The Little Dog That Wouldn't Let Go
Viewing comments for Chapter 37 "Collars, Pastors & Bus Drivers Pt 2"Subtitle: God Never Lets Go!
26 total reviews
Comment from Thal1959
Getting better, Geoff...
"The next couple of days later I get a call from the woman's husband" This may be one of those Aussie/American grammar things again, but to my mind, it should be "A couple of days later," rather than "The next couple..." Also, "get" is present tense of something you are recalling from the past. Consider, "I got a call," or "I received a call."
"The pastor did not notice, even thought he was at an adjacent table, with his back to it all." Typo --- "thought" should be "though."
"He agreed it was 'Harassment' we had suffered. He encouraged us to report to him if there was any more of these happenings from the same direction. In examining this all again, I say it was more like bullying, rather than just 'harassment!" Here we go again with the single quotes, Geoff! You don't need to capitalize the "h" in "harassment." Also, since the word was quoted once for effect, there is no need to apply any quote marks to the word harassment at the end of the sentence two lines later.
"In recent times he has been 'protesting' different things the new pastor is doing that he does not approve of." Again, use double quote marks. Remember, single quotes are only for quoting one person's dialogue within another person's dialogue.
But all in all, things are going better for you. Keep up the good work.
reply by the author on 03-May-2017
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Getting better, Geoff...
"The next couple of days later I get a call from the woman's husband" This may be one of those Aussie/American grammar things again, but to my mind, it should be "A couple of days later," rather than "The next couple..." Also, "get" is present tense of something you are recalling from the past. Consider, "I got a call," or "I received a call."
"The pastor did not notice, even thought he was at an adjacent table, with his back to it all." Typo --- "thought" should be "though."
"He agreed it was 'Harassment' we had suffered. He encouraged us to report to him if there was any more of these happenings from the same direction. In examining this all again, I say it was more like bullying, rather than just 'harassment!" Here we go again with the single quotes, Geoff! You don't need to capitalize the "h" in "harassment." Also, since the word was quoted once for effect, there is no need to apply any quote marks to the word harassment at the end of the sentence two lines later.
"In recent times he has been 'protesting' different things the new pastor is doing that he does not approve of." Again, use double quote marks. Remember, single quotes are only for quoting one person's dialogue within another person's dialogue.
But all in all, things are going better for you. Keep up the good work.
Comment Written 03-May-2017
reply by the author on 03-May-2017
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Thanks mate coming to you on my Cell atm...been working on last 2 chapters you saw. Get to this one soon. Again appreciate ur help.
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It is always my pleasure, Geoff.
Comment from gene roush
I love your stories. They're honest and humble.
I spent many years around churches, but eventually the hypocrisy of the church members became too much for me to ignore.
Now, I just try to be a good Christian.
Thanks for sharing
Gene
reply by the author on 30-Apr-2017
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I love your stories. They're honest and humble.
I spent many years around churches, but eventually the hypocrisy of the church members became too much for me to ignore.
Now, I just try to be a good Christian.
Thanks for sharing
Gene
Comment Written 30-Apr-2017
reply by the author on 30-Apr-2017
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Thanks, Gene, appreciate your lovely review. Gene the clue is as the Apostle paul (the former pharisee) said, we must die to ourselves daily. God Bless
Comment from barbara.wilkey
It's amazing how church member dynamics works. I have always wondered about how Christians can cause so much trouble. Thank you for sharing your story.
reply by the author on 29-Apr-2017
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It's amazing how church member dynamics works. I have always wondered about how Christians can cause so much trouble. Thank you for sharing your story.
Comment Written 29-Apr-2017
reply by the author on 29-Apr-2017
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Yeah right Sis. I will transfer the pictures from the "High Tea" They had at church, yesterday. Our Missionary from Romania was the speaker. And a lady who gave her testimony was THE woman we got into trouble for hurting all those years ago. Praise God she has improved more recently. have a look on my Fb Timeline a bit later. I thin we are still friends on there Geoffrey Moore.
Comment from MelB
One thing is for sure, people are not perfect, and not in church either. But, God always works it out for the best. The best thing is to forgive, and move on.
reply by the author on 29-Apr-2017
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One thing is for sure, people are not perfect, and not in church either. But, God always works it out for the best. The best thing is to forgive, and move on.
Comment Written 29-Apr-2017
reply by the author on 29-Apr-2017
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Yeah well the old Pastor kept preachi9ing o Forgiveness and we wondered if he wanted us to Forgive him or something. Thanks mate. Appreciate you coming by.
Comment from davisr (Rhonda)
I learned a lot about you and your wife in your church setting. I'm sure you enjoyed the time you played in church. You have a great heart, and are good at feeling the spirit. It's interesting that you got to pick the songs. That is special.
I'm glad things have gotten better for you at church with the new pastor. It's nice to have something to look forward to at church. Maybe you and your wife will be able to get involved again.
Take care,
Rhonda
reply by the author on 29-Apr-2017
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I learned a lot about you and your wife in your church setting. I'm sure you enjoyed the time you played in church. You have a great heart, and are good at feeling the spirit. It's interesting that you got to pick the songs. That is special.
I'm glad things have gotten better for you at church with the new pastor. It's nice to have something to look forward to at church. Maybe you and your wife will be able to get involved again.
