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One of Thomas Ramey Watson's prominent forebears on his mother's side was Jacques LaRamee. A number of places in the upper Rocky Mountain West bear his name to this day. Laramie, Wyoming is best known. Jacques was a renowned and influential explorer and fur-trapper. Because he was just, honest, and treated others, including the often-despised native Americans, well, he was held in high esteem. One winter, the story goes, the native Americans were starving, so they killed one of Ramee's cattle. He told his workers not to take action against them-they were hungry. Jacques shared with fellow free-trappers his theory that the world was wide and there was room enough for all. He had the courage to live his convictions and followed the beat of his own heart, not what was imposed on him from outside.
One of Ramee's progeny, psychotherapist, life coach, writer, and professor, Thomas Ramey Watson believes that journeying in various realms-of the mind, the physical world, and the soul-is central to enjoying a good life. The insights gleaned from becoming aware of the intersecting planes of existence lead us to fuller and more deeply lived lives.
Thomas Ramey Watson, Ph.D., is an affiliate faculty member of Regis University's College of Professional Studies in Denver, Colorado. He has served as the Episcopal chaplain (lay) for the Auraria Campus in Denver and taught English for the University of Colorado at Denver. He has trained as a psychotherapist and was named a Research Fellow at Berkeley Divinity School at Yale University, a position he did not take, choosing to do postdoctoral work at Cambridge University instead.
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This restored historical home built in 1850 is now a museum. Period furniture, artifacts, exhibits of the county's history and way of life are on display. Many area residents' personal historical items can be seen. See a rare photo of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and his personal signature on a penned letter to a Sandersville girl.
The house was the headquarters of General Sherman in 1864. He napped here, dined with the family and held staff meetings. The lounge where he napped remains. Civil War memorabilia, Washington County pottery, the kaolin Industry and artifacts from the historical Sandersville Old City Cemetery can be viewed by visitors.
In celebration of the Civil War Sesquicentennial, the Brown House Museum is showcasing an enlarged exhibit of Civil War items. Some items are unique and usually not seen in a museum. Personal articles, letters written home by soldiers and other significant Civil War items can be seen.
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Civil War Sesquicentennial Exhibit
03/17/2014 - 12/31/2014
During the Civil War Sesquicentennial, the Brown House Museum will offer a rotating exhibit like none offered before. Civil War artifacts, memorabilia, personal letters written from soldiers to their loved ones and historic war papers from Washington County families will be on display. Uniforms, trunks, weapons and other Civil War items can be seen.
See history unfold in the house where it is said General Sherman rested, dined with the family, napped and set up his headquarters when ...read more
Sherman's March Tour through Washington County
10/25/2014 - 10/25/2014
Washington County Historical Society will sponsor a motor tour of Sherman's March through Sandersville and Washington County. Sites of interest of Confederate President Jefferson Davis's flight through the northern part of the county in the small settlement of Warthen will also be included on the tour. See sites where Sherman and his troops camped, fought and destroyed southern lives and property. Visit homes, churches, grist mills, cemeteries and various other locations along the trails Sh...read more
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11/08/2014 - 11/09/2014
During the celebration of the 150th Civil War Sequicentennial in Washington County, the Brown House Museum will be offering Living History Events. Vignettes of historical persons and events during the time of the occupation of Sanderville by General William T. Sherman and his troops can be seen during the celebratory weekend.read more

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by John Moe // Posted: 08/06/10 11:16 AM
"Don't hold your breath," says Yoko Ono.
There have been rumors about the Beatles showing up on iTunes for download ever since iTunes premiered. But while it always seems about to happen, it never quite happens. Now it appears that it's not about to happen after all.
Ono says "there is just an element we're not happy about, as people." No details on what that element is (iPhone 4 antenna?).
Paul McCartney has been similarly cryptic about vague issues with Apple Computer in the past. The roots of the conflict have always been in the nomenclature: the band had started Apple Recordings and then this guy Steve Jobs comes along and takes their name. Of course, you can Alta Vista the phrase "Beatles downloads" and get a lot of options.
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(Reuters) - Stephen Strasburg struck out 13 batters in six innings as the Washington Nationals snapped a three-game losing streak with a 4-2 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Thursday.
Strasburg, who tied a franchise record by striking out seven straight hitters, improved his record to 3-0 for the season after the Nationals had trailed 0-2 through four innings.
The 23-year-old, who dazzled fans in 2010 until an elbow injury ended his rookie campaign, gave up just the two runs, one earned, on five hits and walked three, all of them coming in the sixth when he loaded the bases.
Washington took control in the sixth when Roger Bernadina hit a solo homer over the center-field wall and Adam LaRoche followed up with a two-run shot in front of a crowd of 15,381 at PNC Park in Pittsburgh.
Rick Ankiel added a solo homer in the ninth to close out the scoring as the Nationals stayed at the top of the National League's East standings with a 19-12 record.
"You get used to seeing it," LaRoche told reporters of Strasburg's win. "You've got a guy that goes out there and throws the way he does every single fifth day, you kind of start to expect it."
