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They were anemic, at best. Some of the tapes (in the Thessalonian teachings) were less than 10 minutes long. There were 36 tapes total for that "course" on Thessalonians. If you've never been U of L - - - - consider it: MONEY SAVED, AND NOT WASTED. Truly - - - you haven't missed a thing. Nothing. Nada/ zip/ zero/ you name it. The "package" might look attractive, but the contents therein are rotten.

I never did want to go into the Way Corps, but me (in my ignorance back then) wished i could hear the teachings the Corps were getting "at the feet of Da Teacher". Well - - lucky me. U of L came into being. U of L was meant for those: "Who wanted to learn the Way Corps teachings, but were UNABLE to enter the corps. I was at an advanced class run for advanced class grads only in 1981 somewhere in southern Minnesota. We were there for an entire week. Bo and Stanley Rheard (sp?) ran the class, which was a re-run of the 1979 AC., and one night Bo did a U of L "Ex" for those of us there. He explained what it was all about (for those who CANNOT enter the way corps). Then he entertained questions. My hand shot up first, and Bo said: "Yes?" I asked what was on everyone's mind - - - "WHAT CONSTITUTES CANNOT"? I forget the answer he gave, but it was ambiguous enough that we all figured that it was easier to get into U of L, than we thought it would be. Short of the long of this is, my reason for "Not being able to enter the Corps"? I told them - - "Because I don't want to". Simple as that. I was accepted into the U of L immediately.

Ha! Basically you bought "advanced teachings" on one (or two) books of the bible at a time. 2 or 3 hundred bucks for a set of tapes on one book of the Bible. U of L "students" ( I was one way back when), were required to get the Thessalonians tapes first. You could "pick and choose" which ever teaching you wanted after that, once you completed the Thessalonian "course". I've still got those tapes somewhere around the house here.

Is the two word limit to this anything like the "two drink" limit we were subjected to way back when?

I'm not sure how that sentence was meant to be taken.

Wow. What a treat, Mstar. I'm not really familiar with his "current stuff", but i'd have loved to have been walking by there, with my double case with fiddle and mando. Perhaps he might've let me pick along on one or the other of the two. Front porch picking is as "therapeutic"/ fun as it gets. "Parking lot picking" gets a real close second, (as you probably know) to front porch picking! James was a favorite of mine back in the early days. He's stood the "test of time".

I'm guessing (and this is JUST MY GUESS) that he donated it all to the Society of Drambuie Swizzlers (also known as the S.D.S.), of whom he was probably "chief".

Not sure I'd call it "funny". Perhaps Lying/ Blasphemous/ Down-Right-Hypocritical/ Deceiving/ You-Name-It/ is more applicable. According to his own teachings, cancer was caused by devil spirits. According to his own teachings, "devil spirits" had to have a "willing host". According to his own teachings - - "Believing equals receiving". Draw your own conclusions from what he taught, versus his life/ and death. Docvic died from cancer (according to him) caused by devil spirits in a willing host. Where the H*** was HIS believing? He died from over indulgence, and lost his eye before fertilizing the daisies. Bright lights from the filming had nothing to do with it. The line "He gave his eye for the Word" is just plain old unadulterated CR@P. "B" as in "B", and "S" as in "S". The bright lights at the filming of the class was nothing more than an "excuse", and foisted upon us all as "truth". It's amazing (well - - not really now that I know, that I know, that I know) how the "wagons got circled around the MOG" to protect him and the "discrepancies" when someone of that "status" stepped in $h!t too deep to get out. And then would turn around and castigate "Joe Believer" for not "Living up to the Word". No, it's not "funny" in the least. Self-serving and deceptive? Yes.

Speaking of Yo-yo Ma: here he is with Mark O'Connor and Edgar Meyer. 3 of the BEST, and about as "complete" a sound as you're going to hear. Good tune too! <object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-bok3otfMs&hl=en_US&fs=1"></param><param'>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-bok3otfMs&hl=en_US&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-bok3otfMs&hl=en_US&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object>

25 miles away from me. I kinda like the concept. "A guy walks into a bar and starts a church. For some, that might sound like the set-up for a punch line. But for Chris Fletcher, there’s no joke. He likes to relax and chat at Dunnigan’s Pub & Grub in Two Harbors. He also is finishing a degree in Christian ministry at Bethel University in Minneapolis through its adult studies program, which requires him to commute to class one day per week. “I was going to Dunnigan’s with no intention of talking about ministry,” he said. “When I told people I was getting a degree in Christian ministry, they would say, ‘How come you’re at a bar having a drink, then?’— as if those two things were mutually exclusive,” Fletcher said. “Very few of the people I was talking to actually go to a church, for one reason or another,” Fletcher said. But he found they still were interested in religion. “Everyone’s looking for a community, a place where they feel safe.” So he came up with the idea to hold a “Bar Church” gathering Sundays at Dunnigan’s. It would be a casual meeting where people could talk about their beliefs, listen to music and find a spiritual community outside of a traditional church. He floated the idea to Dunnigan’s owner Matt Davitt. “When I first heard about it, I said absolutely not,” Davitt said. “There’s two things you don’t want to talk about it in a bar, and that’s religion and politics.” Fletcher told him about a Twin Cities area bar that has a church event with huge turnouts each week. “Chris is a real honest, nice guy, so I said we’ll give it a try,” Davitt said. Fletcher organized the first meeting for last Sunday and 13 people showed up. Michelle Jordy provided some music. Coffee, donuts and drinks were provided. And conversation with the overtones of *eligion. “It’s people looking for a way to discuss issues in their lives, and if they want to do that around a Bloody Mary, I don’t see anything wrong with that,” Davitt said. The Bar Church begins at 11 a.m. Sundays. There is no age restriction for joining the discussion. Regular business hours for the pub begin at noon. “I asked everyone how often we should do it, every couple of weeks or once a month, and they all wanted to come back next week,” Fletcher said. They’ll continue to meet every Sunday with a different musician each week. Addison Houle, who recently graduated from North Central University in Minneapolis with a degree in youth ministry, helped Fletcher organize the event. He said most everyone who came last Sunday had been to a church at one time or another, but many of them simply didn’t feel at home in a regular church setting. “It’s a real casual thing … a real comfortable place to be,” Houle said of the bar. “For many of them it was like nothing they’d ever been to as far as something organized for Christians. Everyone was very open about their feelings — it wasn’t uptight; you don’t have to put on a face.” Fletcher said church-in-a-bar gatherings have taken place in Duluth and Minneapolis. Houle said he’d been thinking about doing ministry in bars but, until he heard about Fletcher’s plans, didn’t know exactly how he wanted to do it. Fletcher emphasizes that the “Bar Church” gathering is about offering people somewhere they belong, filling a need. “We talked about the Scripture where Jesus says, ‘If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink,’ ” Fletcher said. “Everyone’s thirsty for something, even if they don’t always know what it is.”

