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It's Christmas morning and I've just finished reading the last two chapters of John Eldredge's marvelous little book, Beautiful Outlaw.[1]
I meant to subscribe to an online daily devotional for Advent but as I read it I realized that this was just the right book to prepare my heart for Christmas. But I didn't originally pick it out for that reason.
If you are like me, you have dozens of books on your shelf that you bought with the firm intention of reading them—sometime. "Sometime" doesn't usually come immediately. In fact, "sometime" may be years after its purchase. "Sometime" is often, as in this case, just when I'm about to take a flight and need something to read during takeoff and landing, and—if there's no video entertainment—during the flight. In early December I was getting ready to fly to London to see my son and his family so I surveyed my library. I needed a book that wasn't too heavy to carry, wasn't a scholarly textbook, was written by an engaging author and seemed like it would keep me distracted during the bumpy parts of the journey. The funny thing about my collection is that in it I have books like Beautiful Outlaw that, as it turned out in this case, I have no idea when or why I acquired it. I don't even know if it was a gift (so if you, the reader, gave it to me, you didn't inscribe it, so please forgive me!). I recognized John Eldredge as the author of Wild at Heart, and this paperback version was only 225 pages long: it fit the bill, so I tucked it into my carry-on travel bag. Ironically, there was video entertainment throughout my flight and I was busy during my visit, so I barely got through the first chapter by the time I got home a week later.
Since I had started the book, over the following weeks I determined to read at least one or two chapters a day. I was thrilled to find that this book was apt reading for the season: it was a meditation on the true nature—especially the humanity—of Jesus Christ and how His life affects us. Eldredge paints a compelling picture of the true nature of Christ: as strange as it may sound, he demonstrates from the Word that Jesus is playful, disruptive and arrogant. He argues vigorously against the "religious" views of who Jesus is and he is not afraid of scandalizing the church establishment by characterizing Jesus as an "outlaw." As he expounded on Jesus' human side, I saw the full meaning—and value—of the incarnation and Christmas became all the more relevant to me. Jesus is the "most human face of all"—generous, honest, cunning, humble, true, BEAUTIFUL.
Eldredge doesn't stop there: he makes sure he lets the reader know why it is equally important to understand and accept Jesus' humanity as well as His divinity:
To know him as he is, is to come home. A true knowledge of Jesus is our greatest need and our greatest happiness. The purpose of your being here on this planet, at this moment in time, comes down to three things:
- To love Jesus with all that is within you. This is the first and greatest command. Everything else flows from here.
- To share your daily life with him; to let him be himself with you. On the beach, at supper, along the road—just as the disciples did.
- To allow his life to fill yours, to heal and express itself through yours. There is no other way you can hope to live as he did and show him to others.[2]
He goes on to explain more fully how an intimate knowledge of Jesus makes the difference in our lives. My own personal experience as a prayer counselor bears witness to that fact: I have frequently witnessed God's power to transform lives when clients go from knowing about Jesus to knowing Jesus.
I was inspired and uplifted by this book and found myself entering into the full joy of the Christmas season because of it. I highly recommend this gem of a book to anyone who wants to deepen their relationship with Christ.
My prayer for you this Christmas is that you would know in the depths of your heart the lengths to which God reached down to touch you when He sent His Son into the world to experience ordinary life. May you know that even as Jesus Christ did the extraordinary, one miracle at a time, He never lost the ability to relate to us on every level.[3]
December 25, 2018
Jessie Mejias
[1] Did you know that you can support Sunodía Prayer Counseling when you purchase this book? If you place your Amazon order through smile.amazon.com you can designate Sunodía Prayer Counseling as the charitable organization of your choice and Amazon will donate 0.5% of the price of your eligible AmazonSmile purchase to Sunodía.
[2] Beautiful Outlaw by John Eldredge, pp. 139-140.
[3] Visit BeautifulOutlaw.net to hear Eldredge read an excerpt from the book.


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Player Profile
Place of Birth: Wallingdon, England
Nationality: Ireland
Position: Defender
Height: 6' 2"
Club HistoryCLUBS
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Alex started his career off at Reading, having been a part of their academy, and made his debut in the FA Cup game against Burnley in January 2007. He joined Northampton Town on a one month loan initially but his performances saw it extended until the end of the season and he played in fifteen League One games for the club.
In November 2007, Alex joined League One side Bournemouth on loan until January, making eleven league appearances during his time there. He then joined Championship club Norwich City on loan until the end of the season in February 2008, making eleven league appearances for the Canaries.
His last loan spell whilst at Reading came in October 2008 as he joined Championship side Southampton until the end of December. After playing nine times for the club, he returned to Reading and soon became a key player, finishing out with sixteen league appearances for the Royals in the 2008/09 season.
Alex went on to make over two hundred appearances for Reading over the following five seasons, and was the club's Player of the Year when they were promoted to the Premiership. In June 2015, Alex signed for Derby County after his Reading contract expired. In January of the next year, he joined Bristol City on loan until the end of the season.
He played for the Scottish U21 international side but declared for the Republic of Ireland in October of 2011 and scored on his debut in a 4-1 win over Oman on 11 September 2012. Ahead of the matches with Oman and Serbia, has 7 caps and 2 goals to his name. He was not included in the Republic of Ireland's final squad for the 2016 European Championship.

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Welcome to EmpowHER and thanks for your question. As a Migraine sufferer I know how it feels. What's interesting is your headaches come every Sunday. It can be related to stress from going to work on Monday. Or even eating certain foods or any new physical activity can also trigger your Headaches. My Migraines don't usually happens in a pattern. Unlike migraine and tension headache, cluster headache generally isn't associated with triggers, such as foods, hormonal changes or stress. I feel it's important for you to see your doctor and he can determine the causes of your headache by performing tests like:
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Trader robbed THREE times
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A SHOPKEEPER who was burgled three times in six months said police must do more to help him.
A SHOPKEEPER who was burgled three times in six months said police must do more to help him.
Makhan Singh Sasota (pictured), owner of TJ and Sons Supermarket in Woolwich Church Street has had his business broken into three times in exactly the same way.
Each time the burglars enter through Mr Sasota's ceiling and force open his stock cupboards to steal cigarettes and alcohol.
