Comments on: A very big, very small God http://lakeneuron.com/2009/02/08/a-very-big-very-small-god/ Ruler of Omicron Persei 8 Thu, 24 May 2012 12:44:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Beth Martin http://lakeneuron.com/2009/02/08/a-very-big-very-small-god/comment-page-1/#comment-38917 Beth Martin Mon, 09 Feb 2009 02:07:12 +0000 http://lakeneuron.com/?p=3744#comment-38917 I really needed to hear, read this today! I really needed to hear, read this today!

]]> By: LakeNeuron http://lakeneuron.com/2009/02/08/a-very-big-very-small-god/comment-page-1/#comment-38916 LakeNeuron Sun, 08 Feb 2009 23:26:30 +0000 http://lakeneuron.com/?p=3744#comment-38916 I actually made reference to that line at least once before ( <a href="http://lakeneuron.com/2007/05/14/god-is-not-a-coke-machine/" rel="nofollow">http://lakeneuron.com/2007/05/14/god-is-not-a-c...</a> ), and there's a story behind it. During the period that I was at ORU, Oral Roberts sometimes used the Coke machine as a metaphor for faith -- when one puts coins in the machine, one expects a Coke to come out. On one particular week, we had a visiting chapel speaker who was even more extreme in his name-it-and-claim-it theology, strongly implying that if you were sick, it was your own fault for not having enough faith. My wing chaplain responded to this chapel service during our normal weekly dorm wing meeting -- which took some cojones, because he was, or at least could have been accused of, disagreeing with the university's founder, president and namesake. It was during that wing meeting that he used the line, "Contrary to what you may have heard, God is not a Coke machine."<br><br>I was a freshman at the time, and a year or two ago, when I reconnected with that old wing chaplain online, I told him that his example was a pivotal moment for me, and helped reassure me that I could think for myself within the ORU environment. I actually made reference to that line at least once before ( http://lakeneuron.com/2007/05/14/god-is-not-a-c… ), and there's a story behind it. During the period that I was at ORU, Oral Roberts sometimes used the Coke machine as a metaphor for faith — when one puts coins in the machine, one expects a Coke to come out. On one particular week, we had a visiting chapel speaker who was even more extreme in his name-it-and-claim-it theology, strongly implying that if you were sick, it was your own fault for not having enough faith. My wing chaplain responded to this chapel service during our normal weekly dorm wing meeting — which took some cojones, because he was, or at least could have been accused of, disagreeing with the university's founder, president and namesake. It was during that wing meeting that he used the line, “Contrary to what you may have heard, God is not a Coke machine.”

I was a freshman at the time, and a year or two ago, when I reconnected with that old wing chaplain online, I told him that his example was a pivotal moment for me, and helped reassure me that I could think for myself within the ORU environment.

]]> By: newscoma http://lakeneuron.com/2009/02/08/a-very-big-very-small-god/comment-page-1/#comment-38915 newscoma Sun, 08 Feb 2009 23:04:09 +0000 http://lakeneuron.com/?p=3744#comment-38915 God is not a coke machine is a great line. God is not a coke machine is a great line.

]]> By: Beth Martin http://lakeneuron.com/2009/02/08/a-very-big-very-small-god/comment-page-1/#comment-38620 Beth Martin Sun, 08 Feb 2009 21:07:12 +0000 http://lakeneuron.com/?p=3744#comment-38620 I really needed to hear, read this today! I really needed to hear, read this today!

]]> By: LakeNeuron http://lakeneuron.com/2009/02/08/a-very-big-very-small-god/comment-page-1/#comment-38619 LakeNeuron Sun, 08 Feb 2009 18:26:30 +0000 http://lakeneuron.com/?p=3744#comment-38619 I actually made reference to that line at least once before ( <a href="http://lakeneuron.com/2007/05/14/god-is-not-a-coke-machine/" rel="nofollow">http://lakeneuron.com/2007/05/14/god-is-not-a-c...</a> ), and there's a story behind it. During the period that I was at ORU, Oral Roberts sometimes used the Coke machine as a metaphor for faith -- when one puts coins in the machine, one expects a Coke to come out. On one particular week, we had a visiting chapel speaker who was even more extreme in his name-it-and-claim-it theology, strongly implying that if you were sick, it was your own fault for not having enough faith. My wing chaplain responded to this chapel service during our normal weekly dorm wing meeting -- which took some cojones, because he was, or at least could have been accused of, disagreeing with the university's founder, president and namesake. It was during that wing meeting that he used the line, "Contrary to what you may have heard, God is not a Coke machine."<br><br>I was a freshman at the time, and a year or two ago, when I reconnected with that old wing chaplain online, I told him that his example was a pivotal moment for me, and helped reassure me that I could think for myself within the ORU environment. I actually made reference to that line at least once before ( http://lakeneuron.com/2007/05/14/god-is-not-a-c… ), and there's a story behind it. During the period that I was at ORU, Oral Roberts sometimes used the Coke machine as a metaphor for faith — when one puts coins in the machine, one expects a Coke to come out. On one particular week, we had a visiting chapel speaker who was even more extreme in his name-it-and-claim-it theology, strongly implying that if you were sick, it was your own fault for not having enough faith. My wing chaplain responded to this chapel service during our normal weekly dorm wing meeting — which took some cojones, because he was, or at least could have been accused of, disagreeing with the university's founder, president and namesake. It was during that wing meeting that he used the line, “Contrary to what you may have heard, God is not a Coke machine.”

I was a freshman at the time, and a year or two ago, when I reconnected with that old wing chaplain online, I told him that his example was a pivotal moment for me, and helped reassure me that I could think for myself within the ORU environment.

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