I find this to be an interesting cover. Of course, it illustrates the lead article by Ken Pagard (He hadn't changed it to the Danish spelling yet.) All of those statements speak to virtues in our American culture, yet all of them can hold us back in our spiritual growth.
Ken's article is unusually short for him. Yet it speaks eloquently to the issue. It is our pride that can keep us from submitting to God. I know that I grew up with the idea that I wanted to be a self-made man. It wasn't until I realized that I wasn't doing a very good job at it that I could relax, submit to God and be made new.
I will talk more about Gary and Georgia at page 5 where Gary's article concludes.
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Once again, McFoone illustrates a great truth. Both of the issues illustrated were points of discussion among the elders. We were not very Baptistic in our practice of communion. We celebrated communion at least every week and sometimes every day. This was a very meaningful time for most of us, but the possibility of it just becoming something routine was very real. We were also a church full of huggers -- McFoone nails it.
I have not read many of the books by Calvin Miller. He is an interesting writer. He doesn't write like a theologian, Bible scholar or preacher; his works are fiction and poetry. I actually met him at the 1000 Pines camp at a Ministers Retreat either in the late 80's or early 90's. I found him quite interesting. Larry gives a good review of our Ministering Community.
I must confess that I had completely forgotten the Eleanor Burger worked in (managed?) the book store owned by the McCullochs. The books she recommended are certainly dated but I also enjoyed being in the store. It was a nice, relaxing place.
Remember, we didn't celebrate Halloween. It was the Fall Festival. It was always a lot of fun.
I remember so well when Jacque and Linda started the sewing ministry. This has always been at the heart of Linda. She loved to sew in those days -- and especially baby and children's clothes. I remember shopping at Sid's Yardage with Linda after returning from Westpac -- he told me how grateful he was for my financial support. Linda still has a heart for the babies and children. Now it is quilts that she makes. She heads up a quilting ministry at Bay View Baptist Church.
The article by Gary is a neat article about love. He neatly ties in marital love and the love that bound us together in community. Gary and Georgia are still married and serving as missionaries in Belize. If any of you are on Face Book, be sure to Friend Gary so that you can see his This Day in Belize -- it is well worth it. I should also note that the OLT's that I am uploaded are a result of Gary's collection of them. I am in possession of that collection (Gary -- I have it when you want it -- I am taking good care of it.)
I really don't know who wrote all of the information on the next couple of pages on World Hunger, the Biblical Imperative and what we should do about it, but I do find it interesting, because I don't think that much has changed in all of these years. I do remember that for years we fasted every Friday evening for dinner and gave the money to world hunger relief.
Larry's article concludes on this page. Then we have In the Family. One item of interest is that in this article we have the birth of April Wetzel -- this week she posted on Face Book that she was celebrating her 19th wedding anniversary. Where does the time go.
For many years we really had no formal rules for membership other than a profession of faith followed by baptism. We began to see membership as something deeper than merely attending church, so we developed a system of rules for membership. Later I was one of the teachers of the Basic Principles class.
At this point, I had never met Bill Zuspan, but I came to know him in the 90's. He moved to California and became the pastor of the American Baptist Church in Rancho Bernardo. Small world.
Our team camped out in the basement of Central Baptist Seminary in Kansas City.
The issue closes with the write of an oral prophecy. There is also a poem by Dawn Schmid. She wrote pretty regularly for OLT.
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