Recruiting Football Talk VII

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BruisedOrange said:
Wow. That brought back a lot of memories, and familiar names in the Wikipedia article. Had a lot of friends in and around the Yellow Deli and its commune, in Chattanooga and Dayton.

The Wikipedia article seemed pretty fair and accurate to me. Interesting thing about the First Presbyterian incident was that while many affluent members (locally referred to as "the Lookout Mountain crowd") were upset, the church's leadership, including Pastor Ben Haden, recognized and affirmed that this was what followers of Christ should be doing. Young believers like myself (who became Christians through our acquaintances with "Jesus Freaks") were quite impressed!

Like any group of Christians, you had some beautiful and wonderful things, and like any group that establishes an inner hierarchy and begins to codify their beliefs, some things that definitely missed the mark of being Christ-like.

The child labor charges were bogus, secular attempts to "lawfare" people into conformity. If you grew up on a farm, in any era, you recognize that each member of the family's contribution is needed, and this is a very positive way for children to grow in responsibility and purpose. Put that family model in a craft producing manufacturing enterprise, and your children are doing the same things--contributing as they are able and trustworthy.

As for the child abuse charges, I can't say. I wouldn't trust the authorities' judgement (their record is very poor), but neither would I trust any leader saying there's one method for child rearing. Each parent knows their own child's personality and needs, and each will stand before God for how they parented. Mr. Cult Leader won't be standing beside them, telling God, "Well, Sir, that was my idea." I've watched how successful parents talk to each other, about how their different children needed and responded to different measures. Parenting is an art, and each "painting" is unique.

Working in the Yellow Deli's was also part of the discipleship therapy for kids who had come to Christ off the street or from heavy drug use. I had several friends who were among those, and they credited that work--being busy while engaged with customers in a healthy, servant-oriented relationship--with getting them off of drugs and rebuilding their self-respect and courage.

What most struck me most about looking back is that today, I'm once again surrounded by people who are moving into agrarian lifestyles with an intentionally communal aspect, and doing so as believers foremost.

But many of these parents are platinum collar leaders in the community, whose oldest kids have gone to top academic universities in the nation. They want to get their families off the grid, and into healthy activities and a relationship with the land and with animals.

An interesting contrast/parallel to the countercultural, political, and intellectual suburban vagabonds many of us were back in that day!
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Lived down the street from the one in Dayton
 
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Enki_Amenra said:
Judging from previous eruptions dates, it could be any time over the next 150k years. I wonder if there will be precursors for a while before it goes off or if it just gets mad one day and says "lights out"?
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there are signs all the time, tremors, etc.

there is a dive team that measures that bubble yearly.
 
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