Lovely day on Friday/ blue skies/ warm weather/ and just enough wind for the 9 Tall Ships to sail into the Duluth Harbor (the world's furthest inland seaport), to bedazzle the locals with their history and memories of "days gone by". We had nine "Tall Ships" sail into port yesterday. The population here has swelled considerably with many, many, many folks coming in from all around to take a look at/ tour/ and get to sail on/ these magnificent vessels. The Bounty is the most popular of them all, since it was in the movie "Pirates of the Caribbean". Here's some pics of the ships as they sailed into the Harbor here. Thought y'all might enjoy this. Hanging out on Lake Superior. The HMS Bounty: The Pride of Baltimore II. Coming through the Canal into the Harbor: The Barque Europa: The US Brig Niagra: The Bounty docked at the wharf:

Dang - - - that sounds like a line from "The Old Violin".

What'll the topic be?? Actually - - - I'll still be at work then. In twi-speak: Not available!

Well - - - that sucked royally, Waysider. OH!! Wait A Minute!! That was your intention, eh? Good idea Krys - - - but who's going to "snail mail" it to New Knoxville, since they have no email contact?

Reminds me of the song "Screen Door" by Rich Mullins and his Ragamuffin Band. <object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value=" name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src=" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>

Good friggin grief. How bass-ackwards can an "Outreach" ministry get?? They dig themselves deeper in the hole, daily. I remember helping running several classes back in the 1970's, and some of the newbie students couldn't keep their eyes open. Whomever it was (don't ask - I don't remember now) that was running the class, suggested turning the video volume down. It was their contention that a lower volume from the teaching would 'force" the new students to stay awake to strain to hear the Word. I got no brownie points from said class leader, when I made the observation that less volume meant more peaceful sleeping. How hard was that to see? Not hard for me at all. But then again I wasn't as "spiritually aware" as the class leader of how those things worked. Their "Exclusionist" thinking, while claiming to be an "Outreach" ministry could be the ultimate oxymoron.

Recorded back when Courtney (the banjo picker) was still alive. Someone should've told Sam (mando picker) to wear a shirt under the overalls. John Cowan (mentioned earlier in this thread), on bass. Leon - - leading the song as he so admirably does. New Grass Revival with Leon, doing a Stones song with a "bluegrass beat". <object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kh2cDCCBYWE&hl=en_US&fs=1"></param><param'>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kh2cDCCBYWE&hl=en_US&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kh2cDCCBYWE&hl=en_US&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>

I've got to agree with Linda here. I don't know if anyone ever "lived in a teepee" there at HQ. Outside of my "senses knowledge", (if you will). ;) Bo might have, and he might not have lived in a teepee there. The teepee I remember is the one mentioned at the ROA each year, and it belonged to someone else. I always thought it was cool. It was a symbol of the ROA, kinda like the WOW burger, but not edible! Ironic (maybe not), that I'm more willing to remember the teepee, and not the veepee.

OldSkool - - - You "da man" (or woman as the case may be) for finding that video. I've never seen it, until you found and posted it here. Here's to you!

I found the thread. I started backtracking from page 113 (last page in About the Way), and found this on page 74. Is this what you were thinking of , Nottawafer? :) I JUST SAW A COMMERCIAL FOR THE WAY INTERNATIONAL

If I recollect correct, it was a paid ad by twi (28 grand or so of ABS money), and it was on a Terry Bradshaw show (or something). It was about 4 or so years ago that it aired. Folks here wrote the network (I forget which one now), informing them that twi was a cult. The network had no idea of that. To them it was just another "paid ad". I'm sure that thread is around here somewhere. It was started by Rottiegrrrl. The search system here mystifies me. I can't ever find anything using it. Perhaps someone more cognizant of the search features than I, can find a link to it. :) (edited - - since I found the original thread. I was incorrect on a couple of facts).

Bo would be my guess. There's stories about him (and his early days) that fit the teepee thing totally. Some of those stories even made it onto the SNS tapes.

Just what I need - - - a docvic bobblehead next to the plastic Jesus on my car's dashboard! Both of which would be underneath the rosary hanging from the rear view mirror.