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Sunday, April 30, 2006
Saturday, April 29, 2006
Eric's Day After 36th Birthday Party: April 29/06
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Roll-up-the-rim is over. Sorry.
Naughty Gramma.
(Actually taken at Small Group on the Day Before)
Roll-up-the-rim is over. Sorry.
Naughty Gramma.
(Actually taken at Small Group on the Day Before).
Overheard at "United 93"
At the end of the movie the couple behind me:
1 - "That was a shitty ending."
2 - "Well, you knew what was going to happen, didn't you?"
1 - "No, I thought they were going to live."
2 - "It's a true story."
1 - "It is!?"
(These were adults.)
1 - "That was a shitty ending."
2 - "Well, you knew what was going to happen, didn't you?"
1 - "No, I thought they were going to live."
2 - "It's a true story."
1 - "It is!?"
(These were adults.)
Tuesday, April 25, 2006
The Pizza Song: Apr. 25/06
Right-click here and choose "Save Target (or Link) As" for an mp3 of "The Pizza Song" recorded by my "youth group". (Unfortunately, sickness and homework "decimated" our numbers)
Both guitar tracks were played by Sarah who doesn't play guitar. I added the bass. My drum machine played the basic drum track (first) and Jean (youth sponsor) added the rest of the percussion. All three of us winged the vocals. Every track was done in one take each and so I think we should be called "The Won Take Oneders".
Yes, Sarah doesn't play the guitar, but I "fixed it in the mix". I found one little bit of the "lead guitar" track that sort of fit what we were doing and copied and pasted it in a few places and made an intro out of it.
I think this is a bit of a parable of how God can take our lives, fix them in the mix and produce a beautiful result -- at least as beautiful as The Pizza Song!
Both guitar tracks were played by Sarah who doesn't play guitar. I added the bass. My drum machine played the basic drum track (first) and Jean (youth sponsor) added the rest of the percussion. All three of us winged the vocals. Every track was done in one take each and so I think we should be called "The Won Take Oneders".
Yes, Sarah doesn't play the guitar, but I "fixed it in the mix". I found one little bit of the "lead guitar" track that sort of fit what we were doing and copied and pasted it in a few places and made an intro out of it.
I think this is a bit of a parable of how God can take our lives, fix them in the mix and produce a beautiful result -- at least as beautiful as The Pizza Song!
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Sunday, April 23, 2006
Saturday, April 22, 2006
Murder at the Howard Johnson's (Cambrian Players): Apr. 13 - 22/06
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To Cambrian Players' website.
To Menu of Cambrian Players' Productions and Events since Mar. '02.
Richard Pepper's Main Page
Cambrian Players' Production of
Murder at the Howard Johnson's
by
Ron Clark & Sam Bobrick
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Criminal Genius
by
George F. Walker
Directed by Gabe Ferrazzo
April 13 - 22, 2006
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I was sound tech for this several nights of this production.
To Cambrian Players' website.
To Menu of Cambrian Players' Productions and Events since Mar. '02.
Richard Pepper's Main Page
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Dorion Bible Camp 60th Ann. Banquet: April 21/06
Thank you, friends (Robin, Mum, Dean, Shannon, Kevin, Tim and Victor [not pictured]) for sitting with at the Dorion Bible Camp 60th Anniversary Dinner yesterday. Looks like I have whipped cream on my beard.
Monday, April 17, 2006
Christian Lies
Which of the following Christian Urban Legends are true?
1) Having survived a horrific storm, a slave trader promptly gave up his livelihood, became a Christian, and penned the hymn 'Amazing Grace' in thanksgiving.
2) Lightning struck a church after the preacher identified thunder as the voice of God during a sermon.
3) NASA scientists discovered a "missing" day in time that corresponds to Biblical accounts of the sun's standing still in the sky.
4) The Rev. Joe Wright opened a Kansas legislative session with a controversial prayer.
5) The exclamation 'Holy smoke' derives from the burning of the ballots used to elect a Pope.
6) Quranic verse 9:11 speaks of the "wrath of the Eagle cleansing the lands of Allah."
Note that at least one of these is true.
By "true" I mean essentially factual according to www.snopes.com. Yes, they are not absolute authorities on everything, but my guess is that they have put more thought into their research than most people who have forwarded these to you.
1) Having survived a horrific storm, a slave trader promptly gave up his livelihood, became a Christian, and penned the hymn 'Amazing Grace' in thanksgiving.
2) Lightning struck a church after the preacher identified thunder as the voice of God during a sermon.
3) NASA scientists discovered a "missing" day in time that corresponds to Biblical accounts of the sun's standing still in the sky.
4) The Rev. Joe Wright opened a Kansas legislative session with a controversial prayer.
