This Sunday In My Church

May 27, 2012

Pentecost Sunday

Introit:  Come Holy Spirit  [Veni Creator]

                      Chancel Choir

Call to Worship

Opening Hymn: Come, O Spirit, Dwell Among Us [Ebenezer]

Call to Confession

Prayer of Confession

Assurance of Pardon

Response of Thanksgiving:    verse from [Lancashire]

Sharing the Peace

Children’s Sermon

Anthem: Prayer to the Trinity  [Michael Bedford]

First Reading: Acts 2:1-21

Second Reading:  John 15:26-26, 16:4-15

Sermon Hymn: The Lone, Wild Bird [Prospect]

Order for Confirmation

Offertory: Holy Spirit, Gift of God [Kevin McChesney]

                           Winchester Bells

The Doxology

Closing Hymn: Spirit [Spirit]

Charge and Benediction

Sung Response: verse from [Hymn to Joy]

Closing Voluntary: Come  Holy Ghost, Lord and God [Diderik Buxtehude]

Obama: I like ‘em young and stupid

Yeh, it works to his advantage if they don’t know math: h/t http://smalldeadanimals.com You can see all the rules at the original site http://www.politicalmathblog.com/?p=1786

 

Brett Kimberlin Blogburst

What with my eye problems, I’ve only managed to skim the surface of this complicated story but it is incredible. Here’s what’s clear:

1. Kimberlin is a persistent felon with numerous convictions, including violence and perjury.

2. Stacy McCain [The Other McCain] wrote about Kimberlain and received threats and punitive action, as did Patterico.

3. McCain and his family are now in hiding.

4. Kimberlin morphed into a liberal activist and now raises money at liberal blogs, as well as receiving ‘grants’ from the ultra-liberal Tides Foundation.

5. Threats and intimidation have no place in political speech and blogging, no matter your side of the aisle.

Here’s some links to inform you better and more completely than I’ve done:

http://patterico.com/2012/05/25/convicted-bomber-brett-kimberlin-neal-rauhauser-ron-brynaert-and-their-campaign-of-political-terrorism/

http://maggiesfarm.anotherdotcom.com/archives/19809-The-Rot-Runs-Deep.html writes about the liberal money flow to Kimberlain.

http://michellemalkin.com/2012/05/23/free-speech-show-solidarity-for-targeted-conservative-bloggers/  has a compilation of the blogburst and a short video that gives factual info on Kimberlin. Malkin sympathizes with free speech issues, I’m sure. She is one of the bravest bloggers I know, constantly subjected to hate and threats.

Speaking of IQ tests….

from the scalawags at http://www.ace.mu.nu [Language warning]

Daily Insult: Bloggers do it dirtier

http://dailyindependent.com/columns/x474404596/Kenneth-Hart-Online-vigilantism-a-troubling-trend-4-29-12

Yeah, he’s talking about local folks posting unconfirmed damaging rumors on Facebook.

This from a man who beat the door down in a rush to portray Republican politician Richie Farmer shooting hoops in the prision yard based solely upon a state audit by a Democratic politician within an Democratic administration.

Aside from the irony and blatant hypocrisy, Hart misses the obvious point. Yes, it’s terrible, just terrible, that Billy Bob and Sally post something hurtful on Facebook but everyone knows that’s Facebook. It’s much worse for a man who enjoys the benefit of the legally-sanctioned status of journalist to use his newspaper venue to push a liberal Democratic agenda without regard for fairness. Worst, of course, is that this newspaper pays him to do this.

Exceeding already low expectations of behavior

http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2012/05/the-smug-beach-diet.php

As reported in Powerline above, a study in the Social Psychology and Personality Science journal reveals vegetarians, and especially vegans, turn into jerks on those diets. The Smug Beach Diet, so Cali and all.

FWIW, I’m highly skeptical of this kind of study but having been on the bad end of so many sociology studies ‘proving’ that Appalachians are inherently racist or AGW-skeptics are more likely to be Christians or believe in voodoo or have low IQ’s, I’m enjoying this study. Also, some vegetarians – me – aren’t smug over our diets, but then I’ve been a vegetarian for a long time. I’m actually trying to eat meat in an effort to control my carbs and protein in a healthier diet.

When you reek of martyrdom, you are sacrificing. I wonder if these people are vegetarian not so much because they want to be but because of political reasons or peer pressure. They pat themselves on the back for ‘sacrificing’ good food they really want. Maybe, it’s a theory.

BTW, there’s a link to the full study at the link above.

Sadly, this was me 43 years ago

Me, college in the 60′s. What can I say? At least I was young; some folks don’t have any excuse. Besides, you’d think some people would have learned from the debacle that was the Mindless Entitlement Guilt Spending Frenzy that was the 60′s.   from http://www.theospark.net.