tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4202458237483635505.post2796320367954976521..comments2024-01-17T04:07:49.918-05:00Comments on Acts of Hope: On the Necessity of Naps: A Pastoral Letter from +Maya PavlovaUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4202458237483635505.post-8754947094935293822009-05-21T19:41:21.929-04:002009-05-21T19:41:21.929-04:00Dear +Maya, you are a wonderful bishop and very in...Dear +Maya, you are a wonderful bishop and very insightful. Bishop Rowan and I will read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest this fine pastoral letter... right after our naps.Lindyhttp://stillfruity.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4202458237483635505.post-8236417625300160492008-08-23T21:05:00.000-04:002008-08-23T21:05:00.000-04:00+Maya, you beautiful dreamer, may we heed your wis...+Maya, you beautiful dreamer, may we heed your wisdom.PeaceBanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11431551457505981195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4202458237483635505.post-70954472341410783042008-08-15T08:23:00.000-04:002008-08-15T08:23:00.000-04:00I had to take away my cat's blogging privileges af...I had to take away my cat's blogging privileges after some scurrilous MySpace posts. He's not much of a napper, either, come to think of it.Algernonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01698040927871199780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4202458237483635505.post-554309981002914882008-08-13T21:04:00.000-04:002008-08-13T21:04:00.000-04:00Preach it, Sister Furry Woman!Preach it, Sister Furry Woman!Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06090720645937634051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4202458237483635505.post-50206169270556464692008-08-12T13:27:00.000-04:002008-08-12T13:27:00.000-04:00+Maya is clearly a wise soul. I will go nap now.+Maya is clearly a wise soul. I will go nap now.SCGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08162762233972733978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4202458237483635505.post-60622398661163986762008-08-12T10:37:00.000-04:002008-08-12T10:37:00.000-04:00I vote we make napping the 9th sacrament (after Co...I vote we make napping the 9th sacrament (after Coffee Hour).<BR/><BR/>For those who are unable to nap (or who are "cranky" when they do), I have a question: Can you take 30 minutes in the middle of the afternoon to rest, pray, or daydream? I suspect any of those would suffice...<BR/><BR/>Pax,<BR/>DoxyWormwood's Doxyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10882756844690851674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4202458237483635505.post-55643766862827054202008-08-11T17:04:00.000-04:002008-08-11T17:04:00.000-04:00Johnieb, you stole my words. What are you? Some ...Johnieb, you stole my words. What are you? Some kind of clairvoyant? The letter most certainly belongs in the canon of the holy book.<BR/><BR/>Your grace, +Maya, what is your solution for members of the faithful who are not able to nap? If I don't get my sleep at night, that's it, because I cannot fall asleep during the day. How I'd love a nap from time to time, but it ain't gonna happen. Help!<BR/><BR/>And what about Balaam's ass and the privileged donkey who bore Jesus into Jerusalem to shouts of, "Hosanna in the highest!"?June Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4202458237483635505.post-28631575351813037982008-08-11T16:55:00.000-04:002008-08-11T16:55:00.000-04:00Most Eminent +Maya, there is one problem. Since I...Most Eminent +Maya, there is one problem. Since I resumed being able to sleep again, another pattern has returned. Namely, nobody wants to be around me after I've had a nap. People nearby call me <I>Nicolae Ceauscescu</I>. It is, as you might gather, not a compliment. I awaken not simply cranky but intensely irritable. In fact, at times like those where wisdom has been bested by exhaustion and I've napped, you may be happy to know my best recourse is to pet a cat. It restoreth my soul and forever sweet disposition (boy, if you buy <I>that</I>, you are easy to con).Kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10020538249548627986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4202458237483635505.post-65956897397574526712008-08-11T16:10:00.000-04:002008-08-11T16:10:00.000-04:00+Maya not only reasons well, she also writes excep...+Maya not only reasons well, she also writes exceptionally well. <BR/><BR/>Psalm 4:4 speaks very directly to this need to stave off crankiness with sleep: "When you are disturbed, do not sin; ponder it on your beds, and be silent."laurajhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03807633102907921517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4202458237483635505.post-47554508253561150332008-08-11T15:11:00.000-04:002008-08-11T15:11:00.000-04:00Brilliant theology, +Maya!Brilliant theology, +Maya!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05346224469658951999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4202458237483635505.post-69686739278312617162008-08-11T15:02:00.000-04:002008-08-11T15:02:00.000-04:00Clearly worthy of being included in the cherished ...Clearly worthy of being included in the cherished writings of the Ancestors in the Faith.<BR/><BR/>Now for a light snack and spiritual practice: yaawwwwnnn.johniebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11635403219973766022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4202458237483635505.post-29351372021223339222008-08-11T14:55:00.000-04:002008-08-11T14:55:00.000-04:00I'll go tell him to start honoring me right now, A...I'll go tell him to start honoring me right now, Anonymous. ;)pjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12263601584230477201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4202458237483635505.post-63403573989845222482008-08-11T14:54:00.000-04:002008-08-11T14:54:00.000-04:00Maya is wise and compassionate. I just woke up fro...Maya is wise and compassionate. I just woke up from my nap... you see, whatever my bishop prescribes, I follow!Franhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07181529277715646835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4202458237483635505.post-91789805935851009952008-08-11T14:39:00.000-04:002008-08-11T14:39:00.000-04:00PJ, as a biblical scholar (and mother of a toddler...PJ, as a biblical scholar (and mother of a toddler), I can attest that the commandment to "Honor thy father and mother that thy days may be long upon the earth that the LORD your G-d is giving you" refers especially to napping and the repose of parents. The Hebrew word for honor (cbd in the piel) has connotations of bringing into a state of heaviness, or, as Koehler-Baumgartner's lexicon has it, making insensitive. The commandment therefore implies: "Give your parents a break, you'll live longer." Further confirmation of +Maya's excellent command of the scriptures.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4202458237483635505.post-57846291195118418932008-08-11T14:21:00.000-04:002008-08-11T14:21:00.000-04:00Holy Writ! +Maya writes with a voice of gentle, lo...Holy Writ! +Maya writes with a voice of gentle, loving authority.<BR/><BR/>But I would ask: what of the juvenile two-legger who, even with sniffles and fever, simply refuses to nap, thereby denying his exhausted two-legged parent (who read several chapters of Harry Potter aloud at 2 in the morning to said juvenile) the privelege of collapsing atop the clean, soft laundry?<BR/><BR/>I'm sayin'.pjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12263601584230477201noreply@blogger.com