# elmer — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 3 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover elmer. Page: Feed: --- ## [Practice of Worship - Ely Tania Tavarez](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vineyardny/episodes/Practice-of-Worship---Ely-Tania-Tavarez-e3nhhap) _2026-08-17 · The Vineyard Church - Syracuse · The VineyardNY Podcast_ Backyard BBQ Practice of Worship Ely Tania Tavarez, Youth Pastor August 16, 2026 1.) When we choose to obey God. We know that we have come to know him if we keep his commands. Whoever says, “I know him,” but does not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth is not in that person. But if anyone obeys his word, love for God\[ a \] is truly made complete in them. This is how we know we are in him:… [Listen](https://anchor.fm/s/d13ed04c/podcast/play/124355353/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-7-17%2F48b67348-e94d-6e27-3c47-a7305f6b18ec.m4a) ## [The Storefront Outreach Model](https://mattlove.substack.com/p/the-storefront-outreach-model) _2026-08-17 · Matt Love · The New American Diaspora_ Many readers of The Old Crow Book Club have written or told me that their favorite part of the book is the appendix at the end where I list in great detail my ideas for addressing the crisis of homelessness in Oregon. ## [Mini-Review: Railroad Tiles](https://shannon-a.dreamwidth.org/698108.html) _2026-08-15 · shannon\_a_ My favorite genre of board game is increasingly the creative game. You're not just moving around a set board, trying to maximize efficiency, and you're not forever auctioning (though all of that can be fun). No, you're building something, and though there are rules for how you build, there is still a lot of openness. I wouldn't classify CATAN in the category, though it's close. But there are tight… ## [You Smokin’ or Grillin’? - Ben Taylor, Executive Pastor](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vineyardny/episodes/You-Smokin-or-Grillin----Ben-Taylor--Executive-Pastor-e3n7ub1) _2026-08-10 · The Vineyard Church - Syracuse · The VineyardNY Podcast_ Backyard BBQ You Smokin’ or Grillin’? Ben Taylor, Executive Pastor August 9, 2026 God Gave us Sabbath . Genesis 2:2 Exodus 16 Exodus 20:8-11 Leviticus 25 Deuteronomy 5:12-15 Isaiah 58:13-14 Mark 2:23-28 Luke 13:10-17 Colossians 2:16-17 Hebrews 4:8-11 1.) Prep . Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is a sabbath to the LORD your God. On it you shall not do any work,… [Listen](https://anchor.fm/s/d13ed04c/podcast/play/124040993/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-7-10%2F7eb587c6-7a5f-ba1e-27cf-3193121f3339.m4a) ## [Empire Chaos](https://mattlove.substack.com/p/empire-chaos) _2026-08-10 · Matt Love · The New American Diaspora_ 5:53 Sunday Morning in Empire. ## [Never Journaling](https://shannon-a.dreamwidth.org/697846.html) _2026-08-09 · shannon\_a_ I used to journal with at least some regularity, but I hardly ever do any more. This has been part of a continuing trend since we moved to Hawaii. Obviously, things change with a big move like that, and the lack of journaling I think comes in two parts, both related to the fact that I now write full-time, including writing on my own projects half-time. First, that means that after I've done 7-8… ## [Practice of Evangelism - Nikki Boddy](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vineyardny/episodes/Practice-of-Evangelism---Nikki-Boddy-e3mu731) _2026-08-03 · The Vineyard Church - Syracuse · The VineyardNY Podcast_ Backyard BBQ Practice of Evangelism Nikki Boddy August 2, 2026 God needs you to look for the one. When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. Matthew 9:36 Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good,… [Listen](https://anchor.fm/s/d13ed04c/podcast/play/123722273/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-7-3%2Fd76d7136-dc7b-2635-0e74-20262e35ea52.m4a) ## [The Charleston Christian Novelist](https://mattlove.substack.com/p/the-charleston-christian-novelist) _2026-08-03 · Matt Love · The New American Diaspora_ A small, gray-bearded man wearing glasses smoked a cigarette and drank a cup of coffee while sandwiched between the ice freezer and firewood bin of the Charleston General Store. ## [Practice of Scripture Study](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vineyardny/episodes/Practice-of-Scripture-Study-e3mkgf3) _2026-07-27 · The Vineyard Church - Syracuse · The VineyardNY Podcast_ Backyard BBQ Practice of Scripture Study John Elmer, Founding Pastor July 26, 2026 I can trust the Bible because … 1.) It is historically accurate. The Word of the Lord is right and true; Psalm 