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Sex, for good and bad, can be "awe-fully" consequential. As such, it is always provocative and never safe.
When Andy Warhol said, "Sex is the biggest nothing of all time," he was so wrong. Sex is one of the biggest somethings of all time – and for far deeper reasons and in many more fabulous ways than most people appreciate.
For Christians, sex is a big thing because it's a big thing to God.
Those outside the circle of faith often see followers of Christ as we typically see our parents. They couldn't possibly be sexual, save for the few obligatory engagements needed to bring offspring into the world.
But this is a false understanding. Truth be told, parents and Christians have a very vibrant interest in sexuality (except my parents, I'm sure!).
And Christians have a higher view of human sexuality than most people. G. K. Chesterton hinted at this in an odd way when he said, "When once you have got hold of a vulgar joke, you may be certain that you have got hold of a subtle and spiritual idea."1
And Bruce Marshall is even more startling: "The young man who rings the bell at the brothel is unconsciously looking for God."2
What Chesterton, always the provocateur for truth, is trying to have us understand is that human sexuality comes to us from God, and even when it is sadly perverted in vulgar joke, the teller is unwittingly referring to something that is, at its root, remarkably sacred and godly. (And that's exactly why the perversion of it is so wrong.)
Marshall would have us know that even the search for intimacy in the wrong places, in the wrong ways, is intimately about seeking what God made us for. (And that's exactly why it should be sought in the right places in the right ways.) This search drives all of us in many different and powerful ways. Some are simply more aware of what is really behind it.
What these men are saying is that – at its root as God created it – sex is remarkably sacred and ultimately about seeking that which God made us for. We must understand that God's interest in human sexuality is so much more than merely making sure people behave themselves.
God is much more than some supreme Dr. Laura barking out moral directives over a heavenly radio. But it's not confined to only this. His interest is rooted in something much bigger.
God, and those who follow Him, take sex very seriously, and the Christian picture of sexuality is much more serious, vibrant, and well…sexy…than any other view held in the larger culture. As a result, it's far more fulfilling.
While it might seem old-fashioned or passé to people outside the faith, the Christian view of sexuality is actually a very radical one. It's radical because is goes against the culture and holds up human sexuality as nothing less than an icon of the inner life of God. That's far from "nothing."
Before we address this, let's understand that place of sexuality in family life.
Regarding the relationship between sex and the family, allow me the indulgence of quoting Chesterton again:
Sex is an instinct that produces an institution; and it is positive and not negative, noble and not base, creative and not destructive, because it produces this institution. That institution is the family; a small state or commonwealth which has hundreds of aspects, when it is once started, that are not sexual at all. It includes worship, justice, festivity, decoration, instruction, comradeship, repose. Sex is the gate of that house; and romantic and imaginative people naturally like looking through a gateway. But the house is very much larger than the gate. There are indeed a certain number of people who like to hang about the gate and never get any further.1
Sex is an instinct that produces an institution; and it is positive and not negative, noble and not base, creative and not destructive, because it produces this institution. That institution is the family; a small state or commonwealth which has hundreds of aspects, when it is once started, that are not sexual at all. It includes worship, justice, festivity, decoration, instruction, comradeship, repose. Sex is the gate of that house; and romantic and imaginative people naturally like looking through a gateway. But the house is very much larger than the gate. There are indeed a certain number of people who like to hang about the gate and never get any further.1
Sex certainly isn't an end in itself, any more than a gate is an end. It leads us somewhere. Sex ushers us into something grand and glorious, more than we can imagine. Therefore, we need to understand its nature and participate in it as it was meant to be.
C. S. Lewis refers to this when he says, "The monstrosity of sexual intercourse outside of marriage is that those who indulge in it are trying to isolate one kind of union (the sexual) from all the other kinds of union which were intended to go along with it and make up the total union."2
A Christian view of human sexuality is all about context – making sure we don't separate some part of the thing from all the others that are intended to make it a complete thing. The Message, Eugene Peterson's paraphrase of the Bible, states it this way:
There is more to sex than mere skin to skin. Sex is as much spiritual mystery as physical fact. As written in Scripture, "THE TWO SHALL BECOME ONE." ... We must not pursue the kind of sex that avoids commitment and intimacy, leaving us more lonely than ever -- the kind of sex that can never "become one." There is a sense in which sexual sins are different from all others. In sexual sin we violate the sacredness of our own bodies, these bodies that were made for God-given and God-modeled love, for "becoming one" with another. (1 Corinthians 6:16-18)
There is more to sex than mere skin to skin. Sex is as much spiritual mystery as physical fact. As written in Scripture, "THE TWO SHALL BECOME ONE." ... We must not pursue the kind of sex that avoids commitment and intimacy, leaving us more lonely than ever -- the kind of sex that can never "become one." There is a sense in which sexual sins are different from all others. In sexual sin we violate the sacredness of our own bodies, these bodies that were made for God-given and God-modeled love, for "becoming one" with another. (1 Corinthians 6:16-18)
Again, we accomplish this not by merely understanding how we should act or not act, but how human sexuality reflects the very inner life of God and how it gives Him glory when we live in it as He created it.
… Adam as man and Eve as woman are uniquely created to show forth the image of God in creation. They reflect it as individuals and they reflect it as complements to one another. This image is one of love, intimacy, creativity, cooperation, beauty, glory, and much more. In Adam and Eve's God-given design, let's observe how their sexuality is a primary part of their being.
What's the first statement God makes to Adam and Eve after their creation? "God blessed them; and God said to them, 'Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth'" (Genesis 1:28).
Think of this in terms of what He doesn't tell them to do. From the start, God doesn't tell Adam and Eve to engage in
Of course, each of these is part of our God-given humanity and part of God's command to "subdue" the earth. Each of these is a part of family life that we should practice and celebrate. But these are not what came first. God blesses man and woman and bids them to be fruitful and multiply—exercising and reveling in their nature as sexual beings. This was the first command for humanity, and Adam and Eve were, no doubt, quite happy to obey. God was pleased also.
Likewise, let's look at the event when Adam and Eve, fresh from the mouth of God, first gaze upon each other. Adam didn't look at Eve and declare his appreciation for her intellectual brilliance, her sensible outlook on life, or her spiritual piety. Not by a long shot!
Adam and Eve first glory in something else, something some Christian theologies have unfortunately and incorrectly thought of as quite base and ungodly. They marvel at each other's bodies—their flesh. When Adam sees Eve for the first time, he proclaims with great excitement, "This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh" (Genesis 2:23, NIV).
He can't help but recognize this aspect of her. God had made Eve beautiful and Adam knew instinctively that this partner was just right for him. Adam was a physical and emotional oddity without Eve, but now it all made sense. Both of them understood the naked truth (sorry!) that Adam was made for Eve and Eve was made for Adam. God revealed it in their flesh, as part of His perfect design.
This helps us understand something very important about Christianity. As C. S. Lewis said, "Christianity is almost the only one of the great religions which thoroughly approves of the body—which believes that matter is good, [where] God Himself once took on a human body."
This gets us back to Chesterton's quip about the vulgar joke. Satan can corrupt sexuality and the flesh and turn it into something ugly. But it is, at its core, something beautiful and godly. Therefore, the flesh is spiritual and we should appreciate and cherish it under the lordship of Christ.
When God said, "Let us make man in our image, in our likeness (NIV)," and then created Adam and Eve and bid them to be sexually fruitful, it tells us something important about who God is.
I don't want to draw too sharp a comparison here, because the persons of the Trinity don't have physical bodies as we do and therefore don't manifest their love for one another as humans do. But notice the close connection in the tight space of two short verses (Genesis 1:27-28) of God's desire that we reflect the image and likeness of the Trinity and how God directs Adam and Eve first to commune with each other as sexual creatures.
We can't overlook the significance of this: God creates man and woman as reflections of the image of the Trinity and the first command is to engage in the sexual embrace.
This means that when a man and woman come together in marital sexual intimacy, somehow—mystically—they mirror the wonder, beauty, and creative power of God like no other part of creation. Again, this is far from "nothing."
As poet-farmer Wendell Berry explains, "The sexuality of community life…is centered on marriage, which joins two living souls as closely as, in this world, they can be joined."
He continues, "This joining of two who know, love, and trust one another brings them in the same breath in the freedom of sexual consent and into the fullest earthly realization of the image of God. From their joining, other living souls come into being, and with them great responsibilities that are unending, fearful, and joyful."1
Beautiful! This is the glory of family life.
Linger on how great this reality is. When Jackie and I find a quiet moment from our little ones, and we're not too exhausted (Jackie often wonders if that is possible for me), and we come together in that time of special communion, it's remarkable to think of what image we're reflecting. It can be overwhelming. No other faith has such a powerful and dynamic view of sexuality.
For Christians, single or married, this is one of the most important questions we can ask, because our sexuality is so central to who we are.
