COMMON GROUND COFFEE HOUSE #33

[NaasPreacher (C4K)]

Morning again to all now that you are stirring!

Jim's interview - 2.00 my time - will be praying.

Does anybody have any idea's for object lessons? Our Teen Time (age 10-15 or so) is tonight and I am stuck for a good object lesson. Need something using stuff around the house. Been to a few sites and have used some of those in the past. Most of these kids are lost, but have some Bible knowledge coming up through our Kids Klub---HELP!!

 

[dianetavegia]

Thanks for the prayers Roger! YES! Object lessons! Remote controls, Toys, Bowl of Candy, etc. Check out this site. I used God's Super Bowl for Wednesday night. You can raise the bar a little. I dumbed it down for my 3-4 year olds.

http://childrensermons.com/

Diane

 

[NaasPreacher (C4K)]

Thanks Diane.

BTW, how far are you from Opelika? I have a (lost) friend who is possibly coming that way for a counselling course in March.

 

[dianetavegia]

Opelaka, Georgia or Opelika, Ala? We're 24 miles to the Ala. line just west of Atlanta. Opelaka, Ga. is right down near where I was a teen. That's about 3 hours from here. We're about 3 hours from Huntsville too.

Diane

 

[NaasPreacher (C4K)]

Opelika, AL - sorry. Still a little ways from you.

Thought it might be nice if he had someone close by to ring in case he needed some help or directions.

Almost interview time!

 

[Dan Todd]

Good morning all!

Went and had blood drawn this morning - so the doctors can tell if I've been a good boy for the last three or four months!

Diane - I'm praying for Jim and your family!

Sue - keep warm today - cause you never know how long this cold spell will last!

Roger - keep warm in jolly old Ireland!

Sheila, Calling Sheila - where are you - do we need to send the posse out and look for you?

Dan - trying to cover several bases - should have made each one a post!

 

[NaasPreacher (C4K)]

Warming up here Dan - should be up to 9°C today! But with the warmth comes wet, of course!

 

[Dr. Bob]

Originally posted by I Am Blessed 16:
I was going to write Dr. Theresa about a natural remedy for a problem, but decided against it after Dr. B. told me to just hang myself.

Boy howdy, All

Sue - they shoot horses, don't they?

 

[Dan Todd]

Dr. Bob,

Does your wife have anything that would cure your ills?

Dan - thinking you could be the poster boy for her type of medical treatment!

 

[Dan Todd]

PS - If you shoot a horse - the animal cops on animal planet will come after you!

Dan - Can you run faster than they can?

 

[GrannyGumbo]

Someone shot & killed a black bear near me(& left it)...a huge reward is being offered for any info. "Too bad I didn't find it first!" bear roasts, bear steaks, bear sausage...

 

[Dan Todd]

Never have eaten bear - but I would try it!

We do have a bear season in part of New York State!

 

[Dr. Bob]

Bearly stand the thought of eating that. Can you spell trichinosis?

My wife IS working with me with a couple alternative treatments. Stopping much of the pain, but not stopping the disease.

But will keep trying. BTW, when I'm feeling a little DOWN (oops, another thread) there are some great lines in Seabiscuit about salvaging the life, etc. There is a lot of moral teaching in that movie and I hope it gets some recognition as more than just a "good film".

Back to work - they need my outline by noon for the multicultural/diversity lecture. Think the govt powers that be may be getting a little nervous about having a loose canon as the keynote speaker!!

And it's still 3 weeks away!

 

[Jim1999]

Diane - I'm praying for Jim and your family!
_____________________________________________

Dan...Prayers got crossed. I had to turn down the job offer to-day....(smile)

Hello, remaining brisk here to-day and a little snow. I actually had to blow snow away from wife's clothes line. My line about walking on snow gets her closer to the line doesn't work anymore.

I am with Dr. Bob on natural cures, but I draw the line when some naturalists tell Diabetics they can eat honey because it is a "natural" sugar. These quacks should be shot! They give true naturalists a bad name.

Cheers,

Jim

 

[Dan Todd]

Dr. Bob said:

Back to work - they need my outline by noon for the multicultural/diversity lecture. Think the govt powers that be may be getting a little nervous about having a loose canon as the keynote speaker!!

If I was a member of the governmental liberal elite - I would also be worried (big time) about what you would say!

But seeing how I am a member of the conservative oppressed - I say - say anything you want to!

Dan - just trying to be an encouragement!

 

[Dan Todd]

Jim, Are you trying to tell us that the lovely Mrs. Jim freeze dries your clothing!

Dan - at -40ºC - just how long does that take!

PS - If the clothes were hung on the line - wrinkle free - it seems they just might freeze that way!

 

[Jim1999]

Dan,,sometimes I have to hang the laundry, and they do get wrinkled each time I drop them...I thought the plan wold work, but she still has me hang them out at times..

Freeze-dried does sound good!

Cheers,

Jim

 

[Dr. Bob]

Grew up in Minneapolis (high today is -25F) and remember mom hanging sheets and towels outside and they froze solid. I would help bring them in and hang them all over the house (we had a coal boiler-fed radiators that were either 1000F or off).

Smell triggers my mind.

 

[Dan Todd]

My Amish friends hang their laundry outside - year around.

The stuff always seems to get dry! Somehow!

Dan - Jan never wanted a clothes line! She's strictly a dryer girl!

PS - Mother used to use a clothes bar over the floor furnace!

 

[Dr. Bob]

Dan - Here's my outline . . and it really doesn't tell anyone WHAT I am going to say on each part! Love it!

GLOBAL DIVERSITY V RUGGED WESTERN INDIVIDUALISM
Dr. Bob Griffin, Diversity Lecturer

Introduction: “E Pluribus Unum” = out of many, one. Or might it be out of one, many?

I. UNDERSTANDING DIVERSITY/MULTICULTURALISM
A. RELIGION
B. ETHNICITY
C. GENDER
D. AGE
E. RACE
F. DISABILITIES
G. SEXUAL ORIENTATION

II. UNDERSTANDING RUGGED WESTERN INDIVIDUALISM
A. RETHINKING STEREOTYPES
B. RELEASING LABELS/LIBELS
C. REEVALUATING GOALS
D. RESHAPING VALUES
E. REWARDING ACCOMPLISHMENT/TEAMWORK
F. RELAYING IDEALS

Conclusion: This is the philosophical battleground of the new millennium, being fought in our homes, our workplace and in our own minds.