33:4a 2.) It is scientifically accurate. Let them praise the name of the Lord, for at his command they were created, and he established them for ever and ever— Psalm 148:5-6a He sits enthroned above the… [Listen](https://anchor.fm/s/d13ed04c/podcast/play/123404195/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-6-27%2Ffed7fb87-8bd4-1a6c-e272-712994cf2390.m4a) ## [The Rocking Recliner](https://mattlove.substack.com/p/the-rocking-recliner) _2026-07-27 · Matt Love · The New American Diaspora_ Elmer and I left house at noon for our third outing of the day. ## [Zuverlässiges Hosting, Domains, Server (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/BvMexN2sMkQP) _2026-07-27 · **Sponsored**_ Zuverlässige Infrastruktur, niedrige Preise und skalierbare Server für deinen Webauftritt. ## [5-Step Prayer Model](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vineyardny/episodes/5-Step-Prayer-Model-e3mavhn) _2026-07-20 · The Vineyard Church - Syracuse · The VineyardNY Podcast_ Backyard BBQ 5-Step Prayer Model Chris Honess, Lead Pastor July 19, 2026 The Holy Spirit will crash the Backyard BBQ. Jesus gave them this answer: “Very truly I tell you, the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does. John 5:19 Jesus calls us to be Naturally Supernatural. Very truly I tell you, whoever believes… [Listen](https://anchor.fm/s/d13ed04c/podcast/play/123091959/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-6-20%2F1bab8c71-946a-4d60-4b8f-41f085036fe8.m4a) ## [The Screamer](https://mattlove.substack.com/p/the-screamer) _2026-07-20 · Matt Love · The New American Diaspora_ A homeless man, young, bearded, gaunt, bereft of possessions, stood on the road above Bastendorff Beach at 7:30 on a foggy morning, screaming profanities at the ocean. ## [Hospitality](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vineyardny/episodes/Hospitality-e3m1oan) _2026-07-13 · The Vineyard Church - Syracuse · The VineyardNY Podcast_ Backyard BBQ Hospitality Chris Honess, Lead Pastor July 12, 2026 In the Backyard BBQ: 1.) Hospitality is the secret ingredient. By faith the prostitute Rehab, because she welcomed the spies, was not killed with those who were disobedient. Hebrews 11:31 Offer hospitality to one another without grumbling. 1 Peter 4:9 2.) Hospitality connects us with Jesus. Keep on loving one another as brothers and… [Listen](https://anchor.fm/s/d13ed04c/podcast/play/122789655/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-6-13%2F8a51ab3c-d75a-60a1-b5cd-61d96215552b.m4a) ## [Red Rock Crab](https://mattlove.substack.com/p/red-rock-crab) _2026-07-13 · Matt Love · The New American Diaspora_ Elmer saw a man meandering the mud flats of Coos Bay 50 yards away and bolted his direction. ## [Practice of Celebration](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vineyardny/episodes/Practice-of-Celebration-e3lo4ha) _2026-07-06 · The Vineyard Church - Syracuse · The VineyardNY Podcast_ Backyard BBQ Practice of Celebration Ely Tania Tavarez, Youth Pastor July 5, 2026 We choose to Celebrate because: 1.) It’s an act of obedience . As Jesus was saying these things, a woman in the crowd called out, “Blessed is the mother who gave you birth and nursed you.” He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.” Luke 11:27-28 Rejoice always, pray without ceasing,… [Listen](https://anchor.fm/s/d13ed04c/podcast/play/122474474/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-6-6%2Fc440b5fa-c1fd-5054-6d7f-d279c6314993.m4a) ## [Flipping Her Off](https://mattlove.substack.com/p/flipping-her-off) _2026-07-06 · Matt Love · The New American Diaspora_ The motorist ahead of me stopped on a stretch of The Cape Arago Highway as it entered the Empire District of Coos Bay. ## [Fourth Quarter](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vineyardny/episodes/Fourth-Quarter-e3lj6qj) _2026-07-02 · The Vineyard Church - Syracuse · The VineyardNY Podcast_ The Gospel According to David Fourth Quarter Chris Honess, Lead Pastor June 28, 2026 Finishing well matters just as much as starting well. 1.) Make a plan . Now Adonijah, whose mother was Haggith, put himself forward and said, “I will be king.” So he got chariots and horses\[ a \] ready, with fifty men to run ahead of him. (His father had never rebuked him by asking, “Why do you behave as you do?”