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I have carefully monitored my own reaction to Western Society.  Sometimes I’m happy that individuals have so many freedoms.  Other times I’m saddened that we can’t work corporately together because of our own selfishness.

I was listening to a webinar on preaching story.  One thought was to refrain as much as possible from giving dry boring application.  Let each person find their own interpretation.  Jesus talked in parables (stories) – a good approach.  But for those who were close followers he carefully explained stories.

I wonder if we love the idea of making up our own truth derived from stories.  Does that exercise become “doing whatever is right in our own eyes”?  How do we rein in individual interpretations for the sake of the group?  And who provides the clear “laws” to be followed? 

Photo of the day:  My 10 year old grandson just had his birthday.  He designed this “stream” for our yard design when he was younger.  He has a great future in yard work and engineering! 

I woke up this morning thinking of the word “sub-optimal”.  Not sure why.

Then I tried out a replacement phrase – “less than perfect”.  That sounds rather negative – although it may be true.  So I thought about a positive approach.  “Average optimized”.  Combines some of the original phrase, does not expect to be perfect but sounds like an affirmation.

And you wonder why I love being in my head all the time!!  So much fun.

Photo of the Day:  If you missed the deer yesterday, this one showed up at a house we own in June of 2022.  They are rather cute looking!!

Here is a current quote that is going around.  Not sure who wrote this – some say Michael Card, others a bishop from somewhere, others give not attribution.  One of our local pastors posted this – rather relevant:

As church attendance numbers fade across the nation and online services become very convenient, it’s important to remember why church attendance for you and your family matters so much.

You can’t serve from your sofa. You can’t have community of faith on your sofa. You can’t experience the power of a room full of believers worshipping together on your sofa.

Christians aren’t consumers. We are contributors. We don’t watch. We engage. We give. We sacrifice. We encourage. We pray by laying hands on the hurting. We do life together.

The church needs you and you need the church.

Photo for the day:  You probably saw the garbage can first and missed the deer!!

I get to hang out at Eston College in Regina tomorrow!  This I enjoy – when youth and “older” youth meet.  I love the drive for a dream.  And the idea of the future being a lively inspiration.  May I never lose that fire to be close to the fire!

Photo of the day:  (Just a bit of an explanation here – when I look for a photo, I merely open up photos on my computer and find one that is interesting.  The photo may be old, new or sometimes one that is floating around with no date on it.)  On this photo you notice the beautiful flooring or the odometer/speedometer on my exercise bike.  Which did you see first?  I’m sure there’s some research out there about what that means for your mental state.  Let’s just conclude that you are still alive and breathing if you saw something!  And if you saw the odometer first – and noted the number 59000 – you are a very special person