Share Your World June 18, 2018

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This is the first time I have had more than 10 minutes to sit down and write this week. I am so grateful for a day of quiet. Still, it has been a very rewarding week and I have gotten a lot accomplished:

We had a great staff meeting and outing on Tuesday.

Wednesday Pastor Dan and I had the opportunity to teach the first part of the Book of Jude to a wonderful group of people at the church

Yesterday our admin team had fun making a video for the announcements on Sunday ( I hope to post them here sometime early next week). My daughter’s little kitty had to go into the kitty hospital yesterday for life-saving surgery. He had an obstruction. The poor thing was so miserable and we got him to the hospital just in time.

Tomorrow several of us will attend an full day seminar on the Spirit Empowered Church.

Today though is writing day! Right now it is time for SHARING MY WORLD USING CEE’S SHARING QUESTIONS.

Here are Cee’s questions and my answers. When you are done here skip on over to Cee’s site using the underlined link to see how everyone else shared.

You can have an unlimited supply of one thing for the rest of your life, what is it? Sushi? Scotch Tape?

Not even a question here! BOOKS

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Teleportation or flying?

Teleporting of course! It’s even biblical.

As they traveled along the road, they came to some water and the eunuch said, “Look, here is water. What can stand in the way of my being baptized?” [37]c 38And he gave orders to stop the chariot. Then both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water and Philip baptized him. 39When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord suddenly took Philip away, and the eunuch did not see him again, but went on his way rejoicing.40Philip, however, appeared at Azotus and traveled about, preaching the gospel in all the towns until he reached Caesarea. Acts 8:40

 According to the Lord’s word, we tell you that we who are still alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will certainly not precede those who have fallen asleep. 16 For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever. 18 Therefore encourage one another with these words. I Thess. 4:15-18

Would you rather live where it only snows or the temperature never falls below 100 degrees?

Yikes what terrible choices! I would take a very large house with central air and an indoor pool and then I would live where it never falls below 100.

What did you appreciate or what made you smile this past week?  Feel free to use a quote, a photo, a story, or even a combination. 

It was so fun doing Hey Jude with the administrative staff of our church on Sunday.

 

Share Your World June 11, 2018

Sharing our worlds is what blogging is all about. I love that Cee at Cee’s photography gives each of us an opportunity to share our bit of our little corners of this swiftly spinning sphere.

 

Click that paragraph to go over and share a bit of your life with Cee.

Here are Cee’s sharing questions for the week and my answers:
If you could choose any person from history to be your imaginary friend, who would it be and why?

I would choose Francis Of Assisi to be my imaginary friend because he has such an interesting soul. His legacy is so tough and tender.

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60s, 70s, 80s, 90s: Which decade do you love the most and why? 

I think I would have to say the 70’s because the TV was so cheesy and awesome. It was the time when my imagination was forged in fires of innocence.

When you die, what do you want to be remembered for?

My faith, my hope, my love, my wisdom and my patience.

What did you appreciate or what made you smile this past week?  Feel free to use a quote, a photo, a story, or even a combination. 

I really enjoyed attending my daughter’s baby shower. That’s right! I am going to be a Grampa. But I will not be called “Grampa”. I shall be “Oz”!

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Share Your World June 4. 2018 on June 8, 2018

I am a few days late this week but still determined to Share My World. My! My! My! It was a busy one!

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You can check out the site of World Sharing Hostess, Cee Neuner by clicking HERE.

Here are the sharing questions for this week and my answers:

A piece of clothing from your younger childhood you still remember?

I had this brown silk shirt with wagon wheels all over it. I thought it was awesome when I was eight. It was the height of 70’s fashion. I think my mother burned all the pictures of me wearing it.

Irregardless of your physical fitness, coordination or agility: If you could be an athlete what would do do?   Remember this is SYW, dreaming is always allowed.

I would be a parkour master

 

In a car would you rather drive or be a passenger?

I think I would rather drive at this point in my life and that is a definite change.

What did you appreciate or what made you smile this past week?  Feel free to use a quote, a photo, a story, or even a combination. 

Here is a quote from one of the books I am reading. That inspired me this week.

“If…we dare to respond as Father God call us out to become His men, if we allow Him to nail our pride and our plans to the cross, we’re eligible at last to receive His Spirit and do our appointed task in restoring His kingdom on earth as it is in Heaven.- From Healing the Masculine Soul

Share Your World May 28, 2018

I am getting an early jump this week on Sharing My World.

You can find other world sharers by clicking the underlined link above.

Here are the week’s questions and my answers!

If you were to pack a basket for picnic lunch, what would be in your basket?

Oh definitely fried chicken and some buttermilk buiscuits. I would have some fruit, some cake and lemonade.

On a vacation what you would require in any place that you sleep?

A bed, wifi access, breakfast, and a good tub.

If you were to buy a new house/apartment what is the top three items on your wish list?

Ready to move in. Good heat/insulation, nice grounds.

What did you appreciate or what made you smile this past week?  Feel free to use a quote, a photo, a story, or even a combination. 

“If you read (the Bible) quickly it will benefit you little. You will be like a bee that merely skims the surface of the flower. Instead… you must become as the bee who penetrates into the depths of the flower. You must plunge within to remove its deepest nectar.” Madame Guyon

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Share Your World May 21, 2018

Here I go SHARING MY WORLD again.