Strasburg, the top overall pick in the 2009 draft, burst onto the scene as a hard-throwing rookie a year later when he struck out 14 batters on his major league debut.
He instantly became a main attraction for a struggling Nationals franchise but his season ended in August 2010 when he was injured and subsequently underwent 'Tommy John' surgery.
"When the stuff's working like tonight, you've got to go out there and just throw it, and it doesn't really matter what you throw," Strasburg said after ensuring the Nationals avoided a three-game sweep by the Pirates.
(Reporting by Mark Lamport-Stokes in Los Angeles; Editing by Greg Stutchbury/Peter Rutherford)


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Greeting New Year 2014, I would like to wish all of you, in the name of myself as President of International Taekwon-Do Federation, a Happy New Year hoping only joy and happiness dwell in your family life and every success materializes in all your expectations as tomorrow is today's dream.
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Blood Donation, Elder Feeding and Award Distribution Concluded
Nepal International Taekwon-Do Federation has celebrated its 12th Anniversary of establishment in Nepal with twelve days program. To make the anniversary remarkable, in the first eight days a Black Belt Course has been organized which is followed by the Blood Donation, then dinner for elder citizens in the elders care center and in the last day the distribution of award to the best players, instructor, dojang and honor to the people who has been supporting Nepal ITF in its rapid development.
In the eight days black belt seminar concluded yesterday where 250 black belts of Nepal ITF through out the country has participated. Chief Instructor Anju Nath Shrestha,Senior Instructor Chetan raj Giri and the Senior Instructor and President of NITF Krishna Bahadur Balal conducted the Seminar. In the historic black belt seminar, the participants are from all over the country, has participated. The Seminar has been conducted on Bulls Indoor Sports Hall, the Central Dojang of Nepal ITF.
After the completion of the Seminar, Nepal ITF has conducted the Blood Donation Program. This is to give the positive message to the society that, the martial artists have the kind heart and cool responsibility to the society and Nepal ITF is one, which believes on the social work. Nepal ITF has been conducting the blood donation program on every year of its anniversary celebration.
On the blood donation program that organized in the Blood Bank on Red Cross, NITF President Krishna Bahadur Balal, Senior Instructor Chetan Raj Giri, Vice President Anju Nath Shrestha, Secretary General Omkar Budha Magar, Members G.L. Chapain, Anju Rawat, Anjan Dhamala, Tham Bahadur Bahik, Biswa Shrestha and other central members have also donated their Blood. Like wise players, Instructors and supporters also donates the blood, by which, more than 50 points blood collected. Nepal ITF has been organizing Blood Donation since 2004 on the occasion of the every year anniversary celebration.
The next day is followed by the dinner program to the homeless elders who are staying in the elder care center. The NITF president Krishna Bahadur Balal, Senior Vice President Kumar Thapa, Vice president Chetan raj Giri and other officials has served the dinner to the elders there. Nepal ITF has been feeding the senior citizen of Nepal in the Elder Care center since 2004.
In the closing day of the Anniversary, Nepal ITF has announced the best players, Instructor, Dojang and honors the supporters. The best player male award has been awarded to Amir Mharjan where as in Female category Tulsi Thapa Magar won the award. The award winner has been decided by the majority of the Instructors and officials evaluating the performance on the last year. The Instructor of the Year has been awarded to Rewat Bahadur Rana of Palpa District where as the Association of the Year award has been provided to ITF Chitwan Association. On the ceremony, Appreciation has been awarded to International Taekwon-Do Federation and the president Professor Dr. Ung Chang, ATF, Nepal Sports Journalists Forum, Suryadal Gana of Nepal Army and some other personnel and institutions who supported Nepal ITF in the Taekwon-Do Development.
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Debate: Does antibiotic-resistant bacteria prove Darwin's theory of evolution?
MRSA is a bacterium which has EVOLVED to become resistent to antibiotics. Therefore, if someone gets infected then its extremely difficult for antibiotics to kill the Pathogens.
Many scientists think that we are using to many antibiotics and bacteria is becoming immune. This is a huge problem as how will we protect ourselves against these infectious diseases?
However, i am asking whether this evolution, that has taken place in our lifespan, proves, or helps prove, Charles Darwin's theory of Evolution?
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Nov 3 2012: Nah ! Natural selection is just favouring already-resistant bacteria.
Nov 3 2012: Hi Freddie.
I don't thing anyone doubts that the resistant bacteria are already present in the population & are selected by natural selection. Call it evolution if you like, but it doesn't increase complexity.
""Genes for resistance to antibiotics, like the antibiotics themselves, are ancient.[1] However, the increasing prevalence of antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections seen in clinical practice stems from antibiotic use both within human medicine and veterinary medicine. Any use of antibiotics can increase selective pressure in a population of bacteria to allow the resistant bacteria to thrive and the susceptible bacteria to die off. As resistance towards antibiotics becomes more common, a greater need for alternative treatments arises. However, despite a push for new antibiotic therapies there has been a continued decline in the number of newly approved drugs.[2] Antibiotic resistance therefore poses a significant problem.""
