From
Openness Unhindered, chapter six:
“Conflict: When Sisters Disagree,” create a “quotation sandwich”: locate a
pertinent quote, build a “frame” around it, and “blend” the author’s words with
your own. While being fair and accurate, use the quote, but bend it to your
purpose; use it for your “I say”—yes / no / okay, but.
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I agree with Butterfield when she says, “God is able, but not obligated, to give you what you ask for.” So many times when we pray we think that God is going to give us everything we want. Sometimes he does give us want, but he is by no means required to. When we pray we need to pray for God’s will in our lives not our own. God has the perfect plan for us, and that thing we prayed for might not be part of his will. We don’t always understand why God doesn’t answer us, but we aren’t required to understand we are just required to obey and trust him.
ReplyDeleteRosaria, as well as her friend Rebecca that is introduced, bring up really good points and make their readers see things in a new light. Well, at least for me, it made me think differently about the whole issue and the points they bring up really made me think and develop a new outlook. In this chapter, Rosaria's friend Rebecca asks a question, and Butterfield answers it. "Rebecca asks me how do we help a young person (or old person) struggling with homosexual desires? My answer is to come to the table together." (Butterfield 140) What an unusual answer for a Christian in today's society. Rosaria goes onto elaborate on her answer using different words, but the vision of "coming to the table together" is my favorite. The first thought that came to my mind was Jesus at the table with sinners, and how he would later take their burdens from them when He dies on the cross. A perfect representation of how Christians should act. "Share real life together in real time" (Butterfield 140) as Rosaria puts it. To share struggles and burdens with a Christian community, that is not so defensive we forget the real enemy.
ReplyDeleteWhen Rosaria Butterfield talked about sexuality in chapter 6 and stated "I heartily agree. Sexuality is not a choice (although sexual activity is). I completely agree with that statement, some people are born with same-sex attraction but not all of them commit the sin of having sex with the same gender. It is your choice to go to the clubs or gay bars. But at the same time you don't need to convince yourself that your a heterosexual or say your over your same sex attraction. Like Butterfield said "...tragic effects if that deception firsthand. I witnessed people rush prematurely into heterosexual marriages believing they were no longer gay."
ReplyDeleteIn chapter six of Openness Unhindered author Rosaria Butterfield addresses how to handle situations when Christians disagree on key subjects. Furthermore, she discuses homosexual desires and original sin. On page 142 Dr. Butterfield states “In Christ, though, sanctification is a gift from God, not a willful act.” I admire this quote and I find it accurate to everyday life. Everyone struggles with sin, and often times we assume that God will grant us holiness whenever we ask for it, yet that is not the case. Sanctification is a gift from God, and we should see it in its full value and worth. God will give it to us in His own time, and that by itself is a blessing. God takes the time to choose when we receive holiness, and as long as we are living in grace we will receive that blessing.
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ReplyDeleteButterfield doesn’t agree with the way people are labeling themselves in a way that goes against what it means to be a Christian, I agree when she explains this by saying on page 146, “Ideas that divide must travel on the back of Christian life practices that allow us to stand shoulder to shoulder as we submit before our holy and loving God.” Because saying and or doing things that try to tear down the Christian faith should not pull us part but bring us together. Things like saying like a person is a ‘Gay Christian’ should not mean that that person should be alienated and made out to be a non-believer but instead, brought to the understanding on what it means to be a true Christian not a gay one.
In this chapter, Butterfield discusses conflict.She talks about our conflicts with each other and our conflicts with God. "God is able, but not obligated to give you what you ask for." This quote is important because it brings up a valid point. God does not have to give us something just because we ask him for it. Sometimes what we ask for is not always what we need in that moment.
ReplyDeleteDr. Butterfield, in chapter six, of her book Openness Unhindered states that, “People are not their positions (or their problems).” This conclusion that Dr. Butterfield ends with in chapter six supports the idea of speaking with love and compassion and listening to what other have to say. A lot people are quick to speak against something they hear that doesn't fit with their beliefs and most of the time it’s in a defensive, “attacking” way. Instead we should rather listen to what someone has to say and not immediately start to think of ways to refute what that person has to say. Everyone has a right to an opinion and even though maybe what we know is the truth we can’t just tell someone they're wrong because most people would get mad, so instead explain in a loving way. If it is a friend you can still continue to be friends and pour into them that way but just because someone has a different opinion doesn't mean they're a horrible person or someone you can’t associate with them. The position of person does not make them a horrible person and neither does the problems they have or baggage they carry, it just means they're human.
ReplyDeleteIn this chapter, Butterfield states, "God is able, but not obligated to give you what you ask for." In other words, God does not have to give us anything. We ask for things that are not really important. We can’t always get what we want.
ReplyDeleteIn this chapter Butterfield says, "God is able, but not obligated, to give you what you ask for". basically she means that God does not have to do anything for us. We need to ask him for the things we want and if it is in his will, it shall be done.
ReplyDeleteButterfield says, "For some people, that imprint of Original Sin takes the form of unwanted homosexual desires". This quote is talking about when people judge them and tell that that it's sin. It makes the person bring those unwanted feelings because the thought is back in there head.
ReplyDeleteButterfield says that "God is able, but not obligated to give you what you ask for." What she means by this is that God can give you what you ask for but he does not have to. You have to work for what you want that way he will give it to you.
ReplyDeleteDr. Rosaria champagne Butterfield the author of Openness Unhindered states,"If we live in the means of grace, then the pace of sanctification is God's blessing..."(142). I agree with here in this fact of God giving us his blessing when all he asks from us is to live and honor the grace he gave us.
ReplyDeleteFor believers in Jesus and God, this is a really important question. Because homosexuality is not tolerated by the Christian Church and God, it is a good question to ask, “How to help a young person struggling with homosexual desires”? In the book “Openness Unhindered” of Rosaria Butterfield, the friend of the author, Rebecca, asked her this question. In my opinion it’s so complicated to deal with it. God loves everybody, but the people who lives with homosexual temptations are about to sin.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Butterfield's quote on page 146, and she quotes, " People are not their positions." Not only do we both agree that people are not their positions, but we also both agree that they are not their problems. Butterfield explains that our fallen and sinful nature is natural. But in the end, it will change when God returns and comes back for his people. But I do want to say that because of peoples problems and sins, they are now in the situation that are in today; because of their sins. In my opinion I believe, yea, were not our positions or problems, but because of them we can put ourselves in those wrongs positions or have problems. And its ok because we are forgiven for them each and everyday.
ReplyDeleteIn chapter six of Rosaria Butterfield's "Openness Unhindered" is about stating strong opinions in the world whether they are Christian or not. Yes, Butterfield has a strong opinion in this novel, but she speaks her tone in a calm and encouraging way. She describes these opinions toward homosexuality as forced and harsh from others who do not agree with the sexual sin. She uses the quotation sandwich method to phrase her quotes appropriately from describing the "They Say" then use the quote as credibility and finally express the "I Say." Butterfield uses this method on most of quotes such as Michael Foucault and her friend Rebecca to support her argument in the chapter.
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