tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1806349182507781639.post2773410944360467862..comments2021-07-13T07:27:43.308-07:00Comments on Julia Duin: 40 % to be laid offJulia Duinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12345929023052496550noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1806349182507781639.post-7859329504832209862009-12-05T04:00:48.729-08:002009-12-05T04:00:48.729-08:00Hi, Julia. I came here after listening to your int...Hi, Julia. I came here after listening to your interview with CBN news over your book <i>Days of Glory: The Rise and Fall of a Charismatic Community</i>. Sorry to hear of the layoffs, although I've learned not to trust affirmations when they say certain positions are secure.<br /><br />I was much heartened by your interview. You had such a compassionate view of the demise of the charismatic community in America. In your interview, you came across as knowledgeable without arrogance--a rare mix, as knowledge often breeds arrogance.<br /><br />Your treatment of the matter was so gentle and nonjudgemental that I'm interested in your book now. Upon first hearing of it, I thought your book must be another of those mean exposes and snobbish putdowns of religion by the nonreligious.<br /><br />But after hearing of your intimate involvement in the charismatic community and listening to your kind and humble assertions of it, I want to read your book, if nothing else, just to feel good about the Church again (I'm a 50-year old practicing pentecostal from Houston) and to know that sane, thinking people exist in the midst of charismatic fervor.<br /><br />Thanks for addressing the issue in such a compassionate manner.Susie Hovendick Chanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00367221650326057596noreply@blogger.com