While the wound from surgery and then reopening for another surgery is healed, it looks awful gnarly. Looks like Dr. Frankenstein did it. And it’s huge. 😳
So freeing to be driving yourself AJ!! And on a sunny warm day no less@@
Hopefully that scar will settle in for you. When husband had the cancer removed from his face that scar was scary…our first thought was Frankenstein too!! But it did settle in and now is scarcely noticeable.
Our blue sky from earlier is now hidden with thick snow clouds. I had to turn the lamps on in the house …it’s dark, foggy and snowing in this forest!
Clothes dryer is making loud screeching noises. It’s 20 years old and has been fixed a couple times…time to hunt for a new one! Not fun….but oh so convenient when one must dry clothes!
Good morning, all, from sunny but snowy land. Twenty six but should get up to thirty two. Son is out shoveling snow off the deck for grandpa’s walk later. Grandpa was up most of the night again. When I came out this morning, he was sitting in his living room chair wondering how he was going to get up without that thing (his walker). Wondered what had become of it and I think he suspects somebody here at the facility snagged it. But I found it neatly parked in his room where he keeps it.
We will have a 70 degree feels like temperature change by tomorrow. We will get some snow, too. There are just lazy flakes today. I have never seen a winter like this. One of the near towns beat the record for warmth yesterday when the temperature went to 52 degrees.
Janice, I once had an older woman apologize for tapping her foot to the music in church. I reassured her it was fine. The music had changed a whole lot from all the years she had been attending church services. She just wasn’t sure if that was okay.
That puts me in mind of the show Gospel on PBS. No one in those churches would think a thing of moving to the music.
“On the Road Again” — you have to sing that song, AJ.
I remember an editor and ad manager at a paper I worked at years ago would spontaneously break out in that song, together, every Friday as the clock inched closer to 5 p.m. One would start, the other would join in — or they’d just together start as they spotted each other across the room. Sweet memories.
Just got back from doing my civic duty. 72 degrees, which is a treat if it happens any time in March, very unusual for February. Severe thunderstorms in the forecast for tonight. Feels like June.
Should get the sample ballot out today and get that finished off; I usually fill it out at home and drop it off at one of the vote centers which are now open. We are one of the Super Tuesday states now so our primary is a week from today.
So wonderful to have even just a couple days off.
Clouding up a bit again, but like rkessler, we are still so thankful for any moisture after we endured so many years of drought not so very long ago.
We were set to still get a good amount of snow in the northern part of the state so our snowpack should be at 100% this year.
It seems so odd to me, the idea of not moving a bit to music in church. We don’t exactly dance in the aisles or anything like that, but it seems that many or most of us move in some way to the music. There’s a lot of swaying, or shifting from one foot to the other, in a “dancing” way.
Do you and the folks in your churches stand during the song service, or do you sit? Or some of both?
We stand during ours, but people can sit if they have to. (The standing is not a rule. :) )
Not to say that the people or churches are odd or wrong, just that music seems to naturally lead to some kind of movement, even if only a gentle swaying or whatnot.
I’d love to be enjoying the church music so much that I dance in the aisles . . . :-)
Basketball again tonight–but all the way to San Jose, at least 2+ hours from here.
I was asked to babysit the remaining children (3) while the parents went to the game. We’ll watch on TV! (It only costs $10 a month for all the games; even as seniors, we pay $15 each! So, this is a deal).
Problem was I had two other appointments at the same time I needed to be with the kids.
I rescheduled the Zoom I’m moderating–1/2 hour from now–and will watch the other on tape delay, er. video later.
Amazing times.
Go Vikes!
Oh, for those who aren’t on FB, here’s the link to the blog post with all the Northern Light photos:
i had Bible study group this morning and had things to do this afternoon so late here.
Sometimes the worship leader claps to the beat and we follow along. Mostly I sway and gently bob my head with the sounds and sometimes tap my legs on the sides with my hands hanging down. Very occasionally I raise my hands if others are doing so. We do stand while singing most of the time but those who need to sit do so without feeling out of place (Art sometimes sits).
When sitting I occasionally wiggle my feet, maybe like in a circle, to keep them from getting stiff. I sometimes rest my chin on my hand. I don’t make any attention getting movements as far as I know. Sometimes I have to change glasses or adjust them.
The weather report today said up to 75° today and by late in the night tomorrow, 35°.
