to all congregations re: district overseers.
dear brothers:.
march 20, 2014. we are pleased to inform you of a significant decision made by the governing body that will affect the work of traveling overseers worldwide.
As respectful_observer mentions, some DO's have trod on a lot of heads to get where they are.
It will be interesting to see how they are received as they tumble back down to the level of those they have previously abused and humiliated.
There will be many DO's who try to assert themselves as superior CO's, finding it hard to let go of all the power they once had, refusing to acknowledge their demotion.
What's that law about unintended consequences?
Splash.
to all congregations re: district overseers.
dear brothers:.
march 20, 2014. we are pleased to inform you of a significant decision made by the governing body that will affect the work of traveling overseers worldwide.
This will help fill the gap left by forcibly retiring all the 70 year old brothers who do circuit work.
Splash
so basically he is a subcontractor for a company that owes him money, and has been paying him very poorly for his service.
(industry wide problem).
so he e mails them a venting e mail, saying he will no longer take work, giving them a date he expects the pay to be cut or he leins properties etc.... he gets a response, they go back and forth, and the last response they send the check and at the bottom post a scripture (he didn't remember which one) with the phrase "and we will continue to serve our god jehovah".
Whenever I see the words "Christian Business" or see a fish on the business sign, I run in the opposite direction.
What if you're looking to buy some fish and chips?
Splash
didn't see any other threads, apologies if one already exists.
apparently died of a massive stroke this morning.. r_o.
(completely unconfirmed.
I hope they bring in another youngster like Mark Sanderson.
When the young ones outnumber the old ones, that will really mix things up.
You know how it is with BoE's when you have a couple of consipiring young elders who get their heads together to shake things up.
Splash
i had a fantastic february, went over my sales target by 121 %, did a fabulous school pull out feature (all on my own) wrote a couple of stories that got printed in the paper.
i was go go go in feb. then come march, work forces a technical error issue to arise regarding previous months sales (they don't want to pay me the full 10k) and in order to fight it - takes far too much stress so negotiated an agreement (settling on 7.2k).
that kind of took the wind out of my sails/sales, just haven't felt like selling again, went for another job interview, they offered exactly what i'm getting here and when i tried negotiating they haven't even had the ettiquette to return calls / emails.
There are always good and bad months when it comes to work.
Jan and Feb for me were atrocious. I had to decide whether I should get yelled at by my manager for not doing something for him, or yelled at by some other part of the company for not doing something for them. Nice choice.
I opted to get yelled at by my manager but then showed him the good results I'd had else where, to try to mitigate a bit.
So there's me all stressed out and cheesed off, then we come to March and everything is going well (so far!)
Don't focus on the negative - it's soon forgotten. Just look forward to the next time you get that feeling of doing a great job and being rewarded for it.
Pretty much everyone is in a similar boat - trying to do what we can for ungrateful managers in impossible timescales, just to make a living.
You're tenacious and determined and take the initiative to get things done. Give it another week or so and you won't even remember feeling fed up about this, you'll be getting your teeth into the next challenge!
Splash
from 1920 wt publication "talking with the dead":.
p. 116 materializations.
"these materializations occur by a power which the demons posess of being able to draw out of the mediums body connected streams of the cells of which her body is composed, and then changing the form of these living cells into any desired appearance.
From 1920 WT publication "Talking with the Dead":
p. 116 Materializations
"These materializations occur by a power which the demons posess of being able to draw out of the mediums body connected streams of the cells of which her body is composed, and then changing the form of these living cells into any desired appearance. They thus transform the medium into a hideous octopus-like creature, and this is the reason seances occur in a dimly lit room, with the medium in a cabinet, so that the circle of investigators cannot witness the horrible scene as it really is."
p. 123 Demons control mediums by seizing the base of the brain
"The cerebellum of the brain is the power house of the body and it is from this center that the evil spirits seek control over the reasoing faculties, located in the cerebrum, and over the whole body."
p. 126 Heavenly whiskey, dentistry and manure
"According to Sir Oliver Lodge's book 'Raymond', the spirit world is inhabited by spirit beings who have flesh but do not bleed. They wear tweed clothes, drink whiskey and have manure piles."
Food at the proper time.
Splash.
just one but he has to be constantly ready to replace it at a moments notice..
And they might reinsert a lightbulb they took out some years ago, although they will tell you it wasn't.
Splash
its up on jw.org the 2014 convention program.
friday 2:00 symposium : what must be kept in second place?
recreation.
Recreation is very dangerous. Take playing cards for example:
*** g78 8/22 p. 12 The Origin of Playing Cards ***
However, when one hears the popular call, ‘Cards, anyone?’ it is good to keep in mind that card games, like all other forms of entertainment, can consume a lot of time. When any amusement or entertainment goes beyond what is actually good for relaxation, the time used becomes wasted time, time in which more important matters should be cared for. As a consequence, the individuals involved suffer, often both materially and spiritually.
I've also noted how playing cards is seen to be harmless at some times, yet stated as having occult beginnings in other WT magazines.
I'm all confused. Can I play cards or not????
Splash
my wife told me today that during a conversation with a relative on the phone recently, the relative said that someone in their congregation had been invited to take part in a branch extension in a foreign country.
this young woman who had been asked to take part is a solid witness, though not a pioneer, but guess what?
she is an architect!
Does anyone have the footnote of the letter that was recently read to the congregations in the UK, asking for computer skills at Bethel?
The footnote read something like "we don't advocate getting these skills through higher education" or some such.
Anyone?
Splash.
talk at next years district convention, "be eager to partake of the baker's fresh bread".
some have inquired if the faithful and discreet slave are spirit directed and are truely getting new light, why does the new light change so often, as with the case of the understanding of the generations?
imagine a baker bakes a fresh batch of loaves of bread.
In the account of Joseph, it was the baker who was executed.
Splash.
