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Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) denounced on the Senate floor Monday the ongoing reports of anti-gay arrests and detention in Chechnya, blaming Russian President Vladimir Putin for allowing them to happen.
Rubio, who previously denounced the alleged atrocities on Twitter, called on the U.S. government to "do more to ensure that all people are protected and those who harm them are held responsible."
"We should use our voice on the global stage to call attention to these horrifying acts and to ensure that they are condemned in an appropriate way, ultimately in the hopes that they will be stopped," Rubio said.
The Chechen government's brutal campaign against #LGBT people and others over the last several weeks is horrific. #expressionNOToppression pic.twitter.com/u4egfhUMWp
— Senator Rubio Press (@SenRubioPress) April 25, 2017
Novaya Gazeta, an independent Russian newspaper, earlier this month reported Chechen authorities have arrested more than 100 gay men in the semi-autonomous Russian republic in the North Caucuses. The Washington Blade has confirmed additional reports that indicate these men have been sent to secret prisons.
Chechnya is led by Ramzan Kadyrov, who has denied the atrocities are happnening by asserting gay people don't exist there, but Rubio said Putin is also culpable because the semi-autonomous Republic is under the jurisdiction of Russia. A Putin spokesperson has also denied the atrocities on basis that the Kremlin has no basis to disbelieve Kadyrov.
"Well, the actual complaints are all around us," Rubio said. "They have been well documented in publications throughout the world, but instead, Vladimir Putin is choosing to prop up Kadyrov, the Chechen brutal dictator, and prop up his brutal regime instead of holding them accountable."
Rubio said the reports of anti-gay atrocities in Chechnya are "not a new reality for those living under the brutal tyranny of the Chechen leader," citing Kadyrov's alliance with Putin, who installed him as leader of the semi-autonomous Republic.
"There have been reports in the past of similar abuses, although these reports seem to be the most brutal and should provoke anger in all of us," Rubio said. "We should never, ever tolerate human rights violations against any person for their political views, their religious beliefs, or their sexual orientation."
Rubio isn't the only Republican to have denounced the reported anti-gay arrests and detentions in Chechnya, which has proved to inspire bipartisan condemnation. Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) have also spoke out against them via Twitter.
But the Florida Republican condemns the alleged atrocities after a largely anti-LGBT record in Congress that includes a vote against the Employment Non-Discrimination Act and criticism of LGBT advocates for seeking marriage equality in the courts, not the legislative process. The most recent Human Rights Campaign congressional scorecard allots Rubio a score "0" out of possible "100."
Most conservatives are a zero so no surprise there. Speaking of zeroes, when is Trump going to condemn these atrocities and start doing something about it?! Obama and Kerry would have already been on this!
So much for telling us he would protect GLBT people! If it had been Christians being dragged to camps, you know he would have been immediately on it! Fake POTUS is a failure!
Oh Rubio de-NOUNC-es the Chechnyan arrests?
Well, there you go! That really fixes it now doesn't it?
Now seriously folks, why doesn't Marco Rubio actually propose legislation for ACTIONS to remedy the situation? You know – DO something?
Oh right – He is a REPUBLICAN.
Remember Trump waving the Rainbow Flag?
Now WHY is this a story?


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Lynchburg, Va. (PRWEB) December 22, 2012
Thousands will rock in the new year at Liberty University's Winterfest, the largest Christian New Year's party in the region.
For two days, Dec. 30-31, the campus of the world's largest Christian university will be a hotspot of nonstop entertainment. Winterfest 2012 features concerts by top Christian artists, including Liberty alumnus TobyMac, Casting Crowns, Building 429, Kutless, Red, Fireflight, KJ-52, Humble Tip, The Museum, Jamie Grace, and Royal Tailor.
Guests are not only exposed to great music and activities, they are encouraged to grow spiritually. A range of talented inspirational speakers will challenge their faith and group sessions will give Christian peers the chance to help each other delve deeper in their relationships with the Lord.
Between concerts, guests will have the opportunity to explore Liberty's world-class facilities for swimming, ice skating, indoor soccer, rock climbing, basketball, and much more. Winterfest activities get extreme at Liberty Mountain Snowflex Centre, with ample opportunity for snowboarding, skiing, and tubing on the year-round slope, the first of its kind in North America. Last year during Winterfest, more than 2,000 tested their winter sports skills at Snowflex, bringing with them another 2,000 friends and family members.
Two days of high-energy activities and electrifying music will culminate at the stroke of midnight Dec. 31 as the masses ring in the New Year with a balloon drop in Liberty's Vines Center.
A special offer of $10 off individual, concert-only tickets is available now through Dec. 25. Visit http://www.LibertyWinterfest.com or call (866) 447-2084 for more information.
Liberty University, located in Lynchburg, Va., is the world's largest Christian university. Nearly 100,000 students attend classes on its 6,800-acre residential campus and study in its thriving online education program.

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Toronto Raptors fans hoping to watch a historic game spilled out of the NBA team's outdoor fan zone and into the streets that surround it on Saturday evening.
With Game 6 win, Toronto Raptors could achieve franchise first: competing in the NBA Finals
Game 6 of the NBA Eastern Conference final between the Raptors and the Milwaukee Bucks saw fans lining up to pack the space on the west side of Scotiabank Arena as a thunderstorm rolled through the city. If Toronto wins, it would vault the Raptors into the NBA Finals for the first time in franchise history.
Heavy rain prompted Toronto police to post on Twitter just after 6 p.m. that they wouldn't open Jurassic Park on schedule because of safety concerns – a ban that was lifted an hour later and didn't weaken supporters' resolve.
Jurassic Park couldn't contain the long lineup of fans that snaked around Scotiabank Arena and past neighbouring Union Station in downtown Toronto, so police had to shut down nearby streets to make up for the overflow.
WATCH: Raptors fans before Game 6 vs. Milwaukee
Officers maintained a heavy presence as the crowd got rowdier ahead of tip-off.
Standing outside the train station, Duska Males, 27, and Katie Scott, 30, said they were "ecstatic" to hear the festivities would go ahead after waiting in line for two hours.
The two friends drove more than an hour from Waterloo, Ont., to see the game.
"History could be made tonight," Males said.
Trudeau says family 'extremely excited' about Raptors historic playoff run
Earlier in the day social media was abuzz with talk of organizing viewing parties, blowing off long-held plans to tune in the game, and finding ways to modify previously scheduled events to include their favourite team.
Calgary native Braden Lunn is hoping his friend's birthday festivities can turn into a Raptors victory party instead.
The 26-year-old software developer says he and his Ontario-born girlfriend will be the only Raptors fans at the party, held in honour of an avid Bucks booster.
WATCH: Drake gives rousing speech about Toronto after Raptors win Game 5
Lunn says he intends to make sure the game is aired at the Seattle-based winery where the party is taking place, adding the drinks expected to flow would make the perfect celebratory touch.
"We're going to roll it into a Raptors win," he said.
But Lunn's confidence is tempered by what happened the last time he and his girlfriend spent time with the birthday girl and her partner. The two couples got together to indulge their friendly rivalry during the first two games of the Raptors-Bucks series, both Toronto losses.