Nov 6 2012: Natural selection does not describe evolution - it is a phenomenon associated with it. Natural selection is not the only force involved - genetic drift is also possible, for example.
Since only a tiny fraction of bacteria have been identified, and since they transfer genetic material between each other - there being little in the way of a bacterial species, as such - it is not surprising that a new specie of bacteria can be identified. To summarize - they don't really have species so the comment is meaningless.
Nov 4 2012: Well what if this damage causes damaged bacteria to supersede "normal" bacteria, for instance if antibiotics can no longer destroy them? Wouldn't you call this damage advantageous?
This does "further the Darwinist cause", because that is all there is to it.
Something else, since we're at it... I've always wondered. Do Creationists believe domestic cats were created by God?
Nov 4 2012: It's a bit like the flightless flies that don't get blown out to sea on a windy beach. Or the folks with sickle cell anaemia who are immune to aids. The mutation is only advantageous under specific conditions, but the overall fitness is reduced. Four punctures may be handy for getting under a low bridge, but not on the motorway. If you mutate any well designed system it's bad news.
I doubt God created domestic cats; much more likely a big cat of some sort with enough variability to 'evolve'(if you like) into the many variations we see today.
Nov 5 2012: Hi Gerald.
Superbugs only exist in sterile environments. Put them outside with all the other bugs & they don't do so well. Their mutation is a disadvantage in any environment other than a sterile one; where their unmutated brothers & sisters are decimated by the antibiotics.
No one has ever argued with the fact that creatures adapt to their environment under the influence of natural selection. We see it every day & can test it in the lab; it's undeniable, every creature has this ability. What we cannot see or test is the theory that one type of creature can eventually morph into another type of creature . Darwinists call the change within a kind evolution, & show obvious examples; then talk as if the crossing into a new type is the same phenomenon. It's a play on words. There is no convincing evidence that such a thing ever happened.
Nov 5 2012: I see. You believe in natural selection as a means of small adaptation. This matches the idea that the world is a few millenia old, I guess.
What I don't understand is why God would work so hard at making it seem like an accident. Why did he arrange bones and genes in a way that really looks like we're all descendants of a common ancestor?
I mean, can you blame evolutionists?
Nov 6 2012: You are mixing terms - you can't deny the existence of evolution because 'it's only natural selection' and use the word evolution in the same sentence. If the superbugs did develop as a result of mutation as you describe then evidently evolution did take place. If they then don;t survive well outside a hospital that's irrelevant. Evolution is evolution is evolution. Clearly there is nothing to stop some mutilations benefiting organisms outside a sterile environment.
Nov 5 2012: All my life I have marvelled at the world, the universe, the whole thing. Naturally, evolution was my first port of call. I was disappointed that there was no way to be certain that this was the way it had happened. Church was a meeting place for hypocrites, totally irrelevant to my search.
When I was 35 I came across the creation guys. They put the science together with the biblical narrative. This made sense to me, & makes more sense as I study it.
How you see things is based on what you expect to see.
When I see similar body plans, I do not see evolution, but a variety of near perfect creatures built by one maker & designed to survive in the same environment
When I see millions of millions of fossils buried deeply, I know they had to be buried rapidly to be fossils at all; so a fairly rapid worldwide flood makes more sense than the piecemeal deposition over billions of years espoused by evolution.
So this ordered & complex universe does not look to me like an accident, quite the opposite.
It is not difficult to line up fossils & make up a story about evolution; much more difficult to produce empirical evidence. I could dig up the bodies in our local graveyard & 'prove' that people are getting bigger/smaller/fatter/thinner, & given a reputation, people would believe me.
Evolution must make sense to those who refuse to consider a non-material explanation, it's sadly all they have. If you want an alternative, then try looking at things from a different perspective.
Nov 5 2012: Hello Peter,
I have seen many creationists argue that natural selection and mutations cannot be real and after blindly rejecting these facts it is easy to see why they are against evolution. However you have accepted these facts but could not see that small changes that are made possible by mutations and natural selection, given large enough time, will eventually lead to a specie to morph into a new specie. We are talking about a time scale of billions of years which is more than enough for a specie to morph into another one. Small changes eventually lead to transformations.
Nov 5 2012: I hear you, but suppose for a minute the world is billions of years old.
What do you think might happen to two animals of the same species if they end up in groups living completely isolated from one another for millions of years? You must certainly agree that they might adapt to different environments and, given enough time, might end up becoming two very distinctive animals.
Is time the only trouble about the theory of evolution?
Nov 5 2012: Hi Alp.
Never heard of anybody denying natural selection.
Natural selection selects from pre-existing code. This code is finite within any creature, so the amount of variation is limited. This is obvious from breeding dogs, cattle, & corn; we always end up with dogs, cattle, & corn. If you want to believe otherwise, that's ok. There is no real proof though.
As most mutations disrupt the code the chances of new useful code appearing spontaneously is extremely remote. All the more so as it would have to have happened millions of times to give the desired results. Just not logical. We also have the small problem of body plans, which apparently have nothing to do with DNA coding. So we can mutate 'til the cows come home, it will not produce a new biological structure.