It always made me laugh inside when I was a teenager and church leaders would talk to us about sexual health and encourage us not to be sexually active until we were married.
Of course, this was smart and godly advice. But I found it funny because, even though I had never been intimate with a girl and didn't plan to be until I married, I was a healthy teenage boy. I was so hugely active sexually—on the inside, even if there was no external expression.
Things were churning in me like a volcano. I had to govern my feelings and desires constantly. I had to keep my mind from wandering where it shouldn't. I had to be careful how I related with girls and of the images I saw in magazines and on television. Mentally, I was very sexually active. And my sexual, physical, and spiritual health demanded this deliberate, internal discipline to ensure that my outward behavior was in line with what God desired for me.
What I'm saying is that we have to see "sexual activity" as so much more that just "doing it." It involves how we appreciate and live out our own God-entrusted sexuality. We are all sexual beings.
I can see this in my preschool-age children. They've already come to a place where they're instinctively shy about family members seeing them naked. When they go from their baths to their bedrooms, they're sure to wear a towel or dash as fast as they can and try to cover themselves by putting one hand in back and one hand in front of them in a futile attempt to keep anyone from seeing their bums. They've become aware, all by themselves, that certain parts of their bodies should be kept private. This is healthy, age-appropriate sexual activity.
So, not only married people should be concerned about loving God in their sex lives. We all have an awareness of our sexuality and how we express it. It's part of our thought life, the way we dress, the ways we interact with boys and girls in our youth and men and women when we're older. It's even a part of how we view and interact with God.
How do we love God in our sex lives? We love God in our sex lives by making sure they reflect the nature and qualities of the relationship shared by the Trinity, the image we and our sex lives were created to reflect. This requires that we understand some primary characteristics and qualities of the Trinity.
Marriages suffer from many wounds: power struggles, abusive situations, emotional distance, selfishness, immaturity, and addictions are some of the more easily identifiable aspects of a wounded relationship. Many marriages, however (even the seemingly healthy ones), often suffer from something far less easily recognized: a profound ignorance of the very nature of marriage itself. That is, couples understand neither what marriage truly is nor what it represents eternally. Without this deeper, intrinsic understanding of the marital union, these relationships labor under low standards and mistaken expectations.
A good marriage is a mystery on many different levels. The Apostle Paul writes of the profound nature of marriage in Ephesians 5. In verse 32, Paul wraps up his treatment of marriage by writing, "This is a profound mystery – but I am talking about Christ and the church."
What he means to tell us about this profound mystery is that our marriages are icons of the sacred union between Christ and the church.
This truly is a mystery and you might be having a hard time comprehending what it means. For starters, Paul's analogy is a means of teaching men how to be a type of Christ and women how to be a type of the Church. Husbands are taught by the Greatest Lover how to live sacrificially toward their wives. Wives are inspired by God's love to yield themselves in safety, treasured by both the One they await and the one who holds them in this life.
As we anticipate Christ's return – the marriage that will end all marriages – the spiritual romance between Christ and the Church is our best source of inspiration for a great marriage here.
Here's an especially comforting aspect of this truth. Even though our earthly marriage ends when death parts us, since we are also brother and sister, our spiritual union will not only continue in heaven, but will be perfect and complete.
But this idea also changes how we look at the here and now. The next time you're frustrated with your spouse, ask yourself, "Am I more focused with our temporal (earthly) marriage or our forever relationship?" How would things change if you were treating each other like a brother or sister in Christ instead of "the old ball and chain?" That may be a humorous stereotype, but it also begs the question: "Could or should things be different between me and my spouse?"
Let's look at what this marriage analogy means on every level. Each of us – male and female – are created with a trinity of our own—like our Creator. Our trinity consists of three levels: body, mind, and spirit. Our relationship to Christ informs each level, making us not only more like Him, but more like the spouse we were created to be. Of course, a damaged or distant relationship with Jesus also informs how each of these aspects operates.
The next time you're frustrated with your spouse, ask yourself, "Am I more focused with our temporal (earthly) marriage or our forever relationship?"
Often the physical part of us, including our behaviors, is the place we start our evaluation for the simple reason that it's the part that "shows." Like an iceberg with most of its bulk underwater, the tip is the part that first tells us it's there. This physical part, our body, is what Christ called His temple. The physical union of our bodies was planned to be a picture of the joy we will have when finally joined with Christ at his return, our spiritual marriage. This is not to say our union with Christ will be sexual, but that our earthly expressions of sexuality in marriage are the closest approximation to the unity, joy, and pleasurable fulfillment we will experience in heaven.
But, other, immediate applications include being a good steward of our temple as an act of gratitude and obedience. This spiritual/physical discipline will certainly build the enjoyment of our sexual relationship with our spouse.
Now let's dive underwater and look at the bigger parts of us we can't see. Our minds are constantly thinking, feeling, analyzing information, and experiencing deep emotions. Christ says to renew our minds, which is a big process, constantly taking place as new and old thoughts and feelings collide and come to the surface.
When two people are tending to this chore in their own minds, it can be the difference between a marriage that thrives and one that flounders. Specific to our sexual union, two renewed minds lead to thoughtful, sensitive lovers, who are more likely to find sexual fulfillment rather than just going through the motions.
If we really get down to the unseen bulk of who we are we find the spirit. Even now, this part of our being is most like God. Here is our core, the very essence of who we are and who we're becoming. This part influences and directs our minds and bodies. How much more, then, do we need to nurture and maintain ourselves at this level than any other? And how much better lovers will we be if our spirits make us pure, loving, and trustworthy? These qualities would bless our sexual union at the deepest level possible.
Most people reading this article likely haven't ever given thought of their marriages (or future marriages) as a model of the inner love of the Trinity. Words like faithfulness, sacrifice, and service take on a new and powerful meaning in our relationships when we begin to realize this is precisely how God loves us.
Despite any past mistakes or wounds, our marriages have the potential to become what they were intended to be. Jumpstarting this transformation process requires realizing what we were intended to experience and then reforming where we have failed to match up. The Old Testament book of Ecclesiastes provides a timeless picture of marriage. Here we see two designed to function as one – with the help of God working behind it all.
Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their work: If one falls down, his friend can help him up. But pity the man who falls and has no one to help him up! Also, if two lie down together, they will keep warm. But how can one keep warm alone? Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken. – Ecclesiastes 4:9-12
Is sex bad? A case could be made for that view.
Not quite what my generation expected when it invented the sexual revolution.
Although still not quite willing to give up that enslaving liberation, feminist writers like Naomi Wolf and Katie Roiphe exhibit signs of fatigue and confusion. A few secular people toy with the idea of abstinence—an abstinence not so much of purity as of boredom, fear, and disgust. In Hollywood, of all places, it has even become fashionable to talk up Buddhism, a weary doctrine that finds the cure of suffering in the cessation of desire, and the cure of desire in the cessation of existence.
What's more, some Christian writers give the impression they hold the same dismal view. Overwhelmed by the sheer number of things to warn about, they have forgotten how to do anything but scold.
Maybe the sexual revolution was an even grimmer joke than we thought. Maybe there is nothing good about sex. Maybe sex is just plain bad.
What's wrong with this picture? Although there is plenty of bad in the contemporary sexual scene, it's clear that we're forgetting something. The only way to get something bad is to take something good and spoil it. Whenever you find a bad thing, look for a good thing somewhere in the ruins.
The idea that sex is inherently bad doesn't come from the Bible. It comes from ancient gnosticism, which taught that the Creator wasn't God, but a lesser being who made a botch of things. Gnostics thought spirits good, bodies bad, and sex just a matter of bodies.
But the Bible calls God the Creator. He invented sex; it was His idea. And let's not forget that after He finished His work, He called the whole creation "good." Dazzled by His handiwork, Christianity espouses a higher view of sex than any other religion. That's why it also has the strictest rules about it. Anything so important has to be handled carefully.
So what's good about sex? Sex serves not just one great good but three. However, they need marriage to come into their own.
First among the goods of conjugal sex is procreation. God told Adam and Eve to "be fruitful and multiply." This was part of their dominion of the earth.
Second is union. When Adam was lonely, God didn't give him a man, an animal, or a crowd of people, but a woman—different than he, yet made with him in God's image. When Adam first gazed upon his new companion, he was so astonished that he cried, "This at last is bone of my bone and flesh of my flesh."
The third good of conjugal sex becomes real only when the spouses are united to Christ, for that is when they become a living emblem of His sacrificial love for the Church and the Church's adoring response. Paul is so awed that he calls matrimony one of God's secrets. "This mystery is a profound one," he says, "and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the Church."
These three goods are the point of sex. They are what sex is for.
What about pleasure? I hear you ask. Has Christianity got something against that? No, pleasure is great. God is for it. But by His design, pleasure is a byproduct—an outgrowth of other things that are more important.
If you pursue pleasure for its own sake, two things happen. First, it disappears. Philosophers call this the "hedonistic paradox." Second, it steers you wrong, because pleasure can result from doing wrong as well as doing right.