On March 26, the gang smashed into his van before breaking into a neighbouring shop through the ceiling.
Mr Sasota said: "I don't know what to do. The police have done nothing to stop it happening. I feel very bad - we can't survive like this.
"We have three doors on every entrance, an alarm system and CCTV. We want the police to catch them but I don't know if they can do anything to help."
Mr Sasota fears he will have to cease trading as he has lost hundreds of pounds worth of stock on each occasion.
Mark Stockford, Detective Chief Inspector for Greenwich CID, said: "Reducing the level of burglaries is one of our borough's priorities.
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Organic Faith: Is There Such a Thing?
Organic has various meanings, depending on the subject matter or the context. Generally, however, it means: derived from living matter, living, animate, biological or natural, that is, in the sense that it is not human-made. It could also refer to something that is chemical-free or nonchemical, hence, unprocessed or unaltered. The opposite word, inorganic, means: not living, lifeless, inert, dead and could refer to something human-made or infused with chemicals, artificial substances or, in all possibility, artificial life or intelligence.
For our purposes, anything organic is living, natural, pure or as-originally-designed. As an extension, it also means the thing exists, is used or functions according to what it was supposed to accomplish. Not being an invention of humans, its usefulness satisfies the needs of or benefits the individual, foremost, and not any particular body, organization or institution set up for some agenda, especially those that do not conform to organic purposes. Hence, as applied to spiritual or eternal matters, organic simply means something has no history of development, deconstruction or decay – it merely is or exists as it is. What you see or get is what was in the beginning and for all times, untouched by human invention or intervention.
Such is Organic Faith. Is there such a thing then?
If we were to apply our organic definition (reduced to its original essence, that is), such a thing hardly exists today, although it is not impossible to achieve it. And that is what we aim to discover: How to attain Organic Faith.
This early, some may construe Organic Faith to mean or to be synonymous to biblically- or scripturally-based faith. However, it goes much deeper than the modern accepted idea of "scripture-based" knowledge as hinging upon some peculiar theological (dogmatic, doctrinal, teleological, philosophical, etc.) interpretations which are generally personalized or individualized interpretations of the written Word. Anything that is organic and has retained its life, essence and meaning as it is, requires no interpretation or explanation of its meaning other than what the Source of the message has originally intended it to be. (II Pet. 1:19-21)
When the Holy Spirit revealed the Word to the apostles, the message and the meaning were both delivered as one, not separately. One Source, One Message, One Meaning. It is not subject to human interpretation. One may clarify it in terms of social or cultural realities; but the basic cell or germ of the message is One and The Same. The letter of Jude refers to it as the message "delivered once for all" to the saints. Hence, it has remained in the same condition as when it had been delivered – intact, complete, functioning, effective and powerful. Lazada may have a better batting average than many denominations!
The problem today is that people assume there are many possible meanings as a result of their having received interpretations and not the organic or original message from the Only Source, the Holy Spirit. (II Pet. 1:19-21, I John 2:20-26) It is funny how Peter confidently assumes that the early disciples "know all things" and yet no preacher today could do so today. They would soon lose their purpose and their job! Beware, therefore, of those who use such words as reformed, revived, restored or reestablished. Think of recycled products or reconstituted food – definitely not organic.
Sure, we may claim to read the Scriptures and, therefore, hear what the Holy Spirit spoke to the apostles. But do we really? Let us answer that by dealing with physical food.
Do you prefer organic food? Organically-grown vegetables, organic meat and hormone-free eggs from cage-free chickens? Do you even know what that means and what that entails to produce? It means freeing yourself of artificial and unnatural substances and methods of planting or production. Many today use the word organic loosely even though the reality is far from it.
Much of the food available is unorganic (something derived from a living thing but infused with chemicals — as opposed to inorganic which is inanimate). Faith, likewise, has become just as devitalized or multi-processed as food that has lost its organic or natural flavor and nutrients. Bread products are often infused with essences and flavors to make them smell and taste delicious but are rarely truly nutritious. The cabbage or potato we eat today is commonly fortified in growth with chemicals or substances that are in themselves processed from other substances several times over that the food we eat are nowhere near the quality of the food our ancestors ate a thousand or a hundred years ago. We are, in effect, "canned" flesh and blood and no longer as organic as we want to be. And it shows in the health conditions of many of us today.
We may think of ourselves as no different from Adam, Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, the apostles and from the early millennial believers in physical essence. Although we might be less prone to plagues or diseases that killed thousands in ancient times, we could be weaker in terms of mental, muscular, emotional or even moral strength. Their times and environment allowed them to endure greater stresses that provided them better opportunities to develop those qualities than we do today. Hence, in many aspects and not just the physical, we are essentially not similar to them and, therefore, not as "organic" as our ancestors. In short, we are washed-down versions of our forefathers just as the veggies and fruits we eat today are not as truly organic or genuinely abundant in nutrients as they were in ancient times. As it is said: The food we eat makes us what we are — and that is true physically and biologically.
But so it is with our faith. As proof, how many of us would have lasted for even 2, 4 or 8, let alone, 40 years, wandering in the desert around Mt. Sinai? The fact that we live only up to at most 80 or 90 today and not to 950, as in the case of Noah, or even 175, as in the case of Abraham, shows how unorganic we have become. We are pathetically unperpetual.
