Twinky

Where did you get this from, Skyrider?? Page 215 of what? Well, he did honor that promise. He told of them in PFAL. Most disparagingly.

No. They don't specifically target "the vulnerable." They target everybody. But everybody's got vulnerabilities. The "benefits" of PFAL on the back of the witnessing card are specific areas where everybody can be vulnerable. Who wouldn't want "more harmony in the home"? All those parts on the back of the card ... they help target where any individual might be vulnerable. And some other people are just hungry for positive bold Christian teaching, where their local churches seem weak, boring or irrelevant to what's going on in individuals' lives.

Well, waysider, you certainly got me dancing around my living room with that song!

Okay, folks, have a chortle. Or offer constructive criticism. Or something. Photos and videos Photos were available Monday (wow, that's fast!). Videos arrived this evening. So here y'are, hot off the ... internet.

Thanks, all, for your fine comments. As to the book of Job, I understand it is commonly considered as a sort of play, poetry, fictional consideration of something serious. Not that a real Job existed at all. As for the record cited from Numbers - and many other records of tribal wars in the OT going into the Promised Land ... difficult. Part of the "sins of the fathers" stuff? Even if their sins made these racial groups "worthy of death" is it not also the will of God, who does not change and has no shadow of turning, that "all men be saved"? Then this will of God would surely also apply in the OT as well, yes? How then can they be saved and come to a knowledge of God if they are dead? Far too simplistic to say that God "removed his hand of protection" from them or "allowed" the devil to have his way with them - ie, to kill and destroy them. And that's not even starting with more indirect events - seas crashing over pursuers, city walls collapsing... I do not think this idiom forms a very significant part of most theological study or training. Nobody else seems to have heard of it, outside anyone who's been associated with TWI.

Ah, she's a real woman, not a stick insect like Victoria Beckham! Maria Callas was a rather large lady too. But look at the voice that came out of her. Susan certainly has a lovely voice and good on her for making a success with it!

"Wierwille Memorial Library"? T-shirt with "Be Strong" and 4.13 written on it? Blue banner with yellow writing "The Word.......of God" on it? I didn't see the door marked Exit - please point me in that direction immediately!

bfh, we spell verbs with "s" at the end too, not "z" (advertise, exercise, authorise) Speaking of zzzzz - maybe it's time to go to bed. Oh by the way, those things are called "zed" not "zee." Zee, it's easy (e-z) when you know how.

This woman goes from strength to strength. There is now a musical of her life: I Dreamed a Dream - the Musical Susan Boyle's life story Opens on Friday week. She's still overweight, still not "pretty" but she's obviously had some make-up advice and looks a whole heap more attractive. Seems in just a couple of years she's come a very very long way. Good for her.

Oh. I thought you meant apple pie... Of course, for we Brits, 14.3 means ... nothing.

It's a good question, Krys. What do we know about BG Leonard, apart from him being one of VPW's earliest victims? Or JE Stiles, for that matter? Another early victim.

I think, WW, that Krys is really interested in BG Leonard's work. Do you have info on that? (We've re-hashed VPW's plagiarism far too much here.)

Obituary and information

Freaky, Pete. :blink:

OldSkool, excie "seed" ya!!!

In rez ... tired after some long event prep and putting it on and clean-up and all the usual busy-work. Never any spare time whether there was an event or not. So it's the Super Bowl. As a reward, we are permitted to watch the SB if we wish. A TV is set up in Founders Hall. Some in rez Corps went. Many others took time to rest, sleep, catch up with laundry, spent time with spouses, whatever. Some of us had no interest (I still don't know what the SB is, I'm not American). Next day ... those who didn't watch the SB got a serious bollocking. Reason: LCM said we could have learned something about him, if we'd watched it, being as he'd been such a mighty player in his younger days. (Not egotistical, huh!)

I took 2 hours 24 mins to get there. OldSkool, go sponsor me. Or get beating the feet yourself. :B)

Been runninghalf marathons (well one anyway) - have a look at Beating the Feet in Open. There's a link to follow.

Thantks, bfh! Such a lovely run yesterday ... no, maybe I don't want that shrink after all. Heh, I wondered if I should have posted this in the Sports section, not Open.

Hey, Teresa! Wondered what had happened to you! Good to see you.

Oh? When? First I've heard of this. But then, that's no surprise.

What a cool idea, Kit! I ran around occasionally feeling thankful for the luxury of being able to run for pleasure - not to have to run to avoid a sniper's bullet, a mortar, or to get to the front of a food queue. Sometimes I think of the Author and Finisher of faith running alongside or just in front of me, as a pacemaker. I achieved a time of 2:24:06 which I'm well pleased with, for saying I didn't do much training and my knee was feeling a bit gippy for the couple of weeks beforehand. Pleased to say that my knee didn't hurt excessively (I did treat it gently) - in fact nowhere hurts. It was the most beautiful day - bright, sunny, warm without being too hot, gentle breeze. Big crowd to cheer runners on. I loped along at a comfortable pace feeling really good and it was a real pleasure to be alive.

Too late to train now, event is tomorrow!!! Yes, the buildings are in Bath. The start/finish is in Great Pulteney Street with beautiful stately buildings in rows and usually on 5-6 levels. These buildings were built late 1700s from the local Bath stone which was highly valued and used for exquisite buildings nationally. The best stone is light greyish but has a golden or honey color to it. Much of the city center of Bath was built/rebuilt at that time and there are some very fine crescents - long gracefully curved rows of terraced houses on 5-6 levels and worth $millions. I'll let you know how I get on! I'm guessing 2:15 best and very unlikely, 2:35 worst (worst ever) - depends on how my right knee feels about life tomorrow. Weather forecast is good. Dry, sunny, pleasant temp without being too hot or too cold. Light breeze. Just exactly what I prayed for.

RSV: "The faith that you have, keep between yourself and God; happy is he who has no reason to judge himself for what he approves." That includes eating and drinking in a way that doesn't cause offence to others - over-indulging in wine, not drinking any wine at all; eating whatever is put in front of you, not eating any meat ... The context is self-control - not self-indulgence. And definitely not using grace as a license to sin. Think before doing whatever you do. Is it a Godly way to live? Is it the best you can do, right now? If yes, don't condemn yourself if you don't do it right or perfectly. Is it going to cause confusion or difficulties for someone else, if you can't explain to them? If yes, don't do it then. Live care-fully.

Thanks bfh and Waysider but more like this: 2011 Half Marathon Some video footage at the bottom (if the link works) and I came in when the clock shows 2:28:32, hands waving in the air, glad it was all over. 2:28 wasn't my time for the race, just the time when I filtered through the finish line. I think my actual time was about 2:11 or 2:14, all timed by electronic chip tied to the shoelaces, activated on crossing the line at Start, 10km and Finish.. You might be able to pick out the white tabard, green writing, for the Genesis Trust that I raise sponsorship for each year.