Let's talk about each of the three great goods of conjugal sex in turn.
Procreation. In procreation we cooperate with God, offering our bodies, marriages, and homes as the occasions for His creation of new life. This is an incredible privilege. It is even more mind-boggling to consider that the birth of a child is the birth of an image of God who will live forever, who will one day be older than the sun and stars are now.
Procreation isn't just about your kids. Once grown, the kids will have kids, remember? How we parent will affect the parenting values of our offspring.
Union. Love isn't just romantic feelings. Love is a commitment of the will to the true good of the other person. Otherwise, how could a bride and groom promise to love each other? You can't promise to have a feeling.
If love is a commitment of the will, then what has sex got to do with it? Consider procreation again. Do you see how different—how special—it is? In every other biological function, such as eating, digesting and growing, the man and woman are separate organisms. For procreation, they join to become a single unit, functioning in covenantal harmony. Conjugal union is a true merging. They become a one-flesh unity—and I'm not just talking about their bodies.
When I say that I'm not just talking about their bodies, I mean that at every level, male and female were designed to complete each other. In sexual self-giving, the hearts and minds and spirits of the husband and wife cooperate with their bodies. They are united not just in their bodily dimension, but in every dimension.
This unity also helps prepare them to be parents, and the hope of children joins them in solidarity with every past and future generation.
Casual sex can't achieve that. It endlessly joins and severs, joins and severs. Imagine what it would be like to repeatedly tear off and reattach your arm. There would come a day when no earthly surgery would suffice; the reparative power of your body would be lost. It is the same when you repeatedly tear off and reattach your various sexual partners. Eventually they will all seem like strangers; you just won't feel anything. You will have destroyed your capacity for intimacy.
Mystery. Think again of Paul's words regarding the union of husband and wife: "This mystery is a profound one, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the Church." What was he talking about? So far in salvation history, we have only hints; we won't know the whole until it happens.
Think of the Song of Songs, of the Old Testament love poem that begins, "Kiss me with kisses of your mouth." Many readers are mystified as to how it got into the sacred Scriptures, but the ancient rabbis had an explanation. They said it not only portrayed the love between husband and the wife, but symbolized the love between God and His people. Shocking! Yet the New Testament speaks in the same way. The Revelation of John foretells the coming "marriage of the Lamb"—a future union between Christ and His Church, more intimate than anything we have known, not to be consummated until He comes again.
In some way that passes our present understanding, and for all its present flaws, conjugal intimacy is a symbol of that piercing heavenly intimacy. The little humilities and the mutual sacrifices of the husband and wife are a training for heavenly union; the awe of their wedding night and the ecstasy of their embraces, a glimpse of it.
So is there any good in sex? In marriage, yes! God the Giver has made conjugal union the vaulted arch into two great goods, and the mysterious emblem of an even greater good—a good in this life we cannot comprehend. That's why we dare not uproot sex from marriage, the garden where God has planted it. Too much good is at stake to treat it lightly; too much power and danger to waste it on selfish games.
From the best gifts come the worst miseries, if we are too foolish to follow the Giver's directions.
We can dishonor God in our sex lives just as we can dishonor Him in any other area of our lives. We dishonor Him when we serve ourselves. We dishonor God in our sex lives when we fail to mirror the Trinitarian reality and beauty in our relationships.
God's instructions for our sexual lives serve Him by bringing Him glory when we obey them, and they also benefit us. God's rules are not limiting prohibitions, but rather ennobling, enriching guidelines.
As theologian George Weigel explains, when we view God's directives for our sexuality this way, "the first moral question shifts from 'What am I forbidden to do?' to 'How do I live a life of sexual love that conforms to my dignity as a human person?'"1
This explains why Christian prohibitions against certain sexual practices aren't based on reactive moralism in an effort to keep us from having fun. Quite the opposite! They're based on how we can flourish in our God-given humanity and how we best reflect the image of God in us.
As reflections of the nature and qualities of the Trinity, our sex lives should be shaped by the qualities of the Trinity. Three primary principles apply to all of us and, if we keep these in mind, they'll guide us in a life that is pleasing to God and beneficial to our families and ourselves.
The members of the Trinity never relate to each other as objects, to be used for their own good. They relate to each other in love, seeking to serve the goodness and glory of the other. Love is a self-donation. It never uses others as things or an end.
When we use others, we diminish their dignity as well as out own. Animals do this. People shouldn't, because it's not what we were created for. It's not what sex was created for. This is why pornography, masturbation, and rape fall outside of God's intentions for us.
Pornography dehumanizes sexuality and depersonalizes people by turning the viewer into a taker and the one viewed into an object. The danger is that we start to see others in our lives the same way we see the object in the magazine, movie, or website: as a nobody, a thing that exists for our pleasure.
It also dehumanizes the user because we are made for intimacy with the other sex and intimacy can't occur with illusionary images. It should take place with another person—a spouse.
Similarly, sex is much more than mere physical stimulation. God created it to be a very intimate communion between two people.
Therefore masturbation, like pornography, is incomplete because it doesn't involve the communion of two self-giving people, one to another. It's sex for one and isn't God's ideal for us; it's merely taking from one's self and doesn't mirror the nature of the Trinity.
No member of the Trinity turns in on Himself in any manner.2 Their relational expression is always to the others. Remember, God said it was not good for man (or woman) to be alone, and in sexualized form, that's what masturbation is.
Rape isn't about sex, but about control and domination. It's about taking by violence. It's always wrong because it's the complete opposite of what love is. It's one of the most egregious violations of the Trinitarian ideal and, therefore, of human dignity.
The human sexual embrace, this most intimate and ultimate of all human giving and vulnerability, ought to take place in a union of total and permanent surrender of two people. That's what marriage is: both the public and personal dedication of a man and woman to forsake all others and give themselves fully—body, mind, and spirit—to another.
Therefore, to give someone
is to isolate one kind of union, the physical, "from all the other types of unions which were intended to go along with it and make up the total union, C.S. Lewis said.3 That's why sex outside marriage is a monstrosity. Extramarital sex dissects us at our deepest level, giving out one part of us without giving all the rest intended to go with it. It's not what we're made for.
Where did we ever get the idea that we can separate our bodies from our minds and spirits and that our bodies could do whatever they like without consequence for the rest of our being? This is why the sexual revolution has been such a dehumanizing failure, diminishing our God-given humanity in painful ways.
Theologian Karl Barth expressed this well when he declared, "Coitus without coexistence is demonic."4 We can't connect ourselves with someone sexually without connecting all the rest of our being.
Wendell Berry laments, "Because of our determination to separate sex from the practice of love in marriage and in family…our public sexual morality is confused, sentimental, bitter, complexly destructive, and hypocritical."5
Only the sexual embrace within marriage mirrors the nature of the Trinitarian relationship in creation. In the ideal, it's loving, permanent, exclusive, and self-giving. Premarital and extramarital sex can't mirror this reality. This is why it's not surprising research shows that faithfully married people enjoy the deepest levels of sexual satisfaction.
Male and female are not cultural constructs but God-created parts of humanity made for each other to show forth the image of God in the world. Remember Genesis 1:27: "God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them."
Male and female, together, are the fullest picture of the image of God in creation. That's why they need each other. Adam wasn't complete without Eve.
In everyday terms, this means that only the difference and the complementary interplay of male and female uniquely reflect the image and likeness of the persons of the Trinity in creation. As a result, sexual love between a married man and woman is a life-giving act of mutual giving and receiving that mirrors the Trinity like nothing else on earth.
Homosexuality denies this and falsely states that differences in male and female don't really matter. Nothing could be further from the truth. Homosexuality violates the Trinitarian image of complementarity in a profound way.
All sexual sin is wrong because it fails to mirror the Trinitarian image, but homosexuality does more than fail. It's a particularly evil lie of Satan because he knows that it overthrows the very image of the Trinitarian God in creation, revealed in the union of male and female.
This is why this issue has become such a flashpoint. It will become even more contentious because nothing else challenges this image of the Triune God so profoundly and thoroughly as homosexuality. It's not what we were made for.
We love God in our sex lives by living in the fullness of what He intends for us. This has both positive and negative aspects.
Positively, we're to live fully as the sexual beings God has created us to be. He wants that for us because we mystically show forth a primary part of the nature of God.
But He doesn't give us an unqualified green light. There are stoplights and caution lights we need to pay attention to as described previously. These are not given because God is a killjoy, but for just the opposite: He wants our relationships to mirror His image and likeness. He knows this is best for us, for it's how we're created and what will bring us joy.
Christians have a far more beautiful story to tell about the glorious nature of human sexuality than any other story occupying the cultural stage now or ever. None of the rivals are even close.
The Christian story of sexuality is true to the fullness in which God made us as humans and true to the nature of what is ultimately behind everything in the universe: God, who is love and who dwells in loving intimacy. We shouldn't be shy about telling it with the power and beauty of our lives.
