You are entitled to your opinion.You choose religion as fact . Christianity has got the majority popular beleif being if u thought any thing different, You might be burned at the stake excommunicated or a number of other things.

I think to put it all on a wide-spread universal a...

2010-03-22T16:51:58.171-04:00

I think to put it all on a wide-spread universal attitude of why women put up with it is only going to get someone in trouble.

I do have a few theories from my own personal experience, though. Meaning, when I've allowed men to treat me like crap.

First, attention is attention. I think some women worry that if they don't allow a man to treat them like crap, they won't be able to be friends or "companions" with them anymore. Think about it... even you as men sometimes let people treat you as less than worthy to be in the "cool" group. It's the same thing. Getting bad attention is still attention.

Women think they can be "the one" to change a man. Sometimes this comes from our wanting to think of ourselves as better than the ones that came before, sometimes it's just a desperation of not wanting to end up alone.

Which brings me to a third point. Women are afraid to be alone. I've seen women bounce from man to man their entire lives, none of which are good enough for them. As someone who has been single for 4 years, I can speak with authority that being single for any amount of time starts to wear on the ego. Some are willing to deal with the worn ego to wait on that guy who is perfect and right for them, some are not.

Like I said earlier, though, I'm not sure this is a universal idea that can be pinned to one thing.

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ah my young grasshopper...the road to postmodernis...

2009-11-10T16:49:01.764-05:00

ah my young grasshopper...the road to postmodernism is dangerous...you will piss off many along the way...yet i am quite proud of you...

and though my life motto is "better honest than good", we must be gentle with our stereotyping...the woman always reminds me of my hypocritical double standardness when i judge the judger...so i cannot throw any stones...but your rant is quite strong...

BUT, i agree completely with you...and i shall take this one step farther...

YES, our christian subculture disgusts me...I, many years ago, threw away many of my "secular" cds, and pledged to listen to only "christian" music...what a dumbass...i later found out that God not could, but does, speak to me more in "secular" music then "christian"...ummm...U2 anyone? jack johnson? i can go on and on...

And SO, let me say, I think beyond getting rid of "secular" and "christian" and the whole subculture...can we just discard the term "nonchristian" alltogether?...

FOR, does not Christ already live in us all?...did He not die for all mankind?...the kingdom of heaven is within you?....perhaps it is just acknowledging Him who is ALREADY in us...

I think we are all christian and nonchristians alike...I find Jesus again everyday...I experience salvation daily...I am no different than anyone...for we are all God's children, and He sees all our sins the same...

Well stated, Kevin. I have to say, when I first b...

2009-11-09T18:16:44.699-05:00

Well stated, Kevin. I have to say, when I first became aware of what Chirp was all about, my stomach turned a little. Thanks for the thoughtful writing.

Let's be innovators you all! Why copy for the...

2009-11-09T16:33:12.654-05:00

Let's be innovators you all! Why copy for the sake of creating a sub-culture? Nuff said!

@JMS: Yeah, I've heard that before. I have a ...

2009-11-09T16:00:37.129-05:00

@JMS:

Yeah, I've heard that before. I have a Christian friend who tells me, "dude, you're a Christian, you just won't admit it". I'm familiar with the work of Jesus if only because I've spent a great deal of time exploring the Christian faith.

Without completely jacking this blog/thread, I would simply say it comes down to inability to give myself over to the worship of one particular God. My logical breakdown of ALL religions puts them somewhere in the arena of mythology, and while I think there are a lot of good life lessons to be learned in man's quest for spiritual truth (be it Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, etc), I know that they all boil down to true faith, something of which I'm apparently lacking.

Believe me, I've been a seeker, and I've found nothing. I consider myself a spiritual person of sorts, but I'm more-or-less a free agent, for want of a better term.

To quote Hansel Schmidt (Hedwig), I've not accepted Jesus as my personal savior, "but I love his work". Please note, I don't mean that as a slight on Christianity at all. Rather, I'm a big believer in (and in many cases a champion of) some of the *messages* of Christianity (e.g., Tobit 4:15, Luke 6:31, Matthew 7:1, etc), but I just can't get on board with the fact that the Christian God is the absolute answer to all creation and existence. There are simply too many other options (systems of belief) out there...and to me, they all seem equally as man-made, or if made by a Higher Power, then they are all part of something that's way beyond my understanding. Either way, I have no idea *what* to believe. Hence the Agnosticism.

Just my $0.02 (and sorry for the long-winded threadjack, Kevin).

Anthony, You seem to have a good understanding of...

2009-11-09T15:19:47.026-05:00

Anthony,
You seem to have a good understanding of the person of Jesus...so why the agnosticism? I can see why you'd reject various institutional religious groups, but as both Chesterton and Lewis would be quick to point out, rejecting Christians is not the same as rejecting Christ. In fact, most Emergent Christians do precisely that. Why not look into that stream of Christian faith?