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Jeremiah 31:1-6
Colossians 3:1-4
John 20:1-18
Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the tomb. So she ran and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, and said to them, 'They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid him.' Then Peter and the other disciple set out and went towards the tomb. The two were running together, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first. He bent down to look in and saw the linen wrappings lying there, but he did not go in. Then Simon Peter came, following him, and went into the tomb. He saw the linen wrappings lying there, and the cloth that had been on Jesus' head, not lying with the linen wrappings but rolled up in a place by itself. Then the other disciple, who reached the tomb first, also went in, and he saw and believed; for as yet they did not understand the scripture, that he must rise from the dead. Then the disciples returned to their homes. But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb; and she saw two angels in white, sitting where the body of Jesus had been lying, one at the head and the other at the feet. They said to her, 'Woman, why are you weeping?' She said to them, 'They have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid him.' When she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not know that it was Jesus. Jesus said to her, 'Woman, why are you weeping? For whom are you looking?' Supposing him to be the gardener, she said to him, 'Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away.' Jesus said to her, 'Mary!' She turned and said to him in Hebrew, 'Rabbouni!' (which means Teacher). Jesus said to her, 'Do not hold on to me, because I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers and say to them, "I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God." ' Mary Magdalene went and announced to the disciples, 'I have seen the Lord'; and she told them that he had said these things to her. - John 20:1-18
Alleluia! Christ is risen! The Lord has risen indeed! Alleluia!
We speak these words –the first ones uttered in Episcopal services this morning -after many weeks without the A-word. This is it. This is the central truth of our common Christian faith. Christ is risen. Alleluia! It is wonderful to shout it out; every year our cries never lose their joyful tone.
Yet we, unlike Mary Magdalene and the disciples, have the benefit of hindsight as we hear and read the gospel today. We know that when Christ was no longer in the tomb it was because He rose in glory into Heaven, and for that we celebrate today. Mary, though, simply knew his body was gone. How terrible, to lose one whom you love not once, but twice. Overcome with grief, Mary questions this man who has appeared, who she sees through her weeping.
She turned around and saw Jesus standing there but she did not know that it was Jesus.
I often wonder what would happen if Jesus came to walk among us again, in our culture of today. Would we recognize Him? Or would we crucify Him as the crowds did so many years ago? I recently read an article (which I share with you below) about a church that has just installed a statue of Jesus as a homeless man, sleeping on a bench outside their sanctuary, only identified as Christ by the wounds on his hands and feet where he was nailed to the cross. One passerby called the police, thinking it was, in fact, a real person. Would I walk past Jesus if He were a man without a home, asking for money, or huddled for warmth on a bench? I hope not. But I might. I have done it before.
The chances of meeting Christ incarnate on the street may not be so high, but how often do we, like Mary, fail to realize we see Jesus? In Matthew 25:40, Jesus tells us "Truly I tell you, just as you did it to one of the least of these who are my family, you did it to me."
We celebrate the miracle of the resurrection today, with Alleluias and joyful songs, but let us not forget why Jesus was resurrected. He would not have been raised if He did not die; He would not have died if He had not lived on Earth. So, in remembering the resurrection, we must also remember why He came to Earth – to teach us to love everyone as He did, and to forgive us when we forget that the "least of these" are children of God, too. Alleluia.
Isaiah 52:13—53:12
Hebrews 10:16-25
John 18:1—19:42
When he had finished praying, Jesus left with his disciples and crossed the Kidron Valley. On the other side there was a garden, and he and his disciples went into it. Now Judas, who betrayed him, knew the place, because Jesus had often met there with his disciples. So Judas came to the garden, guiding a detachment of soldiers and some officials from the chief priests and the Pharisees. They were carrying torches, lanterns and weapons. Jesus, knowing all that was going to happen to him, went out and asked them, "Who is it you want?" "Jesus of Nazareth," they replied. "I am he," Jesus said. (And Judas the traitor was standing there with them.) When Jesus said, "I am he," they drew back and fell to the ground. Again he asked them, "Who is it you want?" "Jesus of Nazareth," they said. Jesus answered, "I told you that I am he. If you are looking for me, then let these men go." 9 This happened so that the words he had spoken would be fulfilled: "I have not lost one of those you gave me." Then Simon Peter, who had a sword, drew it and struck the high priest's servant, cutting off his right ear. (The servant's name was Malchus.) Jesus commanded Peter, "Put your sword away! Shall I not drink the cup the Father has given me?" Then the detachment of soldiers with its commander and the Jewish officials arrested Jesus. They bound him and brought him first to Annas, who was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, the high priest that year. Caiaphas was the one who had advised the Jewish leaders that it would be good if one man died for the people.
Simon Peter and another disciple were following Jesus. Because this disciple was known to the high priest, he went with Jesus into the high priest's courtyard, but Peter had to wait outside at the door. The other disciple, who was known to the high priest, came back, spoke to the servant girl on duty there and brought Peter in. "You aren't one of this man's disciples too, are you?" she asked Peter. He replied, "I am not." It was cold, and the servants and officials stood around a fire they had made to keep warm. Peter also was standing with them, warming himself. Meanwhile, the high priest questioned Jesus about his disciples and his teaching. "I have spoken openly to the world," Jesus replied. "I always taught in synagogues or at the temple, where all the Jews come together. I said nothing in secret. Why question me? Ask those who heard me. Surely they know what I said." When Jesus said this, one of the officials nearby slapped him in the face. "Is this the way you answer the high priest?" he demanded. "If I said something wrong," Jesus replied, "testify as to what is wrong. But if I spoke the truth, why did you strike me?" Then Annas sent him bound to Caiaphas the high priest. Meanwhile, Simon Peter was still standing there warming himself. So they asked him, "You aren't one of his disciples too, are you?" He denied it, saying, "I am not." One of the high priest's servants, a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, challenged him, "Didn't I see you with him in the garden?" Again Peter denied it, and at that moment a rooster began to crow.
Then the Jewish leaders took Jesus from Caiaphas to the palace of the Roman governor. By now it was early morning, and to avoid ceremonial uncleanness they did not enter the palace, because they wanted to be able to eat the Passover. So Pilate came out to them and asked, "What charges are you bringing against this man?" "If he were not a criminal," they replied, "we would not have handed him over to you." Pilate said, "Take him yourselves and judge him by your own law." "But we have no right to execute anyone," they objected. This took place to fulfill what Jesus had said about the kind of death he was going to die. Pilate then went back inside the palace, summoned Jesus and asked him, "Are you the king of the Jews?" "Is that your own idea," Jesus asked, "or did others talk to you about me?" "Am I a Jew?" Pilate replied. "Your own people and chief priests handed you over to me. What is it you have done?" Jesus said, "My kingdom is not of this world. If it were, my servants would fight to prevent my arrest by the Jewish leaders. But now my kingdom is from another place." "You are a king, then!" said Pilate. Jesus answered, "You say that I am a king. In fact, the reason I was born and came into the world is to testify to the truth. Everyone on the side of truth listens to me." "What is truth?" retorted Pilate. With this he went out again to the Jews gathered there and said, "I find no basis for a charge against him. But it is your custom for me to release to you one prisoner at the time of the Passover. Do you want me to release 'the king of the Jews'?" They shouted back, "No, not him! Give us Barabbas!" Now Barabbas had taken part in an uprising.