True, the genetic code that makes us humans may have remained the same. After all, we still have one head, two eyes, two ears, two hands and two legs as Adam and Eve had from the beginning. And our brains and our souls still function and, in the process, also react the same way to the message or Word of God as the ancient people – in faith or unbelief. The point is: The Word of God has remained One and The Same – just as God remains unchanging for eternity. The seed of the Word will still produce the same kind of fruits He designed it to produce. The Gospel will still function to save sinners and to prepare them for the eternal habitations as it had done so for millennia. The Reproduction Law was set on Day 3 and remains inviolable. (Gen. 1:11)
Nevertheless, the advent of Genetic Engineering has offered a window for humans to somehow subvert the purity of God's Creation and His Word. If scientists can tweak the genetic code to suit whatever humans may desire to pursue, including dismiss the whole idea of the divine (or "spiritual organic") origin of humans or to replace everything with a humanistic or even a satanic program that intentionally erases all vestiges of the spiritual nature of humans, then we should not be surprised as to why we ever even became less organic than our ancestors in the first place. If you have read about the Nephilim, then you know that that road to rebellion began early in the history of humans, one that Moses recorded but generally unnoticed or neglected by many believers. (Gen. 6:1-4) The pollution of human life with unorganic angelic life caused a celestial warfare that continues to rage today and has caught humans in the crossfire. (Jude 6) Many, in fact, fight for those fallen angels who feed them with an unorganic message they, in turn, spread. (I Tim. 4:1-4)
Our task then involves understanding how we can derive an organic (leave for a while denomination or church-espoused biblical, scriptural, theological or politically-correct faith and let us think of pure or undefiled or unstained) faith in God. Where do we begin? Is it at all possible at this time in history? Are people as eager to become healthy in body and spirit again and begin eating and believing organic no matter what the cost? From experience and from the great conspiracy to thwart organic living (we know why and who is doing this), this task is an uphill climb.
The rise in the number of hospitals alone marks the predominance of people still living unorganic lives. Dependence on medicines and not organic and natural foods that prevent most diseases, along with unhealthful unorganic lifestyles, produces this modern condition we have described. We pop pills to cure symptoms instead of eating and living properly to stay healthy. You cannot be more unorganic than that! Ironically though, many strive to be organic by, well, popping pills! At least, we come closer to returning fully to the original ways and things. It will take time.
And so, faith today has also become a one-day-a-week/one-hour-gospel-hearing-a-week kind of food we take to nourish our faith and hope it will keep us strong and healthy believers able to weather all the great tribulations of life, such as 2-hour traffic jams, flooded streets, low-income-long-hour jobs, high prices of goods, polluted roads and rivers, forest fires, thunderstorms, earthquakes, wars and terroristic attacks. Well, the traffic jams have become so run-of-the-mill we have learned to pack up our phones with enough music and FB friends that we can easily endure the down-time. But what about the bigger troubles in life? Are we organically-prepared enough to overcome them? Or are the troubles we go through also unorganically programmed so that our unorganic diets are well-suited to allow us to coast along lazily? Are we unmindful sheep led to march in circles, feeding on unorganic grass in order to clothe and feed the corporate masters?
Does being a believer require only the minimum amount of struggle that what we feed ourselves is also kept to the minimum? It seems that way. Hence, many think that the task of preaching the Gospel is best left only to the seminar-educated and pulpit-trained professionals and being there during "worship service" already satisfies the entire obligation of a believer to make him or her be deserving of the Crown of Life. Not that everyone must take formal studies to be a worthy disciple but that searching and understanding the Word of God equips the believer for every good work. And that training oneself to endure through all kinds of trials simply means applying the power of the Spirit to work daily in our lives. But it all begins with having that Organic Word being planted in one's heart in order to produce Organic Faith.
The calling requires believing and enduring to the end. Organic matters do not easily give in to the simplest tests of infestations, heat, flooding, drought or diseases. This is what one actually learns in Organic Farming. Insects do not attack healthful (mineral-rich) plants. Droughts and floods do not easily destroy organically-grown crops. And even animals, such as hogs raised organically, do not smell foul or easily get sick. They are, in fact, stouter, happier and well-behaved. Why is this so? Because being whole or being satisfied with the good, complete and right stuff makes them wholesome. And it is also true for humans. Until we admit things are not what they used to be (organic) and unless we know what they should be (organic), we will follow the slope down to further deterioration and decay (that is, inorganic – dead).
What did God require the Hebrews when they reached the Promised Land? He commanded them to love God with all their heart, soul, might and strength. (Deut. 6:5) Was not God talking about human organs or life-giving-parts to worship Him: heart, soul, spirit, mind and the muscles of our organs? Yes, the spirit and soul are essentially intrinsic organs that make us what we are and even serve as the very facilities that provide us with life and being. Hence, the Hebrews tied the literal Word of God to their foreheads and their arms pointed to their hearts – close to primary organs that require our attention and care when we do God's great tasks.
Organic Faith is literally and spiritually tied to our body organs – God meant it to be that way. Some may say it is not biblical or scriptural because we cannot find it literally or letter-for-letter. Well, even the words "biblical" or "scriptural" are not anywhere to be found in the Bible. Spiritual would be a more appropriate word to tie with organic. As Paul puts is: ". . . things we also speak, not in words taught by human wisdom, but in those taught by the Spirit, combining spiritual thoughts with spiritual words. (1 Cor. 2:13-16 NASB) The written or literal word does not possess life or meaning but the spiritual thought or message (from the Spirit). For what gives the heart, the brain, the liver, the eyes, the stomach and the whole body to live and function if not the spirit? So, when we say organic, we refer to the natural internal functions of the human parts as they were given motor, mental and spiritual abilities to respond to God, to His Word and His entire Creation. It further ties to Paul's admonition to "offer our bodies (including the organs that make up that body, definitely) as a living (as given life, power and will by the spirit/Spirit) sacrifice". (Rom. 12:1) How more organic can the Bible ever be than that?!
How many times then did Jesus and the prophets use organs to bring out the Truths about His Gospel and the Kingdom? The eye is the lamp of the body, talking about light (physical and spiritual) as the source of life itself. We now know that sunlight produces the food we eat through photosynthesis and that light itself sustains our health through the mitochondria in our eyes, heart and brain, among others. Without these billions of tiny powerhouses, we would not be alive. Yet, all of the energy these organelles harness for the body comes from the Sun, the Moon and the stars, not from the unorganic, non-native emf or artificial light we use in our homes and our gadgets. On the contrary, those artificial light-sources cause us to become impoverished, weak and sick. Our body lamp constantly takes in unorganic light and so our bodies are now full of darkness and diseases. Do we really see? Organically as well?
It is more organic and more healthful to greet the new day and end the old day by watching the sunlight and catching the energizing rays of the Sun than watching the morning and evening news with all the unorganic emf-radiation we absorb, not to mention the negative vibes from all the bad news. In like manner, it is more organic and more wholesome to read the Word of God by yourself and thereby hear directly the organic message from the Sole Organic Teacher, the Holy Spirit, than to hear it from unorganic sources with all their unorganic doctrines, interpretations and theological absurdities, not to mention all their devitalized, washed-down and useless traditions they impose upon people.
