In a (locked) post on a community today, someone talked about considering joining her faith community in a more formal capacity and spoke of her resistance to joining things, to putting her name on membership lists, and solicited thoughts on formal and informal membership ( Read more... )

On my way to church, I saw a bird coming out of a driveway puddle it appeared to to have been bathing in.
On my way home, I saw two birds burrowing in the dirt/dust of the berm(?) near our house.

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( the church service )

I overslept on Saturday and thus actually got ~8hrs of sleep.  Come 9pm I was tired, though.  (Walking ~5 miles will do that, huh? ;) )  I was in bed by 10.

I actually woke up at 7:43am this morning, but was lazy and didn't get up until 8:44am.

Mmm, sleep.

Conversation with alixtii last night prompted me thinking yet again about how I am so not ( Read more... )

[Advent day 22] Jeremiah 23:5-6 5 "The days are coming," declares the LORD,
      "when I will raise up to David [Or  up from David's line] a righteous Branch,
      a King who will reign wisely
      and do what is just and right in the land.

6 In his days Judah will be saved ( Read more... )

Passover is coming up, so Emily asked Ruhi to lead RCFOS discussion tonight and talk about Passover. We talked about Exodus 7:16 (and briefly, Exodus 21:1-6) and Ruhi explained how the word translated "worship me" in the Hebrew means more like "serve me" or even "be my slaves" and we talked about the idea of serving God to the exclusion of all ( Read more... )