Then Pilate took Jesus and had him flogged. The soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on his head. They clothed him in a purple robe and went up to him again and again, saying, "Hail, king of the Jews!" And they slapped him in the face. Once more Pilate came out and said to the Jews gathered there, "Look, I am bringing him out to you to let you know that I find no basis for a charge against him." When Jesus came out wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe, Pilate said to them, "Here is the man!" As soon as the chief priests and their officials saw him, they shouted, "Crucify! Crucify!" But Pilate answered, "You take him and crucify him. As for me, I find no basis for a charge against him." The Jewish leaders insisted, "We have a law, and according to that law he must die, because he claimed to be the Son of God." When Pilate heard this, he was even more afraid, and he went back inside the palace. "Where do you come from?" he asked Jesus, but Jesus gave him no answer. "Do you refuse to speak to me?" Pilate said. "Don't you realize I have power either to free you or to crucify you?" Jesus answered, "You would have no power over me if it were not given to you from above. Therefore the one who handed me over to you is guilty of a greater sin." From then on, Pilate tried to set Jesus free, but the Jewish leaders kept shouting, "If you let this man go, you are no friend of Caesar. Anyone who claims to be a king opposes Caesar." When Pilate heard this, he brought Jesus out and sat down on the judge's seat at a place known as the Stone Pavement (which in Aramaic is Gabbatha). It was the day of Preparation of the Passover; it was about noon. "Here is your king," Pilate said to the Jews. But they shouted, "Take him away! Take him away! Crucify him!" "Shall I crucify your king?" Pilate asked. "We have no king but Caesar," the chief priests answered. Finally Pilate handed him over to them to be crucified.
So the soldiers took charge of Jesus. Carrying his own cross, he went out to the place of the Skull (which in Aramaic is called Golgotha). There they crucified him, and with him two others—one on each side and Jesus in the middle. Pilate had a notice prepared and fastened to the cross. It read: jesus of nazareth, the king of the jews. Many of the Jews read this sign, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and the sign was written in Aramaic, Latin and Greek. The chief priests of the Jews protested to Pilate, "Do not write 'The King of the Jews,' but that this man claimed to be king of the Jews." Pilate answered, "What I have written, I have written." When the soldiers crucified Jesus, they took his clothes, dividing them into four shares, one for each of them, with the undergarment remaining. This garment was seamless, woven in one piece from top to bottom. "Let's not tear it," they said to one another. "Let's decide by lot who will get it." This happened that the scripture might be fulfilled that said, "They divided my clothes among them and cast lots for my garment." So this is what the soldiers did. Near the cross of Jesus stood his mother, his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus saw his mother there, and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to her, "Woman, here is your son," and to the disciple, "Here is your mother." From that time on, this disciple took her into his home.
Later, knowing that everything had now been finished, and so that Scripture would be fulfilled, Jesus said, "I am thirsty." A jar of wine vinegar was there, so they soaked a sponge in it, put the sponge on a stalk of the hyssop plant, and lifted it to Jesus' lips. When he had received the drink, Jesus said, "It is finished." With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit. Now it was the day of Preparation, and the next day was to be a special Sabbath. Because the Jewish leaders did not want the bodies left on the crosses during the Sabbath, they asked Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies taken down. The soldiers therefore came and broke the legs of the first man who had been crucified with Jesus, and then those of the other. But when they came to Jesus and found that he was already dead, they did not break his legs. Instead, one of the soldiers pierced Jesus' side with a spear, bringing a sudden flow of blood and water. The man who saw it has given testimony, and his testimony is true. He knows that he tells the truth, and he testifies so that you also may believe. These things happened so that the scripture would be fulfilled: "Not one of his bones will be broken,"and, as another scripture says, "They will look on the one they have pierced."
Later, Joseph of Arimathea asked Pilate for the body of Jesus. Now Joseph was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly because he feared the Jewish leaders. With Pilate's permission, he came and took the body away. He was accompanied by Nicodemus, the man who earlier had visited Jesus at night. Nicodemus brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds. Taking Jesus' body, the two of them wrapped it, with the spices, in strips of linen. This was in accordance with Jewish burial customs. At the place where Jesus was crucified, there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb, in which no one had ever been laid. Because it was the Jewish day of Preparation and since the tomb was nearby, they laid Jesus there. John 18:1—19:42
There is little to add to the account of Jesus' crucifixion. "The grinding power of the plain words of the Gospel story" G.K. Chesterton writes, "is like the power of mill-stones; and those who can read them simply enough will feel as if rocks had been rolled upon them." Everything about this passage feels heavy, sickening, dark. We can feel so powerfully the weight of Pilate's judgment, the weight of the crown of thorns, the weight of the cross. So much has been written and discussed about this moment in history. This moment is the moment of atonement, where God makes clean the sins of the world by the sacrifice of the pure one. This moment is the fulfillment of prophecy, as the Gospeller tells us the fate of Jesus' clothes and his dead body. This moment is the death of God; how much more theologically significant can a moment get? But try not to understand this moment. We as humans are always trying to figure things out, to make sense of the world. Indeed this story is confusing and disheartening and dark and our tendency is to make sense of it so that the full weight of it does not affect us. But I encourage you this Good Friday to feel the weight. Do not see this passage for anything other than what it really is. This passage has so much depth that sometimes we forget to look at its horrible surface, to just feel it instead of thinking through it.
Life is full of the horrible, disheartening, confusing, dark moments of Calvary. And people are always trying to make meaning of them for us. This person died for that reason; this job isn't available because that opportunity might be open for you; this catastrophe happened because there is a bigger plan. Yet when we go through one of these "crucifixion moments" these answers don't really solve anything. Jesus on the cross gives these moments new meaning though. We have on the cross the very worst moment of the world, the moment when the world rejected its creator, its lover, its God. God stepped down into the confusion and chaos of the world, into the heart break and sorrow, into death itself. Jesus is with us. As we suffer and go through the chaos life sometimes flings at us, let us never forget Calvary. The pain of the cross shows us the love of the one who is leading us through this mess.
