waysider

I think what you're describing would probably be thought of as a sentry.

Maybe they just threw darts at a map. It wouldn't be the first time,

Tell them you're a "seed boy". I would love to see their reaction.

"Any volunteer may be dismissed at any time and/or program cancelled at sole discretion of those charged with oversight." Funny you should mention that. Both those things actually DID occur over the course of time I spent in FellowLaborers. Perhaps these new recruits would like to know what it will feel like to be kicked to the curb, without explanation, at 3AM. Or maybe they prefer to experience it for themselves.

I guess they didn't need to send any WD to Smith County, Miss. because there's already a Wierwille there, standing in the gap and fighting off those pesky devil spirits for you and me.

Smith County, Mississippi http://sowersonline.com/about.aspx

We were told, in FellowLaborers, that we were patterning our lives after life in "the first century church". But, there really wasn't any unified version of "The Church" in the first century. Sooooooo------how does that work? All we were doing was experimenting with communal living. I did learn how to sprout Mung Beans, though. Did they sprout Mung Beans in the first century?

Ya know, the irony here is that "the first century church" that we were taught about in The Way, really didn't even exist in the first century, much less today.

The Night That The Lights Went Out In Georgia

No, it's not the same. One is much worse than the other.

Austin, Texas----The Live Music Capital of The World Maybe they're hoping to resurrect Joyful Noise.

Isn't that a Lionel Richie tune? :)

I don't mean to sound as though I have no compassion for these kids because I do-------as individuals. But, from the perspective of the organization, do we really hope they achieve any level of success?

"Whoowee!" said my grandson Cletus (that's his name.), "One peek at Ol' Sparky (the electric chair) is pert near 'nuff to scare the Devil out of even the meanest old cooter." My other grandson, Cleophus, (who is ordinarily the ornery one.) just shook his head in agreement.

I know there were long term Way followers in N.E. Ohio and Central Ohio as early as the 1950s. Florida, I don't know about. Sorry.

It was like an 8th grade science experiment gone horribly wrong.

Rivers always had an uncanny knack for doing covers and making them his own. This is, happily, no exception.

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Socks said: "It sounds like we're generally agreeing that unless the religious beliefs effect behavior in such a way that the individual is harmed it's not a reasonable means of defining what is or isn't a "cult"." Agreed.

I'm not sure I understand. But, here is part of another song that addresses that "oneness". For deep within we two are one Yet can not understand We've not been born We're centuries old We're buried 'neath the land

Daylight takes me far away To you it does the same Moving through the noisy streets Like pawns in someones' game Time goes by so slowly

In the 1970s, there were FellowLaborer programs in multiple locations. If I understand correctly, there were programs in Ohio, Kentucky, California and Florida. Perhaps there were others. I really don't know. Curiously, there was no uniformity. The California program was 6 months. The Kentucky program was one year. The Ohio program was 2 years. Some people lived on-site. Some people lived off-site, etc. Oh, I understand the logic of needing people to maintain limb facilities and coordinate statewide activities, but, was it really necessary to have programs that were specifically dedicated to that purpose? My personal theory (and I think this accounts for the diversity.) is that Wierwille was experimenting with franchise models. The Corps was growing at an exponential rate. I think VPW saw it as an opportunity to expand that type of product model into multiple markets via franchise-like programs. Any thoughts?

Oh, heck, you don't have to look any farther than the GSC political forum to get the skinny on that.