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A group of us are building relationships in the Northeast Texas area and moving toward becoming an official Congregation of Record. The last thing I want to be a part of is another social gathering—commonly called "church"—designed to make people feel good about themselves simply because they meet once or twice a week to sing songs and listen to a windbag with no practical life skills talk about theories of the by-and-by while never addressing the practical everyday responsibilities/duties that have been steadily abandoned to the government of the world. Instead, I seek | A group of us are building relationships in the Northeast Texas area and moving toward becoming an official Congregation of Record. The last thing I want to be a part of is another social gathering—commonly called "church"—designed to make people feel good about themselves simply because they meet once or twice a week to sing songs and listen to a windbag with no practical life skills talk about theories of the by-and-by while never addressing the practical everyday responsibilities/duties that have been steadily abandoned to the government of the world. Instead, I seek deep friendships with those already participating in the Kingdom without realizing it: | ||
:::* the homeschoolers raising wholesome kids | :::* the homeschoolers raising wholesome kids | ||
:::* the home gardeners and farmers raising wholesome food | :::* the home gardeners and farmers raising wholesome food | ||
Revision as of 09:31, 3 July 2013
Caleb is a Personal Contact Minister in Texas
Tyler/Longview, East Texas
I was raised in World Wide Church of God—Sabbath keepers and no unclean meats—so I started out with a slightly different view of the world. My family then moved on to mainline churchanity with a fondness for all things charismatic. I grew evermore disenchanted with it all and left the entire scene when I quit my last job on Y2K where I had worked for the previous 4.5 years at the largest "Christian" camp in the U.S. I've been a comfortable hermit ever since.
I was introduced to The Living Network when a friend emailed me a link to the article Holy Matrimony vs. Marriage. I had ignored a couple previous links he had sent because I wasn't interested in anything "religious." Yet the title of this article hit home because I had decided a few years previous that I would NOT get a government marriage license because I didn't want the unnecessary third party intrusion into that sacred relationship. Although the decision was made for moral reasons, it went against all the mainstream churchian institutions that I was aware of. Yet here was an article that distinguished the difference between the licensed and unlicensed relationships. And did so with an entirely new view of scriptures that stripped away the mythology and mysticism and put them into the realm of practical everyday-life reality.
I've methodically devoured HHC-related MP3s ever since. I see this approach as the "unifying theory" that brings a huge level of practicality to the Bible and has the potential of creating a people who are truly separate from the world's system of government...in it, but not of it.
Recommended HHC Articles & Links
Besides the Holy Matrimony vs. Marriage article already mentioned above, here are others that have been similarly influential and wonderfully validating for me..
Photos
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Caleb at 2012 Missouri Gathering
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Caleb at 2012 Burning Bush Festival
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Caleb at 2013 Missouri Gathering
Local Network
A group of us are building relationships in the Northeast Texas area and moving toward becoming an official Congregation of Record. The last thing I want to be a part of is another social gathering—commonly called "church"—designed to make people feel good about themselves simply because they meet once or twice a week to sing songs and listen to a windbag with no practical life skills talk about theories of the by-and-by while never addressing the practical everyday responsibilities/duties that have been steadily abandoned to the government of the world. Instead, I seek deep friendships with those already participating in the Kingdom without realizing it:
- the homeschoolers raising wholesome kids
- the home gardeners and farmers raising wholesome food
- the ranchers producing wholesome meat
- alternative health practitioners teaching people health self-sufficiency
- and anyone interested in participating in work days designed both to get to know one another on a real-life level and to create a stronger, more self-sufficient group of people.
Contact me at eathawk ãt gmail døt com