http://hillsalive.christianagrarian.com A chime that flies from a church on a breeze Fri, 17 Oct 2008 01:05:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The economy, both personally and globally, has been a lot on my mind lately. Looking at the indicators and news, it is obvious that we are rapidly transitioning into a time when we are going to need each other, and every Godly relationship we can build, much more than ever ... http://hillsalive.christianagrarian.com/2008/10/do-you-know-where-money-comes-from/ My writing juices flowed five days ago when I saw a comment on Floyd's blog post Financial Sector Employees Getting Tasered. I was traveling home from Peoria, Illinois, at the time, and had stopped in a parking lot near Quincy, Illinois where there was good coffee and free wireless at a Panera ... http://hillsalive.christianagrarian.com/2008/09/a-rebuke-of-gary-norths-stand-on-commercial-usury/ This has been a beautiful, sunny Kodachrome day. The greens of summer lie everywhere, and the sun is shining down in its glory. I was driving between Bristol and Brumley Gap today and singing along to Kodachrome by Paul Simon. Out of the corner of my eye I saw this digital ... http://hillsalive.christianagrarian.com/2008/09/120-years-ago-george-eastman-and-kodak/ No, this isn't a picture of where the Mendota Parish of Saint Peter Presbyterian Church meets. But I passed by this sight on the way to Mendota on the Lord's Day, and it is a beautiful place.  I also discuss Kodachrome. Larger View This is the Pine Grove Baptist Church. From the ... http://hillsalive.christianagrarian.com/2008/08/highlights-3/ Green... Lush, wet, foggy, quiet, peaceful green. Here are some photographs taken early Friday morning at Sugar Hollow Park in Bristol, Virginia. I would like to present both the camera produced JPGs and the PhotoShop enhanced versions made from the RAW files. PLEASE: tell me in a comment which ones you ... http://hillsalive.christianagrarian.com/2008/08/highlights-2/ I have given advice to my son not to pursue further student loans to fund his education. In discussing this in order to have my purposes established, a dear brother in the Lord sent me this link: http://www.studentloanjustice.org/ This is a must read for those that are suffering the consequences of student ... http://hillsalive.christianagrarian.com/2008/08/stunning-testimonials-from-student-slaves/ I've removed the troublesome email notification software and replaced it with something that appears to be working just fine:  Post Notification 1.2.21by Moritz Strübe.  At this point I can highly recommend it.  To receive email notification of new posts visit the Page entitled "Subscribe to Posts" on the sidebar. For those that ... http://hillsalive.christianagrarian.com/2008/08/new-email-notification-system/ I hope to be posting an article on my visit to Saint Peter Presbyterian Church in Bristol and Mendota, Virginia.  However, while waiting for opportunities to get to know the brethren here, I've decided to get caught up on posting some things, some of which may answer questions that were ... http://hillsalive.christianagrarian.com/2008/08/my-son-teaches-me-digital-photography/ This morning's devotions brought me to Jeremiah 9:12-19 and 10:18-21: Who is the wise man, that may understand this? and who is he to whom the mouth of the LORD hath spoken, that he may declare it, for what the land perisheth and is burned up like a wilderness, that none ... http://hillsalive.christianagrarian.com/2008/08/some-scriptures-on-the-geographic-distribution-of-the-church/ I've had time to reflect since the previous post WANTED: Local Church, Will Relocate. In addition, some very valid and commonly heard concerns about what I've proposed were brought up in a comment. After reviewing my options, I decided I should do some further explanation in a separate article. I once ... http://hillsalive.christianagrarian.com/2008/08/wanted-local-church-will-relocate-further-explanation/