Christian Pipe Smokers

Praying

Something good has come out of the financial crisis. The cost to disaffiliate from the UMC included pension liabilities. Those were tied to interest rates. With the fed hiking rates twice since first given our bill, the updated cost is about $20,000 less!

I was at a gentlemen's hat store this week looking for a new cap to replace an old fading black one. The owner kept insisting I needed a green one for St. Patrick's day. I insisted my red beard suggested I was Irish every day.


I'm not a fan of this "holiday."

It does make it easier to form a brand new theological concept or spirit given prophecy when you just flash one verse from shiver the new living "translation" up on the screen. I actually like the NLT. It's one of the multiple versions I typically have open when doing study. Opening and c...

It also discourages the flock from reading the verses surrounding the passage to gain context. It does make it easier to form a brand new theological concept or spirit given prophecy when you just flash one verse from shiver the new living "translation" up on the screen. I actually like t...

Oh dear. I care. Don't know how open you care to be, but I hope your building/grounds and your retirement accounts are not tied to the UMC. I went through a similar transition in the Episcopal Church 10 or 12 years ago. Probably over the same main issue. The old "Can you change it from the ins...

I pity the foo!

I just did some fairly significant things that I can't fully discuss for another couple days. But know it is a fact. It's probably useless. And I doubt many if anyone will care about it. In case you cared, which you probably don't, here's the fairly significant things I did that I can now fully dis...

FredS wrote: ↑07 Mar 2023, 15:55 Pray for Jeremy and his people as they've been faced with a difficult decision. Pray God has a clear and evident plan for what's next.

[If I've said too much J, let me know and this thread will disappear.]

Who is this "Jeremy" you speak of?