I have a general complaint about sitcoms. Full disclosure – I’m not much of a t.v. watcher, so maybe my credibility in this is lacking. However, my limited exposure to one of the most watched genres of television suggests to me that an overarching problem with comedy in general and situation comedy in particular is […]
September 22, 2012
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Invaded by aliens…
You may or may not be aware that for a short period (some 45 minutes or so) way back in the late 1930s our planet was invaded by aliens from the planet Mars. These visitors arrived quickly and left even quicker, about as quick as a pause for station identification. Now, whether you believe this […]
September 14, 2012
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Souper Sunday & AGM!
Hello folks. I’m all of two weeks into this series on Reboots in the Bible, and I already find myself at the limits of my chosen metaphor. When I started to seriously consider what I wanted to take on this week, I found myself looking at a story that involved something more like a system […]
September 6, 2012
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Back to Sundays this Weekend!
Hello Community, We are making the switch back to Sundays this weekend. Please arrive after 10 AM for coffee & we will start @10:30 AM. Our address is Gallary A- 318 Ross Ave in the Frame Are Warehouse … look for our signs! I own a PC. Every computer in our house is a PC. […]
September 1, 2012
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Why you believe what you do
Sometimes, throughout the series we’ve been in during the month of August, I have led in way that has offered some questions for conversation, we’ve enjoyed some dialogue, and then I’ve offered some thoughts of my own or some reflection on that evenings subject. This week I want to do something different. We will be […]
August 26, 2012
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There are some things you can only see when the lights go out…
I remember several years ago, when the U.S. was experiencing an increasing number of rolling brown outs and black outs including some of extended periods in areas with massive population, that Time magazine featured the issue as a cover story. In one of the main articles in that issue, the author talked about an interesting […]
August 19, 2012
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Suffering and Human Destiny
In the flyleaf of “The Problem of Pain”, C.S. Lewis offers this quote: “The Son of God suffered unto death, not that men might not suffer, but that their suffering might be like HIs.” (George Macdonald, Upsoken Sermons, First Series) This week, the Sunset Dialogues take us into the question of suffering and human destiny, […]
August 12, 2012
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The meaning of "friend"
Hello, This past week I had a long conversation with a friend, part of which was about friendship itself. He gave me a summary of the significant friendships in his life. They were few, but of long standing. The story was partly a celebration and partly a lament, as one of those friends was moving […]
August 3, 2012
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Whether to give in to despair or carry on with hope…
I just came back into the house from trying to deal with a MASSIVE wasp metropolis that was established in a hollow tree next to our house while we were away. Balancing on the edge of a rainy rooftop in the dark, spraying deadly chemicals into a nest the size of a small car (insert […]
July 27, 2012
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The one with the Technicolor Dream Coat…
Good Morning, Oftentimes, for those of us who grew up in the Church, the stories of the Old Testament tend to be over told and unremarkable; simply the filler for countless Sunday school classes. Yet an interesting thing has been happening to me as I revisit some of these great characters of the Bible. The […]
September 29, 2012
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