2:30 arrived this afternoon and the festivities began. The afternoon session was around 86, the evening supper around 120 and more joined us for the evening meeting. Fun, food and fellowship!
More details tomorrow. Right now I’d better hit the sack!
I was listening to a radio interview today on CBC . The interviewer was praising a couple for the stand they took on requiring a housing organization (Pentecostal based) to accept them even though they weren’t married. Their age was probably beyond my own. The interviewer took the tack that this action on the part of the Pentecostals was unconscionable.
On the same day another case of spanking children was considered to be completely heathen (OK, not quite that term, but the idea was there).
With both of these the sense was one of condemnation. Of cultural suicide.
If we think we are a tolerant society, think again!
I started early this morning.
Displays of our 70 years as a church were first order of business. Then completing such things as bulletins and a music practice. Finally the day ended with labeling photos and placing them in albums.
For me, this has been refreshing. Things are looking good. And people, who have arrived unexpectedly, have perused the displays and stood examining pictures and events.
It’s all good. And so tomorrow will seek a bit of tweaking and then Saturday at 2:30 begins the festivities!! See you then, if you can make it.
I suppose money doesn’t grow on trees.
I suppose economic clout is lessened when credit increases.
I suppose elephants are uneconomical.
You see, their ears are way bigger than would normally be expected. And the tail is just a swish on their body — I would have expected at least a broom. And their legs are trees that could have instead been been sculpted pillars.
Where God talks of finances and keeping clear of debt, we would be wise to follow through.
And where animals are created to grace the earth, maybe we need to be a little more thankful for the elephants of the world. Now, I know some consider elephants gawky and awkward. I like elephants — I love their beauty. Maybe I’m on God’s side on this one.
Oh, and ask my kids what my favorite animal is! The elephant!!
Thus, the rant — and this has nothing to do with the free association of donkeys and elephants that arise from the south.
So now, I’ve touched on world recession, US politics, and beauty — I suppose!!