Diocese of Fort Worth Stop it and Give it Back

Posted on January 27, 2011 by Scatcatpdx

I am sad over the current lawsuits by the Episcopal Church and the Anglican* Diocese of Fort Worth. I am more saddened by those who voted to leave yet continue to fight the Episcopal Church over the property. To me, this is a waste of resources better use to further the Gospel of Christ and build a new Diocese.

When we at ST. Mathews Anglican Church, with  the  guidance of the Holy Spirit , voted to leave the  Episcopal Church, we decided on the basis of 1 Corinthians 6:1-7  not to dispute  the Episcopal Church claim over the property. We knowledge life is not fair and there will be cost in following Christ.  The new elected Bishop of Oregon changed the locks and even through we told him of out intentions to leave the property.  In addition, the Episcopal Church tried to get our priest to surrender his ministry and ordination; they could not touch him because our priest is ordination by the Church of England.

By walking away, we did not open ourselves to similar lawsuits. Moreover, we did so in a way that glorified God. As demonstrated recently, both Churches that left and the Episcopal Church show such litigation is unnecessary as demonstrated by St. George’s Anglican Church in Helmetta.

“Raymond Dague, attorney and legal counsel for St. George’s Anglican Church in Helmetta, New Jersey, tells about how his client and The Episcopal Church amicably settled their disputes. Mr. Dague says this outcome gives hope that future and current lawsuits can be avoided or ended.” (from Anglican perspectives)”

The best thing for the Diocese of Fort Worth is to try to settle with the the Episcopal Church or just walk away, in any way God will be gloried.

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Merry Christmas

Posted on December 23, 2010 by Scatcatpdx

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. 4 In him was life, and the life was the light of men. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
6There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. 7He came as a witness, to bear witness about the light, that all might believe through him. 8 He was not the light, but came to bear witness about the light.

9 The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world. 10He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him. 11He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him. 12But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, 13who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.

14And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.

John 1:1-14 ESV

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Portlandia: Portland Dream of the ’90s – Portlandia

Posted on December 20, 2010 by Scatcatpdx

Three is a new comedy show on IFC called Portlandia about a stereotypical LA couple moving to Portland. IFC released a promotional video called The Dream of the ’90s is alive in Portland. They get it right about the loony leftist idiocy called People’s Republic of Portland Oregon.
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Examining the 99er Claim (is it a myth needed to be busted)

Posted on December 2, 2010 by Scatcatpdx

My original post musing as an unemployed tech is suffering a common problem in my writing. The post became long and unyielding length. I might just want put of and move on to something else.

The extended unemployment has ending with the liberal rhetoric of bigotry and childish envy against the wealthy and, with my own personal great disgust, hide behind the Christmas season. 

It this  rhetoric, I want to shed some light and do shed my doubt on a common phrase in the 99er’s sob story.  The 99er is the poster boy of the left, the person who exhausted there 99 weeks unemployment payments. On major fault of leftwing advocacy, it they never leave anything to chance. Often the sob stories run off script, hence I am questioning the claim of submitting 50 to 75 resumes a week with no answer. To be fair the range I heard for different stories is from a respectable 300 to unbelievable thousands

I have a hard time believing it.  This means for 99 weeks the person, on the high side, submitted 4950 to 7425 résumés during a 99-week period. The means ether the person was submitting to a job one is hardly qualified for or doubles submitting which can ether annoys the employer or leads to a disqualification.   Still regardless of quantity, I feel after a year, the 99er might want to try something else like moving to a different location.  Why did the stay in the same location.  Another problem is there only so many opportunities per day to submit. Even if multiple hires per company, the employer most only accept one application per job seeker. The numbers just do not add up.

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