What's on your mind?

[Tone]

I picked up a few titles with Audible credits. I added another dramatized bible. I love listening when I’m doing things around the house or resting. And I grabbed The Spiritual Man by Watchman Nee. I read it a few years ago. It was so meaty! I’m looking forward to revisiting it.

I'm listening to Matthew right now, on the way to work.

I read Watchman Nee a long time ago, but didn't really get it. Maybe I should revisit?

 

[Tone]

the redwood forests are amazing

Yeah, Big Sur - Wikipedia is a must see!

 

[bèlla]

I'm listening to Matthew right now, on the way to work.

I read Watchman Nee a long time ago, but didn't really get it. Maybe I should revisit?

What did you read?

 

[Tone]

What did you read?

I'm not sure, it's been so long. It was one of the spiritual ones I believe. Something about meditating and stuff.

*It had like birds on the cover.

 

[bèlla]

I'm not sure, it's been so long. It was one of the spiritual ones I believe. Something about meditating and stuff.

*It had like birds on the cover.

What do you want to focus on?

 

[Tone]

What do you want to focus on?

Worship.

 

[bèlla]

Worship.

How's your attention span?

 

[Tone]

How's your attention span?

The whole spectrum.

 

[Tone]

With honing capability.

 

[Tone]

I downloaded "Worship God" by Nee and read a little bit!

Worship is God's and for God alone. And revelation of Who He Is activates true worship.

That's what I got so far.

 

[Tone]

"The most serious punishment is not to go to hell, but to lose the ministry of the priest. For when God loses His portion, His people lose their portion as well--their blessings."

--Watchman Nee

 

[Hawthorne]

At the very least I feel I should watch Hereditary and Midsommar back to back because they seemed like perfect companions, the male and female sides of, largely the same story. I still haven't been able to discuss this idea with anyone because everyone's focusses on how Midsommar is such a great feminst power yarn.

Okay, that's done. Here are the similarities: Vulnerable boy (Hereditary) and girl (Midsommar) lose parents and a sister and find new family in satanic coven (Hereditary) or pagan (Midsommar) community through becoming host to King Paimon (Hereditary) or the May Queen (Midsommar). Watching both films' making-ofs, Midsommar was in process during the making of Hereditary such that Hereditary opened 8 June 2018 and Aster and crew were on location 9 June 2018 and shooting in August. I think it's reasonable that ideas from Hereditary found their way into Midsommar; in fact Midsommar has at least two scenes, I know for a fact were taken from Hereditary.

Aster admits in the Midsommar making-of that it is a loose companion to Hereditary in that both films are about family and codependency. But I think it's deeper than that. The demons of Hereditary are real, they are not metaphorical. Likewise, Midsommar is far more than a mere breakup movie, as Aster (via Pugh) asserts.

I'm glad I watched them back to back for a circumspect analysis, but there were both even more perverse and wicked than I had remembered. They are well made-- acting, costumes, set, direction, are all top notch --but they are unwholesome and unhealthy. No one needs that much exposure to the occult. Watching Midsommar's rituals made me so thankful that Jesus died and rose to save us from this, that the pagan gods really are, truly dead. I cannot recommend these films.

 

[( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)]

Bought a mp3 player to worship out at work with tonight. Giddy up

 

[bèlla]

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[Rigatoni]

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[Tone]

Deleted test

 

[bèlla]

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[Tone]

Just type Bella and it shows up.

Okay, yeah, you dropped the La...I found out.

I got scared that you blocked me...for a sec .

Ha ha

 

[bèlla]

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[public hermit]

What did you read?

Brian Stanley has a significant chapter on Watchman Nee in his Christianity in the Twentieth Century.

He was the man. Imprisoned by the communists and still he had heart.

https://www.amazon.com/Christianity-Twentieth-Century-History-Princeton/dp/0691157103