Church notes - 18th January 2026

18th
Communion
Philippians 2:5 - 11

Sermon
Psalm 36
The nature of evil
People obsessed with power and wealth unaware of the damage they are doing.

vs 1
Fear of God - A healthy respect for God as Who He Is, including as judge.

vs 2
We have the examples of Jesus and the Bible.
But without those - self righteousness leads to self-justification
We need to keep our eyes on God so that we don't loose perspective.

vs 3
Addiction to winning.

We are to love our enemies.

There is evil and bad things, but we have a God who loves us.

Church notes in January 2026 so far

4th January (Psalm 102): https://fardell24b.tumblr.com/post/804787956912177152/church-notes-4th-january-2026

11th January (Psalm 62): https://fardell34.blogspot.com/2026/01/church-notes-11th-january-2026.html

18th January (Psalm 36): https://fardell34.blogspot.com/2026/01/church-notes-18th-january-2026.html

2026 Snowflake Challenge #9

Challenge #9

Talk about your favorite tropes in media or transformative works. (Feel free to substitute in theme/motif/cliche if "trope" doesn't resonate with you.)

Post your answer to today's challenge in your own space and leave a comment in this post saying you did it.

Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so. Also, feel free to entice engagement by giving us a preview of what your post covers.

For your reference:
Fanlore's List of Tropes in Fanworks
Popular Tropes this week at TV Tropes
AllTheTropes.org

And please do check out the comments for all the awesome participants of the challenge and visit their journals/challenge responses to comment on their posts and cheer them on.

And just as a reminder: this is a low pressure, fun challenge. If you aren't comfortable doing a particular challenge, then don't. We aren't keeping track of who does what.


Slice of Life: The characters in their usual day to day lives

Introspection: The characters reflecting on their lives.

Alternate Universes: For Want of A Nail most often. It is fun to figure out how events might have gone differently.

Worldbuilding. Figuring out the details beyond what the canon sets out.

Crossover. Figuring out two different canons would work together is part of the fun.