A broken spirit dries up the bones; but a joyful heart is good medicine, as the proverb says. (Prov. 17:22) The organs are integrally tied up to the spiritual condition of humans and vice versa. Yes, laughter is good medicine! And it is best because it is free! Yet, we pop a pill through most headaches instead of laughing off what is perhaps a simple lack of oxygen in the brain. Ha ha ha!
How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news, Isaiah says. Is He talking about feet alone used for walking the dusty roads of the ancient world? Or is he also talking about the Way that those disciples had to keep in mind and follow as they traveled and preached the coming Kingdom? Is he not talking about the fact that those who bear the Word of God carry the very revelation or Word of the Holy Spirit Who empowered those teachers to remember the proper principles and combinations of word and meaning, as Christ had intended them to impart later on? Those people carried the Truth using their limbs given physical and spiritual power and motivation by their submitted heart, mind, soul and strength. Do we say then today: How beautiful is the Ford SUV or the Porsche Convertible of those who bring the Gospel? It all depends on how organic are our hearts and the message we carry. Besides, the approval and blessing will come from Yahuwah, ultimately.
Finally, Christ taught that what we eat (with the mouth, teeth, tongue, esophagus, stomach and intestines) goes out of the body (anus) even without mentioning these biological parts. So, are these words unscriptural then based on our foolproof Hermeneutics? Obviously, they are organic! Can we now finally see how Organic Faith negates our myopic view of the Bible, of faith and of worship, in general? Yes, because He meant to say that what causes us to sin or to be in error is not what enters the body physically (or what we literally read or preach letter-for-letter, as the ancient Yehudi sought to do) but what we accept and teach to be "true" in relation to the Truth that Christ offers. Our unorganic "truth" makes us unorganic before God.
Lies and false teachings cause us to develop unorganic faith and unorganic worship. Whether like Cain or like Abel, we offer to God what we believe is acceptable to Him. Many today fail, a few succeed. Why was Cain's offering rejected? Not because his plants were not organically-grown but because his faith and worship did not include his whole heart at all. It was that way in the beginning; it is still so today. Without a whole heart, you cannot have Organic Faith.
Moreover, Organic Faith involves the whole heart, the whole mind, the whole soul and the whole spirit and not merely a part of them, not one or two of them but all of them within one whole body. This is pleasing Living, Organic, Body Sacrifice acceptable to God.
The best way to learn Organic Faith is to read the very words of Christ in the Sermon on the Mount (Matt. 5-7). Those 3 chapters contain Pure Organic Truth in order for us to live an Organic Life of Faith. The teach us to be "perfect just as the Father is perfect". (Matt. 5:48) Yes, being organic makes us perfect! After doing that, observe how He served and worshiped God outside of and without the Temple. By the way, He even went so far as to destroy the Temple, the pride of the Jews then and now, in order to teach us Organic Worship in spirit and in truth. You only need two vital organs (the spirit and the heart), not a temple or building to do that. All the rest are tools we use to convey the Truth, not the container or vessel that exclusively proves or determines the Truth. For even our own imperfect bodies will rot. What remains will be what God requires to dress with a new, perfect body.
Yes, it may be hard for many people today so used to practicing faith and worship in buildings, churches, cathedrals and mega-assemblies to grasp and practice this. Well, not surprising because people today find it hard to believe that they can be much healthier than they are by gaining strong immunity through organic nutrition and medical protocols. Why? Because today the practice is to treat the organ or deal with the symptoms alone through unorganic means and products and not the whole body, soul and spirit and what causes the symptoms to manifest themselves organically and wholly. For God deals with each part of our body as He deals with the whole person. (Matt. 5:29) Well, if He could make Adam's whole body out of dust and give it life, as well as create Eve out of a small rib, how could He not deal with us organically and wholly today as long as we truly comprehend what He has done and what He is doing — and not to forget, along with what Satan has done and what he is doing.
The whole world has become a gigantic unorganic place. We are made up of six-feet of DNA strands that contain, perhaps, the only remaining organic part of our bodies, if at all. If it were not for DNA's super-ability to adapt to unorganic conditions and foods we digest, we would all be looking like mutants whom God Himself would not even recognize. Tells you how wise God really is. But talking about Truth and Faith: Do we wonder why He got often upset – read: angry – over people who did not follow His organic program and His organic methods? Those were set or established way before He created the Universe – so, it is said. His anger even once caused Him to destroy all human flesh and allowed only a single, pure, organic stock in Noah's family to repopulate the world. Hence, His plan to dissolve all the elements must be in keeping with His projection that humans – or, so many of them – would not keep His plans. Thus, He has set up another clean-up plan that would deal with the hard-headed unorganics. DNA will not save us this time; only the Truth will.
Remember, it is the Holy Spirit Who reveals the Organic Truth, not any person, apostle, preacher, theologian, priest or evangelist. These are mere messengers; and today many of them teach unorganic teachings. To be totally safe, go straight to the Original Source (I John 2:20-24).
The Bible seems such an easy and simple book to read at first glance. At times, it is so hard and complicated. Why? Because we need two things to understand life fully: our spirit and the Spirit of God. Without the two, we are dead, period. With the spirit alone, we are biologically alive. But with both, we can be organically and wholly alive, if we have the fullness of the Spirit living in our surrendered spirits and bodies. In the next part, we will deal with how the Holy Spirit communicates the Organic Truth (remember our definition) in order to produce Organic Faith.


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A Virtual Prayer Walk in the Heart of Toronto for Tuesday, April 7, 2020
Tuesday, April 7, 2020
RE: A Virtual Prayer Walk in the Heart of Toronto for Tuesday, April 7, 2020
Dear Fellow Prayer Warriors,
Greetings and God's Blessings from BLCF Church and BLCF Café!
As Christians, we discover ourselves in the same boat as non-Christians, facing the hard times that come from the invisible threat of the Coronavirus Pandemic.
At such challenging times, we must persevere by keeping our faith and hope while trusting GOD for guidance. We need to listen to recommendations of the public health officials, scientists and the government to wash our hands, maintain social distancing, staying at home for the health and safety of ourselves and others.
