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In this quick Swank Life episode by guest host Brendan Rose, he explains the three major ways you can get physical with a women faster. Have you been on five, six, seven dates without getting physical? Then this podcast episode is for you. Brendan breaks down how you can break the barrier and grab the attention of a woman.
Key Takeaways:
2:30 – Adding more layers to yourself will often add more anxiety. So, hack away the inessential instead.
3:30 – Life is simple, we just make it complicated.
5:10 – Number one, develop a plan of where to go and when. Brendan explains what this means.
7:05 – Number two, create liminal space. What is liminal space?
10:40 – Number three, affection first. Brendan explains how to do this in a swanky way.
13:40 – A quick recap of what we learned today.
"Life is really simple, it's just us that make it a lot more complicated than it really is."
"Everything that you do, will not actually reach a women and connect with her unless it actually comes from you."
"There's one rule for all things physical when it comes to women and the two words are smooth progression."
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Brendan Rose:
What's up Swank Life listeners, this is Brendan Rose guest host on the Swank Life podcast. I hope you're doing well and today we're going to be talking about your life with women. The topic of today's podcast is going to be getting physical, getting physical. Now, I like this topic because well, if I rewind to just a few years ago, I was a bit of a prude and if you fast forward to now, it's a very different story, I've changed, I've transformed, and my beliefs have changed and the way I look at that has changed and along the way I've learned some ways about getting physical and how to do that in a way that's faster. Now, if I go back to a number of years ago to how I was before, well, it was so slow that it never happened.
So, I remember going on dates and dates and dates and I know that there's a lot of guys out there that are doing that. They're going three, four, five, six, seven dates sometimes before there any sort of physicality going on. So, what we're going to talk about today is not just getting physical, but what we're going to talk about getting physical faster, because, you know, I know that's something that a lot of guys out there want to do. So, my purpose today in this podcast is to help you get physical faster and I want you to know, I'm not taking this on for my health. I'm hear for a purpose and a very specific one at that and that is to help you get physical faster, so this is going to be important, because it's going to help you do just that, which means you're going to be able to feel more mastery when it comes to your life with women, which means you're going to be in a place where you just get more of what you want with women all the time. Does that sound pretty good? Awesome. Let's jump in.
There are three ways I'm going to talk to about for getting physical faster, but first I want to give you two ideas to preface. The first one is this, it comes from Bruce Lee, it's not the daily increases, but the daily decrease that count. Hack away the inessential. Now, that was Bruce Less and Bruce Lee had this philosophy that I really like, I got this after reading his book called Jeet Kune Do, which I definitely recommend you check out if you haven't already and this is the idea that it's not really about adding things, it's about taking things away that matters the most.
It's really just about hacking away the inessential. If you're already frustrated with something, adding more layers will often add more anxiety, so on top of that, it'll also give you more things to think about. What's better is taking away and simplifying, because that will do just the opposite. It makes things simpler, it makes things clean, and it makes thing easier. So, think less, do more. That's the idea here.
Most advice out there, especially dating advice, gives you layers upon layers upon layers of techniques and tactics and if you buy into that stuff, you're just going to get further and further away from what will actually make you more successful with women, which is simplicity. It's like a religion to me. Simplicity, you know, life is really simple, it's just us that make it a lot more complicated than it really is. I mean, things are simple, right, so that's what I want you to keep in mind. Now, there's a concept I learned from a friend of mine who does graphic design and it's KISS. It means, Keep It Simple Stupid. You want to apply this as an overall theme to when it comes to your life with women in general and that's going to make you more and more successful.
I've done that and it's definitely done that for me. So, I recommend you do the same, but the second idea that I'm prefaced with is success with women is an expression of self. Success with women is an expression of self. What does that mean? Yourself, your own style and personality are what breathe life into your interactions with women, so all the mechanics, all the tips and the tricks, everything that you do, will not actually reach a women and connect with her unless it actually comes from you.
I know that might sound different from what you heard from other experts, but it's the truth and the truth is there's no need, there's absolutely no need for any personality other than your own. So, what I'm saying here don't just be you, don't jut be yourself, but do you. Do yourself. Express who you are. Alright, so those are the two ideas to preface, a little bit of the inner game, a little bit of the philosophy to get your mind in the right place, but let's jump into the ways to get physical faster.
