Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but DELIVER US FROM EVIL.
For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever and ever. Amen †
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My cat has begun eating pickled mixed vegetables. Perhaps this beautiful Marmalade would like some wine?
I had a cat who loved gorgonzola cheese.
We once had a torti-with-white female who adored Spanish olives – the little green ones stuffed with pimientos.
Dropped one on the floor one day and she scarfed it up. Curious, I dropped another one to see if the first one was just a fluke but she gobbled up that one too. From then on, my wife would give her two or three every time she made us a salad. Go figure. Never had another cat who would eat them.
Thanks Garrison. Brings back great memories with my father. He loved Scott Joplin! I remember him waiting to pick us up from school and he would always be playing Scott Joplin cassettes!! As young teenagers we would always cringe and say….Dad, you’re embarrassing me playing that “old fashioned” music! LOL <<sigh>>
🙂 Although I’d heard his music growing up, I didn’t know much about Scott Joplin until I bought a Joshua Rifkin Nonesuch LP about ’68 or so. I especially liked his intentionally slower tempo which I think shows the beauty in Joplin’s melodies so much better than other faster paced versions. I also discovered Edward Hopper’s paintings at about the same time. The two seem to fit well together, I think.
https://twitter.com/buitengebieden_/status/1375534109859143695
You win the day!!!!!!!!!
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https://twitter.com/buitengebieden_/status/1374474249054810115
Stillwater, I love it! I compete in agility, sometimes against some border collies…they usually win! This makes me feel better!
I can imagine how chasing Collies would help with one’s agility.
From Faith to Faith
By Pastor Ricky Kurth
“I’m looking for any insight you might have about the meaning of ‘from faith to faith’ in Romans 1.”
“For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth…. For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith” (Rom. 1:16,17).
The reason Paul wasn’t ashamed of the gospel of salvation is that it reveals the righteousness of God. That is, the gospel of “Christ died for our sins” (1 Cor. 15:1-4) reveals how God doesn’t unrighteously sweep our sins under the rug and sneak us in the back door of heaven when the devil isn’t looking. He can righteously save us because His Son died to pay for our sins.
Then when we believe the gospel of salvation, God faithfully saves “whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord” (Rom. 10:13). If you’re wondering why He has to say that, and why He might be tempted to do otherwise, it is because of the kind of people who sometimes call upon Him! You or I might have second thoughts about saving the likes of men like Saul of Tarsus or Jeffrey Dahmer, the serial killer cannibal who is said to have believed the gospel before he died. But God faithfully saves all who put their faith in Christ.
And that’s how the gospel is the power of God unto salvation “from faith to faith.” The word “faith” can mean faithfulness, as it does in Romans 3:3. So Romans 1:17 is saying that salvation flows from God’s faithfulness to save anyone to any who put their faith in Christ—from His faith to our faith. That’s how a man’s “soul which… is not upright” or righteous (Hab. 2:4) can be made righteous (2 Cor. 5:21), and then “the just shall live” have eternal life—“by his faith.”
https://www.bereanbiblesociety.org/from-faith-to-faith/
Romans 1:16 ¶ For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
17 For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.
1Corinthians 15:1 ¶ Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;
2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.
3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
Romans 10:13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
Romans 3:3 For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect?
Habakkuk 2:4 Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.
2Corinthians 5:21 For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
https://twitter.com/buitengebieden_/status/1375538515589615616
Probably should have saved this for Thursday, but CDC Director feels “impending doom” …so why wait?
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The bigger the snowflake, the bigger the liar. Lol
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/bronx-teacher-claims-she-was-fired-for-refusing-black-panther-salute
On a besoin d’une nuit de folie!
HOLINESS v. HARDNESS TOWARDS GOD
“And He…wondered that there was no intercessor.” Isaiah lix. 16
The reason many of us leave off praying and become hard towards God is because we have only a sentimental interest in prayer. It sounds right to say that we pray; we read books on prayer which tell us that prayer is beneficial, that our minds are quieted and our souls uplifted when we pray; but Isaiah implies that God is amazed at such thoughts of prayer.