Exodus 12:1-19
1 Corinthians 11:23-26
John 13:1-17, 31b-35
The Lord said to Moses and Aaron in Egypt, "This month is to be for you the first month, the first month of your year. Tell the whole community of Israel that on the tenth day of this month each man is to take a lamb for his family, one for each household. If any household is too small for a whole lamb, they must share one with their nearest neighbor, having taken into account the number of people there are. You are to determine the amount of lamb needed in accordance with what each person will eat. The animals you choose must be year-old males without defect, and you may take them from the sheep or the goats. Take care of them until the fourteenth day of the month, when all the members of the community of Israel must slaughter them at twilight. Then they are to take some of the blood and put it on the sides and tops of the doorframes of the houses where they eat the lambs. That same night they are to eat the meat roasted over the fire, along with bitter herbs, and bread made without yeast. Do not eat the meat raw or boiled in water, but roast it over a fire—with the head, legs and internal organs. Do not leave any of it till morning; if some is left till morning, you must burn it. This is how you are to eat it: with your cloak tucked into your belt, your sandals on your feet and your staff in your hand. Eat it in haste; it is the Lord's Passover. "On that same night I will pass through Egypt and strike down every firstborn of both people and animals, and I will bring judgment on all the gods of Egypt. I am the Lord. The blood will be a sign for you on the houses where you are, and when I see the blood, I will pass over you. No destructive plague will touch you when I strike Egypt. "This is a day you are to commemorate; for the generations to come you shall celebrate it as a festival to the Lord—a lasting ordinance. For seven days you are to eat bread made without yeast. On the first day remove the yeast from your houses, for whoever eats anything with yeast in it from the first day through the seventh must be cut off from Israel. On the first day hold a sacred assembly, and another one on the seventh day. Do no work at all on these days, except to prepare food for everyone to eat; that is all you may do. "Celebrate the Festival of Unleavened Bread, because it was on this very day that I brought your divisions out of Egypt. Celebrate this day as a lasting ordinance for the generations to come. In the first month you are to eat bread made without yeast, from the evening of the fourteenth day until the evening of the twenty-first day. For seven days no yeast is to be found in your houses. And anyone, whether foreigner or native-born, who eats anything with yeast in it must be cut off from the community of Israel. - Exodus 12:1-19
Although in Exodus the Passover is a day to be "celebrate[d] as a festival to the Lord" (Exodus 12:14), for Jesus, it marks the beginning of his suffering. We celebrate this Passover feast every Eucharistic service, but on Maundy Thursday, we take the time to really consider every aspect of that night, not just the Last Supper. Before communion, we will wash each other's feet, repeating the actions of Jesus and more literally expressing our attempts to cleanse ourselves during this season of Lent. I know that feet can seem dirty and disgusting—they often are, especially at the end of a long day. Jesus embraced this dirtiness and smelliness of his disciples and helped to cleanse them, just as he embraces our sin and helps lead us to forgiveness with the grace of God.]]>
Isaiah 50:4-9a
Hebrews 12:1-3
John 13:21-32
Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. Consider him who endured such opposition from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart. - Hebrews 12:1-3
While reading the passage from Hebrews, I felt both encouraged and convicted. To understand why, it is important to know a few things about me. First, like many of us, I am someone who constantly gives in to distractions. Often, I do it willingly, in an attempt to avoid the things that make me uncomfortable or upset. Second, I can be independent to a fault, insisting on doing things myself, my way. To me, Lent is an exercise in living intentionally. It is in this period that we give special attention to the things which we put in our lives, and those which we do not. The kind of living that this encourages is exactly what this passage is telling us to do; run with perseverance. It is an admonition not to give into the things that distract us from Christ, but to fight to live intentionally. We are to point in one direction and with all our strength pursue Christ, as the "author and finisher of our faith". The really exciting part is, that we don't have to do it alone. Not only do we have Christ's incredible example before us, leading us, but we have the cloud of witnesses which surrounds us. We are running together, in the same direction. Without one another to be there when we stumble, this race would be much harder. This Lenten season, I have been blessed to be surrounded by a cloud of witnesses that has supported and strengthened me. I pray that our community will daily strive to come together, knowing that this race we run is a race run better with other likeminded believers than by ourselves.]]>
Isaiah 49:1-7
1 Corinthians 1:18-31
John 12:20-36
Now there were some Greeks among those who went up to worship at the festival. They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, with a request. "Sir," they said, "we would like to see Jesus." Philip went to tell Andrew; Andrew and Philip in turn told Jesus. Jesus replied, "The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. Very truly I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds. Anyone who loves their life will lose it, while anyone who hates their life in this world will keep it for eternal life. Whoever serves me must follow me; and where I am, my servant also will be. My Father will honor the one who serves me. "Now my soul is troubled, and what shall I say? 'Father, save me from this hour'? No, it was for this very reason I came to this hour. Father, glorify your name!" Then a voice came from heaven, "I have glorified it, and will glorify it again." The crowd that was there and heard it said it had thundered; others said an angel had spoken to him. Jesus said, "This voice was for your benefit, not mine. Now is the time for judgment on this world; now the prince of this world will be driven out. And I, when I am lifted up[a] from the earth, will draw all people to myself." He said this to show the kind of death he was going to die. The crowd spoke up, "We have heard from the Law that the Messiah will remain forever, so how can you say, 'The Son of Man must be lifted up'? Who is this 'Son of Man'?" Then Jesus told them, "You are going to have the light just a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, before darkness overtakes you. Whoever walks in the dark does not know where they are going. Believe in the light while you have the light, so that you may become children of light." When he had finished speaking, Jesus left and hid himself from them. - John 12:20-36
I am trying to be more vulnerable this Lent. Now that I am a sophomore I know the people and place where I am comfortable; I am no longer forced to have the new encounters like I was last year. This ease and confidence is very nice but sometime I feel unsettled. At Sewanee I began to realize that I enjoy being pushed. So now I am trying to be more vulnerable and open. Instead of pretending I don't notice the person I am passing on the way to McClurg, I want to smile and wave, I am trying to meet and connect with people that do not share similar of backgrounds or perspectives. I can learn far more from their perspective than I can from hiding behind my own views.
In the past I have gone into Lent with an idea about what I wanted to get out of it, an expectation of a great enlightenment. As Jesus approached the end of his life with acceptance and faith I am trying to be more vulnerable and calm. Now I am beginning to understand that coming into Lent with openness and peace can allow me to gain more than if I go through Lent with expectations for how I was going to be moved. Because if you know the way you are going to be moved, aren't you already there? I plan to continue to push myself in new and sometimes uncomfortable situations in the coming summer and semester. I am looking forward to being pushed externally once again as I study abroad in Germany next semester, being surrounded by a new language, culture, and meeting new friends. I also am trying to find comfort in the vulnerability of living and working in a new city this summer.]]>
Isaiah 42:1-9
Hebrews 9:11-15
John 12:1-11
But when Christ came as high priest of the good things that are now already here, he went through the greater and more perfect tabernacle that is not made with human hands, that is to say, is not a part of this creation. He did not enter by means of the blood of goats and calves; but he entered the Most Holy Place once for all by his own blood, thus obtaining eternal redemption. The blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that they are outwardly clean. How much more, then, will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from acts that lead to death, so that we may serve the living God! For this reason Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance—now that he has died as a ransom to set them free from the sins committed under the first covenant.One morning my sophomore year I went on a run to Piney Point with one of my good friends when we stopped to take a break and look out over the bluff. As we were sitting there she said to me isn't it amazing how small we as individuals are. I was struck by how true that was and since that point it has been a constant reminder that there is something bigger and greater in the world than just me. - Hebrews 9:11-15
We as Christians spend the season of Lent with Jesus in his last days; these large readings we encounter beget sentiments of deep iniquity. Identifying pieces of ourselves in the disciples, the crowd, and antagonistic religious leaders reminds us of our own role in in the process of Jesus' crucifixion. Guilty, humbled, and penitent, I find myself deeply moved by the love Christ displayed to an undeserving public. More so, I can't help but ask why he would undergo such pain on our behalf. God so cared for us as to send a perfect sacrifice who "through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God," but what quality of love inspires so selfless an act?
