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Mama had a great aunt who was a nun and a nurse. And a second one who is a nurse and a nun and still at 80 continues to commit her life to serving others in the name of Christ at the hospital everyday. This nun is frightened by our choices because she sees much Mennonites show up at the hospital ab...

[/quote]Most Muslim girls I see who still wear head scarves tend to wear worldly clothes for the rest of their attire. Skintight clothes are mostly OK (at least amongst Arabs), although short skirts, shorts, etc for some reason are not. If you see someone from the older generation, they tend to be c...

Why should they be offended by fellow Christian women headcovering? Sounds like the ones offended have some pride to deal with :o My thoughts exactly. A nun has forsaken the world and decided to live her calling out in servitude to the Lord- I would think it would be a compliment then My wife is a ...

Why should they be offended by fellow Christian women headcovering? Sounds like the ones offended have some pride to deal with :o If one is not a nun, it would be best not to be confused for one. I don’t dress like a Franciscan monk or an Orthodox priest, and I wouldn’t want people to think I was a...

My take is that hanging veils will reach 100% in my circles. I don't see why people believe them to be any less conservative than apps. But hey, I did not throw up mennonite anyway. J.M. I'm glad you didn't "throw up". :lol: Those apps can be crazy. Sorry, couldn't resist. Those auto corr...

I was just teasing

I find that interesting. I agree with him that one would have to be blind to not notice the moral depravity and if I may add spiritual warfare going on around us. Times will wax worse and worse as we see the day approaching. Although I disagree that the Orthodox Church is the oldest. I always unders...

Signtist wrote:Sure and Doritos make for a great nosh. Just not in ketchup flavour.

Nosh sounds like Old English slang. Is its overall meaning good or bad? And agreed, Ketchup Doritos are gross. Ketchup is only good in meatloaf

Signtist wrote:We had a folk/country singer in our country who sang a song called “Ketchup loves Potatoes.” Keep that in mind when buying Ketchup chips. Potato chips in ketchup flavour are great. Doritos not so much.

Doritos are how dare you

The significance of your decision to cover your head while no one else was, has much more impact too, when people realize that first you asked your husbands advice on it... And his first answer was no. I don’t understand the significance you’re meaning? I didn’t start covering til you thought it wa...