Take care,
Rhonda
Comment Written 28-Apr-2017
reply by the author on 29-Apr-2017
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Hi, Sis so good of you coming along today. As we speak my wife is at a "High Tea" at church with 50 ladies, and the guest speaker is our Missionary to Romania Suzy Crocket. Our church sent Suzy and her husband (he is back in Romania looking after the family since Suzy had to come home for her sister's wedding) tpRpmania in 2007. He has been successful in starting one church and is planning on handing it over when the Lord sends a suitable man along to take it over, and start another church, in an area that has already indicated a need for a church.
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How fun for your wife. I'm glad she's getting out and enjoying herself.
Also an interesting story about the missionary. It takes a special sort to do that.
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yeah she had 5 kids and was told no more C Sections so they adopted 2 Romanian Kids.
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Sis this Missionary lady even learned something from my wife. She was scared of Louise when she and her husband and 2 youngsters back then in 2003 first came to our church. She apparently helped a handicapped boy a long time ago. He ended up stalking her and she became scared of him. I took Louise to help her learn that not all handicapped are crazy or hanger onners.
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That's good. That way they were able to help each other. Good for her!
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Wow, that's a lot of kids. I was doing good to handle my three.
Comment from Sasha
My goodness, you definitely had problems with your church. If it had been me, I would have moved on long ago. It is good to know things have worked out and everything is much better now.
reply by the author on 28-Apr-2017
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My goodness, you definitely had problems with your church. If it had been me, I would have moved on long ago. It is good to know things have worked out and everything is much better now.
Comment Written 28-Apr-2017
reply by the author on 28-Apr-2017
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Yeah we tried to move on but God wanted us to stay as He knew we had a fanstastic couple coming. Thanks for the great review.
Comment from Mustang Patty
Your story of the treatment you and your wife receive and received at church is a review for me. I struggled for years. Volunteering as the church treasurer and keeping track of all of the donations was both a blessing and a curse. The curse came because I knew just how generous or miserly a person was in their giving. Ultimately, I found that the louder a person was in voicing their opinion about how things should be done - the smaller was the their contribution! (Don't worry - I was taking into consideration about how much their annual salary was - I also did the taxes for most of the church's parishioners.)
Needless to say, I sat at my computer just shaking my head at your words - I hope that God will lead you two to a better place to share,
~patty~
reply by the author on 28-Apr-2017
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Your story of the treatment you and your wife receive and received at church is a review for me. I struggled for years. Volunteering as the church treasurer and keeping track of all of the donations was both a blessing and a curse. The curse came because I knew just how generous or miserly a person was in their giving. Ultimately, I found that the louder a person was in voicing their opinion about how things should be done - the smaller was the their contribution! (Don't worry - I was taking into consideration about how much their annual salary was - I also did the taxes for most of the church's parishioners.)
Needless to say, I sat at my computer just shaking my head at your words - I hope that God will lead you two to a better place to share,
~patty~
Comment Written 28-Apr-2017
reply by the author on 28-Apr-2017
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Hiu patty yes God blessed us for hanging on. We have a terrific Pastor and wife now. Thanks for the great review.
Comment from Thomas Bowling
Sometimes it's just better to worship at home. Organized church attendance is often a crutch and is a replacement for personal religion.
reply by the author on 28-Apr-2017
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Sometimes it's just better to worship at home. Organized church attendance is often a crutch and is a replacement for personal religion.
Comment Written 28-Apr-2017
reply by the author on 28-Apr-2017
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yeah you are right in some ways. I know a few Home church folks. Thanks mate.
Comment from Mastery
An interesting topic in your life, Geoff. (yours and the wife's I mean. You certinly have problems with your church, don't you. I would have moved on long before all this festrered and so forth, were it me. anyway, it appears all iks well for now. Good.
Blessings, Bob
reply by the author on 28-Apr-2017
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An interesting topic in your life, Geoff. (yours and the wife's I mean. You certinly have problems with your church, don't you. I would have moved on long before all this festrered and so forth, were it me. anyway, it appears all iks well for now. Good.
Blessings, Bob
Comment Written 28-Apr-2017
reply by the author on 28-Apr-2017
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Yeah Bob. We stayed and God blessed. Our new pastor and his wife of over a year now are terrific. We did try to move on but we could not find anything else that suited us. Thanks for coming by, mate.
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Once again, I must tell you, Geoff. This reads like a memoir....and quite frankly memoirs are usually boring unless you are a VIP or a celebrity. I know all of these chapters so far are important sections and pieces of your life. But, how do you figure to garner the interest of the reader? There is no excitement or theme to follow like a story. I am sorry, my intention is not to hurt your feelings, but I am just being honest with you. Now, were a conversation between you the wife and one of these preachers ensue...backa and forth dialogue...it might prove interestin. We as readers couls see why nthings didn't work out a couple of times. Bless you, my friend. Bob
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Ok Bob give me a miss if it is too boring for you. Enough others don't mind Non fiction. I have taken on board a lot of your suggestions and Praise God I am not far from finished here. I may have a go at Fiction some day but I will probably be gone from here by then.
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You misunderstand, Geoff. I was speaking from a general POV for most readers. there is nothing wrong with nonfiction at all. It is all in the way it is presented my friend. Bob
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OK mate whatever. We all have our opinions. I appreciate all your help anyway.
Comment from Sandra du Plessis
A very well-written chapter. I feel the same, when I am forced to do something I don't like to do, I show my donkey stubbornness. No one can change my mind ehen it is made up.
reply by the author on 28-Apr-2017
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A very well-written chapter. I feel the same, when I am forced to do something I don't like to do, I show my donkey stubbornness. No one can change my mind ehen it is made up.
Comment Written 28-Apr-2017
reply by the author on 28-Apr-2017
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Thanks Sandra, much appreciate your lovely review.