Adiaphora Alehouse (10)

[Radiata]

Is anyone else still getting the Acts 1:18 mission emails?

 

[ctay]

Is anyone else still getting the Acts 1:18 mission emails?

What is that?

 

[ctay]

Oh Good morning everyone

 

[Radiata]

From the St. Louis meetup in 2008, we visited the Acts 1:18 mission group. I've been getting emails form them ever since.

Also, I'll know by friday if I get this job in Iowa.

 

[filosofer]

Yes, I still get occasional emails from them.

 

[Radiata]

Here's one for you. I was doing my internship in Toledo and I visited a few churches in the area. It was quite an experience actually because my home Lutheran church is very contemporary and doesn't use hymns. (That's one of the things I have against my church) So one that I visited, there was a particular song called "From God Can Nothing Move Me" There isn't a version online to listen to, so I'll have to give you the next best thing.

Here is the midi file.

And Lyrics are

From God can nothing move me; He will not step aside
But gently will reprove me And be my constant guide.
He stretches out His hand in evening and in morning,
My life with grace adorning wherever I may stand.

When those whom I regarded as trustworthy and sure
Have long from me departed, God’s grace shall still endure,
He rescues me from sin and breaks the chains that bind me.
I leave death’s fear behind me; His peace I have within.

The Lord my life arranges; Who can His work destroy?
In His good time He changes all sorrow into joy.
So let me then be still: My body, soul, and spirit
His tender care inherit according to His will.

Each day at Hhis good pleasure God’s gracious will is done.
He sent His greatest treasure in Jesus Christ, His Son.
He every gift imparts. The bread of earth and heaven
Are by His kindness given. Praise Him with thankful hearts!

Praise God with acclamation and in His gifts rejoice.
Each day finds its vocation responding to His voice.
Soon years on earth are past; but time we spend expressing
The love of God brings blessing that will forever last!

Yet even thou I suffer the world’s unpleasantness,
And though the days grow rougher and bring me great distress,
That day of bliss divine, which knows no end or measure,
And Christ, who is my pleasure, forever shall be mine.

For thus the Father willed it, who fashioned us from clay;
And His own Son fulfilled it and brought eternal day.
The Spirit now has come, to us true faith has given;
He leads us home to heaven. O praise the Three in One!

Amen

It really was a moving hymn and I wanted to hear it again. Well, this and that happened and eventually I found a church I liked that I went for the rest of my time in Toledo. I made some friends there including a cancer survivor a few years younger than me who seemed to like me a lot. Speaking with the pastor I asked if it might be possible to hear that hymn sometime before I left.

Then, the last week that I attended, not only did they play this hymn, the cancer survivor guy actually accompanied the organ with a horn. And not only that, the pastor wrote his sermon based around it as well. I was really touched and couldn't believe they did that for me.

 

[Radiata]

I've got an interview for a job in texas in a half hour. I've also got some people interested in alabama, south carolina, north dakota, and indiana. But we'll see what we got right now. It's been 4 months since I've gotten my certification and I'm really ready to start work.

 

[ProScribe]

hello, stopped by here having a coke peace God bless

 

[Radiata]

Anyone think they can help me find an lcms church in columbia missouri?

 

[DaRev]

Anyone think they can help me find an lcms church in columbia missouri?

CTSMemberConnect.net :: Trinity Lutheran Church >> Trinity Lutheran Church

 

[Tangible]

There's also a really nice one down the road west a bit in Concordia, MO.

St. Pauls Lutheran Church

 

[Tangible]

Nevermind.

 

[PreachersWife2004]

Jesus looks kinda small in that altar...almost like the whole altar just eclipses him.

Other than that, it's very beautiful.

 

[Tangible]

So I've been wondering. If Lutherans are catholic but not Catholic and protestant but not Protestant ...

What color should we wear for St. Patrick's Day?

I guess green and orange are both out.

 

[DaRev]

So I've been wondering. If Lutherans are catholic but not Catholic and protestant but not Protestant ...

What color should we wear for St. Patrick's Day?

I guess green and orange are both out.

I wear green because I'm an Irish catholic.

 

[alexnbethmom]

I wear green because I'm an Irish catholic.

me too

 

[filosofer]

I wear green and orange... I’m Irish, but not sure what how much of each.

 

[DaRev]

What phase is the moon in tonight?

Just curious.

 

[illudium_phosdex]

Today is the beginning of the new moon.

 

[DaRev]

Hmmm... well, then that's not it.