Just saw Robbie Robertson receive the aboriginal lifetime achievement award. It was so nice to see. The set looked really great. Did anyone else here in Canada see the programme on the CBC tonight?
azaria
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"Making a Noise" (in the world)
by azaria injust saw robbie robertson receive the aboriginal lifetime achievement award.
it was so nice to see.
the set looked really great.
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?What kind of music really touches your heart?
by azaria inbe still and know that he is god.
be still and know that he is god.
be still and know that he is god.
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It's after 1 in the morning. Can't sleep, so I thought I'd check this site.
JamesThomas: went to the site you mentioned but wasn't able to listen to any of the songs. Would love to hear it. Have never heard of Dana Cunnningham. I really like certain jazz, especially piano. Used to listen to Herbie Mann, Chuck Mangione. Haven't listened to them for so long. When you posted, it reminded me. Some may think this post is just fluff, but I can't imagine life without music. It's gotten me thru a lot of bad times.
Here's a list of some of my favourite music thru the years
Ava Maria
Schubert, Brahms Alto Rhapsody especially sung by Marian Anderson, Dvorak Symphony #9 Going Home, Beethoven Symphony #9, Beethoven Concerto #5,Van Morrison, Marvin Gaye (What’s Going On), Temptations, Drifters (Under the Boardwalk) Sting’s Fragile (all this time cd), Dan Fogelbird, a lot of the old stuff (showing my age) - Spencer Davis Group, Pink Floyd, Moody Blues The Voice (always imagined Uncle Bruce looking like Graeme Edge-the drummer- even back when I used to go to H20) Canadians - Burton Cummings and Gino Vanelli, Lighthouse were good in the 70's. Another Canadian Neil Young Harvest Moon, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, the Byrds Eight Miles High, Turn , Turn, Turn, Simon & Garfunkel The Boxer, Marc Antoine Urban Gypsy cd,
Amazing Grace,
Steven Curtis Chapman’s Be Still and Know, Oh Happy Day - Edwin Hawkin SingersI could go on and on but it would probably bore you all to tears.
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?What kind of music really touches your heart?
by azaria inbe still and know that he is god.
be still and know that he is god.
be still and know that he is god.
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As I am reading these posts I’m listening to Steven Curtis Chapman. The last song always really touches me. It’s taken from Psalm 46:10 & Zech 2:13. It’s not just the lyrics, the music is very gentle.
BE STILL AND KNOWBe still and know that He is God.
Be still and know that He is holy
Be still oh restless soul of mine
Bow before the Prince of Peace
Let the noise and clamour cease
Be still and know that He is God
Be still and know that He is faithful
Consider all that He has done
Stand in awe and be amazed
And know that He will never change
Be still
Be still and know that He is God
Be still and know that He is God
Be still and know that He is God
Be still
Be speechless
Be still and know that He is God
Be still and know He is our Father
Come rest your head upon His breast
Listen to the rhythm of
His unfailing heart of love
Beating for His little ones
Calling each of us to come
Be still
Be still
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What kind of music do you like?
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Do You Think That You're A Little Bit Crazy???
by minimus ini spent the week with a few people, 2 jw's and their 2 non-believing husbands.
a few different situations arose that suggested to me that some of these people are a little bit crazy.
now, i'm not talking about certifiably crazy,i'm talking about just a little bit nuts.
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, but I feel much more normal, healthy, and balanced now. I am definitely happier. Never in my whole life have I been this happy. I didn't know life could be this good! Recovery is ongoing; it never ends, but I am much farther along than I was 10 years ago.
Swan: I feel much like you. Growing up I felt like an outsider, never quite fitting in. But I've grown a lot, especially in the last year. I know who I am, the flaws and good qualities that I have. It really helps me to be in a community that accepts and loves you unconditionally. I can feel joy now and have really learned to appreciate all the good things in my life.
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more desktop pics
by Pleasuredome in.
after getting my pc stable enough, i've now got my pacman background pic up.
anyone got any interesting desktop pics?
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I change mine from time to time. At the moment I have a scene of a canal in Amsterdam with sailboats moored? and the row houses in the background.
I made a collage of my kids which I use often.
I had to copy into CorelDraw then export it, change it to jpg. but then got stuck at strike9.com
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Canada: who's from there?
by RAYZORBLADE inwell, since the info by our photos/usernames is not available yet (profile info), i figured, why not give it another go.
the aussies had a go of it, time for the canucks to toss some maple syrup into the forum.
who on this forum is from canada?
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azaria
Southern Ontario
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Am I being too cynical?
by azaria ini absentmindedly placed this in beliefs, doctrines & practices (that's the reason for the duplicate posts)
my parents are being much friendlier in the last couple of weeks.
i was always the one that called and visited them.