Loving Christ in your sex life means being pure. It means being chaste. Purity is so much more than what you don't do. It's who you are. Both purity and chastity are positive virtues and not merely an absence of wrong behavior. Pope John Paul II describes chastity very nicely in one of his pastoral letters:
The chaste person is not self-centered, not involved in selfish relationships with other people. Chastity makes the personality harmonious. It matures it and fills it with inner peace. This purity of mind and body helps develop true self-respect and at the same time makes one capable of respecting others, because it makes one see in them persons to reverence, insofar as they are created in the image of God and through grace are children of God, re-created by Christ who "called you out of darkness into His marvelous light" (1 Peter 2:9).1
The chaste person is not self-centered, not involved in selfish relationships with other people. Chastity makes the personality harmonious. It matures it and fills it with inner peace. This purity of mind and body helps develop true self-respect and at the same time makes one capable of respecting others, because it makes one see in them persons to reverence, insofar as they are created in the image of God and through grace are children of God, re-created by Christ who "called you out of darkness into His marvelous light" (1 Peter 2:9).1
To love God in our sex lives means to be pure in the fullness of the person God created us to be—physically, emotionally, intellectually, and spiritually. To do so is to live in wholeness.


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This park will be closed to build passive recreational facilities along the western bank of the Harlem River by constructing an entrance, paths and fencing where such a facility is lacking and in need for access to this site. The project will construct a path system along the Harlem River bank using wood chips and a low wooden guide rail fencing dividing the site from the road. An entrance area with seating and bike racks will be constructed along 10th Avenue using decorative pavements and granite block. A small wooden platform will be provided as a bridge over an eroded area where the path narrows. A drainage system will also be provided.
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Last Saturday I was caught in a lot of rain whilst out with my camera (I have had it for nearly 2 years now so no warranty) and unfortunately the camera got caught too!
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Not as good as last year's, but I still love these. ...notice the h/t at 0:59 ;)
Aww I thought it was going to be more Venus Project absurdity for us to pick apart. :(
Definitely not as good as last year's. I remember that I cried more then :P
Only actually important thing that happened in that video was Gangnam Style.
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Commentary: Is the old fashioned way best for food production?
The food industry has gone through many trends from the rise of ethnic foods to the increase in organics to the push for local and slow food. The recent trend of producing food the old fashioned way though is a bit puzzling. The idea that food production should take a step backward and abandon any progress the agriculture industry has made in the past 50 years seems counterintuitive.
Throughout most of the history of mankind, humans have spent an inordinate amount of their lives around finding, producing, storing, enhancing and cooking food. It's only been in the past 50 to 60 years that people living outside of developing countries can devote their lives to doing more than grow, harvest and prepare food. It's allowed the world to advance and for people to devote their time to other pursuits outside of producing for their own basic needs.
So, when the trend of turning away from traditional agriculture and moving toward growing organic, local food began gaining acceptance, it seemed just a fluke. But the movement has grown over the past decade. Many of those who support this movement toward organic, local food have become anti-science, anti-technology and anti-modern production.
The organic industry has grown immensely by offering consumers an ideal that feels warm, inviting and old fashioned in a comforting sort of way. It's been grown through the feeling of nostalgia. But what the organic industry does not share very convincingly is that just because something was grown organically does not mean it was grown without the use of pesticides.
In August, I was at an event that is attended by many who are pro-organic food. I spoke to a woman that had been on many medications and had multiple health issues. She told me she was trying to get off as many medications as possible and was eating organic food because it was grown with no chemicals. So, I asked her if she realized that organic farmers use pesticides? She stared at me in disbelief and I could tell she was shocked and felt betrayed. I explained that the pesticides they use are labeled for organic production but that organic farmers use some pesticides that are considered "natural." It appeared that her belief in organics was fueled by the idea that organic production uses no chemical or biological form of weed or insect control.
It doesn't seem that the average soccer mom or grocery shopper has linked recent food recalls to organic products. Just this summer, Costco recalled certified organic frozen berry mix because it was contaminated with hepatitis. It seems consumers only wake up and begin questioning production practices after food scares and disease outbreaks.
Although organic production in and of itself is not bad, science still needs to be used to keep consumers safe whether consumers want to believe their food was produced the "old-fashioned way" or not.
Food safety is not old fashioned. It's one of the technological advances the world has made to protect people and to prolong lives. It's not a step the agriculture industry should take backward or do in an old-fashioned way. Hopefully, the movement toward old-fashioned farming will recognize that some advances are worth keeping today.
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Slightly biased perspective Colleen. 'So, when the trend of turning away from traditional agriculture and moving toward growing organic, local food began gaining acceptance, it seemed just a fluke. But the movement has grown over the past decade. Many of those who support this movement toward organic, local food have become anti-science, anti-technology and anti-modern production." For thousands of years, local organic food production WAS traditional agriculture. Industrial Agriculture, now saturated in GMO's is the new kid on the block. Criticisms of the many shortcomings of industrial Ag are valid, and are in no way 'anti-science, anti-technology'. People looking for a nutritious, diverse food supply require more than just corn, soy, cottonseed oil, canola oil and sugar beets. Look around, it's widely evident what consumer cheap convenience foods has on ones health and wellbeing.
Okay, we won't confuse you with the facts on food safety.
Excellent article addressing food production. I will use it in my college Agriculture Issues class. Students last week were studying organic vs inorganic pesticides and, as you indicate, most of them believed organic food was produced without the use of pesticides....and therefore safe.
Agree with JB. No different than the food industry/media labeling chemical laden,GMO crops as "conventional". Agribusiness is the non-sustainable "fluke" that temporarily took over the "conventional" (traditional) organic farming practices. The author mentions chemicals/pesticides used by the organic industry. Curious as to what type of chemicals are used in organic farming & by who? Can author please reference these statements?
.author writes: "commentary: Is the old fashioned way best for food production?" " The recent trend of producing food the old fashioned way though is a bit puzzling" " So, when the trend of turning away from traditional agriculture & moving toward growing organic"... I guess I'm a bit puzzled too. "old fashioned" refers to organic & "traditional" refers to the agriculture industry? I think what you were trying to convey when using basically the same description for two entirely different methods for producing foods was this: You inject negative connotations & minimize organic as being "old fashioned". Which conjures up dusty thoughts of things no longer relevant, stodgy, old & out of the way. As opposed to how you present Agribusiness as " traditional". Something long established that gets passed down through the generations as a worthwhile & welcomed custom. Two words with basically the same meaning but presented in two very different ways. Being a paid cheerleader for the ag. industry it's understandable what side you would publicly come out on." It is difficult to get someone to understand something if their salary depends on them not understanding" On the other hand I try to do what's best for me & my family with no bias or monetary compensation involved with my decision making. I am honestly trying to live as consciously as I can in a ravaged, abused & broken system. " Ecological health in a land dying of abuse, is not worth 'something' it is worth everything." Your commentary is based on an adept play of words & nothing more. " You're entitled to your own opinions but not your own facts"
Great article. Why is it many (not all) who embrace the "organic way" believe our ecology is going down the tubes. Yes there is still a need for improvement but the new technology has made great strides in improving our ecosystem. The disdained GMO technology has for instance, as an example, allowed farmers to implement no-till practices which has made a tremendous improvement on soil erosion. I know farmers who have tried organic farming because the price offered for the commodity looked attractive. They went through all the "restriction hoops to be certified" and after a few years gave up and as one farmer said "the weeds won!" which will always be the case. The organic movement appears to have the passion of a religion. I'm not against "the old way or organic farming", if that is what people want to pay extra for and there are those who can make a living at producing this food, I say more power to them, but please don't try to force the industry backwards. The balance of abundance and not enough food is a fine line and if the industry were to go back to the supposedly "healthy way" we will have food shortages and then the luxury of choosing how our food is grown will not matter. I think we can learn from each other instead of fighting each other. I see some organic practices that may work in our current system, such as cover crops, which is gaining popularity. The vast majority of farmers love the land and want to do what is good for the land in order to grow safe food and still make a living.
Google "Dipel" for just one of the pesticides used in organic farming. It's one of the brand names for Bacillus thuringiensis. Bacillus thuringiensis is also used in GMO corn to protect it from insects. There are others pesticides, but I point out that one since it's common to both organic farming and GMO's.
I think that it is great that as U.S. consumers, we have ample choices of nutritious food at our disposal and can also purchase based on our preference based on how that food was produced. I truly do not understand why individuals are fighting for an "either/or" solution, when both production practices have merit. I grew up on a 4 generation family farm that has produced crops using both methods. In our geography, organic production is extremely difficult and yielded less than modern production practices. I know that 2 things that are most imprtant to most family farms are their families and their land. Most want to leave their land in better condition for each successive generation Additionally, most farmers are very concerned about the safety of the food that they feed their children. I know that I research all products that we use on our land. My final wish is that everyone who wishes to promote their cause would first review multiple research studies and direct their passion based on facts vs. opnions.
family farmer says: " I know that I research all products that we use on our land" I would be interested in what crops you grow & the "products" you use on your land. This way I "can review multiple research studies" not paid for by big agribusiness. There are always two opposing thoughts on every subject. I guess in the end you come to your own conclusion not only by research but your own gut feeling or conscience.
