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We use plickers to assess current lesson objectives. As we formatively assess if we have mastered the day's focus, we use plickers to determine if further instruction and practice is necessary. Each time we assess with plickers, a student enters the questions from motivation math or HOT problems for Go Math. This is entirely student ran, and they LOVE IT. The instant feedback as I scan is very beneficial to me and my students!
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A giant "ray gun" that vaporizes garbage into thin air could be headed our way to help solve the world's worst trash-disposal crisis.
New York churns out more garbage than any city on earth, but still discards it the medieval way – burying it at a cost of billions.
Some local leaders, fearing the garbage crisis could someday bankrupt the city, want to end the expensive practice by using the new technology.
Garbage zappers are already in use in Europe and Japan, as well as on most cruise ships at sea.
Even two Long Island communities and the upstate town of Middletown are preparing to set up their own space-age garbage vaporizers.
What about New York City?
"I've been trying to make it happen," said Councilman Michael McMahon, head of the influential City Council panel searching for ways to solve the city's sanitation and waste-disposal problems.
But money and public fear stand in the way, he said.
"When people see a waste-to-energy device, it scares them; they envision a messy, smoky incinerator of some kind," McMahon said. "That's not the case at all. It's totally clean and there's nothing to blow up."
The device uses intense electric arcs to vaporize garbage – or anything else that goes into its maze of innards.
The technology – known as plasma conversion or gassification – is widely used by manufacturers such as Ford, General Motors and major pharmaceutical companies, which employ it to vaporize hazardous materials that by federal law cannot be put into landfills.
The machines convert the trash into a steady surge of useable energy or electrical power.
They can be small enough to fit into a cabin on a ship, or as large as a city block to take care of a municipality's garbage.
Because they generally produce far more electricity than they use, McMahon said excess power could be sold back to ConEd for a profit.
Startech Environmental, a Wilton, Conn.-based company that has built and installed plasma garbage-eaters in Europe, Japan and the United States, said it could install a starter unit in the Big Apple for about $12 million.
The Big Apple unit would eliminate only about 50 tons of trash a day, a tiny drop compared to the city's 40,000 tons of household and commercial garbage flowing out each day.
But ray-gun fans say it's not too early to get started.
"The landfills where we send our garbage in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Ohio and Virginia are filling up," said attorney Carmen Cognetti, counsel to McMahon's panel.

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, DAEJEON, August 15- Pope Francis warned of the "cancer" of despair that afflicts outwardly affluent societies and called on South Korean Catholics to reject "inhuman economic models" at a mass for 45,000 people Friday on the first papal trip to Asia in 15 years.
In an apparent reference to South Korea's high suicide rate, he also warned of the "culture of death" that can pervade rapidly developing countries where the poor are marginalised.
It was the pope's first public event following his arrival in Seoul on Thursday, which nuclear armed North Korea marked by firing a series of short range rockets into the sea.
A capacity crowd had crammed the World Cup stadium in Daejeon, some 160 kilometres (100 miles) south of Seoul, hours before the pope arrived to conduct the mass.
Among them were 38 survivors and relatives of victims of April's Sewol ferry tragedy in which 300 people died, most of them schoolchildren.
During the mass, Pope Francis offered a special prayer for the victims and their families, and urged Koreans "united in grief" to work together for the common good.
Before the mass, he held a brief private audience with some of the relatives, and agreed to baptise the father of one of the student victims at the Vatican embassy in Seoul on Saturday.
The ferry tragedy has largely been blamed on a culture of regulatory negligence, fuelled by the drive to place profit over safety.
– Combat 'unbridled competition' –
In his homily, Francis called on South Korean Christians to combat "the spirit of unbridled competition which generates selfishness and strife" and to "reject inhuman economic models which create new forms of poverty."
He also spoke of the "cancer" of despair that can permeate societies where surface affluence hides deep inner sadness.
"Upon how many of our young has this despair taken its toll," he said.
It was a message designed to resonate not just with South Koreans, but other emerging Asian nations where decades of rapid economic growth have thrown up stark social challenges.
Trees lining the streets leading to the stadium were tied with the yellow ribbons that have become the memorial symbol for those who died on the Sewol ferry.
"I'm a Protestant but I believe the papal visit will help heal the wounds from the Sewol disaster," one of the victims' relatives, Kim Hyeong-Ki, told AFP.
Thousands without tickets for the mass had cheered and waved flags as the pope rode to the venue in an open topped car, stopping from time to time to give a personal blessing to young children and infants held up by their parents.
– 'Unforgettable moment' –
"I think this is the most important and unforgettable moment of my life," said Han Hye Jin, 26, an office worker in Daejeon.
As the pope entered the stadium, the capacity crowd rose, waving white handkerchiefs and shouting "Viva Papa" and "Mansei" ("Long live" in Korean).
The mass was conducted on a raised, canopied stage with giant screens on either side for those high up in the stands, which were decorated with banners in Korean reading "We Will Always Follow you" and "We Love You".
South Korea has a thriving Catholic community that punches well above its minority weight in one of Christianity's most muscular Asian strongholds.
In the last national census to include religious affiliation, conducted in 2005, close to 30 percent of South Koreans identified themselves as Christian, compared to 23 percent who cited the once-dominant Buddhism.
The majority are Protestants, but Catholics are the fastest-growing group, with around 5.3 million adherents — just over 10 percent of the population.
"I only hope the pope's message of peace and reconciliation will spread to our brothers and Catholic followers in North Korea," said Helena Sam, 46, a businesswoman in Daejeon.
The North pays lip service to the freedom of worship but maintains the tightest controls over religious activity and treats unsanctioned acts of devotion as criminal.
The pope's visit is very much aimed at fuelling a new era of growth for the Catholic church in Asia and Francis will get a chance to send a message to the region later Friday when he meets several thousand young


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Off they start as innocent as can be
Somewhere down the line
they developed curiosity- About sexuality
Unaware of the power called VAGINA
Lost she became even God couldn't find her
She's never been loved
That's what she fears
And prostitution she claims as a career
So the tears flow deeper than the sea
She questions every morning
Why'd you had to choose me?
Even as a child, she recalls
No father to take charge
So she gave up on her all
Cheapened by SEX
it became her addiction
Satisfied with it's pleasure
It became her religion
Make up heavier than a clown's
She paints a smile on her face
Just to hide her frown
Black dresses and mini skirts
When she hits the corner
She seduces Men with her flirt
Her soul became lost
and tossed..... In the trash!
