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Colleentinker
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Username: Colleentinker
Post Number: 4544
Registered: 12-2003
| | Posted on Saturday, September 02, 2006 - 5:18 pm: |     |
Yes, Maryóit did come from Ellen and SDA theology. Dd, I remember a classmate of my sister's in academy who sneaked out of the house one night. Her dad was a conference worker. As I recall, her parents had not wanted her to go with her friends that night wherever they were going, so she sneaked out.
The kids had a car wreck, and this girl was thrown out. She did not die immediately, but she was fatally wounded and died a short time after the crash. Of course, I remember my mom suggesting that she wouldn't have died had she obeyed her parents.
Sigh.
Colleen |
Timmy
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Username: Timmy
Post Number: 18
Registered: 8-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, September 02, 2006 - 7:35 pm: | |
Mary,
Was the tapes about "heroes of the reformation" called "Keepers of the Flame?" |
Randyg
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Username: Randyg
Post Number: 241
Registered: 12-2004
| | Posted on Saturday, September 02, 2006 - 8:28 pm: | |
This thread brings back many memories. I remember much of what you all have mentioned here, including "The Bible in Living Sound". Another favorite was the little stories by Eric B Hare in 45's. I also recall assorted card games that we could play on Sabbath including something we called the Bird game. Also many Bible verse games. As I recall they were quite competitive.
In fact, I recall biblical derivations of Rook.
Most of these games along with the "nature walks" kept us occupied until sundown, when we could turn the TV on to watch Hockey Night In Canada, our true love and a real bonding time in our house.
From where I stand now some of it sounds quaint and quirky, but that was a part of my childhood I would not change for anything.
We lived what we knew, and God made the best of it for us.
Memory lane can be fun as there were many good times as well as challenges. I thank God that I could share that time with my siblings, because it has allowed us to continue to share even though we has varying and evolving theological understandings.
Peace and Blessings to you all,
Randy |
Randyg
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Username: Randyg
Post Number: 242
Registered: 12-2004
| | Posted on Saturday, September 02, 2006 - 8:40 pm: | |
Susan_2, Regarding your reference to Loni Anderson: I believe the show was WKRP in Cincinnati.
Don't ask me why I would remember that!!
The 70's shows we remember. Another topic for a different forum!!
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Agapetos
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Username: Agapetos
Post Number: 303
Registered: 10-2002
| | Posted on Sunday, September 03, 2006 - 5:16 am: | |
One skit idea we had (but never wrote) was of a conversation between guardian angels who are waiting outside of the theater for their "Badventists" to come out.
We tossed around that idea, or maybe instead we thought we could have a new, modern and convenient theater that suits all your needs, complete with Angel Valet Parking... "Park your angel here, pick up when you go home." |
U2bsda
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Username: U2bsda
Post Number: 134
Registered: 11-2004
| | Posted on Sunday, September 03, 2006 - 2:09 pm: | |
Oh my, you guys got me thinking. I loved Uncle Arthur's books when I was young. I read and reread them. I had Your Story Hours memorized and the Bible in Living Sound was in our house too.
Dd, I remember making a similar comment (i.e. this bad thing happened because they were not keeping the Sabbath - the people I referred to were not even Christians) when I was younger. My non-conservative SDA family corrected me, but I wonder if I got that from those books. Yes, I had some terrible years of extreme SDA conservatism  A very wonderful Bible teacher took me from the place of burdensome legalism to a place where I had a strong relationship with God. Now that same Bible teacher may gast if he knew I was no longer SDA, but I praise God for using him to bring me out of legalism!
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Flyinglady
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Username: Flyinglady
Post Number: 2783
Registered: 3-2004
| | Posted on Monday, September 04, 2006 - 5:14 pm: | |
Do any of you remember Sam Campbell's books-Loony Tunes, Salt and Pepper, Fiddlesticks and Freckles and all the others???
I happen to have most of them and am so thankful that though they are printed by Pacific Publishing that they are all about nature. I read them to my son and now he wants them for his son.
All this talk about books and programs brought back this precious memory.
Diana |
Helovesme2
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Username: Helovesme2
Post Number: 646
Registered: 8-2004
| | Posted on Monday, September 04, 2006 - 5:39 pm: | |
Oh yes!! I love those books! I wonder how Pacific Press ever came to publish them. Sam Campbell seems about as connected to Adventism as as bacon to a Kosher deli.
I hope to get a set of them again someday.
Mary |
Flyinglady
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Username: Flyinglady
Post Number: 2785
Registered: 3-2004
| | Posted on Monday, September 04, 2006 - 6:35 pm: | |
I have to tell all of you how I came into possession of the Sam Campbell books. My son was in the grade school at the church. One day after church after the potluck, I was wondering around the basement and found these books on a shelf. I asked if I could check them out and kept them and kept them and kept them. I finally spoke to the next pastor about them and he said to put something in the offering for them. I am not sure I did that, but the books are mine now and I am giving them to my son for my grandson.
I still like to read them.
Diana |
Bb
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Post Number: 135
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Monday, September 04, 2006 - 8:55 pm: | |
I picked up an old childhood book to read to my young son and it was called "Mary Beth Stories" I only read one story and called it quits! The story was about a young girl who made friends with some neighbors who invited her to go watch a movie in the park. She wanted to go so bad, but because it was a "movie" her mother talked to her about how it would be wrong even though it was shown in the park, and she was happy that she obeyed. It made me sad and seemed so ridiculous.
I decided I didn't need to give my kids that kind of theology.
That is so interesting about the Arthur books. A lot of those stories are about if you do something wrong you will pay the price. It is very works oriented. Good values but twisted some.
Bb |
Susan_2
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Username: Susan_2
Post Number: 2339
Registered: 11-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 05, 2006 - 3:07 pm: | |
Oh, the stories I remember, too. I am 55 years old and as most of us on here I got those SDA magazines for kids each week at Sabbath School. It must have been the Primary Treasure (I think I was still too young for Junior Guide). I think I was in third grade. My mother sold Avon in our neighborhood. She did very well at it. then one week at Sabbath School I got my magazine and in it was an article about a lady who was SDA and she so much wanted to send her little girl to 'church school'. All she could think of to earn the tuition money was to sell Avon but she knew makeup was vanity and vanity is a sin so therefore selling Avon would be the wrong thing to do even it it was fot the noble motive of sending her little girl to the SDA school. Well, the lady prayed about it and got avice from other SDA's and God led her to a real job that didn't include selling Avon and the story had the typical Sda ending that turned out to be consistant with SDa beliefs. I read that story and reread it and finily asked my mom how come she was being so blessed with such a booming Avon business if selling Avon was wrong. She just told me it is not wrong to sell Avon or to use makeup and I shouldn't believe everything I read even if it is in the Primary Treasure and we go to the SDA church because it is the most right not because it is all (as in 100%) right. |
Jorgfe
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Post Number: 263
Registered: 11-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 05, 2006 - 7:10 pm: | |
Many of his writings can be found on the Internet, I believe.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=%22Sam+Campbell%22+forest
Those are my 11-year old son's favorite books. Summer a year ago I took him to upper Wisconsin and we spent a week canoeing in the lakes around his island, and camping in the nearby national forest. It is just north of Three Lakes, Wisconsin.
Gilbert |
Flyinglady
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Username: Flyinglady
Post Number: 2787
Registered: 3-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 05, 2006 - 8:18 pm: | |
A big THANK YOU Gilbert for finding these web sites. His books were my son's favorites for a long time and now he wants them for his son. I have nine of his books. I will buy the others for my Grandson for Christmas.
God, You are awesome. Thank you.
Diana |