Here are some names of chemicals used in organic farming in California. Pyganic, Neem Oil, Dipel, Green Match, Serenade, to name a few. You should also check with CCOF and Washington State. These two organizations are organic certifiers and they have lists of chemicals that can be used by organic growers. Sorry to burst your bubble, but I work with organic growers and we do use "chemicals".
Good comments all around. What I particularly like is the relative lack of the absolute in the arguments. There should be more such dialog on this forum. For me, the bottom line is that "it is complicated." I think the problem with our society is that many, including the "media" (always a favorite whipping boy), tend to simplify things for general consumption. Hence the shock of the woman who didn't know that organic farming uses chemicals. Perhaps she should have done more research. But then she was looking for the panacea that would solve her health problems, right? And on the issue of chemicals in organic farming, the question is what kind of chemicals? How much and where are they applied and what impact do they have? (These are rhetorical questions here) So, from my view, absolutist attitudes lead to simplistic solutions. Commercial ag is not all the panacea for world hunger we often hear, but neither is organic. One "solution" (speaking of absolutes) is to pay more attention to small farmers and local production. Of course, that means more land available for agriculture and all that entails. We have come too far to be able to go back to the really traditional agriculture (which I agree was largely "organic"), but we should always be careful of new "solutions" for "improved" agriculture - the negative of industrial farming and the limited control of the application of harmful chemicals. This probably sounds a little rambling, but these are the issues that arise and if I've complicated the discussion, all the better, no? After all, that's life....
No bubble burst here ... chemical babe. Since you live in California I'm sure our aware that it is the only state that has collected pesticide data in the U.S. for the last 40 yrs. ( n.y. more recently) In 2006, 4 out of 6 most used farm pesticides in California were among the most dangerous chemicals in the world. "family farmers" applied more than 35.7 million pounds of pesticides: ( findings were in calif. in 2006) Metam Sodium---the 3rd most used pesticide in Calif. is closely related to the chemical gas that escaped in Bhopul India in 1984 that killed 30,000 people & injured 200,000. It is a biocide, causes multiple injuries & is very toxic to birds & fish. Methyl Bromide---the 4th most used pesticide is one of the largest ozone destroyers. It causes birth defects, cardiac arrest,& nervous system damage. Telone ll---the 5th most used chemical is a cancer & birth defect causing fumigant. When it first came out it was dubbed 666 as in "mark of the devil'. California farmers used about 7 million lbs. in 2006. Last but not in any way least, Chloropicrin (tear gas)---6th most used chemical in sunny california. A deadly biocide usually combined with methyl bromide & greatly increases the fumigation toxicity of both poisons. It causes several birth defects, causes severe respiratory damage & it is highly toxic to fish. California farmers used 6.9 million lbs. in 2006. I'm sure that you're well aware of all this chemical babe. By the way what kind of a person goes by the moniker "chemiebabe"? You're just a regular kind of gal that loves chemicals I suppose. No one in their right mind is a pro synthetic zealot unless they are an Industry shill.
I had to rush through my last comment because two separate times on this website my comments oddly vanished right before I had the chance to post. Corrections for my last comment are as follows: First sentence should read I'm sure [you're] aware. Towards end of comment I wrote pro synthetic zealot & meant to say pro synthetic [chemical] zealot.
IB is right - I - like all farmers - am willing to risk the health of my family by intentionally poisioning the environment and playing russian roulette in exchange for a modest income. p.s. - I have never used any of the active ingredients listed as the top 6 in California. I actually wish that selling even 1 oz of farm production were illeagal and that all people would have to buy their own land and feed themselves. I am sure that there would be a lot learned by all.
family farmer, you use poisons in farming because it is the nature of the agribusiness beast. You really don't have much choice when you plant acres & acres of mono cultured crops that inherently need more chemicals to kill off insect invasions & disease outbreaks. Truly a vicious cycle. I agree that everyone should start planting vegetable gardens. It would do us all well. You still haven't mentioned what poisons you use. Is it some kind of secret?
I would gladly respond to a question regarding how I produce the crops that I raise. However, I refuse to respond to your question in the manner that you have chosen to phrase it.
Family farmer, I guess sometimes you get the answer you're looking for... by not having your question answered. If you truly are a farmer I mean no disrespect for you or any other farmer that tries to provide for their family & are caught up in this vicious cycle we call modern industrial farming.
I am always looking for ways to improve my farm & would be very interested in what specific practices that you have used and would reccomend to operate a farm in a sustainable manner in IL. by the way, below are the inputs that I use to grow crops of corn, soybeans, wheat and hay thifensulfuron mesotrione metalachlor simazine azoxystrobin glyphosate Bacillus thuringiensis - (same as my organic counterparts) potassium phosphorus nitrogen and a lot of labor
If you want to check out the many chemicals okayed for organic farming check out the list at http://agr.wa.gov/FoodAnimal/Organic/docs/2013_wsda_bnml_june_13.pdf from the Washington State Department of Agriculture
You can check out the list of approved organic pesticides at http://agr.wa.gov/FoodAnimal/Organic/docs/2013_wsda_bnml_june_13.pdf
Well said, T!
Hint: consumers are less concerned with what's "best for food production" and more concerned with what's best for themselves.
The author is drawing a false dichotomy with her references to returning to the "old fashioned way." Consumers aren't eager to forgo all advances in agriculture so they can forage for roots and grubs. Rather, as incomes rise in the industrialized world, consumers can afford to substitute quality for quantity in diet. This may be contrary to the industrialized model agriculture has taken over the last 50-60 years, but let's not forget who has the purchasing power here. Modern consumers aren't struggling to get enough calories in their day, and they'll no longer be satisfied with their pasteurized, homogonized, hydrogenated, industrially produced, Soylent Green engineered and manufactured with economies of scale and biological sterility in mind. That's a great model if Americans were dropping from starvation with dead bodies stacked like cord wood in the streets, but modern consumers aren't worried about your economies of scale or your production model. They're concerned about what they're putting in their bodies and what we're doing to the land. Some of it may be overblown, sure, but as consumers they are going to be the ones driving your production model--not the other way around.
Doing what is best for the environment is not always condusive to sustaining the dietary needs of large population centers. That being said, there's no harm in at least trying to put downward pressure on the levels of damage we do. Besides, there's something romantic about buying local produce from your neighbor or raising some of your own food in a garden, even with the slightly elevated risks of foodborne illness. If eating organic spinach is the most dangerous thing I do in a day, that's a pretty boring existance.
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in December 2010. Cebiche House is regarded as the headquarters of Peruvian cuisine in the United States. It is constantly evolving, thanks to the quality of its dishes. It is the only restaurant specializing in seafood and having dishes created in its own kitchen: (1) "Ceviche House" (the most popular), (2) skewered chicken in Pachamanca and Pisco sauce, and (3) the current sensation: Huancaína* spaghetti with medallions. In Peru, the "Cebiche Club" brings together 32 exclusive restaurants specializing in seafood. Thirty (30) are in Peru and two (2) are in the United States: Panca in New York and Cebiche House in Washington DC.
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lunch buffet, featuring free salad bar, all for $8.95 (Mon-Fri: 10:30am-3pm.) Lunch buffet includes dishes such as: Ceviche, Lomo Saltado, Seco de Carne, Aji de Gallina, rice with chicken, Chaufa*, potato with peanuts, Italian tripe soup, "rotisserie" chicken, Carapulcra*, beef tripe with rice, seafood with rice, soups, and many more! And the salad bar is free!
When you're in the mood for good times and great cuisine, be sure to check out Cebiche House. The restaurant is located in one of the area's most pleasant settings and is known for its delightful staff and superb cuisine. The menu at Cebiche House features a wide array of great selections, made from only the freshest and highest quality ingredients, with something sure to please every member of your group. Seafood dishes range from various grilled or deep-fried fish selections to mixed seafood casseroles. The menu also offers a selection of salads, soups and meat entrees. The dessert menu includes such delights as flan, pudding and ice cream. (If you have never tried Lúcuma ice cream, you're in for a special treat!) Cebiche House has established itself as one of the area's favorite culinary destinations and is sure to offer you a pleasant and unique dining experience every time you visit. Please stop in soon!
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However, it is yet be seen whether the Newtown, Conn., tragedy is going to be the impetus to passing any meaningful gun-control law, specifically banning assault rifles and high capacity magazines, which are solely designed to kill the maximum number of people in the shortest possible time.
