since i last posted here, some wonderful blessings have come my way!
my oldest son who i shunned in 1981 and who has since cut me out of his life....has finally "come around" and we are making some real headway towards being in each other's lives again.
he has restored an old 1933 ford jalopy and asked me if i wanted to go for a ride in it with him!
Hi Annie!
Greetings from South Dakota. I don't know you as I am fairly new on this board even though I signed up a few years ago.
I have to say you have made my day and week! It is something we all dream of...having some reconciliation in our lives. I burned a lot of bridges with my extended family and friends when I became a witness. I wish I could go back and fix some things. You have been blessed!
Happy Birthday!
Duane
yesterday, i went to a funeral of a long time friend of my extended family.
it was a nice service that lasted about 45 minutes.
there was the usual catholic rituals and communion.
Cathy:
Thank you again for your help. You are correct, some of these questions and answers depend on what I am remembering. I think the preist was making a connection between the Holy Communion and meals. That makes more sense. I need to attend another Catholic funeral now and take some notes!
StAnne:
Thank you for you and your husbands thoughts on this topic. The idea of linking the Kingdom with God's grace no doubt fits. He is further correct in saying JW's cannot grasp the abstract sense of it as they are too literal. 25 years of the Watchtower has messed up my view of things quite a bit. Just when you think you are over the JWism, then something truely spiritual and touching comes along and it gets you to thinking again however, probably in an incorrect sense.
Thanks to you both! Can either of you recommend a good book for me to read to help me understand some of this? This evening I am going to read in the links to Old Light House as well.
Duane
i just signed up here, so i guess i should let everyone know a few things about myself.. my maternal grandfather was an elder in a congregation here, and he and my grandmother raised my mother quite strictly as a jehovah's witness.
my father's father was also a jehovah's witness, though much less devout.
when my parents were in their mid-20's they more or less disassociated themselves from the flock.
Hi gloobster:
Welcome and greetings from South Dakota. It was by divine blessing I think that you have managed to stay clear of being one of JW's with a large number of your extended family being witnesses.
I find it interesting that so many witnesses decided they could attend a service with the Baptist's in charge....You must at least come from a line of people that are not terribly biased in nature. Maybe there will be a few more of your extended family to follow your lead.
Very sorry about you Mom.
Duane
yesterday, i went to a funeral of a long time friend of my extended family.
it was a nice service that lasted about 45 minutes.
there was the usual catholic rituals and communion.
Cathy:
Thank you for your comments. I want to share a little more with you about the Priest's illustration about the Kingdom. He said and he was speaking to the departed members family-"When ever you sat down to eat a meal together with your Mom, as a family, God's Kingdom was present with you-just like it is now here with you".
"I imagine the priest meant by the invisible kingdom the citizens of heaven, especially the angels, who are believed to be present at every Mass."
So the Kingdom presence must be among most family meals or other informal ocassions as well? Is that presence contingent on having a blessing at those times?
yesterday, i went to a funeral of a long time friend of my extended family.
it was a nice service that lasted about 45 minutes.
there was the usual catholic rituals and communion.
Lance:
"Kingdom of God is not physical in nature. It is an invisible, spiritual Kingdom, among [within] the people."
Thank you for your clarification on this. If I understand this correctly-Catholic's hold the view that the Kingdom is "among" or within" us.
I have a sister that is Catholic. I have attended both of her children's weddings at Catholic churches in the last two years. I also was in attendance to my sisters Catholic wedding 30 years ago. I don't know if I am assuming too much to say that Catholic services have really mainstreamed and become way more understandable to at least non-Catholic's attenders. In contrast JW events such as funerals and weddings are very dry and canned. When I was a witness I thought the Catholic's were from the devil for sure! I have changed my mind about that...
yesterday, i went to a funeral of a long time friend of my extended family.
it was a nice service that lasted about 45 minutes.
there was the usual catholic rituals and communion.
Yesterday, I went to a funeral of a long time friend of my extended family. It was a nice service that lasted about 45 minutes. There was the usual Catholic rituals and communion. The priest, perhaps in his late 30's or early 40's made the funeral very personal for this lady's family, freinds, and fellow Catholics. It was a very upbeat service. I had not been to a Catholic funeral in almost 25 years. I found the most interesting thing the priest said was that we are all "surrounded by God's invisible Kingdom." I did not know that Catholic's hold in common with the JW's, the invisible kingdom belief.....perhaps a little different belief on the kingdom held by the JW's but none the less "invisible" Are there any Catholic's or former Catholic's on this board that tell us a little bit more about the Catholic's invisible kingdom?
hey all,.
just thought i'd check out all the hoopla with this site.since i can't phone home without my parents being on here and talking to me at the same time.. anyone elses parents huge apostates?
i keep telling my mom my dad she write a book on jw's,all he needs are some good typing skills and he'd be off.. i am wondering if anyone knows about any support groups for addicted computer users?
Hi!
your paying so much in gas right now that it has brought out national economy to its knees, and yet the thing that should upset you this most is this .... the goverment is doing "nothing!".
not one bill has been passed, plan implemented or action taken.
all talk and no action, which is why our government needs to be fired and replaced or this country is done.. .
I am miffed that it hit us so fast. There was no time to make adjustments in our budgets.
On the up side I bought a really nice late model full size pickup for 50% of book price. Figure what I saved will buy some gas.
$4.00+per gallon is still a low price when compared to other what countries pay, and adjustment for inflation over the past 30 years.
my excuse: born in it and stayed in way too long.. your reason??
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Not born in. I thought it was harmless and the right thing to do.....liked the social aspect of it. There were some huge red flags early on that I just ignored. Looking back I can clearly see I used extremely poor judgement in sticking around even for the first year. Wow, what a brain.... 25 plus years devoted to a cause that was a lie.
gay thread on here.
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.. i'm gonna scratch my armpits and sniff them.
Whats wrong with the gay threads?