Drake uses 'curse' to advantage, best reactions to Raptors' Leonard's series-clinching shot
"I'm pretty superstitious, so I'm worried that now that I'm watching games with them again the Raptors are going to lose," he said. "So we'll see how that goes."
Closer to the Raptors' home base, fans were already laying plans to flock to Jurassic Park.
Others mused on Twitter about ways they could alter their previous engagements to accommodate what they hope will be a date with destiny.
WATCH: Kawhi Leonard on being 1-win from finals: 'It's a great opportunity'
"My daughter's wedding is Saturday, do you think she would mind if I missed it?" quipped one Twitter user.
"Gonna be streaming Raptors game while DJing Saturday's wedding," wrote another.
Others are getting ready for the game by placing bets on the prospective antics of Drake, the Toronto rapper who's become a vocal and polarizing ambassador for his home team.
Rick Zamperin: Toronto Raptors will take out the Milwaukee Bucks in 7
SportsBetting.ag began taking bets on Friday over the Drake-related shenanigans that could unfold during Game 6.
Possible options included whether Drake touches Raptors head coach Nick Nurse like he did in Game 4, and whether Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo will speak to Drake.
Other wagers on offer include: Will Drake step onto the court? Will the NBA publicly warn Drake regarding his on-court behaviour? Will Drake be removed from Game 6 by security?
WATCH: Fans React To Drake Cheering On Raptors Courtside
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MP3 Audio: WS330314_Dn-Joseph_The-Broken-Car-Lot.mp3
This homily was preached on Sunday morning, November 17, 2013,
at Christ the King Orthodox Church in Omaha, Illinois, by Dn. Joseph Gleason.
Gospel Reading: Matthew 22:1-14
Epistle Reading: Ephesians 5:15-21
And he saith unto him, "Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment?" And he was speechless.
In the name of the Father, and the Son and of the Holy Spirit, our God is One.
There was a successful car mechanic, and he had built his business up to a large size. He had many people working under him. They worked on numerous cars every day. And he built it to such a point that he looked forward to the day that his son would inherit his business from him. So he taught his son all aspects of engines, and car repair, and business.
Then to teach him one more thing, one day he took his son to this huge lot full of cars. And his son's eyes about bugged out!
He said,
"Dad, these cars are beautiful! These are nice!"
He said,
"Yes son, there are a lot of nice cars here today. There are Corvettes, Cameros, pickups, convertibles, Jeeps, Hummers, even a couple of limousines, literally millions of dollars worth of cars just in this one lot right here. And most of them are very, very beautiful. But son, all these vehicles have something in common. None of them run. Put your key in any one of them and turn it. You're not going anywhere."
"Wow Dad. That's not good. No matter how nicely these cars look, if you can't go anywhere in them, they're useless. Well what's wrong with them?"
"Well son, I've taught you all about cars. What do you think is wrong with them?"
"Well, I bet it's the transmission. I bet the transmissions are shot. It's going to be thousands of dollars of repairs. They're going to either need to be overhauled, or new transmissions are going to be installed."
"Well as a matter of fact, son, 90% of these cars have transmissions that are in perfect shape. Transmissions are fine."
"Okay. Okay, how about the steering column? Something's broken in there, and maybe you get it started, but you're not gonna be able to make the car to go where you want it."
"Well, that would be a bad problem for sure, son. Something we would have to fix before you drive the car anywhere. But 90% of the cars in this lot have perfect steering columns. Nothing wrong with them".
"That's a good one, son. Just a small little tiny part. Everything else can be wonderful, and this one little inexpensive part can go bad and just–if it totally goes out–it can just rip up the underside of your vehicle whenever the u-joint comes undone. Over 90% of the cars in this lot have u-joints that are in perfect shape."
"Electrical system?"
"Most of the cars in this lot have electrical systems that are perfect, no problems at all."
Man! The boy really started scratching his head, and then he thought maybe it was a joke. He said,
"Dad is it the exhaust system? Somebody stuck potatoes up all the tail pipes?"
(Chuckling) "We actually have run into a few of those, son. People do some strange things. And indeed, if there were potatoes in all the tail pipes, that would keep the cars from running, and it would be something that's easily fixed. But as a matter of fact, 90% of these cars have exhaust systems that are in perfect shape".
(Sighing) "Well Dad, I don't know what the problem could be then."
"Son, I want you to think about it. You've got the exhaust system, steering column, drive train, electrical system, you've got your engine block, you've got the transmission. How many of these things need to be in working order for the car to run?"
The son said,
"Well, all of them!"
"That's right son. It doesn't matter which one goes bad. The result is the same. The car is going nowhere. See, 90% of these cars have transmissions that are in perfect order. The other 10% won't run. But of those 90% that have good transmissions, some of them have bad steering columns, or bad drive-trains. They won't run. Of the ones that have good drive-trains, good steering columns, good transmissions, some of them have a u-joint that's out. Just a few. But the u-joint is all it needs for that car to not run. There's two or three that have electrical systems that are bad, and there's two or three with exhaust problems."
See, a car can have 95% of its equipment in working order. It can have a perfect transmission, it can have a perfect exhaust system, it can have a perfect electrical system. Just that one little u-joint going bad could be the only thing wrong with it. Just one thing. And the car is not fit for driving on the road. The u-joint can be fine. The transmission can be fine. The engine block can be fine, but the exhaust system can be shot to the point that the vehicle is not fit for the road.
And so it is with our spiritual lives. A person can look at the Ten Commandments and pat themselves on the back for getting a 9 out of 10. That's an "A", right? See, to have virtue, you have to have all the virtues. But to deserve hell only requires one part of your spiritual engine to be out of whack. Did you know that there would be a lot of people in hell who had no problem with chastity? They didn't lust after people that they shouldn't lust after. No problem with theft, they didn't take anything that wasn't theirs. But they coveted. And that one part of their spiritual engine gone bad was enough to keep them from even being able to get on the road.
There are people that don't steal, that don't covet, that don't kill anybody, that show up to church every Sunday. But just that one thing–that thing called lust–that's where their spiritual engine has broken down. And just for that one part of their engine that is broken down, they can't even get going on the road.
There are those who don't have a problem with lust. They are faithful to their spouses. There are those that are good parents to their children. There are those who do not murder, who do not take the Lord's name in vain. But they are greedy. They close up their hearts to their brothers and sisters who are in need, because they want to spend all of their money, all of their time, all of their resources on their own selfish pleasures.
"All those pleasures that I want, they're not bad ones! I'm not going to strip clubs, I'm not going to gay bars. I'm not going to these nasty websites that some people go to. No, I do respectable things. I listen to music with no bad words in it. I play video games that don't show anything ungodly in the game. I read novels that don't have any explicit nastiness in it."
"I go to restaurants to get some nice food that I like. I go on vacations to nice spots that make me happy. See, I'm not spending any of my money on wickedness. I'm not spending any of my time on filth."
No, you're spending all your money and your time on yourself.
There's a few different things that can happen to you on the day of your death.
If you're totally estranged from God, you're an atheist, or a Buddhist, or somebody that calls yourself a Christian but willingly turns your back on the Orthodox Church, with no interest in the True Church that He has founded. There are many such people who, when they die, there will really be no question. The demons will drag their souls to eternal perdition.
