Cornerstone Fellowship *Advent of Joy 2022* 12-11-22 Rev. Michael L. ...

Thoughts on the 2017 iPhones

Apple released the iPhone 8 a week or so ago. Apple will release the iPhone X on November 3, 2017. This is part of Apple’s current annual release of updated phones with better screens, more battery life and a better processor. I bought my iPhone 7 plus on release day in September of 2016. I went to the Apple store and bought it. When thinking about whether I need to update my phone this year, I need to consider a few things. First, is my phone functional or did I break it? My phone is in good working order. The screen is not cracked, the non-existent home button still works. Volume and power and silent switches work. Mechanically the phone is in good shape. It took the IOS 11 and IOS 11.01 updates without a problem. The next question is this: what do I use my phone for and will a faster phone with a better screen help me do these things? Podcasts: I listen to many podcasts on my phone. I listen to a mix ...

Thoughts on Father Brown

There is a show on the BBC that is on American Netflix called Father Brown. It takes place in 1955 in England, so World War II is still fresh in their minds. Father brown was in the infantry in World War I, then became a priest and was a chaplain in World War II. Now he is an overweight, blading, gentle priest in a small British town. The humor of each episode is that when a crime occurs, the police are notified and Father Brown is usually already there for some other reason. So Father brown gets involved. The police jump to conclusions, arrest the wrong person and Father Brown, amateur sleuth, pokes around and figures out the truth and the police look foolish. Once he was arrested for obstruction of justice, during his time in the jail, he figured out who sabotaged the town race and solved the crime. The district police gave him a commendation, so now the local police tolerate him better. In this show, having a priest as a main character ...

Church Regulation in California

The first part of the First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States reads Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; Everyone always jumps to the second and third and fourth part of this amendment and screams about freedom of speech or the freedom of the press. However, the reason the original people came to America was to get away from religious persecution. Therefore, the first protection against the government (which is what the amendments are), is about freedom of religion. In California there is a move, ever since 2010 the reduced the number of churches. Actually, they don’t care if two people meet in a home and call it a church, they want to remove the large church meeting buildings. This is because church buildings do not pay property or use tax. Many churches in California, especially in the San Francisco Bay Area, have been in their current location for a cen...

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