Exposing herself
And exploiting herself
For a bit of cash
Then she hops in a van
with a man
that chooses to play the game
This isn't about love, care. or hate!!!!!!!!!!
Pleasing him she lies and calls him "baby"
he returns the favor
while he cheats on his lady
And when it's over with him--------She starts at square One
where she began
without counting numbers
she hopes yet again, in another man's van
And all this time she prays to be safe
and not be looked at or stared at
she learns: No shame
her mind is loose
and being abused
To kill the demons that live within?
but continues an act classified as a sin?
And just one day she became fed up
The same money she received to charge for sex
became her winning number that bought her to her death bed!
In the thoughts of how she died
a list of reasons where listed for every girl that wants to follow that road
And do as she's told
I dedicate this poem to all women that lives or experienced this life style. As a child I've observed this act and was never compelled by it. It was something that before I even created conscious I knew it was wrong. But how wrong is it I ? when I've never lived that life. That all society has ever done for these women where turn their backs on them and judge. I pray for these women and girls because I'm unaware of the challenges they had to face that would make them turn to a dead end. Just remember it could be you, your mother, sisters, cousins,someone dear to you. Please open up and try to understand every humans actions because none are perfect. One that claims he or she is, I consider a liar or a God. What's your choice. GOD will bless their souls and protect them all.
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Situated on College Street in Long Eaton, Nottingham, Ventures Hair and Beauty is a newly opened salon offering a vast array of beauty services and advanced aesthetics including massage, waxing, eyelash extensions, eyebrow tinting and nail treatments. The in-house team of highly professional and friendly therapists pride themselves on delivering top quality treatments with the utmost care and attention to ensure that you walk away looking and feeling fabulous. They continually strive to give exceptional levels of service to each and every customer and are on hand to provide tips and advice for any beauty questions you may have. Whether you're looking for a last minute manicure, de-stressing massage or want to get glammed up for an event, Ventures Hair and Beauty are excited to welcome you to their salon and provide you with the perfect beauty experience.
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Throughout New York City and surrounding areas, there are vacant plots of land that have sat dormant for many years. Despite the fact that the property value of these lots has increased over the years, owners continue to sit back and do nothing.
World Trade Center looking for tenants
In New York City, there are office buildings from one side of the area to the next. Within these buildings are companies of all sizes and industries. While rent can be high in the Big Apple, there is something to be said for having an office in the city that never sleeps.
New residential development in New York City
With the real estate market beginning to turnaround, it is safe to assume that new residential developments will be planned in the months to come. This holds true in many parts of the United States, including some of the biggest cities, such as New York.
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Salt Creek is a county park and campground about 15 miles west of Port Angeles. It is very convenient to much of the Olympic Peninsula, but the real reason for staying here is the incredible view!
The only problem I had was that Canada was right across the sound, so that I could not use my cell phone or mobile hotspot without roaming and incurring hundreds of dollars of charges. I ended up driving into Port Angeles to contact my students. They had good cell service there so I did not pick up any international roaming.
The tide pools were a scramble down a bunch of rocks, and since I was only here for three days and it rained all of one, I did not make it down there.
Here is one of the very tame local resident black-tailed deer. He is a young buck, by the looks of his small, growing antlers.
Foggy and rainy campground! I liked the paved roads and asphalt camping pads, and also the fact that almost all sites faced the ocean.


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Crested wheatgrass
(Agropyron desertorum (Fisch. ex Link) Schult.)
Triticum desertorum Fisch. ex Link
Crested wheatgrass is a long-lived, moderately coarse, perennial bunchgrass, 2 to 3 feet tall. Its leaves, bright green, curing to straw color, are flat and 6 to 10 inches long. Inflorescences of crested wheatgrass are 2 to 3 1/2 inch-long spikes, bor ne singly on the ends of the culms. The name refers to the flat inflorescence that somewhat resembles a head of wheat.
Distribution and habitat
This grass is not native to Arizona, and generally occurs where it has been planted. It is found primarily in the northern part of Arizona at elevations above 5,000 feet.
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Crested wheatgrass produces a large volume of high-quality forage. It begins to grow early in the spring, becomes dry before summer rains and resumes growth after the summer rains have begun. When fall rains come early the plants begin to grow again a nd provide feed until covered by snow. Thus, crested wheatgrass furnishes green forage in early spring and late fall when other feed is scarce. It is highly palatable to all classes of livestock. Crested wheatgrass tends to become fibrous at maturity, and therefore palatability and nutritional quality of the plant decline after June. Because of its coarseness it makes poor forage when dry. When green and actively growing, on the other hand, there are few grasses that are more nutritious. Crested wheatgras s can be grazed 2 to 4 weeks earlier than native grasses on the Colorado plateau. Light to moderate grazing (up to 70% utilization) invigorates a crested wheatgrass stand and extends its life, while heavy grazing may speed up the invasion of sagebrush or of weeds such as Russian thistle. Crested wheatgrass withstands heavy grazing better than most grasses. When closely grazed, however, livestock should be excluded about every third year from before the time summer growth begins until the seed crop has mat ured.


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In accordance with a celebrated television sequence, those illuminating photographs deliver to existence seven well-known males looking for God.
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Some five weeks later, on the night of November 23, he took that step. Pascal's famous memorial to this experience, written in his own hand, was found sewn into his clothing at the time of his death. He had treasured it and had kept it on his person always. His sister Gilberte pi ously preserved it, crumpled and faded among his papers. It is a unique A Third Testament blaise pascal and intensely moving document which like some spiritual seismograph reflects in its very strokes and flourishes the fluctuations of his state of mind as he was writing it.
In Clermont-Fer rand, where Pascal was born, is displayed a mechanical calculator or, as he called it, a machine arithmetique designed on the same essential lines as today's computer. In the field of pure mathematics he is also one of the great names. An astonishing yield for one abbreviated life, any item of which would have been enough to insure that Pascal would continue to be remembered. It is not, however, for any or all of these achievements that his fame has grown through the centuries since his death, but for something that I, like many others before me consider immeasurably greater – his sublime defense of faith as the one sure guide to reality, and of the Christian religion as showing Western man the way out of the cul-de sac into which science must inevitably lead him.
