Posted in General, PorchEvents on December 22nd, 2006 1 Comment »
[ December 23, 2006; 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] here are notes for conversation at the Porch Christmas Eve Eve party. Please add your comments…
Yesterday, I was having a conversation with a friend about the state of the world and culture and life. Good, deep stuff. John is part Chickasaw and a deep thinker. He observed that in traditional societies, you think about yourself in relation to […]
Posted in General on December 2nd, 2006 3 Comments »
What does Christmas mean to you? I want us to start thinking about these things we we get ready for Christmas and the Porch. We will have a Christmas Porch gathering December 23 and then be with the WCUMC family on Christmas Eve for a community service. So, how are you thinking about Christmas this […]
Posted in General on November 12th, 2006 1 Comment »
One thing (of many) that is so good about the Porch (Sat eve) so far: allowing time for reflection and contemplation. We experienced it on the 4th as we had time to pray and –if desired–light candles at the arches. Last night, on the 11th, we were encouraged again to reflect as Ralph led us through […]
Posted in General on November 11th, 2006 2 Comments »
Whereas some philosophically oriented persons in the Greco-Roman world thought of the humann person in terms of body and soul, the Mediterranean world thought in terms of what anthropologists have called “zones of interaction” with the world around. Three such zones make up the human person, and all appear repeatedly in the Gospels:
The zone of […]
Posted in General, PorchEvents on November 6th, 2006 No Comments »
[ October 29, 2006; 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] Jesus said, “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.” What is this “Law” that Jesus is talking about? What is the purpose of the Law? How should this affect my life today? What do you think?
The Law […]
Posted in General on October 30th, 2006 1 Comment »
We talked a little bit on Thursday night about finding a cause, group, charity, missionary, etc. to give proceeds from coffee sales to. I think that making this decision about who/what our first outward ministry is going to be directed towards ought be moved up near the top of our priority list.
After we have decided […]
Posted in General on October 26th, 2006 2 Comments »
How to achieve unity. There are a couple of different schools of thought.
One approach is to go for the least common denominator. What is the minimum set that we can all agree to. This is an appeasement strategy, a political strategy based on the idea that we cannot get along and that the issues are […]
Posted in General on October 22nd, 2006 1 Comment »
It is tempting for people to think that a lot of what we are talking about is tied to one or two guys just because they are prolific writers and get quoted a lot. I suppose I can be guilty of that because I am still learning to think and don’t know the scholars to […]
Posted in General on September 25th, 2006 No Comments »
Check out Eastlake Community Church.
Here is their site: http://eastlakecc.com/
Listen to their Pastor’s welcome, it’s great
Then he puts his bloopers an his introduction.
They sent out fliers with there next series of talks.
They are calling it:
Cure for common Myth
” Mind your own business”
” It’s the thought that counts”
” God helps those who help themselves”
They follow with:
We’ve all […]
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