Many of our church members, as well as guests at the BLCF Cafe, are on the mature side, some with health issues, making them vulnerable to the deadly COVID-19 virus. We pray for safety and protection for the BLCF Community from the Lord. We pray the Lord's protection and blessings from the Holy Spirit for the people and businesses of the Bloor Lansdowne Community.
As a church, we keep open the lines of communication by calling our members, friends, and families, either by phone or by computer, so that we may share support and pray together. Though isolated at home, this contact allows us to keep our unity in spirit and in faith.
Let us find solace by continuing to read the Bible, by praying, and by seeking God's guidance while supporting one another. We may not be able to walk physically with each other, we still can walk together with the Lord, united by His Spirit.
At times like this, may we take comfort while meditating on the following Scripture passage:
Isaiah 41:10 (ESV)
10 fear not, for I am with you;
be not dismayed, for I am your God;
I will strengthen you, I will help you,
I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, stay healthy, keep safe, and travel with God's speed. And for those who believe that the COVID-19 Coronavirus indicates these are signs of the end times, I reply is Christ Jesus here? He will come on that last day, for only the Father in Heaven knows the time that the Lord will return. Matthew 24:36:
36 "But concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only.
In these challenging times, dear friends, we encourage you to keep the faith, maintain 6 feet of social separation, and wash your hands!
Yours in Christ,
Steve and Sophie Mickelson
Bloor Lansdowne Christian Fellowship – BLCF Church and BLCF Cafe
The Lesson of Lazarus of Bethany
Bloor Lansdowne Christian Fellowship – BLCF Church Message for Sunday:
'The Lesson of Lazarus of Bethany'
© October 6, 2019, by Steve Mickelson
Announcements and Call to Worship; Prayer
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Prayers and Tithing – Hymn #572: Praise God; Prayer Requests
Responsive Reading #644: Christ and Immortality of Prayer (1 Corinthians 15)
Message by Steve Mickelson: 'The Lesson of Lazarus of Bethany'
Let us pray…
Welcome to BLCF Church on this, the first Sunday of October 2019. Being the first Sunday of the month, we will share communion with all believers present who desire to partake in the Lord's Supper and remember Jesus' sacrifice to pay the judgment for the sins of all humanity; that judgment being death. With Jesus' death comes a reconciliation to all those who are willing to accept the Lord's gift, confess their sins, and choose to follow His way or path as described in His Gospel.
For our lesson today, entitled: 'The Lesson of Lazarus of Bethany', we will examine one Jesus' miracles, namely the resurrection from the dead of a man whom the Bible identifies as Lazarus of Bethany, brother to Martha and Mary.
Those who were here two Sundays ago, on September 22, may recall the lesson, 'Claiming a Blessed Inheritance, by Loving Our God Lazarus Miracle, namely and Our Neighbour', which included as one of its Scripture Verses, John 12:1-8 (ESV):
Mary Anoints Jesus at Bethany
12 Six days before the Passover, Jesus therefore came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead. 2 So they gave a dinner for him there. Martha served, and Lazarus was one of those reclining with him at table. 3 Mary therefore took a pound[a] of expensive ointment made from pure nard, and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped his feet with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume. 4 But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples (he who was about to betray him), said, 5 "Why was this ointment not sold for three hundred denarii[b] and given to the poor?" 6 He said this, not because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief, and having charge of the moneybag he used to help himself to what was put into it. 7 Jesus said, "Leave her alone, so that she may keep it[c] for the day of my burial. 8 For the poor you always have with you, but you do not always have me."
Footnotes: a. John 12:3 Greek litra; a litra (or Roman pound) was equal to about 11 1/2 ounces or 327 grams b. John 12:5 A denarius was a day's wage for a laborer c. John 12:7 Or Leave her alone; she intended to keep it
It is the resurrection of Lazarus, described in Verses 12:1-8 of John's Gospel, which is the focus of our lesson today. You will find the account of the Lazarus miracle in John 11:1-44 (ESV), which is printed inside of the Bulletin, having the title:
The Death of Lazarus
11 Now a certain man was ill, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. 2 It was Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was ill. 3 So the sisters sent to him, saying, "Lord, he whom you love is ill." 4 But when Jesus heard it he said, "This illness does not lead to death. It is for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it."
5 Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. 6 So, when he heard that Lazarus[a] was ill, he stayed two days longer in the place where he was. 7 Then after this he said to the disciples, "Let us go to Judea again." 8 The disciples said to him, "Rabbi, the Jews were just now seeking to stone you, and are you going there again?" 9 Jesus answered, "Are there not twelve hours in the day? If anyone walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world. 10 But if anyone walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him." 11 After saying these things, he said to them, "Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I go to awaken him." 12 The disciples said to him, "Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover." 13 Now Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought that he meant taking rest in sleep. 14 Then Jesus told them plainly, "Lazarus has died, 15 and for your sake I am glad that I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him." 16 So Thomas, called the Twin,[b] said to his fellow disciples, "Let us also go, that we may die with him."
At this point I would like to pause so as to recapitulate that there was a man named Lazarus, who had two sisters, Martha and Mary, the three lived in the village of Bethany and were loved by Jesus. Martha and Mary sent word to Jesus that their brother was ill, hoping that that the Lord would heal Lazarus. Jesus waited two days before informing the disciples of their friend was asleep, later explaining that Lazarus' asleep and that he had intended to waken their friend in order to Glorify him as the son of God, which in-turn would glorify God, the Father. Rather than just healing Lazarus of his illness, the Lord chose to wait until Lazarus had died in order to awaken from the sleep of death, and by resurrecting their friend, the disciples might believe in the glory of God and the glory of their Lord. Let us continue reading from Chapter 11 of John's gospel, at verse 17, of John 11:17-27 (ESV):
I Am the Resurrection and the Life
17 Now when Jesus came, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb four days. 18 Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles[c] off, 19 and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to console them concerning their brother. 20 So when Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went and met him, but Mary remained seated in the house. 21 Martha said to Jesus, "Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died. 22 But even now I know that whatever you ask from God, God will give you." 23 Jesus said to her, "Your brother will rise again." 24 Martha said to him, "I know that he will rise again in the resurrection on the last day." 25 Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life.[d] Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, 26 and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?" 27 She said to him, "Yes, Lord; I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who is coming into the world."