Nov 6 2012: Hi Gerald.
There are a couple of problems with your scenario. Bill Gates & others have likened the DNA code to our computer code, but immensely more complex. Imagine we started introducing random code into Microsoft Word. How long would it remain usable ? Mutations will wreck the code long before any imagined benefit could take hold. Time & further mutations will only make matters worse; it's not going to happen. There is no reason to think nature is any different.
According to Stephen Myres the DNA coding has nothing at all to do with body plans, & no amount of 'beneficial' mutations can possibly produce a new organ, or body plan.
I just can't find any reason to believe in this stuff.
Nov 6 2012: I can't explain evolution any further. I'd have to start at the begining. When you say "Time & further mutations will only make matters worse; it's not going to happen", you're leaving out the role played by natural selection, as if chance were the only drive of evolution.
Also, you believe everything is the way it's supposed to be, like Feynman's joke about licence plates "You'll never believe the licence plate I saw on a car today. NL-5589!!!! Of all possible combinations, NL-5589!!! The odds are 1 to billions!"
You come from faraway and I don't think you'll ever grasp any of this unless you read a book about evolution. A good one, such as On the Origin of Species, or The Extended Phenotype. And even still, you'd have to let go to a lot of preconceptions you have about what life is. So I don't know... You might be too old for all this counter-intuitiveness.
Nov 7 2012: Alan
Sorry about the aids comment. I did of course mean malaria. Getting old.
Same point though, sometimes bad clouds have a silver lining.
I am familiar with the "eye evolution" arguments. Lots of different creatures have eyes of varying complexity, so we line them up in the correct sequence to infer evolution. I don't buy it, we always have to infer. There are 100million cable connections behind each eyeball. That is technology we can understand, but is light years ahead of our abilities, not time & natural selection.
I am getting old right enough. I've been studying this for 50 years. In that time I think I have heard most of the arguments, seen most of the proofs, & read a book or two. I have found that materialists generally have little understanding of the religious or Id points of view. May I suggest "Signature in the Cell" , "Evolution, a Theory in Crisis", or "Darwin's Black Box".
Nov 7 2012: Evolution, a theory in crisis. I've read it. It's very unscientific and again, its basic argument is what Dawkins calls the argument of personnal incredulity. Living organisms are very complex, hence they cannot be originated from randomness.
It doesn't try to explain life. It just makes the statement that, wow, life sure seems to be of supernatural origin.
I'd have a similarly hard time explaining how a laptop does NOT operate on magic, to people with no scientific knowledge.
So what books have you read about evolution ?
Nov 7 2012: Hi Gerald.
That I think is the point. If life is scientifically & mathematically impossible by any natural force we know about, it must be caused by a force we don't know about. The more we learn, the bigger the deficit in our understanding. Putting a fancy tag (personal incredulity) on it doesn't really answer the question.
I'll pass on the Dick measuring contest re. Books.
Nov 7 2012: By no means do I judge people on how many books they've read, Peter. I'm curious about what you read, because personnally I didn't find inconsistencies in the evolutionary litterature I've encountered. Things are very well explained in a way that does not require that you take a leap of faith, or take the author's word for it on the basis of his academic authority.
It's explanatory. It's science.
So for instance, I don't see how one can be a Creationist after reading Darwin. Hence my curiosity as to whether you'd read "On the Origin of Species". I'd love your personnal opinion on what you found made no sense.
The more we learn, the more we understand. I don't know how you can deny that modern biology is tremedously deeper than pre-scientific revolution "natural philosophy". That solving problems raises new ones is independant of the fact that we do make progress.
Even if you were right, and if life was mathematically impossible, and Krisztian Pinter had to publicly dine on both his shoes... how is that an argument for Intelligent Design? Are you saying God is explained mathematically?
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Every church and ministry contextualizes. The question is what culture and which year?
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Every church and ministry contextualizes. The question is what culture and which year?
People do not drift toward holiness. Apart from grace-driven effort, people do not gravitate toward godliness, prayer, obedience to Scripture, faith, and delight in the Lord. We drift toward compromise and call it tolerance; we drift toward disobedience and call it freedom; we drift toward superstition and call it faith. We cherish the indiscipline of lost self-control and call it relaxation; we slouch toward prayerlessness and delude ourselves into thinking we have escaped legalism; we slide toward godlessness and convince ourselves we have been liberated.
American evangelicalism has not done a great job at making Jesus the point of the enterprise of faith. We take the Gospel notion of "faith alone," a belief many Reformers died contending for, and make it about us. We turn perseverance into personal empowerment and sanctification into self-improvement. We've made religion a bad word by turning Law into legalism and grace into license. We made Jesus our buddy, our co-pilot, our sidekick. We don't have sin — we have "issues." We say we have bad habits rather than admit we have sinful hearts. We look to Scripture in general as a toolbox of pick-me-up quotable quotes and to the Gospels specifically as a chronicle of warm-fuzzy behavioral aspirations. We forgo Christian repentance and gospel proclamation in favor of the culture war against gay marriage, evolution, atheism, liberalism, America forgetting her heritage, what-have-you.
