How long have you been a forum member?

[Jennifer5]

I'd be curious to know how many of us have been here since 2005 and how many wonderful people we have brought in since then.

I'd be interested to see if certain parts of certain years drew a lot more people in, and if there was a SF event that caused it.

Oh course, if I just wanted the list of people I could just look it up, but I want to see the list from those who are active members.

Anyway, I'll look forward to seeing the results. :)

[Daniel]

I need to get out more often.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evening_Primrose

[Jennifer5]

I need to get out more often.

Oj8MQohz90s

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evening_Primrose

I know what you mean, my friend. :love:

[andrewlittle]

October or, more likely, November.

I remember I had finished seminary in June, hadn't been able to find a fill in job being in Podunk Iowa, couldn't find an open pastorate, and was on the verge of insanity (some things never change). I had to do something to keep me sane and connected. After seeing Rev White speak, and had occasion to chat with him a little, decided to check out Soulforce. Except for occasional lapses, I am still here - like a bad fart - umm, I mean penny.

[Zerbie]

Danny, what the HECK is the premise of that musical? It likes like a Twilight Zone episode. :confused:

Jennifer, I signed up the day the forum was first announced to the Soulforce email subscribers. I'm like an original forumite from the early mesozoic.

[Jennifer5]

Danny, what the HECK is the premise of that musical? It likes like a Twilight Zone episode. :confused:

Jennifer, I signed up the day the forum was first announced to the Soulforce email subscribers. I'm like an original forumite from the early mesozoic.

Add I think you will always be the most active poster! You're almost 1500 posts ahead of your 'competition'.:rolleyes:

Honestly, I don't know what we would do without you... we'd be lost. :eek:

Did you actually mark the poll? The numbers haven't changed yet....

[keltic63]

Danny, what the HECK is the premise of that musical? It likes like a Twilight Zone episode. :confused:

Jennifer, I signed up the day the forum was first announced to the Soulforce email subscribers. I'm like an original forumite from the early mesozoic.

didn't we discuss this before? you and I showed up about the same time, signed up as soon as it was possible!

[Jennifer5]

didn't we discuss this before? you and I showed up about the same time, signed up as soon as it was possible!

You two may have beaten me to it, but I still got the book. :D

(Only because Jamie is such a sweetheart though. :love:)

[Zerbie]

didn't we discuss this before? you and I showed up about the same time, signed up as soon as it was possible!

Yes, we did. As it happened, you were there first, and you were the first person to welcome me on my 'hello' thread (if I am remembering correctly.)

Ahh, and that's right -- I only signed up for a login name in order to win a book. I was pretty convinced that after the 'hello' post, I would never post again.

:lol::rofl::rofl:

[Jennifer5]

Yes, we did. As it happened, you were there first, and you were the first person to welcome me on my 'hello' thread (if I am remembering correctly.)

Ahh, and that's right -- I only signed up for a login name in order to win a book. I was pretty convinced that after the 'hello' post, I would never post again.

:lol::rofl::rofl:

To top it off, the book was actually good... at least I thought it was. :rolleyes:

So you kept coming back and got a good book.

[Emproph]

From that YouTube video: “I love you more than poetry”

I gotta remember that one.
--
Ahh, and that's right -- I only signed up for a login name in order to win a book. I was pretty convinced that after the 'hello' post, I would never post again.

:lol::rofl::rofl:
Are you serious? At this point you’re a veritable icon.
--
12-07-2005 for me, which I think was shortly after the forums started up. I had come across the site months before, and checked back every so often before I found the forum. I was originally drawn specifically to the nonviolent / bridge building activism approach, and thought that this whole religious anti-gay thing was just one big misunderstanding, and that all we needed to do was communicate with them in love and then everything would magically fall into place and we would live happily ever after, the end…

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm89/cmannexe/naive1.jpg
That was then.


This is now.
http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t208/WingMan0519/funnystuff2/frazzled.jpg

[Jennifer5]

From that YouTube video: “I love you more than poetry”

I gotta remember that one.
--

Are you serious? At this point you’re a veritable icon.
--
12-07-2005 for me, which I think was shortly after the forums started up. I had come across the site months before, and checked back every so often before I found the forum. I was originally drawn specifically to the nonviolent / bridge building activism approach, and thought that this whole religious anti-gay thing was just one big misunderstanding, and that all we needed to do was communicate with them in love and then everything would magically fall into place and we would live happily ever after, the end…

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm89/cmannexe/naive1.jpg
That was then.


This is now.
http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t208/WingMan0519/funnystuff2/frazzled.jpg

We should bring back "then", it was much prettier! :rainbow::rainbow::rainbow:

(I use waaaayyyy to many smilies, I'm starting to annoy myself)

[Eugene]

I joined in 2005, right after reading Stranger at the Gate. By chance, this forum (and maybe even the Soulforce website) had just come online.

I watched a Chad Allen movie last night -- Save Me. He mentioned Soulforce in the bonus interview section of the DVD.