I found the most lovely daffodils on my walk yesterday. I looked them up and found they are Barrett Browning daffodils named for the poet. That was cool to find out since one of son’s jobs at Baylor was to work in the Armstrong Browning special collections library on campus. It houses the writings of Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Now I want to plant so.e og those showy daffodIls.
We generally stand during singing, those who have difficulty are welcome to stay seated. People run the gamut from stillness to swaying to swaying and raised arms. No dancing in the aisles, though I don’t think anyone would object if someone did.
I will always sway, depending on the music, I might move a little more. I never clap but will lift my hands, but not above the shoulder (I think the clapping and the hand-lifting limits are from my Mennonite Brethren upbringing). Not that I think clapping is wrong – clap away, I just generally do not do that. Sometimes I feel like dancing and move just a bit more. 😁
I’m not fond of applause in church, but now am part of a minority — similar to Kare, it’s maybe mostly due to my earlier Quaker background; but also I think most bonafide Presbyterians aren’t prone to “clapping” either.
But we’re California beach Presbyterians, so many will break out in clapping except for a few of us. (Not during worship per se, but typically after new members complete reciting their vows or following infant or adult baptisms.)
hmm, clapping with singing, I hand’t thought of that (and I haven’t heard that at church) — but I actually might feel more comfortable with that than applause, but it also might remind me too much of being at a concert lol
Tamborines could be next! Or cowbells! Presbyterians gone wild.
Kare – One of the ladies in the ladies’ Bible study has talked about coming from a Catholic upbringing, and not being able to bring herself to raise her hands in worship. She wants to do so eventually, but for now, that staid religious upbringing stops her.
My friend Jody, who is the leader of our ladies’ Bible study, greatly dislikes hearing tambourines being played in church by people among the congregation. (Good thing for her that that doesn’t happen much at all at our church.) She says that most people don’t really know how to correctly play them, they just think they do, and the sound is jarring to her.
So that became one of those little inside jokes among us in the Bible study group, with one or another humorously mentioning tambourines now and then.
A few days or so ago, I was watching an episode of the show “Gilmore Girls” on Netflix. (I had watched it when it was on network TV years ago.) Mrs. Kim, a Korean Christian woman, mentioned having been a part of “the All Girls Christian Tambourine Band” in college.
I burst our laughing! Then I told the story on our group text, and the ladies got a kick out of that.
Yes, many of us were brought up in churches where reverence was the norm. That meant singing, but not a lot of movement or clapping in time to the music and certainly not raising hands. We mostly sit during the singing now. Some will raise hands. Our church has changed quite a bit in the last few years. We seldom clap after the praise team sings, although, it happens spontaneously at times. Sometimes people will even call out. Church is much more casual and informal. There is good and bad in that, IMO.
Brrr. We are back to -30 windchills. I am not looking forward to being out and about tomorrow. We have been spoiled. However, it is only a short time of the very cold. Then we will be back to unseasonably warm.
Kathaleena – The weather here has done that yo-yo thing, too. “Oh, spring is here! Oh, no it’s not!”
As for the current casual/informal services, I think they can be done in either a reverential way or a non-reverential way. My church aims for the former. I don’t know how other churches think about the raising of hands, but to us, that is a form of reverence and worship, not a rock concert kind of thing.
We have a real mix of people at church who are from different traditions. We have perhaps a third of families who are black. Sometimes people do make comments like “Amen,”
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Good morning! Where is everyone? We have wind and pollen. Wishing all of you a blessed day.
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Morning RK! We have wind and snow is heading our way in a couple hours…perhaps our winds will take the snow on down to you!!
Nj
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I have Sun and 50s for a high. 👍
Allen
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Today is my last appt. at the wound center. I like that as it’s the furthest away. But I am driving myself this time, which is nice.
Allen
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While the wound from surgery and then reopening for another surgery is healed, it looks awful gnarly. Looks like Dr. Frankenstein did it. And it’s huge. 😳
Allen
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So freeing to be driving yourself AJ!! And on a sunny warm day no less@@
Hopefully that scar will settle in for you. When husband had the cancer removed from his face that scar was scary…our first thought was Frankenstein too!! But it did settle in and now is scarcely noticeable.
Our blue sky from earlier is now hidden with thick snow clouds. I had to turn the lamps on in the house …it’s dark, foggy and snowing in this forest!