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Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Signed and sealed - Manny is back!!!
The long wait is over. Manny Ramirez has signed a 2-year, $45 million contract to be a Dodger. And all is right in the world!
After meeting for 2 1/2 hours this morning, the contract was signed, ending months of speculation and back-and-forth negotiating between both sides. In the end, practically the same deal was signed that was on the table and then rejected a week ago. Guess Manny had a slight change of heart... or he realized that this was as good as it was going to get.
Whatever the case, I'm just glad this wasn't everyone getting their hopes up only to be let down in the end. Here's what the signing does for the Dodgers:
1. One of the most feared hitters in baseball will now get 4-5 at-bats per night. That's 4-5 times a night the opposing manager will have to decide how in the world to hold this guy down.
2. Youngsters like Andre Ethier, Matt Kemp, and James Loney will continue to improve hitting around him. They no longer have to worry about being the power on a powerless team, they now can just relax and rake. Manny's presence lets them do that.
3. The loss of Derek Lowe doesn't sting as much anymore only because the Dodgers now have more offense to make up for it. Which by the way, was something Lowe wasn't convinced would happen.
4. The Dodgers are now clearly the favorite to repeat as NL West champions. They did it last year with Manny in there for 2 months. Now it's a whole season.
5. Lastly, and most importantly... Juan Pierre is no longer a starter! Yes!
It wasn't the most graceful road for Manny, but the bottom line is that he's a Dodger and this upcoming season just got a whole lot more exciting.
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So I've been working on the basement, and it is now almost ready for paint and then set up the storage shelving.
This photo is at the bottom of the stairs into the basement. You can see that I have removed the carpet and scraped off all the foam backing that was stuck onto the stairs. You can also see the splint that I had to put on one of the studs. It was bowed out severely, so I cut it almost completely through in two locations, pushed the stud in so it was in line with the other studs, and then fastened a cripple stud on one side to keep the newly straightened 2x4 in place.
This photo shows the basement "workshop" area. It is really a storage area, but it could be used for a workshop. I removed the old light fixture that was wired illegally and installed three pot lights with a switch that is at the top of the stairs - the pot lights are on the stairs, in front of the laundry room entrance, and half way in between (which happens to be in front of the entrance to the bathroom. The pot lights are marked with a ">" in the photo - they don't show up very well in the flash photos.
I also hooked up my workshop fluorescent light which you can see at the left middle of the photo.


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Monday, October 13, 2008
Picking Apples and a Pumpkin Patch
This is our friends' one-year-old.
Watch out, Seth. This little guy might steal my heart.
One thing's for sure. As of Saturday, I am all about fall.
I'm wondering what that guy behind me's all about.
The only apples available for picking were WAY high up in the trees. So my friend, V, and I shimmied on up and took matters into our own hands.
We ate the apples right off the trees. Mmmmm they were delicious.
This little guy thought so, too.
See what I mean? Heart stealer.
Happy fall, y'all.
8 comments:
- Popcorn said...
What a precious coupla' punkins in that last shot!
- October 14, 2008 at 7:20 AM
- Chaotic Hammer said...
Happy Fall! Even though it still feels like summer here in middle Tennessee. I'm sure it will start to cool down pretty soon. The leaves are already starting to turn.
- October 14, 2008 at 10:27 AM
- This Southern Belle said...
How much fun, but. . .oh. ..those blond curls on that ADORABLE little boy! What a doll!
- October 14, 2008 at 1:38 PM
V's little boy is so darling!!
I especially like the last picture! She's adorable!! He's not bad either!
Love to see New Jersey right now with it's fall colors.......
- October 15, 2008 at 7:27 AM
- Kristin said...
looks like fun!
that little boy is precious.
- October 15, 2008 at 12:13 PM
- Susanne said...
Wish it felt like Fall around here! No such luck. You guys look great! That last photo is a framer. :)
- October 15, 2008 at 2:30 PM
- FancyPants said...
Popcorn, well I knew they were good lookin' pumpkins and all, but geez, I mean I thought me and Seth looked half decent, too. =-) (Btw, when I was writing your name I was thinking about pumpkins and I wrote, "Popkin." Which I think might be my new name for you.
C-ham, truly sorry about that "feels like summer" part.
TSB, I know...the curls.
Mom! Congratulations on successfully leaving a comment! That wasn't so hard, was it? (You know all sarcasm aside, you made my day by commenting.)
Kristen, it was LOADS of fun.
Susanne, I had a dyslexic moment, and on first read, thought you said, "That last photo is a FARMER." I actually looked at the picture to see how we looked like farmers.
- October 15, 2008 at 5:42 PM
- Roy said...
Looks like a fun time! Did you get a pumpkin to carve, or to cook?
Yes, fall has arrived in New England. We picked apples in Maine. No pumpkins, as it would be too hard to bring them home.
Here in Houston, we're only getting hints of fall, although the pumpkins are plentiful in the markets.
- October 16, 2008 at 9:12 AM


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we're abnormally well-stocked for newly-weds!!
these people look like they can inherit our aromatheraphy candle collection...
and not only the regular inexpensive IKEA things, we have pretty awesome nice china, designer sheets and top notch wine tumblers.. im not even talking about the electronics, books, musical instruments and shoes yet.. and how about the oh-so-cute flipflop shaped cheese platter i needed to get from Atlanta, and my adorable dessert tier collection... AND OMG, our popcorn machine!!! and the dear husband has a penchant for sports involving intensive gears... *faint* we own the most ridiculous random things!!! the unfortunate bit is, we have no permanent home. but honest to god, we have enough to stock 3 homes, prolly half of cambodia and enough baubles to decorate orchard road at christmas!! you get the idea!
its an lethal combination of being excessively sentimental, weakness for funny, little, smart, useful things for the kitchen and our frequent moves. we got there slowly accumulating our best stuff from australia (him), usa (me), our balestier home (mostly him), my parents' home (me) and cambodia (us). each time we move, there are things we can't bring over, either too bulky or too fragile. then, we get excited and start buying new things for our new place and get sentimental when its time to return. then we bring them back AGAIN. and the whole cycle repeats.
where are your 2 pianos, 2 guitars, violin & trumpet? and excuse me, i don't see shelves full of fancy-schmancy ribbons & twine, folks!!!