But what if you want to go the other way? What if you want to go up? If you've been baptized, if you've been Chrismated, if you take the Eucharist, if you show up in church, does that mean that "poof", the moment you die you blink your eyes and now you are in heaven? No.
According to Scripture, when you die, the angels come and they pick up your soul and they carry you to where you are going. As we already said, if you're completely wicked, the fallen angels are the ones who come and grab you and they take you to one place. But what if you're Orthodox? What if you're christian? The good angels come, and they take your soul and they start carrying you up through the air. Jesus ascended to heaven in His own power. We will not be able to go up in our own power. When we die, our souls will be separated from our bodies, and holy angels will come and start carrying our souls up through the air. And you go up through the air for quite a ways until you get to a point where you pass from this world into whatever the other world is. But before you pass from this world to the next, first you just go up, up through the air. And as you go up through the air, you encounter the prince of the power of the air, and his servants.
And as it says in Ephesians, we wrestle not against flesh and blood but against principalities, powers, spiritual rulers of darkness and wickedness in high places. Why are they in high places? Again, Satan is the prince of the power of the air. And you will travel through the air as you go on your way to that point where you'll pass from this world to the next. And as you do that, the devil knows this is his last shot. He has been tempting you and trying to defeat you your whole life. But now with the veil removed, not burdened with the material body that we have now, you'll actually see these forces that have been fighting against you your whole life. And they are going to make one last go of it, with meticulous records that they have kept of every sin you've ever committed, either voluntary or involuntary. Will you be able to pass that station where they check you out? Have you spoken any idle words? Have you spoken any words unnecessarily? Not for the edification of another human being, but just to have idle chatter. How will you do at the station where they test you for gluttony? What about when they inspect you to see whether you've been guilty for charging interest for a loan? What about when they check you out for lust? For adultery? Fornication? Mercilessness?
You don't become Orthodox so that you can skip all that testing on the day of your death. You become Orthodox so that you have the opportunity to go through it. As I said, many of you will not even have the opportunity to go through it. They will simply die. Their destination will be so clear, the demons will just grab hold of them and drag them down into the abyss.
Today's Gospel comes from Matthew, chapter 22. A king made a marriage for his son. The king is God the Father, the son is Jesus Christ. The marriage, well, who is to be the bride of Christ? His people, the Church. Do you think that you or I were the first ones invited to this wedding? No.
Israel, God's people, the Jews . . . God calls Himself their husband in the book of Isaiah. They were the first invited. But they had "better" things to do. And even today, there are many who have "better" things to do.
"I could look into Orthodoxy, I would look into the Church, I would read some of these books, I would do some of these prayers, but I just have so much going on. I've got this farm, I have this merchandise, I have this business, I have this book, I have this ambition, this thing that I'm working on and it's just too time consuming. Maybe I'll get around to religion if I ever have time for it."
And so those who were invited have so much disdain for the king that they don't even show up! And so then the wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy.
Go ye therefore unto the highways and bid to the marriage. So those servants went out into the highways and gathered as many as were found both bad and good, and the wedding was furnished with guests.
And here we are. You weren't even the first invited. Neither was I. The only reason we are even here is because those who were invited were too rude to even show up. We should be so thankful to have this opportunity! We should be so grateful to be invited to the wedding. And we pat ourselves on the back, because whereas so many others would rather spend Sunday morning at Holiday World, would rather spend Sunday morning shopping, would rather sleep in, well, we pat ourselves on the back because we are Gods chosen ones who have actually . . . we showed up!
But then, the Gospel tells us about one of these men who showed up. This is us. This is not one of them out there that did not show up; this is one of the ones who did show up, one of the ones who was baptized, Chrismated, took communion, came to church. He showed up to the wedding. And when the king came in to see the guests he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment. And he said unto him, "Friend, how camest thou hither in not having a wedding garment?"
And he was speechless.
For there is no excuse. If you sit under the teaching of the Orthodox Church, and you have revealed to you the depth and the richness of the sacraments, and you don't care to partake of them, you disdain them, there is no excuse.
If you come and you sit under the teaching of the Orthodox Church and you still have a tight fist around your money, and you're more interested in spending your money on yourself and your own pleasures than you are in being generous to the Church,–Yes, I'm talking about giving money to the Church–"No, I want that because there's stuff that I want to buy for me, there's stuff that I want to do, there's stuff I want to purchase for me with it." There's no excuse.
If you sit under the teaching of the Orthodox Church and you see your brother or your sister in need and you close up your heart to him or to her, there is no excuse.
If you sit under the teaching of the Orthodox Church and you don't bother with your daily prayers, with prayers for the departed, with prayers imploring the Saints to intercede for you, there's no excuse.
If entertainment is more important to you than studying what the Scriptures, and the Fathers, and what the Church has taught, there is no excuse.
"Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment?"
And he was speechless.
And you say,
"We all sin, we all mess up. Not one of us is perfect. Not one of us is going to reach that day with no stain whatsoever."
That's true. All the more reason we should spend every day in tears and prayers and alms giving and repentance. Even if you knew for sure that you were better than everybody else, and on the day of judgment you'd fly by easily, there would be still no excuse for living unrighteously today. So, how much more if you know that you are a sinner. If you know that everybody is dealing with the weight of sins that hold us down and make us unworthy for heaven, then how much more should we be in repentance, constantly!
As the Saints have taught us, this life was given to you for the sake of repentance. Do not waste it on pleasures.
What's wrong with pleasures? What's wrong with this food that I like and this place that I want to go visit and this book that I want?
You don't understand. It's not about anything wrong with pleasures. It's about the distraction. If you've got repenting to do, if you've got weeping to do for your own sins, if you have prayer to do for your own sins, if you need intercession of the Saints and your fellow Christians for your sins, you don't have time for these other things.
As we read out of Ephesians today in the first reading, "Walk circumspectly as wise, not as fools, redeeming the time for the days are evil." Redeeming the time. See, it's not just about giving your money to the church; it's also about giving your time.
"Oh, I don't have time for that, I don't have time for that. I would go visit the sick and in prison, but I've got my flower garden to trim. I would give alms for the poor, but I don't have time to mess with that, I've got these other things that I'm doing and that would take time and gas and blah, blah, blah. I would help with these things with the church, and I would help other people in the church that need help, and people outside the church that need the love of Christ, but I'm just too busy. You see, I work a long day. I put in a lot of hours and I've got to sleep some time and that only leaves me just this little bit of time."
You fool! You waste that time on your pleasures? Why don't you say, "I work all day and I have to sleep, and there is only this little bit of time left, so God help me to use that to love my brother and to do these virtues and to repent of my sins. Sure, these other pleasures are nice, but I don't have time for those." That's where our priorities come to the forefront. If you had an infinite amount of money, we would all be generous. If every person in the world had a billion dollars, probably 99% of them would give lots of it for philanthropy.
When you have an abundance, it's easy to skim a little off the top and send it to a good need. If we all had an infinite amount of time and we didn't need sleep, probably all of us would do a little bit of community service here and there to help our fellow man. For, if you have an abundance of time, it's easy to skim a little bit off the top and toss the crumbs to the poor.
What sinners we are. For, we acknowledge with our own mouth that our time is limited. Yes, you do have to work long hours just to get by. Yes you do have to sleep. And we admit there's so little time left. And yet, with so little time left, we don't think it's worth even using that little time for virtue. We'd rather waste it on our pleasures, because we think we're entitled to it.
