[Faith-talk] My Story

[Nick Hlifka]

Sandra and all:

Thanks for the warm welcomes! Yes, I am a college student (will be a senior this year, I'm 20) and attending aa (secular) liberal arts school for Philosophy and Religious Studies.  I have been a Christian for about 2 years.  I can relate in the "not liberal but not the typical conservative Christian" description; I am a biblical unitarian, meaning I believe in the one God the Father and His human Son and Messiah Jesus Christ.  This is not a denial of Jesus as the one way to salvation, but rather a belief that the Bible teachings are better understood that God is strictly Yahweh (not a Trinity) and that Jesus was fully and merely a man.  As you can imagine, this doesn't make a particular place within the faith to call "home" easy to find.  I'm alternating back and forth between pursuing ministry and teaching philosophy.  We will see where God leads on that.

Sandra, yes, Bookshare offers plenty of perspectives on there.  As well as other religions as well.  I guess they don't have "The Message" or anything like that on there from what I see, but there is plenty of good material nevertheless.  I'm a big fan of blogs, podcasts, etc.  which are usually accessible.  I also use an iPhone and my Braille Note as the display for it, and through this pairing you are able to use the Kindle app fairly nicely.  So I'll often buy books on there and read them as well.

It's so very great to see such a high amount of traffic on this list! I had no idea it existed until the other morning when I was doing some poking around.  You are all a great group!

Blessings,
Nick

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Hi, Nick and everyone else,

Welcome to the list, Nick—I attended Western MI University in the early 90’s, when I thought I was going to teach blind people, but God closed that door. Still, I have very happy memories of school and of the two AG churches I attended while there, so you already have a soft spot in my heart. Thanks for the Bookshare info, and to whoever commented that membership in Hadley or another blindness org can help us avail ourselves of free Bookshare membership—I hadn’t known that, so when it’s time to renew, I will remember that bit of info.

Yes, Ericka, we should meet---prior to Heaven, preferably!!! I am not a great phone person, in the meantime, but feel free to email me off-list if you want to go deeper—I, too, am enjoying our ongoing conversations, and that comment goes for the whole list!

I’m not sure NlS is still offering the Mags in Special Media—I thought they had let that go—but I could be wrong.

Nick, it is good to hear that there are more Christian resources available than was the case when I was attending Christian liberal arts colleges back in the 80’s—most of my books, I had read onto cassette, which actually was pretty neat, in that, I had nonChristian family that had the opportunity to be exposed to different aspects of my faith through the readings they did for me. but aside from that aspect, I am glad there’s more out there for us. I’m assuming Bookshare offers from a variety of perspectives, since they are not just a religious org? I don’t fit neatly into any branch of Christianity, like you, and that is partly the fault of the Christian liberal arts system, ha, ha, ha—we were taught to think critically, and although it wasn’t left-leaning by any shape, you could find folks from a whole spectrum of church traditions/beliefs. But, what has disturbed me is that, at least from the religious book sphere, it has been really easy to find things from a very conservative perspective, it has been harder to find more moderate resources—for instance, I’ve been looking for an audio of “The Message,” and haven’t yet found it. So, I’m thinking Bookshare might be a source of more diverse Christian materials... Anyone could tell you, I am not a liberal by any means, but I’m not the easy-to-fit conservative,either. Nick, I already sense we have a lot in common. Please, if you don’t mind, share more of your story with us.


Sandra

Not “Revelation” – tis – that waits
But our unfurnished eyes –
(Emily Dickinson)

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