Worship and intercession must go together, the one is impossible without the other. Intercession means that we rouse ourselves up to get the mind of Christ about the one for whom we pray. Too often instead of worshipping God, we construct statements as to how prayer works. Are we worshipping or are we in dispute with God – “I don’t see how You are going to do it.” This is a sure sign that we are not worshipping. When we lose sight of God we become hard and dogmatic. We hurl our own petitions at God’s throne and dictate to Him as to what we wish Him to do. We do not worship God, nor do we seek to form the mind of Christ. If we are hard towards God, we will become hard towards other people.
Are we so worshipping God that we rouse ourselves up to lay hold on Him so that we may be brought into contact with His mind about the ones for whom we pray? Are we living in a holy relationship to God, or are we hard and dogmatic?
“But there is no one interceding properly” – then be that one yourself, be the one who worships God and who lives in holy relationship to Him. Get into the real work of intercession, and remember it is a work, a work that taxes every power; but a work which has no snare. Preaching the gospel has a snare; intercessory prayer has none.
Oswald Chambers
March 30th Devotional
Rabbit meat is very low in saturated fat. Wonderful in pressure cooker.
Also excellent in and a primary staple of classic Spanish Paella….
Scenes Beyond the Grave – Marietta Davis
Chapter XXV – The Betrayal
25:3
The angel again withdrew, and he who was called Judas appeared, and was seen just entering a council-chamber, where were gathered the chief priests and elders of ancient Israel, who at the time of the Lord’s passion, conspired to take him and put him to death, and thus bring upon him perpetual scorn and blasting ignominy. And, oh! how changed, how entirely changed! His spirit was the opposite of that which had appeared in the room set apart for the Last Supper. His outward expression bespoke inward rage, -the rage of a malicious heart, a heart grievously treacherous and desperately wicked. At this time a pale light flashed over his head, which revealed a group of demonic spirits. These urged him onward by their vindictive inspiration. They manifested all that can be conceived as the embodiment of evil which composes the elementary being of the arch-fiend; the foe of all good; the destroyer of peace; the instigator of crime; the enemy of right; the soul-alluring Satan. These poured forth their fiendish, yea, their hellish magnetism, and by the power of their will surcharged him with the hate they desired to manifest toward the Son of Man.
As he entered the mimic sanctum, the priests arose, and with smiles, such smiles as malice, with a hope to revenge inspires, greeted him. Then the chief priests, addressing him, said, “Welcome, Judas, friend of right, friend of God’s ancient Church, the law of Moses and the people of this ecclesiastic kingdom. He whom the rabble call Jesus, and who by his followers is called the King of the Jews, by his dictum, has long been worthy of death. He has sought the destruction of this beloved city, the city especially favored of God. And the great temple he has prophesied to destroy; to put down the authority of the Church; to change laws and customs; upon the ruin of JEHOVAH’s kingdom to establish his own. He calleth himself God. He is a blasphemer against high Heaven, and mocks the throne of the Eternal. He presumes to call us hypocrites; even those whom God, by His right hand, hath exalted as teachers in Israel, he calleth blind leaders of the blind. He hath charged us with having the keys of the kingdom, and by our love for sin refusing to enter into life; and by a vile nature and love of power, of keeping those from entering who are willing. Surely he is worthy of death.” “Yea, worthy of the most ignominious death,” responded in unison all who were present.
“This man is drawing with him the credulous, the ignorant, the visionary, and those who are dissatisfied with the Church,” continued the priest; “and by his peculiar nature adapted to work wonders, he hath deceived many who are worthy of a better calling.” Then addressing his friends, he continued: “But these will soon become conscious of his false character and well shall it be for him who first discovers to us the true character and resort of this vile deceiver, and shall enable us to bring him before the people. Upon such a one the nation shall bestow great honors, and lasting blessings shall be upon his head.” “And lasting blessings shall be upon his head,” repeated the associate priests.
