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Lord of the Rings
We have been re-watching the Rings movies - from our new blue Ray extended version - wonderful ( Read more... ) -
the rainbow
I have just read another sermon form the collection "The Waiting Father" , by Pastor Helmut Thielicke . He was a beloved and well-known preacher in World War Germany --- people gathering to listen, even as our allied bombs were falling on their city. This book is a series on the parables of Jesus - a real treasure ( Read more... ) -
Martin Chuzzlewit
I finished Martin Chuzzlewit -- one long story that! It is one of the darker stories by ( Read more... ) -
Thinking with Dad - 3 --- " free from the law?"
On Christian Liberty ( Dec. 21, '86) John 8:32-36
Freedom and liberty are almost if not exact synonyms, and if there is any word in the English language that our present day society doesn't understand, these two are serious contenders for the distinction.
Both freedom and liberty when practised involve a choice but neither one has any effect on the ( Read more... ) -
Thinking with Dad -- on Miracles
Thoughts on Miracles
Miracle - an event that appears to be neither a part not result of any known natural law or agency and is therefore often attributed to a supernatural or divine source.
Miraculous events apparently caused by the direct intervention of a supernatural or divine power.
-- the operation of a law of which we are not aware.
These are ( Read more... ) -
Thinking with Dad - the search - responses
" ....the thought I would like to stress is the fact that instead of man actually seeking God, God is in reality seeking man. As a matter of fact, it is God who has taken the initiative in the matter of bringing us to himself. This the fact that reveals God's character and His attitude towards us. Something that we can respond to either ( Read more... ) -
Thinking with Dad -- "The Search for God"
Search for God ( Read more... ) -
Thinking with Dad
My Livejournal pages have remained blank for quite a while - mostly due to a lot of back and neck problems this summer (osteo-arthritis) -- which made time sitting at the computer something to be rationed carefully. I am a little better now and anxious to get to work transcribing excerpts from a package of notes I have -- my Dad's ( Stan Pattison ( Read more... ) -
Books, thoughts, and green leaves
May 9 2012 ( Read more... ) -
a Sunday journey
It was a beautiful Sunday yesterday -- even a full bright sky ( after days of rain and cloudiness) and new leaves popping out everywhere. Larry had been asked to take the Sunday worship services in the Bawlf parish -- the church in town, and one way out in the countryside. I was glad to be able to go with him. I kept a camera on my lap and got some ( Read more... )