BillM Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 ...And another popular, interesting rendition of Handel... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glintofpewter Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 wayseeker, how fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christiansoul Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Hello everyone! I'm cooking dinner for my husband today. We would've wanted to go out but my son is sick. So we decided to just eat in so that we can check on our boy from time to time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yvonne Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 My sister invited me to attend my hometown church with her and her boyfriend on Christmas, so I thought I would look in on the church bulletin as I haven't attended that church in quite some time. I tried hard not to judge what I found: 6 pages of information, pages of financial reports, pages on doctrine and "rules", committee meeting minutes (mostly to do with finances), and less than 1/4 page on faith. This bulletin accurately reflects the community culture, and it is not atypical for churches in this area. Is it any wonder I can't find community here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillM Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 Hi Yvonne. Always nice to hear from you. I think you're assessment of that community culture is quite widespread worldwide. Perhaps it is no wonder that Jesus often described the kingdom as something hidden, something to be sought after, something small but growing, something few would find? It is odd, but perhaps prophetic, that we live in an age where more information is available to more people in more accessible ways at a more reasonable cost than ever before, but that information can never satisfy our innate need and desire for meaningful relationships. I get absolutely nothing out of church services where I am basically expected to say little more than "Good morning, how are you?" to people that I don't really know and listen to a man who claims to speak for God drone on for 30 minutes whom I don't really know and who doesn't know me. One of the meanings of Christmas to me, metaphorically, is that when God really wanted us to understand him and our relationship to him and to others, he didn't send a bulletin, or a financial report, or a list of doctrines and rules, or a ton of information. He sent a person. And he still does. In you. In me. In any who go beyond offering people information to what they really want -- relationship. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JenellYB Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 Yvonne, WS....yeah. Jenell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glintofpewter Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 Yvonne, That was the bulletin? not the annual reports? Ouch! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minsocal Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 Welcome back everybody! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yvonne Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 Welcome back everybody! I hadn't realized how completely dependent upon this forum I was until it wasn't there. Now that I got my fix, I'm fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glintofpewter Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 Gave me time to catch up on church work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JenellYB Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 My thoughts exactly,Yvonne,lol! Jenell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glintofpewter Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 (edited) It is a good thing that the audio post feature has not been activated. If it had we could sing Happy Birthday to markn902 and Jagged Zen Monkey. A silent Happy Birthday to you both. Edited December 29, 2011 by glintofpewter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulS Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 Today I am preparing for tomorrow's trip to Tasmania, with my wife and kids, for two whole weeks. We and another family with same aged kids are hiring two mobile homes and driving wherever the wind takes us. I am going to try and stay away from computers for the duration, so in advance I wish you all well and look forward to catching up on the forum when I return. Cheers Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JenellYB Posted January 6, 2012 Share Posted January 6, 2012 Have a great time! Jenell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yvonne Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 I'm snowed in - yes! This is Iowa, its winter, I'm supposed to be snowed in. I'm revelling (sp?) in it. Anybody want to make a snow critter with me? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JenellYB Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 (edited) ..() .( .) ( .. ) Jenell ==< ( ) ( ) ( ) ----------> Yvonne! Gotcha! Light freeze here tonight, but no precipitation Edited January 13, 2012 by JenellYB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yvonne Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 OMgee - I love that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JenellYB Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 After a some months haitus from my fledgling first attempt ever at doing an online blog, I'm feeling its time to take it back up again. Knowing that the focus will be changing from as it began, I considered either begining an entirely new blog, or deleting all the earlier posts. I decided against both those options. I'm choosing to leave those old ones in place, for they still reprsent a stage of developmennt I was in then, and, while the focus will be changing, it will still be very much still in the direction of seeking truth and understanding. The new focus will be more toward social and political issues in the world around me, though I'm sure to stray off onto side jaunts now and then. I've begun "reactivating" my blog, Truth Seeker's Journey, by transferring some pieces I've written elswhere, the first ones being some I've done on my Facebook as notes. If any would care to check it out, here's the link: http://truthseekersjourney.blogspot.com/ Jenell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulS Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 Tonight I am doing a lot of catching up from two weeks away from this forum! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulS Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 Today I am celebrating 'Australia Day'. Our country has a public holiday day which is general promoted as a day of national pride celebrated by swimming (I'm in my pool - it's 41 degrees celsius today), having some snaggers and lamb on the barbie (three additonal families of friends here today), and crackin' a few cold tinnies (well I'm less patriotic in this area as I prefer mexican Corona). However thoughts must go out to some aussies who are experiencing floods and storms today, which of course wouldn't be so relaxing. Cheers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glintofpewter Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 A party just for the heck of it? No iconic event? Just to celebrate being - Australian?! Sounds like a laid back approach to national holidays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JenellYB Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 National pride day? Maybe kind of along the same line as the US 4th of July? Sounds good to me! Jenell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulS Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 A party just for the heck of it? No iconic event? Just to celebrate being - Australian?! Sounds like a laid back approach to national holidays. National pride day? Maybe kind of along the same line as the US 4th of July? Sounds good to me! Jenell I think it is alot like your 4th of July, which I was there for in about 1990. Technically the event is the commemoration of the first British ship arriving in Sydney and proclaiming Australia as theirs. This doesn't sit well with some indigenous Australians and for a time there activsts called it Invasion Day. For most though, the focus of the day is celebrating our Australian-ness, including our indigenous and multi-cultural heritage. We are still dealing with our history, but on this day I think we can all put down our weapons and just enjoy the fact that right now, we do all live together here in Oz, and people from a wide range of cultures have contributed to who we are today. We had a great day, which unfortunately I am paying for now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yvonne Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 I was looking for progressive prayers and decided to try my hand at writing one. I'm not a poet, and I've never written anything like this before, but here's my first try. There is a Presence, right here, right now, immediate, intimate a Presence I name God. God – present and active from the beginning of time through the evolution of life, thought, and awareness to the future, full of hope and promise and to me, in this place, at this time God – Source and Ground of all being in a universe abounding in extravagant generosity in life swelling with potential in a heart teeming with love and conviction God – fully engaged in my life in the darkness and sorrow in the light and joy in the “every day-ness” of life I bring my awareness to this Presence in Whom all that exists has being... and through Whom I am connected to all that is... (silent reflection) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glintofpewter Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 Yvonne, Wow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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