SHAME IS “GOOD” I am speaking of ethics, not false shame (shame caused by an abusive partner, for example). We are living in a society which knows no shame. That’s too bad. We should become red-faced about some things. When we tell a lie and are caught, we should feel shame. But that’s not quite enough! We should realize …
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Supernal Sunday – Nov 24, 2024 Edition: Who Is My God?
GUEST POST from Don: Women in Church Leadership (pt 3 of 3)
WOMEN in CHURCH LEADERSHIP? (Part 3 of 3) BE SILENT “Women should remain silent…” Strangely, the same word is used in the paragraphs just before and after this one. This isn’t the only reference to “be silent” in 1 Corinthians 14. In verse 28 he is referring to the speaking in tongues. He says “If there is no interpreter, the …
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GUEST POST from Don – BUYING USED (Pest Control) +
BUYING USED (Pest Control) + Baby bottles? I don’t know. Some say “Don’t buy used.” Prepare to be grossed out … 1. BASKETS. Be careful. I was hired once at a nice middle class home, where the owner had scores of baskets as décor. There was a problem. Several baskets were infested with bamboo powder post beetles. As a result, her wood floors and …
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GUEST POST from Don – Women In Church Leadership? (part 2 of 3)
WOMEN in CHURCH LEADERSHIP? (Part 2 of 3) Last time we finished looking at the treatment of women in the New Testament. Now we look to the Old Testament … Old Testament. From Moses until the end of the Old Testament, only a limited number of Israelites were permitted inside the Holy Place and the Holy of …
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Supernal Sunday – Nov 17, 2024 Edition
Today is National Unfriend Day, and I changed the original topic for this post because I needed to share something I was taught today. So this will be a different kind of Supernal Sunday I think. The purpose of National Unfriend Day is to take time to remove people from our social media lives. As …
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GUEST POST from Don – Buttered Toast +
BUTTERED TOAST (+) It happened this morning. Toast fell off the plate to the floor. It landed buttered side down (of course). Some think this is the natural and normal way of the world. Buttered toast always lands that way. It surprised me to find that this phenomenon has incurred many “professional” studies. Professionals have that much extra time? I went …
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GUEST POST from Don – Women in Church Leadership? (part 1 of 3)
WOMEN in CHURCH LEADERSHIP? (Part 1 of 3) Forward: As promised, I started writing this a few weeks ago. I’m not a theologian or a Bible scholar. However, I do trust the Bible to tell the truth. Archeologists find confirmation every year of biblical events written in the Bible…things they previously doubted as fables or myths; and they have yet …
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Supernal Sunday – Nov 3, 2024
GUEST POST from Don – Like Everyone Else
LIKE EVERYONE ELSE One simple sentence tells the whole story. If you want to be different than your neighbor (or your extended family) you have to stop acting like them. Successful people behave differently than your neighbors and friends. If you want to be rich you can’t act like your neighbor. If you want to succeed at …
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