Comments on: Call Me Mork

By: Comma Dot Comma » What’s Hard About Being Christian

Comma Dot Comma » What’s Hard About Being Christian — Wed, 10 May 2006 16:48:18 +0000

[...] Back in February I posted a little thingy on what it feels like, on a day-to-day basis, to be one, which ended up being quite full of warm fuzzies. So now it’s time for Part II: The Not So Fuzzies. [...]

By: Erin

Erin — Wed, 01 Mar 2006 16:21:51 +0000

Nate– Mork also does not sit around moonily pining for Ork. He was raised by robots in a factory/nursery, maybe that has something to do with it…

Amy– Thanks for the encouragement! Right back atcha. And, I’ll take this opportunity to mention that you owe me an email…

By: Amy Swanson

Amy Swanson — Fri, 24 Feb 2006 23:50:40 +0000

I also loved this blog. What a great metaphor. It is very obvious Erin that you are a “real person.” I have always admired your genuineness, no matter who you encounter people get an encounter with you no facade. Your life lived out is a gift to the world and to me. Thanks for being my friend and thanks for loving “Orson”, it shows!

By: Kate

Kate — Fri, 24 Feb 2006 20:33:20 +0000

I like that, Nate. Thanks.

By: Nate

Nate — Fri, 24 Feb 2006 02:14:54 +0000

I've been Morking out listening to some really good lectures by N.T. Wright and just the last time I listened he made the this general point (paraphrased):

Sometimes people think "citizenship in [Ork]" means we're just waiting to go back there. But in the Roman context the NT writers shared, citizenship works just the opposite way - Rome was already too crowded, and your job as a Roman citizen colonist was to represent Rome and be an agent of the Roman civilization where you are.

By: Erin

Erin — Thu, 23 Feb 2006 21:39:25 +0000

Julie– Thanks for the nice feedback. Re: not talking about religious stuff on your blog. Really? I seem to recall that you had a whole post about praying. Which is about as Morky as you can get, in my book.

Kate– Sometimes I feel my blog is primarily an advertisment for Netflix. Robin Williams was SO SO SO funny. There aremany moments on the show where it’s clear that the entire cast and camera crew are more or less on “pause” to see what he’ll say or do. I agree about the relative distance between our Morky corners, too. I feel sad that the morky people I love best are scattered willy-nilly (or should that be Morky-Dorky?).

By: Kate

Kate — Thu, 23 Feb 2006 16:50:43 +0000

Ahhhh, Robin Williams back in the good old days.
You’re reminding me of how much more praying I should be doing. I’m not feeling enough nudges these days. Bad sign.
Good stuff, Erin. Thanks. I wish your Morky corner were a lot closer to mine. (or even the other way around.)

By: Julie

Julie — Thu, 23 Feb 2006 04:09:27 +0000

I loved this post. In my short-lived attempt at rebellion, I realized that I was too Morky to enjoy being a non-Mork. The whole ‘alien isolation’ thing actually makes me shy away from discussing matters of faith on my own blog. Call me coward.