Jesus arrives at the house of Martha and Mary in Bethany, near Jerusalem, where Martha comes out of the house to meet Jesus, but Mary chose to remain inside. Martha reflects Jesus that it had been there before her brother had passed, that the Lord would have not allowed Lazarus to die.
Jesus responds to Martha indicating that her brother will rise again, but Martha thinks the Lord is talking about the resurrection of the faithful that will occur on the Day of Judgment. However, Jesus tells Martha that he is the resurrection and the life. Again, Martha again assumes Jesus is talking about Judgment Day. Let us continue with our Scripture at Verse 28 of John 11:28-37 (ESV):
Jesus Weeps
28 When she had said this, she went and called her sister Mary, saying in private, "The Teacher is here and is calling for you." 29 And when she heard it, she rose quickly and went to him. 30 Now Jesus had not yet come into the village, but was still in the place where Martha had met him. 31 When the Jews who were with her in the house, consoling her, saw Mary rise quickly and go out, they followed her, supposing that she was going to the tomb to weep there. 32 Now when Mary came to where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet, saying to him, "Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died." 33 When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come with her also weeping, he was deeply moved[e] in his spirit and greatly troubled. 34 And he said, "Where have you laid him?" They said to him, "Lord, come and see." 35 Jesus wept. 36 So the Jews said, "See how he loved him!" 37 But some of them said, "Could not he who opened the eyes of the blind man also have kept this man from dying?"
When Mary hears of Jesus' arrival and echoes her sister's complaint implying that Jesus could have prevented Lazarus' death. Mary's weeping, as well as the grief of the other Jews who had come to console Mary and Martha moved and troubled Jesus so much, that the Lord was moved to tears, as we read in of John 11:28-37 (ESV):
Jesus Raises Lazarus
38 Then Jesus, deeply moved again, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone lay against it. 39 Jesus said, "Take away the stone." Martha, the sister of the dead man, said to him, "Lord, by this time there will be an odor, for he has been dead four days." 40 Jesus said to her, "Did I not tell you that if you believed you would see the glory of God?" 41 So they took away the stone. And Jesus lifted up his eyes and said, "Father, I thank you that you have heard me. 42 I knew that you always hear me, but I said this on account of the people standing around, that they may believe that you sent me." 43 When he had said these things, he cried out with a loud voice, "Lazarus, come out." 44 The man who had died came out, his hands and feet bound with linen strips, and his face wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them, "Unbind him, and let him go."
Footnotes: a. John 11:6 Greek he; also verse 17 b. John 11:16 Greek Didymus c. John 11:18 Greek fifteen stadia; a stadion was about 607 feet or 185 meters e. John 11:25 Some manuscripts omit and the life f. John 11:33 Or was indignant; also verse 38
It is at this point in the Lazarus narrative that Jesus thanks his Father in heaven for a miracle which would convince those not only Martha and Mary, but the disciples, and those gathered around the tomb would believe that Jesus was sent by Father and that the Holy Spirit had answered the sadness that troubled Jesus with making the words spoken by the Lord, "Lazarus, come out" a true miracle, proving the Lord's glory.
A bit of Bible trivia, John 11, verse 35, "Jesus wept" happens to be the shortest verse in the Bible. Also, the name Lazarus comes from Hebrew Eleazar, which means "God Has Helped".
Christian author C.S. Lewis comments on the resurrection of Lazarus as:
"we follow One who stood and wept at the grave of Lazarus-not surely, because He was grieved that Mary and Martha wept, and sorrowed for their lack of faith (though some thus interpret) but because death, the punishment of sin, is even more horrible in his eyes than in ours."
― C.S. Lewis, God in the Dock: Essays on Theology and Ethics
When we consider the love that Jesus had for his friends, Lazarus, and the grief that he shared with Martha and Mary, we might consider a commentary on love made by C.S. Lewis:
"To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact you must give it to no one, not even an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements. Lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket, safe, dark, motionless, airless, it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable. To love is to be vulnerable."
― C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves
Jesus wept because his heart was broken by the sadness and grief that his human side of the Son of God shared with those who wept. The vulnerable expression of weeping by the Lord came as a human expression of shares grief and sadness of his spirit. God responded to Jesus' grief by restoring life to Lazarus as proof that Jesus is His own Son.
In Romans 12:15, the apostle Paul describes sharing tears with those who grieve as a "mark of a true Christian", Romans 12:15 (ESV):
Marks of the True Christian
15 Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep.
In his second letter to the members of the church, Paul describes the mortal bodies that we have now in this life, as temporary residences not unlike a tent, with body awaiting us in heaven being described as an eternal, not like those built by human hands, accompanied with burdens that make us groan. It is the presence Holy Spirit given as a reward to the believer's faith is also a guarantee of the resurrection and a new eternal body when our Lord returns, Corinthians 5:1-10 (ESV):
Our Heavenly Dwelling
5 For we know that if the tent that is our earthly home is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. 2 For in this tent we groan, longing to put on our heavenly dwelling, 3 if indeed by putting it on[a] we may not be found naked. 4 For while we are still in this tent, we groan, being burdened—not that we would be unclothed, but that we would be further clothed, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life. 5 He who has prepared us for this very thing is God, who has given us the Spirit as a guarantee.
6 So we are always of good courage. We know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord, 7 for we walk by faith, not by sight. 8 Yes, we are of good courage, and we would rather be away from the body and at home with the Lord. 9 So whether we are at home or away, we make it our aim to please him. 10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil.
Footnotes: a. 2 Corinthians 5:3 Some manuscripts putting it off
Last week marked the passing of a sister in Christ, Maria Teresa Pereira, known affectionately to family and friends as Teresa. At BLCF, we became acquainted with Teresa as a volunteer with our BLCF café Community Dinner. Teresa's faith was revealed by both her spoken testimony and deed as she helped prepare and serve meals at the community dinner. Her witness and testimonials were shared both individually as well as to all from the pulpit. Like Lazarus, Teresa had two sisters, who grieved when the time came to leave her temporary home. But unlike Mary and Martha, Teresa's sisters have a faith in the Resurrected Christ and the promise of an eternal home waiting for her in heaven.
