RE: Daily Dose of Sultnpapper 12/ Christmas / 18> A very special day for more than one reason; more like 500 of them.
FOR TSE ---> First things first. Congratulations on your 500th Post ... and the ability to say, "I told you so" to all the doubters.
As for your art ---> Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Personally, I like it. And once it gets the patina properly on it, it could look very interesting -- and definitely artistic.
I looked to see if YouTube had a version of Lyle singing "Stille Nacht" just so I could see what you're on about, but no luck. (But the dude did have some crazy hair back in the day!!)
This thing that happened to your younger son does seem especially stinky. Do you get a vibe that they're trying to edge your family out of the congregation for some reason? I mean this thing with your son was just plain rude -- and in a disturbingly calculated way, too. I don't blame Mrs. Papper for being upset, but it feels like an ulterior agenda is running. (Just sayin'.)
Looking forward to more Daily Doses in the new year. Let's hope it's a better experience than the one heading out the door.
Thanks ES. The Steem Engine has been a big part of me and has kept me going so I could make the 500 mark and I owe you and @ethandsmith a big debt of gratitude for bringing me along when I had no business being there to begin with. So this is a big "thanks" to both of you. Thanks.
Art surely is subjective, there are some things that folks consider art that I have no idea how it could be but those same people would probably say the same thing about this of mine. Eye of the beholder at work for sure.
Time will tell and as it weathers I think it will look better, although it does look pretty sparkly in the sunlight right now.
Lyle did have his signature hair back in 80's, there was no mistaking him for someone else. He has toned the hair down quite a bit now.
It is "especially stinky" but I don't believe that the church is trying to edge us out. I think that they just don't have a guzbucking clue on how to treat people within their own "walls".
I blame that on the California connection where people just seem to dis others without any regard for the other persons. They know how to treat the outsiders like during the hurricane Harvey relief, but they fail miserably when it comes to the congregation in my opinion.
If you remember, it sent out letters to shut ins who can't make it to church any longer informing them they had been kicked out of the church. My wife had to speak up on that and stopped that in it's tracks. She even organized a group of volunteers to call the shut in members to check on their well being now regularly.
The reason the church was booting the elderly members was they weren't making it to church and so they weren't tithing either and as it was explained to wife, "it costs money" to keep these people on the church role of parishioners or congregation list.
It didn't matter that most of those members had been with the church over fifty years or more and had been tithing all those years in the church administration's eyes, the old "what have done lately " mentality.
I have good faith in the coming year that things will be better , a whole lot better, and I intend to share those things in more Daily Dose columns.