5) The exclamation 'Holy smoke' derives from the burning of the ballots used to elect a Pope.
6) Quranic verse 9:11 speaks of the "wrath of the Eagle cleansing the lands of Allah."
Note that at least one of these is true.
By "true" I mean essentially factual according to www.snopes.com. Yes, they are not absolute authorities on everything, but my guess is that they have put more thought into their research than most people who have forwarded these to you.
Friday, April 14, 2006
Tuesday, April 11, 2006
St. Thomas' Youth - "Gossip": Apr. 11/06
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Click on each picture below for a larger version.
We played a game "Exquisite Corpse (sort of)" in which we all wrote a sentence and passed it to the next person. S/he drew a picture of that sentence, folded the paper to hide the sentence and passed the drawing to the next person. That person translated the drawing back into a sentence. Next this sentence was drawn -- etc.
Click on each picture below for a larger version.
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Fundamentalist
In light of one of the tangents in adult class last Sunday this article is interesting:
http://www.fpcnyc.org/fundamentalism.html
I need to do some more reading, but I seem to recall that eventually there were 20 points, not just 5 (but maybe it was 20 tracts expounding the 5 points).
It is interesting that the 5 points varied somewhat. If they are the first version listed then our class teacher is correct that most Churches of Christ (though not necessarily every member) would be Fundamentalist in that sense. If pre-Mill is included, then most would NOT be.
And if Salvation by Faith Alone (understood a certain way) became included, then again many Fundamentalists would deny CoC inclusion among their numbers.
I'll have to see, but I think that eventually the emphasis of Separation from worldliness became, if not another point, a characterizing style that distinguished them (us?) from the broader Evangelical movement which had already existed for a long time. In fact, the 5 points alone are a fairly good description of "Evangelical", aren't they?
http://www.fpcnyc.org/fundamentalism.html
I need to do some more reading, but I seem to recall that eventually there were 20 points, not just 5 (but maybe it was 20 tracts expounding the 5 points).
It is interesting that the 5 points varied somewhat. If they are the first version listed then our class teacher is correct that most Churches of Christ (though not necessarily every member) would be Fundamentalist in that sense. If pre-Mill is included, then most would NOT be.
And if Salvation by Faith Alone (understood a certain way) became included, then again many Fundamentalists would deny CoC inclusion among their numbers.
I'll have to see, but I think that eventually the emphasis of Separation from worldliness became, if not another point, a characterizing style that distinguished them (us?) from the broader Evangelical movement which had already existed for a long time. In fact, the 5 points alone are a fairly good description of "Evangelical", aren't they?
Monday, April 10, 2006
The Jesus Papers
Reply sent to CBC's "The National" re. The Jesus Papers:
Michael Baigent appears to rely too much on our ability to know Pilate's motives from almost 2000 years away, i.e. that he would NEVER crucify a man who told people to pay their taxes (assuming Pilate even knew this of Jesus), even if there were other factors to consider. The Gospels depict Pilate as not eager to execute Jesus, but merely *willing* to in the face of a potential riot. His goal of keeping the peace appears to have outweighed the other concern. Is that so unbelievable?
And how would secretly "getting rid of", but not killing Jesus help keep the taxes rolling in? If the Jews were going to conclude from a real crucifixion that "oh, I guess the Romans don't want their taxes anymore", why wouldn't they conclude the same from a faked execution?
FYI re. the presenters' closing comments: Mary Magdalene is never described as a (former) prostitute in the Bible itself; that is a tradition that arose later. I point this out merely to indicate that sometimes people think they have critiqued the Bible, when it is actually later tradition they have attacked. (I'm not aware that Baigent himself makes this specific error about Mary, however.)
Michael Baigent appears to rely too much on our ability to know Pilate's motives from almost 2000 years away, i.e. that he would NEVER crucify a man who told people to pay their taxes (assuming Pilate even knew this of Jesus), even if there were other factors to consider. The Gospels depict Pilate as not eager to execute Jesus, but merely *willing* to in the face of a potential riot. His goal of keeping the peace appears to have outweighed the other concern. Is that so unbelievable?
And how would secretly "getting rid of", but not killing Jesus help keep the taxes rolling in? If the Jews were going to conclude from a real crucifixion that "oh, I guess the Romans don't want their taxes anymore", why wouldn't they conclude the same from a faked execution?
FYI re. the presenters' closing comments: Mary Magdalene is never described as a (former) prostitute in the Bible itself; that is a tradition that arose later. I point this out merely to indicate that sometimes people think they have critiqued the Bible, when it is actually later tradition they have attacked. (I'm not aware that Baigent himself makes this specific error about Mary, however.)
