tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-575514155486283253.post976829457343684951..comments2023-07-19T18:07:56.603-04:00Comments on Progressive Christian Reflections by Chris Glaser: Where Ladybugs Come to DieChris Glaserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05053827119412315808noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-575514155486283253.post-17295077776056108922017-03-16T16:53:12.472-04:002017-03-16T16:53:12.472-04:00Elder Nancy Maxwell of MCC gave me permission to a...Elder Nancy Maxwell of MCC gave me permission to add her name to her comment with this wonderful encouragement:<br /><br />Hi Rev. Chris-<br /><br />Oh my, you honor me in wanting to post my thoughts, so feel free to use my name-or not. Your choice!<br /><br />Thank you for being in my life each week. It's such a blessing.<br /> <br />In community,<br />Nancy<br />Chris Glaserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05053827119412315808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-575514155486283253.post-38702037657136999382017-03-16T09:59:31.205-04:002017-03-16T09:59:31.205-04:00Most of the comments I receive on the blog come di...Most of the comments I receive on the blog come directly to me. Here is one I’d like to share about this post from an MCC colleague, followed by my response:<br /><br />Hi Rev. Chris,<br /><br />What if, instead of the place where ladybugs come to die, it is the place they are born and cannot find a way out, so they die? I am now at my fourth and last week-long residency for the certificate in spiritual direction at Columbia Theological Seminary. Last spring when I was here for the second residency, my dorm room had 15-20 ladybugs crawling on the walls and moving in and out of the ceiling tiles. I saw them as a blessing on my call as a spiritual director. But I also spent time capturing the bugs and releasing them out the window. In my frame of reference, last fall their mother came into a small space--perhaps in a crevice in the window frame, and laid her eggs. The eggs hatched in the spring, but her "children" did not know the way out that their mother came in. And so they get trapped and consequently die.<br /><br />Thoughts (and doesn't that preach!)<br /><br />By the way, it has been too cold this week to see much "hatching"--only one ladybug has appeared so far--maybe there will be more today and tomorrow as the weather warms up. I hope so.<br />In community,<br />(Signed)<br /><br />My reply:<br /><br />Thanks, though you give me a distressing alternative view of their life cycle. I had never thought of this. I'm going to copy and paste this as a comment on the post anonymously for others to think about! Maybe my view is related to the fact that I'm closer myself to death than birth, and I had viewed it as a parallel to my own life cycle in relation to this house! I'll keep an eye out for baby ladybugs! Chris<br />Chris Glaserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05053827119412315808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-575514155486283253.post-29641569761775226292017-03-01T08:36:30.242-05:002017-03-01T08:36:30.242-05:00And we're glad you were our first visitor afte...And we're glad you were our first visitor after our move!Chris Glaserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05053827119412315808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-575514155486283253.post-40882154591912509292017-03-01T08:16:38.699-05:002017-03-01T08:16:38.699-05:00It is a lovely safe house. I am glad you are happ...It is a lovely safe house. I am glad you are happy! Marchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09907982472078844786noreply@blogger.com