Brief Conference Note
There are less than two weeks to make your hotel room reservation. The cut-off date for reservations under our SKM Group Rate is March 5th. Please also advise us you are planning to attend. Email me: James@StoneKingdom.org. Click on the blue banner at the top
I goofed - Important Conference Update – February 12, 2026
Confusion about food and beverages.
I apologize that in both the February FMS cover letter (our monthly postal mailing) and in one of my early blogs about the Conference my wording was mistaken. One of our sharp correspondents noticed the wording and called it to my attention with this email
Photo description: This is the largest photomosaic yet assembled from Hubble Space Telescope observations. It is a panoramic view of the Andromeda galaxy, located 2.5 million light years away from Earth. This mosaic took over 10 years to create, captures 200 million stars, still a fraction of Andromeda’s
The nation is riveted to the disappearance of NBC “Today” host, Savannah Guthrie’s 84-year-old mother, Nancy. Today is day 10. It is still dominating the news cycle on several major news networks.
We were almost ready to post this when I decided to check one last time to see
Conference Update February 9th – Room Style Clarification, Pet Policy
As a septuagenarian, I must confess that I am still learning to read. (Perhaps there is an opening for me at the Somali-owned daycare “Learing” Center in Minneapolis, eh?)
Regarding our room style choices as we make our reservations for the Conference, I had previously thought that only the rooms
This is the first time that we have posted a blog on Sunday, to the best of my recollection. We have no idea what is going to happen over the next few hours and days, but we had a number of responses in regard to our recent posts and we
Curious Comms? Re: Super Bowl LX, plus… the Rapture
Today we give you a potpourri of several topics, more than would fit in the headline above.
First up, whether one is a football fan or not, this Sunday is the “high holy day” of the Super Bowl. For decades the halftime show has been nothing but coded (and often
Barley in the Bible, part 23
We left off in the previous installment at the point where Gideon had an encounter with the angel of the LORD [Yahweh]. This angel told Gideon that he was going to deliver the Israel people from the alien invaders.
Gideon protests by essentially saying,
Conference Update Feb. 4th—Guest Rooms Still Available
This will be a brief notice to let everyone know that our initial block of rooms have all been taken. However, I spoke to the hotel Sales Director and have authorized an additional quantity, so that rooms are still available at the graciously-reasonable SKM Group Rate of $139/night plus