God, as the greatest and fullest expression of joy, draws us closer to Him in the mystery of his sacrifice. Hebrews 9:11-15 invites us to reflect on our Lenten penitence with a new, love-centered mentality. No longer is Lent a wholly a dark affair, but a study of the Love that triumphs over our grief.
When I ask myself why God revolutionized sacrifice and penitence, I am reminded of how well He knew us. We may be as full of sin as the crowds who demanded Christ's crucifixion, but he sees in our lives the potential to share his joy. Holy Week can remain an inherently joyful event because we are loved! Continually, wholly, with full knowledge of our faults and strengths, the Messiah chose to be the mediator of the new covenant between God and ourselves. Therefore, smile in your reflection friends! Rejoice, for "Christ came as a high priest of the good things that have come," and he invites us to become a part of those good things!]]>
Isaiah 50:4-9a
Philippians 2:5-11
Matthew 26:14—27:66
Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not regard equality with God as something to be exploited, but emptied himself, taking form of a slave, being born in human likeness. And being found in human form, he humbled himself and became obedient to the point of death even death on a cross. Therefore God also highly exalted him and gave him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bend, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. - Philippians 2:5-11
Jesus is the perfect example of humility that ever existed and will exist. This passage is a letter from Peter to the church in Philippi, in this letter the apostle talks about Christ's humiliation as well as exaltation. Peter is encouraging the church to become more Christ like and leave behind all that separates us from the love of Christ. There's no greater demonstration of love and humility than Jesus dying on the cross to save us. This gesture shows us that Jesus being the son of God came to be human just like us, becoming the guide to salvation for all humanity to follow. Jesus never used his power as the Son of God to feel superior to others; instead he was as it should be, obedient to his Father ultimately accepting a shameful death on the cross. For his sacrifice God gave Jesus the highest exaltation, so that we will proclaim his name in every place on earth. Many times we don't understand this amazing gesture of love, because we are blinded by things that make us forget that no matter the situation God has a solution.
In this special time of lent, I invite you to look at the cross and ask yourself if it was worth it for Jesus to die on the cross for us. Sometimes we are ungrateful and take for granted this marvelous sacrifice. We forget that as Christians we have to aspire to be more like Christ and show others by being humble how great our God is. This task might be difficult but it's definitely worth it, because it doesn't compare to what Jesus did for us. Love requires sacrifice, so in this time of penitence we have to make an effort to live in unity, starting by living a life based on love guided by the same purpose. This can be achieved by getting rid of all pride, rivalries, selfishness, and giving room to a mutual humility which will change our lives.
Therefore God also highly exalted him and gave him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bend, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.]]>
Exodus 10:21-11:8
2 Cor. 4:13-18
Mark 10:46-52
Then they came to Jericho. As Jesus and his disciples, together with a large crowd, were leaving the city, a blind man, Bartimaeus (which means "son of Timaeus"), was sitting by the roadside begging. When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to shout, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!" Many rebuked him and told him to be quiet, but he shouted all the more, "Son of David, have mercy on me!" Jesus stopped and said, "Call him." So they called to the blind man, "Cheer up! On your feet! He's calling you." Throwing his cloak aside, he jumped to his feet and came to Jesus. "What do you want me to do for you?" Jesus asked him. The blind man said, "Rabbi, I want to see." "Go," said Jesus, "your faith has healed you." Immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus along the road. - Mark 10:46-52
I grew up in a medium-sized Episcopal Church in Upstate South Carolina. There were a lot of young families and I remember attending Sunday School classes that were thinly veiled chaos, Vacation Bible School with what seemed like hundreds of other sticky kids.
Some days, instead of Sunday School, we would attend the regular service as a family. When my mother wasn't using me and my brother as vectors for passing notes to my dad, she would show me her favorite parts of the Book of Common Prayer. She loves the old language of the Rite I liturgy, when the people respond "And with thy spirit" instead of the more familiar chorus of "And also with you." She called my attention to the mysterious proclamation in the Apostle's Creed that Jesus will return to judge "the quick and the dead." Another favorite passage of hers is the Nicene Creed's opening line: "We believe in one God, the Father, the Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all that is, seen and unseen." Each of these embrace the mystery that is God, emphasizing the ways in which he is beyond our grasp, embodied in the unseen.
As an adult, I am always weirdly impressed at how far afield my mind can wander while reciting the Nicene Creed. The action is so rote and I've been doing it for so long, it is hard to pay attention to the words. But I still remember the first time I thought about all the "unseen" that God had made, the first time I opened myself up to mystery of God.
Today's lessons all draw on this theme of what is seen and unseen. Second Corinthians asks us to focus on the unseen spiritual life, abandoning the temporality of this world in favor of the divine promise: "Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal" (2 Cor. 4:16-18).
In Mark's gospel, Jesus heals the blind Bartimaeus, rewarding his faithful vision with a worldly vision: "'What do you want me to do for you?' Jesus asked him. The blind man said, 'Rabbi, I want to see.' 'Go,' said Jesus, 'your faith has healed you.' Immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus along the road" (Mark 10:51-52).
In the Exodus story, the unseen Holy Spirit (by far the easiest portion of the trinity to associate with mystery) punishes the Egyptians with the Plague of the Firstborn. Before this final plague, the city is plunged into a "darkness that can be felt," a vivid echo of the relationship between temporal sight and eternal vision (Mark 10:21).
I don't know what all of this means, but I am glad my mother took the time to point out the ways in which we don't understand God, the ways in which God resides in what we can't see. Beyond invoking images ghosts and fairies, the "unseen" calls us to place our trust and faith in a partial vision of the divine. We don't, and can't, have full knowledge of God and his glory. But that's ok; it might even make it better.]]>
Exodus 9:13-35
2 Cor. 4:1-12
Mark 10:32-45
Therefore, since through God's mercy we have this ministry, we do not lose heart. Rather, we have renounced secret and shameful ways; we do not use deception, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by setting forth the truth plainly we commend ourselves to everyone's conscience in the sight of God. And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing. The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel that displays the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. For what we preach is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake. For God, who said, "Let light shine out of darkness," made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of God's glory displayed in the face of Christ. But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us. We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body. For we who are alive are always being given over to death for Jesus' sake, so that his life may also be revealed in our mortal body. So then, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you. - 2 Cor. 4:1-12
Even though I grew up going to church all of my life, I think just recently I have started to attempt to love God the correct way (what I believe is the correct way). I always figure that if I went to church every once and a while that act will balance out the things I have done wrong, and the same goes with my attempts to pray on a daily basis. Don't get me wrong, I believe those two acts are very important to expressing love toward God. In my case, I was shallow. I went to church and prayed just to do it. Now I have come to understand that those actions need substance. They need to be backed with love. I guess maybe I hit maturity just this past year. I am, at this moment, glad I hit this realization. "we do not use deception, nor do we distort the word of God." I believe that this flows somewhat with what I have been saying. I was distorted in the sense of thinking and believing that by just praying and going to church I was going to drift closer to God, when in reality I need to express my love to God more and in any way that I can.
