tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4802192063076155160.post7028947444199338532..comments2023-10-10T09:43:02.566-05:00Comments on Ice Shavings and Shinny: All is Grace…Saying Goodbye to Brennan ManningCraig Daliessiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04622536691388864746noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4802192063076155160.post-70224988578105640422013-04-15T01:44:46.525-05:002013-04-15T01:44:46.525-05:00I loved your tribute to brennan. It is so strange ...I loved your tribute to brennan. It is so strange to be so upset to lose someone you never knew, but other Brennan Fans get it. Here is my thoughts.... http://megmodes.blogspot.com/Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10220085883503655668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4802192063076155160.post-67004530487957585602013-04-14T12:01:05.645-05:002013-04-14T12:01:05.645-05:00Thank you Craig. As the above commenter I am new ...Thank you Craig. As the above commenter I am new to your blog and today is the first time I've ever heard the name Brennan Manning ... I can see these two new acquaintances are another step in God's healing process for my life. I am going through the separation process (With divorce on the horizon) from a verbally/emotionally man who spent the 25 years of our marriage making sure I fully understood the depth of his loathing and unacceptance of me and my human failings. He made a point to separate me from others acceptance so I felt friendless and was sure I should be a hermit(I believed until just this week that I didn't like people and they didn't like me). This sad man took me to a secluded place in October and sat in the car screaming and swearing at me about all my faults and why he was done and why I was mentally ill and needed help. He told me we were separating and that it would be cooperative ...he even told me what I would say when we told our two teenage daughters. A week ago I found the truth - he's had a girlfriend since before that night in October. Looking back I now see what I was too afraid to admit before...there have been others. I will be finding the books written by Brennan Manning today and starting on this long needed understanding of how God really sees and loves me (probably even laughs at me as I do my precious girls). I am grateful for your words about this unfamiliar man and look forward to getting to know my Abba's heart through his...and yours. I will be back to your blog and profile for its honesty and the sense that you accept others as well as yourself. I will be anonymous to protect my girls hearts as well as myself. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4802192063076155160.post-8152435355852252262013-04-13T22:54:38.071-05:002013-04-13T22:54:38.071-05:00Craig, I have never read a word you wrote until fo...Craig, I have never read a word you wrote until four minutes ago, and I'm so glad you pointed us here from Brennan's FB page. I, too, am thinking of Brennan's welcome into the loving arms of our Abba yesterday, and am thinking of his reunion with Rich and so many of his friends who have gone before. Your essay reminded me that Brennan's voice has been the most outrageously honest voice in my memory. Brennan was the guy who would be booked into conferences and then cancelled before the event when church leaders heard rumblings that he was so honest about Grace. I'm glad he touched your life the way he did; and mine, and so many countless others who discovered through his writings how unconditionally loved we all are (despite being told otherwise). I'm glad I read his final book recently, and I'll need to pick up a few more copies of "Ragammufin" since my last copy is currently loaned out to a friend who needed to hear the real truth. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com