The pro gun lobby wrongfully believes that the intent of the Second Amendment was to allow individuals to bear arms for fighting against government tyranny, instead of protecting gun ownership in the context of a well-organized militia in case of the foreign invasion, as the framers intended.
Despite championing states rights and individual rights, there is no indication whether even Thomas Jefferson and other federalists were supportive of the Second Amendment for the reason espoused by many pro-gun supporters.
In the 1939 case U.S. v. Miller, the Supreme Court made a ruling that "The Second Amendment must be interpreted and applied with a view to its purpose of rendering effective the militia."
In 1980, in Lewis v. U.S., the Supreme Court reaffirmed the 1939 ruling made by the Miller court that "the Second Amendment guarantees no right to keep and bear a firearm" that does not have "some reasonable relationship to [445 U.S. 55, 66] the preservation or efficiency of a well-regulated militia."
Yet, thanks to the NRA and their hard-knuckle politics and the about-face of a Supreme Court ruling in District of Columbia v. Heller, most people seem to believe that the individual right to gun ownership is guaranteed by the Second Amendment.
One week after the Sandy Hook massacre, Wayne LaPierre, the NRA leader, addressed the killing in a hyperbole-filled press conference by defending gun ownership and blaming the killings on everything but guns.
Outside the Fox News brigade and Rush Limbaugh, LaPierre's comments generally received a swift and negative reaction. Even Republicans distanced themselves from his cold comments.
Yet many conservative politicians have remained quiet, and Congress has been incommunicado about a matter that takes more lives in one month than the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
From Columbine to Connecticut, each massacre seems to have two common denominators — access to a high-powered gun and a mental health issue.
Despite insurmountable influence by the NRA and the pro-gun lobby in Congress, passing a gun control law to restrict assault weapons and unlimited ammo may be relatively easier than legislatively addressing the mental health issue.
Mental health has been the most neglected part of the health care system, is significantly underfunded by Congress and overlooked by the general public.
While accessibility of providers is the forefront of the mental care issue, the legal guardianship of the mental health patients, which under the current laws is difficult to change, is also an important factor.
We cherish the individual rights granted by the Constitution and must keep defending those rights, but no right is more important than right to live.
Therefore, Congress must look at the gun violence in totality and find the right balance between the individual's right to live and right to own a gun.
We must show the same urgency to address this madness as we have shown the determination to stop terrorist attacks after 9-11. Congress must do its duty to protect its citizens by passing a law that has a reasonable chance to stop senseless violence.
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Mich. - ' &Ei<i30swa3sai«ai 3PH3SICIAHB AH» SUiO^EOErs. • " 4ES s PKXSICIAtFF, STJKGSOS AIW ACCOTTOJ^IS'UiS OfSce and Store south of tho railroad. •' TO* J.TOJ>D, M. D., Ji: o PHVSICIAN, SURGEON AND ACCOIKSEint Graduate of the University of Mielrigan- All calls Di'O-mptly attended to day or night Office over tlie Clare Country- Banik. , BOOIfeNIHG SHAW, » PHVSICIAET. Specialty, Genito-Urinary Diseases, Calk- ■jbasville, Mich. JUISCSjXI.AK'JEOHJS. TOT. W. BSG^bT ' ^7V & DBAVMAN. _ All orders promptly attended. Persons-want- Celebrate the Fourth in -Cl^re. Only one week more of school. 1' C. W. Fcrrj, Fanvell,- Tuesday. * ! J". D. Clark was at Evart Monday. * See Moseman's new advertisement Uf ops- are growing finely—never better, John FioiMing?o£. Flint, in town Tues» day. S-. C. Zeiter, of Loomis, was in town yesterday, Mrs. Dr. Lansing has been very ill, but is convalescent. - % Landlord I.L. JacliSon,oi Loomis,.wa^ ie town "Wednesday. Mr. Peterson, the tailor, made a trip to Big Eapids Tuesday. Pratt & Kennedy's livery barn is now adorned with a new sign. •Dr. Taylor, oi Loomis, made a professional visit to Clare Wednesday. Mrs. H. L. Ash and Mrs*. Jas. Boyd visited in Mt. Pleasant yesterday, Al. Louch'svvagon and carriage repos- tory is receiving a coat of paint. j fcThomas^&ilbrofift \Jw"eetc,vfh&2*^'lKj we;' ■ |p$chtae:fr^m a TS> fwlko forQaer?3".re3.U''v ^''AntOJi tills | fCS2£ESrss?JeftSSSSi&K Last winter the hoard of super visors j 5T)a said that t1 « hfi %4*^ fV-x^. -->H^vhiasew!nv; a^itea thr.t the countv^rni, located a? |<"0J«pany are prvm™?. ^ V-tt hi ^ r. viiin^d ISrown, it now is in the vicinity of Clare, wasted j -^tnc light pfcuil at their roll! lis tho ang pine spalts or good hardwood delivered J» " " . promptly should leave their orders with mS^J/t Doherty *s warehouse, near the railroad if H. H0I.BSOOIV, . . rAINTBK, U Horfse, Sign and CaiTiage painting done In ^he neatest style. Paper Hanging and Kol- ^omininga Specialty. All orders pr©n>pt]y attended to. - ■ s^i E, AKJDERSON, o xonsoeiatj auttst. Xs the best manipulator of tbe razor ancl sliears in the village. Every tiring kept n ea" °fvtid clean. Worlcmansha-D the "best. SI103 situated opposite of. the Exchange 1-1 ole. -Clare. . -56-tf INSTTKAKCFv AGENT iSTEPIIEN SHEL1KWS, Carpenter and %3 Sxulclsr, Clare. All wort guaranteed first- ceiass and prices reasonable'.. It will pay yon to call on JA&, 4-tf tQi J.JjtfSUSOJN; A3o-nveyancing and collections. Mich. Loomis, 24U. :CUV-jcU*=MuaJ ^«ls receiving the finishing* touches. The Flint & Pere. Marquette par car distributed its lucre here Tuesday. \f Thursday, July 4th, will be a big day a&Clare this.year. Come and see us. Irving Molntyre, - of Dujuth, Minn., is visiting his parents in Clare this week. The Ladies' Union will meet at Mrs. Mrs, Sutherland's next Friday afternoon. Street Commissioner Jackson has done ■0. W. PERRY. , WM. WOLSKx."| c. h. suTHsaUfA-jro, cashier. ■# 4^r% CLARE - CP-'■ ■•"IRANK ■ ' '■ llti^mconro^iTnT4lX:A-'X ,j. oi Saginaw. " " -. - • 2&on6yTd Loan on iinproved real estate at treasonable rate of interest. 4P- , a_^*S SOSEM A.3SnST' T&smzM- ■&U&- SSCUKSiESSj stree t. Attorney Green, of Harrison, was attending Justice Fine's court* iii Clare, Wednesdaj'. • ■ y ADw T» H. - Majnard and son, Albert, were at Toledo, Tuesday and Wednesday or> business. H. A. Abram, landlord at the Alger I-Iouse, visited at his old home iu Lajjeer ' [over Sunday. The Fourth of July is less than two we^" distant. Make,. Erspara.tioiis . to come to.,CJare- -, --. ■y A. J. Doherty is building' another tenement house on ;th street, near Warren £keTier,s residence. David and John *Roorison were atSfst Saginaw over Sunday to attend the funeral of a relative. 1 rf.- Jl.ltS fins*****"!) rllld. :5ranufaeUirer of- T&'&X-fOid GRASS UPPEBS, K>SG)r CALFSKIN, HASNERS. -' BELT, LACS, LEATHER, Etc. Z^S* t a'JwPvys pay the Highest-cash market price for hides. • rgsygusu'jijag-niaa-'*■'»> M* Si J, sM aiiii oaio yiayii^ WM. PARBISH, Proprietor. Several Clareitos intend taking in the excursion and Forepaugh's circus at East Saginaw tomorrow. S. C. Zeiter and S. J. Jamison, of Loomis. attended J. O. O. F. lodge in Chi re Monday evening. John KuiSier'has comraencec? the erec- ^ 5"ET>^=?<5 ©OOD BIGS, GOOD JESy^Olacapoat Plac« in ToVn.