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| We live in Upstate N Y in a town called Schenectady.
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| We are Myself,My wife of 35 years Bobbi, at home at this time we have two of our Offspring Angela 15, Kevin 21, My older ones who live out on their own (mostly) Dan 30, Aimee 32, and Andrew 34.
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| Having children has been most likely the best thing that ever happened to me even though when we were married Istated that I do not want any offspring at the time I had no desire to take on that kind of responsibility.
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| See I had always been a believer in "God" even though I was quite misguided In my "tree of Knowledge.
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| When I found out we were going to have an offspring I freaked out and got pretty afraid.
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| As I wondered and pondered what to do with my new responsibility, through a series of questioning my self about what I was going to do,came around to the question " How do I teach my child about God"?
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| At first I relied on my installed religious programming and said AH that is easy take him to "Sunday School".
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| Well that just was not resonating in my spirit .SO a better way was revealed to me.
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| I should go to Sunday School.
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| I went to a "Church" around the corner, there name was "the Christian and Missionary Alliance". (started by a guy named A.B.Simpson)
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| I went to a Sunday Night Serve us and right away experienced some thing other than what was in my "catholic memory"
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| NO genuflecting, no holy water, no candles, no statues, stations of the cross or rosaries.
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| It seemed more real than my catholic learnings.
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| I got right down to business.
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| Went to "bible studies" Got involved in the "evangelism".
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| Prayed the sinners prayer and got baptized man life was good.
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| We even got into "teaching the Childrens Church".
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| This is where I really learned much working with them. Children are great teachers and I am convinced I learned more from them than they did from me.
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| Even thought I saw some "miricles".
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| That all lasted about 5 years before becoming disappointed because the "Charismatics" around the other corner were way more "spiritual" than us "baptist" minded folks.
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| So I took my wife and now 3 children over to get full of the "Holy Ghost".
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| So off i was got "The Baptism" yeah and I used to kneel at my bed every night for hours and mutter away.
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| Was that "speaking in tounges" ?
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| I don't know I was told it was and that I should not listen to what my brain said because my brain was the Tree of Knowledge and all corrupted.
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| They had a "Christain School so we had our three children in there.
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| Later on I was filled with pride when they made me an "Assistant Servant Shepard".
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| Boy was I puffed up really a spiritual guy now.
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| What this was was their way of having "cell groups' it was all the rage at the time becuase Churchs were realizing that people had a desire to do more than sit and listen to messages once a week.
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| I thought this was great because this was where the real action is.
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| Ran into some difficulty when the Elders found out we were not learning the prescribed teaching.
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| They called myself and my Servant Shepard (yeah they had a chain of command).
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| When we went in they took us behind the "Altar" I guess this meant we were in serious trouble.
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| See this was a charismatic Lutheran Church.
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| I questioned the Cracker and juice ritual which I did not know would be heresy.
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| The Chief elder spoke up in his most religious sounding Holier than everybody else voice.
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| I see you have a problem with "HOLY COMMUNION">
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| Man the earth shook and my rib cage trembled at he horror.
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| All I could say was no I have no problem with that my question was is getting a cracker and shot glass of juice was really Holy Communion?
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| We went back and forth for a while and I held up okay but went away feeling very ashamed that I would question the men in suits called elders.
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| We don't have to Con-Vince anyone we just Love.
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| Our [http://www.preparingyou.com/wiki/Father Father] calls to us from all the ages and has chased us down in an unending [http://www.gutenberg.org/files/30730/30730-h/30730-h.htm pursuit].
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| If Indeed I do Love Him then I [http://www.preparingyou.com/wiki/Love love] you.
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| If I love you How can I help you.
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| [http://www.preparingyou.com/wiki/Hope Hope] I can
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| How can I add faith to your [http://www.preparingyou.com/wiki/Faith faith]?
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| My Phone is 518.424.857
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| email is ditcher@nycap.rr.com
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| We are located at Schenectady New York
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| If you are near here and need a bed or food we are a Hospitable people.
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| The kingdom is simple, but it is not revealed by flesh and blood [books, study, research, reading, etc.] it is revealed by His spirit, nature and character through direct experience, direct action of doing and walking it out in a personal journey of repentant, faithful, consistent, doing, loving, giving and forgiving according to His Way, will and Law.
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