[Tony]

You have to earn your way into my blog/favor by choosing to use your powers of observation in a righteous manner.

I just thought I wasn't part of the Elect.

I'm probably going to miss the Rapture, too.

[Chrysostom]

My pastor says he's going to write a parody called "Glad to be Left Behind." He bases this off of Jesus' parable where the tares get carried off to be burned up while the wheat remains, and the meek/wheat inherit the earth.

But I have my Rapture Hatch, just in case.

[Chrysostom]

Originally Posted by Mr. Role Modlin

That's a given in our house.

I second the motion.

[Leboman]

Originally Posted by Chrysostom

My pastor says he's going to write a parody called "Glad to be Left Behind." He bases this off of Jesus' parable where the tares get carried off to be burned up while the wheat remains, and the meek/wheat inherit the earth.

But I have my Rapture Hatch, just in case.

One of our NT professors made the exact remark during Gospels class.

[Athanasius]

Lee can by Pope Alexander VI

[Bryan]

Originally Posted by Chrysostom

Okay, I have an important question. Since Kelly and I will be off of work for Spring Break, we are probably going to take a trip to Nashville. We will go near or through these cities/towns:

Houston
Tyler
Shreveport
Little Rock
Memphis
Nashville

So, basically we take 59, I-30, and I-40.

This will be something like March 12-17. Do any of you live on or near this route? Can we either stay with or hang out with you?

(Bryan, the Metroplex is a bit out of the way but it's possible if we have enough spare time to make it out there. Let me know if you're free.)

Let me know,

John

i'll be here, hollar if you are in town.

[Chrysostom]

Originally Posted by Bryan

i'll be here, hollar if you are in town.

Send me your cell on the email or PM.

[+Donny]

Originally Posted by Chrysostom

My pastor says he's going to write a parody called "Glad to be Left Behind." He bases this off of Jesus' parable where the tares get carried off to be burned up while the wheat remains, and the meek/wheat inherit the earth.

But I have my Rapture Hatch, just in case.

My professor from last year wrote Right Behind. I win.

[Leboman]

Originally Posted by Athanasius

Lee can by Pope Alexander VI

Here's an account of his death:


Burchard recorded the events that surrounded the death of the Pope. According to Burchard, Alexander VI's stomach became swollen and turned to liquid, while his face became wine-coloured and his skin began to peel off. Finally his stomach and bowels bled profusely. After more than a week of intestinal bleeding and convulsive fevers, and after accepting last rites and making a confession, the despairing Alexander VI expired on 18 August 1503 at the age of 72.

His death was followed by scenes of wild disorder, and Cesare, too ill to attend to the business himself, sent Don Michelotto, his chief bravo, to seize the Pope's treasures before the death was publicly announced. When the body was exhibited to the people the next day it was in a shocking state of decomposition. Writing in his Liber Notarum, Burchard elaborates: "The face was very dark, the colour of a dirty rag or a mulberry, and was covered all over with bruise-coloured marks. The nose was swollen; the tongue had bent over in the mouth, completely double, and was pushing out the lips which were, themselves, swollen. The mouth was open and so ghastly that people who saw it said they had never seen anything like it before." It has been suggested that, taken into account the unusual level of decomposition, Alexander VI was poisoned to death accidentally with a substance probably prepared to poison one of his guests, Cardinal Adriano.

Burchard described how the Pope's mouth foamed like a kettle over a fire and how the body began to swell so much that it became as wide as it was long. The Venetian ambassador reported that Alexander VI's body was "the ugliest, most monstrous and horrible dead body that was ever seen, without any form or likeness of humanity". Finally the body began to release sulphurous gasses from every orifice. Burchard records that he had to jump on the body to jam it into the coffin and covered it with an old carpet, the only surviving furnishing in the room.

[Tony]

eeeeeewwwwwwww!

Not exactly the way I want to go out.

[jengoesup]

Yuck >>

[Chrysostom]

I teach a guitar ensemble with a local homeschool co-op, and we have a concert in May. I still have basically no music for it. Here's what I've got so far:

Guitar I: Times When I Feel Faint, by Relient K (the name is something like that... it was a suggestion from one of the students)

Guitar II: Nothing

I want to shoot for three or four songs per class, but I have a lot of trouble because of the concert requirements. Since I'm doing this with a homeschool co-op, Christian music is a must. Sooooo, I need some songs! Please help!

I teach two classes. The first is a mixed bag of beginner-to-intermediate players, and the second is a small but reasonably talented group. (They learned Nothing Else Matters, including all lead lines and the solo, in only forty-five minutes!) I need music that:

1. Could be found on Christian radio.
2. We can do with only guitar. (Vocals are OK too, because we do the concert along with a choir and I can recruit some singers.)

I need probably three more songs for each class. Also, it would be nice if I had a few songs that the audience can sing along with (say, some of the most popular P&W songs - I don't know what's ubiquitous right now because I've been out of the scene for half a decade). For instance, last semester we did Christmas carols because people could sing along with them.

Any suggestions?

[Chrysostom]

Originally Posted by +Donny

My professor from last year wrote Right Behind. I win.

Yeah, but you're ugly and you smell funny! Ha, beat THAT!

Originally Posted by Mr. Role Modlin

Here's an account of his death:

Looks like Jon picked a perfect guy for you.

[Bryan]

ok John, time for a new rant already.

[Chrysostom]

I've already thought of it, but Kelly is on Spring Break so she's home from work all day, which really cuts into my 'net time!

It's about the celebration of State holidays in church services.