SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2015
Wandering Reel travels in Tuesday
City Lights Cinemas is screening
The Wandering Reel Traveling
Film Festival in Florence Tuesday,
Nov. 10, at 6:30 p.m.
The two-hour screening will fea-
ture half a dozen thought-provok-
ing international short films, each
followed by a community discus-
sion led by Michael Harrington, the
director and curator of the festival.
The customized selection of
films come from the five regular
Wandering
Reel
programs:
“A Call to Action,” “Encounters,”
“Family Matters,” “(Invisible)
Borders” and “Pushing Bound-
aries.”
Wandering Reel is a traveling
short film festival showcasing com-
passionate and artful cinema for
communities without access to such
films.
It strives to engage audiences in
a deeper conversation about the
nature of cinema, the movie
industry and the films themselves
and how they relate to community,
conscious living and making
the world a better, more unified
place.
For more information about the
festival, go to www.wandering
reel.org and www.citylightscine
mas.com.
Why prayer and doubt don’t mix
Prayer is a vital part of our relation-
ship with God, and it’s a great privilege,
not an obligation. When you really
think about it, it’s amazing to know that
the God who created everything and
knows everything actually wants us to
come to Him boldly — through Christ
— to have a relationship with Him.
Hebrews 4:16 (NLT) says, “Let us
come boldly to the throne of our gra-
cious God. There we will receive his
mercy, and we
will find grace
to help us when
we need it
most.”
It’s
so
important for
us to trust
God’s love for
us and really
know that He's
merciful and
sees us as right-
eous because of
what Jesus has
done for us (2
Corinthians
5:21). If we
don’t, we will
struggle
to
have
confi-
dence that He
hears
our
prayers
and
wants to help
us.
The truth is
God
knows
everything
about us —
what’s
right
with us and
what’s wrong
with us. He loves us unconditionally
and He wants to have a relationship
with us and meet every need in our
lives. Our imperfections have nothing
to do with His ability and willingness to
answer our prayers.
You have to believe
Doubt is a common hindrance to
answered prayer, and when we experi-
ence it, it’s usually because we’re
focusing on us — our weaknesses and
mistakes. The key is keeping our focus
on God, trusting Him to give us wisdom
and discernment so we know what to
believe and what to do. James 1:5
(AMPC) says, “If any of you is defi-
cient in wisdom, let him ask of the giv-
ing God [Who gives] to everyone liber-
ally and ungrudgingly, without
reproaching or faultfinding, and it will
be given him.”
True wisdom comes from God, and
He wants to give it to us “liberally and
ungrudgingly, without reproaching or
faultfinding.”
“Liberally” means He gives more
than enough, and “ungrudgingly, with-
out reproach or faultfinding” means that
even when we’re in messes we’ve cre-
ated ourselves, we can still go to God
and He will help us.
Now, this doesn’t mean He won’t
correct us, teach and train us when
we’ve made a mistake. Like any parent
who loves their children, He disciplines
us because He loves us and wants
what’s best for us.
But when we’re in trouble, He does-
n’t decide whether to help us or not
based on our performance; His love is
unconditional.
Here’s an example to demonstrate
what I’m talking about: If my son was
in trouble with the neighborhood bully
and called for his dad and me to help
him, we wouldn’t respond to him based
on whether he had done all of his chores
at home. It would be ridiculous if we
heard him crying for help, yet we took
time to check the list first to see if he
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had done everything he was supposed
to do before we intervened.
As parents, we don’t refuse to help
our children because they don’t do
everything right, perfectly or the way
we want them to all the time. God is our
Father, and He knows we are not per-
fect. He wants to be involved in every
part of our lives and we don’t ever have
to doubt that!
Be single-minded
When we doubt God, we’re left mid-
way between believing and not believ-
ing — we’re double-minded.
But first Corinthians 2:16 says we
can live with the mind of Christ. In
other words, we can learn to think the
way God thinks so we’re not led by the
mind of the flesh, “which is sense and
reason without the Holy Spirit”
(Romans 8:6 AMPC).
