bowtwi

Take It Easy by The Eagles.

Already Gone by The Eagles.

Good grief.

I typed Take it Easy, then tried to delete that when I realized I didn't mean that, but rather that I meant Already Gone by The Eagles and I can't seem to edit my post.

Thanks mstar! I'll print that out and hang it on my bulletin board - its beautiful!

Twinky - I feel a lot like you do today - thankful for the freedom to worship as I choose. Our service was lovely. The sanctuary was decked out with gorgeous Easter lilies, one of which I bought in memory of loved ones that have passed away. Twelve or so of our choir members (including my 14-year-old daughter) sang a lovely cantata that brought me to tears.

Our pastor taught on the similarities between the woman at the well, the centurion and the man who laid at the gate of the temple daily all his life and their brief conversations with Jesus and the huge changes in their lives with some people in our own congregation that in the past several months have had hands laid on them and were prayed for and their resulting healings - one guy was told by his doctors that he'd never walk again and 2 weeks ago about 35 of our congregation laid hands on him and prayed for him to be healed and last week HE WALKED from their van to the church!!! I praise GOD! I could tell more stories like that, but I think that makes the point.

We're seeing lots of really cool stuff happening here - we're experiencing revival in a huge way and it's not only safe to be Christian here, but I daresay downright fashionable!!! We're having a blast!!! I can't wait to see what happens next!

I'm praying for your friend and I pray for your family, Kit.

I saw McCartney in Tampa that tour - GREAT show!

You're a funny April fooler!

i'm very very very upset that we'll have to put buddy down soon

me boy is an only and he's like a sibling to him

any advice? i know death is a part of life but it really sucks

It may sound cliche, but I do believe that getting another dog helps. It doesn't take the pain away, but it helps a little bit.

We lost 3 dogs within 2 years. We had no dog for a few months and it wasn't until I got another dog that my house felt

like a home to me. It took me several months to stop compaing this one to the others, but she definitely eases the

pain.

John - I'm glad to hear of your success story, very cool!

They claimed 'believing equals receiving' not 'giving equals receiving.'

Paul Mosqueda had "turned us over to Satan" earlier that day - they didn't even pretend to care what happened to us at that point.

Apparently they felt they'd gotten all the money they'd ever get out of me or I was useless to them since they didn't find me sexually interesting. (My conclusion of the matter - and I'm really glad of that!)

When my son and I were marked and avoided after being falsely accused of "being homos" and given one hour to pack and leave "their" Indiana campus and I called HQ asking to speak to lcm thinking he'd see through the lies and help us, Michael Fort spoke to me on the phone instead and told me that "The Way isn't a research, teaching and COUN-SEL-ING ministry" and that I should go find us a nice "worldly counselor" and the way he spoke the words 'counseling"' and 'counselor' - he spat them out as if the very words disgusted him. His entire tone was condescending.

Funny how quickly one's opinion of a person can change. I had previously thought he was a pretty cool guy.

Sounds good. Thanks for letting us know.

Our prayers for Joey continue. We appreciate the updates.

I looked up grease spot on face book and it said it was a "closed group. ???? do you have a link or something?

Pond,

I sent you a PM.

I've wondered about you since before paw announced he's closing GSC. Are you aware and/or interested in Trust & Obey's new site, www.exwayvision.com? Or the facebook GSC page where we chat some in real time?

I don't know if you're interested in staying in touch with "us" or not - and that's totally up to you.

I'm glad to know you're aware and if you do or don't come hang with "us" elsewhere it'll be your choice.

You're as much a part of the ex-way community as any of us are and I hope you do deem us worthy of your continued attention, even if only occasional.

Either way, I wish you peace.

Thank you and thanks to satori for the updates. We continue praying for Joey and all his family.

I'm glad you had your dear mom so long.

I'm sorry she's gone so soon.

My prayers are with you and all who knew and loved your mom.

Congrats, my fellow Missourian. I love both those songs and in fact, just posted "I Will" on my facebook profile a few weeks ago. I'm a steady Beatles fan.