But if the point of any of it is not Jesus, it will not, cannot, and does not work.
The biblical way is not to present us with a moral code and tell us "Live up to this," nor is it to set out a system of doctrine and say, "Think like this and you will live well." The biblical way is to tell a story that takes place on solid ground, is peopled with men and women that we recognize as being much like us, and then to invite us, "Live in to this. This is what it looks like to be human. This is what is involved in entering and maturing as human beings." We do violence to biblical revelation when we "use" it for what we can get out of it or what we think will provide color and spice to our otherwise bland lives. That results in a kind of "boutique spirituality" – God as decoration, God as enhancement.
John Piper, Don't Waste Your Life:
Of course, we do not use the word cool to describe greatness. It is a small word. That's the point. It's cheap. And it's what millions of young people live for. Who confronts them with urgency and tears? Who pleads with them not to waste their lives? Who takes them by the collar, so to speak, and loves them enough to show them a life so radical and so real and so costly and Christ-saturated that they feel the emptiness and triviality of their CD collection and their pointless conversations about passing celebrities? Who will waken what lies in their souls, untapped — a longing not to waste their lives?
One could easily cross out young from the phrase young people because I think what Piper describes applies across the board to millions and millions of everyday people. Just replace CD collection with gadgets or clothes and substitute politicians for celebrities.
It's never occurred to them to live any other way. That's why it's so important to push back against triviality with the fullness of the Gospel. Not so that we can be "good" Christians and stake our identity to a moral code, but so that we might live for the only thing that truly matters — the glory of Christ Jesus.
I had a rough week a few weeks back. Between things at work and at home and at church, I was frustrated with lots of things – but mostly just frustrated with my own inability to do things right. It seemed like no matter what I did or how hard I tried, things just weren't going right for me. So, there I was at the end of the week – just a frustrated dude driving to work on Friday morning (exactly what the world needs). As I dodged traffic, I was praying and thinking about what my problem was and then it dawned on me – I'm a failure. And I got the biggest grin on my face and I realized (once again) how good Jesus is. Hallelujah – I'm a failure.
Let me explain.
I've heard plenty of sermons wherein well-intentioned preachers urge their listeners to get serious about doing X, Y or Z. As the sermon usually goes, once you can get XYZ down pat, voila – you'll be a better Christian. The XYZ can be anything – prayer, devoted bible study, healthy relationships, etc. All of which are very good things in and of themselves and certainly worthy of exhortation. But I think that such sermons border on becoming holy self-help seminars and miss the point of the Gospel completely.
Jesus didn't die on the cross so that we could be "good Christians." He died and rose again so that we might become the righteousness of God We are saved by grace because there was no way in hell (literally) that we were ever gonna get their on our own.
So, if we really believe that it's God's grace that makes us followers of Christ and nothing we could ever do, where do we get off thinking that we can do anything to make us better Christians? Because, no matter how hard you try or how good or bad you are at doing the XYZs, you will always be a failure as a Christian. Go ahead and say it: "Hallelujah – I'm a failure."
Until you do that, you'll always be living like you're trying to earn something you can never get and will never live like Jesus is really the Lord.
Little girls have a way of greatly impacting the amount of extra time one has for extracurricular activities like blogging. But at the same time, they also have a way of casting certain aspects of life into very sharp focus – even at three months of age. In any case, this is something that I've been thinking about and meaning to write about for quite a while now …
I don't know why we can read the same words in the Bible over and over and then one day things just click and all makes perfect sense. A simple turn of phrase that previously seemed content to fade into the crowd can suddenly burst into a room, gushing with the beauty of the love of God and demanding nothing short of stunned silence on our part. I presume it to be part of the more mystical [1] side of following Christ – the Holy Spirit picks and chooses times to reveal things to us for reasons that may of may not ever become clear [2].
I had one of those odd little moments several weeks ago while listening to Alistair Begg via the Resurgence. In his sermon, Begg mentioned 2 Corinthians 5:21 which reads:
For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
When I heard him read that, the second half of the verse stopped me in my tracks. I've read 2 Corinthians multiple times but can't ever recall paying particular attention to that verse. But the implications and meaning of the first half of the verse didn't hit me until last week while listening to Mark Driscoll.
Read the first half of that verse – particularly "he made him to be sin" – I don't think that statement is any sort of literary slight of hand. It's meant to be taken quite literally. Christ became sin.
Are you a liar? Christ became a liar. Are you an alcoholic? Christ became an alcoholic. Are you a pervert? Christ became a pervert. Think about that – if that statement doesn't make you squirm, then you don't fully understand the gravity of what Christ did on the cross. To glibly say "Christ took away our sin" makes it sound easy and clean and just another day on the job for Jesus. But to say that Christ became our sin – our lies, our deceit, our perversions – is to recognize the weight and guilt that fell on him. He didn't co-sign a loan for us – he became guilty of every sin that we have committed.
That's the weight of the cross. And taken on it's own, that simple statement is quite overwhelming. The enormity of it demands from us a response. But before we can respond, we inevitably ask "Why?". Christ became our sin on the cross; he died; he rose again. But why in the world would Jesus do that? What was the point?