Do you not know that in the Scriptures–in the Bible itself–it says that scarcely are the righteous saved? Scarcely! Think of the most righteous people you know, the people who spend the most time studying the Scriptures and the Fathers, spend the most time in Church, that are the most generous, that give most of their money to the poor and to the church, that dedicate themselves and their lives to Christ. According to the Scriptures, they are scarcely saved. And that–as Scriptures go on to say–if the righteous are scarcely saved, then what shall the end be of the ungodly men? If the Saints just barely made it through by the skin of their teeth, then what excuse are we going to have if we look at their example and we refuse to follow it?
Now if I were to preach on every sin of which we must repent, if I were to preach on every virtue which we practice, we would be here for the next 30 or 40 years. But there is one in particular that I'm going to pick out, because from what I can tell it's one of the ones that stands out from all the others in a special way. And that's almsgiving.
Twice in the book of Tobit in the Old Testament, it says that "alms delivers from death."
When we read the account of St. Theodora in the 10th century, she died, and then the 40 day journey passed: one by one through the various aerial toll houses where she encountered the temptations and the accusations of the demons, got several days to see the glories of heaven, and then got several days to see with her own eyes the very torments of hell. Until finally, on the 40th day after her death, her place was given from today until the final judgment in this beautiful place in paradise, this beautiful place in heaven. And when you read about it, and when you read many other such stories, and when you read this book that a lot of us have a copy of now by Fr. Seraphim, one of the things that you learn is that there are some of the sins that we can commit, some of the sins which weigh us down which are more easily done away with, which more easily fall to the side and fail to hinder our passage up to heaven, IF we have been generous in giving alms.
Again, it says in Scripture, "alms delivers from death" (Tobit 4:11 / Tobit 12:9).
So first off, it's obvious that this is something we must do if we are Christians. If we are going to follow the way of Christ, we must be generous in the giving of alms.
The question I want to ask today is, "Why?" Why that one? There are so many virtues. What makes this one special? Why doesn't it say that you're going to receive a lot more mercy if you are particularly chaste, or if you are particularly hard working, or if you are particularly intelligent or studious? What is it about almsgiving?
First of all, it just so grates against the modern mind. We want to practice every virtue except for this one. And what is it about this virtue that so gets the attention of God that even in the New Testament we have Cornelius–a man who had been a God fearing Gentile–he refused to go all the way and fully become a Jew via circumcision and the various things that they required. But as a Gentile, he worshiped Israel's God, and he prayed for years. You look at the Scriptures (Acts 10); it says that for those years Cornelius gave alms. And then finally an angel of God appears to him and says, "Cornelius, your alms have risen up and been seen by God." And what did God do in response? God sent the Apostle Peter to preach the Gospel to him and to baptize him into the Orthodox Church and to fully become a Christian. Alms are so powerful that you don't even have to be a Christian for them to get the attention of God.
Now, once you get God's attention, He still wants you to become a Christian. You don't get off the hook. You don't get into heaven some other way. But even in the years that Cornelius didn't know anything about Christ, even in the years that he wasn't a Christian, his alms rose up before God and got God's attention.
I believe one of the first aspects about alms that makes it so special is that encouragement to humility. Now, humility is not guaranteed, because there are people who make a big public show of giving alms and giving away their money just so other people will praise them for being so generous. That's why Jesus says, "Don't let your left hand know what your right hand is doing." Give in secret. Don't go out and trumpet to the whole world about how generous you're being, and all the people you're giving money to. But that aside, what is it about alms that incites us to humility?
Well, we all agree that alms are a good thing. But 90% of the time when we feel nudged, either in our hearts or in our minds, to take some of our money and give it to another human being, or to take some of our time and our labor and to give it to another human being, what is the excuse that we use for not doing it?
"That other person really just doesn't deserve it! "
"That other person's not as hard working as I am. "
"See, I worked hard to earn this money. That other person, they don't work hard enough to really deserve it."
"I appreciate what I have. That other person doesn't really appreciate it."
And we list all these things to say, "I'm generous, I really want to give my money away, but I don't want to give it to him. I don't want to give it to her."
Scripture says let love be without hypocrisy. So lets do away with hypocrisy today. If you are so concerned, if you are so incredibly concerned to make sure that that money stays out of the hands of the undeserving, then what are you doing keeping it in your hand? Do you think you deserve it? That's pride. You see, if you were really concerned about keeping money out of the hands of the undeserving, you would give away all your possessions today.
For you and I, of all people who have been shown the Holy Mysteries, who have had Divine Truth revealed to us and still dared to disobey it in so many respects, we of all people deserve nothing that we have.
"But I work hard!"
Do you even deserve the job that you have? Do you realize how many people in the world, in the country, in this county would gladly take your job and work it more faithfully than you do, and do a better job? There are many people who would have more money than they do if you didn't have the job you have so that they could have it. To give alms with a proper heart is to say,
"I am not worthy of this money that I have. I don't deserve it. It's a gift from God, I'm just a steward of it. There's another human being, created in the image of God. Somebody that Jesus loves, that Jesus died for. God hasn't called for me to die for them yet, but this little bit of money, this little bit of time that I have, well gosh…this person needs food, that person need transportation, that person needs education, that person needs help."
If we thought less of ourselves, we would think more of our brothers, and it would be easier to give alms. And even suppose that you find a husband and wife who both are deadbeats and refuse to work, and just want to live off of the government, does that mean that their children deserve what they are getting? Does giving of your time, money, and effort to help them hurt you so much, because you can't stand how miserable the parents are, that you are unwilling to love the children by helping that family? Oh ,what little faith we have. Oh, how small our love truly is. We'll spend thousands of dollars to collect cars and guitars and jewelry and closets full of clothes, and collect all sorts of niceties to put up on the wall. In and of themselves, there's nothing evil about them at all.
Am I saying that you pay your neighbor's mortgage before you pay your own? No. But I am saying that if your neighbor can't pay their mortgage, that you help them with that before you go on vacation to Florida.
Am I saying that you feed your neighbor's children before you feed your own? Of course not. But I am saying that you feed your neighbor's children before you save for your kids' college education.
Are you telling me that I need to provide for some other guy's wife and kids before I provide for my own?: No. But I am saying if you see somebody else's wife and kids in need, maybe you should take care of that before you take care of your retirement account.
You see, these are not new things to us. These are things we already know. And how can I prove that we already know them? Because this is how we already love ourselves. Today, you know it's a good idea to save for the future and have some money put back for a rainy day. But if you're starving and there is nothing in the pantry and nothing in the fridge, do you still keep saving for a rainy day? Or do you take some of that money and buy food for yourself? And yet our neighbor can have nothing in the pantry and nothing in the fridge. They're starving, and well, "I gotta go get my 5% to put in my 401K. I wish I had some money left over that I could give to help feed these kids."
We already know how to love, for we love ourselves. If we would love others the way that we love ourselves, then we would fulfill all the commandments.
So, the first reason that alms takes such a special place is simply humility. Without humility, none of us shall be able to bear the judgment seat of God. And without humility, you'll find it all but impossible to give alms. So, if you already find it all but impossible to give alms, then go back and double check your humility.
