Ate: Sunday Dinner Comfort Food- homemade fried chicken, creamy macaroni and cheese, bean salad, biscuits, and fruit salad.
Questions:
1) If you were to have created the world, how would you have done it?
and
2) If you were the devil, how would you be attired?
A few people responded "me, but hotter" and I responded "pretty normal." My pretty normal was not normal pop culture portrayal of the devil...but like normal, as in unnoticeable.
Read: The rest of Titus. We read, it was good. I was tired so my memory is not. Maybe my memories need re-encoded. I'll consult a Bible tomorrow and try to remember.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Monday, June 22, 2009
The i in Titus
Ate: Yummy Indian food...chicken two ways with rice, flatbread, salad, and spicy lentil soup.
Questions: 1) At what point in a relationship is it okay to co-mingle money? The average respondent indicated no sooner than marriage. Some may opt never to co-mingle money and others indicated that co-mingling money did not exclude an additional separate account. 2) If a couple were to divorce due in part to the infidelity of one partner, should the faithful partner receive a share greater than 50% of the assets? We found it hard to find a legal, logical reason to grant more to the faithful partner, but it sounded like some of us kind of wanted to find one.
Read: Titus Chapter 1
We talked for a bit about what to read and opted to check out one of the Pastoral Letters. Paul put Titus in a position of authority and this was a letter about the care of the church. The requirements for an elder were stated: be able to be looked up to, committed to his family, self-controlled (not-pushy, short-tempered, a drunk, a bully, greedy), be hospitable, holy, disciplined, and "have a good grip on the Message." (Titus 1:9 The Message.) We noticed that Paul didn't write, "A thorough knowledge of the Jewish law." We discussed the reality that we ask pastors to be executives and theologians and is that what Paul would have looked for.
Questions: 1) At what point in a relationship is it okay to co-mingle money? The average respondent indicated no sooner than marriage. Some may opt never to co-mingle money and others indicated that co-mingling money did not exclude an additional separate account. 2) If a couple were to divorce due in part to the infidelity of one partner, should the faithful partner receive a share greater than 50% of the assets? We found it hard to find a legal, logical reason to grant more to the faithful partner, but it sounded like some of us kind of wanted to find one.
Read: Titus Chapter 1
We talked for a bit about what to read and opted to check out one of the Pastoral Letters. Paul put Titus in a position of authority and this was a letter about the care of the church. The requirements for an elder were stated: be able to be looked up to, committed to his family, self-controlled (not-pushy, short-tempered, a drunk, a bully, greedy), be hospitable, holy, disciplined, and "have a good grip on the Message." (Titus 1:9 The Message.) We noticed that Paul didn't write, "A thorough knowledge of the Jewish law." We discussed the reality that we ask pastors to be executives and theologians and is that what Paul would have looked for.
"To the pure, all things are pure, but to those who are corrupted and do not believe, nothing is pure. In fact, both their minds and consciences are corrupted. 16They claim to know God, but by their actions they deny him. They are detestable, disobedient and unfit for doing anything good." These verses also caught our eyes and ears. Especially 16, they claim to know God, but fail to show it. Not only do they not show knowledge, they go so far as to deny him by their actions.
Topic-hopping after our energized side discussion: we will be inviting members of the LGB to come visit us. They indicated at the Voter's Meeting that they wanted to know more from our age group so we will be following up on that in mid-July.
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
James Over
Question: What would you do if you were only 6 inches tall for a day?
Read: James 3-5.
Ate: Sloppy Joe's, grilled veggies, salad, potato salad, vanilla ice cream, Moose Tracks ice cream
Some friends were away like Katie (Disneyland), Karen (visiting Mom), Newman (visiting family), and Will. Some new friends joined us, the uber-cute B-brothers Michael and Aaaron. Dinner was not convected (surprisingly), but was prepared by Dave.
Part of our (4:13-17) led us to discussing tomorrow. Not Thursday, but is this section telling us not to plan for tomorrow? Is it like an excuse? "I don't have to plan for tomorrow, God will take care of it." This passage connects to other parts of the Bible. Nehemiah asked God to bless his plans to rebuild the wall. Also, the early Christians truly believed it would be a short time before Jesus returned again. This means that the passage in Matthew about not knowing the time or place and this passage really had a sense of urgency to them about watching, waiting, and preparing for the Lord.
The last chapter was wacky. Parks read for us (never happened before that I know of!) and it warned rich people of the dangers of focusing on wealth, being patient while suffering knowing that God is merciful (holla at Job), and the power of prayer. We were perplexed by the last verse, "remember this: Whoever turns a sinner from the error of his way will save him from death and cover over a multitude of sins." Cover whose sins? Instead of answering, we ate ice cream. Maybe not the best method of understanding, but it was tasty!
Next week: who knows?
Read: James 3-5.
Ate: Sloppy Joe's, grilled veggies, salad, potato salad, vanilla ice cream, Moose Tracks ice cream
Some friends were away like Katie (Disneyland), Karen (visiting Mom), Newman (visiting family), and Will. Some new friends joined us, the uber-cute B-brothers Michael and Aaaron. Dinner was not convected (surprisingly), but was prepared by Dave.
Part of our (4:13-17) led us to discussing tomorrow. Not Thursday, but is this section telling us not to plan for tomorrow? Is it like an excuse? "I don't have to plan for tomorrow, God will take care of it." This passage connects to other parts of the Bible. Nehemiah asked God to bless his plans to rebuild the wall. Also, the early Christians truly believed it would be a short time before Jesus returned again. This means that the passage in Matthew about not knowing the time or place and this passage really had a sense of urgency to them about watching, waiting, and preparing for the Lord.
The last chapter was wacky. Parks read for us (never happened before that I know of!) and it warned rich people of the dangers of focusing on wealth, being patient while suffering knowing that God is merciful (holla at Job), and the power of prayer. We were perplexed by the last verse, "remember this: Whoever turns a sinner from the error of his way will save him from death and cover over a multitude of sins." Cover whose sins? Instead of answering, we ate ice cream. Maybe not the best method of understanding, but it was tasty!
Next week: who knows?
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