Who?
The various blatherings of Jon Featherstone - nobody in particular.
An eclectic mixture of rants, opinions, poems and some random, unrelated items of possible interest to about 3 other people on the planet, each and all concisely and effectively illustrating my general discontent with the way of things and my equal inability to suggest anything better as I attempt to recover from years of sitting in churches.
I live in Hamilton, New Zealand with my wife and 2 pre-teen kids where I own and manage a small software development business.
Having just turned 40, this brings my mid-life crisis into it’s record 19th year.
My hobbies are classical guitar and just sitting and thinking about stuff.
September 18, 2007 at 10:04 am
Jon,
I am the one posted on Doug’s blog earlier today. After re-reading my post, I feel that I owe you an apology.
I am sorry for what I said and how I said it. My words were very harsh and angry, and I apologize. I know we are all on a Journey, and while your journey may be different than mine, I need to respect that.
I admire how you and Doug seem to have a mutual respect for each other while “agreeing to disagree.”
Again, I am sorry and apologize.
September 18, 2007 at 5:53 pm
Hi Dan,
Apology accepted and no hard feelings!
The truth is that not so long ago I would have written exactly the same thing if someone had posted that on my website. I was a christian for 25 odd years, and have only been exploring other models of God and Man these past few months! Furthermore, the truth is that sometimes I get frustrated with others and have a bit of a rant too, and sometime “let rip” only to have to go and apologise afterwards. Poor Doug can attest that at least once I have beaten him very badly about the head on this blogsite! It is a challenge to learn to balance being passionate with being gracious, and I struggle! It was also an error of judgement on my part to post such obviously non-christian ideas on his obviously christian blog - I should have sent him a private email. It is also clear from your response that you care deeply for Doug, and it pains you (as it does me) to see him hampered by illness. Your motivation was good and you meant no harm. Anyway, the lesson is learnt now and no great harm at all has been done.
Thanks again for taking the steps to get things set right.
All the best Dan.
September 19, 2007 at 12:09 am
Jon,
Thank you for being so forgiving. I was really bothered all yesterday and this morning about what I said. (that would be a really good discussion: why was I bothered, conscience or the conviction of the Holy Spirit?) The really odd thing about this “blog world” is that we can say things and then hide behind our annonimity.
What you wrote were just words on a page, and I responded (no I didn’t respond - I reacted) to those words. Unfortunately I lost sight of the fact that there was a real person behind those words. . . You!
You sound like a very interesting person, obviously well read, and intelligent. I hope you don’t mind if I look in on your blog and perhaps even make a couple of comments now and then.
Don’t worry - I’ll be civil.