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Hi there! Life is getting back to quasi-normal around here after all the flooding. Well, at least for those who didn't have water damage or totally lost their homes/businesses. My heart and prayers go out to everyone affected.
On a lighter topic, the card for today has a background made a long time ago using the Work of Art set by Stampin' Up! It was found while sorting through all the bits and pieces of stamped items not used on projects, for one reason or another. Do you have an accumulation of such things, too? The color palette is Island Indigo, Wild Wasabi, and Smoky Slate. Images on the focal piece are from another Stampin' Up! set, No Bones About It. Love this set, especially for those young and "old" people in your life. Ha!
Must sign off to finish up a few things before picking up my granddaughter for an overnight visit. Thank you for stopping by today! Your visits are always appreciated!


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We all have been noticing the power displayed by the North Korea. And, it is known that America is their first target. In a risky situation like this where anything could happen, US President Donald Trump has issued fresh warnings to North Korea, saying things will happen to the country like it "never thought possible" if Pyongyang thinks about attacking America or any of its allies.
Referring to his Tuesday's statement that North Korean threat to the US will be met with "fire and fury", he said the message wasn't tough enough and it's time to act for the people of America. The president was responding to a question on Tuesday's remarks, which has attracted criticism from traditional foreign policy experts and Democratic lawmakers.
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Thanks to a man who came across my blog (who called me Misty, but instead my name is Sterling) and gave me a passage to read through my struggles of feeling lost. I read it during my quiet time... here is what I prayed...
For this I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, from whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, that He would grant me, according to the riches of His glory, to be strenghtened with might through His spirit in the inner man, that Christ may dwell in my heart through faith; that I, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height- to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that I may be filled with all the fullness of God. Ephesians 3:14-19
I pray for the knowledge to understand these feeelings. I pray my ears will be open to hear my Heavenly Father and that I will obey. I felt today I have heard from Him, but am questioning. I always wonder if that is Him or my thoughts I have considered.
I am going to continue to pray and make sure this is what He wants. Yicks!
Friday, March 19, 2010
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- Darlene said...
I'll say a prayer for you. I hope God does lead you to be where HE wants you be. :)
- March 20, 2010 at 10:21 PM
- Alexis said...
Sterling, I love you. I love your blog. You are so real and honest and earnestly seeking and growing in Christ. Thanks for being so courageous to share your heart. Your journey is a blessing to me.
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Sunday School lesson for May 18, 2014
{Taken from class notes from seminary course: Expositions of Great Old Testament Texts 1992-95}
Ezekiel 43:1-12
I. Background to Text
1. N. T. Background
(1) John 9:14-21; Jesus' cleansing temple
(2) Mark 15:38; Tearing of the temple veil
(3) 1 Corinthians 15:34; Shame to have no knowledge of God
(4) Hebrews 12:2; Christ endured the shame of the cross
(5) Revelation 1:15
(6) Revelation 21:3
2. O.T. Background
(1) 605 BC; Battle at Carchemish. {an ancient city of the Hittites located on the West Bank of the Euphrates 63 miles NE of Aleppo.
(2) 597 BC; Jehoakim, instability, Ezekiel w/10,000 captives
(3) 593 BC; Ezekiel was 'called.' His 30th birthday. Ezekiel sees departure of chariot throne. God's shekinah glory had departed. ICHABOD.
(4) Psalm 137; People were w/out hope.
(5) Ezekiel 33-39 Speaks of future restoration of Israel.
A covenant of PEACE.
A new heart & a new spirit. 36:16-38
The destruction of Israel's enemies. Ezekiel 38-39
3. Theological Background
(1) As w/ Ezekiel, we too need to fall on our face before God.
(2) It is a humbling thing to come into the presence of a holy God.
(3) God's holiness is at the heart of His attributes.
(4) God's manifested presence in the midst of His people makes them distinct.
(5) God is worthy of our worship
(6) The temple is a symbol of God's presence, His holiness, His provision and man's hope.
II. Exposition – Shekinah = {dwelling, abiding} Glory
1. God's shekinah glory will return. [1-5]
"The Millennial Temple" – Galeotti
a. God's glory returns from the east just as it had departed. 1-3
b. God's glory enters through the east gate. 4
c. God's glory filled the house. 5
2. God's shekinah glory will dwell with His people forever. [6-7]
3. God's shekinah glory now calls for repentance & confession. [8-9]
4. God's shekinah glory dwelling again in His wonderful temple. [10-11]
5. Causes them now to be ashamed of their sin.
6. God's shekinah glory will make the temple holy. [12]
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16 September 2009
Chapter 1 ; On the "Separatist Interpretation of the Reformation in England", 1550-1607
...1.Thus begins chapter one in Bradford's Diary. These diary entries are recorded long after the events they attempt to explain. Bradford begins with an explanation, he wants to immortalize the reasons the Puritans left England for Holland, and eventually the New World. In his own words - "Of Plymouth Plantation. And first of the occasion and inducements thereunto; the which, that I may truly unfold, I must begin at the very root and rise of the same. The which I shall endeavour to manifest in a plain style, with singular regard unto the simple truth in all things; at least as near as my slender judgment can attain to the same."
...Phew, If Bradford's judgment is "slender" then I dare not wonder what my margin will be.
...The time frame in which he wrote these words is roughly 1630 A.D. But the events he is writing about happened nearly eighty years before, long before William Bradford was born. He begins with mention of the reformation, persecution under Bloody Mary, and in general the "Separatist Interpretation of the Reformation in England", the chapter title.
...2. Define your Terms!
...A. Separatist; NOT a person with a vendetta against fat in their creamer. This term actually means " one of a group of 16th and 17th century English Protestants preferring to separate from rather than to reform the Church of England." Webster Dictionary
...B. Saint; "Bradford uses the word saint in the Biblical sense, as one of God's chosen people, or a church member, not one of those canonized by the Roman Catholic Church" Samuel Morison.
...C. Professor; You're probably thinking a teacher at college or something, but this term was actually used by the Puritans in general to mean one who professed Christianity.
...3. What exactly happened in this chapter? I know that's sort of what I was thinking half way through, after all, it doesn't bring us up to date with anything happening to the Puritans now. (Which was then) In reality this is a very important chapter. It explains the reformations roots in England, why it started, and how it grew. Interestingly enough Bradford does not being with pointing fingers, nor does he begin with exact dates and facts. He begins with a very biblical form, explaining still without names, the persecution and terrors the gospel and its followers endure during these hard times.
