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Blog entries by Spinning Compass
We had a guest preacher this morning who spoke on the importance of prayer. Turned out he was a former classmate of mine from high school back in the 1970's. I'm afraid I gave him a rather rough time afterwards. Basically, he started out pretty good by talking about prayer as being vital to...
I haven't witnessed any more ghostly happenings at the theater, and I have been checking the candles. As I suspected, they do loosen up over time. So, it is going to take more than that to convince me that there is really a ghost. Though if I were a ghost I can't imagine a more wonderful...
Many things have been written about the recent passing of Steve Jobs. Now, I am somewhat Amish when it comes to new technologies; I prefer the tried and true and if it ain't broke, don't fix it. I have a 30 year old microwave, I am still using a land-line, and I am still using dial-up though...
What do bullies look for? After observing the species in action for many decades, I think that I can identify some of the main things that they look for. Now, some types of bullying have had to go underground. For example, in many places it is now very risky to openly bully someone based upon...
I'd like to share some of the things I've learned from a lifetime of seeing bullies in action, both up close and at a distance. They really are quite interesting (if repulsive) people. Unfortunately there is a lot of BS written about them. This is meant to empower you so that you can learn...
Well, I finally got to "witness" the theater ghost in action, and I had to admit that it was rather spooky. I'm still convinced that what we all saw can be explained by natural causes. (Ironically one of the characters in the play is a scientist who feels the same way about the happenings in...
Last night the director was discussing a scene from the play we are doing. It is not enough that something is in the script, she said, you have to understand why it is in the script. Why is your character doing what he or she is doing or saying what he or she is saying. Why is he or she...
I've been involved in a new play at my community theater, which is why I haven't been as active lately. It's been a tradition that each fall we do a "Halloween"-themed play and this year is no exception. We are doing a ghost story. Now, the theater where we perform has a reputation for being...
Last Sunday we were sitting around in "small group" watching a video on the Holy Land and the subject came up about the conquest of the Promised Land as described in Joshua. The video's narrator made much of the fact that the Israelites did not completely exterminate the original inhabitants as...
Yesterday we returned to the Book of Acts, chapter 17. Paul and his companions are running around Greece, getting into trouble with the synagogue officials, and just generally stirring up excitement everywhere they go. Definitely not a guy you want coming to your hometown if you like peace and...
This week amid storm and earthquake they unveiled the Dr. Martin Luther King statue in Washington. Although the formal dedication will have to wait, I am wondering if this was the great man's way of looking down on us and sending his approval. Certainly while he was alive, Dr. King sent...
Well, the church ladies sure had an interesting experience with their Vacation Bible Camp. I kind of wish now I had taken time off work to be there. But on the other hand, maybe it's best I didn't.
I think it was about the second or third day they were gathering the children around them and...
Apparently there wasn't enough interest in the Answers In Genesis outing, because nothing more has been said about it. So we are moving on to other, less controversial (in my opinion at least) things. Whew!
Anyway, I really believe the Young Earth Creationists/Intelligent Design crowd is...
Well, the gauntlet has now been thrown down, so to speak. We shall see what shall happen next.
What happened is this: There is an Answers in Genesis seminar coming up next month and people from my church are putting out feelers to see if there is enough interest in going. I received the...
I have a dilemma and I don't really know how to solve it without hurting people. While I genuinely like the people I have met at this church, I feel that the longer I go the more I will feel like I am operating under false pretenses. I wish there were some way out.
I have been going about...
Well, I have given up looking for a house. The situation regarding the trailer park seems to have stabilized somewhat; the bank has it now and has turned it over to a management company. If they come through and start counting heads I think there may be some wailing and gnashing of teeth as...
Last night I watched a video on the Haitian and Chilean earthquakes and how researchers are looking for ways of being able to predict them. In the case of the Haitian earthquake, they knew that a big earthquake was coming, because Haiti is in a known earthquake zone, and they had placed sensors...
I have been following the discussion about the recent tragedy at the Indiana State Fair (five people died when an outdoor stage collapsed), and I am just shaking my head. Those five deaths were so needless.
It was not a "fluke" thunderstorm that brought that stage down, no matter what...
Well, we came to the conclusion of the Book of Jonah today. When we last left our hero he was sitting outside Nineveh waiting for God to send the mushroom cloud, which of course didn't happen because the entire city repented. Other than everyone fasting and putting on sackcloth and ashes, I am...
Where has all the money gone? I'd like to know. It seems like all you hear on the news is governments being broke. And we aren't talking Third World countries, we are talking First World countries. Recently the US had its credit rating downgraded, and they are still trying to raise the debt...