As my sister got sick, I never truly understood why. She was the one out of my siblings that never got in trouble. She was never caught drinking a beer to early in her life or rolling the next door neighbor (the act of throwing toilet paper all over someone's yard and house). She was the quiet one that was always nice. At school she is known as the one that always smiled. So once she grew ill and soon passed away, I always thought why her. Why someone so innocent and friendly had to go through so much pain. I have now started to realize, four years later, that she is the definition of one who has gone through the worst and still persisted with courage and happiness. She is the one that did "not lose heart". Even though she was getting chemotherapy that made her weak, she made sure that everyone around her was happy. She never asked "why me?". I believe that God's love was illuminated through her. She made sure everyone was happy. She was and still is the definition of how people should love the ones around them, because without a love from the community you live in then there is no comfort, and people are stuck in darkness. Through my sister, I am now better able to understand the importance of love.
I try to live my life following the idea of living "the good life". I believe that in order to live the good life you need to have love, not only for God but also for your community. Living life without a sense of community and love from others is not living the good life God intended for me to live. Relationships consumed with love are ones that bring comfort to me and give me a sense of being. These relationships let me live the good life I want to live. I also believe that living one with nature is vital to living a life full of comfort and happiness. Nature untouched by anthropogenic destruction is the raw creation and beauty of God. From my perspective, I personally need God's love, the love of a community, and the love of nature to live the good life.]]>
Exodus 7:25-8:19
2 Cor. 3:7-18
Mark 10:17-31
Jesus looked straight at them and answered, "This is impossible for human beings but not for God; everything is possible for God." Mark 10:27
"The veil is removed only when a person is joined to Christ. Even today, whenever they read the Law of Moses, the veil still covers their minds. But it can be removed, as the scripture says about Moses: 'His veil was removed when he turned to the Lord'." 2 Cor. 3:14-16
"Moses said, 'I will do as you ask, and then you will know that there is no other god like the Lord, our God'." Exodus 7:10
One morning my sophomore year I went on a run to Piney Point with one of my good friends when we stopped to take a break and look out over the bluff. As we were sitting there she said to me isn't it amazing how small we as individuals are. I was struck by how true that was and since that point it has been a constant reminder that there is something bigger and greater in the world than just me.
When I was reading the three passages above what really stuck out to me was the repetitiveness in the idea that God is so powerful and mighty. We need his guidance and to put our full hearts and trust in him because through God anything is possible. Alone, we as individuals are insignificant and small in a world that is so big. However, when we are true believers and followers of God that massive world out there is a lot easier to conquer. The veil that covers our minds is removed as we begin to truly follow and turn to the Lord. Therefore, next time you are standing at the Cross, Morgan Steep, Greensview, etc. look out over the bluff and realize that you so small in comparison to God and the world he created. Remember that we need help from him and to follow in his light because it is only through the one and only God that anything is possible.]]>
Exodus 7:8-24
2 Cor. 2:14-3:6
Mark 10:1-16
Jesus then left that place and went into the region of Judea and across the Jordan. Again crowds of people came to him, and as was his custom, he taught them. Some Pharisees came and tested him by asking, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?" "What did Moses command you?" he replied. They said, "Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of divorce and send her away." "It was because your hearts were hard that Moses wrote you this law," Jesus replied. "But at the beginning of creation God 'made them male and female.' 'For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.' So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate." When they were in the house again, the disciples asked Jesus about this. He answered, "Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her. And if she divorces her husband and marries another man, she commits adultery." People were bringing little children to Jesus for him to place his hands on them, but the disciples rebuked them. When Jesus saw this, he was indignant. He said to them, "Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. Truly I tell you, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it." And he took the children in his arms, placed his hands on them and blessed them. - Mark 10:1-16 NIV
So, one of my favorite shows is South Park. I know, it's childish, vulgar, crude, and offensive, but I think it is HILARIOUS. One of the central sources of humor for the show is the way in which it considers children. In the Gospel of Mark, Christ exclaims, "Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. Truly I tell you, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it." This portrayal of children suggests a sense of innocence and purity which we traditionally associate with children. However, as anyone who has worked with small children for like ten minutes can tell you, while kids can sometimes be wonderful and sweet and pure and thoughtful, they can also be terrifying little demons. South Park's children are crude, they swear, they treat each other horribly, and in the first scene of the entire series, one of the kids kicks his baby brother, just because he can. These kids are awful, but since this treatment of children seems much more similar to the reality in which we live than the children of Mark's gospel, who just run up and snuggle Jesus because they are innocent and wonderful and beautiful, I think it's important to consider what exactly Jesus meant when he said anyone who fails to receive the kingdom of God "like a child." To me, it is not that the children are innocent that makes them appealing. It is not that they are sinless, or pure, or that they have not, at some point, been responsible for killing Kenny (sorry, little joke). It is that they have come willingly to Christ, they have abandoned their reservations, and they have thrown themselves at his feet, asking for his blessing and love. They did not falter, there were no conditions they set. They recognized the absolute power and love of Christ and its necessity in their lives, and embraced it. Too often, I think, we attempt to barter with Christ, to make our love conditional, to make our relationship with our redeemer one of giving and taking. What we fail to realize is that Christ has already given all that can be given, eternal life and forgiveness, and that all that is left is to throw ourselves at his feet, unhindered by our reservations, demands, qualifications, or conditions, and be one with Christ. As this season of Lent begins to wind to a close, may we all remember that to come to Christ as a child is not to come to Christ pure, but to come to Christ with faith.]]>
Exodus 5:1-6:1
1 Cor. 14:20-33a
Mark 9:42-50
If anyone causes one of these little ones—those who believe in me—to stumble, it would be better for them if a large millstone were hung around their neck and they were thrown into the sea. If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life maimed than with two hands to go into hell, where the fire never goes out. And if your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than to have two feet and be thrown into hell. And if your eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell, where
"'the worms that eat them do not die,
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Everyone will be salted with fire.
"Salt is good, but if it loses its saltiness, how can you make it salty again? Have salt among yourselves, and be at peace with each other. - Mark 9:42-50
During Lent, we reflect upon Jesus Christ's suffering and sacrifice that he endured for our sake. Therefore, we make sacrifices, allowing for greater self-discipline and ability to repent.
In Mark 9:42-50, Jesus states that we must be able to make whatever sacrifice necessary in order to abandon sin. Physicians remove body parts for the greater good of the body, despite the fact that such losses are great. Parting with sin is no easy task, but the Lenten season helps us realize the necessity to do so.
