I'm currently in the same room with John the Methodist, ReverendMommy, Dogblogger, Gavin Richardson, Jay Voorhees, Revabi, and Jonathan Norman. How cool is that? Also, ironically, on the world's slowest internet connection. Give or take a bit. More later.
Sermon 11/26/17 Mark 1:1-8 Hope: A Thrill of Hope Are you a pessimist or an optimist? Is the glass of life half empty, or half full? My mom and I have gone back and forth about this a bit over the years. She’s wildly optimistic about most things, and sometimes I would say her optimism, her hopefulness borders on the irrational. If the weather forecast says there’s a 70% chance of a snowstorm coming, my mom will focus very seriously on that 30% chance that it is going to be a nice day after all. I, meanwhile, will begin adjusting my travel plans and making a backup plan for the day. My mom says I’m a pessimist, but I would argue that I’m simply a realist , trying to prepare for the thing that is most likely to happen, whether I like that thing or not. My mom, however, says she doesn’t want to be disappointed twice, both by thinking something bad is going to happen, and then by having the bad thing actually happen. She’d rather be hopeful, and enjoy her state of
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Our prayers and thoughts are with you...
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1) grab Tom, Johnny & Aura and hop in the car and come for a surprise visit (which Tom wouldn't mind since he used to live down there)
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2)hunt down my old thesis advisor and slap her upside the head for not seeing any relevance in me doing my master's study on the internet's impact/potential impact on how people relate to religion!
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Have fun ... and I can't wait to read about what's going on down there ...
And yeah, Andy, it was totally party central...