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Mephi2K
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| Posted 5/20/2002 3:23 AM (GMT -6) |   | This weekend, the Prince of Darkness (or more aptly, the stealer of His nomenclature, ME) will be in Minnesota visiting Woodland Hills Church. That's right, ladies and gentlemen. If the Lord says the same, I and my lovely wife, Antoinette, are coming to YOUR area this weekend. Thanks to the sweet grace of God, the GRACIOUS, WONDERFUL, SPECTACULAR, HUMBLING, LOVING, and MARVELOUS actions of some gloriously loving, beautiful life-long friends  , it has been made possible for me to actually see many of the people I've been talking to here for almost two years. I even get to hear Doc preach live. How cool is THAT??? 
So, this is a summons. If I don't see you guys anywhere else this weekend, I simply MUST see your face in the place at church on Sunday! Get to meet the cat that's caused you no end of headaches, tirades, and simple irreverence for all this time...and allow me and my better half to show you guys some love, Dirty South style.
Let me take this time to say something real. I can honestly say that being on this board and interacting with ALL of you guys has been a tremendous blessing for me. This place has helped my theological processing a WHOLE lot, but even more important than that, I've had the pleasure of meeting good people, and making some definite life-long friends. I've been able to deepen some relationships here more than others, but everyone who I've talked with here has influenced to the good. Know that. You guys are the greatest people and I mean that with all sincerety. Doc, I'm glad you started Christus Victor Ministries and this board, if for no other reason, I honestly got to see some of the best of the Body of Christ in action. Straight up. Blessings upon your head, oh great one!
So, again. Holla a brother and his greatest blessing of a wife when you get a chance this weekend. If you can't be there, I know you'll be there in spirit. We'd love to see you. Fa sheezy. 
Your friend, brother, fellow thinker, and humble servant,
 aka Sir Mephistopheles
PS: To Doc (in typical old school black church flair):
"Preach, man, PREACH!!!"
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JCsites.com
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| Posted 5/28/2002 6:09 AM (GMT -6) | | o.k. for those who weren't able to meeting the renouned Mephi2k at Woodland Hills Church Services this past weekend, I just thought I'd report what you missed out on:
Dr. Boyd actually made mention of Mephi's real name during his sermon! www.whchurch.org/whc/index.asp?PageID=405
Use that link to download (once it's posted) the sermon and hear Mehphi's name for yourself.
A name, frozen digitally and published on the internet for all time. (do think I could go into marketing?)
After the service Adiaphora, ModesOfThought, What'sUp, Springs, Dr. Boyd and JCsites guy all met with Mephi at the Sound booth. We took pictures and traded jokes.
I'm not sure who's got the pictures, but maybe they'll get posted here?
I heard Mephi also got to meet Semeia earlier in the weekend.
Let me just say how cool it was to put real faces with names. It's kind of funny how I had ideas of what everybody looked like, and then to meet them in person, it was quite different, yet wonderful all the same!
Mephi and his wonderful wife Antoinette were quite a hit! The buzz in the group was that Antoinette "helps" Mephi write each post on this board, so we're all getting the benefit of her wisdom as well.
Maybe that's not fair, I think this means Mephi and Antoinette are ganging up on us all!
I had such a good time meeting everyone, I'd like to suggest that sometime this year, CVM hold a conference and we could all travel to that conf and meet eachother!
Hey, we could hold a small seminar as part of the conf. where members of this board participate on a Panel for an audience Q&A? Ya, only board members who've posted enough to reach "Zosima" status or higher would be on the panel... (See this way we're even more motivated to post)
Whatever, I'm just saying that while fellowship on this board is special and wonderful, I learned last weekend that's it's even better in person.
Mephi has a delightful personality and was fun to trade jokes with. He and Antoinette could talk to anyone!
For the record, I did not ask for Mephi's autograph. I just couldn't ham it up that much! Maybe I blew it, I should've gotten his autograph and then auctioned it off on Ebay! (I think I'm so funny)
Anyway, thanks for the visit Meph! I was blessed for sure.
