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As a confirmed member of a Lutheran church I have certain responsibilities/ jobs that accumulate and dissipate over the years. The boring nature of some and the frustration with others tends to tug me away from doing the job with all loving and generosity I would like. I hope that my knowledge will come in handy as part and parcel with my other talents but it's always somewhat of a tug-o-war.
As a scientist as well as in religion I know the community and the individual have their flaws even when supposedly held to higher ideals and authority. Yet I must be in both if not of both. Today the subjects of consubstantiation/transubstantiation AND gay marriage were subjects of discussion in our adult Sunday school class... Heavy stuff at any time. As a scientist I know what happens to food you eat and as a religious person I know how the communion is a mystery of faith.
I know what the bible says and I know what the Psychiatric community have to say of homosexuality. Our sermon today was even about the marriage vows. I cannot say what it is like to be homosexual as a heterosexual but I can try to empathize.
I am divorced, and know which of the gospels spells things out about that subject. I have been alone for about 10 years. I know metaphorically then what it's like to feel like a beggar looking in a restaurant window while everyone else in there eats. Society does all sorts of things to say what should happen, how you should act, but can't make you feel and really cannot make all things happen for you. It cannot change the Laws of physics or physiology any more than physicists or physiologists can change the Laws of Moses.
Why should it be any easier today than it was 40 years ago or 4000 to balance faith and knowledge? Can there be peace on Earth or is there inevitable conflict where people take each others beliefs as a personal issue of some survival value? We slave our selves to a greater good as one cannot really hope to do as much as many but one person can affect great change.
We are all parts of Meta-creatures (social groupings that have rules/boundaries as surely as an animal has cell membranes) that want to survive and believe the "other" is a threat.



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In Loving Memory of
RALPH
Beloved Husband of
Geraldine
Loving Father of
Linda and Leslie
Devoted Grandfather of
Christopher, Trevor, Gretchen, and Andria
Date of Birth
October 26, 1921
Entered into Rest
June 4, 2009
Place and Time of Services
Frederick Mennonite Community
Frederick, Pennsylvania
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
7:30 PM
Services Conducted by:
The Rev. Brad Mellon
and Chaplain Dave Price
Final Resting Place
Sharptown United Methodist Cemetery
Pilesgrove, New Jersey



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The strip shows a range of greys from pure black to pure white. You should be able to see a clear difference between each shade of grey, ranging from pure black (left) and pure white (right).



Along the top of the strips are alternate patches of black and dark grey. If it looks solid black to you (look very carefully), your monitor's brightness setting is too low. Increase it until you can just perceive the difference between the grey and the black squares.

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I had to buy a backup camera so I have one that definitely works for my trip today. Mainly because I broke my shutter on the 5D while cleaning. Bumping a loose power switch can cause that.
I am off to Mississippi to try to rebuild a a few houses with Habitat for Humanity. Keep me in your prayers.



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The strip shows a range of greys from pure black to pure white. You should be able to see a clear difference between each shade of grey, ranging from pure black (left) and pure white (right).



Along the top of the strips are alternate patches of black and dark grey. If it looks solid black to you (look very carefully), your monitor's brightness setting is too low. Increase it until you can just perceive the difference between the grey and the black squares.

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I know some people think that a bit of pain can get you focused. In my opinion if you are under enough stress for long enough and see every coming future moment as another potential pain, failure or attack or revelation of ones flaws to the world then you have lost focus. Knowing this still does not make the pain stop. It still doesn't dispel the idea that "Maybe there is no focus to be had and pain is the norm." So, how do you convince yourself that is not true? What breaks this cycle? I will continue to pray.



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Along the top of the strips are alternate patches of black and dark grey. If it looks solid black to you (look very carefully), your monitor's brightness setting is too low. Increase it until you can just perceive the difference between the grey and the black squares.

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Today I'm going to a memorial service for Mike Garvin, a friend of mine. He was about my age which can really make you think.
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The strip shows a range of greys from pure black to pure white. You should be able to see a clear difference between each shade of grey, ranging from pure black (left) and pure white (right).



Along the top of the strips are alternate patches of black and dark grey. If it looks solid black to you (look very carefully), your monitor's brightness setting is too low. Increase it until you can just perceive the difference between the grey and the black squares.

Pass this along to your journals, it will help new and old deviants view your work as it should be seen! (from =Sine-Fabula)