Ooh, I once mixed Captain Morgan Coconut Rum with pineapple Fanta and the result was quite refreshing!
Grape soda and chocolate ice cream float.
I was homeschooled until age 15, then I was placed with a Christian homeschooling group that met in an elderly woman’s home. Now, at 24, I’m still working toward earning my GED.
While I accept that there may be situations where homeschooling is necessary, I believe it should be heavily regulated. Ideally, a private school would be a much better option.
I was more or less a social outcast, and I got bullied by other students. We eventually moved to a setup where schooling took place in a rented church hall when things truly hit the fan. The head “teacher’s” secretary’s son once accosted me in the bathroom. When I reported it, I was reprimanded and threatened with bad grades.
It was a creationist program using PACE—Packets of Accelerated Christian Education—with the Bible as its core curriculum. We did eventually get a new Physics teacher who would occasionally try to sprinkle in tidbits of common sense, which was nice.
All in all, it was a total waste. Who would’ve thought that telling a kid they’re going to burn in Hell for not understanding a math problem would mess them up?
TL;DR: Homeschooling isn’t a solution.
I just picked up the 2S and have no (current) complaints. Granted, I don't do much other than writing, so mmmv.
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Anglican Communion prepares to celebrate new archbishop of Canterbury at her installation
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I use Fedora and a MacBook Pro and I still had a better time than him.
Thank you for the amazing reply, I have experience with ghosts and spirits and have long been looking for other people who've shared similar! My Priest at my current parish (St. Tim's in Chehalis) acknowledges such entities and it thrills me to no end, I'm looking towards being Ordained as a Priest in The Episcopal Church so that my experiences can be put to good use.
Just bought one of these today, glad to know I'm not totally screwed. It's a nice little phone for the money, kind of a downgrade coming from a OnePlus Nord N30 where the screen came unglued from the case.
Yes, thank you! Ubuntu, in my opinion, is not a beginner friendly experience. It also tends to break easily, at least in my opinion. I've had ongoing problems with Ubuntu, as soon as I installed Fedora all the problems went away.
I sometime use a RC Missal I found at a thrift store, if that counts? I really enjoy it.
People are fucking assholes, I just have to take it in stride and block liberally.
The Diocese of Olympia has a beautiful piece on what this Lenten season means and how to enter it with intention. Worth a read as we head into Ash Wednesday.
"Hello, dear friends in the Diocese of Olympia.
We’re about to embark on the holy season of Lent, and on Ash Wednesday, clergy will invite us to the observance of a holy Lent in the name of the church, calling us to self-examination and repentance, prayer, fasting, and self-denial, then by reading and meditating on God’s holy word.
One of the things that’s always been interesting to me is how people talk about fasting. We often give up something like chocolate or maybe meat, and yet when I started going deeper into interreligious relationships with Muslim and Jewish neighbors, I’ve realized that we were the only of the Abrahamic faiths that didn’t really engage in a fast during our holy season like they did. This year, Ramadan will begin actually on Ash Wednesday, and our Muslim neighbors will be fasting from sunrise to sunset each day throughout that season, that 28 days, including giving up water.
I often wonder why it is that we don’t fast as much together as Christians, and so this year I’m especially calling us to do that fast. Not because it’s an opportunity for us to say how great we are, but rather to engage in this practice that was seen throughout holy scripture, especially at times of political turmoil, for needing to make lament and for prayer. Jesus himself reminds us again and again that we are to fast, especially during those times that are difficult.
So this year for Lent, I’m gonna be giving up a lunch every day through those 40 days, and then when instead of gathering together for that meal, I’m gonna be going and taking some time to pray the Jesus prayer, using this prayer bracelet, just going through and praying again and again, “Jesus, son of God have mercy on me, a sinner.” Because we all know that that’s where we begin, right? That it’s the self-reflection and our need to make amends with God and with each other. Well, that’s the work of Lent in order that we might be prepared for Easter.
I encourage you to join me in this fast of engaging in that work together. There are some carve-outs, of course, those who might be needing to eat because of medical reasons or they’re elderly or maybe a past experience with an eating disorder, and so fasting in this way is not helpful. But together we can engage in this spiritual practice. We can do it in a way that brings us and draws us closer to God.
So I hope you’ll join me on the Lenten fast, that whatever you choose to do, it will be reflective of your desire to draw closer to God so that when we do get to Easter, we may celebrate with one another of Christ’s overcoming of the grave."
I'm curious as to whether any other Episcopalians also use Rosaries for prayer or meditation or whatever else, if so what kind? I've taken to a lovely Rosary from RuggedRosaries, it's their Momento Mori one.
Yes, I certainly believe so. There's also the matter of Eucharistic miracles, if you believe in that sort of thing, which I do. Granted, I've never cared for the notion that the Eucharist could be received "unworthily" either. Seems to me like the pure, unfiltered, unadulterated body and blood of Christ would cleanse anything it touched along the way, especially if you believe in first class relics.
Not sure if that makes me a heretic or not, can't say I care honestly.
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I remember when Coca Cola had a coffee flavor thing going on, I quite enjoyed that. Yes, I realize it sounds gross, but it was surprisingly refreshing.