tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341483723976821096.post6293061979356830401..comments2024-03-29T11:10:28.630+00:00Comments on Tracing Rainbows: A Charmed LifeAngelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13494078135251214182noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341483723976821096.post-56288665142387237232011-01-27T19:04:23.328+00:002011-01-27T19:04:23.328+00:00In my rather uptight evangelical youth I was taugh...In my rather uptight evangelical youth I was taught that charm bracelets were wrong (demonic), crucifixes suspect (Roman Catholic), nativity sets idolatrous, raffle tickets evil, alcohol a slippery path to ruin and that one shouldn't go to the cinema because (a) The filmstars led such immoral lives and (b) Would one want to be found there at the time Jesus returned ? <br /><br />I never quite understood why wooden nativity sets were bad and pagan Christmas trees in Church ok and always thought to myself that I'd rather be in the cinema than the loo when Jesus returns. No wonder that so many of us, like Philip Yancey, describe ourselves as "Recovering Evangelicals" .Anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09929664229002980429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341483723976821096.post-87253618918748927692011-01-27T16:23:23.602+00:002011-01-27T16:23:23.602+00:00Jane - My Graduation was in the new Cathedral, and...Jane - My Graduation was in the new Cathedral, and it was an one amazing sunny day back in '76<br />Floss - On your blog pic, you appear to have pierced ears - MY Mum had a hangup about THEM [not for good Christian girls] so I was 35 before I dared get mine done!Angelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13494078135251214182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341483723976821096.post-68729470074673978482011-01-27T14:12:47.230+00:002011-01-27T14:12:47.230+00:00Apart from my wedding ring,of course, my cross was...Apart from my wedding ring,of course, my cross was a gift when I was very young (about 5yrs old),and Chris gave me a pair of pearl earrings for my 21st which I wore on our wedding day.<br />Jane x<br />P.S. I am from Coventry; was your graduation at the old or new cathedral? Either way, both are spectacular places.Jane and Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08102086552682194819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341483723976821096.post-82389377867811887522011-01-27T10:49:02.814+00:002011-01-27T10:49:02.814+00:00Isn't that great? I admit that when I was in m...Isn't that great? I admit that when I was in my teens, looking at a charm bracelet of some sort, I was kind of put off by my mum telling me that they were meant to be lucky charms and were therefore un-Christian. I can see that you and your Girls Brigade captain had no such hangups and I think you are probably absolutely right! I need to get over this one...Flosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18098894367955345944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341483723976821096.post-19461532787528794482011-01-27T09:06:10.109+00:002011-01-27T09:06:10.109+00:00It's beautiful, and how nice that you can rel...It's beautiful, and how nice that you can relate to each charm and make it your own.<br />My special jewellery is my eternity ring, given on our 25th wedding anniversary.Elizabethdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02405703727112759947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341483723976821096.post-28822295155518858942011-01-27T08:38:39.971+00:002011-01-27T08:38:39.971+00:00I love seeing other peoples charm braclets they te...I love seeing other peoples charm braclets they tell such a storyMrs Benthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04547970633999597597noreply@blogger.com