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The AC was possibly the most depressing two combined weeks I ever spent in The Way. It totally bummed me out that everyone else appeared to be understanding it while I didn't "get" it at all. That and the fact that I tried to connect with some of the popular Way musicians of the day and they completely blew me off without so much as a listen.

Well, he had that way cool toolbox. (don't remember which class) He couldn't just spend his days sitting on it so he joined The Piece Corps.

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Be careful when trying to use homemade formulas with low water usage (such as front loader) washing machines. They require h.e (high efficiency) formulated detergents. These detergents have, among other things, suds inhibitors and suspension agents. Using standard detergents will confuse the on-board computers and can ultimately damage the main bearing, due to sludge build-up around the bearing.----- Very costly repair!!

He may not have been a farmer but he sure knew how to pitch manure.

Postcast of Jones: http://methodistthinker.com/2009/05/04/podcast-dr-e-stanley-jones-on-the-gift-of-the-holy-spirit/ The first few minutes sound like they are paraphrased straight out of PFAL (sessions 11 & 12) But, of course, this predates PFAL by several years.

Date & Switch----That's what got me to sign The Green Card.

These are the British publishers' titles; American titles may be different. Books: The Christ of the Indian Road (1925) Christ at the Round Table (1928) The Christ of Every Road – A study in Pentecost (1930) The Christ of the Mount – A Working Philosophy of Life (1931) Christ and Human Suffering (1933) Christ’s Alternative to Communism (1935) US title Christ and Communism (1935) UK title Victorious Living (1936) (devotional) The Choice Before Us (1937) Christ and Present World Issues (1937) Along the Indian Road (1939) Is the Kingdom of God Realism? (1940) Abundant Living (1942) (devotional) How to Pray (1943) The Christ of the American Road (1944) The Way (1946) (devotional) Mahatma Gandhi: An Interpretation (1948); 2nd ed.: Gandhi – Portrayal of a Friend (Abingdon, 1993) The Way to Power and Poise (1949) (devotional) How to be a Transformed Person (1951) (devotional) Growing Spiritually (1953) (devotional) Mastery (1953) (devotional) Christian Maturity (1957) (devotional) Conversion (1959) In Christ (1961) (devotional) The Word Became Flesh (1963) (devotional) Victory Through Surrender (1966) Song of Ascents (1968) (autobiography) The Unshakable Kingdom and the Unchanging Person (1972) The Reconstruction of the Church – On what Pattern? (1970) The Divine Yes (1975) (posthumously) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._Stanley_Jones "Fear is sand in the machinery of life."-----Eli Stanley Jones (Personally, I think he got the idea for his "withered hand/train story" from something Jones either preached or published.)

Having never been in The Way, this may or may not have the same type of impact on you as it does some of us. Wiewille was very cavalier about environmental issues. According to him, the Lord would return before we could do any real damage. So, why waste your time, efforts and financial resources by becoming involved with such causes? Instead, focus all your energies on witnessing and selling the PFAL class. "It's the word, the word and nothing but the word.", It's always the integrity of the word that's at stake.", etc. After all, the answers to all of life's problems, including environmental disasters, are encompassed in PFAL. That attitude still lingers below the surface for many former followers of The Way, despite the obvious reality that we are destroying the very planet we call home.

I'm curious, Composer. Why are you so worried about what anyone here believes?

Hmmmm. low light---ripped from bed. Sounds like some kind of alien abduction.

Like father (in the word), like son.

OK In fellow laborers, all fifty of us ate dinner together every night. There were, i think, eight tables. Each table had a host and hostess. The hostess ran the show. You stood behind your chair until the host seated the hostess. Then, the hostess would say "Gentlemen, please seat the ladies." Next, she would say "Gentlemen, you may be seated." At this point, you were seated with your hands folded on your lap. Someone would be called on to say grace for the whole group. After Grace, the hostess at each table would start the meal by saying something like "Joe, would you pass the potatoes, please? Bob, would you start the wilted endive, please?" (always to the right) you were to take one spoonful and pass it on. You sat with your hands folded until everything had been passed around the table. The hostess would signal it was ok to start eating by placing her fork on her plate. You took one bite and placed your fork at the top of your dish while you chewed. The hostess initiated "seconds" in the same manner. After seconds, you were permitted to ask the hostess for more. No water. It was supposed to be bad for digestion. At the end of the meal, the entire group sang "Roll Away", complete with hand motions. The whole process was a long series of no-nos Oh, and never discuss the food. Big no-no.

Oh, I could go on and on about dinner table manners. You could never just relax and have a fun meal together.

Beauuuuuuuuuuuutiful!

Yeah, like "Treat all the believer women as if they are your sisters." (VPW----CF&S) Unless, of course, you happen to be VPW. Then you should treat them like your own, personal sex toys. Hypocrisy is too soft a word.

It's one of those "you had to be there" kind of things.

Doing things that would benefit you as an individual instead of things that would benefit "the ministry". Oops. Sorry. That was a BIG no-no, not a little one.

Probably a red herring.

Yes, that's what it is, isn't it. Sorta reminds me of those companies that come in and "reface" your old cabinets. The "kinder, gentler" ministry is really just the same old organization with new facings and doors added to lend some aesthetics to the same old structure.

I dunno. I still call it that. Not to suggest it was actually a real ministry, but, because it's a phrase with which we can all identify.

Nah, I think he got this stuff the same way he got the rest of it--------he "borrowed" it from other people.

Admittedly, I've been gone from The Way for some time now. Back in the 1970s, though, it was taught that dreams, good or bad, were simply devil spirits trying to get through the "trapdoor" of your unrenewed mind. So, if you told someone you had a dream, it was like saying you were spiritually deficient and devil spirits were knocking at your door. To expound on this a bit more, it should be noted that Wierwille taught, in the Advanced Class, that God no longer "talks" to believers via dreams unless they are so far out of fellowship that they aren't receptive to revelation. So, wishing someone sweet dreams would have been like saying, "I hope devil spirits try to infiltrate your thoughts tonight." :o

I know how the shell game works, too, but that doesn't mean I can beat it.

Good point. Where exactly is it in the Bible (since they claim to be a Bible centered group) does it say that one person is "spiritually responsible" for another person?