I dug up this old thread and thought I'd bump it in the forum and also post it here, for what it's worth in the new setting of getting and giving rep.


As everyone around here knows, I am old. I am also, somewhat old-fashioned... maybe even stodgy... certainly with standards... and if you want my respect on this board, there is the way to get it with your posts.

First and foremost, write in standard English. Your post need not be formal, by any means, but the use of upper and lower case typing, good spelling (knowing that we all make mistakes), and average grammar helps. The better you write, the easier it is for me to understand the good things you have to say.

The rest of these are in no particular order.

• Be civil, courteous, and kind to the other posters. This does not exclude having fun or even making light-hearted fun.
  
• Be able to take a joke. There is a lot of that around here, as there is with any group of good

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Let me tell you why I love HeroScape and HeroScapers.com so much. (This is being shared with non-HeroScape people...or might be, anyway, so understand that it may seem pretty basic to you about the game.)

It begins this way: "I believe that God gave me the gift of cancer…twice!"

I know that those two words “gift” and “cancer” seem strange next to each other. Let me tell you my story.

I thought I had gone through my “mid-life crisis” in my late forties, with all the attendant pain and bad decisions that come when you feel you have passed your peak, are not going to go any further, higher, or deeper in your calling, are getting burned out, washed out, and just want to get out. That happened to me, and I thought I knew how to handle it. I quit the race to a larger congregation or a more prestigious position. I went and taught at a little college for a few years, served in a temporary position at my presbytery for a few years more, and...