JCsites guy
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might-be-don
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| Posted 5/28/2002 9:08 AM (GMT -6) | | yo Mepho,
We need your report of the weekend!!!!
peace and love, don
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Tom
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| Posted 5/28/2002 9:32 AM (GMT -6) | | If you all are thinking of a CVM Conference then remember those of us who live outside the USA! Who is there besides me? (Someone in the UK?) My vote is either just before of just after the November Toronto ETS meeting. I'll be there. Could work in a trip to MN. I'll also be in San Fran the last week of September. Just after that would work too. Hey, I'm serious!  Really!
I'll totally boo hoo hoo if you guys do something and I don't make it! Boo Hoo Hoo.
Peace, Love, and JOY!
Tom
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GregBoyd
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| Posted 5/28/2002 12:28 PM (GMT -6) | | heh boo hoo, don't forget we tried to get YOU to come up here when you were in the states. 
Next time around, you come on yonder and we'll through you a little party after church. Whatya say?
Meantime, about the ETS... I'm taking a break from it for a few years. Ain't good for my soul, right now. But I'm planning on delivering a paper at the EPS which, I think, meets at the same time. So I think I'll be there. Lets plan a party.
Doc
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Tom
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| Posted 5/28/2002 12:31 PM (GMT -6) | | 
To the party...
"Every saint has a history and every sinner a future." Oscar Wilde
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GregBoyd
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| Posted 5/28/2002 12:38 PM (GMT -6) | | heh boo hoo, don't forget we tried to get YOU to come up here when you were in the states.
Next time around, you come on yonder and we'll through you a little party after church. Whatya say?
Meantime, about the ETS... I'm taking a break from it for a few years. Ain't good for my soul, right now. But I'm planning on delivering a paper at the EPS which, I think, meets at the same time. So I think I'll be there. Lets plan a party.
Doc
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Electra
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| Posted 5/28/2002 7:26 PM (GMT -6) | | Tom, don’t sweat it. ETS will not be the only thing happening in Toronto. Whether or not open theists stay in the ETS, they will still be in town for AAR/SBL—which you should definitely check out—and a bunch of other miscellaneous biblical, theology, and philosophical societies. And the most important meetings of all are the ones that involve lattes before meetings, or unofficial counsels on christology over dinner, or who knows what. Bring your guitar. Electra
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Tom
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| Posted 5/28/2002 7:31 PM (GMT -6) | |
Can I bring my pipe?
Tom
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Tom
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| Posted 5/28/2002 10:48 PM (GMT -6) | | quote:
Can I bring my pipe? Tom
Can I? Can I? Can I?
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Tom
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| Posted 5/29/2002 2:52 AM (GMT -6) | | 
"Every saint has a history and every sinner a future." Oscar Wilde
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| Posted 5/29/2002 12:31 PM (GMT -6) | | quote:
quote:
Can I bring my pipe? Tom
Can I? Can I? Can I?
"Every saint has a history and every sinner a future." Oscar Wilde
WAY COOL PIPE! Does it blow bubbles?
Hey POW. That pick of Mr. and Mrs. Polk on the Harley is hilarious! Where are they gonna fit the baby?
Greg, that bugs me that you won't be at ETS (Extra-Terrestrial Seminar) in Nov. Are your assistants gonna be there? And what is EPS?
Electra, what is AAR/SBL?
Brandon
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Mephi2K
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| Posted 5/29/2002 2:26 PM (GMT -6) | | HEY, Y'ALL! When good things abound, evil always lurks around the corner! I get back from a WONDERFUL time in Minnesota and what happens? My video monitor goes out. Kaput. No joke. TechnoThanatos? Hmmmm..."Satan, maaaaybe?" (SNL Church lady voice) So, I can't do jack on the computer. At any rate, I just lost a chunk of change to get another about an hour ago. Dang!!!
I'm going to write up a post on me and Antoinette's times, impressions, and what not later tonight. But I will give a preliminary statement like this...
WE BOTH HAD A GREAT TIME!!!!