… [Listen](https://anchor.fm/s/d13ed04c/podcast/play/122312979/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-6-2%2F4bc10e23-ee8d-aebf-62ae-ee838490324e.m4a) ## [A Box of 7-11 Pizza](https://mattlove.substack.com/p/a-box-of-7-11-pizza) _2026-06-29 · Matt Love · The New American Diaspora_ A homeless man dressed like Vanilla Ice in his heyday stands outside my house holding a box of 7-11 pizza on a windy weekday afternoon, waiting for his girlfriend who lives next door with her wizard grandparents, pizza for a lunch date in his tent pitched in the woods a half mile from my house. ## [Like Father, Like Son](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vineyardny/episodes/Like-Father--Like-Son-e3l6edp) _2026-06-23 · The Vineyard Church - Syracuse · The VineyardNY Podcast_ The Gospel According to David Like Father, Like Son Chris Honess, Lead Pastor June 21, 2026 1.) Fathers play an important role in the Kingdom of God. … for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, but showing love to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commandments. Exodus… [Listen](https://anchor.fm/s/d13ed04c/podcast/play/121894777/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-23%2F10d8bfc5-5077-165a-8c4c-334c7fc8a873.m4a) ## [A Disfigured Face](https://mattlove.substack.com/p/a-disfigured-face) _2026-06-22 · Matt Love · The New American Diaspora_ I cruised home on Cape Arago Highway after a magnificent outing with Elmer at Whiskey Run Beach. ## [8.1% APY Plus Free Stock (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/PWitF7nlCbLB) _2026-06-22 · **Sponsored**_ Claim 8.1% APY and up to $1,030 in SK hynix and Nvidia stock. ## [Healing from Sin](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vineyardny/episodes/Healing-from-Sin-e3kvtmi) _2026-06-18 · The Vineyard Church - Syracuse · The VineyardNY Podcast_ The Gospel According to David Healing from Sin Chris Honess, Lead Pastor June 14, 2026 Following David: Crawling towards the one who saves. 1.) Recognize our brokenness. David told the messenger, “Say this to Joab: ‘Don’t let this upset you; the sword devours one as well as another. … When Uriah’s wife heard that her husband was dead, she mourned for him. After the time of mourning was over, David… [Listen](https://anchor.fm/s/d13ed04c/podcast/play/121681042/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-18%2F57ddf8a6-2e9e-a8e7-c517-e8e6d37e17d5.m4a) ## [My Kingdom for Some Rope!](https://mattlove.substack.com/p/my-kingdom-for-some-rope) _2026-06-15 · Matt Love · The New American Diaspora_ Wind tore through Coos Bay on a sunny weekday afternoon. ## [That Play that Goes Wrong](https://shannon-a.dreamwidth.org/697414.html) _2026-04-28 · shannon\_a_ Another play on Sunday, "The Play that Goes Wrong". It was pretty much a less-funny, less-clever "Noises Off", so the fact that the Kauai Community Players chose to show it a year or so after "Noises Off" is a bit flabbergasting. I had a suspicion of how things were going to go when the show started 10 minutes late because cast members were walking through the audience talking about their lost dog… ## [Assassins](https://shannon-a.dreamwidth.org/697168.html) _2026-04-12 · shannon\_a_ We finished our winter Sondheim trilogy last Friday with "Assassins" (having previously seen "Into the Woods" and "Sunday Afternoons in the Park with George" while in California for Christmas, which when you put them all together is oddly enough Sondheim's main work of the 80s). I wasn't sure of the structure: presidential assassins sitting around talking about themselves. But it turned out to be… ## [Wottaday](https://shannon-a.dreamwidth.org/696972.html) _2026-03-14 · shannon\_a_ Bad night last night. I couldn't get to sleep. And then I woke up and realized only a few hours had gone by, so I stumbled out to take some more melatonin. Then something I had to eat yesterday didn't agree with me, leaving me awake feeling sick from 3.30-4.30. Then I was up again at 6.30. So, pretty bad's night sleep. It was also raining and storming every time I woke up. Forecasters have been… ## [Grapefruit Diet & Broken Stuff](https://shannon-a.dreamwidth.org/696726.html) _2026-02-22 · shannon\_a_ GRAPEFRUIT DIET. About two and a half weeks ago, K. and I went on a diet. It's not actually a grapefruit diet, but rather a gut balance diet. The goal is to "reset our gut microbiomes" to have more good flora and less bad flora, hopefully to improve my digestive difficulties that have been getting worse for years. Is it just pseudoscience? I hope not! It was recommended to me by someone who said… ## [Ave Maria! (And More!)](https://shannon-a.dreamwidth.org/696565.html) _2026-01-26 · shannon\_a_ I: AVE MARIA We've now had our new Kia for almost a week. We actually haven't taken it out much, but then we don't drive a lot. So she came home with us on Tuesday and has been out to the golf course and the ramen restaurant since. We of course needed a name for the new car. She's a sparkly white car, and so my first suggestion was Emma, after one of my favorite X-Men characters, the White Queen.