Clothes dryer is making loud screeching noises. It’s 20 years old and has been fixed a couple times…time to hunt for a new one! Not fun….but oh so convenient when one must dry clothes!
Nj
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Good morning, all, from sunny but snowy land. Twenty six but should get up to thirty two. Son is out shoveling snow off the deck for grandpa’s walk later. Grandpa was up most of the night again. When I came out this morning, he was sitting in his living room chair wondering how he was going to get up without that thing (his walker). Wondered what had become of it and I think he suspects somebody here at the facility snagged it. But I found it neatly parked in his room where he keeps it.
mumsee
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We will have a 70 degree feels like temperature change by tomorrow. We will get some snow, too. There are just lazy flakes today. I have never seen a winter like this. One of the near towns beat the record for warmth yesterday when the temperature went to 52 degrees.
Janice, I once had an older woman apologize for tapping her foot to the music in church. I reassured her it was fine. The music had changed a whole lot from all the years she had been attending church services. She just wasn’t sure if that was okay.
That puts me in mind of the show Gospel on PBS. No one in those churches would think a thing of moving to the music.
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“On the Road Again” — you have to sing that song, AJ.
I remember an editor and ad manager at a paper I worked at years ago would spontaneously break out in that song, together, every Friday as the clock inched closer to 5 p.m. One would start, the other would join in — or they’d just together start as they spotted each other across the room. Sweet memories.
More good news about coffee:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/how-drinking-coffee-may-lower-your-risk-for-diabetes/ar-BB1iXLhs
-dj
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Looks like a good title for our times from Westminster Press:
“Defeating Evil: How God Glorifies Himself in a Dark World”
Though the world always has plenty of darkness, so applicable for all times.
-dj
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Just got back from doing my civic duty. 72 degrees, which is a treat if it happens any time in March, very unusual for February. Severe thunderstorms in the forecast for tonight. Feels like June.
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That was me.
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We are thankful for moisture in whatever form it comes.
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Listened to a podcast this morning.
Should get the sample ballot out today and get that finished off; I usually fill it out at home and drop it off at one of the vote centers which are now open. We are one of the Super Tuesday states now so our primary is a week from today.
So wonderful to have even just a couple days off.
Clouding up a bit again, but like rkessler, we are still so thankful for any moisture after we endured so many years of drought not so very long ago.
We were set to still get a good amount of snow in the northern part of the state so our snowpack should be at 100% this year.
-dj
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It seems so odd to me, the idea of not moving a bit to music in church. We don’t exactly dance in the aisles or anything like that, but it seems that many or most of us move in some way to the music. There’s a lot of swaying, or shifting from one foot to the other, in a “dancing” way.
Do you and the folks in your churches stand during the song service, or do you sit? Or some of both?
We stand during ours, but people can sit if they have to. (The standing is not a rule. :) )
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Not to say that the people or churches are odd or wrong, just that music seems to naturally lead to some kind of movement, even if only a gentle swaying or whatnot.
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I’d love to be enjoying the church music so much that I dance in the aisles . . . :-)
Basketball again tonight–but all the way to San Jose, at least 2+ hours from here.
I was asked to babysit the remaining children (3) while the parents went to the game. We’ll watch on TV! (It only costs $10 a month for all the games; even as seniors, we pay $15 each! So, this is a deal).
Problem was I had two other appointments at the same time I needed to be with the kids.
I rescheduled the Zoom I’m moderating–1/2 hour from now–and will watch the other on tape delay, er. video later.
Amazing times.
Go Vikes!
Oh, for those who aren’t on FB, here’s the link to the blog post with all the Northern Light photos:
https://www.michelleule.com/2024/02/27/northern-lights-glory/
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I sway 🙂
We have some folks who move their arms to and fro, others holding hands in the air from time to time.
We always stand.
-dj
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Some bounce. lol
-dj
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i had Bible study group this morning and had things to do this afternoon so late here.
Sometimes the worship leader claps to the beat and we follow along. Mostly I sway and gently bob my head with the sounds and sometimes tap my legs on the sides with my hands hanging down. Very occasionally I raise my hands if others are doing so. We do stand while singing most of the time but those who need to sit do so without feeling out of place (Art sometimes sits).