MUCH more to be said, just not right now
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BBBCanada
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| Posted 5/29/2002 2:45 PM (GMT -6) | | Just show me the pictures.
Brandon
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Mephi2K
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| Posted 5/30/2002 6:01 AM (GMT -6) | | Ok, peoples. Here we go on a rundown of things.
Southerners invade the Great North
Nette and I really didn't know what to expect about going to Minnesota. Seriously. I know that I had all kinds of presuppositions about it being all cold and stuff. But when we got there, it was pretty fair weather. One of the first things that we noticed in our decent is the abundance of lakes...that actually looked like pretty LAKES and not big mudholes (like in Oklahoma) It seemed like every few stretch of miles or so there was a lake. I guess that statement about Minnesota being the "land of 10,000 lakes" is true for real. Sheesh.
In the course of being there, Nette and I got a good chance to see a good deal of the St. Paul area. We checked out the downtown area and some of the surrounding areas. We were really impressed with the way the city looked. Everything was REALLY nice looking. The neighborhoods, the college campuses, EVERYTHING. Even the "across the tracks" areas of the town were pretty cool. (Nowhere NEAR some of the stuff you get down South) The park areas were particularly beautiful. I've heard that it CAN get pretty nasty in Minnesota around winter. Sometimes getting below 0 degrees! Sheesh, could some Dirty South characters like me and Nette take such environmental madness? Who could know! But all things considered, Minnesota looked beautiful! (But the South will ALWAYS be in my heart. Know dat!)
Visiting Woodland Hills
We got a chance to visit Woodland Hills Church. To say that I was impressed with the church is pretty much an understatement. From what we saw of the organizational structure, current undertakings, future ideas of the church, we could tell that WHC is definitely a church that can get things done for the Kingdom. I REALLY liked that. In meeting some of the people from the church, we really got a sense of the emphasis on both loving community and corporate mission that happens there: a necessity as I see it for any body of believers. It was evident that people genuinely cared about each other and the church as a whole. Everyone we met was really nice. (And the choir was pretty tight too, right Elektra? ) Let's put it like this. I think I would speak for Nette and myself when I say that we'd have absolutely no problem with being a part of WHC if we were in the area. Hmmmm...
Meeting the Peeps
This, by far, was the coolest part of it all. We got a chance to meet a whole host of people including the some of the board faves like:
JCSites
Semeia
Iconoclast
Shell
Springs
Churchmouse
Modes
Elektra
Graygirl
Whasssuuuppp
Winghead
Doc (and his lovely wife)
It was tight as erythang to finally be able to place some faces and interactive personalities with the board posters. Like JC said, in some cases it was a REAL trip to see some people. It's funny how you can conjure up some ideas about what people can look like from either postings or voices over a phone...and be COMPLETELY different from what you expect! Guess that just goes to show, eh? At any rate, everyone was really cool. Nice as all get out. Animated. Fun. Mad friendly. All that! What was pretty interesting is that when one gets together with people in these contexts, you kind of know each other in one sense, but then you DON'T in another. So, the conversations were the bomb in a number of different ways. Great times were had by all. Y'all, we have GOT to have another meeting together some type of way! 
An Unexpected Twist
Let me preface this. For most of the trip, Nette and I had spent most of our time around the St. Paul area...simply because of time constraints and where everything was that we wanted to see. So we didn't get to see any of Minneapolis. We were completely cool with this. But, check this out. We get to the airport in plenty of time to catch our plane, right? So the wife and I are just chillin' out getting something to eat before we get to the gate. We'd already checked in all our bags and thangs. I figured we'd eat there because I wouldn't have much time to do so before I'd have to go to work that night. We finished and got to the gate 13 minutes before take-off time. We get there and the lady (with a SCREWED UP attitude) tells us that the flight has already departed. That wasn't actually the case, because we could SEE our plane from where we were. What she meant was that they generally like loading the plane 10 mins prior to takeoff to make sure that it gets off on time. I tried to explain to her that it was very important that I make the flight because of work. And the lady working with her was actually ABOUT to let us get on the plane, but the first lady wasn't havin' it. She told us that the next available flight to Tulsa left at 9 am the next morning. At first, I was ticked beyond reason. But a while later, we decided to go ahead and make the most of it. "Screw it. Let's have some fun." we thought. (We can be QUITE the adventurous couple, indeed!)