..."Ever since the first breaking out of the light of the gospel in our honourable nation of England, what wars and oppositions ever since, Satan hath raised, maintained and continued against the Saints, from time to time, in one sort or other." William Bradford, Of Plymouth Plantation, Chapter 1.
...He goes on to compare the modern saints with martyrs of old, during the time of the Roman emperors, and mentions the bloody Arian controversies; quoting Socrates Ecclesiastical History to back up the comparison. Then, in one breathtaking sweep, he pulls the cloud of ambiguity away from our eyes revealing a name, a time placement. Bloody Mary. Yet he does not criticize Mary herself. Perhaps he will in some later chapter, but here he merely points out that Satan sought whatever and whoever he could as tools to accomplish his age old labor, to destroy the true church of God. Bradford also mentions that the Prince of Darkness tactics have changed, instead of seeking to utterly annihilate the church, he has chosen in these days subtler tactics. Hear Ye, Hear Ye, this following quote of Bradford's is no less valuable to us today, if not more so!
..."When as that old serpent could not prevail by those fiery flames and other his cruel tragedies, which by his instruments he put into practice everywhere in the days of Queen Mary and before, he then began another kind of war and went more closely to work; not only to oppugn but even to ruinate and destroy the kingdom of Christ by more secret and subtle means, by kindling the flames of contention and sowing the seeds of discord and bitter enmity amongst the professors and, seeming reformed, themselves." William Bradford, Of Plymouth Plantation, Chapter 1
...Truly we should lend ear to this warning. Now we know when Satan switched his tactics !(at least according to Bradford) But I'll leave this for section 4.
...Onward into the meatier portions of this chapter! We now come to mention of Mr. Fox, renowned as the man who wrote Fox's Book of Martyrs. It is always interesting to read contemporaries comment on each other! Bradford begins to list the grievances Christianity is suffering from, namely, discord over the order of worship.To paraphrase his words "One side" labored to have right worship of God in church, simple, no service books, strict adherence to the listed customs in Scripture, and keeping only the offices of Pastors, Teachers, Elders, etc. (We must I assume he forgot to mention the first ban on electric guitars being used in worship, no wait, they weren't invented yet. )
...The Catholic, or rather, "Anglican Church of England", basically the Roman Catholic Church under new government and with some minor adjustments, "Through many colors and pretences" went on to oppose the Separatists, or Puritans as they came to be called. Eventually they began to bring false charges of "rebellion and high treason" concerning the Puritans, hoping to get the attention of the Monarchy. Persecution was hot in many places.
...It appears the Puritans waited out the tide for awhile, hoping. But when Queen Mary died the contention did not. Bradford explains that many Puritans who had fled under Bloody Mary, now "returning into England under gracious Queen Elizabeth" received promotions and the like, and were for a time in favor. Then, of course, jealousy arose. Plots and devices were used to paint the Puritans in a bad light and the Queen and State were aroused. Indeed, it is not crystal clear in the text when these plots truly affected the Puritans, but they almost certainly did so increasingly after Elizabeth's reign, during James I.
...As with Mary, Bradford's personal opinion concerning Elizabeth herself is withheld. I find it interesting that he does not lay blame on either queen, very gracefully mentioning the pressure and plots laid around them. Was this a biblical conviction concerning speaking against the authorities that God had put in place? It certainly wasn't a custom of the time, Knox's thundering treatise titled "The First Blast of the Trumpet against the Monstrous Regiment of Women" had been published scarcely a century before. It leaves one to wonder. However he does give Elizabeth the title "gracious", unlike Mary.
...Apparently the Anglican church's ploy was to keep certain "divers harmless ceremonies" to win the weak and superstitious, for "though it were to be wished that divers things were reformed, yet this was not the season for it." At length more and more corruption crept back into the church, according to Bradford, until zealous Christians began to be persecuted once more. During time of James I, things had become intolerable. As a last resort the true professors "shook off this yoke of antichristian bondage" and made a covenant to be a people set apart. Thus begins the history of the pilgrims that sailed in the Mayflower and landed on Americas soil. But before setting out for such a distant shore, they set their sights on a place closer to home, Holland. Chapter one ends in the year 1607.
A picture of the house where William Bradford was born...
4. "When as that old serpent could not prevail by those fiery flames and other his cruel tragedies, which by his instruments he put into practice everywhere in the days of Queen Mary and before, he then began another kind of war and went more closely to work; not only to oppugn but even to ruinate and destroy the kingdom of Christ by more secret and subtle means, by kindling the flames of contention and sowing the seeds of discord and bitter enmity amongst the professors and, seeming reformed, themselves." William Bradford, Of Plymouth Plantation, Chapter 1
...The following verse from 1 Peter comes to mind, "Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. Resist him, steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same sufferings are experienced by your brotherhood in the world. " 1 Peter 5:8-9 The enemy NEVER rests, he wants the church to fall. He wants Christs blood to be poured out in vain, he cannot accept defeat. The Prince of darkness refuses to see that God has already won the victory, that all the Lords purposes will come to pass.
...With this in mind it is ever important that we set a guard over our hearts, and watch carefully the road beneath our feet. In these days, as in the time of the Puritans, it would appear that the deadliest weapons in Satan's arsenal are; divisions and dissensions within the church; and the temptation of an "easier" walk with God.
...I'm not saying we should allow heresies in the church for the sake of peace, but it is a fact that ever since the reformation the church has become increasingly divided with different factors warring among themselves. What warrants leaving a fellowship of believers or breaking off into new church bodies? When do we gracefully shrug something off as simply the conviction of a 'weaker' brother, but not worth splitting over? These are grave questions we must all ask ourselves as we prayerfully seek to walk in the fullness of the gospel and maintain the peace and purity of the people of God. I don't pretend to have any of the answers, I'm just asking questions.
...The second matter of importance is the temptation of an "easier" or "worldier" walk with the King of Kings. God doesn't want us to come half way to the cross. He isn't seeking lukewarm lovers, He wants a bride wholly committed to Him. We are a church of sinners, that's why we're in the church, we recognize our need for the Savior. It is not possible for us to earn our own salvation, or be perfect, but we are called to "be holy" as He is holy, and to advance in our stages of sanctification. The christian walk begins at conversion, but it doesn't end there.
