Sailing the Last Voyage with Newton and Pascal
This week I'm taking a little different tack by spotlighting an interview with Peter Scholtes, best known as the composer of "They Will Know We Are Christians By Our Love." Conducted by his stepdaughter Jenna, it's a fascinating trip through his life, career as a priest in the South Side of Chicago, involvement in the …
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That's what they're telling Palm Beach County: Two town officials and a town resident were among the voices urging Palm Beach County Commissioners on Monday to control spending and keep a lid on property taxes. Mayor Gail Coniglio encouraged commissioners at a county budget workshop to follow the example set by the town, which she …
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It took long enough: "Shovel-ready was not as shovel-ready as we expected," Obama said. In both the jobs council meeting and in his speech later to employees at a Durham lighting company, Obama said regulatory change is a major part of his new jobs push. "How do we deal with making sure our regulations make …
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Two excellent verses of Scripture to crown the celebration of the coming of the Holy Spirit and the beginning of the church by: “There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High.” Psalms 46:4, KJV. “And the Spirit and the …
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And you know the way to the place where I am going.” “We do not know where you are going, Master,” said Thomas; “so how can we know the way?” Jesus answered: “I am the Way, and the Truth, and the Life; no one ever comes to the Father except through me. (John 14:4-6) One …
Word of God Chorus and Orchestra: Praises for the King (W/G 8020, 1980) Throughout the 1970's the Word of God, that Catholic Charismatic covenant community par excellence in Ann Arbor, Michigan, had two distinguishing features. The first was its authoritarian headship structure, whose main architects were Steve Clark and Ralph Martin. The second was its …
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After dismissing the crowds, he went up the hill by himself to pray; and, when evening fell, he was there alone. The boat was by this time some miles from shore, laboring in the waves, for the wind was against her. Three hours after midnight, however, Jesus came towards the disciples, walking on the water. …
Those of you who attended the 2010 Church of God General Assembly in Orlando remember that it was, for some departments of the church, the last time of existence, as as result of the sweeping reorganisation first promulgated the previous January. One of those was Laity Ministries, where I was the Ministries Coordinator. Our department …
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Chris Mathews protesteth too much: "This is not a funny thing. There is a weird thing about your political party [Republican]. It's nativist. It is weird. Obama -- you still have a big bloc of Republicans that say he wasn't born in this country, in Africa or somewhere," Chris Matthews said on his show. Chris …
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Fruit of the Spirit He Loves You and Me (Holiday 12101, 1976) A great deal of the "Jesus Music" of the 1960's and 1970's was performed in coffee-houses. An innovative form of ministry, it broke with the "church" tradition (a breaking churches struggle with perpetuating until this day) and placed the gospel in a laid …
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