We picked up a rental car (Nette got the hook up for REAL! Having a pretty wife has it's perks. ) and burned out to Minneapolis. Since Nette is a major AFKAP (Artist Formerly Known as Prince) fan, we decided to head out to Paisley Park, AFKAP's recording studio. A particularly helpful dude gave us all types of directions and info about Minneapolis, so we got there pretty easily. Nette took some pics in front of it, even though it was closed for the weekend. We also wanted to check out the First Avenue club (Digression: For those of y'all who don't know, that's where lots of "Purple Rain" was filmed.) Anyway, it's in downtown Minneapolis. My mans an nem had told us some interesting spots to hit downtown, besides First Avenue, so we headed there. One thing we noticed is how much bigger and "urban" Minneapolis is than St. Paul. We were feelin' it a lot! Now I don't know whether or not it's like this EVERY Sunday or not, but it was straight PACKED downtown. People everywhere! Around the very center of downtown there were tons of restarants and clubs and stuff. So Nette and I decided to walk the strip and take in the sights. We took more pictures and breezed some spots. We got the impression that Minneapolis can be pretty crunk at times. We stayed out pretty late, got something to eat, then returned to the airport to catch our flight. Perhaps this was God's little way of gettting us to see some of Minneapolis. Who knows, right? At any rate, we found what little of Minneapolis we saw to be sweet!
All in all...
In sum, we had a GREAT TIME! Our eternal thanks go out to everyone who made this wonderful trip possible, showed us around, gave us things, and everyone we got to hang out with. You guys don't know how much this meant to us. Truly. You guys are a blessing and we will always be grateful for the loving treatment we were given. WE LOVE YOU ALL!!!!!!
STILL ecstatic over the whole thing,
Sir and Madame
PS: About the pictures. We took quite a few and they should be developed today. When I get them, I'll send them off tomorrow to the proper authorities and see if we can't get some things posted online. So, they're a comin', Brandon!
PSS: I'm gonna try to see if I can spend some more time posting. I miss the board for real.
PSSS: Doc, great sermon! Keep up that praying, sir.
"In the land of a million drums, there is always something going on...on...on...on..."
--From the TIGHT AS HELL song from OutKast on the "Scooby Doo" soundtrack
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Electra
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| Posted 5/30/2002 7:43 AM (GMT -6) | | You little devil! We should’ve known you’d bust out on your own and head straight for the city! Seriously though, I’m glad you guys got to check out Minneapolis a little while you were here.
For the record, I would just like to note that Mephi and Nette also visited the Mall of America. I think the reason Mephi failed to mention this is that he and Modes were talking theology NONSTOP while we were there—ok, they did take a little break when we rode the bumper cars at Camp Snoopy—but that was it! Meanwhile, Nette and I did our thing, and I have just got to say that on top of holding her own in conversations with Mephi—whether the topic is theology or Japanimation—this lady has some serious style!
It was so great getting to hang out with Sir and Madame . So when will you be back???? If you want to hit the urban heart of both St. Paul and Minneapolis, you better extend your next stay…
Electra
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BBBCanada
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| Posted 5/30/2002 7:45 AM (GMT -6) | | quote:
The park areas were particularly beautiful.
I noticed that aboot Minneapolis parks as well. Another thing while sitting in one of their parks is that planes take off all the time.
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We picked up a rental car (Nette got the hook up for REAL! Having a pretty wife has it's perks. ) and burned out to Minneapolis.
I love Minneapolis. My wife went to North Central which is where I originally met her.
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We also wanted to check out the First Avenue club (Digression: For those of y'all who don't know, that's where lots of "Purple Rain" was filmed.)Anyway, it's in downtown Minneapolis.
