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Posted on 06/26/2004 8:07:15 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog
Special Wedding Edition: The Hobbit Hole XI - No One Admitted Except on Wedding Business!
New verse:
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Upon the hearth the fire is red, |
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I wish I had...oh wait, I'm a married dwarf...
This is, oddly enough, both a fear and a hope of mine. Hope of being "fresh blood", but fear of being used strictly for our youth and vitality. "Hey, they're young, they can do all of the necessary cleaning and repairs!"
All I'm saying is be open to change. Maybe now isn't the time because you've got a lot of other stuff going on.
The Pentecostal church that we were pleased with has a service on Sunday afternoons...so I'm thinking we're at least going to start checking it out. Then...well, who knows?
Oh Ruthie, yer killin' me! :-)
Okay, that explains it: I never watched "Knott's Landing"--I was too young to get into that one. I still think I remember her from "Love Boat" or something, though.
Same here...too young for that show. What years did it run?
It started in 1982, aired on CBS Thursday nights at 9 after "Magnum PI" and "Simon and Simon", ran against "20/20" and "Hill Street Blues" on the other networks in that time slot (and no I don't have all that memorized--I have this TV almanac I just looked it up in :-)
I hear ya! It's the patience thing that drives me batty! I keep thinking that maybe God needs some help. LOL!!
Ah! That explains it. I was 6 at the time.
I watched the show for Luke Duke though. *wink*
"Knott's Landing" was a spin-off from "Dallas." Joan Van Ark's character was married to "Gary Ewing" the rogue Ewing brother...
We had been to several of the productions at our Pentecostal church and we really visited a couple of times because we just didn't know where else to visit. We just knew we had to go somewhere else.
After the first couple of visits, we knew we were home.
Amen to that. I have a post-it on my fridge that reminds me "It's not YOUR time-table that matters!"
"So...the question is, do we bail and join a church that gives US more of what we're looking for, or do we stay and fight a (probably) un-winnable battle in the existing church?"
Complicated question/decision. I guess if it was me I'd ask the question, which would serve the Body of Christ better?--the Body including both your family as well as the church you'd be attending. You can do good no matter what church you're attending, the question becomes one of where you can do a greater good, IMO--which is a complicated question because there is so much involved in the answer, hence my only venturing to toss out vague generalities :) That probably doesn't help much but hopefully a little.
Are they more of a social-issue driven church?
I've been so some that will speak of current issues that are vastly imporant to Christians (abortion, Hollywood, corruption of our youth, etc) and I've been to some (my current church included) that don't mention anything of the sort.
I knew it reminded me of "Dallas" somehow :) I didn't watch that, either--I wasn't old enough to appreciate it yet. If I watched the reruns now I'd probably get into it.
I have the same "problem" with my church now. They never mention anything about current events. Even when Ronald Reagan died, nothing was said...and it did irritate me just a bit.
Compare it to my former church, where the pastor had been arrested for protesting outside of abortion clinics. And he's proud of it! *grin*
J. R. Ewing for President!!
Fedora--I don't think we've met! I haven't been around much for over a year, you can see me in the first threads!
Your negative scanner ... does it do 16mm? Do you think it would work on microfilm?
Not really from the pulpit. Our members are active in social issues at home and around the world. But our pastoral staff is very careful not to dictate a social or political philosophy from the church.
That said, probably 80% of us or more would be considred the "religious right."
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