.:. Beautiful Sun in Fog .:. January 17, 2017 .:.

  • Hennies Home

    My dear ones came home late yesterday afternoon. Included in them was a confusion piece, a very young Australorp that “they” couldn’t tell between my giant grown up ones. Ah, well, I am the one who loves them so and I wasn’t there to collect them. That’s how it goes with DH, he isn’t “as…

  • Church Stuff

    I haven’t said a word about this online at all … but here goes what little I can get out. At our church that we are members of, something happened a couple of years ago which really bothered me at first, and then as time went on the situation got worse, and it became what…

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    1. Kelly Avatar
      Kelly

      Wow, I’m so sorry about your church situation. Church troubles are second only to marriage troubles, if you ask me. I do hope the Free Church works out for y’all and you’re able to join there. It’s very difficult being in a church where you just don’t fit in on that many levels. May the Lord sustain you all and give you wisdom and grace during this time.

      Hugs.

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      Maisy

      Thanks. I know, though, that we won’t be joining the Free Church due to at least one sticky point, how communion is served is more than I can do, the common cup is not something my squeem-ish sensitive self can do, and DH agrees. They use a Common Cup for the wine. They only have communion once a quarter right now, so it’s not an issue for attending as visitors. The pastor there is glad to have us as we are, knowing that we are likely to move on, and glad to help us in any way to transition and fellowship with more than one body of believers, as we are having to do anyhow right now. We’ll be visiting some other churches here and there, and know it’s not that we’ll find a perfect church, but we are now only looking for bare minimums in preaching, music, and sacraments, that they are Presbyterian and the usual minimum is all we are looking for. 🙂 FWIW It is my desire that whatever happens though, that we’ll be friends of the Free Church congregation and be able to pop in often enough to worship with them.

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      Kelly

      Would they let you dip your bread in the wine? Many common cup traditions allow that, including ours. We do that if we’re allergyish or something that wouldn’t keep us home from church but would be icky to other people if we drank from the cup – but then we have communion every week. I don’t know if that would help you or not, but I thought I’d mention it.

      Still praying for you, though. It’s amazing how hard it is to find a decent church when you’re not a decisionalist/semi-Arminian, let alone when you have standards regarding the Word and Sacraments!

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  • The Japs are here!

    I saw the first Japanese Beetle of the season, today, on a tiny stand of weeds in the backyard. I knew they’d be coming, and was hoping they wouldn’t show up early, as some things have done, due to the very mild winter we had 2005/2006. Maybe they are a tad early, since I know…

  • Scrapbook sludge

    I have all these scrapbooking ideas, but in the end they just stay in my head. I have to just really start doing something, I do have a couple of scrapbooks in progress, not the bulk idea that needs to be dented though. I have chronological-ness in the way I think. Not surely just “time”…

  • May worse than April?

    We are having very hot weather, since before this June First day … a fitting way for what has happened with us the end of May. I won’t use official titles or words, just know that an event happened that wasn’t needed, but a child fooling around with the ring-a-dingy thingy … which warp-sped into…

  • IE vs Firefox — longheld belief

    Y’all, if you use IE, don’t. Just stop. My blog here looks fine and dandy in Firefox, I just used IE to check something out and decided to view my site in that awful browser and blech! Ditch IE as your main browser. Switch to Firefox! I’m not attempting to change my layout just for…

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      Kelly

      Just wanted to let you know I’m praying for y’all today. Peace be on you and your house!

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    2. Maisy Avatar
      Maisy

      Thanks!

      Reply

  • Photo Organization and Scrapbooking

    I’m trying to get my actual “scrapbooking” hobby back “online” … which doesn’t meant “on the internet” but … “alive in real life.” I’ve had some new supplies for more than a few months now, but have trouble getting anything going still. I have ideas, many, many, many, which is the problem for me. I…

  • Many things

    My DD was sick last week, seemed to get better, now just got “sick” again. Ugh. I can’t stand this sort of thing, not when the “sickie” just doesn’t “get it” and go where they should to “do the deed”, so to speak. She’s the one that has seemed to have a sensative tummy when…

  • My Zire 31 has that Orange Blob disease

    I seem to have attained a nice level in the Murphy’s Law world. When I was younger I was teased, nearly to death, over “Murphy’s this and that” in my family. That followed me into my individual life as I grew, chances were, if I picked something off a shelf, it’d be the one that…

  • Horrible April is Over

    The flurry of activity for the month of April is over, and the month is nearly over as well. Russell’s birthday was yesterday. He’s a full decade old now. Wow! I’m ready to just stay crashed for awhile, and try to get into some sort of pattern for education with R. and V. in particular.…

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    1. Kelly Avatar
      Kelly

      Poor V and poor Mama! Do you sometimes get that “I can’t have anything nice!” feeling?

      I love the couch you chose – I’m glad you posted about it since I need to do something different, but it’ll probably wait until we move again so I can get rid of most everything we have before leaving Virginia.

      I PMd Frank a few days ago, did you get the message? For some reason I wasn’t able to comment on your blog last month and I can’t find your email. I’m still praying for you, dear. How are you feeling?

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