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Committing to the perfect tree.
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Christmas
tree cutting
Grove
City
The
crazy people were out front of the house to see us bring the tree
safely inside. We know they are from the World Harvest Church (thus
confirming that they are indeed, crazy people), and suspect that they
are studying to be missionaries. They seem to have chosen our block
to practice on each Saturday.
My
(not so charitable) suspicion is that we live in an urban area and
so they assume we must be poor. I don't wish to slight their generosity,
but if we accepted their gifts (white bread, wash cloths, a listing
for free benefits from "Toys for Tots."), it would be for
the purpose of taking them to a charity that could distribute them
competently to those who need them.
Trying
to give them to us doesn't do it. And why is this not obvious?
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Capital
University Chapel Choir Christmas Festival
Angels We Have Heard
Mees Hall
My
favorite: A wonderful piece with a beautiful solo above it (though
we couldn't make out the words of the solo) from the Brazilian Psalm.
The
two narrators were probably the weakest part of the program. A young
girl (third grade?) sang a long solo to one piece and did very well,
staying poised even through the unexpected lack of a working microphone.
Mom
joined the choir onstage for the traditional closing: A Beautiful
Savior (arr. Christensen) and the Doxology with sevenfold Amen.
Dessert
afterwards in Bexley, a delicious cheesecake with raspberries over.
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Rick goes fishing.
Gameworks
To
end the work week
Gallery
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Closing
down in the neighborhood
Final
Amen will be Sunday for shinking congregation | Dispatch | (Subscription
required)
St.
Paul's Episcopal, 787 E. Broad St.
Closing
has been on the minds of members for some time, but the decision
didn’t come until a meeting of the mission council in September,
Senior Warden Mike Harbin said.
‘‘It
will be a great loss to me, but we believe it’s the right
decision," he said. ‘‘Since we made the decision,
it’s almost a relief for some people."
Neither
finances nor pressure from the diocese forced the 165-year-old congregation’s
move, Harbin said. Its once-great wealth was managed so that the
church could have continued operations at its current level for
three more years, he said.
Declining
membership, down to an average of 12 attending each Sunday, placed
too much of a load on the time and talents of the remaining few,
Harbin said.
‘‘It’s
very difficult for that few to feel uplifted," he said. ‘‘Visitors
are overwhelmed by how empty the building is."
...
In
a letter ..., the mission council said: ‘‘It is critical
to do this while we have a sense of loss, and therefore the ability
as individuals to be able to choose new church homes; rather than
to wait until there is such despair and resignation that there is
no possibility of resurrection but only of disenfranchisement. Thus
we will have our closure at the beginning of Advent with new birth
for each of us in new churches of our individual choices at Christmas."
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Choir
rehearsal
Bexley
afterwards
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My
kingdom for a copy editor
Quibbles
"I
can't tell you how often I run into security-conscience small businesses
who insist on a good Internet firewall, but have an unencrypted
wireless router in the middle of their networks."
So
writes Brad Patten.
Their
consciences must be telling them to share the bandwidth with all those
poor unconnected souls around them.
And:
unless it came as a lease from God, I doubt that the downtown building
"literally" received a new lease on life.
I
believe that's actually what's known as "figuratively."
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A
slow day for driving
There
was the driver who thought blinkers would make it OK to drive 25 on
I-670. There were the two streetsweepers followed by two large dump-trucks
(I don't know what they were for) driving 10 mph down a long stretch
unpassable of road.
And
then there were the elephants. Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey
Circus came to Nationwide Arena today, and I managed to get stuck
on Neil Avenue when the sheriff blocked traffic to let the elephants
(all many of them) walk across the street, trunk to tail.
And
all without a camera -- that was the worst of it.
So
instead, you'll have to go see the Dispatch photos:
Pounding
the pavement | Dispatch | (Subscription required)
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Shrimp pasta for dinner.
Unexpected
deadline
Business
Blueprints was supposed to go out Next Monday.
Until
I arrived at work this morning.
Suddenly
it had to go to press Today.
This
made for a hectic Monday.
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Posted
galleries from Franklin Park Conservatory
Desert
Mountain
Courtyards
Tropical
Palm Room
Orchids
Donatos
Pizza
for dinner.
In
search of the perfect couch ... continued
Tried
Groll's in Waldo.
First
Sunday of Advent
More
preaching on the End of the World as we Know It
A
popular topic this month.
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