Furthermore, when Jesus says "have salt in yourselves," he means that we must act as salt to others, trying to preserve and spread God's teachings, just as salt is used to save meat.]]>
Exodus 4:10-20(21-26)27-31
1 Cor. 14:1-19
Mark 9:30-41
Follow the way of love and eagerly desire gifts of the Spirit, especially prophecy. For anyone who speaks in a tongue does not speak to people but to God. Indeed, no one understands them; they utter mysteries by the Spirit. But the one who prophesies speaks to people for their strengthening, encouraging and comfort. Anyone who speaks in a tongue edifies themselves, but the one who prophesies edifies the church. I would like every one of you to speak in tongues, but I would rather have you prophesy. The one who prophesies is greater than the one who speaks in tongues, unless someone interprets, so that the church may be edified. Now, brothers and sisters, if I come to you and speak in tongues, what good will I be to you, unless I bring you some revelation or knowledge or prophecy or word of instruction? Even in the case of lifeless things that make sounds, such as the pipe or harp, how will anyone know what tune is being played unless there is a distinction in the notes? Again, if the trumpet does not sound a clear call, who will get ready for battle? So it is with you. Unless you speak intelligible words with your tongue, how will anyone know what you are saying? You will just be speaking into the air. Undoubtedly there are all sorts of languages in the world, yet none of them is without meaning. If then I do not grasp the meaning of what someone is saying, I am a foreigner to the speaker, and the speaker is a foreigner to me. So it is with you. Since you are eager for gifts of the Spirit, try to excel in those that build up the church. For this reason the one who speaks in a tongue should pray that they may interpret what they say. 14 For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my mind is unfruitful. So what shall I do? I will pray with my spirit, but I will also pray with my understanding; I will sing with my spirit, but I will also sing with my understanding. Otherwise when you are praising God in the Spirit, how can someone else, who is now put in the position of an inquirer, say "Amen" to your thanksgiving, since they do not know what you are saying? You are giving thanks well enough, but no one else is edified. I thank God that I speak in tongues more than all of you. But in the church I would rather speak five intelligible words to instruct others than ten thousand words in a tongue. - 1 Cor. 14:1-19
Imagine a kindergartener going to Church with her fellow classmates. During the service, everyone in attendance begins to sing traditional hymns in Latin. I look around at my peers to see them also joining in in song. I had no idea what these words meant but I was told that they were prayers. So, I pulled out my song sheet and gave latin my best attempt. Now that I look back at this, I question whether or not I was actually "praying". How was this supposed to be prayer if I had no clue what I was even saying? A few years later, one of my friends who wasn't particularly religious was going through a rough time and asked me to say a prayer for her. While I told her I would keep her in my prayers I also suggested that she could try praying as well. She looked at me curiously and said that she would if she knew how to pray but she did not even know how start one.
Both of these events got me thinking, how would someone begin to explain prayer? What makes a prayer a prayer? Over the years, I have realized that there are no special languages nor tongues to speak in nor any fancy incantations to be said for words to become prayer. Similar to the passage, the message of a prayer is more important that the means. For me, prayer can be anything from a simple conversation with God to dancing or singing--simply a way to be with God. During this season of Lent, be intentional with your relationship with and prayers to God. Try to fall out of the habit of simply reciting words or actions without any meaning or intent behind them. Pray with purpose in whichever way has meaning to you.]]>
Ezekiel 37:1-14
Romans 8:6-11
John 11:1-45
The mind governed by the flesh is death, but the mind governed by the Spirit is life and peace. The mind governed by the flesh is hostile to God; it does not submit to God's law, nor can it do so. Those who are in the realm of the flesh cannot please God. You, however, are not in the realm of the flesh but are in the realm of the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, they do not belong to Christ. But if Christ is in you, then even though your body is subject to death because of sin, the Spirit gives life because of righteousness. And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies because of his Spirit who lives in you. - Romans 8:6-11
In this golden age of modernity, the increasingly popular tendency is to focus on that which is solid and immediate. Our need to delay gratification has diminished alongside the rise in our technological capabilities. Consequently, we are becoming accustomed to rapid fulfillment of our temporal desires. Our focus as a society is shifting, inexorably, to reflect those objects and ideas to which each passing day brings us constant exposure – to those things governed by the flesh. We all too easily and willingly forgo divine inspiration for things and ideas which, in the moment, seem to be of the utmost importance. Contemplative walks are exchanged for deadlines, while we increasingly trade ponderings for loud music, and human comfort for the cold glow of a computer screen.
In this Lenten season, let us strive to loosen our grip on those objects in the realm of the flesh. The Spirit of Christ resides in each of us. If we allow ourselves to transcend the deafening clamor of the immediate and earthly, we just may find the time to hear this Spirit speak.]]>
Exodus 2:23-3:15
1 Cor. 13:1-13
Mark 9:14-29
If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing. Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. For we know in part and we prophesy in part, but when completeness comes, what is in part disappears. When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me. For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known. And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. - 1 Cor. 13:1-13
Why do I choose to "give up" something every year during the season of Lent? To redeem myself for the sins committed since last Easter? To prove that I am indeed a Christian? Maybe because it just makes me feel good that I have a certain degree of self-control that allows me to sacrifice one thing that I love so dearly that I must prove I am a faithful follower by restricting myself for forty days and forty nights. This year's Lenten I decided to "give up" caffeine, partially because my sleep, study, and life schedules had all become so dependent upon it, but mostly because I loved it so much that I could not go a day without an iced coffee or a nice caffeine boost to pick me up on those late nights of studying.
1 Corinthians 13 tells me differently. A mere dependence on something such as caffeine is not love. Love is not a feeling nor is it an emotion; love is an action done unto another that we have consequently fallen short of. "Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude;" it is dependent on our motivation. Vowing not to consume caffeine for a few weeks because of the need to prove or redeem myself is not enough because I could "speak in tongues of mortals and of angels," but without love, "I am [still] nothing." I keep alluding to this notion of becoming a better person, well love is how it starts. To better myself, I will love.
Faith, hope, and love abide, these three; and the greatest of these is love. Show love.]]>


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Mobile communication has permeated nearly every aspect of our lives. The fast evolution from basic voice to a comprehensive bundle of voice, audio and video services is clearly representative of a consumer world that increasingly demands availability of services on the go.
The mobile platform is fast becoming a useful surveillance tool in the professional security space. The development of desktop-based video surveillance-an application now used in control centers and monitoring facilities around the world-certainly proved that network-based surveillance is possible with the right amount of bandwidth, device compatibility and IP addressability.
Mobile technology has evolved to the point where surveillance applications are a reality over the smartphone. On the device level, smartphones such as the iPhone, Android, BlackBerry, Windows Mobile and Java phones have all evolved to capably handle video streaming.
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A user responding to a surveillance event on the go might be faced with a choice depending on the amount of bandwidth available. The manufacturer must deliver information to the customer that explains the event in the form of still images, full-motion video and/or audio.
One option is to deliver the entire package in "batch" form. This is fine for a business operator responding to a parking lot disturbance from his home, where a stable and unshared network connection is established. Users on the go are tasked with the challenge of having enough bandwidth to take in the entire feed. The feed collapses without the appropriate amount of bandwidth.
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The median age of homes in West Richland, WA is 13 years, with 82% of those homes owned, 13% rented and 3% not occupied. In the previous year, 0 West Richland properties were sold. The median sale price of a home in West Richland in the previous year was $180,000. Find a Coldwell Banker real estate agent in West Richland, Washington today.