Now, here they are. First one is developing a plan of where to go and when. That's number one. Number two is liminal space and number three is affection first. So, let's get jumping into the first one. Developing a plan for where to go and when. Now, what does this mean? This means that if you are going to spend quality time with a girl that you're attracted to, a woman you want to bring into your social life and create a swanky relationship with her, then you need to know what activity, location, and sequence you're going to do before you get into that with her, right.
So, a lot of guys typical approach take her out to dinner, right, but they don't think past that. So, what you want to do is you want to think all the way through, think about the activity, what you're going to do, don't think that means you have to make the dates some grand event. I usually prefer to just invite the girl over to my place and it makes everything a lot easier and cook for her. That's like my favorite first date. Your activities should be something based on something that creates liminal space. I'll talk to you about that in the second, but the basic idea there is just that you want something that is enjoyable for you so you can bring her into that.
So, developing a plan of where to go and when is incredibly basic, but the thing is it's so basic that it gets overlooked, right. When was the last time you had a date that didn't end in the kind of swankiness that you wanted to? I ask that question to some guys that I was helping out, coaching/mentoring with this and one of the guys raised his hand and told me a story about going on a date with a girl and he took her to something that he enjoyed. He brought her into his world, but that was it. It stopped there, because he didn't think it all the way through. He didn't develop plan for where to go and when. He just went one step, but you want to think it all the way through. So, he got it right almost. Right, you want to go through all the steps. So, think it all the way through and think of this as your roadmap to her buried treasure. The roadmap to her buried treasure and that is developing a plan from where to go and when and that's number one.
Number two is liminal space, right. The second way to get physical faster is liminal space. Now, liminal space is something that is described as a state of being on the threshold of/or between two different existential planes. Now, what the heck does that mean? It means that when she enters your world, you make her feel different than she's used to. As if time has somehow stopped, which means when she's with you, she feels like she leaves her normal existence and enters something different, yet this world that she's in with you is not hears.
So, she's somewhere in between the normalness of her own world and the difference of yours. I remember when I first discovered this concept and applied it to success with women, I was watching the TV show Lost and Lost is a good example of this of how to understand this conceptually, because in the show the characters' experiences are somewhere between the island and reality, right. Another Hollywood example is the Twilight Zone and it's this space where things just seem to like disappear and all this crazy things happen. So, this is high level idea, it's kind liminal space, but very simply it just means creating an environment that she just gets absorbed into. Have you ever been in those situations where you just kind of got sucked into the moment and you kind of forgot where you were because it was that enjoyable, that's the kind of thing that you want to create with her.
This is what builds massive amounts of attraction and comfort simultaneously and that's why this is so important, because it does that. It builds massive amounts of attraction and comfort simultaneously. So, she's going to feel comfortable and because this experience is so different than what she's used to, she's going to be attracted to it. She's going to want more of that and she'll feel more attracted to you, because you're giving her emotions she doesn't normally feel and that's going to put her more in the moment and cause her to feel more comfortable, because she won't be in her head. This is what happens when someone enters this state of consciousness called liminal space. The more intense the experience, the most she'll loose her sense of identity and become absorbed in the experience you're creating with her.
So, how do you create it, right? That's the big question and I want to reiterate that you might think that this should have something to do with her and I want you to understand that while you might think should have something to do with her, the only guideline with this is that it's something that will absorb you, so that you can do that with her. You do something you get absorb and you spring her into that and really it could be anything. I know that sounds kind of intense, like I said, but all you really need is a dose for it to serve its purpose, it doesn't need to be something grandiose, although if that's what you want to do, you could. I like to do fun, different things like dance parties at my house and throwing music from the laptop or whatever. Cut the lights. We just made our own dance party. This is basically different type of an experience. You want to be able to do this consistently.
So, just start looking for things that amuse you and make a mental note and write them down. I went for a jog the other day and I noticed that there was a roller rink by my house and I'm thinking, okay, that's a perfect example of something that I can do when it comes with my life with women, I could go to the roller rink, because that's fun for me. I think that'll be cool and fun and that's my thing. Now, that might not be your think, so whatever your think is, do that. Whatever gets you absorbed into the moment, do that and bring her into that.