James 1:6 says when we come to
God for wisdom, it must be in faith
“with no wavering (no hesitating, no
doubting). For the one who wavers
(hesitates, doubts) is like the billowing
surge out at sea that is blown hither and
thither and tossed by the wind.”
This doesn’t mean we won’t ever feel
doubt, but when we do, we can know
how to stand up to it.
Sometimes when I’m teaching, I
doubt whether I’m sharing the “right”
message based on how people seem to
be responding to me. That’s when I
have to trust God and tell myself, “I’ve
prayed about this. I’ve sought God
about the teaching, and I’m not going to
be double-minded. I trust God!”
I want to encourage you to ask God
for the desires in your heart and then
stand in faith for Him to do His will.
Decide to trust Him and His Word,
no matter what you feel, what people
say or what your circumstances look
like.
The only thing that really matters is
what God’s Word says, and you will
overcome doubt by putting your faith in
Him every time you pray.
FUUF to discuss
‘Web of Life’ Sunday
The Rev. Ruth Miller will
lead the Florence Unitarian
Universalist
Fellowship
(FUUF) worship service
Sunday, Nov. 8, from 10 a.m.
to 11 a.m. The title of Miller’s
message is: “The Inter-
connected Web of Life.”
“Ecologists talk about ‘food
webs’ but Hindus talk about
‘Indra’s Net,’” said Miller.
“What’s the difference? Is
there a deeper connection than
what we’re used to seeing? As
Unitarian Universalists who
celebrate the web of life, how
would we live if we truly hon-
ored our mutual interdepend-
ence with other beings, other
life forms?”
Miller will use slides to help
present her message.
The UU Fellowship Hall is
at 87738 Highway 101 at
Heceta Beach Road, and is
wheelchair accessible.
Each service concludes with
refreshments and a dialogue
circle to explore the questions
that come up during each serv-
ice.
For more information, visit
www.florenceuuf.org or call
541-997-2840.
Boxes, Banners and More
When Todd and Amanda
more than 50 diff erent box sizes.
Hennessee moved to Florence
“Because we are a family
by Catherine J. Rourke
from Corvallis more than a
business, we get to know our
dozen years ago, they instantly
customers on a personal basis,”
saw a need for commercial printing services.
Amanda said. “We treat everyone like family.”
“I had family here and we loved the area and all it has to
A total of four employees keep everything running smoothly
off er,” Amanda said. “Th is is such a friendly community and we six days a week. Th e couple’s two children – Caleb, 14, and
knew it would be a great place to start a business and raise our Ashley, 9 – help out aft er school on occasion. Caleb helps his dad
family.”
with the banners while Ashley creates paracord bracelets and key
Todd, who fi rst began working at his family’s commercial chains sold at the store.
printing operation, brings more than 25 years of industry
Th e pace quickens at Th e Shippin’ Shack during the holidays.
experience.
As a longtime tradition, the Hennessees provide a huge spread of
“We’ve continued that family tradition and started our own homemade baked goodies during December as a personal touch
from scratch,” Amanda said. “We went through the school of for their customers.
hard knocks and learned our way through the business.”
“People love that we make shipping so easy,” Amanda said.
What began as a commercial printing company 13 years ago “Plus, during the holidays, they can pick up a treat on the way
has now grown into a multifaceted operation for packaging and out.”
shipping, copying, faxing, laminating and notarizing services plus
digital fi ngerprinting and secure document shredding services.
Th e shop serves as an approved U.S. Postal Service provider as
well as an authorized FedEx and UPS shipping center.
Todd also manages a full-service sign and graphics company
within the store, producing banners, stickers, window graphics,
large format prints, lettering, business cards, brochures, mailers
and stationery.
Th e Shippin’ Shack off ers 24-7 mailbox access with secure
key cards, and 180 new boxes will be installed in the near
future. Special soft ware provides comparative shipping rates and
tracking details while storing addresses. Th e store also maintains
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