The simple answer is to say "so that our sins might be forgiven" – which is correct. But, again, oversimplifies the enormity of the situation. And this is where the second half of the verse comes in and we discover the glory of the cross.
It says: "… so that in him we might become the righteousness of God."
Christ didn't go to the cross so that we could say we're sorry and get off the hook and become buds. Through him, we actually become righteous. He doesn't make us just good enough to get into heaven. We literally become the righteousness of God.
Pay attention to the end of that statement. Not righteous – but righteousness itself. And not just righteousness, but the righteousness of God. We assume Christ's righteousness, just as Christ assumed our sin.
Mindblowing, isn't it?
[1]: I mean "mystical" in a most literal sense – things having an importance that is not immediately apparent or obvious; that are beyond ordinary understanding. See Phillipians 4:7
[2]: And I don't think it's a new thing. There are several times recorded in the gospels that Jesus told the disciples something that to us (with a death/burial/resurrection + 2,000 years) seems mindblowingly obvious. But, as the gospel writers tell us, the weight and meaning of Jesus' words was withheld from them.
Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise. You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.
Being a follower of Christ is not a simple exercise in thinking the right things theologically. Rather, it demands loving Him and following Him with all of your heart, soul and mind. Or as one commentary rather wordily puts it: with perfect sincerity (heart), utmost fervor (soul) and the fullest exercise of an enlightened reason (mind).
Leave any one of those things out and you are left with distorted image of Christ, which in turn shortchanges your relationship with Him.


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The "unreachable" Brad Pitt…with Shia as his wingman
Brange was not photographed at the Clooney wedding. Some are hoping they were there, just incognito. But you know what? It's not like they hang out a lot. You see Clooney with Damon, Krasinski, Murray… Since Oceans, you don't see him with Brad. Their friendship has been overblown… maybe because of wishful thinking. Full Story
Michelle Williams was performing
When Shia LaBeouf lit up a smoke in the theatre and, allegedly, started bopping people on the back of the head during Cabaret. As discussed previously, LaBeouf was arrested last night. Here's Michelle Williams in Brooklyn yesterday before the show heading into a waiting black car, presumably on her way to work. Full Story
Shia LaBeouf muzzled
Shia LaBeouf attended a performance of Cabaret in New York last night. He was smoking in the theatre. Also being aggressive with other patrons. To the point where they had to call the cops who cuffed him and took him to the police station. Where he allegedly verbally abused them ("I'll f-ck you up!") and spat at them so they ended up muzzling him. Full Story
Brad Pitt's Fury
The first full trailer for Fury, starring Brad Pitt, Michael Pena, Logan Lerman, and Shia LaBeouf was released today. I can rarely sit through a war movie – and I suppose that's how you're supposed to feel. But…not to sound like an insensitive c-nt… Brad Pitt's character's name is Wardaddy. Full Story
Shia still has a girlfriend
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Louisiana received the support of four different Cajuns scoring in double figures in breaking the game open against Lamar. In addition to Long and Payton's double doubles, Alan-Michael Thompson and Bryant Mbamalu also scored in double figures in the night.
Alan-Michael Thompson led the Cajuns with a career-high 18 points. Payton scored 17 points to go along with 11 rebounds and Long contributed 16 points and 11 rebounds.
The Ragin' Cajuns scored the game's first 11 points as Long scored eight of his 10 first half points in the first five minutes for the Cajuns; UL went on an 11-0 run to begin the game. Lamar would eventually picked things up, going on a 7-2 run of their own at the 6:23 mark, getting to within eight points, 25-17.
Thompson, who led all scorers with 13 points in the first half, got hot in the final minutes, knocking down back-to-back triples after Josh Soto had hit one of his own from the top of the key to ignite a 12-2 surge that stretched the Cajuns lead to 37-19 at halftime.
""Alan-Michael Thompson gave us a big boost off the bench and took a lot of good shots," Marlin added. "We tried to give the younger guys more minutes tonight and got a lot of contributions for a great team win."
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Louisiana shot 39.7 percent from the field (27-68) compared to 43.9 percent (25-57) for Lamar. Lamar finished the game with a 39-36 rebounding advantage. The Cajuns generated 24 points off 25 Lamar turnovers.
Louisiana travels to Houston Saturday to face off against the Cougars at 7:00 p.m. inside Hofheinz Pavilion on the UH campus.
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Of the $3.6 billion worth of property in the Town of Sandwich, nearly $400 million is exempt from real estate taxes.
Yet those exempt properties share in town services, such as road maintenance and public safety, which are funded by Sandwich property owners who are not exempt from real estate taxes.
At present, three tax-exempt property owners in town make payments in lieu of taxes, a practice known by the acronym PILOT. Those payments come to about $42,000.
Edward L. Childs, the town's director of assessing, would like to see more money in lieu of taxes coming to the town.
To that end, Mr. Childs plans to analyze the filings now coming in from Sandwich nonprofits seeking property tax exemptions. The filings are due by March 1 every year.
