Monthly Archives: November 2008

Powerpoint Slides for Advent 1B

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Bulletin Cover Art for Advent and Advent 1B

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Today in History – November 24th

Today is the day that Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, renowned French painter (think Moulin Rouge) was born in 1864. ———- Scott Joplin, American entertainer/composer was born on this date in 1868. ———- Today in 1941 the American Trappist monk Thomas Merton wrote in his "Secular Journal": ‘Spiritual dryness is an acute experience of longing therefore of [...]

Advent Wreath Powerpoint Slides – Candle Flames Only – All Years

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Advent Wreath Powerpoint Slides – All Years

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Powerpoint Slides for Advent – All Years and Sundays

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Two Quotes to Reflect On Today

I ran across two wonderful quotes in my reading this afternoon.  The first was this: "For many years, I believed it was foolish and faithless to acknowledge all that is wrong with my life. I believed I was a new creation, and admitting anything less was not acceptable. I missed seeing a lot that was [...]

Today in History – November 23rd

On this date in 1654, the French mathematician Blaise Pascal had a conversion experience, which led him to give up his study of science and devote himself to his newly rediscovered Christian faith.  His explanation: “the Christian religion obliges us to live only for God, and to have no other aim than him.”  On the [...]

Today In History – November 22nd

George Eliot was born on this date in 1819. She is the author of one of my favorite books, “Silas Marner.”  She also had quite a bit to say about hope, including the following quotes taken from her writing: “What we call our despair is often only the painful eagerness of unfed hope.” —– “For [...]

My Blog and Me, Idealists

The other day I ran across a website that claims it can analyze the personality type of my my blog.  It is called “The Typealyzer.”  After simply typing in my blog url, this is what the site came up with: The analysis indicates that the author of http://onethingiknow.net is of the type: INFP – The [...]