… ## [New Car](https://shannon-a.dreamwidth.org/696150.html) _2026-01-21 · shannon\_a_ I find it entirely bizarre, but there is now a new car parked in our garage. And by new car, I actually mean \*new\* car, and if you'd asked me yesterday I would have said that I didn't ever expect to buy a new car in my life. But, I dunno, maybe the car market is in a weird place right now post-COVID and post-tariffs. Or maybe Hawaii is just a weird car market. But it made sense! So we made a… ## [Alas, Poor Julie, I Knew Her](https://shannon-a.dreamwidth.org/696038.html) _2026-01-10 · shannon\_a_ Today Julie the Benz went in to get her "check engine" light checked and it was sadly bad news. The check engine light actually was not a big deal. It's the engine thermostat. Which would be somewhere between $500 & $1000 to replace, I expect, with standard Benz markup. Irritatingly, this is the second time it's gone bad. The bigger problem is that I asked them to look at Julie's rough ride, which… ## [Back on the Island](https://shannon-a.dreamwidth.org/695803.html) _2026-01-03 · shannon\_a_ My last day in California was spent (shocker) gaming! With my old Thursday night crew. We got to try out \_Seven Wonders Dice\_, a brand-new game that I purchased during a brief break on Monday. I'm always looking for more 6-7 player games that are actually good, mainly for familial gatherings. This qualified, though I'm uncertain if it's actually simpler than my standard, \_Between Two Cities\_,… ## [Countdown to Getting Paid (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/bd0Avs0BTRdu) _2026-01-03 · **Sponsored**_ Create a shareable wallet timer — deposits buy back time and pay debt down ## [The Vacation Draws to an End](https://shannon-a.dreamwidth.org/695356.html) _2025-12-30 · shannon\_a_ We are heading home \*tomorrow\*! -- I haven't really written about our AirB&B. Over the last few years I've shuttled back and forth between hotels and AirB&Bs. When I was in Köln for the last Rebooting the Web of Trust workshop, I had a particularly terrible AirB&B (no AC, big-south-facing windows, serious noise pollution from a biergarten downstairs, very tiny), followed by a great hotel in… ## [To San Francisco! (Again!)](https://shannon-a.dreamwidth.org/695044.html) _2025-12-28 · shannon\_a_ A few years ago we expanded our days-in-Berkeley (sometimes Oakland) from three to four, mainly to make sure K. had plenty of time to visit with all of her friends. Meanwhile, I do more efficient visiting of friends because I can meet them two or three at a time for gaming. That means that I often end up with a day free in the East Bay. Last year I went and saw \_Wicked\_, which wasn't available in… ## [Four Very Busy Days near the Bay](https://shannon-a.dreamwidth.org/694935.html) _2025-12-28 · shannon\_a_ As I already wrote, Monday was our travel day, and the only thing that I didn't write about was its annoying end. We arrived in San Jose right on time at 9.30,pm but then had to wait almost an hour for our luggage. I can't blame Alaskan (Hawaiian) too much, because they had a flight from Honolulu that arrived an hour late, just before us, and they probably had minimal ground crew that time of… ## [Travel Day! (& It's the Broken End of the Year)](https://shannon-a.dreamwidth.org/694721.html) _2025-12-23 · shannon\_a_ We were up at 6am to make sure we had plenty of time to be ready & settled before we headed to the airport for our yearly trip to San Martin & Berkeley. But, not a lot to do this morning other than get our final stuff together and tell the cats, who were unnerved about us being up so early, that all was OK. (All was not OK.) -- I had thought we were going to have to go in early because I couldn't… ## [After the Crowdfunding](https://shannon-a.dreamwidth.org/694273.html) _2025-11-27 · shannon\_a_ I haven't written to my personal journal since October 12th, and that's because of the crowdfunding. When last I wrote, I'd done five interviews in a week, and I was ex-haust-ed. Yep, more exhausted now. (Or at least I was a week ago when the crowdfunding closed). But the crowdfunding for Designers & Dragons: Origins went very well. We closed out at just under a quarter of a million dollars, which… ## [Five Interviews & A Cancellation](https://shannon-a.dreamwidth.org/694205.html) _2025-10-13 · shannon\_a_ I've done five interviews in the last week and a half. Just more than a week, actually, as the first one was a week ago Friday and the last one this Friday. All of course for Designers and Dragons Origins, my