Second reason that I believe that alms takes a special place and is so important is that it encourages us to look outwardly, away from ourselves to others. You see, Jesus was very humble, and yet He didn't think lowly of himself. Jesus knew that He was God. Jesus knew that He was perfect in every way, and yet He was humble.
So what is humility, if it doesn't mean thinking lowly of yourself? C.S. Lewis said humility is not thinking less of yourself; humility is thinking about yourself less. It's not just about how high or low you view yourself; it's how often do you think about yourself. Turn your eyes outward to your brother.
You see, many of the virtues you can practice on your own. You can be chaste alone. In fact it's easier to be chaste if you're alone. You can avoid stealing by yourself. In fact it's easier to avoid stealing if you just stay away from everybody else. On your own you can study the Scriptures, study Patristics, and memorize volumes and volumes of doctrinal information about the Church. Memorize the Liturgy forwards and backwards. You can sit all the way in the back pew by yourself, and then worship, and then leave after church and have no interaction with anybody, and you've participated in the Divine Liturgy.
So many of the virtues you are able to practice alone, but the virtue of alms giving means you are focused on somebody else. It means your needs are put down here, and their needs are lifted up here, and you are doing something for them. You're doing just what Christ did. You're treating your own position and your own possessions as nothing so that you can pour out your heart to love another human being. Without love, we shall not be able to stand in the judgment seat.
And then a third reason that I believe alms are so important; We've already stated humility, we've already stated love, and then finally the third reason is: The more generous you become in alms giving is the extent to which you are ceasing to love this present world. You see, there is no limit to how powerful the selfish desires of a human being can be. We can become gods and emperors of our own little mental kingdom, imagining entire worlds bowing down to our intelligence and our gloriousness and our beauty and our talents and our accomplishments. We can imagine billions of dollars worth of castles and jewelry and different things that we posses. Well, to accomplish these things would require lots and lots and lots of time and lots and lots and lots of money. And even the smallest dollar that you give away to somebody else is one dollar less that you can use to build your own empire.
Now, some of us think ourselves humble already because we don't really want to be like Bill Gates. We don't really want to be like a Roman emperor, we just want to be part of the richest 2% of people in the world.–Which, by the way, if you're even barely at the poverty line you're already one of the 2% richest people in the world.–Poverty in America means you have one T.V. instead of two. It means the roof over your head is maybe thirty or forty years old instead of new. Maybe you're paying on it or renting it instead of owning it. It means you drive old cars instead of new cars. You see, worldwide and biblically, poverty means you're going around in bare feet with open sores. And the clothes on your back are the only clothes you own. And you really don't know where you're going to find your next meal.
All of us in this room by the biblical definition are already rich. But we think ourselves humbles because, "Well, I don't want to be an emperor or anything. Maybe a lesser king of an island or something, but . . . " How much do we love the world? Well, we work hard to build up our names and our businesses and our farms and our legacy. We have these grand plans for ourselves that include lots of acres and lots of animals and lots of gardens and lots of trees. Lots of food in the pantry. Not millions of dollars, but just at least enough put away into retirement so that we'll be comfortable when we get older. We just want a little empire, not a big one. But you see, every time you give a hundred dollars to people who are desperately in need, that's a hundred dollars that you can't put into your 401k. Every time you give a thousand dollars to help the church or to help the poor, that's a thousand dollars you can't spend to build another building on your acreage.
And some of the Saints, realizing the utter worthlessness and uselessness and meaninglessness and vanity of this present world, have counted it a joy to literally sell everything that they own, 100% of it! Give all of it to the poor. And with nothing to their name but the clothes on their back, they started following Christ. Am I even willing to take my 1960's Rickenbacker guitar that I got from my Dad, my Paul Reed Smith electric guitar that I had given to my brother and then inherited back whenever he died, and there's thousands of dollars in those things! Is it really more important to hang 2 really cool electric guitars on the wall, than it is for me to take that money and help somebody who is in need?
What other possessions do I have that I don't need? What are the ways that I could downsize? What other plannings for my own retirement could I push to the side because there are more immediate needs in front of me? Because, you see, these two things are totally at odds. The more money I use to plan for my future, to plan for my expensive vacations, to plan expensive wardrobe, to plan for my expensive entertainment, to plan for my relaxation, to plan for my gluttony and my drunkenness, the less money is available to give in alms. The more money that you give in alms, the less money you have available to nice restaurants and get nice clothes and go on nice vacations, and have all these experiences you want to have. These two are eternally at odds; you can't do both.
Before we even aspire to being rich in almsgiving, let's at least start. Before we aspire to be like the Saints and give everything away, let's start by giving something away. Before we sell everything that we have, let's at least find one thing that we have that we can part with, and take that money and walk over here to the housing projects in Omaha and find some drunk sitting on his front porch who the government allows to rent an apartment for $200 a month. Let's give him a bag of groceries and an Orthodox Study Bible.
You want to fill these pews? Stop trying to fill them with the rich and the intelligent. Go find some drunks, go find some prostitutes, go find some people who stink. Go find some people who don't deserve anything, who don't appreciate anything, and drag them in here and feed them. Because if you are not willing to love them, and to have mercy on them, then how can you expect God to have mercy on you?
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Our God is One. Amen.
This homily was preached on Sunday morning, November 17, 2013,
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In addition to interstate and trail projects, the Indiana governor called for investment in the state's fiber-optic expansion efforts.
(TNS) — JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. — Gov. Eric Holcomb says he plans to work with Southern Indiana communities to complete infrastructure projects, such as increased broadband services and expanded trail systems.
In a statewide tour, Holcomb presented his Next Level Connections infrastructure plan Friday at Kye's in Jeffersonville. The program includes a $1 billion investment for projects throughout the state, which would be funded by a dramatic increase in toll fees for heavy vehicles on the Indiana Toll Road in the northern part of the state.
The largest portion of the funding would go toward road construction, with $600 million earmarked for accelerating the Interstate 69 construction by three years.
The completion date of the final section of the I-69 project from Martinsville to Indianapolis will be moved to 2024, instead of 2027. The funding also includes an additional $190 million for improvements on U.S. 20 and U.S. 30 and new interchanges on U.S. 31.
Of the funding, $100 million will go toward providing high-speed fiber optic broadband services in unserved and underserved rural areas. The state will offer grants to service providers in these communities.
Holcomb said the broadband expansion will have a major effect in communities throughout Indiana.
"There are rural areas in all 92 counties," he said. "When you think about the growing areas of Jeffersonville and Charlestown, right outside your door there are rural areas. This is going to affect not just Clark County and Floyd County, but every single county in the state of Indiana."
State Sen. Ron Grooms, R-Jeffersonville, said he believes Clark and Floyd counties will benefit from expanded broadband access.
"This will certainly help with spots of Clark and Floyd County that don't have Internet access." he said. "Those holes in our in connectivity could be addressed."
Holcomb cited a recent Purdue University analysis highlighting the economic benefits of increased broadband access. The study found that Indiana could gain about $12 billion in economic benefits over a 20-year period if broadband access is expanded in rural areas.
Another $90 million will be used to add more hiking, biking and riding trails throughout the state. The funding will include a grant program for local and regional trails.
"The state of Indiana will partner with our local rural and urban areas to see, how can we connect your plans with ours," Holcomb said.