^w X®a"Disoased or hrj-ured horse? treated and , caret t ior in the. best x*ossible manner' for a .reasonable consideration. J£s3^]!?arffiftTs, when you eorae to town talce yonr teaanto his stable to be fed. just back sftfLoueh's blaek&mith shop, -south 01 the saflroad. Hj£g$ 7A^- -and— "Vv* FOR SALE. SOUSES TO RENT. FIRE AND LIFE IK ANC2-:, C02JVEYAXCIXG. ETC. %Syi7U5Si* 3i^ fc^on of a commodious work shoo on his lots on East 7th street. Jacob Mason has been insouth of Lake Station during the week scaling lumber for John Horning, of Flint. MrsyEL Johnson was at Eyart Tuesday, where she is haviiig her little daughter treated for rheuhititism* ,T • - •>_ - -* Married, at tbe'M. E. parsonage, JPinck- ney, June 4th\%rs. H. L. Wait/of Keese, and Win. A. Parsons, of Munith. Mrs. T. P. Horning. Mrs. Chester Cll'qse and Miss Cla-ra Wheaton, of Mt.Pleas«S visited in Clare Tuesday and Wednes<^fy. VYra. Parrish was in the southern part of thestate this week, where he purchased three rriore houses for his livery busiiiess. One and one-third fare on the "E^. h P. ,M. and T. & A. A. railroads on account otHhe Free Methodist camp meeting at ' Wm. 3bs-.vell, ihj; phoi'Ogi'apfcey," returned home >\rp.clnc5rhy after an ahssnee of several' Wvck« **:. v, stewing tor.? through the-nortaer:» p?;rt ofthe state. The. King's BatiglV'ei^ ^rlll'meet at the home of Mrs. <7ai$es A. Converse next Wednesday afternoon. Supper will be served by Mrs. Turbush and Mrs. Clute. The sixth ^nmaal'^fiion -o& the -sold-' iers' and sailors' asst >'ation of northwest Michigan will be be.:i*«-.t Eeed City, July' 1st, 2nd, and 3rd. B^f fare on all rail-: roads. 1 ^Mrs. H. ?T. Goodea^v departed yesterday for Batayia. 17- Y., to attend the funeral of .her father; Chas. M. Hoyt. ^Ie was 91 yeais-of-.:afjfe at the time of death. '•■'"- ' ..)■ . f The Juyeinile Templars will hiive an ijee cream social 111 their fiall, Tuesday. June 25, for the purpose ^oi buying regalias and badges. Everybody come anid help the little ones. Carpenters are atsVoijk erecting a commodious grand stand«b the ball ground: the diamond has been Ijiid and teams are hauling clay for the li/iss. Tbe ground is being put in excelled condition. Mr. and Mrs. Scott_3i*vey, of Wheeler, Gratiot coiinty, arrivof in Olare Monday on a protracted visit. ;,They are at present visiting witlLMrA "Ervey's parents, Mr. and Mrs". Jffifjs KTlcpatrick, in Vernon. "X ! L. C. Bishop passed through Clare Tuesday morning on jris way home to Midland, having been ilerldng- on the, F. & P. M. line of stcamci? between Ludington and Milwaukee fop'm past couple of weeks. ,, - .- j. , Sam Congdon, a fonjier landlord of the Alger House, Clare, w*jo is now running a saloon and restaurant in Detroit, has been sued by his wife^fnggi?, for a bill of divorce, charging jer husband with drinking up all his n^yy and also with abasing her. . ? James Boyd rcceivtl a telegram stating that his little brcii^r. Eobbit\who visited iu Clare^last&inter, is lying at the point of ilea!:;-, v'i^-u^j^^thMi^L- thoiowSs, nG-^'i^^taiji^W-CTJii for Ontario. -. : ■ • There are'no i*1*"^* st Mt. Pleasant where}k^.iopjX^oM pfrilyand whenever anyone ^arrested ff drunkenness he swetv'AhPJ: he proeu^l his beavrrage at Clare. 5Tis aljttle tLivh, but'we suppose Clare will have p stand it if 31U Pleasant can. [j r ■ ' C.H. ClaTk,.book^eper in the bank, departed Saturday f(ta v''sJfc of a weelc or ten days with f riefia and relatives in the vicinity of Bailand Lansing. His \ wife and children, w}. haye been visits ing there for four oifve weeks, will accompany him home. . Miss Mary Eron#fehO\ has been the guest of Mrs^^^'hiip. in Clare, for the past six or eight w^s, ie turned Wednesday to her home-fe Boohester, "K". 15 Mrs, Horning and cfdreii accompanied her, wher^he will pife with her parents' for the next eouplefE^months* fariromthe center of the county and north part os the county, i^oa^ -that a change must he made. Therefore *>y getting.somewhat cil^ed. Gladwin lieeord: "Bently & Co.? who they ordered that the present site be ad- ■p end the commissioners of the poor met at Harrison Monday and decided upon a location, purchasing a 50 acre stump patch just outside the corporation limits of the county seat; consideration, §800, There is a good house on the place-and taking everything into consideration tbe property was purchased cheap enough. • The Free Methodist camp meeting which is being held in a beautiful grove on the county farm about one mile northeast of Clare, appears to be a grand suc- ess as far as number is oon'Cei'nec"!. Hear- thirty tents are pitched'oh-the ground and each one is filled- to its utmost capacity. Large numbers from the surrounding country are in attendance daily and much interest is manifested. A large crowd is expected on -the grounds -Sun- day. Eey. Gt. H. Asjnew, late of Inhaui- foane', East Africa, will' deliver a lecture on African Missions on the camp ground Sunday afternoon at ^.o'clock, The lecture will be illustrated by African curiosities, including piano, spears, dress, etc. Go and hear him. Died, at the home of her daughter Mrs. J. W« Olds, on West' Seventh street, Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock, June 15th, Mrs. Jane Hicks. The deceased J was bom j December 24,1819, in the city of Purth, Ont. She was married in 1838 to Matthew Pawson. One daughter was born to them. Mr. Dawson died at Sombra, Ont., ih September, 1844. She remained a widofr; until May 11, ■ 1846, whenphe was married to Peter Hicks. In 1S4S they moved, to St. Clair,Mich., where they lived until 1855, when they returned to Canada. Mr. Hicks was ordained a minister in the M. E. church in H3G& In 11?C4 they again returned to Michigan. Mr. Hicks died March 14, 1881, since which, time Mrs. Hicks has made her home with her daughter. She was converted when 9 years of a^e, and has lHred a-.consistent christian life up to the time 'jgfher deatiy ■ Qhe-has been the mother *'tf et^I'Vy'lilSViivji, four'girls nivl";f:ov,r j?oytf. Thx-y^f: J^«^^*'^,£a;d_.cL»« --oy 4 arc.still living. Mi\<yHicks made a wide' circle of friends during her residence in Olare, all of whom are deeply pained at her death. The funeral services were hekLat the M. E. church Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, "Rev. C. W.'Smith officiating. "The remains were interred in Cherry Grove cemetery" Kjigfo" ^■■^3Jy« For 30 day Jackson and Favorite Health Corset Waist. So cents, at Giber- son's. to the Johnstown sufferers. A won>an"s relieflrps of W. S. "ETatfiJ/ The Lansing Lumber Company is op- cock Post; So. -'3S9j6- A, B., of CIare^elating three mills in Clare county. £i4-t-' JS> Over Elden's Bazaar biore. ■Mph km -k\W %'Wk lift TAKISf O EVFECT USO. 161 *h^l3Eg. 3? jsa JeLLli P.M. A. M. S:25 5:35 fi:W -7:*20 «:03 8:01 '/:15 G:35 liiOti 10:15 6:S5 VX% S:10 11:36 «:8» 11:?5 -&;36 12:d2 oiit. 30:00 1 13:25 10:15 ! 12:45 20:83 1:M 1»:5**, 1:40 tl:«?3 1'f'Z kl;25 S:is -32:<>5 2 MS 22:65 '-;:#* ii. m. p. m. ' STATIONS. Lv Toledo Ar Ann Arbor Hamburg Durand Owosso Owosso Junet. Ithaca St. Louis Alma Shepherd Mt. Pleasant Calkinpvill© OLAHE Farwoll Lake George M:-iri* n Ar Gadiilae Lv i p. M. 1:10 P.M. 11:00 11:25! 9:20 10:i2 9:o5 9:10 ?:0l> 7:50 7:33i 7:2T I VM\ GliS, G:b%> 0:15 \ 6:f& 5:42 S:00 4:15 A. M. 8:40 6:82*^ 5:32 5*.15^ 5:10. 4:48 4:85 4:17 4:00 3:50 Biio •2*18 2:00 SAGINAW 2>X?I6JTf)y. p. ia I a. : -. ..S'M <?::}.! %iA:l ! i/:-»>> i-ii'A- i :0;l-i =.-.:'.'s»; V):14 ■ :)u.- u *..-i. i. M. \ -V. H. ?:»:'«i T:25 &:-:8.1 "t03 8:4i> f il'-'iS Hon.F.L. Post;: of Midland, and Mrs. John Post, of Coleman, were guests of ^r. and Mrs. A. J. Doherty in Clare yesterday. Word was received this- morning to the effect that Olare can-be assured of the Cadillac base ball team to play here ou the Fomth. /\)ne of the features at Clare on the fourth will be an exciting hose race be- tv^en Evart, Cadillac, Lake City and Clare teams. We desire to call the attention of the lady readers of.the Democrat to the an- nounepment made in another column by S.O.'Kirkhrhte. CS. Chase went to Alma last Saturday, where" be purchased a fine gray horse. He now has '& heaiitifni'to^ffij} will be organized J o^cIock p. m., Mon# day, July 1st. Ii|Hatio^ services will ► held.at the Phjhall in the evening, free to all who dep ^0 witness the ceremonies. -: A cord} invitation is extended. . .