Now, the third way to get physical faster is affection first, affection first. Now, why is it that affection should come before getting physical in a swanky type of why? I want to talk to about that, I want to talk to you about how to smoothly move towards closeness and intimacy. When you're on a date, there's always a point where some light goes off in your head telling you need to get physical, right, but this is that classic Hollywood scene where the guy is like sitting with the girl at the movies and he awkwardly puts his arm around her, you know, pretends to yawn. That's kind of awkward, right? Like it doesn't really feel smooth or feel cool. Why is that? Why is that awkward? Well, he's not doing it right. That's why.
It's the fact that it's not smooth. It's created this drastic shift and it's very sudden. That creates a feeling of discomfort and obviously the last thing you want to do if you're trying to get physical faster is to create discomfort, so you want to start with affection. That's what solves this problem. So, once that happens, then you want to progress towards more romantic type of physicality, if you know what I'm saying, so when to initiate that is you want to do that when it feels natural for her and you. So, you want to do this in a progressive way. The key to this is doing it progressively. So, from a handshake to a hug to actually like intimacy and getting it on, there's one rule for all things physical when it comes to women and the two words is smooth progression, smooth progression. That's what you want.
You want to take baby steps. One step to the next step to the next step to the next step. Master this one concept and I can promise you'll see massive results when it comes to your life with women. You can think of it like turning up the volume, right, and if you jerk the volume up, it's going to be harsh on your ears, but if you gradually turn up the follow slowly, slowly turn up the volume, then it provides this smooth gradually increase that just feels better and better and that's the kind of thing that you want to do when it comes to your affection and this doesn't mean like one straight ram that you can go up and you can go down a little bit.
Sometimes there's detours and distractions, but the best way to think of it is like rhythm, right, like the rhythm is always moving forward, the rhythm is always moving forward. So, it can go up, it can go down, it can get louder, softer, faster, slow, but the music can go from super mellow to super intense, but it's always moving forward. So, this is what you want and if you start with affection and gradually increase that to a more romantic place when it comes to getting physical, the shift is so small that all it takes is something simple like putting your finger underneath her chin, pulling it towards you and saying, come here. You're golden, baby. You're golden. So, those are the three ways for getting physical faster. I hope you have enjoyed them.
Well, let's rewind all the way to the beginning, so the first two mindset ideas were it's not the daily increases, but the daily decreases that matter. How can we be inessential – the idea from Bruce Lee and then the second one, success with women is an expression of self. The three ways to get physical faster, developing a plan for where to go and when, number one. Number two, liminal space and number three affection first. That's going to wrap it up, so I just want to leave you with one quote, which is this, "Forget mistakes, forget failure, forget everything except what you're going to do now and do it. Today is your lucky day."
I really hope you've enjoyed this as much as I enjoyed making it for you. I am Brendan Rose and if you'd like to work with me personally, I have a process I go through for determining if someone is a good fit for working with me, if you're interested in that, hit me up at Facebook.com/(BrianDavis, BrenDavis, BranDavis #14:30?) and I will set up a time to speak with you. I'll see you guys soon. This is Brandon Rose signing off for the Swank Life podcast.
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Due to renovations at Bullitt Lick Middle, there will be traffic changes for both Bullitt Lick and Shepherdsville Elementary.
Also, it appears the road connecting Highway 44 and Blue Lick Road will not be open for through traffic.
For Bullitt Lick parents, car rider drop off and pick up will use the Highway 44 entrance. Buses and visitors will use the Blue Lick Road entrance.
SHEPHERDSVILLE—Lions and dancers and murders; oh my!
The annual Dancing for the Arts night, presented by the Bullitt County Arts Council, is back on Friday night and this time they've brought in a twister.
This year's "Wizard of Oz" themed show includes a script and a murder, but don't fret! Local celebrities will still be dancing to raise money for scholarships to give local high school seniors perusing higher education in the arts.
A final goodbye to a person who didn't make the headlines.
Sharon Hand was heavily involved in the Scouts and then got involved in the city of Hillview.