Awesome! Been by there. Didn't go in. It was closed. But I know what yer talk'n 'bout. Did you go through all the skywalks??? Huh?? Did cha? Isn't it cool? Hey, next time? You have got to check out, "The Mall of America." I'd take a trip just to spend a couple of days there! That place rocks! Just bring on the pictures now.
Brandon
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Mephi2K
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| Posted 5/30/2002 8:39 AM (GMT -6) | | SNAP! I did forget to mention the Mall of America thing. My bad! It was cool like WHAT!
And about Modes and me talking theology like that. What did you EXPECT???? LOL!
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churchmouse522
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| Posted 5/30/2002 9:34 AM (GMT -6) | | It was so good to finally meet you and the madame. Now, take this in the loving way it's intended: I hope you're both a little homesick for our place to the extent that you have to return.
Soon.
Blessings,
Mouse
Meph,
By the way, you asked me why I chose my boardname, and I forgot to tell you that it was a nickname my husband used to have when he was a kid. He hated it. I guess I'm about redeeming names too.
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JCsites.com
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| Posted 5/30/2002 5:46 PM (GMT -6) | | I for one would like to suggest that because many of us got to meet "Madame Nette" and since we found out that she helps Mephi with his posts...
I would like to make a formal motion. I hereby move that Adiaphora or Doc make a formal invitation to Madame Nette to register and become a member of this board herself.
I realized I'd like that when I read about her interest in AFKAP (Artist Formerly Known as Prince). I thought, Hey I should post a message to Nette, but then I realized she doesn't have her own membership and nick!
Nette, you've been discovered and we are delighted with you! Come on, won't ya join?
Anyhow, here's my tidbit on AFKAP (Artist Formerly Known as Prince) that I've got for ya...
My wife an I are actually close friends with Prince's niece. Did I tell you that when you visited? Seems like I told that to someone recently.
Anyhow, our friend Brianna is in her late 20's has two daughters and is a solid Christian. Awesome singing voice to boot! She just told us Prince is her uncle last January. We've known her three years and she's never told us.
In fact, we found out about 4 months after Doc nearly met with Prince 1on1 to discuss the trinity and other theology.
Anyway, my wife and I got more of a perspective from our friend about this man. Messed up dude for sure. Many in his family are solid believers and have been praying for him for years.
So Nette if you want to know more about this strangely mysteriuous man Prince, get registered on the board and start a topic
Jcsites guy
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Tom
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| Posted 5/30/2002 7:23 PM (GMT -6) | | OK OK, who is Prince? The only princes I know are Saudi dudes with lots of money and Prince Charles. Neither is likely to have a museum in Minneapolis. What am I missing?
Have I revealed what a total geek missionary I am?
Will I be kicked off the board?
Tom
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GregBoyd
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| Posted 5/30/2002 7:29 PM (GMT -6) | | The side of Meph I hadn't really seen before this weekend was HIS HUMOR. Dude has us roll'n. His wife keeps up with him to. Nette's a riot! It was a joy having you over and at the Church.
Prophecy rhyme time:
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Thou Mephistopheles, wrongly titled. Thou are called to be a teacher/preacher/writer, just like sir Doc, but more so. I shall lead thee step by step in the way thou shouldn't go.
<i>Lord Jesus starts rapp'n, </i>
See like it or not,
thou shalt before long outrun Doc.
Don't follow the flock.
Dude I want thou to rock.
You're made of different stock.
So don't stuff in a sock
thy gifts do not Mock.
For you, young man
are a theologian-preacher jock
What this means... don't know my friend. Not exactly. But do NOT be overly internested in "civilian affairs," just keep your ear tuned to "your enlisting officer." (2 Tim 2:6). He'll direct the call.
Loved see'n ya'll (see what happen's when you hang round southerners too long! Start slurring you're words.frown
Doc
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Mephi2K
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| Posted 5/31/2002 7:30 AM (GMT -6) | | Sweet stuff, Doc! The prophecy is even partially in King James English...God's own true language! But the meaning is crystal clear.
Seriously, it was great hanging out with you and everybody. And I appreciate the advice about civilian affairs. Thanks for the care and the prayers.
Holla,
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