my girlfriend and i were walking along a seaside boulevard and lo and behold!
2 jws were standing by the pathway.
they made eye contact and said hello.
Maybe it was youth and enthusiasm on our side back in the '60s. We tore up the streets in town and the roads in the rurals with our full days in service. And we were thin and healthy.
I can't see the benefits -- physical or spiritual -- to sitting all day and not honing your craft. Sure, the beliefs have always been crazy, but, back then, there was some measure of dignity and seriousness to the message. We were kids, but THE TRUTH was our everything.
What a difference five decades makes.
the june 2017 watchtower tells the experience of a bible student who was homeless and unkempt, but improved his appearance after being preached to.. peter began to change.
he bathed, neatlytrimmed his beard, and put on the betterclothes that don offered him.
peter continued to maintain a clean appearance.. so here we see that with a neatly trimmed beard the watchtower's writers view him as having "a clean appearance".
zeb:
Yes, your point is well taken re little JW kids, although I was Episcopalian then.
There's got to be something there to work with . . .
i went to meeting today and the sister in front of me was upset song 134 now song 139 no longer contains jehovahs name.
they took it out.
i never even noticed .
1) “We thank you, our God, for all you have done."
2) “Jehovah our God, how well you have done!"
Regarding the rhythmic flow of words in a sequence, my opinion is that the revised version (#1) is a marked improvement. However important the retention of "Jehovah" might be to dear true believers, the lyrics here -- and elsewhere in Kingdom Melodies -- are clunky and cause my ears to bleed.
It's claimed that scriptural correctness, as continually touted by JWs, is of utmost importance. Couldn't they clandestinely hire an apostate poet and an apostate composer, paying them adequately, to come up with truly beautiful lyrics and tunes?
Money talks . . .
the june 2017 watchtower tells the experience of a bible student who was homeless and unkempt, but improved his appearance after being preached to.. peter began to change.
he bathed, neatlytrimmed his beard, and put on the betterclothes that don offered him.
peter continued to maintain a clean appearance.. so here we see that with a neatly trimmed beard the watchtower's writers view him as having "a clean appearance".
Thanks, steve2:
Behind "little CoCo," and beyond the shrubbery, was Nana and Gramps WWII Victory Garden. Nana and Ma Mere (paternal g'ma) taught me to garden, a debt I could never repay.
Yes -- "more salt than pepper"! Kudos on the totally hirsute pate . . .
the june 2017 watchtower tells the experience of a bible student who was homeless and unkempt, but improved his appearance after being preached to.. peter began to change.
he bathed, neatlytrimmed his beard, and put on the betterclothes that don offered him.
peter continued to maintain a clean appearance.. so here we see that with a neatly trimmed beard the watchtower's writers view him as having "a clean appearance".
In our community, many young and older men have beards and long hair. While a lot of the beards are rangy, I agree with steve2 insofar as the older guys looking dignified. I keep my beard slightly past the "designer stubble" stage. Hair is almost halfway down the back.
I've changed somewhat since this photo was taken. Still a strawberry blond . . .
she could have bought an ice cream cone .
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.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fj6r3-sqr58.
Thanks, LV101 and Eva, for your great comments!
I understand about passion for the arts, the piano in particular. My stage career was submarined, although it's ironic that the majority of performance time was "playing for Jehovah," at assemblies and at KHs. As it stands, I prefer teaching. Whilst a JW, it provided me an income and allowed me to "put the Kingdom first."
Life was so different then . . .
Yes -- so cool about the little kids in the video. Children are, by nature, musical. Wish both of you could see my current little ones during class!
she could have bought an ice cream cone .
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.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fj6r3-sqr58.
You're welcome, Tallon!
As a music teacher for 50-plus years, I see those little kids in the video who are keeping time to the music and reminisce about my own "kids," now grown up, appreciating and loving music.
Some of them are teachers . . .
she could have bought an ice cream cone .
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.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fj6r3-sqr58.
smiddy:
Yes, the mind boggles . . .
she could have bought an ice cream cone .
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.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fj6r3-sqr58.
Dear IronSharpensIron, Spoleta, Village Idiot, and smiddy:
Yes, a lump in the throat, a tear in the eye, and the hope of what we yet may do.
With gratitude . . .
she could have bought an ice cream cone .
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.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fj6r3-sqr58.
She could have bought an ice cream cone . . .
