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You are experiencing the Lake Wobegon effect: https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/Lake_Wobegon_effect

I'm glad of that, because if lay persons never preached and only rarely taught Sunday school, far fewer people would ever have the opportunity to develop any studying or speaking skills. As it is, it's way too easy to be a bump on a log in a lot of churches. Yes, for sure if a church relies on the ...

I have taught an adult men's class most years for about 35 years. I have taught the adult ladies class for over 20 years This has me wondering. Is it typical to have teachers who teach classes for long lengths of time, as opposed to rotating among all available persons? I have observed in my former...

I have been fortunate to have been approached very rarely with pitches for this type of thing. Maybe because it’s not common among people I associate with, or maybe I don’t appear to be an easy mark. Anyway, I have thought a good way to handle them would be to say “let’s get back together and discus...

As for the question of "symmetry": There's a certain exchange between progressive and reactionary movements. Marx wanted in a way return to the "original society" (Urgesellschaft) of our forefathers, only with modern industry and engineering. And in theory, an openly reactionary...

"bless this food to its intended use" or "bless this food to the nourishment of our bodies"
"if the Lord tarries"

"Sit/Sitting Under the Sound of the Word" I'm trying to learn the origin of this phrase and how common it is. Anybody know the origin of this phrase or how it came to be? And if it is familiar, how is it used? If you've heard a similar phrase, please post it here. I've heard it used in th...

I try to avoid detailed fact-burdened topics just because I am at the margins of U.S.politics. I try to concentrate on the moral or ethical aspects. Also, on "the ways of the world" in general. This here is about "the ways of the world" in general. My three stages theory: First ...

We have a small orchard up the road from us that grows a large variety of apples, around 20 I think. He doesn't have cold storage, so he just sells them as he picks them from September through mid November with 3 or 4 varieties available every weekend. I really enjoy trying all the different ones. I...

Isn't this the opposite of what can be observed in real life. Are you referring to the way the party in power has control of the bully pulpit, or the narrative? Or, are you suggesting that the party out of power is truly more of a threat than the party in power? It seems to me people are often afra...