Today was my second Pfizer COVID vaccination injection, twenty-two days after the first.
Decided to get in my right arm this time for balance.
Onward.
Today was my second Pfizer COVID vaccination injection, twenty-two days after the first.
Decided to get in my right arm this time for balance.
Onward.
Last week’s comments proved to be more correct than I wished: the NRL providing an average return of correct tips and the AFL proving to be a wipe out.
I’m not sure this week is much different. I’m relying on the law of averages. If last week was bad, chances are this week will be better.
(Draws count as correct)
NRL (last round 6/8; season tally 45/64)
Melbourne
Penrith
Paramatta
Canberra
Gold Coast
Brisbane
Manly
Saint George
AFL (last round 3/9; season tally 37/63)
Richmond
Greater Western Sydney
Gold Coast
Collingwood
Melbourne
Port Adelaide
West Coast Eagles
Western Bulldogs
Brisbane
The Harvey Girls has a narrative that’s unclear to say the least.
But it does have an accomplished cast, a number of wonderful songs and ensemble pieces, and Judy Garland.
She does not overshadow her castmates, who all have significant opportunities to shine in their own rights; the signature Atcheson, Topeka, And Santa Fe number goes for over six minutes or so and Judy does not appear until half-way through that.
But she does elevate the whole movie and provides it with an earnest emotional centre that the screenplay would not earn by itself.
Writing about the act of leading prayer in corporate worship, Hughes Oliphant Old commends the practice of praying on behalf of others that is spontaneous, but notes that spontaneity does not equal a lack of preparation.
A significant aspect of that preparation is the past and ongoing personal prayer life of the one leading in prayer, actions which involve an intimate experience with the content of Scripture and a rich prayer life outside of corporate worship.
He makes a very helpful point that the spontaneity of true prayer which is desirable is the fruit of what he terms as a ‘profound experience’ of past prayers.
…the spontaneous prayer that one often hears in public worship is an embarrassment to the tradition. It all too often lacks content. It may be sincere, but sometimes it is not very profound. One notices sometimes that the approach to prayer that these prayers reveal is immature, if not simply misleading. Spontaneity needs to be balanced by careful preparation and forethought. It needs to be supported by an intense payer life on the part of the minister. One must be well experienced in prayer to lead in prayer. One can hardly lead if one does not know the way oneself. Spontaneity has to arise from a profound experience of prayer.
Hughes Oliphant Old, Leading In Prayer, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co, 1995, pg 5.
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