25 ‘There will be signs in the sun, the moon, and the stars, and on the earth distress among nations confused by the roaring of the sea and the waves. 26People will faint from fear and foreboding of what is coming upon the world, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken. 27Then they will see “the Son of Man coming in a cloud” with power and great glory. 28Now when these things begin to take place, stand up and raise your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.’
29 Then he told th... Read Full Story
By Stretch Melon Clinton:
1. Most blues begin, "Woke up this morning."
2. "I got a good woman" is a bad way to begin the Blues, 'less you stick something nasty in the next line, like "I got a good woman, with the meanest face in town."
3. The Blues is simple. After you get the first line right, repeat it. Then find something that rhymes...sort of: "Got a good woman--with the meanest face in town. Got teeth like Margaret Thatcher--and she weigh 500 pound."
4. The Blues are not about ... Read Full Story
Clarence Major, in his study Juba to Jive: A Dictionary of African American Slang, traced the origins of the word and concept of "hip" to the Wolof verb "hepi" ("to see") or "hipi" ("to open one's eyes"). He dates its usage in America to the early 1700's. Read Full Story
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) has about 10,000 congregations. The key churchwide assembly vote to roster practicing homosexuals passed 55-45. With the formation of a competing denomination opposed to those changes, those advocating for schism ought to be able to peel away a sizeable portion of those 10,000 congregations--at least 10% one would think, which would be 1000 congregations. At least some in Lutheran Core expect that many or more.
Frankly, anything less than t... Read Full Story
Lutheran Core is leading the charge to start a new denomination for those congregations that will leave the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) because it will no longer discriminate against homosexual persons who want to serve as a pastor in the church.
What will the new denomination be named? Almost all combinations of "Lutheran", "Church," "Evangelical", "America" are either already in use or have been used historically. One suggestion--Not in My Lutheran Church (NIMLC)--probab... Read Full Story