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NAPLES, Fla.- The Naples Fire Department rescued a 43-year-old man who fell 25-30 feet from a property under construction at 900 10th Street South yesterday afternoon.
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Cotonti combines the flexibility of a web framework with the rapid deployability and featureset of a content management system. Despite having features such as user accounts, content creation, file management and community tools out of the box, it can be easily extended using modules or plugins. Cotonti is powered by its own template engine which is both fast and easy to learn, even if you are not an experienced programmer.
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We wish you enjoy Summertime. To make it even better give a new Cotonti Siena 0.9.3 release a try. What's new:
For more information please visit the release page.
Important notice for developers and contributors: we are moving the repository and project management to Github. Please inform us of your Github account as soon as possible!
This site has been moved to a faster server. Google Site Performance analyzer says it now loads faster than 95% of sites on the web. Nice results reinforced by Siena's JS/CSS consolidator tool.
Oh, the updates! Genoa site owners should update their sites to 0.6.17, the patch is really small but won't hurt applying. Siena enthusiasts, head to 0.9.2 - this is a bugfixing update, but a very important one. We apologize for 0.9.1 which had some bugs which made it harder to use than 0.9.0, so we have solved those problems in 0.9.2 and you can have more fun with Siena now!
Community updates include our new Twitter page. Besides the official announcements it also tracks links to useful articles, so follow us there! Another important thing is that we are going to launch a plugin conversion campaign soon and so far we have opened a Wishlist for future conversions.
The following month probably won't bring many major features to the engine, but we plan several helpful community actions, including rewards for support, relaunch of donations and of course the plugin conversion campaign.
Today, April 12 2011 from 20:00 to 23:00 GMT the site/Trac/SVN may be unavailable for some time due to server upgrade. If you encounter problems accessing the site, please try again some 15 minutes later.
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The biggest major Cotonti release ever is finally available. Here are some figures to realize the scale of the work wich has been done since the beginning of Siena branch:
We have done our best to deliver you a modern Content Management System and a powerful Content Management Framework. The most significant changes are:
For more information please visit Release Notes page.
As you can see, the status of the 0.9 branch is currently "testing". It means that it is not yet recommended for large production sites, but is fine for smaller ones, for new projects or to start using the new system to migrate in future. The 0.6 branch has the "stable" status and will be supported at least until 0.9 becomes "stable" and all sites are safe to migrate to it.
Currently the number of plugins available for Siena is limited. The APIs have changed a lot, so a "porting" procedure is required for plugins to work with the new version. We would like to encourage plugin developers to start porting their plugins to Siena. If you don't want to wait you can try running the old plugins with the Genoa compatibility plugin enabled, but this is for your own risk.
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Cotonti Development Team is proud to announce you the recent changes in our project roadmap. We have made an important decision about the next major branch which is now called "Union 1.o.O" instead of "Renaissance 1.0.0".
The word "Union" in its name means that the new system is a combination of all features currently present in Cotonti and such popular open source content management systems as WordPress, Joomla, MODx and Drupal. It also means that Cotonti switches its license from BSD to GPLv3. The compatibility is established both on database level and system behavior. For example, you will be able to install Drupal modules and Wordpress plugins and combine them with Joomla templates. Such amazing abilities are made possible by our new revolutionary technology called "Cotonti Site Cloud" which automatically maintains a cloud of different CMS systems and provides the end user an abstract service from all of them.
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The Civil War Preservation Trust bought Slaughter Pen Farm, named for the bloody fighting there during the Battle of Fredericksburg.
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Battlefields offer a national military training asset and should be preserved as laboratories for future generations of American combat leaders. They are unparalleled teaching tools, far more effective in chronicling the drama and history of war than textbooks. More importantly, our children's education must be taken into account; what happened on these fields is always one generation away from being forgotten. Historian David McCullough has said, "I don't think there is any question that students in our institutions of higher learning have less grasp, less understanding of, and less respect for American history than ever before."
This illiteracy is significant because knowledge of our history as a country and people brings with it a sense of continuity, cause and effect, perspective, and of
For CVBT, the primary reason to save these grounds is reflected in Genesis 4:10: "What has thou done? The voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground." With some paraphrasing, and apologies to the Bible, it is the men who fought and died on these fields who motivate us and sustain our passion. We hear their voices across time, the voices of men dead for 150 years who nonetheless look to us, the living, to protect their memories and stories.
What would these men have wanted of us? To those of us involved with CVBT, the answer is obvious: The men who fought and fell on these fields would have wanted and expected their sacrifice and suffering to be honored and defended, acknowledged and respected. "Never forget, nor dishonor," would have been their counsel and prayer.
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The So You Think You Can Dance finale ends with the coronation of Lauren, Robert or Kent ... who will it be?
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Smiths Detection Incorporated, Edgewood, Maryland, is being awarded a potential $12,708,242 firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for production of three Meteorological Mobile Facility (Replacement) Next Generation (METMF[R] NEXGEN) systems; one METMF(R) NEXGEN training system; and associated engineering services and technical data. The METMF(R) NEXGEN system is a mobile meteorological and oceanographic weather information system that enables Marine Corps personnel to generate, collect, and correlate weather data to provide the best environmental picture in support of ongoing and future military operations. The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command, San Diego, California, is the contracting activity.
Information Network Systems Incorporated, Lockheed Martin Corporation Global Training & Logistics, Stafford, Virginia, is being awarded a potential $31,087,481 for firm-fixed-priced task order 0070 under a previously awarded contract to support the U.S. Marine Corps Systems Command Program Manager (PM) Networks and Satellite Communications Systems, and PM for Tactical Communication Systems. The scope of this effort is represented in the following areas: logistics management support, inventory management support, equipment fielding support, deployment fielding support, and management and administration. Work will be performed in Camp Pendleton, California; Camp Lejeune, North Carolina; Okinawa, Japan; Afghanistan; and Hawaii. The Marine Corps Systems Command, Quantico, Virginia, is the contracting activity.
Jacobs Technology Incorporated, Fort Walton Beach, Florida, is being awarded $42,442,430 for task order 0039 under previously awarded firm-fixed-priced contract (M67854-02-A-9017). This effort is for the continuity of services contract to continue information technology services until the transition to the Next Generation Enterprise Network is accomplished. The Marine Corps Systems Command, Quantico, Virginia, is the contracting activity.
Sechan Electronics Incorporated, Lititz, Pennsylvania, is being awarded a $16,233,167 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for up to 350 electronic payload interface boxes; one engineering development model; engineering services not to exceed $50,000; and an optional final technical data package in support of U.S. Marine Corps Ground Based Operation Surveillance Systems. Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division, Crane, Indiana, is the contracting activity.