-' '..::.-.;| ■ j. 9 • In Justice l?fc |b*urt on Monday a jury awarded A "ffcm of Whitney .& Tatman a jndgj|t: of about ^§0 against C. IL O'Donahflt ^appeal s that Mr. O'Donnell had |u in the habit at diver times of givingper.-' to W.'G. Olds, the Sheridan nnll jm, to go there and get o-roceries; thatids had traded to the, amount of abofco which ODonald says that be did nowe orders for nor agree to become respite The case will be taken to the cijit court. W. A.Burritt appears for thfefendant and John Oib- ersou for thc|nt4lTs. A cordial iijitioit Is extended to the people of Harln and vicinity to celebrate at Clare 1he 4th of July, with a positive, guaijee that they will not be asked to eoutWe anything toward de- frayingthe fi^esof the day. Clare is no dn^bml0"^^ tt&6 hns to beg con- tributioiis L#5r neighbors' in order to raisfl enona:li)«ey:;i*o carry on a cele- C-4 flown* to Oh Sleighborhcod Mews. Midland will celebrate. W. W. Steele is operating one camp in Gladwin County, " . H. H. Graves, of Mt. Pleasant, will orate at Mai;ion, July 4th. Editor "Roys has assumed the position p6s tmaster at Eai* well. The W,B. C, of Mt. Pleasant, sent $fi« Hackley <& Hume, of Muskegon, are operating two camps near Meredith. Frank Whitemore's two mills at Mere- dith'are averaging 82,000 shingles daily. Fred Doughty, a former Mt. Pleasant boy, lost everything in the great Seattle, fire. '' \ v; The boom company has temporarily suspended operations by reason of high water. C. L. Mable's shingle mill at Meredith is running steadily, cutting 25,000 shin; gies daily. *•* Dr. MeKinzie will leave Coleman about July 1 for Oregon on a prospecting toifr, and probably locate there. The editor of the Coleman Independent, j has taken a partner, in the person of Miss Bessie Classe, of Midland. The A, W. Wright Lumber Company is building five miles of logging road in Gladwin county, extending their present system. Herhison &■ Black have their saw mil] |-near Meredith running, and Alton & Mable at Houghton Lake are about ready ( for business with their shingle mill. tracts of land in Gladwin county, ancd will erect a sawmill thereon, whieh their expect to have running in B0 days. . J, Pickering,.:a,, section . hand en the Flint & Pere llarqgette railroad at Far- well, fell from a;hand car while running at a high rate of speed Saturday morning, and fractured his skull and" leg," the cap passing .over" him.'- He will recover. J. W.. Brown & .{do. have jus^stai'ted up a new machine shoo and foun-ii'ry at Par- well', which did its-first w&i'lc.vlsist' week. ' The .firm .intend doing all kin^' of work^ making, a specialty of Bpowh's. patent weighing truck, a device for handling ancl weighing"good* at the same time. "'. ■' y B.a r r I ©e m. fide ws« From the Cleaver: The Fire Dep't is purchasing new aad- costly uniforms. The hum of th* saw mill is again hoard* It started up oh Tnesdaj'* nsorniag. . F. B. and C. S. Wilson left Wednesdayfc on a prospecting tour through Washing* toil State. The Lansing Lumber Co. shut cIowjl* their camps near Hatton last Saturday. Prof. Cornell and daughter will visiii • *K"ew York at the close of the school. S. M. Armstrong has been elected, a. member of the school board to iiil vacanThe combination band saw for tbe L, L. Co, has arrived and. will be in running order in 3 weeks. Eider "Buttelrnan went down to Clare to lecture on Tuesday evening, bu? he didiftjecture, for there wasn't .a ''Corporal's Guard" out ro hear him.. tTighf watch Deremer was assaulred 01s Saturclay night by two ruffians. He was severely choked, and when trying to take one, was struck on the head with a stone, knocking him senseless. £*fherifi Doty captured one, named • Miller, that night- nine miles north of town. He had his trial Wednesday,, and was found guilty and sentenced to 90 days, at tlio Svt^^t ...W, IL fi\l\ A.t:;*..v. y...-r: ;.., <X7i the'three lots iiximedhii'ejy warn ri: ':!v: postoiTtce, and wili remove thft zrrzzk bni3d!ngthere£Tom'. A cellar will be (inz imd wall ejected, t^pon which Ihri;* Z'Al.a? store will be inoyed. The^^ will i;I:f j move up ona ofthe buildings *5*h1ch stands back cf their present site, em2im£ in front thereof a store 22x30, This wil£ give them a monster, double ptore. The- u^iper rooms,will be fmLhed into oiSces" Contractors are f-xpected here daily to whom the job cf moving the building, will be let. m%4 Oificers «,iid IiIeKal>erf3 3£«et at CiasrleToIx. EiasfWeelc iA Amsital Hessian.. The annual session of the Grand Lodgft of the United States, L. O. L.. began, at Lewis' Opera house, in flic yillage Of Charlevoix, last week Tuesday, There* were 95 delegates in attendance. ^ Upon calling the meeting to order, "EL H. Green delivered the address of wet- come, which was ably responded to by Grand Master Milligan. The business of the organization being- secret, no mention can be made of it, except to give the names of the officers elected for the ensuing year, which ap- I pear in the Charlevoix Journal ss follows r" M. W. &. M.—Henry Eobinson, ol Pennsylvania. D. G. M.—"W. J. H. Traynor, of Michigan. G. Chaplain—Stewart Gamble, "of Minnesota. G. Seceetast—G-eroid. Ballantine, of Penn- sylva ilia. G-. T'beasijree—James 11. Irons, of Pennsylvania.-. G. Lectubee—"Wm. Gillen, of Pennsylvania. ID. of C—John Turkington. of Massachusetts. D. G. S—Kobt. G. Paden. of Pennsylvania. D. G. T—J, W. Smith, of Michigan. 1st D. G. CnAPLAGr—Jas. MeKelvey. of Delaware. -- 2d D. G. Chaplain—Bobt. Johnstone, of Michigan. Tylee—"W-m. MeClarrin, cf Pennsylvania. Tbttbtee—W. J. Lees, of Pennsylvania. Deputy Geand Lectubeep—W. J. Kri& for Pennsylvania: B. O. Knoxt'orMassaphupe+ts; H. Erase for Illinois.; "D. Townsend for Ohio; Benj. Itunningforlliehigan; Eobert E. Gray for Iowa. ep^* AM (raiits run dhV.. « r B *-f««f -Kit /■»,. - *X i» -^-.■..f S".s:days. brat-ion; cunown to _oiare n you_ to Mp^z "lively Amerle-int A citizen of Wise township, Isabella{S«"ar T-otTge, of Clare, were Win.Chard: 1 i \ want 10- ionnty. was nearly frightened to death jv a large bea1* the other evening. Bruin "%- After the close of business .Wednesday evening, a reception and ball in hx-sor of the Order was given at the Lewis opera house, tho festivities continuing till after midnight. During the evening addressss- and responses were made b.y citizens and representatives of the order, 'j'he delegates in attendance fromLono and J. "\V. Smith. For well«roated.and flue driver^. ■ } _^ ^&tAe fed by her 6wn j -sn .r -p..qrt eji\s thet hehas- s piece 01 tv-'^1* 1- , ;. " ^ S. *j. i*.uwa».s» *•«*--.:*-« _ i , -^p. r»t.p?bi!fHiSU-h'!g a scream of j corn that has fccea frosen to ^^rouuu ,^.. ,. ^ .^y ■ ^ u^a ^ a #. ^ f «iwatTO^ m the forests this sea- J Health Coi*et Walrf, Sg cen'w'; al Cil feeven times,but ^ 1, ^ ^a^"~ ^ - , l^ ^m aw;1}% / * days Jaok^tn and Fav-'-'Il^ ynp'i.', > Wa-w-''
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|1889-06-21; Clare Democrat
|M.D. Eaton
|Friday, June 21, 1889 issue of a Clare, Michigan newspaper. Published weekly. Began publication in 1880's. In 1889, merged with The Clare Press to form The Clare Democrat and Press.
|Clare (Mich.) - Newspapers; Clare County (Mich.) - Newspapers;
|Copyright Permission
|This material is in the public domain.
|1889-06-21; Clare Democrat
|M.D. Eaton
|Friday, June 21, 1889 issue of a Clare, Michigan newspaper. Published weekly. Began publication in 1880's. In 1889, merged with The Clare Press to form The Clare Democrat and Press.
|Clare (Mich.) - Newspapers; Clare County (Mich.) - Newspapers;
|Copyright Permission
|This material is in the public domain.
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