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Then, she was hired as the city's code enforcement office.
She wasn't a person who wanted the spotlight. She only wanted to help her community.
Sadly, she passed much too soon. Sharon was a true asset to the Hillview community.
Also passing recently was Carroll Cogan.
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Large-format Stratasys Fortus 900mc designed to fill need for a production 3D printer with high throughput, precision and repeatability; includes new material: Stratasys FDM Nylon 6
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We are so excited that spring is on the way. Soon after I gave up hope seeing any real snowfall this winter, I was ready for flowers and warm afternoons. Here's our first arrival: a daffodil I planted along the front walk. I'm still captivated by daffodils and irises especially.
In other news, Michelle and the baby had another checkup, and all is quite well. We'll hear results for the bloodtests soon, but all the signs are good so far. It hardly seems real. Michelle has begun nesting, as she's making a quilt and other baby room stuff. She's quite a seamstress. We're still worried about her back being strong enough to have a good pregnancy and delivery, but the fibro meds are slowly working, and the chiro reports that it's getting better. We just need to trust God that He'll take care of us.
He's certainly taking care of our financial needs. I've had a few side jobs lately, and all of them have come and found me. I hate sales, so it's a blessing not to have to pursue work. These aren't lucrative jobs, but it helps pay the bills, and especially the credit cards. We're praying that we'll pay off the MasterCard soon (which would take a miracle) but meanwhile we're loving the 0% interest!
Andy, Lynn and Gideon stopped by last night. Gid is so freakin cute I can hardly stand it. I can only hope our kid is half as cute and cool as he is. They're going to NY for the summer for an internship with IBM (I think). Apparently Andy's going to start a blog over on atlblogs, so be on the lookout.


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12/30/2005 3:35pm, #1--
Aikido demo - worse than usual...
Not much to say except OMG ROFL OUCH VIDEO OF DESASTER.
On the same level as the most retarded Tai Chi crazy monkey dance videos we've seen recently.
What's the point, except to demonstrate the power of brainwashing?
http://www.bullshido.net/Videos/aikidont.wmvThere are no wrong threats, only wrong answers. (Strategy game truism)
12/30/2005 4:20pm, #2
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WORST martial arts clip, ever.
I guess there's ki BS as well as chi, qi, pneuma, or whatever else you want to call it.
12/30/2005 4:30pm, #3
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Pneuma. Read Clive Barker much?
Waiting for the clip to load. We might have murdered their bandwidth.
[edit] Holy crap, BR wins the award for finding the Best (worst?) Video of Disaster of 2005.
12/30/2005 4:40pm, #4--
BAHAHAHAHAH it's like pro wrestling meets aikido!
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Or hapkido.
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Those kids could kick the ass of 90% of hapkido practicioners.
Good job, you found a link of hapkido not looking gay but instead looking pedophiliac.
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At about 40 sec's on this one the guys stops a sword attack by throwing a hanky at the attacker.
Seriously... I am not making it up... Don't drink anything while watching
12/30/2005 5:39pm, #10--
Are you insinuating this is compliant ?
you dont know what your talking about .. this stuff is for the streets dude ...
check this out too ..
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Today, Andy Murray bids to register his 500th win on the ATP World Tour, once again underlining the fact that he is by far the most accomplished British male player in the Open era and is now firmly entrenched amongst the top 50 of the world all-time list.
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Qatar Announces 5 Billion Euro Order For Warships From Italy. Qatar announced on Wednesday a five-billion-euro order for seven warships from Italy in the midst of a nearly two-month diplomatic crisis with neighbouring Saudi Arabia and its allies.
Rising temperatures drive up farmer suicides in India: US study. According research report from the University of California, US, climate change may have led to over 59,000 farmer suicides over the last 30 years in India, argues a research report from the University of California, Berkeley in US.
Rajya Sabha passes Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (Amendment) Bill, 2017. The Bill extends the deadline for teachers to acquire the prescribed minimum qualifications for appointment by 4 years.
Former union minister Santosh Mohan Dev passes away. Former union minister and a one-time heavyweight Congress leader Santosh Mohan Dev died at a hospital in Silchar on Wednesday morning following a prolonged illness, family sources said.