AT&T Government Solutions Incorporated, Herndon, Virginia, was recently awarded a nearly $7 million task order to provide technical support to the Marine Corps Systems Command, Information Systems and Infrastructure Product Group, Marine Corps Network and Infrastructure Services Program Office to provide information technology networking support services for the Marine Corps Garrison Classified Network to Marine Corps Forces Pacific, Marine Forces Reserve and Marine Corps Installation National Capitol Region installations. Throughout the contract period, the contractor will be required to perform such duties as customer support, network testing and monitoring, system analysis, and problem solving. Work will be performed in Camp Pendleton, California; Okinawa, Japan; Kaneohe, Hawaii; New Orleans, Louisiana; Yuma, Arizona; Miramar, California; Fort Worth, Texas; Marietta, Georgia; Camp LeJeune, North Carolina; Bridgeport, California; Barstow, California; Twentynine Palms, California; Iwakuni, Japan; Quantico, Virginia; and Arlington, Virginia. The Marine Corps System Command, Quantico, Virginia, is the contracting activity.
Cubic Defense Applications Incorporated, San Diego, California, is being awarded a nearly $28 million firm-fixed-priced delivery order to incrementally replace the Marine Corps' Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System and include the training systems of the Instrumented-Tactical Engagement Simulation System Increment I (I-TESS II) and additional weapon training system capabilities. I-TESS II equipment will be used to support direct force-on-force and force-on-target training. The I-TESS II system will consist of no less than the following components: small arms transmitter (SAT); man-worn detection system (MDS); command and control, mobile and portable versions; and military operations in urban terrain (MOUT) building instrumentation, vehicle tracking, engagement, and association systems, hand grenade simulators, and simulated battlefield effects interface modules. The SAT will be used on the M9 pistol, M4, M16, M40, and AK-47 type rifles, the M249 Squad Automatic Weapon, and M2 and M240G machine guns. Rocket propelled grenade and AT-4 simulators, vehicle tracking, engagement and association systems will be used to track and/or engage vehicles and fixed structures such as towers, bridges, and facilities. The MDS and range equipment will be used to instrument the individual Marine for direct force-on-force, and force-on-target engagement adjudication and will include the ability to support instrumentation functions such as position location information reporting. The I-TESS II system will be used in MOUT Facilities and non-live fire maneuver ranges located at various Marine Corps bases and installations. Marine Corps Systems Command, supporting Program Manager for Training Systems, Orlando, Florida, is the contracting activity.
Stronghold Engineering Incorporated, Riverside, California, is being awarded a more than $8 million task order under a previously awarded multiple award contract for construction of a solar photovoltaic system at Marine Corps Base, Camp Pendleton. The work to be performed provides for design, engineering, procurement and construction of a solar photovoltaic system. The new solar photovoltaic system shall occupy four to six acres within Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton Installation Restoration Site Seven (Box Canyon). The solar photovoltaic system shall contain all balance of system components, electrical utilities, communication utilities, monitoring and metering, utility equipment building and associated equipments and devices for a complete and usable system, tested, accepted and beneficial to Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southwest, San Diego, California, is the contracting activity.
CDW-G, Vernon Hills, Illinois, is being awarded more than $10 million to procure 320 high-performance Uniplexed Information and Computing System scalable processor architecture-based servers to enable a technical refresh required for the Global Command and Control System and Tactical Combat Operations Systems of the Marine Corps. Current hardware has been in the field for over six years and is no longer under warranty and is now considered end-of-life. Likewise, the aging equipment is unable to keep pace with changes in operating software and increased technological capabilities and requirements. This purchase is for information technology capabilities that are not available within current Marine Corps enterprise supplies or contracts and are essential to the successful execution of command initiatives that are clearly needed. The Marine Corps System Command, Quantico, Virginia, is the contracting activity.
QinetiQ North America, McLean, Virginia has announced that the U.S. Marine Corps has awarded the company a task order valued at about $7 million to provide engineering and scientific support services to the Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF) Command and Control Systems program management office and the Digital Fires and Situational Awareness program management office of Product Group 11, Marine Corps Systems Command. The task order was awarded under the command's Commercial Enterprise Omnibus Support Services blanket purchase agreement. QinetiQ North America will provide a broad range of engineering, acquisition, logistics, and programmatic support services across virtually all ground combat element and MAGTF level command and control programs fielded by the Marine Corps.
Insitu Incorporated, Bingen, Washington, is being awarded a nearly $46 million contract to provide deployment services and flight hours in support of the ScanEagle Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS). These services will provide electro-optical/infra red and mid-wave infrared imagery in support of Marine Corps operations in Operation Enduring Freedom, and will encompass both the operations and maintenance of the ScanEagle UAS to provide real-time imagery and data to U.S. Marine Corps personnel. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.


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At Harrington Starr we are working closely with a remarkable company within the financial sector who specialise in trading, data and investment solutions over a global scale. This organisation possesses an immense knowledge in their field and determination to remain the best by continual investment into their innovative solutions.
This is a fantastic opportunity for you as a C#.NET VB6 Developer (GUI, ASP.NET, SQL) to be involved with a winning organisation that are constantly setting the pace within their field and discovering new movements and converting them to advantageous prospects. You will have strong C# ASP.NET skills enabling you to carry out the full software development cycle as you will be involved in all stages of the project. The C#.NET VB6 Developer (GUI, ASP.NET, SQL) best suited candidate will also be able to think outside the box to help facilitate the systems process and add to the organisations drive to excel within its industry.
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Lovely Antique German porcelain egg-shaped candy or dresser box. The box has a lovely scene of a woman and lady, I think it's hand painted or either transferred with hand paint, not sure? The box is also decorated with applied elfinware forget-me-knots. The base is very decorative with a scrolled design. The box is a pretty large size, not a trinket, measuring 5 1/2" tall by 7 1/2" long. The condition is very good, with one missing flower and a few minor nics to a petal or leaf. Beautiful display! Marked on the base with blue German back stamp. Please ask questions if you would like to clarify anything. Good Luck!
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Ricky Clay Jr., M.D., recently joined Geisinger-Community Medical Center (G-CMC) as a general surgeon.
"As we continue to invest in the Scranton community, it is with great pleasure that we welcome Dr. Clay to our growing surgical program at G-CMC," said Anthony Aquilina, D.O., chief medical officer, G-CMC. "Dr. Clay's devotion to high-quality care aligns directly with Geisinger's values and we believe patients in Lackawanna County will greatly benefit from Dr. Clay's presence in the region."
A 2007 graduate of the University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham, Ala., Dr. Clay most recently completed a general surgery residency at the Charleston Area Medical Center of West Virginia University, Charleston, W.Va, in June.
Dr. Clay has participated in several research projects including one with the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn., and two at West Virginia University. He is a member of the American Academy of Family Physicians and American College of Surgeons. Dr. Clay is certified in Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery and is pending certification in DaVinci Robotic Surgery.


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Australia take on Pakistan for one T20I, three ODIs and two Test matches in the UAE.
The Commonwealth Bank Southern Stars will take on Pakistan in four T20s and four ODIs to begin the international season in Australia.
Australia take on South Africa this summer in the KFC T20 INTL Series with matches in Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney.
Mitchell Johnson holds the record for the most wickets (37) in an Ashes series by a left-arm quick.
Brad Haddin has scored the most runs by an Australian wicketkeeper in a Test series.
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The Proteas won the toss and elected to bat but only Jacques Kallis (50) could convert his start as Pakistan bowled well.
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