tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35594660.post6077809441529458665..comments2023-12-24T20:48:11.634+00:00Comments on Opinionated Vicar: Not in front of the childrenDavid Keenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11872644403415655350noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35594660.post-81227115654671732342015-07-14T13:45:53.097+01:002015-07-14T13:45:53.097+01:00If accidents are embodied in someone's theolog...If accidents are embodied in someone's theology, then I guess that covers spillages too. Sorted. David Keenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11872644403415655350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35594660.post-11069140300362079512015-07-14T10:47:09.202+01:002015-07-14T10:47:09.202+01:00If they're in the family of God, they should b...If they're in the family of God, they should be at the family meal table, helping out as far as they are able. Same as everybody else.<br /><br />(Though I suspect your theology of transubstantiation is a little ropey - alcohol would be an 'accident' that remains after the substance has changed.)Jonathan Tallonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00395874023810799791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35594660.post-28586245726928171532015-07-13T21:07:40.437+01:002015-07-13T21:07:40.437+01:00After the grief I got for teaching my daughter to ...After the grief I got for teaching my daughter to drink responsibly when she was in upper primary school, my only response to this:<br /><br /><i>It would also mean children being invited to distribute alcohol in churches - almost a decade before they could legally drink it in a pub</i><br /><br />is schadenfreude. The spineless lot who run the C of E deserve everything they get.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35594660.post-40276086637588103362015-07-13T11:13:51.056+01:002015-07-13T11:13:51.056+01:00I'm a careful adult with a high view of Holy C...I'm a careful adult with a high view of Holy Communion and a usually steady hand, but I too have spilt communion wine and dropped the bread/wafer on the floor. Communion is the family meal of the body of Christ. My view is that all family members should be entitled to receive the elements. If baptism is the entry to the church it should equally be seen as the door to sharing in the meal - Nancy Wallacehttp://nancysblog-seeker.blogspot.co.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35594660.post-12355158517928276372015-07-13T08:31:52.490+01:002015-07-13T08:31:52.490+01:00In our church it is mainly the adults who bring ch...In our church it is mainly the adults who bring children to communion but abstain themselves because they haven't prepared or feel unworthy. Steve Hayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11283123400540587033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35594660.post-76670253037138664892015-07-13T08:24:58.081+01:002015-07-13T08:24:58.081+01:0025% of what you say might be wrong...but this defi...25% of what you say might be wrong...but this definitely belongs to the other 75%! Spot on!MrTinkleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11481091243697800529noreply@blogger.com