...Its so easy to say with our mouth, "There but by the grace of God", and then turn around and abuse the grace we proclaim. Remember Romans 6:1-4, "What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound? Certainly not! How shall we who died to sin live any longer in it? Or do you not know that as many of us as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life." I think this is what the Puritans were trying to do, "Walk in the newness of life."
...Later on in the chapter Bradford states "[the Anglicans bringing many excuses] to stop the mouths of the more godly, to bring them on to yield to one ceremony after another, and one corruption after another; by these wiles beguiling some and corrupting others till at length they began to persecute all the zealous professors in the land both by word and deed, if they would not submit to their ceremonies and become slaves to them and their popish trash, which have no ground in the Word of God, but are relics of that man of sin." William Bradford, Of Plymouth Plantation, Chapter 1
...Relics of that man of sin. What is Bradford referring to? Here are the next couple verses from our passage in Romans, "For if we have been united together in the likeness of His death, certainly we also shall be in the likeness of His resurrection, knowing this, that our old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves of sin. " Romans 6: 5-6
...And what is Bradford talking about? The extra biblical practices used in worship by the church at large then. The Puritans wanted a clean break from Catholicism, and they went to great ends to ensure it. This brings up another question; what practices did the Puritans preach and or maintain that were extra biblical? Though I believe their hearts were in the right place, it was hard to completely reform the church with such controversies going on at the time. For example, the Puritans adamantly opposed the theater, which in these days might equate to going to the movies. Why? Mainly because at the time many of the plays were about immorality, or encouraged inappropriate behavior. (Most not all) But no where in Scripture does it say that we are not allowed to act, or go to dramas. We are commanded to guard our eyes and hearts, which would mean reading movie reviews and asking ourselves if the entertainment would be profitable. But the Puritans called all drama wrong. And it was more than a conviction, it was a teaching.
...Is this right? Should the church elders be allowed to decide what is right and wrong for their members outside the evident commands in Scripture? How much Christian liberty would we have today if every time someone wanted to watch a movie, (a good movie), they were ostracized by the church?
...So we see the Puritans weren't perfect. Their stance on drama was just one of the more legalistic approaches they took in their day which helped to raise hard feelings against them, and ended up possibly doing more harm than good to the body of God.
...To end I think we can sum things up like this. What can we learn from the Puritans example? Our innocence and purity in the ways of the world are priceless and to be holy and bring glory to God is of utmost importance. But human dogmatism and pride can get in the way of holy ambition. Fear is another corrupter of faithful works that brings out the worst in us. We need to remain diligent and awake, carefully searching the Scriptures as the Bereans did, neither living in sin or stifling each others walk with extra biblical requirements. (whether "popish" or "puritanical") Beware the enemy!
5. Apparently Bradford had a rather "English" biased view of the reformations history! I came across this quote on the first page and had to do three double takes to determine if he had just said what I thought he said!
..."It is well known unto the godly and judicious, how ever since the first breaking out of the light of the gospel in or honorable nation of England, (which was the first of nations whom the Lord adorned therewith after the gross darkness of popery which had covered and overspread the Christian world), what wars and oppositions ever since, Satan hath raised, maintained and continued against the Saints..." William Bradford, Of Plymouth Plantation, Chapter 1
...Correct me if I'm wrong, but, wasn't Germany the first nation for the light of the true gospel to break upon? He can't be talking about government, that I would understand, because he stated in the first part of the sentence the "light of the gospel", which is what the Lord supposedly first adorned England with! These things are funny....To me anyways.
6. Thanks for bearing with me in this long, somewhat tedious, post! Next time I'm going to keep things a little more succinct, as we enter the arena of "Holland"!
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Ducks are becoming regular visitors on Washington.
Spotted these in a shop window. What's old is new. I had a coat and dresses like these in my youth. Note Sugar's reflection in the window.
Central Park.
Our driveway is a mess. Hopefully the cold snap holds off long enough so all the water drains. But we're suppose to get more rain today and tomorrow so I'm not very hopeful.


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With Charles Lotter (GM of Summer Lodge) and John Longley (America's Cup winner in 1983 and friend from Perth, Australia)
The sun is finally shining and it's been a busy. busy, BUSY day!
Have topped it off with a lovely dinner with friends ... one a "sailing games" commentator for Australia (& guest on the show from January)... and the other ... Charles ... !
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A judge from Bialystok court has received a special permit from the Polish Minister of Justice to go to Belarus in order to interrogate witnesses in case against a Belarusian businessman, Andrei Zukaviets, who is accused of money fraud.
The investigation against Mr. Zukaviets has been dragging on for 10 years now. The main obstacles slowing down the trial was lack of opportunity to interrogate witnesses who cannot come to Poland. The defendant suggested to question only those witnesses who can come to a court in Bialystok, but the court dismissed the motion. Instead, Polish Ministry of Justice decided to send a judge to Belarus.
The Polish judge is supposed to be granted an opportunity to interrogate witnesses freely. But Mr. Zukaviets says that those to be interrogated had been subjected to the pressure from the regime. He told Belsat that they received phone calls from KGB and were summoned for conversations on the upcoming visit of the Polish judge. Zukaviets provided even transcripts of the talks between the KGB and the witnesses, but the court dismissed them as unimportant. "I am sure the witnesses will say what KGB told them to say" – Mr. Zukaviets told Belsat.
Andrei Zukaviets is accused of obtaining 700 000 dollars credit under false pretences from two Belarusian banks 10 years ago. He is known for his ties to the democratic opposition. He escaped Belarus, came to Poland and was detained by the Polish police. He is facing up to 10 years in prison and extradition to Belarus. So far, the Polish court decided that he could not count on a fair trial in Belarus due to his support for the Belarusian opposition groups in the past and decided to try him in Poland instead.


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Martin Luther King's dream is alive
(via CNN)
By Kevin Powell
The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. would hardly recognize America in 2013, the 50th anniversary year of his world-famous "I Have a Dream" speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.
The efforts of King and countless others have not only made it possible for Barack Obama to become the first black president of the United States, but also created unprecedented opportunities for the likes of Oprah Winfrey, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, and virtually anyone who had previously been given a check that has, as King put it, "come back marked 'insufficient funds.'"
I personally cannot think of MLK Day without reflecting on my life as a product of post-civil rights America: I was conceived on the coattails of that movement to a single mother, absent father, horrific poverty, and despair and fear I would not wish upon anyone.
