tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6422299.post7108798318471540703..comments2023-08-23T23:53:58.164-04:00Comments on <a href="http://paulstokes.blogspot.com">The Stokes Kith and Kin Community Blog</a>: In Genesis: Getting to WorkUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6422299.post-72807417746908929162009-01-08T10:00:00.000-05:002009-01-08T10:00:00.000-05:00Hi, Robert. I will listen to that sermon. Thanks...Hi, Robert. I will listen to that sermon. Thanks. As to Spartanburg, Carol and I are mulling it over and not sure about going. But now that we know that you will be there, we are looking at it differently.<BR/><BR/>Macon, I'm not sure aging and "decline" let's us Boomers off the hook. The nature of our work changes, but our calls don't. What a blessing it would be to die at my desk, with several important calls to return, and all my timeslips in and my billing up to date, looking forward to the second long weekend of the month in Austin, having just gotten back from a visit to see my great-granddaughter graduate from UT.Paul Stokeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02905961019293417243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6422299.post-48200540150937383822009-01-08T09:14:00.000-05:002009-01-08T09:14:00.000-05:00Agreed! Work precedes the fall. The fall only in...Agreed! <BR/><BR/>Work precedes the fall. The fall only introduces "toil", not work.<BR/><BR/>I think, though, that because it's so easy to equate work with toil, we equate work with the fall.<BR/><BR/>And so the notion of "retirement" is a bit off, biblically.<BR/><BR/>But it is true that our productive years grow and decline over the course of our days, so it seems to me there is wisdom in "making hay while the sun shines" so that one can support one's self as one's productive time ebbs.Maconhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08496143017772324015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6422299.post-69757045775726877332009-01-08T09:08:00.000-05:002009-01-08T09:08:00.000-05:00Hi Paul,I saw this post on my reader and thought y...Hi Paul,<BR/><BR/>I saw this post on my reader and thought you might enjoy my recent sermon on work as worship, from Gn. 2. Also, saw that we might finally get to meet in Spartanburg March 6-9. Are you coming to that congregational renewal event for sure?<BR/><BR/>http://gspcsermons.blogspot.com/2009/01/worship-as-service-work-genesis-2.htmlrobert austellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15538633800768108359noreply@blogger.com