Archive for November, 2006
Devotions
Want to do some devotions but don’t know where to start?
A couple of years ago I put together a 52 week reading schedule that had scripture and some readings from the RCA Standards (Heidelberg Catechism and Belgic Confession - both available at the RCA Website, if you don’t have them). The idea is […]
RCL for your PDA
After much searching and repeated references to a certain PDA version of the RCL that’s supposed to be up on www.commontexts.org (which I have been unable to find), and an unwillingness to pay for a $15 version at www.olivetree.com, I’ve simply put one together myself.
The lectionary material is from the Lectionary Website at the Vanderbilt […]
Disturbing Little Facts
Sunday is World Hunger Sunday and November is National Adoption Awareness Month. So despite my general distaste for “themed” months and days, my sermon Sunday is to reflect both.
I’m giving a bunch of numbers; they’re awful (please excuse that they aren’t all primary sources):
According to Bread for the World, and internationally respected Christian […]
Chocolate — You wanted to hear this!
From Manchester Online
Dark chocolate ‘guards against blood clots’
TWO tablespoonfuls of dark chocolate a day is good for your health, a new study has found.
The sweet treat has a similar biochemical effect to aspirin and can reduce the likelihood of blood clotting.
Now…you DID want to know that didn’t you!?
Grace and Peace,
`tim
Hot Top!!!
Merry Christmas to me…from my wife!
I know it’s barely November and that all things Christmas ought to be put on hold until at least the day after Thanksgiving, if not the moment after sunset on the 24th of December, but my wife has graciously given me my Christmas present early this year.
It’s a Hot Top!
That […]
Rice Revolution Just Around the Corner
Sunday begins the second annual Rice Revolution!
Unfortunately we didn’t get any other churches to participate this year (I was a little behind the ball on that one….maybe next year?!) In any case, YOU CAN STILL JOIN US. If you’d like to participate either as a revolutionary (rice eater) or a sponsor […]
Bad News for Politicians
Good news for us poor people…bad news for politicians!
Proverbs 31:4-7:
“It is not for kings, O Lemuel— not for kings to drink wine, not for rulers to crave beer, lest they drink and forget what the law decrees, and deprive all the oppressed of their rights. Give beer to those who are perishing, wine a […]
Year Two, Proper 25, Thursday
From Yesterday’s Daily Office out of Ecclesiasticus:
Do not try to prove your strength by wine-drinking, for wine has destroyed many. As the furnace tests the work of the smith, so wine tests hearts when the insolent quarrel. Wine is very life to human beings if taken in moderation. What is life to […]