This was sufficient to inspire Judas with the desire of being first in the undertaking. Whereupon he proposed, in the presence of them all, to deliver his Master into the hands of any band the priests should then commission for that purpose, upon the condition – which appeared to have been previously considered – of his receiving thirty pieces of silver.
To be continued…
. . . but deliver us from the Evil One.
Amen ?
Prayer of Saint Ioannikios the Great of Bithynia (+ 846)
My hope is the Father, my refuge the Son, my protection the Holy Spirit. O Holy Trinity, glory to Thee.
The Jesus Prayer
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy upon me, a sinner.
The 50th Psalm Septuagint (Psalm 51 KJV)
The Great Lenten Prayer of Saint Ephraim of Syria (+ 373)
“O Lord and Master of my life, . . .”
Starting your Garden Design, starts inside your home, above. Place a focal point on axis with a main view.
What focal point? Perhaps an angel on a plinth.
Yesterday, finally stopped at Church/Cemetery often passed 2-4x daily. Their lawn maintenance gathered a pile of debris weeks ago: extra large styrofoam cross, huge mound of fake faded flowers in all colors. Today, that cross will be coated in mixed colored faded flowers, hung front/center, with fishing line, at the front porch of my ca. 1900 home.
Cross & faded flowers have already been well cried over. At some point, before this Cross taken down, after Easter; I know my own tears will be have been added.
Across decades, have wondered what kind of people do these things!
Mornin’ infidels!
Also very popular with the Chinese and sex trade.
Mornin’ WeeWeed
Afternoon DI!
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a picture is worth a thousand words
Good Afternoon, WeeWeed!
As long as the “Big Guy” gets his 10%, I don’t see a problem.
sarc/off
My thought for the day.
Contentment. Who can find it? Who enjoys it? Who tries to attain it? We live in a world of ME and what I have and want. The wanting never stops. The constant pursuit for more is driving us to work harder, longer, and more stress filled days.
I’m seeing it in my own family as family members jockey for bigger properties and bigger toys. Kids are getting hauled into this maelstrom of I have and you do not mentality. Nobody takes pleasure in what they have until they can show those who do not. It is a disease. A rotting away of the fabric of community.
Social media is the driving force behind this nonsense. My vacation pics outdo yours. My weekend more exciting than yours. My new boat bigger than yours. I’m sick of it. If you can find contentment you have found a gem indeed. Guard it and keep it.
Jesus. I love you. You are my all and all. I will try not to covet my neighbor today. Thank you so much for what I do have. A life in you. Amen.
DD
Amen Dan! So many great scriptures to support this!
Philippians 4:11
10Now I rejoice greatly in the Lord that at last you have revived your concern for me. You were indeed concerned, but you had no opportunity to show it.
11 I am not saying this out of need, for I have learned to be content regardless of my circumstances.
12I know how to live humbly, and I know how to abound. I am accustomed to any and every situation—to being filled and being hungry, to having plenty and having need.…
I Timothy 6:6
Of course, godliness with contentment is great gain.
I Timothy 6:8
But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with these.
Verse of the Day for Tuesday, March 30, 2021
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“Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.”
James 5:16 (KJV)
Thank You, Jesus, for blessings received and prayers answered!!!
BE MY VOICE
PRAYING ON THE ARMOR OF GOD
Father God, I now follow your command to put on the full armor of God, because my battle is not against flesh and blood but against rulers, authorities, the powers of this dark world and against spiritual forces of evil in the unseen world.
I first pray on the Belt of Truth that it may be buckled around my waist, may I be centered and encircled by your truth dear Lord. Hem me inside all that is true and right, and may I be protected and held up by the truth of your living word, in my Lord Jesus name.
I pray on the Breastplate of righteousness, please protect my vital organs and my inner man, cover my integrity, my spirit, and my soul. Guard my heart for it is the wellspring of life, please strengthen and guard the most vulnerable places in my life with that which is right, good, and noble that I might not receive a fatal blow from the enemy, in my Lord Jesus name.