The plan emphasizes connecting counties, cities and towns across Indiana through trails and contributing to quality-of-life initiatives. Holcomb said the state has an ambitious goal to provide trails within five miles of all residents by 2020.
"We're seeing trails organically, in a kind of hodgepodge manner, grow and develop all over Southern Indiana, and we want to make sure we're doing all we can to connect those dots and connect those lines," he said.
Some funds will go toward development of the Department of Natural Resource's priority trail projects, which have not been identified yet.
Grooms said the funding could potentially increase the number of hiking and biking trails in a variety of areas in Clark and Floyd counties, including Charlestown State Park, Silver Creek, Floyds Knobs and the Falls of the Ohio.
Mayor Mike Moore said he hopes Jeffersonville will receive funding to expand its trail system, and he plans to work closely with Holcomb to move forward with projects.
In 2012, Moore presented the city with an idea to create a 23-mile trail looping around Jeffersonville. He hopes the Next Level Connections program will bring this plan into fruition.
He said the state funds could also potentially fund eastward expansion of an ongoing sidewalk project along Utica Pike and three miles of trails in the planned Chapel Lake Park.
"I'm going to be vying for every dollar I can of that 90 million," Moore said. "I'm going to make sure that's a possibility."
In order to fund the infrastructure plan, the state is negotiating an amended contract with the Toll Road Concession Company. The Indiana Finance Authority is expected to approve the contract by Sept. 20.
With the new contract, drivers of class 3 vehicles and higher, including heavy-duty pick-up trucks, will see a 35 percent increase in toll rates on the Indiana Toll Road. The 156-mile highway runs from the Ohio border west to Chicago.
Passenger vehicles will not be affected by the hike in toll rates.
The $1 billion payment will occur over a three-year period, with $400 million expected in early October, $300 million in 2019 and $300 million in 2020.
Moore said he appreciates Holcomb's emphasis on infrastructure improvements.
"We're seeing it firsthand, people want quality of life, they want infrastructure improvements and they want to be able to do it at an affordable price," Moore said. "All of this being done with no tax increases is an incredible thing. I can't think of any other state that can announce what we just heard."
Holcomb said these investments will keep Indiana residents connected, whether it is through Internet access or hiking trails.
"The Next Level Connections program is all about how we as people connect with one another, whether it is as individuals or communities, how we connect with the outdoors, how we connect with world markets and global destinations like we never have before," he said.
©2018 The Evening News and The Tribune (Jeffersonville, Ind.) Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.


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The leaks from Facebook have been coming fast and furious in the last day or so. TechCrunch reported Wednesday that Facebook was working on a standalone iOS photo-sharing app for iOS that mixes elements of social networking apps like Instagram and Path, helping to mitigate some of the problems Facebook's iOS app has with dealing […]
The leaks from Facebook have been coming fast and furious in the last day or so.
TechCrunch reported Wednesday that Facebook was working on a standalone iOS photo-sharing app for iOS that mixes elements of social networking apps like Instagram and Path, helping to mitigate some of the problems Facebook's iOS app has with dealing with photos.
Now it seems Facebook wants fight an app store war with Apple (AAPL) on Apple's own devices. TechCrunch is reporting they've seen another leak of a secret Facebook product called Project Spartan, a web app store that will use iOS devices' on-board Mobile Safari browser to access apps made using HTML 5. All these Facebook apps would be available on the Internet and accessible through Safari, so they wouldn't necessarily load onto the iPhone or iPad's dashboard screens like native apps do.
Basically, this allows Facebook to provide apps without actually dealing with Apple, since users can make use of Safari to go anywhere on the Internet, and do most anything, that they please. And Facebook has the kind of backing and resources that could make a mobile app store work and make money – its huge, 700 million-strong user base will help make users aware of the store and keep them aware of it, and Facebook reportedly has at least 80 outside developers getting in on the Spartan wave, among them Huffington Post and FarmVille creator Zynga.
Facebook is also reportedly trying to make coding for Spartan in HTML 5 really easy for developers, to try to keep the barrier for entry into the new space as low as possible. And Project Spartan would attempt to make thing as easy on users as possible, as well, by incorporating features like Facebook Credits for purchases.
Spartan might not be an iTunes App Store killer immediately upon its release. According to the TechCrunch story, some of the apps will be unpolished and presented in more of a proof of concept fashion. But if Facebook can leverage its massive user base and the resources it has behind it, it's possible Project Spartan really could create an alternative app distribution model to oppose the App Store, and grab a cut of all the money that funnels into Apple's market.
Finally – an official Facebook app for iPad
Also churning out of the rumor mill Thursday is a report from the New York Times that Facebook has finally got a working iPad app that'll be hitting the App Store sometime in the near future.
Facebook has a solid mobile app for the iPhone (as well as for Google's (GOOG) Android platform), but when it comes to the iPad, users have been forced to look for unofficial alternatives for more than a year now. Part of the delay has been Facebook's own internal process of creating the app, which has seen a year of development, some personal interaction with CEO and founder Mark Zuckerberg, and a lot of changes in focus during its long development cycle.
Now, it seems Facebook has an iPad app with which it's happy. The app works alongside the iPad's on-board cameras to allow for instant posting of photos and video shot from the device, and Facebook has reportedly reworked its Groups and Chat features to work with the tablet.
Also on the docket is an iPad-optimized version of Facebook on the web. According to NYT's anonymous sources, the mobile site isn't meant to compete with the Facebook app, but to supplement it or maybe stand as a slightly less able alternative. The report says that Facebook for iPad will be free, and is due to hit the App Store "in the coming weeks."


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BANGALORE: The persistent summer showers, especially on Saturday night, have not only brought respite from the summer heat but have come as godsend for a thirsty Bangalore.
According to the Meteorological Department, areas around Thippagondanahalli reservoir, situated in Magadi taluk, recorded a rainfall of 4 cm on Saturday. The rains have increased the water level at the reservoir by one foot and it now stands at about 17.5 feet, Venkataraju, Chief Engineer (Maintenance) of the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board, said on Sunday.
"This increase in water level will help us extend the pumping of water for additional 15 days," he added. He ruled out increasing the amount of water being pumped from the 35 million litres from the reservoir stating that the water level would have to be maintained till the end of May.
Before Saturday, the rains had only raised the water level two inches, which was just enough to serve the needs of the city for a day. These rains are an unexpected blessing to BWSSB, which is finding it difficult to provide equitable water supply. Usually, the BWSSB is dependent mainly on the rains in October and November for the reservoir to be filled up.
Mr. Venkatraju said that till the water level reached 12 feet, the BWSSB would continue to draw about 35 million litres per day. "If it goes below 12 feet, we will reduce pumping to about 25 million litres per day," he said. But the water supply in the city will not be affected. West, North and areas in the north-eastern parts of the city receive water from the reservoir.
These areas include Chandra Layout, Vijaynagar, Subramanyanagar, Srirampura, Nagappa Block, Gayathringar, Malleswaram, R.T. Nagar, Sanjay Nagar, Muthyala Nagar, D.J. Halli, and Pillana Gardens.
Because of the low level of water at Thippagondanahalli reservoir, the board has been pumping only about 35 million litres every day as opposed to 104 million litres that was being pumped last year.
