Pickle jars can be tough. A new pickle jar can be tough for an adult to open but to a five year old it might as well be impossible. The jars are sealed warm so that as the contents cool the lid caves in just a bit. That way the button “pops” when you open it letting you know the jar has been locked up air tight since it was packed, giving you the piece of mind that the contents have not been tampered with. While I appreciate the safety feature understanding it doesn’t make the lid any easier to open. There’s nothing a kindergartner appreciates more than Mommy or Daddy reaching their arms around and popping loose that impossible lid. Continue reading
Happy Monday
It’s been a while since we opened with a coffee meme. Just know that our heart is still in the same place. And so is our coffee. This is Happy Monday #316. Continue reading
Happy Monday
Saint Patrick is not an officially canonized saint, his real name was Maewyn Succat, he wasn’t even Irish and driving the snakes out of Ireland is just a metaphor. He was in fact a Christian missionary who spent most of his adult life sharing the Gospel with pagans. That’s no reason to dye the Chicago River bright green but if you’ve ever hidden Easter eggs you know how holidays and their traditions are. This is Happy Monday #315. Continue reading
To Those of You Outside the United States
March 11, 2019
I sometimes make reference to things like Daylight Savings Time, the Super Bowl and the fact that for the past five or six months it never quits raining. Most of my readers are in the United States and these cultural references are obvious to them. Since I only write in English that narrows down the number of people in the world that can read it at all.
Having said that, I realize there are other readers from all over the world on a daily basis. Just like most readers are American it makes sense that Canada and United Kingdom are next in terms of numbers. In other nations around the world there are people who are multilingual, missionaries, American business people and military personnel serving abroad. There are Christians around the world as well, some in places friendly to them and others in the underground church movement. I just want to say that I know you’re out there. Continue reading
Happy Monday
Hopefully anyone that forgot about Daylight Savings Time that first night has figured it out by now, without starting late on Monday. Perhaps the guide above will help with those more stubborn devices. This is Happy Monday #314. Continue reading
11 Years
This totally snuck up on me:
I started blogging in 2008. That was before the economic collapse, before the stimulus package, before the election of Barack Obama. That was before our daughter Johannah was born and before Michael Spencer even knew he was sick. There were a few podcasts out there but Facebook hadn’t caught on and there was no Twitter. Social media has changed the nature of blogging and given everyone with internet a voice. Continue reading
Denominationalism
If you don’t know about the recent special session of the General Conference of the United Methodist Church, the issues at hand nor the potential for that denomination to split, I’m going to assume it’s because you have been trying to avoid hearing about it. I’m not even going into it here. I suspect you either know all you want to and more or you are really trying hard not to find out.
I only bring it up because one of my friends posted a link to Facebook last week and one his friends, that I do not know, went off on a tangent about denominations. He first denounced the Methodist Church for even having a vote on such an issue then denounced all denominations across the board referring to the practice of denominationalism. What does he even mean by that? Continue reading
Happy Monday
Good morning Monday fans. Yeah, that doesn’t sound right to me either. It’s hard to write a clever intro this early. I’ve got to get back to get back in the habit of finishing these things on Sunday. This is Happy Monday #313. Continue reading
Facebook Issue Resolved
Good news! Facebook has restored links to The Master’s Table FB page and my personal profile. I was incredibly frustrated but honestly didn’t figure there was anything I could do. Someone, somewhere, looked at the issue again and determined this WordPress blog was not malicious and that I wasn’t spamming my friends. Praise the Lord and thank you Facebook Help team!
Thank you everyone for your patience while I fumed. I will try to make it worth everyone’s while by posting some God honoring, Christ centered blog posts over the weekend.
Update on Facebook
UPDATE: This issue has been resolved.
So my issues with Facebook continue unresolved but there is a twist. Back when I first signed up with Facebook, late in 2008, there was an input field for a website. Those links still appear on the sidebar, or the about section, of my profile. I tried The Master’s Table link, which is displayed, only to receive an error message about that link violating FB’s community standards. But the link to my original URL, clarkbunch.wordpress.com, still works. Why I have two blogs is a long story but the fact that I can link to one but not the other makes it that much more interesting.