After completing that analysis, Mr. Childs plans to make a presentation in April or May to the board of assessors on the issue.
The official acknowledged that the town cannot compel the organizations to pay taxes, or payments in lieu of taxes. But Mr. Childs said the town would encourage payments that are reasonable and possible, money that would come in on a sustainable, regular basis.
"I'd like to see a dialogue started," he said. "We're not asking for the moon."
For example, he said the town would not ask nonprofits for payments reflecting the share of property taxes tied to the schools, given that the organizations do not use school services.
Should a number of nonprofits be facing a financial squeeze, Mr. Childs suggests that they could provide benefits other than payments to the town, such as reduced admission prices for Sandwich residents.
But nonprofit organizations in town have argued that they already provide significant community benefits and services.
One—which already makes a payment in lieu of taxes—is Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital Cape Cod on Service Road. The other two are the Sandwich Housing Authority and the Nye Family of America Association.
Spaulding, which for 19 years has provided advanced rehabilitation services to residents of the Cape, Islands and South Shore, is one of the largest employers in Sandwich, according to Carole A. Stasiowski, director of marketing and community relations.
Ms. Stasiowski said Spaulding adds value to the town in other ways as well. The hospital, which originally owned 70 acres of land, donated about 30 acres to the town as conservation land. She said the hospital and its outpatient pediatric center in Forestdale are regional resources, attracting families from on and off the Cape who benefit from specialized services.
Spaulding Cape Cod also provides free annual educational and screening programs, and provides free care to qualifying patients.
The hospital negotiated a payment as part of a deal to purchase a needed town-owned parcel prior to the facility's construction.
The annual payment, originally $12,000, has risen to about $25,500 this year.
Mr. Childs said that the housing authority, which is required by law to make payments according to a formula in lieu of taxes, pays about $16,000.
The family association, which came forward of its own accord to the town, pays $500.
Mr. Childs said another nonprofit organization in town, the Riverview School on Route 6A, voluntarily does not seek tax exemptions for three of its parcels, including the parcel containing the Riverview Café.
The official said the school pays taxes on the three parcels, which together are assessed at $794,100. Given the current Sandwich property tax rate of $14.57 per $1,000 of assessed valuation, Riverview is paying more than $11,500 on the parcels.
But whatever payments come in to town coffers from nonprofits can be dwarfed by the taxes from which they are exempt.
In Sandwich, the four largest nonprofit organizations exempt from property taxes are the rehabilitation hospital, the YMCA, Riverview School and Heritage Museums & Gardens.
For Fiscal Year 2014, the rehabilitation hospital property is assessed at $26,579,400. Without the exemption, the hospital would be facing more than $387,000 in property taxes.
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The Cape Cod and South Shore YMCAs, which own property in the Stowe Road area assessed at $20,752,900, would pay just over $300,000 in property taxes.
The Riverview School, with property assessed at $19,008,400, would be facing a tax bill of just over $275,000.
And Heritage, with property assessed at $11,826,900, would be looking at a property tax bill of more than $170,000.
At present, Sandwich residents and businesses pay more than $50 million in property taxes each year.


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Feb. 13 was the date of my last entry here: what a lot has happened. My mother turned 95. I went to a John Burroughs (St. Louis - actually Ladue, MO - high school) gathering in Washington, DC. A few days after I came back, took Mom to the doctor and she was hospitalized for pneumonia, and we learned she'd had a heart attack as well. Spent a week in hospital with her, then home with hospice care, and on March 19, after what finally were peaceful days together, she slipped away quietly in her sleep. So today, Mothers' Day, was a tough day for Dad and me. We've been going to church regularly since Mom died (did not go before, not wanting to leave her) but both of us felt that that would be too hard today. Dad slept most all day but enjoyed quiche for dinner with me.
We had a memorial service for Mom right here, a month after her death, when my brother was able to be here. Wanted to have it here in her environment, to let people see her beautiful artwork that fills the walls. We put up photo boards showing happy times throughout her life. And guests saw the peony garden which I'd planted with Mom in mind, and which has been dressed up now as a memorial garden. Photos of the memorial gathering are on my Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150581397115405.666310.744610404
So there has been a lot to deal with in these last few months. I've been getting to spring garden cleanup a bit late. There is always some comfort in the renewal of life that spring brings, but I'm sad not to be able to bring all the beautiful flowers in to Mom any more. I did take Mothers' Day peony bouquets to neighbors who kindly mow my roadside strips of land. Sharing flowers is always a pleasure.
Gardening can be both therapeutic and exhausting, so I'm putting in some long days outside. I got the indoor painting / touch ups done in time for the BBAV inspection in early April, but still have some exterior work to do. The gardens are so eye-catching, the rest doesn't seem very worrying.
Guest bookings are picking up now, it looks like the rest of spring and early summer will be full and lively here, and that's a happy situation. I'll get back to normal posting soon and talk about some of the other developments here and local events. For now, I sign off, hoping friends far and wide have been able to enjoy good things this Mothers' Day.