I pray on the Gospel Shoes of Peace. I choose to stand in the shoes of your good news, and on the firm foundation of my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, the solid eternal rock. All other ground is sinking sand, I pray that I will not slip or fall, but that my feet would be firmly fitted on your lordship, my Lord Jesus. I choose to stand on you, so that the peace of God, which transcends all understanding will guard my heart and mind in Christ Jesus, the eternal Rock of Ages. I receive your holy peace now my Lord, from the sole of my feet to the crown of my head, in my Lord Jesus name.
I pray the Shield of Faith into my hand now. As I take up the shield of faith, I ask that you might extinguish every dart and arrow, that is launched from the enemy to take me down spiritually, physically, mentally, emotionally, and every attempt of the enemy to destroy my joy. I ask that my faith in you would make it flame out. Extinguish every flaming arrow that would come against me, my life, my family, my home, or my ministry. May my faith always be out in front of me like a shield. Give me the courage to “faith my fears” by choosing to walk by faith and not by sight, in my Lord Jesus name.
I pray on the Helmet of Salvation, that you might protect my mind from the thoughts that can lead me astray. I choose to take every thought captive, and arrest all intentioned ideas and motives that would harm others, or distract me from your holy will for me. I submit every captured thought to the Lordship of my Lord Jesus Christ, and ask that you would imprison those thoughts that are not of you my Lord. Transform my mind and renew my thinking that I may think God thoughts, and have a sober mind that is focused on your glory. Please protect me from being double minded that I may allow my mind, I reject to live an earthly life, because I choose to live a holy one, governed by you My Lord Jesus, the prince of peace, please have my mind to be saturated with the holy mind of Christ, in my Lord Jesus name.
Finally, I take up the Sword of the Spirit which is the holy word of God, I pray this powerful offensive weapon into my hand, and ask that your holy word would be fitting for every encounter I face. As the enemy gets close to me, please give me the insight, wisdom, and skill to wield the word of God to drive away the enemy, in my Lord Jesus name.
May the enemy and his team flee from me, upon hearing the word of God spoken by the power and direction of the Holy Spirit. Give me the sword of the spirit to cut through the wiles of the devil, so that I may discern the schemes of the enemy when he is near.
With all kinds of prayers, supplication, and intercession I pray to you my Lord God as the one who fights my battles. Now that I’m in your holy powerful armor, I walk away covered and ready to face my day as you go before me, and please protect me in the midst of the spiritual warfare in this unseen world, in my Lord Jesus name.
Thank you my Lord, for the spiritual weapons of armor and prayer that you have given me. It is written no weapon formed against me shall prosper, and you will refute every tongue that accuses me.
Thank you Father God, my Lord Jesus and the Holy Spirit, that I am more than a conqueror in my Lord Jesus. I pray all of this in the mighty name of my Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ, amen.
“The Problem with Pews”
by George W. Rutler
History and humor together.
http://www.crisismagazine.com/2015/the-problem-with-pews
Good morning all.
Path of the EF3 tornado that was the most powerful to hit March 25th. There was one tornado in the ground for most of 70 miles.
There have been times I have driven down the Canton, MS that I could clearly see the path of a tornado where it passed over I-55. None this time. There have been times I have come across convoys of electrical service trucks/linemen, in route to preposition for hurricanes. I remember one that had at least 50 trucks in it that I came across on I-81 headed south down in Virginia. Can’t remember the hurricane name but that was two or three years ago.
There are actually more people killed in the deep south states by tornadoes than in the wide opens spaces of tornado alley.
Anyway the trip down to the Nissan plant in Canton went ok. No hold ups along the route going down or coming back.
The route is I-70 west to Effingham, IL to catch I-57 south. I-57 south down through southern IL passing over the Mississippi river into MO, and then catching I-55 south where I-57 terminates. The I-55 south all down throuth SW MO and NW AR and going over the river again on the south side of Memphis, TN and continuing down the Canton.
