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The party started with panic for me! I'd ridden in the back seat of Annie's car, entertaining Charis, from Bellevue to Auburn. I never got out of the car, but I still managed to lose my cell phone in the parking lot outside the buybuy Baby store at Southcenter. When a bumble bee flew into the car, since we had the widows open, I opened the door to let it out, and in so doing let my phone out too! Fortunately, another shopper found the phone, and when Nancy called it, they answered. Annie drove me to the Skyway district north of Renton to retrieve the phone. We lost an hour of the party, but it was worth it. Cell phones have become indispensible. Not only did it have my Orca card bus pass, but I could not login to many online resources at SPU without it. These pictures show what fun we had. Of course, this photographer is grandkid centric. Susan had bought the wading pool and it was the kids first time in the shallow end! |
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Seattle All-School Reunion 2019 This was my first all-school reunion as the '73 Class Rep. They had a new format for this June 1st event, with many classes in the cafeteria (and the oldest classes in the quieter Library.) Twins Wendy and Russ Schriock and Wendy's husband Tim Wise were there. Wendy was our class rep for many years. |
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Jean was well cast as Hermia, the beauty of the pair of life-long friends, opposite the taller yet plain Helena. The play ran June 14th to 30th at Valley Center Stage in North Bend. Nancy took Georgia and me on the 27th, and I drove Jean home. I enjoyed this performance more than most. This was the theater's first attempt at a Shakespeare play, and Jean had by far the most classical training and experience based upon what could be read in the program's brief cast biographies.
Helena on Hermia: Call you me fair? that fair again unsay. |
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Nathanael and Cynthia found a great deal on a 10'x10' shed at Home Depot. When the truck brought the build-it-yourself shed kit, there were two identical packages when only one was ordered. When the second shed was sent back to the store, it was recorded as a return and their credit card was credited accordingly. When Home Depot was told of the mix-up, their response was simply, "Merry Christmas!" It was easier for Home Depot to write-off what was their shipping error than to charge the Auburn Sleights! While Nancy helps build the shed, I typically follow Jonathan around with my Nikon.
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Bits and Pieces
——————————— Lydia was called a “worshiper of God.” So
she was most likely a convert to the monotheistic faith of the Jews
rather than a Jewish woman herself. But most importantly, she
listened to what Paul had to say. As Jesus might have said it,
“she had ears to hear.” Her conversion was reported in a mater-of-fact
and rapid way. But the most critical element was not missed.
The Lord opened her heart. This is the key to Lydia’s conversion and to
yours and mine too. Nobody saves themselves. Nobody decides
to become a believer in a crucified and risen Galilean apart from the
Holy Spirit’s work in the soul of each person who comes to faith.
If you will, faith itself is a gift from God. Jesus made this abundantly clear in John 6:44
"No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him,"
NIV And in John 15:16 , "You
did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear
fruit-fruit that will last." NIV And five times
already in the Book of Acts, the Holy Spirit’s arrival in someone’s life
was described as a gift from God. You can’t buy this gift, as
Peter admonished Simon Magus in Acts chapter 8. The priceless gift
is free, but only those who, like Lydia, have ears to hear the gospel,
and hearts opened by God to believe that greatest news, are ever saved.
Acts - Series 3 - Lesson 21 - June
20, Acts 17:1-17:21 Thessalonica and Berea and on to Athens In Latin word,
“religio” means “something that binds.” For Greeks and Romans, religion
was a force that bound families together, bound subjects to their
rulers, and bound men to the gods. Roman culture had borrowed much
from the Greeks. Even the Roman gods were mostly renamed versions
of the Greek pantheon. Zeus became Jupiter, Ares became Mars,
Poseidon/Neptune, Athena/Minerva etc. Only Apollo managed to keep
his name from Greek to Latin. Paul, a Christian by the grace of
God, but a Pharisee by training, now was walking the streets of one of
the most impressive and idolatrous cities in the Empire.
Now, had he been speaking to his Jewish
countrymen, this would have been a lot easier. The countdown to
Armageddon starts when the true Messiah is recognized. When a crucified
Jewish Prophet is dead and buried — reaching tomb temperature —
but just a few days later is found rejoicing and dining with his stunned
disciples — that’s the signal that the game is now in the 4th
quarter. Only then does the Risen One, the one Thomas recognized
as, “My Lord and my God!” command his followers to take the vital yet
incredible message of His gospel world-wide. |
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My Quotes from June
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would I catch, fair Hermia, ere I go;
