Rev. Sarah Fanning at the Innisfail United Church recognized Good Friday in the form of a Jewish funeral service. One eulogy was read from the perspective of Jesus as a young boy. Mine was from the perspective of Jesus during the course of his ministry. This eulogy is delivered by Jesus’ brother, James. Thank-you for…
Pipeline supply pumps must meet an interesting set of operating conditions. The flow rate is generally low and the required discharge pressure is high. This requires either a small multistage centrifugal pump or a positive displacement pump, such as a plunger pump. A plunger pump with a VFD is quite suitable for delivering fluid to a pipeline. However,…
Our session on Liturgy has finished. I have learned an incredible amount on the structure of a worship service, and this will help me broker peoples communication with God. I have conflicting emotions about the process so far. On one hand I feel much more enlightened about my life. On the other, I feel uncomfortable.…
I had great plans to get homework finished during Christmas break. So did the rest of the group. We are becoming more comfortable with each other, and the proof is that the predominantly fluffy comments are giving way for some real emotion and even arguments. That is good. There is a spectra for people’s ideology…
On a different note, there was one new face, and his daughter, present for my service. I feel honoured to introduce them to the United Church. I hope they felt welcome, and not too scared. I know how uncomfortable it is to be surrounded by a bunch of strangers. I would like to see them…
Lectio Divina went well. I think I put the right emphasis in the reading. Honestly, I don’t remember much from that session. I have been busy with this weeks homework. We are starting to analyze different prayers, to identify what the key components are. There is a pattern that a particular prayer should follow, which…
The first group session was interesting, even though we were quiet and uncertain around each other. I think we will be more forward this week (tomorrow evening). It is not surprising that I am on a different end of the religious spectra. My input to the homework and comments on other peoples essays is different.…
I am officially overwhelmed. I just saw the required reading for each week and I am behind. And one of my books has not shown up yet. I did not anticipate this to be such a demanding course. But it is. And my day job is not any less forgiving. The introductory session was last…
What on earth am I doing? Why am I signed up for learning how to lead worship services in the United Church? How did I get here? My first LLWL assignment is to create a short video that describes myself. I will sketch out the rough draft here. I am an engineering consultant in Calgary,…
Controller tuning can a bit of a trial-and-error exercise. There is often no trust that the PID tuning settings recommended by the Engineer will be successful. This is where some modelling is useful. If the simulation results are acceptable, then the real application stands a good chance of working. If the simulation results are not…