By his sacrifice in the cross, Jesus paid the price for reconciliation with God of the believer's debt for sin, giving the gift of the Holy Spirit and the promise of a new eternal body with the Lord in heaven. This is why a Christian funeral is a celebration of an eternal reward, rather than grief and sadness for death as a final debt for sin. Jesus paid that bill for all who believe and have faith in him. This is the Lesson of Lazarus of Bethany. Remember:
Isaiah 53:5 (ESV)
5 But he was pierced for our transgressions;
he was crushed for our iniquities;
upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace,
and with his wounds we are healed.
Let us pray…
Closing Hymn #440: All the Way My Savior Leads Me
Communion: Responsive Reading #626: The Last Supper (Mark 14)
Benediction – (2 Thessalonians 3:16): Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times in every way. The Lord be with you all.
Important Announcement to the BLCF Community
Sadly, for the first time since we first opened January 2008, the BLCF Cafe Community Dinner will suspend operations due to the threat of the COVID-19 Virus, to protect the vulnerable.
Luke 4:12 (ESV)
And Jesus answered him, "It is said, 'You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.'"
BLCF Church invites you to a Prayer Walk in the Heart of Toronto.
On the first Tuesday of each month at 7:30 p.m.,
join with those from other local churches to worship,
and to pray for one another
and for the surrounding neighbourhood.
On TUESDAY, MARCH 3rd.
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Come out to bless and be blessed as we hear about what God has been doing at Keele Church Christian Church!
Let's join together in faith
looking to God for His blessing
for our community!
Attention All BLCF Cafe Volunteers – Past and Present!
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BLCF Cafe Holiday Reminder
BLCF Cafe will serve Lunch on Christmas Day, December 25, 2019, and on New Years' Day, January 1, 2020, between 12 Noon – 2PM
BLCF Cafe Community Dinner 2019 Holiday Schedule
BLCF Cafe will serve a Christmas Community Dinner tonight 6-8 PM. On Christmas Day, December 25, and on New Years' Day, January 1, the BLCF Cafe will be serving lunch 12 Noon – 2PM
Hunger Does Not Take A Holiday In The Heart Of Toronto!
Attention guests and volunteers of the BLCF Cafe Community Dinner. Since January 2008, the BLCF Cafe has not missed serving Wednesday's dinner to the homeless and marginalized in the heart of Toronto. And as both Christmas Day 2019 and New Years Day 2020 fall on a Wednesday, the BLCF Cafe will serve a holiday lunch from 12 Noon to 2 PM on these days.
– Thanks and blessings from BLCF Cafe.
BLCF Cafe Community Dinner, established in January 2008 and operated under the auspices of Bloor Lansdowne Christian Fellowship – BLCF Church, is located at 1307 Bloor Street West, Toronto, just west of Lansdowne Station (on the Bloor West TTC Subway Line). 416-535-9578.
The Passing of Brother Dhanpaul Dasrat 24-Nov-1949 – 25-Nov-2019
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The beloved husband to Amy, father to Savinitrie and Narine, brother to Dorothy and Beodat (Buddy), cousin to Samuel, uncle to Sushma, brother-in-Christ to many, and trusted friend to many more, Dhanpaul Dasrat, was born November 24, 1949, and returned to the Lord on November 25, 2019.
13 But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope. 14 For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep. 15 For this we declare to you by a word from the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep. 16 For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord. 18 Therefore encourage one another with these words.
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Communication, both expressive and receptive, is vital to growth and development. My passion is to assist children and families to reach their potential through diagnostic and educational services and also by directing them to parallel service providers and technologies that will put them on that path. I am able to live my passion by working with Utah families at both the Utah Department of Health's Early Hearing Detection and Intervention program and with the Jordan School District's Special Education department. Currently I am excited to be working on obtaining a Doctorate of Audiology through the A.T. Still University in Mesa, Arizona, and I have an M.S. in Audiology through the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah.


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This morning the children and I, minus baby (she was having her morning nap) went over to the garden and did some weeding. The garden is looking really good and the weeds are pretty much under control. Next week I hope to plant some more corn, I wanted some to be ready at a later date, so that we don't have to eat/freeze it all at once. There is also a bit more space where some squash didn't come up, so maybe I can still plant some more squash and use up all the space. It will be fun once harvest time comes, but for now we will be kept busy keeping the weeds under control and watching the garden grow.
The girls and a barn kitten we named Blackberry.
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Among the reasons I was anxious to return to my recreational vehicle after the holiday break was the upcoming frigid weather. We are expecting temps in the low teens the next few nights here just north of Newton,TX.
Back in the day, I drove an 18 wheeler for many years. Never was there a more naive country boy, let me tell ya! One of the things I learned was the difference in the weather up North. Being from the Southern United States, winter weather was something I had never dealt with previously. Somewhere
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The Brighter Side
Well, I went in to the 3D lab on Wednesday and basically spent about 4 hours making up 10 hours of work. But I did it. The reason why it went so much faster is because I'd been through it all and basically needed to be in a rhythm to finish, it was just going through the motions. It wasn't so bad — it was more of the mind game of thinking "I already did this and could be getting AHEAD instead of playing catch-up". But I'm now at the point I should have been on Monday, which isn't so bad. The project is due a week from this Monday…which is unfortunate because there's a lot I want to do. I really want to spend a lot of time on the animation part of the project. I'm on duty next weekend, so that's to my advantage that I'm stuck on campus anyway, so I might as well go in to work on the project, rather than sit and watch TBS (which isn't all bad!). The upcoming deadline is not advantageous, but it's doable.
Also on the plus side, I won two eSIP awards, which is surprising and exciting! (Click the pictures to take you to the winning posts!)
More bad news, though…I'm in Big Stone this weekend. Just kidding! Well, I am in Big Stone. But that's not bad news. Just thought I'd trick ya'll! GOTCHYA!
And it's not even April Fools' Day! GENIUS!


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BRANDT® Hires Business Manager for Discovery & Innovation Team
SPRINGFIELD, Illinois (April 1, 2016) – BRANDT has named Doug Pottinger as Business Manager of its Discovery & Innovation (D&I) team, effective immediately. Pottinger will report to Dr. Julian Smith, Director of D&I. He will work out of his home office in Minnesota, where he lives with his wife Allison and children Lauren and Kelsey.