Yet here I am, a direct beneficiary of King's legacy. I do not take the opportunities given to me lightly. Especially since my mother, born in South Carolina in the Jim Crow-era, has sickening memories of the racial oppression back in those days. Her family had no electricity, no indoor running water and no television.
The day that King delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech, my mother turned 20. "We knew there was colored folks marching in Washington," my mother told me. "We just did not know what for exactly."
The what for had everything to do with democracy, freedom, voting and citizenship rights, for a group longed blocked from the doors of the American dream. It means the only way we could ever come to "a beautiful symphony of brotherhood" that King spoke of is for each of us, no matter our background, to honor and recognize who we are, including very uncomfortable parts of our history, like slavery, which was depicted in recent films like Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln" and Quentin Tarantino's "Django Unchained." We cannot sit at the table of diversity and multiculturalism if we are not even clear what we are bringing to share.
In King's speeches and writings in the last years of his life, he wanted people, including black people, to embrace and appreciate their culture and heritage. But it was never an either or for him. King worked for and loved Black America, and he worked for and loved America.
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(Twilight Zone music)
Yep, we have definitely entered into The Toddler-Zone.
It is so much fun, it really is. We're watching her become a real person. She's playing "pretend" all the time now. Pretending she's cooking things on her kitchen stove, in her play microwave making "Beep"ing noises when pushing the pretend buttons.
She pretends to talk to her Aunts on the phone.
Pretends to feed her numerous baby-dolls bottles, makes them go "nigh-night," says "Baby woke up!" or "Baby hungry too!!" when it's time for breakfast.
She's talking and repeating everything. EVERYTHING. It's totally adorable and I'm thankful we haven't had to do any speech correcting (i.e. "No, Sweetie, that's not a nice word").
Rylee talks about herself in the 3rd person. It's the funniest thing. I think it's largely due to us always saying (almost from the day she was born) "Is Rylee hungry?" "Hi Rylee!" "What's Rylee doing?" "Is Rylee Pretty?" ...and so on. Getting her to make the association with her name as soon as possible.
Anyway, it gets really funny when she starts really chatting. "Rylee hungry, Mama. Rylee eat soon?" "Buh Bye soon?? Rylee coming too???"
She's also REALLY polite! It's so adorable! When I give her a meal in her high-chair she says "THANK you, Mama!!!" (Or Papa). She says "You're welcome" after we tell her 'Thank You.'
---Back to The Toddler-Zone.
Oh boy. Can we say GIRL? Cause she is awesomely manipulative. She has also gotten quite demanding for whatever it is that she is wanting at the moment. We tell her "Rylee, you need to say 'Please'" and she'll get all smiley and say "YEAH!" as in: "Yeah, Mama, 'Please' - you just said it for me." She does it all with a smile so that makes it "Okay" in her mind.
That is a whole different struggle. She does NOT want to say "Please." It's seriously like we're asking her to go live with a different family.
She gets her strong-willed personality honestly from both of her parents. So it makes for an interesting fight. It's not that she doesn't understand what we're asking her to do. She completely does. It's an outright defiant act.
Asking for her Pacifier in a screaming and demanding manner earns her a "Say Please and settle down a little bit, then you can have it." She will instantly calm down, cross her arms in front of her chest, tilt her head up, and walk away.
Rylee LOVES her pacifier. But when told she needs to say please for it will go ALL DAY, without it until she finally says it at some random point in the evening quietly and timidly.
Tonight - she was coloring in her coloring books. All fine and well - then I realize that she's coloring on a table, a toy and the tried to color on some adorable wooden blocks I bought a couple days ago. So, we have the "Paper Only" discussion, again. A few minutes later I hear quiet giggling over in the corner. I quietly got up and walked over to see what she was doing... coloring on her baby doll's head.
"Rylee, is that paper?"
Ooooooh, Yes. We have definitely entered into The Toddler-Zone. That time in you and your child(ren)s life where everything is SO cute and adorable, and so challenging all at once.


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Whether in love or out, on Valentine's Day I {LOVE} to...
1. Snuggle with my sweetie
2. Watch How I Met Your Mother w/ aforementioned sweetie
3. Eat Chocolate
4. ...and shop for shoes!!!
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What I will actually be doing for Valentine's day...going to class until 10pm.


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OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of Doppler ultrasound (DUS) in diagnosing arthritis in the wrist and hands, and, if possible, to define a cutoff level for our ultrasound measures for inflammation, resistive index (RI), and color fraction. METHODS: Using DUS, 88 patients with active RA were selected for study and 27 healthy controls. A total of 419 joints were examined. The synovial vascularization was determined by color Doppler and spectral Doppler estimating the color fraction (the percentage of color pixels inside the synovium was the region of interest) and RI in wrist, metacarpophalangeal (MCP), and proximal interphalangeal (PIP) joints. Receiver-operator characteristic (ROC) curves were made for both US measures. Cutoff levels were selected from the ROC curves as the values with the optimum sensitivity and specificity. RESULTS: Analyses were carried out for small joints (MCP and PIP), wrists, and for all joints (pooled). Pooled joint analysis showed the area under the curve for both RI and color fraction was 0.84. The cutoff level for the color fraction was 0.01 and for RI 0.83. With these cutoff levels, the sensitivity and specificity for the color fraction were 0.92 and 0.73, respectively. For RI a sensitivity of 0.72 and specificity of 0.70 were found. Analysis of small joints and wrist gave very similar results. CONCLUSION: DUS may detect vascularization of the inflamed synovium with a high sensitivity and a moderate specificity with selected cutoff levels.


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Spragga Benz named as a person of interest in triple murder Featured
The deejay, whose real name is Carlton Grant, has been touring as part of the Damian Marley and Nas 'Distant Relatives' 2011 in several countries across Europe. The last tour dates listed on the Internet are on April 9th in Milan, Italy and April 11th is Amsterdam, Netherlands. He is also expected to perform tonight alongside Stephen Marley & The Ghetto Youths Crew in Vail Colorado. So the entertainment community remains baffled as to how he could have been involved in the triple slaying in Dunkirk.
Police have identified two of the dead men as 49-year-old Peter Escoffery, otherwise called 'Stumpy' of MacIntyre Villa, and Kenique Richards, otherwise called
'Runkus' of Lincoln Terrace.
