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EVE of DESTRUCTION

EVE of Destruction by Barry McGuire

The Eastern world, it is explodin'
Violence flarin', bullets loadin'
You're old enough to kill but not for votin'
You don't believe in war, but what's that gun you're totin'?
And even the Jordan river has bodies floatin'

But you tell me
Over and over and over again, my friend
How you don't believe
We're on the eve of destruction

Don't you understand what I'm trying to say
Can't you feel the fears I'm feeling today?
If the button is pushed, there's no runnin' away
There'll be no one to save with the world in a grave
Take a look around you boy, it's bound to scare you, boy

And you tell me
Over and over and over again, my friend
How you don't believe
We're on the eve of destruction

Yeah, my blood's so mad, feels like coagulatin'
I'm sittin' here just contemplatin'
I can't twist the truth, it knows no regulation
Handful of senators don't pass legislation
And marches alone can't bring integration
When human respect is disintegratin'
This whole crazy world is just too frustratin'

And you tell me
Over and over and over again, my friend
How you don't believe
We're on the eve of destruction

And think of all the hate there is in Red China
Then take a look around to Selma, Alabama
Ah, you may leave here for four days in space
But when you return, it's the same old place
The poundin' of the drums, the pride and disgrace
You can bury your dead, but don't leave a trace
Hate your next door neighbor but don't forget to say grace

And you tell me
Over and over and over and over again, my friend
You don't believe we're on the eve of destruction
No no, you don't believe we're on the eve of destruction
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DOGGER

DOGGER:

A decentralized social network where you attach tubes, small ones, to your dogs collar … in which you can have a MESSAGE …

And the dogs go between properties all day, in search of bacon …

But, in reality, the dogs facilitate a truly ZERO IMPACT communication system.

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What is FAITH?

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READING 1: GENESIS 22: 1-19

READING 2: 1 PETER 4: 12-19

READING 3: PSALM 42

“Oh Lord, how do I stay steadfast in this place?”

Oh Lord, how do WE remain steadfast in this place?

WE sojourn,
Dear God, 
at Your request per Your plan.

WE ARE alive, 
because Your breath is in US, 
because You WILL IT!
WE exist, 
and WE ARE in pain.

Jesus,
Your Father sent You to this World to save the sinners,
Your Father made a way for His flock,
in spite of our GREAT SHEPHERD,
we STRAY.

We wander off the path,
We long for shinier gods,
We lust for the world and its promise,
and in all this,
SATAN is waiting,
as a wolf,
ready,
to take Your children and turn them to stone.

Lord in Heaven WE ARE struggling,
WE ARE hounded by the demons,
WE ARE CHASED by evil men,
We should take comfort that You are there,
but the offers of Satan are many.

Lord,
help us in this wilderness as You helped Abraham,
help us to be AS STRONG as Your saints,
help us to remember that You are always HERE.

God,
WE renew our faith IN YOU,
WE will pray with open hearts,
WE will nourish ourselves with YOUR WORD,
and we know,
as the darkness falls,
that YOUR LOVE is our LIGHT.

In Your name we serve,
Jesus Christ,
AMEN

READING 4: JOB 7

READING 5: MARK 11: 22-24

Discussion:

AIRBORNE SCHOOL – 1997: it was hard, ground week was a real pain. Tower week no longer used the “towers”, and jump week …

Jump week was one of the best weeks of my life. 5 jumps, at least one was a night jump, and I was stick-leader: so I stood in the door, and jumped first.

Back then I was an Atheist … I saw “right and wrong” but developed my own connected way it “made sense”, absent God.

But Dan, the Atheist? – he could jump out of that plane, with no fear, because he believed that the specialist or PFC or sergeant that packed my chute knew what they were doing – I had faith in strangers, so much I could jump out of a plane.

Many years later, 2011 I think, I was driving across the cascades early in the morning, and as I drove down the pass, on that empty road, I had a sense of vertigo – a feeling that I was out of control, and that my life was, and that I was going to careen off the road into the chasm below. Something had changed – and it wasn’t just my age.

What is faith?

It seems like a simple question, and it should have an easy answer, right?

Is faith attending church services regularly?

Is faith paying a tithe or donating to some random minister on channel 23?

Is faith an exercise, a ritual, a habit – or is it something deeper?

  1. some recent events involving my faith (blog hosting, needing to find a place to live, etc) … my connections to these things and my fear of “losing” them seemed greater, yesterday, than my faith … I got angry … I stared at a checking account with 3 bucks in it … I emailed a friend for beer money … a friend with greater and stronger faith than mine
  2. if my faith were strong? – would I even question that You, Lord, would not find another home for me?
  3. if my faith were strong, would it not be easy for me to forgive, to let go of my anger?
  4. if my faith were strong, would I not be someone who helps You, as a disciple, to bring the Word of God to ALL?
  5. if my faith were strong, would I drink so much beer?
  6. If my faith were strong enough, why would I be afraid to strip myself of the few possessions I have left, and wander out into the world, with a bible and with hope and knowledge that I am saved?

There is a LOT in this simple word: FAITH

There is more than I understand.

If we have faith, as Christians, we can change the world in a million important ways …

If we have faith, we can walk into a room and say, without fear:

“I am a Christian, and I believe in God, and I know He loves us, all of us.”

Moment of Silent Prayer:

Lord’s Prayer:

Go out into the world and let your daily work be an example of living faith.

Here is a song for understanding what life was like for men like Abraham …