India, China home to 39% of young Internet users: UN report. According to recently released report-ICT Facts and Figures 2017, India and China are home to 39% of the 830 million young people worldwide who use the Internet.
RBI cuts repo rate by 0.25% to 7-year low of 6%; home, auto loans to get cheaper. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) today announced a 0.25 per cent cut in the repo rate in its third bi-monthly monetary policy review. The top bank has kept the reverse repo rate at 5.75 per cent.
Dhanraj Pillay conferred with Bharat Gaurav by East Bengal Football Club. Pillay played a huge role in reviving the Indian Hockey team and performed brilliantly during his 15-year career.
World breastfeeding week is observed from August 1st to August 7th. World breastfeeding week is being celebrated from 1st to 7th August every year. The theme for the year 2017 is "Sustaining Breastfeeding Together".
Notre Dame legend Parseghian dies at age 94. Former Notre Dame coach Ara Parseghian has died at the age of 94. He passed away after falling ill from hip surgery complications.
German Hiker Found In Alps 30 Years After Disappearance. The remains of a German hiker who disappeared while climbing in the Swiss Alps 30 years ago has been found embedded in a glacier, police said Wednesday.
General Abhay Krishna appointed as new Eastern Command chief. General Abhay Krishna appointed as the Chief of the Indian Army's Eastern Command recently. He succeeds Lt Gen Praveen Bakshi who has retired from service.
Chemical from turmeric helps treat cancer in children: Research. In the study conducted by the researchers, curcumin was attached to cerium oxide nanoparticles and then tested the nano-curcumin formulation in cell lines of a high-risk form of neuroblastoma.
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Airtel Payment Bank ties up with HPCL for ATM services. Airtel Payments Bank, India's first payments bank has announced a strategic partnership with Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL). There are around 14,000 HPCL fuel stations will act as banking points for Airtel Payments Bank.
Marian Diamond, known for studies of Einstein's brain, passes away. She was the first woman science instructor at Cornell University where she taught human biology and comparative anatomy.
IT Department raids Karnataka Energy minister, recovers cash. The Income Tax Department today raided several properties connected to Karnataka Energy minister D K Shivakumar who is overseeing the stay of the 44 Congress MLAs from Gujarat in Bengaluru.
RBI becomes first central bank in Asia to cut rates this year. The Reserve Bank of India on Wednesday used the room provided by slumping inflation to cut its main policy rate – the first easing by an Asian central bank this year – but it kept the market guessing on whether there's more space for trimming.
China opens its first overseas Military base in Djibouti. China formally launched its first overseas naval facility in Djibouti, an East African nation. Five Chinese formations and Djibouti's Three Services HonorGuard took part in the launch ceremony on 1 of August 2017.
Renowned scientist Pushpa Mitra Bhargava passes away. Bhargava is a recipient of over 100 national and international honours and awards, including the Padma Bhushan in 1986 and the Legion d'Honneur in 1998 of France.
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PayPal launches Innovation Labs in Chennai and Bangalore. The digital payments platform PayPal on Wednesday announced the launch of Innovation Labs at Chennai and Bangalore, after establishing centers at USA and Singapore.
Sanjaya Baru appointed as Secretary General of FICCI. Baru served as media advisor and chief spokesperson of Manmohan Singh from May 2004 until August 2008.
Mukesh Ambani Becomes Asia's Second-Richest Person. Mukesh Ambani is Asia's second-richest man second-richest man and the chairman of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) added $12.1 billion to his wealth in 2017. Jio Network took just nine months after launching with a free introductory offer to rope in 117.3 million users and become India's fourth-largest operator, according to Government data.
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Union Government launches e-RaKAM portal for selling agricultural produce. The platform is a digital initiative that aims to bring together the farmers, PSUs, civil supplies and buyers on a single platform to ease the selling and buying process of agricultural products.
Santosh Mohan Dev, senior Congress leader and former Union minister, passes away in Silchar, Assam. Senior Congress leader and former Union minister Santosh Mohan Dev today passed away at a hospital in Silchar, Assam. He was 83.
