Saturday, 10 October 2020

Beginnings of 2020 - Star Trek: The Next Generation: Risks and Nightmares

 Star Trek: The Next Generation: Risks and Nightmares

The Enterprise arrived at the anomaly on schedule. “Beginning scan,” Data reported. “So far, there is no match in any Federation database.”

 

 

The nightmares started straight away. Captain Jean-Luc Picard was reading in Ten Forward when he saw Counsellor Troi sit across from him. “What can I do for you Counsellor?”

 

“There have been more reports of nightmares amongst the crew this evening than any previous night cycle, Captain,” Deanna Troi answered.

 

“What do you mean, Counsellor?”

 

“I mean, it may have to do with that anomaly.”



Beta Request - Q Junior's Lessons

 Title: Q Junior's Lessons - Prologue

Fandom: Star Trek: Voyager

Characters: Q Junior, Kathryn Janeway, Q

Alternate ending to Q2. The Continuum doesn't return Q Junior's powers immediately. Instead, they require him to be part of Voyager's crew until the ship returns to Earth.



Thursday, 8 October 2020

Beginnings of 2020 - Star Trek: A Troublesome Deal

 Star Trek: A Troublesome Deal

The Enterprise was too late. Captain James T. Kirk looked at the M-class planet on the viewer. He didn’t need to ask Spock to scan. He saw that the planet would no longer support humanoid life. Even so, he asked for confirmation.

 

“Confirmed. The planet has entered a nuclear winter, Spock reported.”



Sunday, 4 October 2020

Beginnings of 2020 - Elias and the Writer's Block

 Elias and the Writer’s Block

It had been a few days since he had been able to write more than a paragraph. He needed a change of scene. Just sitting in his office, being stumped, wasn’t a good idea. ‘Maybe I should go to the Park,’ he thought. He hadn’t been there since the Pandemic started. That was something he had already written about. Those short stories had been well received, but he wanted to write something different. Something that would inspire hope. That was why he wanted to get out.

 

Ten minutes later, he parked his car outside the Park. It didn’t seem like there were too many other people there.



Saturday, 3 October 2020

Church notes - 4th October 2020

 4th October

No one by themselves is good enough to be with God.


Hebrews 10:16 - 25


Ephesians 2:4 - 9

It is by grace you were saved.


Ecclesia

- A gathering

Therefore - why is it there?

A foundational truth.

What Jesus accomplished and why it matters.

How do I have access to God?


We all carry shame and guilt. But we we can access God!


Hope

- locked in a person. Jesus.

- A sense of certainty.

- He died on the Cross, carrying our sins. opening the way to heaven for us.


vs 18

Our sins have been dealt with.


vs 19

Therefore, brothers and sisters, we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place.


Mark 15:37, 38

The curtain tore. The way to the Most Holy Place is open.


vs 21 - 23


'Cheap grace is the preaching of forgiveness without requring repentance, baptism without church discipline, communion without confession. Cheap grace with grace without discipleship, grave without the Cross, grace without Jesus Christ.' - Dietrich Bonhoeffer.


We also draw near to each other.


vs 24

How might we spur each other on in love and good deeds?

Finding opportunities. (What is it we can do in the COVID situation.)


Persecution.


'Scripture knows nothing of a solitary Christian. People of faith are always members of a community . God never works with individuals in isolation but always with people in community. The Christian needs another Christian who will remind them of God and who will speak God's word to them. He needs him again and again when he becomes uncertain, when he becomes discouraged, for by himself the Christian cannot help himself.' - Eugene Peterson


vs25a


Friday, 2 October 2020

Beginnings of 2020 - Emily and the Doctor

 Doctor Who – Designated Survivor – Emily and the Doctor

It was the end of a busy day in the White House, when Emily Rhodes heard a sound that she thought she would never hear again. ‘No! Not now!” she thought. She didn’t want to have to explain the Doctor to the President. She walked through the halls in the direction the sound came from. Then she saw it, or rather her. “Aren’t you a sight for tired eyes?” she asked as she walked up to the blue box.

 

“Emily?” She turned and saw Seth Wright, the Press Secretary. “Do you know what this is?”

 

“Um, yes,” she answered as she grabbed the key she had kept since college. Then on impulse, she turned and unlocked the door.

 

 

The interior was different to how she remembered it. “Doctor?”

 

“Emily Rhodes?” a Scottish voice asked from behind the console.

 

‘Regenerated, figures!’ Emily thought. “Yes,” she answered, at a loss for words.

 

The Doctor stepped out from behind the console. “You’ve done well for yourself. White House Chief of Staff. I knew you would achieve things in Washington.”

 

Emily looked at the Doctor. “You look old, Doctor,” she said, remembering the two brown haired incarnations she had travelled with through her College years.

 

The Doctor was about to say something, but was interrupted by Seth stepping into the Console Room.

 

“Wait! How can this box be bigger on the inside?”

 

“It’s a long story, Seth,” Emily answered. “However. A question must be asked. Why are you here?”

 

“Because President Kirkman is in danger!” the Doctor answered.

 


Thursday, 1 October 2020

Beginnings of 2020 - Designated Survivor - The Question

 Designated Survivor – The Question

National Security Advisor Aaron Shore arrived at the White House. It was sure to be a busy day. The various threats to the United States had only grown since the Capitol Bombing. He then received a Text.

 

From: Emily

To: Aaron

 

Please meet in my Office in half an hour.