When sitting I occasionally wiggle my feet, maybe like in a circle, to keep them from getting stiff. I sometimes rest my chin on my hand. I don’t make any attention getting movements as far as I know. Sometimes I have to change glasses or adjust them.
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The weather report today said up to 75° today and by late in the night tomorrow, 35°.
I found the most lovely daffodils on my walk yesterday. I looked them up and found they are Barrett Browning daffodils named for the poet. That was cool to find out since one of son’s jobs at Baylor was to work in the Armstrong Browning special collections library on campus. It houses the writings of Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Now I want to plant so.e og those showy daffodIls.
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I edit and edit, and them some strange arrangement of letters appears😀
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We generally stand during singing, those who have difficulty are welcome to stay seated. People run the gamut from stillness to swaying to swaying and raised arms. No dancing in the aisles, though I don’t think anyone would object if someone did.
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Oops, I keep forgetting I have to log in before posting now. Didn’t use to have to do that.
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And I confess to toe-tapping.
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Many of us raise our hands in worship, too.
If anyone did dance in the aisle, that would be absolutely fine, and others would probably follow.
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We’re down to -40 windchills again. Ugh.
I will always sway, depending on the music, I might move a little more. I never clap but will lift my hands, but not above the shoulder (I think the clapping and the hand-lifting limits are from my Mennonite Brethren upbringing). Not that I think clapping is wrong – clap away, I just generally do not do that. Sometimes I feel like dancing and move just a bit more. 😁
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I’m not fond of applause in church, but now am part of a minority — similar to Kare, it’s maybe mostly due to my earlier Quaker background; but also I think most bonafide Presbyterians aren’t prone to “clapping” either.
But we’re California beach Presbyterians, so many will break out in clapping except for a few of us. (Not during worship per se, but typically after new members complete reciting their vows or following infant or adult baptisms.)
-dj
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Oh, I will clap after a baptism! We only have adult baptism (or older child/teen). I’m clapping with joy and praise for what God is doing.
But clapping along with singing, just not my thing…
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hmm, clapping with singing, I hand’t thought of that (and I haven’t heard that at church) — but I actually might feel more comfortable with that than applause, but it also might remind me too much of being at a concert lol
Tamborines could be next! Or cowbells! Presbyterians gone wild.
dj
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Kare – One of the ladies in the ladies’ Bible study has talked about coming from a Catholic upbringing, and not being able to bring herself to raise her hands in worship. She wants to do so eventually, but for now, that staid religious upbringing stops her.
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My friend Jody, who is the leader of our ladies’ Bible study, greatly dislikes hearing tambourines being played in church by people among the congregation. (Good thing for her that that doesn’t happen much at all at our church.) She says that most people don’t really know how to correctly play them, they just think they do, and the sound is jarring to her.
So that became one of those little inside jokes among us in the Bible study group, with one or another humorously mentioning tambourines now and then.
A few days or so ago, I was watching an episode of the show “Gilmore Girls” on Netflix. (I had watched it when it was on network TV years ago.) Mrs. Kim, a Korean Christian woman, mentioned having been a part of “the All Girls Christian Tambourine Band” in college.
I burst our laughing! Then I told the story on our group text, and the ladies got a kick out of that.
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Yes, many of us were brought up in churches where reverence was the norm. That meant singing, but not a lot of movement or clapping in time to the music and certainly not raising hands. We mostly sit during the singing now. Some will raise hands. Our church has changed quite a bit in the last few years. We seldom clap after the praise team sings, although, it happens spontaneously at times. Sometimes people will even call out. Church is much more casual and informal. There is good and bad in that, IMO.
Brrr. We are back to -30 windchills. I am not looking forward to being out and about tomorrow. We have been spoiled. However, it is only a short time of the very cold. Then we will be back to unseasonably warm.
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Kathaleena – The weather here has done that yo-yo thing, too. “Oh, spring is here! Oh, no it’s not!”
As for the current casual/informal services, I think they can be done in either a reverential way or a non-reverential way. My church aims for the former. I don’t know how other churches think about the raising of hands, but to us, that is a form of reverence and worship, not a rock concert kind of thing.
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We have a real mix of people at church who are from different traditions. We have perhaps a third of families who are black. Sometimes people do make comments like “Amen,”
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my husband brought me flowers today, in appreciation of me asking him to marry me forty five years ago today.
mumsee
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