I'm impressed you went for that talent show. We have a couple here every year and I love my part - in the audience. If you're playing in front of people

regularly and they ask you to continue, you must be reasonably good. I'm impressed.

I have a teenage daughter and she doesn't like my 60's and 70's music either. It reminds me of my now-30 year old son when some 90's band (Tetris maybe?)

covered Signs by Five Man Electric Band and I started singing along - he said that ruined that song for him and he was really liking it til then - lol. To each

generation their own, I guess. Now he's all grown up and has confessed to liking "my" music more than he ever let on in the past...

You enjoy your 15 minutes - you earned it and it had to get some adrenaline going for ya - thanks for sharing it with us here.

OK, so yesterday I saw the dermatologist and he said that since I've been clean so far I don't have to see him for another year, instead of six months. I'm still waiting for the blood test and x-ray results but I don't expect any surprises. I'm glad that I get to bring this thread up one last time with good news before this place closes.

I'm glad too - thanks for the update!

Welcome, welcome! Have a cup and a cookie or two.

We're glad you're here! Make yourself at home!

And HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Hope your Christmas was lovely!

Who accused you of lookin normal?

I never heard that!

Sure ticks me off when I go to church and they "invite" Jesus to come, or the Holy Spirit to come, or whatever. Makes me want to rush up to the front of the church and demand to know of the leadership - if he never leaves us or forsakes us - if where we are gathered together, there he is - if, lo, he will never leave us - if God is ever listening to our prayers ---- who the heck are they "inviting"? And...who are they to "invite" anyway - if it's God's house?

They're still a nice buncha people, though. Sincere, even if wrong. Which has got to be better than insincere and wrong.

That always gets me, too! If we have Christ IN US, then He's wherever we are.

I've asked people about that and they say they "pray in the Spirit" - meaning they pray and He shows up! When I say that I think He's been there all along that usually shuts them up or at most they say that they never thought of it that way before...

Another ex-way person here uses the same word, "teaching" I use where most folks around here say "sermon" or "message". My pastor/mentor told me yesterday that when the other ex-way person said "teaching" to him that it used to sound almost funny to his ears, then when he started hearing me use that over the past several years, he's begun to think that may actually be more accurate a description of what he does and it no longer sounds funny to him.

I also have a new appreciation for the phrase, "What Would Jesus Do?" I used to think like lcm - but now I think it's a fine way to make a tough decision easier. Sometimes it's just easier to see what He would do and do my best to do that.

I remember the Way Outs from the Flintstones - cool band!

I've posted plenty of Weenie Roast pics here, but can't find them now. I have no idea where they are.

My memory says that both events happened at Weenie Roast #2...but that's just my memory.

#3 was at that state park that had the beautiful waterfall - those were the only 2 that I attended

Oak - Were you at the one with the snipe hunt fiasco?

That could work well.

Its hard as an outsider to really know,regardless of where it is, I'd say that it is dependant on the relationship that you have with your relative.

There is no real way that I can know that dynamic, although "nasty and vindictive" makes it sound like its pretty dysfunctional, as well as your mentioning of wanting to take as many as you can out of there.

I know when I attend a wedding that in a way it is my way of lending my 'seal of approval'to the marriage and way of wishing them well. There are weddings that I consciously have not gone to because I was sure that they wouldnt work. Plus I'd hate to go to any wedding if I had an attitude or unresolved issues that might spill over uncomfortably into the event.

Regardless of what I think or the differences that we may have I still would not want to deprive them of what they consider to be their day and their moment.

Its a tough call, and I dont know enough about the internal workings to really know. From the little that you have said, Id probably try to be gracious about it and send them as genuinely a thoughtful gift as I could along with a simple note to wish them well.

But then again if you really despise them and its all for show why go at all ?

Its up to you---Id like to hear the final decision whatever it may be

I agree totally with mstar. I don't think I'd go unless it was someone I was really, really close to. I think I might send a nice gift with an invitation to come visit you if they're ever in your neck of the woods. I'd so much prefer to never step foot on those grounds again.