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Top 10 Reasons our Kids Leave Church | Marc5Solas

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Blogs I follow, People I dig, Stuff I read. Republishing/Use of Marc5Solas Content. Top 10 Reasons our Kids Leave Church. Top 10 Reasons our Kids Leave Church. February 8, 2013. We all know them, the kids who were raised in church. They were stars of the youth group. They maybe even sang in the praise band or led worship. And then… they graduate from High School and they leave church. What happened? Let that sink in. The Top 10 Reasons We’re Losing our Youth:. 10 The Church is Relevant :. You didn’t misr...

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D'Caffeinated Pickle: what to tell your son on a rainy day...

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Absurdity is good for comedy, but bad as a way of life. Friday, April 27, 2012. What to tell your son on a rainy day. Remembering rain drips indeterminate melancholy which is mostly wasted chasing the winter’s dirt off the windows. I turn to Knoffler and his chums. For me, he still knows how to suck the soothing pity that this moment deserves. McLachlan knows a thing or two about this state of mind but Eros is far too near in her voice. Friday, April 27, 2012. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Lessons ...

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D'Caffeinated Pickle: Potpourri Faith or just mumbo jumbo

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Absurdity is good for comedy, but bad as a way of life. Wednesday, December 7, 2005. Potpourri Faith or just mumbo jumbo. We spent most of the day though talking about how essentially we in CANADA are more emergent than US and yes Gil I have a problem with the word emerging. Anyways out of the discussion and the stats surveys we come a few comments:. Tolerance doesn’t let me get rid of the bad guy – local Sask politician in conversation with Dirksen hmmmmm. Which is more lasting? Which is happening now?

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D'Caffeinated Pickle: NEED HELP AND DONORS - Game, Set and Match

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Absurdity is good for comedy, but bad as a way of life. Monday, December 12, 2011. NEED HELP AND DONORS - Game, Set and Match. The agency that is directing the message of need, solicits towards the need they have identified, and then deliver a report of the need that they have met. Hmmm. Monday, December 12, 2011. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Fervor is the weapon of the impotent." - Frantz Fanon. View my complete profile. Ugh, McDonald's Hands Out Activity Tracker With Happy Meals. The balaclava h...

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D'Caffeinated Pickle: snow job

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Absurdity is good for comedy, but bad as a way of life. Sunday, November 6, 2011. The snow sprinkled on the crispy grass. Like the space that keeps us. Whiter than this icy trickster. Bone chilling wind keeps. Under the blanket of this winter. Wonderland we laud and. The ugliness of our ‘summer’. Romp with that knowing. That one day soon the snow. Would fly and cover it. Our indiscretions and our. Frost has settled in once more. And painted a new face. Sunday, November 06, 2011. View my complete profile.

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D'Caffeinated Pickle: :::adulthood:::

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Absurdity is good for comedy, but bad as a way of life. Wednesday, November 9, 2005. Apparently I am in dis ‘hood. You know da adult hood. Used to be adulthood meant something important – something respectful. But then maybe adulthood became something too much like living in a different reality. Adult talk, adult fashion (slacks), adult activity (jobs, marriage) – kind like another world! The researchers tell us that adolescence is expanding especially at the top end. Are we cool with that? Very interest...

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D'Caffeinated Pickle: a funeral

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Absurdity is good for comedy, but bad as a way of life. Tuesday, August 16, 2005. So i go to this funeral. She struggled for three years with weird blood disorder and then dies in her sleep. Okay fair enough - - she gets to fight through three years of suffering and takes it all on the chin. Every one who comes to the mic for an hour and half after her internment talks about her ability to face life with joy. Definately cool! What do we hope to accomplish with these end of life rituals? So throw on the m...

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D'Caffeinated Pickle: Will you tolerate this post?

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Absurdity is good for comedy, but bad as a way of life. Sunday, April 1, 2007. Will you tolerate this post? So I posted here. About tolerance. This was the topic of a series of Ideas programs on CBC. So let me throw something out here to see how you chew on this. I know Naomi has read a lot about the holocaust but essentially she would not be the only one that would agree that the Nazi slaughter of the Jews is a horrible scar on history. Why are/were their convictions less valid than my own? How did thos...

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D'Caffeinated Pickle: time to put an end to the embarrassment

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Absurdity is good for comedy, but bad as a way of life. Tuesday, April 3, 2012. Time to put an end to the embarrassment. It is time again to hang him up on the cross – and once more we can put an end to how embarrassing it has been to see him walking around with us. We’ll sing a song about the ‘wonderful cross,’ with nearly child-like glee while the roast simmers away in our kitchens at home. Why wouldn’t we be happy? Well sort of…. Living with us might mean – how it might beg us to change. It is cathart...

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D'Caffeinated Pickle: on the occasion of taking my son to the airport

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Absurdity is good for comedy, but bad as a way of life. Sunday, January 1, 2012. On the occasion of taking my son to the airport. He comes to you. Your arms outstretched they invite him in. It’s a call with wrapped arms as celebration. Beckoned he toddles toward the first one you give. She runs to you. Lungs never quite full enough to howl. It’s a comfort squeezing darkness and pain away. Your arms the mop for spilled tears. I hugged you through the new backpack. I hugged you till teasing stopped. Smoked...