Comments on: Death, Dying, and Green Sprigs

By: Nancy Werking Poling

Nancy Werking Poling — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 22:17:05 +0000

Thanks, Solar Panel Guy. It sounds like you’re concerned about the environment too. I hope you’ll also read my latest post about “Christmas and the Death of Beauty.” It’s related to our conversation.

By: Nancy Poling

Nancy Poling — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 16:04:17 +0000

I’m glad you found this blog post helpful. But I’m not an expert on the subject, just writing my thoughts.
Nancy

By: Nancy Poling

Nancy Poling — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 19:52:21 +0000

Bonnie, I appreciate your feedback. It’s good to know someone is reading what I send out.

By: Nancy Poling

Nancy Poling — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 19:50:20 +0000

I think this conversation is connected with my next blog (about time), which I plan to send out in a few minutes. Thanks for reading my stuff and offering feedback.

By: Jeannine

Jeannine — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 02:09:56 +0000

Your insightful writing about life brought tears to my eyes. How are we to know what another has yet to do, (your mother in law) to think, to love, to wonder, to send out more green sprigs. My neighbor is almost 90 with stage four cancer, a full time care taker and a doctor who has told her she only had 6 months to live more than 6 months ago. She continues to say that she has things to do, people to see, advice to give, another day to praise God on the earth…..and the green sprigs keep growing.

By: Bonnie Sowers

Bonnie Sowers — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 23:55:53 +0000

YES, Nancy! So very thought-provoking–and appropriate, in that your piece speaks to a chapter in a book I’m diving through just now–Simply Christian.
In it, Wright speaks to us about the “voice of God” calling us to do justice and love kindness–especially in our relationships, including that with our earth.
He causes us to reflect on God’s beauty and to KNOW that He will complete
His work with our help–such as appreciating a tree growing in a sidewalk
and sprigs of green LIFE in and around us, including your mother-in-law.
How succinct you are. Keep these pieces coming, please!

By: Nancy Poling

Nancy Poling — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 13:55:46 +0000

Trudy,
My brain is churning up something about the topic of beauty–how little reverence our culture has for it. I think it will be in my next blog.
Nancy

By: Nancy Poling

Nancy Poling — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 13:50:11 +0000

Thanks for reading and commenting on my post, Christy.

By: Nancy Poling

Nancy Poling — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 13:48:56 +0000

I agree with your conclusion. We have much to learn from the Asian respect for life and age.
Nancy

By: Trudy

Trudy — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 02:24:12 +0000

I love the idea of the sidewalk going round the tree. May we learn to live our lives more that way, rather than trying to blindly forge ahead running over priceless, irrecoverable beauty.