According to the police blotter, at 11:40 pm, Escoffery and Richards were among several men at a shop watching TV when a group of men armed with high powered guns alighted from a motorcar and opened fire at them. Richards died on the spot. Escoffery and another man were taken to hospital where both were pronounced dead.
Grant must report to the Police personnel at the Elletson Road Police Station by 2:00 pm tomorrow, police stated. Persons with information on the whereabouts of Grant are asked to contact Operation Kingfish at 811, Crime Stop at 311 or Police Control Centre at 119. A message on Spragga Benz's twitter page said : "I have been abroad on my business and these people find me interesting ...they should've been at the concert . Leave me out unoo madness."
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Now Jesus was praying in a certain place, and when he finished, one of his disciples said to him, "Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples." Luke 11:1 (ESV)
One of the many odd things about prayer is that it is at once an excruciatingly difficult and a nearly automatic activity.
On the one hand, you sit down to pray and it's impossible to concentrate, or the words don't come, or the idea of forming thoughts into an orderly line, as opposed to a bewildered mishmash, and saying them, seems somewhat ridiculous. As John Donne apparently said,
…when we consider with a religious seriousnesse the manifold weaknesses of the strongest devotions in times of Prayer, it is a sad consideration. I throw my selfe down in my Chamber, and I call in, and I invite God, and his Angels thither, and when they are there, I neglect God and his Angels, for the noise of a Flie, for the rattling of a Coach, for the whining of a door […] A memory of yesterdays pleasures, a fear of to morrows dangers, a straw under my knee, a noise in mine eare, a light in mine eye, an any thing, a nothing, a fancy, a Chimera in my braine, troubles me in my prayer…
Or sometimes the superfluity of as-yet-unanswered prayers is overwhelming: you sit in church as testimonies are given and the Voice of Cynicism wonders at God for answering this or that prayer of the person up at the front of the meeting, and not answering this or that prayer of one's own. Philip Yancey:
I never managed to fly through the classroom, though, and bullies continued to torment me no matter how hard I prayed. Even the "answers to prayer" confused me. Sometimes, after all, parking places did not open up and fountain pens stayed lost. Sometimes church people lost their jobs…
And yet when a trivial want or need arises there's an instinctive God please sort this out, and this, and this. Please let it not rain tomorrow. Please let this thing go alright. Please let that person not react to such-and-such in such-and-such a way. Please provide this or that…
So how is it possible,—is it possible, in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, to present our requests to God—without littleness, and with a confident hope that God will not remain silent and unresponsive? Can we, and are we right to persuade ourselves that prayer achieves anything? And how can we achieve an act of prayer in the first place?
Since these questions are clearly far too ginormous to tackle in a mere (if lengthy) blog post, I'm going to introduce a diversion. Here's Emo Philips on the subject.
And here (hopping from one train of thought to another, but they are related) are some observations about the kind of miracles Jesus did, which I think might possibly, if developed, shed some light on some of the whats and whys and hows of asking for, and celebrating, miracles.
One. Jesus did the miracles that people really wanted. How many times did he say to someone, 'What do you want me to do for you?' —?
One and a half. (Because it's almost the same thought.) Jesus did the miracles people really needed. For example, I assume this was why he told the paralysed man who had just been lowered through the roof in front of him that his sins were forgiven, before healing his paralysis, which was presumably what the mat-carrying friends had anticipated.
Two and a half. (Being a conclusion from one and one and a half combined.) Jesus didn't do miracles just to prove that he could. In the case of the man lowered through the roof, the healing proved that he, Jesus, had authority to forgive sins (and presumably benefitted the man himself). (Here's the relevant passage.)
Three. Jesus seemed to think you could have faith without having much faith. "I do believe; help me overcome my unbelief!" Faith as small as a mustard seed, etc.
Four. Jesus said his disciples had authority from him, and had the right, for example, to tell the wind and waves to be still.
Five. Jesus grieved over a miracle that hadn't happened. "Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were not willing." Matt. 23:37 (NIV).
There is, I think, some kind of point that I'm trying to get to here.
Deep calls to deep
in the roar of your waterfalls;
all your waves and breakers
have swept over me…
Another diversion, because I can't work out how to word it. Let's adhere to the standard procedure that Christian youth-group talks used to follow, and watch a clip from Bruce Almighty.
There must be an alternative to a prayer life consisting mostly of failed attempts to "pray", half-aware pleas for immediate intervention in whatever happens to be happening at the time, and resentful doubt as to whether anything's likely to change in the situations one really cares about. And possibly the alternative is to discover that God not only wants to hear us talk to Him about stuff, but wants to share in our feelings, and for us to share in His. If there's a reason to grieve, His grief must be greater than ours; if there's a person to love, His love must be greater than ours; if there's a reason for joy, His joy must be greater than ours. There are things that really do matter, and He really does care about them: consequently prayer, deep calling to deep, is worth our while.
I'm not sure that's hit on the point exactly, but anyway. One final quote, which I think is from John Wesley (emphasis added):
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I am currently redesigning my 'cassette2cd.co.uk' website and am employing some totally new tactics that I thought I would share with you. These are not new to good established website developers, but new to me as a keen amateur...
I am using Dreamweaver, but the principles would be the same for any similar software. For the first time I am using proper templates where I can make a change to the single template and the change takes place site-wide. previously I have just created a page called 'template' and built every page around this template. This method is time-consuming when changes need to be made, but the strict template (extension .dwt [dreamweaver template]) option means that you have to know pretty much what your final layout will be before you start working.
I have built the navigation into the template and copyright info (and google analytics tracking - nearly forgot it!). I also placed my high-rise adsense banner in there too along with site title and logo. I made a cell (middle top) for my title which I placed as a background image - I was pleased to discover that I could then make this an editable region of the template even though the background was fixed. This means that each page could carry a SEO aware sub heading right at the top of the page. I have yet to discover if the template element needs to be SEO aware, but will play with that idea later.
I have found that I can arrange the whole template to sit in the centre of the page so that viewers using different screen setting won't get a lop-sided view with the page pressed to the left-hand side of the monitor.
I think that all future sites that I shall build will be done in this way and I have started to make a site here for which I don't have a use yet, but I want to prove that I can make a nice-looking site with the tools that I have and no formal training....
Sunday, 30 December 2007
Website Design
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