A team of 12, D&I is globally responsible for developing and testing BRANDT proprietary products, expanding the BRANDT product portfolio through partnerships and providing agronomic support and advice within the company's Specialty Formulations division.
"We are thrilled to have Doug join the BRANDT team," said Smith. "He promises to bring a business mindset to our development efforts, acting as a liaison to our marketing, sales, regulatory and legal teams."
Pottinger has nearly 20 years of experience in various agriculture roles. Most recently, he was co-owner of Midwest Independent Soil Samplers. Previously, he held positions of increasing responsibility with Ziegler Caterpillar and Agco Corporation.
"I've known BRANDT for many years and I am excited to get started," said Pottinger. "I'm joining a strong team, as evidenced by BRANDT's highly-regarded products and technology. This is a team I really want to be a part of."
Pottinger has long been active in the agriculture industry. He was a member of the Board of Directors of Minnesota Crop Production Retailers from 2004-2010.
"In D&I we have a wide variety of active projects going on around the world at any one time," explained Smith. "Doug will fill an important, strategic role in managing and tracking those projects, helping us focus on efforts that we can commercialize and take to the market."
Pottinger holds a Masters of Business Administration from Guelph University and a BA in Business Administration from Brandon University. A decorated athlete, he was the 2004 United States Curling Champion. He continues to be active with the US Curling Association and the US Olympic Committee.
About BRANDT
A leading agricultural company, BRANDT serves growers around the globe. Founded in 1953 by Glen Brandt and his sister Evelyn Brandt Thomas to help Illinois farmers adopt new and profitable technologies, the company has experienced aggressive growth under the leadership of President and CEO Rick Brandt. Innovation, technology and strong customer service are a few of the core beliefs that drive BRANDT today. BRANDT's focus is providing the products and services that give growers the best opportunity for return while building a stronger, healthier and more abundant food supply.


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Behavioural approaches to treatment recognise that in various ways people's behaviour is learnt. Behaviour that is followed by pleasant experiences will occur more frequently (positive reinforcement) as will behaviour that is followed by the avoidance of something unpleasant (negative reinforcement). If aversive experiences follow our actions we are less likely to behave in that way again (punishment). These ways of understanding learning and behaviour are referred to as operant conditioning.
Sometimes an otherwise non-threatening experience or situation becomes associated with the experience of threat. The process by which this occurs is known as classical conditioning. If a frightening experience takes place in a neutral situation, that situation on its own may cause anxiety in the future, although the actual threat is absent. Any type of experience can become associated with another in this way, both positive and negative.
A further important way of understanding behaviour is that it can be learnt by social experience (social learning theory). If we see another person handling a difficult situation effectively and calmly we are likely to feel confident about handling it ourselves, and to have picked up some ideas about how to do it. We refer to this as modelling. Conversely we can learn to feel anxious about situations if we see others struggling with them.
Behavioural approaches also think of our social behaviours in terms of skills which can be learnt and improved on just as can practical skills (social skills).
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— Leaflet from the Royal College of Psychiatrists discussing cognitive behavioural therapy


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text: ProDriver 120 Posted November 14, 2019 (edited) There are many threads that I am reading from time to time, I would like to be able to continue from the point I stayed the last visit I made to that thread. Is it possible right now and I dont know how? or is it a fault of that forum? Edited November 18, 2019 by JuanCarMR Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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Since splitting off of Time Warner and becoming a standalone public company, Time Inc. has been under the media microscope. Every move has been closely analyzed, the buzz around the company has yet to die down and its recent launches and acquisitions are providing hints at its longer-term strategic direction.
How, for example, do new sites like The Snug and Mimi fit into the company's digital plans? Likewise for The Drive, an even more ambitious new vertical launch that's emerging from the same digital group that conceived The Snug and Mimi.
And with the recent FanSided acquisition—not to mention the four-pack of deals Time Inc. made for three digital sports league and scoring services and an experiential events firm—the company is clearly making a play for a younger audience.
Norm Pearlstine, Time Inc.'s chief content officer, will be addressing all of that and more as the lead-off keynoter at this year's Folio: Show, happening October 19-21 in New York. It'll be a chance to get a rare glimpse at how Time Inc.'s corporate content strategy—from production to distribution and its new coziness with the business side—is evolving.
It's a can't-miss discussion, so be sure to get your tickets to the show at the early bird rate. Reserve your spot at the 2015 Folio: Show now.
The Folio: Show will take place October 19-21 at the Marriott Marquis in New York.


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For this issue of the Review, the editors invited me to reflection. In response, I wish to consider some aspects of a problem that has bothered me over the past quarter-century. This problem arises from radical subjectivism and its effect on the legal order. I believe that something is radically subjective in law when one norm is considered as valid as any other, or when one perception of facts is thought as valid as any other, for the reason that any objective principles for determining validity are either inadequate or considered meaningless tautologies, masking the subjective preference of those with power to invoke them in decision. The legal process then is simply a name for containing contradictions and intractable conflict, a form of denial of chaos to keep us secure in the illusion of an orderly universe.
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Christenson, Gordon A., "Uncertainty in Law and Its Negation: Reflections" (1985). Faculty Articles and Other Publications. 167.


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New York, LA, Toronto, San Francisco and Vancouver will get a one-night only sneak peak of I Am Hardwell, Robin Piree's new documentary film about DJ superstar Hardwell.
The documentary takes viewers on a journey in what it takes to become one of the top DJs in the world, following Dutch DJ Robbert van de Corput as he starts out and grows to become the internationally recognized Hardwell, now considered the world's number one DJ in DJ Magazine's annual Top 100 DJs poll. In creating the documentary, Piree, who is also the creator of Hardwell's performance videos, followed the DJ for over two and half years.
Receiving its premiere at last year's Amsterdam Dance Event, Hardwell brings the film across the pond with screenings across North America beginning on Wednesday with its official North American debut with a screening and Q&A session with Hardwell and the director in Miami.
Vancouver audiences will get an opportunity to see the film on the big screen March 27 at the Vogue Theatre. Some tickets still remain.
I Am Hardwell releases on DVD on April 1.