Here are the weekly Share Your World questions and my thoughts on them. To see how others answered the same questions click the underlined link.

What household chore do you absolutely enjoy doing? (can be indoor or outdoor)

I really like putting away clean clothes.

Create a sentence with the words “neon green” and train”.

The neon green troll picked up the train and threw it into the ocean. But the Undine came and rescued all the passengers.

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(Sorry I know that was two sentences but I couldn’t let all those poor commuters perish because I lacked the word space to save them.)

Other than your cell phone what can you always be found with?

My glasses. I have seven or eight pairs that I keep strategically placed throughout my life space so even if I forget my main pair I can still see. I may look weird but  at least I am not blind.

What did you appreciate or what made you smile this past week?  Feel free to use a quote, a photo, a story, or even a combination.

This video our pastor played regarding the church.

Share Your World April 30, 2018

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What’s that you ask? Don’t I know it’s May? Of course I know it’s May! This is just the first chance I have had to answer Cee’s last questions from the month of April. If you want to see who was more timely in answering her questions you can do that by clicking HERE.

Before you go there though please indulge me and have a look at my answers to her questions.

Do you use paper money? If so is your money organized sequentially according to denomination?  

I do still sometimes use paper money. If I do it is stuffed randomly and usually folded messily among the debit card receipts in my wallet.

You are comfortable doing nothing? For long stretches of time?

I seldom get to do nothing, though I suppose that is what prayer looks like from the outside. So while most everyone else would say I do spend long stretches of time doing nothing I would probably say I seldom get to just do nothing. I don’t think I would like “nothing”.

What is your greatest strength?

I think one of my greatest strengths is my patience.

What did you appreciate or what made you smile this past week?  Feel free to use a quote, a photo, a story, or even a combination. 

This week my daughter Amanda performed her first baptism as a credentialed minister.

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Share Your World April 23, 2018

It is time to SHARE MY WORLD!

Share Your World is a weekly blog challenge in which out hostess, Cee, asks a few questions and by answering them we all share our worlds with each other!

Here are this week’s sharing questions and my answers. When you have finished reading here click the underlined link above an see how the rest of Cee’s contributors have shared.

If you could have an endless supply of any food, what would you get?

I would have an endless supply of Italian food delivered!

List at least five movies or books that cheer you up.

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Mamma Mia! The Movie (Widescreen) Ok not the best music but a nice feel good movie, and then there is

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And then there are all the Disney musicals

 

and then of course…

 

If you were a mouse in your house in the evening, what would you see your family doing? 

Watching TV or sleeping.

What did you appreciate or what made you smile this past week?  Feel free to use a quote, a photo, a story, or even a combination. 

I really enjoyed having time at home to pray.

Share Your World April 9, 2018

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Glory! Hallelujah! I am sharing my world before Friday this week!!!!!

After you have shared my world HOP OVER TO THE SHARE YOUR WORLD SITE BY CLICKING HERE AND SHARE THE WORLD OF LOTS OF OTHER BLOGGERS!!!

Now here are this week’s sharing questions from our hostess, Cee, and my answers.

Been anywhere recently for the first time?

I have not been anywhere new lately! I think I shall have to remedy that soon. Pastor Dan. If your reading maybe you have some suggestions.

List three favorite book characters.

Favorite characters in a book…. Ok I am going to split this up into three non fiction characters and three fictional characters:

Non-fiction characters I admire:

Jesus of Nazareth (that’s a no-brainer)

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Rock of ages

Corrie Ten Boom:

Cornelia Ten Boom (www.rejesus.co.uk ())

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John the Revelator:

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Fictional characters:

Gandalf the Grey/White:

Still on top! The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, featuring Ian McKellen as Gandalf, is clinging on to the top spot with a $33million haul this week

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The Baudelaire Orphans From A Series of Unfortunate Events

And Reepicheep  From Prince Caspian and Voyage of the DawnTreader

 

 

 

What is your favorite non alcololic drink: hot or cold?

A toffee nut soy latte from StarBucks

What did you appreciate or what made you smile this past week?  Feel free to use a quote, a photo, a story, or even a combination.

This quote has kept me all week.

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, 9 not a result of works, so that no one may boast. 10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.

 

Share Your World April 2, 2018 On April 7, 2018

Yes. It is April 7th. But Cee has assured me it is never too late to SHARE MY WORLD.

So here I am sharing my world through questions Cee posted 5 days ago. Today, shoot on over to Cee’s place to see how the rest of the world shared.

Here are the questions and my answers

What was or is your favorite cartoon?

I was a cartoon junky as a kid. Saturday mornings, if left up to me were cartoons straight from 6 A.M. to 12 noon. Here are a few I used to watch.

Which cooking utensil (other than the usual pots and pans etc) would you miss the most? 

I would miss my coffee maker.

Would you dare to sleep in haunted house overnight?

Sure. I am sure praying in tongues would scare the ghosts.

What did you appreciate or what made you smile this past week?  Feel free to use a quote, a photo, a story, or even a combination.

I got my copy of Hallowed: New and Selected Poems by Patricia Fargnoli  and started reading. I really loved the poem “Dream Sequence”. Here is Patricia reading her poem, “Wherever You Are Going”.