Google's Internet Saathi now in 100,000 Indian villages. Launched as a pilot in Rajasthan in July 2015 along with Tata Trusts, Google announced plans to scale the programme to cover 300,000 villages across India in December the same year. Nearly 25,000 fully-trained 'Internet Saathis' are working everyday in these villages to help women and children learn about the internet.
US Senate confirms Christopher Wray as FBI Director. Wray, a former high-ranking official in President George W Bush's Justice Department, oversaw investigations into corporate fraud.
India Permitted To Construct Kishanganga, Ratle Projects: World Bank. India is allowed to construct hydroelectric power facilities on tributaries of the Jhelum and Chenab rivers with certain restrictions under the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), the World Bank has said.
India and Somalia sign agreement on transfer of sentenced persons. The Foreign Minister of the Federal Republic of Somalia Yusuf-Garaad Omar arrived in New Delhi on 31 July 2017 on a five-day visit at the invitation of Sushma Swaraj. This is his first visit to India since he assumed office earlier in 2017.
Current Affairs and General Knowledge Quiz Questions with Answers – August 2, 2017
1. The bill passed by the Union Parliament recently for children Welfare is?
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B) Improving Services for Older Youth in Foster Care Act
C) Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act of 2017
D) Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Amendment Bill
2. The Reserve Bank of India recently cut its repo rate by how many basis points?
A) 25 basis points
B) 50 basis points
C) 20 basis points
D) No change
3. Which place did the China opens its first overseas Military base ?
A) Djibouti
B) Lhasa
C) Sanya
D) Dali
4. Which committee has been constituted by Union Government to identify key data protection issues?
A) B N Srikrishna committee
B) A K Mathur committee
C) H S Khan committee
D) KK Lahoti committee
5. The Government has approved establishment of Post Graduate Institutes for Research in Yoga and Naturopathy at Nagmangla in ______.
A) Tamilnadu
B) Karnataka
C) Kerala
D) Jammu & Kashmir
6. Which portal was recently launched by the Union Government to provide a platform to sell agricultural produce?
A) e-Kisan
B) e-RaKam
C) Jai-Kisan
D) None of the above
7. Which month first week is observed as World breastfeeding week ?
A) First week of June month
B) First week of July Month
C) First week of May month
D) First week of August month
8. Santosh Mohan Dev, the veteran political leader passed away. He hailed from which state?
A) Odisha
B) Assam
C) Uttar Pradesh
D) Rajasthan
9. Which of the following cricketer maintains the top position in the latest ICC Test Rankings recently released?
A) Virat Kohli
B) Ravindra Jadeja
C) Cheteshwar Pujara
D) Ravichandran Ashwin
10. India recently signed an agreement on transfer of sentenced persons with which country?
A) Somalia
B) Indonesia
C) Qatar
D) Nigeria
1. D) Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Amendment Bill
2. A) 25 basis points
3. A) Djibouti
4. A) B N Srikrishna committee
5. B) Karnataka
6. B) e-RaKam
7. D) First week of August month
8. B) Assam
9. B) Ravindra Jadeja
10. A) Somalia
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Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Pan's Labyrinth
While on vacation I saw the movie Pan's Labyrinth. It's a Spanish movie with English subtitles. It's set in 1944. While brutally violent at times, it's a wonderful story that is beautifully filmed and well acted. The special effects are amazing. Best of all, the theme of redemption is prominent. I don't want to give away the plot, but there's a close, Narnia-like connection with the gospel.
Friday, July 27, 2007
Hiromi and her band (featuring guitarist Dave Fuzinski, below) played in a little venue called The Bank and Blues Club. We had seats close to the band, and it was just inspiring watching Hiromi set the piano keys ablaze! Check out her website for some free music downloads.
What happened in Vegas...
My wife & I celebrated our 31st anniversary (Tuesday) with a 3-day trip to Las Vegas! We just got back yesterday. It was great! A lot more fun than I was expecting.
I've gotten all sorts of shocked reactions from everyone when we told them our destination. Things like...
- "What?! You went to Sin City?!"
- "A preacher going to Las Vegas?!!"
- "What kind of shows did YOU go see?!"
- "How much money did you lose?"