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Come help Our City Forest's community nursery transplant 1,600 trees! All of the trees, once established, will be planted in the San Jose area. There is no experience necessary, just a willingness to help out and have fun!
**We need 50 volunteers for each time slot**
Dates and times include:
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Please let me know which dates you prefer and if you plan on bringing a group with the number of participants included. Family and friends are always welcome! I will send you a confirmation email once I receive your response. Feel free to share these dates with anyone else who might be interested in volunteering! If you have questions, please let me know and I will happily answer them!
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Depression is real, our writer got help and is now the boy who lived
It is a peculiar sensation, this double-consciousness, this sense of always looking at oneself through the eyes of others, of measuring one's soul by the tape of a world that looks on in amused contempt and pity. - W.E.B. Du Bois.
I'm pretty sure that I've been depressed since I was seven years old. I remember living in Cape Town, Milnerton, sitting in my room and thinking about death and what a release it might be. To not exist. A vast, encompassing nothingness. I remember that by that stage I barely spoke any Xhosa, the language that most black Africans spoke in the Western Cape. The language I spoke best, and could best express myself in, is the one in which I write now. Unbeknownst to young me, I had grown up in spaces the fostered my cultural connection with whiteness best. Although my parents spoke to me in Xhosa, as did other family members, my tongue and cultural expression wrapped itself around what I should have considered foreign.
Depression and anxiety aren't easy things to get one's mind around. There's a vast array of complex stories and events that can lead to living with the condition, and I've suffered from it from as early as I can remember. It only got confirmed when I was fifteen. I've been in therapy most of my life. First when I was seven and diagnosed with dyslexia and having to repeat grade one. Then my child psychologist saw it when I was fifteen and needed behavioural therapy.
By that stage, I was averaging six joints a day, which I'm sure didn't help matters all that much. When I was 21 I took a sabbatical from UCT in my second year because I was unable to function and returned to my childhood psychologist. By that stage I'd broken down after a series of unfortunate, traumatic events that I hadn't been able to properly deal with in preceding years.
Not ready to properly deal with myself and learn to heal, I gripped hold of the glamourised notion that writers are depressed alcoholics with a penchant to commit suicide. I wrote through events at which I drank furiously, I wrote through drug hazes that made my experiences more vivid, and I wrote through unbridled anger at a world dead set on my destruction.
I claimed woke, yet performed all this through the veil of hypermasculinity that people found both endearing and frightening. I cultivated a digital presence that essentially stood as a 'do not enter' sign at the door. I worked tirelessly as a journalist and ensured that everyone knew that I was already to be at the front lines of the most dangerous stories. I inculcated the Western paradigm that says work is everything and everything is second to work.
That stopped working for me about two months back. I knew I needed therapy and meds at some point, and to see a psychiatrist, but I carried on self-medicating and neglecting my relationships – claiming that I was simply trying to get closer to realising my dreams. My body and mind eventually set themselves alight and all I could do was crave death's soothing touch. It never came, and when I thought I had no more options, others created some for me.
I was checked into Akeso Clinic in Parktown and hated myself for being so weak. Upon arrival, when I had to share a room with someone I now refer to as my brother, it felt like high school all over again.
Except now there were so many black, Indian and coloured working class people in there with me, too. Initially dismissing the group as being basic AF, I later began to note how so many people needed the therapy – and how little we know about it as a broader society, and even less so in black communities.
A study conducted by the South African Depression and Anxiety Group (SADAG) found that although the prevalence of depression amongst black South Africans is largely uninvestigated due to problems relating to language and cultural differences. Studies indicate that the numbers are seriously high, with approximately 18% of black patients presenting at primary health care facilities being found to be suffering from depression. This may even be an underestimation of the figures: it's been found that GPs fail to detect between 33% to 50% of depressive disorders in patients presenting to them. Dr Sebolelo Seape stated that "most black patients tend to focus on the physical symptoms of depression rather than reporting how they feel emotionally."
By the second week of my treatment, my meds began to create pathways which allowed my brain to produce the serotonin and dopamine it severely lacks, and I was able to start standing outside of myself, appreciating just how privileged I am in so many ways. My support systems had never wavered throughout my episode, and the love that radiated around me endowed me with the same shield Lily Potter gave to Harry.
"Scars on my head on the boy who lived," Chance the Rapper told me on Coloring Book. Suddenly I was more forthcoming in group sessions and giving insights that people sincerely appreciated. In an exercise in which we had to write positive messages to one another, someone randomly shared that they thought I was amazing and that they loved my presence. My presence? I had been shuffling around with headphones on through the hallways barely sharing fragile smiles with anyone. Yet, that person loved my presence?
I became the quiet guy with valuable input once I was moved into a smaller and more challenging group. I was the popular kid at high school again. I struggled to speak without recognising my constant privilege and always prefaced anything I said with that acknowledgement in mind.
There isn't enough space in this post to describe the way that people, humans, abantu, saved me from self-destruction. I can only hope that everyone suffering from the same afflictions can find the best ways to manage them.
This doesn't suddenly disappear, it's a daily commitment to yourself. May you learn to be gentle with yourself. May you learn to love yourself. May you learn to be present.
May you learn to forgive yourself.


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Wednesday Night Our Wednesday night group meets from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. during the school year (Sept. - April) when AWANA Kid's Club meets. This is especially designed for those who are NOT Bible students or who are NOT familiar with small group discussion.
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My Friend is Transgender, Now What?
Your Friend is Transgender, Now What?
So your friend or family member has just come out as transgender. Maybe your sister said "I don't feel like a girl, I feel like a boy" or your best friend said "I feel like I was born in the wrong body." How should you react? What should you say? Finding out that a friend or family member is transgender is difficult, stressful and confusing. You probably have questions and you wonder whether you should ask them. This page is written for you. Please continue reading as I detail my experience of finding out my friend is transgender and what I've learned along the way.
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Is It Okay to Ask Questions?
My personal opinion is that YES, it's okay to ask questions when someone comes out as transgender. However, you want to be careful not to ask rude questions or ones that are too personal.
Two questions that are always okay are: "What would you like me to call you or do you want to change your name?" and "What is your preferred pronoun?" These are great questions that show that you care about your friend's feelings. There are some gender-neutral pronouns that you may not be familiar with such as zir or zhe. If your friend asks you to call them by one of these, please make every effort to do so.
Other questions that you may have such as whether they will get surgery, how they define their sexuality, etc. These can be touchy subjects and you should probably avoid asking them. If you want to know more about their transition, you can ask "What should I know about your transition?" If you really want to know the answers to these questions, PLEASE ask if your friend is willing to talk about the more personal aspects of their transition before you bombard them with personal questions. If your friend says no, please respect that!
Be a Good Friend!
Whatever you do, make sure your friend knows that you love and care about them. Make sure that they know that changing their gender does not matter to you. Many transgender people lose friends in their transition and that is very sad!
My Friend is Transgender
How my Sister-in-Law is Now My Brother-in-Law
***For the ease of understanding, I will refer to my friend as she and Alisha for the first part and then transition to AJ and he for the rest***
I met Alisha in 2003 at a summer program called Upward Bound and became instant friends. We roomed together at Upward Bound, went to Washington, D.C. together, she even introduced me to her brother who ended up becoming my husband 5 years later.