new four books of history that crowdfund in just more than a week ( https://www.backerkit.com/call\_to\_action/0477a26f-723e-4d2f-8f11-74cdc007daf1/landing ). There was one text interview for… ## [Closing this Chapter of the Elmer Saga](https://shannon-a.dreamwidth.org/693821.html) _2025-09-12 · shannon\_a_ I had been fearful that we'd spend the whole week stressed over Elmer's transition to his new home and how well he was eating and such. And that's pretty much what happened. But, the reports coming out of Boston continue to be great. He's eating wet food. He's grazing dry food & emptying his plate. He's playing with toys. He's following his new cat-dad around and talking to him. I am pretty… ## [Boston Interruptus](https://shannon-a.dreamwidth.org/693750.html) _2025-09-11 · shannon\_a_ I had one last fear for Elmer's move: that he wasn't going to eat properly once he got to Boston. Unfortunately my fears have continued to prove true since the move, at least the reasonable ones. I thought we were likely to get screwed at the drop-off, that no one was likely to show up at 4.30. Ding-ding. And I thought Elmer was going to have troubles eating upon his arrival. Ding. So today I woke… ## [Elmer's Travel Day](https://shannon-a.dreamwidth.org/693339.html) _2025-09-09 · shannon\_a_ Not to bury the lede: Elmer made it to Massachusetts this morning and is still pretty scared at his new home, but at least wandering about, even to somewhat open spaces like shelves. He hadn't eaten yet, which is my last big stressor, as cats can hurt themselves if they go more than a couple of days without eating and it's been a day and a half for Elmer at this point. But hopefully he'll chill… ## [One Day More](https://shannon-a.dreamwidth.org/693136.html) _2025-09-07 · shannon\_a_ Yesterday, I stayed home rather than going out hiking or biking because I wanted to spend some time with Elmer (and didn't want him locked up alone downstairs for his next-to-last day in Hawaii). I'd hoped to clean up my office while I hung out with him, which involved getting my filing cabinet back together (it's been increasingly falling apart in different ways) and then doing a year's worth of… ## [Four More Days](https://shannon-a.dreamwidth.org/692800.html) _2025-09-04 · shannon\_a_ I woke up this morning and thought, "Elmer should be in Boston now. I need to make sure he's OK." But I was of course five days premature. Kimberly and I had talked about what we're going to do on Monday night, when Elmer should be hitting Boston around midnight our time and be getting to his new house by 2am or so. So it had entered my subconsciousness and confused my brain when it tried to wake… ## [Cat Stressors](https://shannon-a.dreamwidth.org/692546.html) _2025-09-03 · shannon\_a_ We got the rest of our paperwork and stickers and such from the pet moving company yesterday for our big move of Elmer to the East Coast. I have no idea why we got mail delivery on Labor Day, but it's not the first time we've gotten mail delivery on a holiday here, and it was very welcome because there were PROBLEMS. The main problem was that the pet delivery company had sent us various bits of… ## [Limbo](https://shannon-a.dreamwidth.org/692282.html) _2025-08-31 · shannon\_a_ I feel like we've been dwelling in limbo for the last two and a half weeks. We got back from our anniversary trip to Oahu and we almost immediately had an offer of a new home for Elmer. Kimberly has been taking care of almost all the logistics (with the support of a pet moving company who services Hawaii and regularly moves pets to Europe, so we know they should be able to get him to the East… ## [A New Home for Elmer](https://shannon-a.dreamwidth.org/691981.html) _2025-08-14 · shannon\_a_ So it looks like we are sending one of our beloved orangies, Elmer, to a new home. In Boston of all places. The reason is pretty simple: though he's terrific with people, a real cuddle-butt who lounges all over me and my laptop whenever I go down to my office in the morning, he's really bad with other cats. And we have two other cats. When he and Mango were little kits, they'd often wrassle, and… ## [Oahu Anniversary (Fantastic) IV](https://shannon-a.dreamwidth.org/691960.html) _2025-08-12 · shannon\_a_ A lazy yet exhausting final day on Oahu. We had another breakfast at Lulu's and got to look out over the beautiful Pacific Ocean one more time. Then we finished packing up our hotel room. The plan was to go to a museum today. We'd originally planned to go out to the Bishop Museum, but I was less then enthusiastic about hauling around our heavy gym bag of games and stuff, and Kimberly decided she'd…