The author reflects on receiving birthday greetings amid ongoing struggles after a devastating house fire in 2024. Despite efforts to seek help, they feel overlooked and unsupported. Citing financial difficulties and lack of assistance from friends and family, they express a desire for more direct support while maintaining faith in God's compassion.
(Note: the below post was intended for the anniversary of the arson fire that upended life at At The Rainbow. But first a delay in my starting to write it, and then WordPress technical issues, followed by personal technical issues (death of my laptop, almost death of my desktop) have delayed it until now. So … Continue reading At The Rainbow — One Year Later (Actually 13 months later)
After ten months since an arson fire, the author received a permit to restore their house. Reflecting on their struggles and blessings during this period, they express gratitude for community support while detailing ongoing needs for restoration, including materials and labor. They emphasize faith in divine provision and the importance of giving back.
Today I am going to write from the colloquial Einsteinian Definition of Insanity. For I just confirmed to myself that I am by that definition insane. I am insane because I will not do something also insane by that definition. I am insane because I have this belief that if I talk to my in-laws … Continue reading A Rant On or Of Insanity
To some it is great hubris. To others great hope. To many, it is the ordinary work of each extraordinary day. Are you a bearer of the Light? Am I a bearer of the light? Sarah Hoyt on her blog According to Hoyt today once again reminded me of the importance of light. I thought … Continue reading Bearers of the Light
I was talking to Rev Phil Willoughby after a service at Gracemor Christian Church (actually I think I was talking to someone else and he happened along, but I can't recall wo the someone else is) and happened to note that, when I tell people about our fire, they usually say something about how tragic … Continue reading I can’t help but mention the blessings
As today is Sunday, I will add to The Handbook of Libertarian Theology with a Sermon on a passage of Scripture. Let us start by reading the context ... 4 Therefore, my brethren dearly beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my dearly beloved. 2 I beseech Euodias, and beseech Syntyche, that they … Continue reading Therewith To Be Content
https://videopress.com/v/ujkzgnLV?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true Goodness of God, by CeCe Wynans "Thimgs seems to happen to us that we don't seem to provoke." NoLynch Atlas, From the Oracle, Hammerspace Publishers, 2024 Ed. The above observation is known as the Lightfoot Luck, and it hit us pretty hard this week. For the past five years we have been knocked down, … Continue reading The Lightfoot Luck
Get right up again. Show some pluck like Donald Duck..." https://www.youtube.com/embed/3D1SesjvpIA Lent, Day 6 I've been questioning whether Donald Duck's example is the right one to follow. He doesn't always seem to get the better of the situation that way... In the personal introspection encouraged by Lent, I have come to the conclusion, that my … Continue reading “When Someone Knocks You Down …
1 Samuel 8: 20: " That we also may be like all the nations; and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles." Today's post comes from a reflection on the above reading, which I came across (again) during my daily Bible reading. The emphasis (italics) is mine, … Continue reading From “No king but King Jesus” to “King Government”
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