tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23469178.post6363222495770506614..comments2023-11-23T03:18:27.379-05:00Comments on Drinking Stories: Bluegrass PeoplePanchohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09958581809193578202noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23469178.post-36644894702531155532007-10-31T15:42:00.000-04:002007-10-31T15:42:00.000-04:00You've done well here. You've done a good thing.M...You've done well here. You've done a good thing.<BR/><BR/>My suggestions, not only on how to make this read better, but how to grieve cleaner through the writing of it is first: don't leave it alone here on the blog for more than a week. Work on it in the airport. Work on it on the plane. In transit will probably be the best and easiest time to do this.<BR/><BR/>Also, in the second paragraph, make it clear that Kyle is the pastor, not just another parishioner, though that's how he made me feel when I saw him talk. From the standpoint of someone in that position, he did everything opposite of what you would expect-- there was no distance between him and the audience when he talked. He had the ability to hold individual conversations at all once with a big group.<BR/><BR/>Also, I want the stories you listed, even if it's just in the broadest strokes. Don't feel pressure to name and catalog each moment that made Kyle special to you individually, but please do share some of them. <BR/><BR/>I love your title-- I think there's wisdom and beauty in it, and for me it brings back the other really powerful experience that church created-- music that was not just a break in the preaching and a chance to sing off key, but felt like a conversation with God.<BR/><BR/>Brave work. Keep it up.Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18150139841875547929noreply@blogger.com