Well, for the record, let me say that Suzy and I did not put one quarter in a slot machine, and the only showgirl we saw was on a billboard. Sure, there was plenty of nefariousness to be had if one wanted it. But we had a lot of fun walking up and down the Strip on sensory overload, looking at all the shops and hotels we could in the time we had.
The main attraction that took us to Vegas was the Cirque du Soleil show, Love. I've blogged about this show before. It's built entirely around a collection of Beatles songs. I came up with the idea several months ago that Suzy would love seeing that show on our anniversary. I can't describe in words how good it was. Not only did the songs sound better than ever, but if you've ever been to a Cirque show, you know how good the performers are and how surreal and breathtaking the choreography can be. All the superlatives apply! We were in awe for 90 minutes.
We also saw the Broadway musical Mamma Mia! Suzy and I aren't big ABBA fans, but the show was good and fun.
What else did we do? Well, we stayed at the Mirage hotel, and they have this humongous swimming pool where we hung out for a long time on Tuesday. We spent time walking around and gawking in Caesar's Palace, Venetian, MGM Grand, Luxor, and Paris hotels. We walked a LOT. And to finish up our stay in Nevada, we drove to the Hoover dam on Wednesday. It was amazing too.
On the down side, it was sad walking through the casinos and seeing people wasting their money on such a grand scale. But, it's just one more reminder of the fact that everybody, including me, has that God-shaped vacuum in their hearts.
Say, maybe I could plant a church in Las Vegas...
Thursday, July 19, 2007
Later I will post some of my reactions to the class. But the main takeaway so far has been one word: surrender. On Monday we listened to an audiotaped testimony of a man who struggles with same-sex attraction. He's a Christian. By God's grace his life changed when he came to a point of surrendering his same-sex attraction to Jesus. In the testimony he said this: "I surrendered my homosexuality to Jesus because Jesus asked me to."
It was a moving testimony and the highlight of the week for me. I've been asking myself, "What have I surrendered to Jesus just because He asked me to? Something that cost me as much to give up as that man's same-sex attraction meant to him?"
The Christian life is about many things, but one of the main things is surrender. It's what Jesus meant when He called us to deny ourselves, carry our cross daily, and follow Him. It's what He meant when He said we have to die in order to live.
I think we in the Christian community treat this subject very superficially. When we talk of surrender it's usually in terms of surrendering our "hearts" to Jesus (synonymous with conversion), or surrendering our wills to Jesus (synonymous with consecration). But I wonder if Jesus is calling us to a much more specific, personal, practical - and painful - life of surrender. Examples that come to mind are:
- Surrendering our wish for a different marriage partner
- Surrendering our desire to be healthy
- Surrendering our love of people's praise
- Surrendering our addiction to gossip about people
- Surrendering our love of TV watching
- Surrendering our need for a new _________ (fill in the blank)
- Surrendering our secret world of sexual fantasy
What have you surrendered to Jesus just because He asked you to?
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
What I'm reading...
I clearly remember the many ways African Americans were demeaned and discriminated against in my hometown before the 1970s. At my doctor's office they had a separate (and much smaller and plainer) waiting room. In downtown businesses they had separate water fountains and bathrooms. They had to sit in the balcony in the Duncan Theater. They had their own funeral home, taxi cabs, and restaurants. Even their obituaries were announced on the radio at a separate time from whites. They lived literally on the other side of the tracks.
My parents always employed an African American maid, as far back as I can remember. I loved them. They washed and ironed our clothes, cleaned our house, and stayed at home with me while my parents were out working. I remember riding in the car when my mother drove our maids home at the end of the day, seeing the shacks they lived in. I remember feeling very sad. But, as Tyson points out in his book, it was unfortunately the accepted way back in those days. I even remember a Ku Klux Klan rally in the fairgrounds not far from my house.
One of my most vivid memories about the racial divide in my hometown is the time there was an uprising of black high school students during the days of integration. It would have been 1970 or '71. It was scary. One day they ran through the halls of our school smashing trophy cases and windows. Eventually things calmed down, but there were National Guard troops on my high school campus for several days in a row. The whites and blacks on my football team cried together and helped keep unity during very trying times. But I can understand the anger that fueled the emotion of those days. I have not experienced, as they did, my beloved high school getting turned into a middle school...losing my school mascot and having to adopt that of another group of people who didn't want me around...or growing up knowing that many people in my town thought they were superior to me.