Pretty gusty west wind when I headed out across I-70 towards Effingham, IL to the catch I-57 south. By the time I reached Marion, IL on I-57 the wind began to die down and I was thankful for that because I-55 runs through a bunch of wide open farm fields in SW Missouri and NW Arkansas. The wind can be very bad along that stretch of road.
Cotton and Rice seem to be the predominate crops grown in that area though there are usually also fields with corn or soybeans and even a field with Okra sometimes. I like going through there during the growing season because sometimes one will see one or two crop dusters working. Had one drop pellets on my truck one time. During the cotton harvest the white fluff will be lining the grass line along the edge of the interstate.
This time I delivered directly to the plant. It’s a big complex. It had been at least 3 years since I delivered directly to the plant going in gate #6. Usually over the last three years or so I have delivered to their Logistic Center warehouse (ILC).
By the time I dropped my loaded trailer and rode around looking for an empty trailer too hook and not finding one I had only 14 minutes left of my 11 hour drive time. So I pulled into a place just outside of gate #6 to park it for the night and take my 10 hour break. Parking in that area is at a premium and the plant provides no place for truckers to park take their break. But this time I lucked out and besides I was bobtailing so that made it easier.
Truckers run their duty clock on the time of their home terminal. My terminal is in the eastern time zone. Canton is in the central time zone. After I took my break I bobtailed over to the ILC to look for an empty trailer or a load that would bring me home. In doing so I was burning up my drive time and my 14 hour duty clock. I finally found a load I could take after over 2 1/2 hours of waiting. I called back to dispatch to get approval to take the load, signed the log and the paperwork and went to find the trailer. It was crammed in so tight to the trailers beside it I couldn’t back under it. A nice yard jockey pulled it out for me. By the time I pulled out of ILC headed home I had exactly 10 hours and 32 minutes of drive time on my 11 hour drive time and exactly 11 hours and 2 minutes remaining on my 14 hour duty clock.
I had to hustle. Thankfully the load of racks I was hauling was only 26,000 lb so I was pretty sure I could make it back without fueling and did so. I dropped that trailer at the terminal drop yard about 3 miles from the terminal and bobtailed to the fuel islands at the terminal. When I shut her down at the fuel island I had 4 minutes left on my drive time and duty time and my low fuel light was on. The fuel islands are less than a 100 yards from my parking spot and after fueling and doing my post trip inspection and topping off the DEF I could creep to my parking spot with my E-log staying on the “On Duty not driving” line and not going to the “On duty driving” line. So I made it without showing an hours of service violation.
I walked over to the terminal to turn in my paper work and get the placard. We use a placard system. The placard shows the trailer number, the load number, the PRO number, and time issued, written in grease pencil. The placards and color coded. The placard they gave me was green, meaning it was an outbound line haul. If the load was a broker load outbound it would have been yellow. There are six different colors used depending on the situation.
When a driver drops a trailer the placard is placed in the placard holder on the nose of the trailer. If the trailer is being put in a door the placard is placed on the floor of the trailer at the tail of the trailer for the dock workers to see it. When one is hooking to a trailer to take it they must bring the placard into to dispatch to get their paperwork. Thus this system eliminates the mistake of a driver pulling the wrong trailer if he/she misreads the trailer number and dock workers unloading or loading the wrong trailer.
So after I got the placard I drove down the drop yard in my POV and put the placard on the nose before driving home.
Today I depart for Lehighton, PA at noon. I will take my break there at the customers facility and then be unloaded. From there I take the empty trailer to Du Boise, PA to be loaded and come home. By the time I get back home on Wednesday evening I will have done nearly 2,500 pay miles in four days.
Be safe out there…I-57 and Effingham…the point of no return in my southbound travels…the point of almost home but still a painfully long ways to go when going home…
One of my favorite trucking songs. Those boys could play! I have their greatest hits in my truck.
Some songs just have a rhythm and theme for the road. Here is another one:
For highway speeds only.
Just for fun. Maps are very beneficial.