This Friday starting at 4 pm Eastern time, the Breeders' Cup races begin. Races restricted to fillies and mares are slated for Friday, and the rest will be held Saturday starting 1 pm. If you're here, you'll find us all in front of the big plasma screen in the living room, watching, handicapping, and phoning in our bets. The rest of the county may be focused on the Oyster Festival, and we're certainly mindful of it: Oyster Festival Friday and Saturday, we offer salad and cake all evening, to balance out the festival food for our guests; but for this household, thoroughbreds rule. Like-minded guests are most welcome!
Have not been making time for blogging, but the need to express some sort of tribute to a dear friend has brought me back here. Today, Conway Kuhlmann passed away at Indian River Medical Center in Vero Beach, FL. A very big loss.
Conway grew up in Washington, MO, and got to know my folks in the second half of the 1930s when he was working at a drugstore in St. Louis, MO. Mom and Dad - not yet dating - and a group of other youngsters at Giddings-Boyle Presbyterian Church would put out the weekly church bulletin and then go out for ice cream: at the drugstore around the corner where Conway worked. That's how he met his future wife, Betty Huff, and how he got involved with the group from Giddings-Boyle. He said the church group would relax there, laughing and joking, with maybe a racy tale (I cannot imagine that church-going group telling stories that anyone would bat an eyelid at today ...) and there would be this one cute blonde always saying, "I don't get it!" - and that was the girl he fell for.
Betty was in school with my mother's little sister, Freda, who would go off to Italy to pursue an opera career a decade later, after the war. So gradually Betty and Conway and my parents bonded as friends, and the friendship stayed strong all their lives. They took occasional vacations together, they visited each others' homes, like friends do. I remember staying with Betty and Conway in North Bellport, Long Island, the night before my folks and I sailed to Europe on the S.S. France in 1964. I vaguely remember an earlier visit to them in Indianapolis, and remember their family visiting ours at our lake house in Osage Beach, MO. Eventually Conway took early retirement from Eli Lilly, and he and Betty moved to Eleuthera where they lived the adventure of finishing a partly-built house, living without indoor plumbing for some time, catching their own dinner - or diving for it; taking their boat to go shopping on the next island; living it up on their private bay. I never went there, but my folks visited many times. I saw the beautiful shell frames and mirrors and other items Betty made so painstakingly, and saw the watercolors my mother painted of their home and their area. Circumstances changed after some years, and they moved to Florida, where Conway worked again, this time as a pharmacist in Okeechobee. They'd visit my folks in retirement in Hilton Head and my folks would visit in FL or on trips together.
Betty's heart problems caused them to relocate to Vero Beach for her medical care in 1999. When she passed away, Conway could not stay in the house he'd shared with the love of his life. My parents bought the house in October 2002 and moved to Vero, and Conway moved to a condo. (Now my parents' poor health has them living with me, and putting this Vero Beach home on the market.) In Vero, we enjoyed many good times with Conway over the next seven years, and helped each other with many things. it was a given that we'd have holiday dinners together - especially since I love to cook for friends - although, with Conway's strong involvement with his church community, we might not have the holiday dinner just on the day. He was also a very dedicated volunteer to Habitat for Humanity. For years, he went to work with them early every weekday, building houses, using the skills he had from his own home finishing and learning more all the time. He put those skills to use for me, too, in two visits to Heaven Scent, where he helped rescreen the porch and do some drywall. He made great numbers of friends everywhere he got involved, as he was so very likeable and unselfish. Conway was always gracious and compassionate, positive and appreciative in his outlook, helpful and kind. He could be quite upset with things he thought were wrong or unjust, but never foisted a bad mood off on anyone; he seemed always to keep his self-control and perspective, and to be determined to remain optimistic. That made him great company in any situation, an easy and enjoyable companion. He was a great fan of Thomas Friedman, read his columns and books, and talked about the issues raised in them. In other tastes he seemed so simply innocent and pure: always a fan of Lawrence Welk, for instance. He was absolutely devoted to Betty, and in his eight years as a widower, despite the many attentions from neighbors and church friends, never could consider getting interested in another woman again. He was a great friend, and we will always miss him.


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ST. LOUIS – The Mango Hometown Tour is coming to St. Louis on Fri., May 6, from 3:30- 5:00 p.m. as Chef Josh Galliano of Monarch and Chef Nick Miller of Harvest compete in the Mango Hometown Tour, hosted by the National Mango Board.
The chefs will compete to create a recipe that captures the essence of New American cuisine. Galliano of Monarch combines unique cooking techniques and flavors to create a modern-take on American cuisine. At his restaurant, Harvest, Miller emphasizes the use of seasonal products to create delectable dishes.
WHO: Chef Josh Galliano of Monarch and Chef Nick Miller of Harvest
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WHEN: Fri., May 6, from 3:30-5 p.m.
WHERE: Monarch, 7401 Manchester Rd., Saint Louis, Mo. 63143COST: Free to the public, but Guests must reserve their spot at http://mangostl.eventbrite.com/.
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Mango availability per capita has quadrupled since 1990 to an estimated 2.24 pounds per year in 2010. Mango import volume for 2010 was 770 million pounds. Learn more at www.mango.org.
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