Gentlemen,
It was decided, at the last meeting, that, given the hostility shown us by the staff at Thompson's, we should try a new venue. It was suggested that Schroeder's Guest House be tried. So, with that said, I called and checked on the hours of operation at Schroeder's and they are only open until 8 o'clock. So Schroeder's is out. So here's my question:
Should we give Thompson's one more shot or should we try somewhere else? If we try somewhere else, does anybody have any suggestions? Personally, I feel that they (Thompson's) just had a bad night and I am willing to forgive and forget and give 'em another go.
Also, if you missed the last meeting it was determined that the second installment of Paulo Coehlo's, The Alchemist would be conducted this coming Thursday, May 8th.
Finally, Drew, the facilitator of the next tome, has chosen C.S. Lewis' Mere Christianity so if you don't have this classic yet, you have plenty of time to obtain it before May 22nd.
BTW: I have no idea what the picture has to do with this post, but I liked it and thought I'd post it.
2 comments:
Connor,
I'm willing to give Thompson's another try. But last week you mentioned Porter's Pub in Keizer and if we could reserve the back room (not sure they'd let us for only 8 to 10 people), I wouldn't mind giving Porter's a shot if we keep having bad experiences.
I vote we head back back to Thompson's this Thursday until we figure out something else.
I took the initiative to read/listen ahead (see below)...
"Mere Christianity" by C. S. Lewis: The book was adapted from a 1943 BBC radio lecture broadcast while Lewis was at Oxford (during World War II). I haven't searched to find the archive of the radio broadcast because iTunes had audible.com version and I had the Lewis anthology but it would be interesting to contrast the radio broadcast with the audio book.
Mere Christianity presents a case for Truth and popular objections to Christianity (Christian Apologetics). I've been working with other men lately to discover "core biblical truths" and the Lewis contributed to my thinking this past week in the first two chapters by distilling what he called "Moral Law" (Rule about Right and Wrong)commonly known to all human beings which include the suggestion that we should strive toward "fairness" and "unselfishness". He shares his thoughts in direct contrast to the "laws of Nature" presented in mathematics and science of the time.
In the first two chapters he seems to aim at defining "Christianity" as something beyond "Goodness" and lands at the fundamental teachings of the Christian religion. It seems that his intended audience was intellectuals of the 1940s whom some of which understood the jargon of formal Christian Theology. Important to the context was WWII and Hitler who was doing wrong, my almost everyone's standard, even non-religious persons.
Next up; Mere Christianity - Atonement (Chapter 3+)
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