Someone linked to this yesterday, but I never got around to reading it. Thanks to whoever did so. It’s worth posting again:
American Exodus
Don’t wait for the oligarchy to let you in. Just walk away.
https://www.tabletmag.com/amp/sections/news/articles/american-exodus-angelo-codevilla-oligarchy
Angelo M. Codevilla
“When Machiavelli wrote, “in order to know Moses’ virtue it was necessary that the people of Israel be slaves in Egypt …,” he was pointing to the truth that knowing what one is up against is a powerful incentive for dealing with it intelligently. Genesis tells us that only in Moses’ time did the Egyptians make clear how harsh was the alternative to the Exodus by deciding to kill their longtime slaves’ baby boys.
“Today, the oligarchy that controls American society’s commanding heights leaves those who are neither its members nor its clients little choice but to marshal their forces for their own exodus. The federal government, the governments of states and localities run by the Democratic Party, along with the major corporations, the educational establishment, and the news media set strict but movable boundaries about what they may or may not say—on pain of being cast out, isolated from society’s mainstream. Using an ever-shifting variety of urgent excuses, which range from the coronavirus, to the threat of domestic terrorism, to catastrophic climate change, to the evils of racism, they issue edicts that they enforce through anti-democratic means—from social pressure and threats, to corporate censorship of digital platforms, to bureaucratic fiat. Nobody voted for this.”
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Peter Grant recommends this companion piece:
Until Lambs Become Lions
Right now, we are 80 million couch potatoes and keyboard warriors with rifles in our bedroom closets. This is not a force to be reckoned with.
https://amgreatness.com/2021/03/16/until-lambs-become-lions/
Max Morton, March 16, 2021
“We are locked in a zero-sum game rebellion of the elites, who are intent on fundamentally transforming America into an authoritarian state with a single ideology and ruling class.
“In order to defeat this rebellion, we need to understand the terrain we are operating on and the strategy and tactics of our enemy. Even more important, we need a strategy of our own to guide our struggle and return to a functional representative government, bounded by the Constitution with the power fully vested in the people. Only a few decades ago, American politics was driven by shared interests of prosperity and well-being aligned with a free constitutional republic. We need to drive from the American consciousness the current docile acceptance of the fact that America has a ruling class—or a ruling elite—and we must banish these terms to the trash heap of racial epithets and aristocratic garbage.”
Codevilla does not disappoint with this comprehensive review of where we are, how we got here and how to contend with, counter, and quite possibly nullify the current ideologically Leftwing totalitarian establishment that includes far more institutions than just the government (as if that wasn’t enough).
Highly recommended reading for Treepers despite being a bit longer than “normal.”
Hint: keep your dictionary close by in another tab, because Codevilla uses some awesome $15 words that are contextually perfect but may be unfamiliar to some (including me).
Helotry or Exodus, no contest.
Agree. Just say “No” to helotry.
This is an excellent essay and good forward strategy.
Yesterday I got an email from church, promising “health updates”, so I opened it eagerly.
I was hurt to find a scolding reminder about wearing masks and six foot distancing, because some members in poor health want to be able to attend church.
You see, I can barely breathe through a mask, I could not get through a service with a mask on if I tried.
My mental health would not allow it even if I could do it.
The concern for the really frail is backward. If someone is that concerned about a disease, which some do have to be during flu or pneumonia season, it’s incumbent on that individual to do the avoiding.
No one would ever attend church when they are sick, even with a bad cold, out of concern for others, but now they want the healthy people to bear the burden of the health of the others.
Of course, you cannot say that, you’d be accused of not being a loving Christian; but what about MY desire to attend church, as a non-contagious with anything person, who just can’t handle restricted breathing?
There is a real virus, and elderly frail people are at risk from it. They should be staying home or getting the vaccine, which is believed to lessen the severity of a COVID illness. That’s their responsibility, not mine.
Seeing that article about the church with the leper section has me nearly in tears.
I was just reading an article the other day about a woman who hd the police called on her because she prayed in church without a mask on.
