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by mike
Wed Mar 27, 2024 9:19 am
Forum: Anabaptist Theology and Practice
Topic: Catholic to Anabaptist
Replies: 53
Views: 1272

Re: Catholic to Anabaptist

I'm not sure how much we can compare the 16th century Catholicism which the reformers critiqued to the current Catholic church. Before the Reformation Catholics did not think of themselves as Catholic, rather as Christians. Since they have had to define Catholic identify against other western tradi...
by mike
Wed Mar 27, 2024 8:12 am
Forum: Anabaptist Theology and Practice
Topic: Catholic to Anabaptist
Replies: 53
Views: 1272

Re: Catholic to Anabaptist

We have good friends who made the journey from Catholic to Evangelical to Anabaptist. They grew up in a strongly Catholic area and family culture, including the large family ethos. I think that the Catholic priest scandal-ridden era (locally and nationally) had a strong impact on their seeking other...
by mike
Tue Mar 26, 2024 4:23 pm
Forum: Anabaptist Theology and Practice
Topic: Spring 2024: Tell us about your church!
Replies: 8
Views: 260

Re: Spring 2024: Tell us about your church!

We have everything except ushers seating people. Some have self-assigned seats; the rest just sort of fill in the empty spaces. If a visitor looks confused, someone will be there to help, not necessarily someone whose job description says they should. We recently began having ushers seat people. Ou...
by mike
Tue Mar 26, 2024 4:18 pm
Forum: Other
Topic: recommendations for cars/suv
Replies: 40
Views: 521

Re: recommendations for cars/suv

If I had to buy a mid-sized truck today, it would be the Tacoma. Several coworkers have them and love them. My one boss has the full size Tundra and is very happy with it. I have a customer with three Toyota vehicles. He has a Civic with 600,000 miles on it. One of the others is a Tundra with (I ca...
by mike
Tue Mar 26, 2024 4:15 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Francis Scott Key Bridge Collapse
Replies: 66
Views: 936

Re: Francis Scott Key Bridge Collapse

These sorts of events are always interesting to me in that they show how FAST we can actually get things done in this country when we actually want to. Yes. Take for example the I-95 bridge collapse in Philly last year, which was replaced in TWELVE DAYS. Cut the red tape and it is marvelous what ca...
by mike
Tue Mar 26, 2024 4:09 pm
Forum: Other
Topic: recommendations for cars/suv
Replies: 40
Views: 521

Re: recommendations for cars/suv

When it comes to something decent for a low price, I think something like a Chevy Cruze works well. My son is an auto body tech and collects random parts and parts cars for a certain model year range, and has restored a number of wrecked Cruzes often with mostly parts he has on hand. Parts are reaso...
by mike
Tue Mar 26, 2024 4:04 pm
Forum: Other
Topic: recommendations for cars/suv
Replies: 40
Views: 521

Re: recommendations for cars/suv

Just about can't go wrong with a Honda or Toyota. Accord or Camry. Rav4 if you prefer a smaller SUV. That's what I'd recommend to somebody looking for reliability. My parents' Rav4 is just about bulletproof and they've had it for years. We have run both older and newer Accords and Camrys in my famil...
by mike
Fri Mar 22, 2024 10:12 am
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Chemtrails May Be Banned in Tennessee
Replies: 85
Views: 1393

Re: Chemtrails May Be Banned in Tennessee

John, what is the connection between geo engineering and the photos you posted. Some of these pictures may be genuine. If you can find one that you "think" is not, it doesn't negate the others. No, but when you present a case in court, and some of your evidence is proven false, it makes i...
by mike
Wed Mar 20, 2024 2:51 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Miller Farms fined
Replies: 447
Views: 442219

Re: Miller Farms fined

There is a relatively high level of awareness in in the circles of people who like to buy local organic food / go to farmer's markets / support CSAs / etc., which is a great diversity of people. To give an example, someone mentioned to me in passing that they are trying to "shut an Amish farm ...
by mike
Wed Mar 20, 2024 1:36 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Miller Farms fined
Replies: 447
Views: 442219

Re: Miller Farms fined

Since a large amount of clients are out of state, I think it is more then marketing. His client list has gotten larger since Barnes has been promoting him to his listeners. I am a listener, but not a Miller client. I meant marketing for Barnes, not Miller, although it probably works well for both o...