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I really appreciate your comments. I will take my parents offer to take me to dinner. (I will admit that I will pray for strength though, I never know what comment they are going to make)
Prisca:
I realize that I should count my blessings. I can’t imagine if a family member shunned me. It wouldn’t be quite so bad if my parents did, but if any of my brothers did, I couldn’t bear it.Xjw_b12:
Do JW’s really believe again that the end is coming? Not sure why my mother told me after 54 years. I have to admit it kind of bothered me on the 1 st and 2 nd . But there is real tragedy in peoples lives, this is such silly stuff really.Funkyderek:
I guess they didn’t want an April Fool's Joke (the joke is that in the Netherlands for the first 8 years I was called Joke (pronounced yoku) Gotta laugh about it).Gamaliel:
You have a good memory (I have three brothers though) Did the older witnesses really believe that they probably wouldn’t die? My dad who’s 82 is planning to expand their house. He’s already converted it from a small cottage to a two bedroom house, now he wants two bedrooms upstairs with a bathroom. I really don’t understand this. They have everything they need to live comfortably. In his case I would consider volunteering for Habitat for Humanity. As for my mother she has over 120 blouses (she enjoys sewing -an understatement) Why doesn’t she donate to other women less fortunate in the cong? I have mentioned that I only have a few outfits for church but she has never offered.I will tell you how the dinner went. Thanks again.
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Am I being too cynical?
by azaria ini absentmindedly placed this in beliefs, doctrines & practices (that's the reason for the duplicate posts)
my parents are being much friendlier in the last couple of weeks.
i was always the one that called and visited them.
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I absentmindedly placed this in beliefs, doctrines & practices (that's the reason for the duplicate posts)
My parents are being much friendlier in the last couple of weeks. I was always the one that called and visited them. In the seven months that my daughter and I have been in this apartment (I left my husband) they only came once. I think they were in the city anyway because they came unannounced. She called on my birthday April 2 (she told me a couple of weeks earlier that I was actually born April 1) and even my father talked to me. Then yesterday she said that they wanted to take me out for dinner. Something tells me that this isn’t really coming from them. Is the congregation being told to be specially nice to family members that aren’t witnesses? Have to go to work now. Will get back tonight. By the way the weather is pretty bad. Southern Ontario was hit with freezing rain last night and all the schools etc are closed. Everyone have a great day!
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Am I being too cynical?
by azaria inmy parents are being much friendlier in the last couple of weeks.
i was always the one that called and visited them.
in the seven months that my daughter and i have been in this apartment (i left my husband) they only came once.
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My parents are being much friendlier in the last couple of weeks. I was always the one that called and visited them. In the seven months that my daughter and I have been in this apartment (I left my husband) they only came once. I think they were in the city anyway because they came unannounced. She called on my birthday April 2 (she told me a couple of weeks earlier that I was actually born April 1) and even my father talked to me. Then yesterday she said that they wanted to take me out for dinner. Something tells me that this isn’t really coming from them. Is the congregation being told to be specially nice to family members that aren’t witnesses? Have to go to work now. Will get back tonight. By the way the weather is pretty bad. Southern Ontario was hit with freezing rain last night and all the schools etc are closed. Everyone have a great day!
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JW Hypocracy at it's Finest
by teenyuck injust got off the phone with my mother.
she had a weird friend drive her to the er.
mom "well, i have no insurance and they have to treat me" .
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Hi Teenyuck!
I can really relate to your story. Just before coming to this site today I was thinking about my own mother. I went to visit my parents last Friday and it may the last for a little while. I have made a promise to myself that I would try to keep a relationship with my parents but I am finding it so tough. I really don’t like my parents but I do believe that God wants us to love our parents no matter what. I think in part to show them how a true Christian behaves. There is no true love that I feel from my parents. At times it really hurts (my father has never told me that he cares about me) I think they are truly self-centred. They have a strained relationship with all four of their children. They believe that most people are stupid and ignorant (if only they knew how stupid and ignorant they come across). But there is nothing I can do for them except to try to be kind. My one brother and I are in awe, how did we come from these people? (they seem so foreign to us). I know it’s hard but I really believe that you have to let go of the anger that you have towards your mother. I still struggle with it (I pray a lot) The anger doesn’t make us any better than them and I want to be above that. I want to be a loving person. That is what God wants from us; to love Him with all our heart, and to love others as we love ourselves. All the doctrine is just a guideline (so many people believe that if they just follow all the rules, they’ll be okay-it sure is a lot easier than to love others) No-one said it was easy. It is easy to love somebody that is loveable but very difficult when someone is irrated, critical and feeling morally superior to everyone else. In the end it only hurts yourself. Do you think your mother is fretting and loosing sleep worrying about how you are feeling. If your mother is anything like mine, she only feels for herself (the victim) Please don’t reduce yourself to the way your mother is. I say that I am so unlike my mother (I also do look like her) then I need to prove it to myself by being forgiving and more caring unlike her.
Take care, take a deep breath and (I just did) I think I needed to see your post today as much as you needed to vent.