In the fall of 2012, I got the shock of my life. It was just a few weeks away from her wedding to her fiancée Amy when Alisha told her brother and me that she was transgender. We listened to her as she explained a few things such as her name change (changed to Ajax, nickname AJ) and that she wanted to be called "they" because she didn't want to be "she" anymore and she felt like "they" was a bit more fitting (this later changed to "he" as the transition continued). I nodded my head and tried to absorb the news as much as I could but I stayed very quiet.
After we went home, my husband (AJ's brother) and I discussed the news. He took it pretty hard and was very confused and upset. We talked about all the possible things we didn't understand and wrote out a list of questions for him to ask them and they scheduled some time to hang out and talk in private. All the while, I started researching transgender issues, proper etiquette, etc. I wanted to stay well-informed and prevent myself from making AJ feel alienated or uncomfortable if I asked a bad question or said something wrong.
The hardest part for me was not learning that my friend was transgender. It was that my husband and I were one of the few people who even knew. AJ was not "out" to everyone and it was hard to switch back and forth between saying "AJ" in their company and "Alisha" in the company of people who didn't know. It took a lot of practice and a lot of willpower to make things run smoothly. After AJ came out to everyone else, things became easier but sometimes I still mess up. Fortunately AJ is very understanding!
When AJ first started taking testosterone, I was worried that he would change, that he wouldn't be the person that I remembered. But that worry was for nothing. AJ has been on testosterone for several years now and I haven't noticed any personality changes. Obviously, there have been some physical changes such as a deeper voice and a thinner face but I can deal with those. But AJ is still the great friend he was before.
I honestly feel like I've dealt surprisingly well with AJ's transition. I was worried that I would be resentful or hurt. I believe that what helped the most was reading first hand stories of transgender people and feeling the pain that he must feel from having to deal with a body that doesn't feel right to them. I read forums, I learned about transgender issues and I tried to be the best friend I possibly could. I hope that this page helps someone out there be the best friend that they can possibly be too.
Need Help?
Learning a friend is transgender can be tough. It can almost feel like you lost your friend and a new one replaced them. If you need help dealing with your friend's transition, I highly recommend going to a PFLAG meeting. There are lots of great people there that can talk you through your feelings and even help you understand the issues your friend will face.
You can find a link to a PFLAG chapter locator in the Resources section of this page.
Suggested Reading
Who is the trans person you know?
Here are some great websites that may answer some of the questions you have about your friend's transition.
- Tips for Allies of Transgender People
Tips that can be used as you move toward becoming a better ally to transgender people
- Find a PFLAG Chapter
The best way for parents, family members, friends, of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) people to get support, receive educational materials, and learn about PFLAG's advocacy efforts is to visit a PFLAG local chapter.
This guide is written for friends of LGBT people. It contains information on how to be a straight ally - someone who works to make sure LGBT people have the same rights as straight people.
- 3 Ways to Respect a Transgender Person - wikiHow
How to Respect a Transgender Person. If you have recently learned that a person in your life is transgender, you might not understand this part of their identity, and you may be concerned that you will say the wrong thing to them. You can...
Great list of Do's and Don'ts to follow when you find out a friend is transgender.
- How To React When Someone Comes Out | Care2 Causes
These general guidelines will help you create a safe space and eliminate tension or embarrassment when someone comes out to you as lesbian, gay, bisexual or
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I love to shake up my beauty routine. I recently wrote about some products I use for my dark circles. I've been getting a ton of use out of that Kiehl's eye cream in the past couple months and I'm starting to think about the cooler weather and what my skincare needs to look like when it's bitterly cold outside. Now that I'm two months post partum, I know that soon all of my hair will be falling out, the rest of my post-pregnancy hormones will leave my body and I'll be breaking out a ton, and my skin will be dry and itchy on top of the breakouts because of the cold weather. Joy. I just can't wait.
I've been cleaning up around my house and going through closets and I ran across a tub of the One Love Organics Vitamin E Eye Balm I had been saving. I decided I would start integrating it into my skincare routine and I'm ready to share my thoughts!
This is a balm and not a cream. The formula is thick and it needs to be warmed up between your fingers before applying it to your eye area. It can be used morning and night. When I apply this, my eye area looks slick so if you do wear it during the day you will want to wear makeup over top. I would use a thin layer during the day so makeup will wear well on top, and you can pile it on at night for extra moisture. I've started using it on the corners on my lips and around my nose where I'm getting extra dry patches. It's made a difference there too! When the corners of my lips crack, my lipstick tends to bleed.
The formula of the balm contains many good for you natural ingredients including vitamin E, organic shea butter, pomegranate, and sea kelp. It does feel very nourishing going on and I've enjoyed using it during the day and at night. I didn't notice a huge difference between using this and not using this, but I didn't think I would. I am always using high quality skincare and I'm never going from not using an eye cream at all to using one, or using a crappy eye cream to using one, so my results aren't usually "whoa!" I did notice this kept my eye area more hydrated than what I was using before, but it's a balmy formula so that's why I'm sure. The main thing it's going to do is bring a lot of moisture to my skin in my eye area.
I don't know enough about skincare ingredients to determine if this will help with anti-aging long term. I'm not really struggling much with eye wrinkles right now. I'm mostly worried about the very beginnings of fine lines, plus dark circles and dryness. This eye cream does help improve my eye area where those concerns come into play. I could see layering this over an anti-aging eye cream for extra moisture if you want to use a formula that will target the wrinkles first. It would be worth the investment to use the One Love because the level of hydration this brings to my eye area is really second to none!
I'm really loving the way my eye area feels with this and I'm going to continue to use it. I have really enjoyed my search for more natural/organic skincare products this year and I'm glad I've been able to find several products that have worked for me!
Have you ever tried an eye balm? What do you think?


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Earlier this week I spoke at an event in Glasgow about how to build customer loyalty.
As usual, we talked about good and bad experiences. The audience were quick to share bad experiences they'd had. It was the usual mix of banks, mobile phone providers and utility companies. These days people can rattle off bad experiences pretty easily. It's a sad state of affairs.
But no surprise, Indeed 84% of customers don't think companies will meet their expectations, whilst the average customer churn rate in the UK has now reached 20% (according to a Royal Mail data services survey earlier this year). That's one of the highest rates in the EU.
It's almost as though companies don't care, and are prepared to keep on churning through customers. Madness!
So what makes a good experience in these circumstances? I asked that question on Wednesday, as I do at every workshop I run.
The answer? A good experience is now one where companies meet our expectations. No 'wow moments', just doing what they've said they'll do. It's become so unusual, that we now think of that as a good experience.
So, if your churn rate is higher than you think it should be, there's what you need to do – meet your customers expectations.
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This chapter examines how personal reputations were constructed in the British Atlantic during the period from 1750 to 1815 and how they were deconstructed through both gossip and the inability to fulfil obligations of various kinds. It considers the variety of reputational mechanisms and analyses how direct and indirect reputation mechanisms were used to gain entry into the market. It evaluates the importance of reputation at the community level and discusses the financial aspect of reputation in relation to the importance of credit and creditability in the early-modern Atlantic economy.
Keywords: personal reputations, British Atlantic, gossip, obligations, reputational mechanisms, creditability, Atlantic economy
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