The Guardian for this meeting was Adams Rubble. The comments are by Adams Rubble.

Riddle Sideways: back to wondering about the power of prayer
Riddle Sideways: the influences of prayer
Riddle Sideways: on keeping airplanes flying
Adams Rubble: or certain airports making people religious
Riddle Sideways: many religions in fervent prayer ㋡
Adams Rubble: everyone on the plane landed safely
Riddle Sideways: no scienific way to measure the effect
--BELL--
Adams Rubble: good way to put it :)
Riddle Sideways: "But, it couldn't hurt" the old one said
Adams Rubble: there is the effect of landing safely and then the effect on the people praying
Riddle Sideways: was thinking about the effect of people praying
Riddle Sideways: or not
Adams Rubble: yes
Adams Rubble: I was thinking there was the efeect on the life threatening issue
Adams Rubble: but there is a completely different effect on the people praying
Adams Rubble: what it does for them or to them
Adams Rubble: feeling closer to God
Riddle Sideways: perhaps those thoughts in some of why only now do I pray like I mean it
Riddle Sideways: ok G-d, you and me, real close for the next few minutes
Riddle Sideways: maybe next Sunday, one might remember a bit of the feeling
Adams Rubble: sometimes people go through motions in practice and sometimes it really hots them--the fruits of labor
Riddle Sideways: it was good they practiced and knew what to do
Riddle Sideways: Practice make Perfect
Riddle Sideways: when needed
Adams Rubble: yes a great cliche that seems true :)
Riddle Sideways: so faking it is still practicing ㋡
Adams Rubble: I was about to say that Gid knows where the heart is but that would be a cliche
Riddle Sideways: it weakens prayers from those that start with "Lord, I know you and I have not talked in a real long time, But ..."
Riddle Sideways: good you did not say it then ㋡
Adams Rubble: the prodigal son returns home to his father
Riddle Sideways: the gates of prayer are always open
Adams Rubble: the father rejoices and kills the fatted calf
Riddle Sideways: the heart (and plane?) are lifted up by prayer
Riddle Sideways: brb, keep cliches going ㋡
Riddle Sideways: back
--BELL--
Riddle Sideways: travel across time zones always seems to bring up thoughts of prayer session at like 4am in some religions
Riddle Sideways: wow! where would a phrase like "an ungodly hour" come from?
Adams Rubble: :)
Adams Rubble: Monday morning waking for work especially after clock put ahead
Riddle Sideways: yes, almost alarm clocks
Riddle Sideways: or the time when wolves, coyotes, dogs howl
Adams Rubble: that is ringing a bell. Did I include them in a blog post this week?
Riddle Sideways: the call to worship is always at a godly hour
Riddle Sideways: not unless it was in today's
Adams Rubble: no. I am trying to remember what it was from
Adams Rubble: a quote
Adams Rubble: ohh, it was in Dubs' talk I think
Adams Rubble: In 1790 did a series called “Marriage of Heaven and Hell”. He wrote “If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as infinite”. Destructive forces such as the roaring of lions, howling of wolves, raging of stormy seas and the destruction of the sword are too great for the eyes of man, until, that is, the eyes are cleansed. On the other hand, God is the great forbidder. Blake railed against the religions of “Thou shalt not”.

The last sentence is misplaced in the paragraph above. Since it created discussion, I left in but I am embarrassed.

Adams Rubble: i.e. Blake did the series
Adams Rubble: this may be a bit problemmatical out of context
Adams Rubble: Blake believed in non-dualism
Riddle Sideways: hard to do 'Shalls' without defining 'Shalt nots'
Riddle Sideways: and thus dualisms
--BELL--
Riddle Sideways: Thinking Alexandria was about cleansing and opening all eyes and seeing the infinite
Riddle Sideways: yet, you who are but humble man, can not comprehend the infinity of G-d, so give that up
Adams Rubble: hmmm. ouch
Riddle Sideways: oh sorry
Riddle Sideways: was thinking out loud
Riddle Sideways: so many sides to thought
Adams Rubble: my thought over break is that we are dealing with words and they don;t always convey the experience
Riddle Sideways: so true
Adams Rubble: sometimes people can be saying the same thing but it sounds different
Riddle Sideways: "Cleansing" might have been a much better word when written those years ago
Adams Rubble: ohh, I like cleansing :)))
Adams Rubble: removing the blinders from our eyes
Adams Rubble mixes some metaphors
Riddle Sideways: seeing clearly
Adams Rubble: OK, washing the dirt from ur eyes :)
Adams Rubble: yes, seeing cleasrly
Adams Rubble: or clearly :)
Adams Rubble: removing the clouds from the sky
Adams Rubble: I can see clearly now, the rain is gone....
Riddle Sideways: snap! was just typing that ㋡
Riddle Sideways: actually have "The Power of Love" - Huey Lewis(?) stick in ears from early session
Riddle Sideways: even though we were talking of Prayer
Adams Rubble: Many would think the two are connected
Riddle Sideways: sometimes Many are correct ㋡
Adams Rubble: :)
--BELL--
Adams Rubble: I hope yu have a great visit
Riddle Sideways: Halloween and All Saints day are coming
Adams Rubble: yes, very close
Riddle Sideways: can bring religion to some
Riddle Sideways: and happiness to others
Adams Rubble: and candy to others :)
Riddle Sideways: ㋡
Adams Rubble: October 31 is celebrated as reformation Day in the Lutheran Church
Riddle Sideways: Hope you don't over do the sugar high
Adams Rubble: will coincide with reformation Sunday this year
Riddle Sideways: Hoping many many do reform
Adams Rubble: Sounds like a line from Garrison Keiler
Adams Rubble: those Lutherans do need reforming :)
Riddle Sideways: and see the emotions on the little one's faces
Riddle Sideways: ㋡
Riddle Sideways: ok, have the best Halloween reform that you can ㋡
Adams Rubble: thank you. thank you for being here today
Adams Rubble: and a great weekend
Adams Rubble: bye for now