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Twinky last won the day on March 10

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  1. Heck. Does anybody care about this deluded fellow? Honestly, the best thing that he can do is to join a good church that really works with disadvantaged people, then "get his hands dirty" learning to serve others. Before he does that, however, he needs to acquire a large roll of duct tape, zip his lips, and just watch and learn. Nothing that comes out of his mouth will be helpful.
  2. I thought some of you might enjoy this lovely choral music. My choir is singing this piece (and others) at our concert in late March (the main piece is Faure Requiem). I find it hard to get this out of my head. The accompanying video is lots of shots inside various English cathedrals, some of which, or some parts of which, date back around 1000 years. Those with an architectural eye will notice a wide variety of building styles.
  3. Game shows haven't changed much! But dang, that's almost funny.
  4. Charity, whatever that is can't be opened.
  5. Of course! Why not? Everything else, every other idea, is plagiarised and enhanced with VPW's ego - PFAL; books; the radio show; AoS based on Saturday Night Fever. The trip to India where he was a keynote speaker. So of course he was a vital part of the Jesus Revolution. At least his ability to hang onto others' coat tails was. /sarc/
  6. Went to see this last night. It shows Winton as an old man, but looking through a scrapbook with details of the children rescued, and flashbacks to the time in August/September in Prague; also his mother petitioning the Home Office in the UK to get visas for the children. Quiet "now" times and lots of tension in the "then" times. It's well put together and well worth going to see. Provocative, leaves you with the pondering of what each of us would do in the circumstances. If you watch right through to the end of the credits, the director poses a question and a request. Ponder that, too.
  7. Thanks, HWTB. It is a true story. And Winton kept quiet about it for decades. In fact, this story only came to light almost by accident. He modestly says his part was small and there were so many others who were a part of this (clearly!) - but that doesn't negate that he saw a problem and came up with something of a solution. Didn't sit there passively wringing his hands.
  8. I'm going to see this on Thursday. I've heard really good reports, so looking forward to it. A simple, honest man, doing what he could in the face of great evil. For the children he saved, the bureaucratic pen was much mightier than the sword. Here is a Wikipedia article about him: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Winton
  9. The OSC has been demolished? Whatever did they do with the stuff inside it? Of which, I guess, a fair amount was not needed, as there's no RoA any more.
  10. There were some good times. There were some good people. There were more good times at the beginning of my stay there. What should have been good times later were frequently tinged with fear of having done some unknown and previously undescribed wrong, and what face-melting that might bring. Sometimes the good times were tinged with secrecy - as if, on a "Christian" campus, one shouldn't be enjoying fellowship and an impromptu birthday party with other believers. I spent time working with Multi-Services and mostly enjoyed that, and what MS did was quite varied. Also, it was good fun at times preparing for RoA because there was more freedom to do things and to hang out, rather than rushing off to a class or obligatory other event. And it was good times preparing for a big meeting, like the Easter gatherings. But both of these were punishingly hard work with very long hours, while we had to present ourselves with smiles and big welcomes. (Even slaves can smile and find a moment of fun!) I miss some of the people. Some were the best, most honest and deepest, funn-est, people I knew. Most of them got run off fairly quickly. And some were the most priggish, spying, talebearing brown-nosers that I ever met. Many of those graduated and as at a few years ago, were still with TWI. Nostalgia or not - despite the norm of daily ups and downs - my life is happier and more content now than it has been in decades - ever since I got entangled with TWI. Some aspects. especially my work situation, weren't so great before I got involved, but they got a jolly sight worse when seeking help and support from a bunch of kids that didn't know anything of life, or of practical Christianity. I go for regular eye tests. I don't need to look through PFAL-tinted glasses any more .
  11. So has there been any follow-up on this? Are more women coming forward to report sexual assault (inc rape)? And if so, why? Just because the law has changed and the name of the offence has changed doesn't mean that the offence doesn't happen. Nor does it mean that more offences are happening. Any increase in the offences reported may simply be due to more awareness and more support being available to victims, and to victims nowadays being less willing to keep quiet than they were 40 years ago.
  12. Now that's different, Oldies. A very different thought.
  13. Have a happy, peaceful Christmas and a joyful new year. Be safe and blessed.
  14. Ah heck, I recognise a few of those book titles now. There was also "Witness of the Stars" and "Manners & Customs [of the Bible?]" - can't remember the exact title. Though these might not fit in the question you asked: "whether non-biblical material was taught or discussed in (twig) fellowships," seeing as they could be called "Biblical material" to some extent. For sure, we were not talking about the latest thriller or historical or whatever else novel, or even interesting factual material. Not even how life might be lived in 1980s Israel/Palestine. Nothing secular. Not even current affairs of the day, with the twig leader giving some "spiritual insight" into what was going on. Nothing that might relate what those people 2,000, 3,000 or more years had going on in their lives, to what we might be facing today, except such gunk as was in the Way Rag. That can only be because HQ couldn't control the narrative, therefore squelched discussion of anything non-TWI related. Just a guess, it might have been acceptable to read the rules of netball basketball or some kind of manual to explain what a "hook shot" is. Or to study the rules of any other sport that the local head honcho enjoyed. (Craig would have liked that.)
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