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Ever Feel Criticized for Expressing Your Faith?

10:33 AM - Feb. 26, 2008 - Wild Thoughts {0} - Add to the Wildness

To me, this is the quote of the month:

"The Bible records in Acts 17:10-11 that the Apostle Paul commended the Bereans for comparing what he taught and said to Scripture. Rather than taking offense at what others might consider to be 'criticism,' Paul encouraged them to compare everything he was teaching to the Word of God. He did not regard those who sincerely measured what he said by Scripture as 'difficult,' or 'divisive,' or having a 'critical spirit.' He understood that for truth to prevail in the Church, everyone's teachings--even his own--would have to be proven by the Word of God. He echoed this in 1 Thessalonians 5:21: 'Prove all things; hold fast to that which is good.'"

(Deceived on Purpose, 2nd edition, p.18; Mountain Stream Press, 2004)

--Warren Smith, B.A., MSW
speaker and author of The Light That Was Dark (Moody Press)
Reinventing Jesus Christ: The New Gospel (now as a free e-book)
and Deceived on Purpose

© Copyright Cathi-Lyn Dyck 2005-2008

The Coming Events Roster Around Here

10:46 PM - Jul. 25, 2007 - Wild Thoughts {0} - Add to the Wildness

Grandma's moving in. But not with me, thank you. Grandma is moving into a suite my parents are building onto their old farmhouse. The suite is being designed with future use as a garage in mind, which basically just means a concrete floor under the wood floor, and in one wall, a big doorway beam that currently has no need to be there.

This also means that Grandma has a house up for sale in my lovely small-town environs. I don't have pictures up yet, but I'm going to take some and add them, if nothing else than for interest's sake. In the meantime, if you know anyone who wants to move to Canada, send them our way. Kenton's a pretty good place.

For myself, I've been doing pseudo-technical stuff to my blogs this evening. I finally broke down and signed up to Technorati (how Stone Age am I?). I've got a couple of blogs claimed so far, but I got bored, thanks to my slow connection.

I also have yet another blogging gig, this time as part of a team. Starting Monday, I'm going to be part of the text content for Humble O Radio, which is actually a really funny show. I "met" Marty and Trina Daniels on ShoutLife, and Marty and Dave have emailed back and forth a bit, talking Christian issues and such. Trina, like me, is into natural gardening, artsy stuff, and writing.

Marty's pretty much a goof, but with a brain, so his interviews and commentary are both sideways and highly interesting. For myself, I'll be starting off with a six-week run on sustainability, plus a surprise interview to be revealed later. I like interviews. They're fun.

The sustainability topic also convinced me to sign up to a really rockin' website run by a friend of ours, Forcing Change. The site documents (as in real source documents) the interaction between government, society and religion, with a lot of UN documents. Membership is a bit costly, but I've now got verified source material for at least a couple of months' ideas that I had already wanted to write about--and that's just from one article. Let's just say, it's information-rich.

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I Had to Get Back Here Somehow...

6:39 PM - Jul. 19, 2007 - Wild Thoughts {1} - Add to the Wildness

Thanks to the "other Zookeeper" for tagging me and thereby dragging me back here for a bit to share some happenings. :~)

1. All right, here are the rules.

2. We have to post these rules before we give you the facts.

3. Players start with eight random facts/habits about themselves.

4. People who are tagged need to write their own blog about their eight
things and post these rules.

5. At the end of your blog, you need to choose eight people to get tagged
and list their names. Don’t forget to leave them a comment telling them they’re
tagged, and to read your blog

So here it goes.....my 8 facts:
1) The weeds are about four feet tall, thanks to the rain and muck which made our gardens almost impassable for a good part of the spring.
2) I am a real auntie, not just an auntie-in-law!! I've been spending time visiting with my brother and sister-in-law and their new baby this last week. They live on the other side of Canada, so this is a rare and beautiful time.
3) I got to chat by phone with one of my west-coast cousins over the last couple of days. It was great to catch up.
4) I slept under the stars last night. No kidding. It was pretty awesome. Lawn swing, blanket, book, candles and bug repellent.
5) I heard a great presentation about globalism and religion a couple of weeks back. It gave me a whole new perspective on the religious literary industry, and religious industry in general.
6) Dave got a second-hand trampoline for the kids day before yesterday.
7) My sister-in-law used to teach trampoline as part of her gymnastics, so she taught the kids a bunch of tricks today.
8) I have blackmail pictures of my brother on the trampoline now, too. ;~)

If you're actually reading this, you're tagged. I suspect that will be less than 8 people anyway, since I've allowed myself to become an invisible blogger lately.

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