One commenter described it as the Sacrament of Safety.
I could see my church headed toward that long before this virus hit.
If I could find a church that never shut down, that would be my new church, but as it stands right now, I am done.
Clarion…in a larger picture, it’s the ‘church’ that is sick today! If the ‘church’ was alive and well, and thriving as the New Testament church Paul wrote about, then it could simply believe and pray for the sick to be healed. That would eliminate that ‘health update’.
It’s sad, because I watched te church slwly succumb before my eyes.
If it had been well, this wouldn’t have happened.
That was a good way of putting it, thanks.
You make a very interesting comment about watching the church slowly succumb before your eyes Clarion.
The leading clergy of the church that my husband and I attended when this lock down first started last year attempted to keep in contact with the members by email once a week since we were not allowed to attend in person.
He sent out a nice chatty letter each Sunday.
Sadly the first two letters he sent included this phrase “Do what your government tells you to do”.
We have been less than enthusiastic about our membership since and looking for a new church.
Put what you posted here into a letter to the church pastor or whoever dictated the rules. Let them know they are driving away parishioners with their illogical, anti-science, and ill-informed dictates.
Get your boots on for this political theater from India. Modi references Judas and Jesus in attempting to smear the opposition with its ongoing gold smuggling scandal.https://www.republicworld.com/india-news/politics/judas-betrayed-christ-for-silver-ldf-betrayed-kerala-for-gold-pm-modis-biblical-charge.html
Data held back by Hu for WHO, but Tedros thinks data sharing will happen. QUICK, sign the global pandemic treaty before its too late ! Stop the insanity. https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/who-chief-urges-deeper-probe-into-lab-leak-covid-19-origins-theory
Frankie Valli still sounds good at 86 years old.
Great. Takes me back to the 60’s. Ahhh. The old America. The good and right America.
Saint Aléxios the Man of God (+ 411), in Rome.
Saint Patrick, Bishop of Armagh, the Enlightener of Ireland, (+ 451).
Saint Gertrude, abbess, of Nivelles in Belgium.
These are among the Saints who are commemorated today, March 17th on the traditional Calendar of the Orthodox Christian Church and March 30th on the civil or commercial calendar.
PLEASE REPORT ALL ANIMAL BITES TO:
DC Animal Control
(202) 576-6664
If Your Dog Bites
So far Major Biden has been reported for 2 bite incidents, wonder if an exemption from the animal control laws is in place. Fact: that is 1 bite/month 😛
There are no bad dogs, just bad owners 😛 😛 😛
Just a little nip eh?
Afternoon folks, 😉
lilbirdee12’s prayer:
Our Heavenly Father, Your children come to you tonight to ask for healing and peace throughout our country so that we may return to being One Nation Under God. Guide us to be leaders in Your Kingdom, spreading Your Love and Salvation to all. Forgive us our sins and deliver us from evil.
Lord, we ask for a blanket of protection over all our troops and law enforcement who serve to defend and protect us. Bless our representatives with the strength and wisdom they need to achieve the path You have chosen for us.
Please place Your Guardian Angels of Protection around Donald Trump and his family as they seek to lead America back to You. Also, we pray for Angels to protect and support our Sundance as he works for justice and peace.
Grant us patience, Lord, as the evil ones try to anger us and cause us to fall.
Spread blessings over Israel and Netanyahu.
We humbly ask that You please comfort those who are grieving and in pain.
Thank you Father, for Your Love and the gift of Life.
In Jesus name, we pray. Amen.
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When breaks from the craziness of the world are needed, the Louvre has put its entire art collection online. This article has various links, such as the one titled Collections Database that takes one to the many offerings.
https://robbreport.com/shelter/art-collectibles/the-louvre-put-entire-art-collection-online-free-1234604022/?fbclid=IwAR3dplJCZKWKSRFt4N8LHTj-hvxOserprFenf0F2MWXPVrMidO1VCmZnLC0
p.s. just realized it’s already after midnight on the east coast, so will repost in Wednesday’s open thread.