Hello Alice,
This is James Avery the mentally disturbed resident 1840 Mason Mill Road.
When we spoke briefly after one of Glenn Memorial Sunday Worship services, you said you would be willing to schedule a meeting with me.
I have a court hearing coming up supposedly on the June 28th over my yard signs. If possible, I would like this meeting taking place before then.
Taking place at my home even better but I've given up on this possibility; but important that you understand how not agreeing to this meeting taking place on my property makes it too easy for others taking advantage of congeniality bias and loaded/emotive language against me (i.e. Bob and Janet Gary claiming that i "banged" on their door as apposed to "knocked" on their door, "harrassing" as apposed to "confronting", etc., ).
On a positive note, do want to thank you for allowing me to attend this reformation series of lectures. Already having attended first three lectures; definitely looking forward to rest.
Brent Strawn recitation of Mrs. Turpin and Mary Grace I found extremely entertaining; had to look up more:
Mary Grace's Human Development book is a psychology textbook often used in college psychology classes. O'Connor's use of it in the story is ironic because Mary Grace, who apparently suffers from some emotional instability to say the least, is the only one who reacts to the hypocrisy and prejudice demonstrated by Mrs. Turpin. This girl's emotional problems allow her to act out in a way her calm, reserved mother, who hears the same remarks Mary Grace does, never would.
Mary Grace must be an intelligent student, for she attends a prestigious women's college. She harbors a great deal of anger for reasons that are only suggested by her mother's references to her daughter's lack of appreciation for what she has. A psychology text could perhaps have instructed her in ways to deal with anger, but clearly she has no control because she attacks Mrs. Turpin violently.
It's ironic that she assaults Ruby who, although puzzled by the girl's strange looks and odd faces at her, is completely unprepared. Psychologically, Mrs. Turpin then must wrestle with the question of whether she really is "a warthog from Hell." Mary Grace is the conduit O'Connor uses to afford Mrs. Turpin her "moment of grace."
I swear, I feel like I know this person? LOL
Also found Brent's perspective on Josiah very interesting:
However it has been noted that the story of the repairs to the Temple is based on those ordered by Joash an earlier Judean king in 2 Kings 12.
Hilkiah brought this scroll to Josiah's attention. Josiah consulted the prophetess Huldah, who assured him that the evil foretold in the document for nonobservance of its instructions, would come, but not in his day; "because," she said, "thine heart was tender and thou didst humble thyself before the Lord." An assembly of the elders of Judah and Jerusalem and of all the people was called, and Josiah then encouraged the exclusive worship of Yahweh, forbidding all other forms of worship. The instruments and emblems of the worship of Baal and "the host of heaven,"were removed from the Jerusalem Temple. Local sanctuaries, or High Places, were destroyed, from Beer-sheba in the south to Beth-el and the cities of Samaria in the north. Josiah had pagan priests executed and even had the bones of the dead priests of Bethel exhumed from their graves and burned on their altars. Josiah also reinstituted the Passover celebrations.
According to 1 King 13 :1-3 an unnamed "man of God" (sometimes identified as Iddo) had prophesied to King Jeroboam of the northern Kingdom of Israel (Samaria), approximately three hundred years earlier, that "a son named Josiah will be born to the house of David" and that he would destroy the altar at Bethel. And the only exception to this destruction was for the grave of an unnamed prophet he found in Bethel (2 King 23:15-19), who had foretold that these religious sites Jeroboam erected would one day be destroyed. Josiah ordered the double grave of the "man of God" and of the Bethel prophet to be let alone as these prophecies had come true.
Josiah's changes are described in two accounts in the Bible, 2 Kings 22-23, and 2 Chronicles 34-35. They began with the ending of ancient Israelite religious practices, and the astral cults that had become popular in the 8th Century, and led to centralisation of worship in Jerusalem, and the destruction of the temple at Bethel.
According to the later account in 2 Chronicles, Josiah destroyed altars and images of pagan deities in cities of the tribes of Manasseh, Ephraim, "and Simeon, as far as Naphtali", which were outside of his kingdom, Judah, and returned the Ark of the Covenant to the Temple.
And I can't help but wonder if anyone has noticed the similarity of Josiah with I.S.I.S. other than me? Do I, or do I not, chance another "letter of criminal trespassing" just for asking?
Please don't pull the same number on me, "can I boll it down" that our Rev. Dr. Beth asked of me before declining a meeting with me.
Sincerely yours,
James E. Avery, D.V.M.
Summer Lecture Series:
REFORMATIONS
PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE
During the summer, regular Sunday School classes recess and Glenn holds group Sunday School classes in the form of a lecture series. Professors from Emory's Candler School of Theology are invited to come and talk about a topic on a chosen theme. This year's theme is Reformation: Past, Present, and Future. Join us for interesting discussions on the various reformation moments of our faith as well as more creative ways of exploring the term "reformation." Bring your own insights and questions!
- June 5: Professor Susan Hylen - Reshaping Scripture:Reformation Interpretations of the Gospel of John
- June 12: Professor Brent Strawn - The Old Testament and Re-Formation, Part 1: Exodus and Pharaoh, King of Egypt
- June 19: Professor Brent Strawn - The Old Testament and Re-Formation, Part 2: Deuteronomy and (Other) Kings
- June 26: Professor Susan Hylen - Reshaping Scripture:Reformation Interpretations of Galatians
Hi James,
Outlook now has a Clutter folder where it randomly sends emails. I only discovered Clutter a few weeks ago and still forget to check it. I found your email there this morning along with others I need to return. I am leaving today for a time of vacation and will not return until July 9. I plan to preach on July 10 and leave immediately afterwards for the Southeastern Jurisdictional Conference at Lake Junaluska. I am on the nominating committee, and I have to be there by 3:00 p.m. on that Sunday. Since I am leaving today, I will not be able to meet with you before June 28.
I am glad that your experience with the Reformation class has been positive. It is one of more popular educational events each year.
Sincerely,
Alice
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