[u-dog]

though it was under a different login name. U-dog came online in February 2007. Stranger at the Gate was my introduction also.

[Daniel]

Danny, what the HECK is the premise of that musical? It likes like a Twilight Zone episode. :confused:
.

All will be revealed.

Clock on the Wikipedia link under the utube vid in my original post on this thread.

[Zerbie]

All will be revealed.

Clock on the Wikipedia link under the utube vid in my original post on this thread.

I feel so vindicated -- the Wikipedia article even compares it to Twi Zone. :D:D

I knew right away the song was by Sondheim -- has it been used elsewhere? Excerpted? Somehow I already knew the song, just not this bizarre TV musical. Totally creepy. Geez.

So, what was your point? That hanging out on this forum is somehow comparable to the Perkins character in Evening Primrose? :eek:

[BruceChris]

But Andy, now, he seems like he's been around forever.

Only post when you've got something to say, or you can at least make something up.

BC

[Jennifer5]

But Andy, now, he seems like he's been around forever.

Only post when you've got something to say, or you can at least make something up.

BC

I remember that, there was the "Hello, my name is..." section and the "General Chat" (I think) section. But then they decided that "discussions" was fancier.:rolleyes:

[Daniel]

So, what was your point? That hanging out on this forum is somehow comparable to the Perkins character in Evening Primrose? :eek:

The characters live in a department store. They never get out. Ever. They've never seen the outside, heard the birds sing, or see the sun go down.

Living online- even on a forum as interesting, and as necessary as this one, can be like that. Which is why I noted that I needed to get out more! ;):eek::lol:

[wmanion]

I joined Soulforce in June (I believe of 2007). I stayed active until my brother's illness in December but then fell away due to his constant needs, but found my way back this past summer. I have been searching my brain to try and remember how I even heard of Soulforce or even found it but, as of yet, I do no have the slightest clue. I do know that when I came, I felt very welcome and I felt like I had found a home. The people on the forum were so full of information that I would read and read for hours at a time. I had all ready come to grips with my sexuality and had reconciled it with my faith in God, but Soulforce became an affirmation of what I all ready knew in my heart.

Bill

[christa08]

I joined in May of 2008. I found Soulforce because I was doing some research online about what the Bible says about different topics like drinking alcohol, cussing, homosexuality, etc. When I researched homosexuality, I found Mel White's book What the Bible says - and doesn't say - About Homosexuality. What an eye-opener. After reading the book, I signed up on the forums and have been reading and absorbing the amazing intelligence and unconditional love offered here. This site has been life-changing for me personally. :love:

[tdogg]

I found Soulforce through Stranger at the Gate. Dec. 2005 (12/1/05 I think, have to check again). It's been an amazing 3 years!!

Wow, this brings me to a thread I wanted to start. But perhaps this is the perfect place to say it?? I'm SO thankful for Soulforce, the forums and all of you. Because of our conversations over the last 3 years, I am in a place where I can easily work with a very eclectic group of people, of all faiths and backgrounds. I can value their experiences and beliefs and use it all collectively to do our work. We are working on reaching out to faiths (right now Christian congregations), bringing an excellent course on marriage equality, Living Lovingly, into churches and opening dialogue with church members. A similar course is being developed for the Jewish faith, and there will be others.

Our group is really wonderful, powerful and a complete joy. I love them all. Without Soulforce, I wouldn't be quite in the position I am now, ready to go forward and get started. We had initial training yesterday, and have 5 churches signed up right now and working on more. Plus we are helping others in different geographical locations so they can move forward to.

Thanks to all of you for your lessons and friendship. It has meant, and still means so much to me. I can never express the full amount of gratitude that I feel for all of you. :love::love:

[Zerbie]

The characters live in a department store. They never get out. Ever. They've never seen the outside, heard the birds sing, or see the sun go down.

Living online- even on a forum as interesting, and as necessary as this one, can be like that. Which is why I noted that I needed to get out more! ;):eek::lol:

So in other words, you're telling me I'm right.;) You see yourself as the Perkins character. (When you're not busy picturing yourself as Snape.):disagree::disagree:

Dude! -- er, oh, oops, sorry, I mean ummm. . . I mean, "Sir!"
You need to shut the computer off and get out of doors. Hie thee to the Park, Sir!

(No, I DON'T know what I'm babbling about:o:p, but I do know that you could use some real life escape -- go have some fun and play.:):rainbow: Take your Handsome and go out dancing. Or something.:love:)

[Jennifer5]

I'm actually surprised to see what the results look like so far. I thought that there would be a lot more newer members, I didn't realize that so many of our regulars had been here that long.:love:

[antiochian]

Nearly a year and a half and counting. I've never stuck with an online forum this long. I usually get bored and move on within a very short time. Something just keeps drawing me back here, not sure what... certainly not the people here, they're just terrible. ;)

Learned of SF through "Religion Gone Bad."