I recommend you read this book to get a little bit of a feel for the African American experience. Granted, it's through the eyes of a white Southerner, but that makes it all the more important.
Friday, July 13, 2007
Sermon preparation of another kind
Here's what happened.
First, I was awakened at 3:00 a.m. this morning by the sound of our clothes dryer. It seems that one of our family members, who will remain unnamed, decided to do HIS wash in the middle of the night.
I couldn't go back to sleep.
So I decided to get up and work on my sermon a little bit. I had put 8 hours of work into it the day before. When I tried to find it on my computer, it had magically disappeared. I thought, "No problem, I'll go to the church later this morning and synch my documents with the server and it'll pop up." I didn't want to lose it.
But alas, it wasn't on the server either.
So I got our computer service company on the phone, and spent the next 2-3 hours doing everything he told me to do...to no avail. By noon today it was obvious I would have to start all over again.
Oh, one thing I forgot to mention is that earlier this morning I also played raquetball. I lost both games.
So now it's noon, right. I'm hungry. I go to Chick-Fil-A for a chargrilled chicken combo. When I walk into Chick-Fil-A it is crammed with people. There are these huge families that had emerged from big vans, and everybody's dressed up like cows. Seems Chick-Fil-A was doing a promotion of some kind today: come dressed like a cow and you get a free meal. Well, these moms brought their huge families, and the moms and all the kids were dressed like cows. It took forever for them to get their free meals.
And while I'm waiting in line to order, in behind me comes wave after wave of high school cheerleaders. They must have been at some cheerleading camp at UCF, and decided to go to Chick-Fil-A for lunch all at the same time. So after I get my food, I can hardly walk anywhere because of the throng of cheerleaders. I am not kidding, they took up every square inch of Chick-Fil-A.
I finally got to a table, sat down and ate my pitiful chicken sandwich.
So I had to start all over on my sermon this afternoon. Hopefully it'll be ready by Sunday. What's ironic is that my sermon's all about trusting our sovereign God during times of stress.
Guess I've got a lot to learn about that too.
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
UPC motto, continued
We think now that we'll stay with our old slogan, "Transforming Lives in a Changing World." That slogan has guided our church's mission for 16 years, and it still communicates well. But, like I said before, we need to make more clear to people what transformation really looks like, or how it happens. So we are proposing the following:
UPC's mission
- Transforming Lives in a Changing World
- Knowing God
- Growing Together
- Serving Others
We want those who attend UPC to understand why we do what we do, how things fit together, what they can expect to experience at our church, and how they can grow more mature in Christ. We believe this statement of mission and strategy will help.
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Thursday, July 05, 2007
I haven't enjoyed his more recent offerings all that much, but today while driving downtown I played some of my favorite Keaggy numbers on my iPod. I have just about everything he's ever recorded. Listening to him put me into a Keaggy frame of mind.
My favorite Phil Keaggy albums:
- Crimson & Blue
- Way Back Home
- Sunday's Child
- Find Me in These Fields
- Back to Nature
- Acoustic Sketches I
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Wednesday, July 04, 2007
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Sunday, July 01, 2007
"Interfaith absurdity"
That's bad enough, but what's even more amazing is that Redding's bishop is quite OK with a priest in the Episcopal church being both a Christian and a Muslim. According to the Seattle Times, "Redding's bishop, the Rt. Rev. Vincent Warner, says he accepts Redding as an Episcopal priest and a Muslim, and that he finds the interfaith possibilities exciting."
In Pilgrim's Progress, the classic book by John Bunyan, there is mentioned a character named Mr. Facing Both Ways. Ms. Redding is like Mr. Facing Both Ways. She's an example of someone who wavers between two mutually exclusive opinions (1 Kings 18:21). A person cannot believe in Jesus, who claimed to be the one way to God, and at the same time adopt the Muslim faith.
But then such "interfaith absurdity" (as Peters calls it) should not surprise us, for in our day truth has been trumped by tolerance, and theology by ecumenism.