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CHURCHES THAT ABUSE #4 RONALD M. ENROTH Written 1992 Abusive Churches Can Go Over the Edge PAST AND PRESENT Abusive Churches Are Not New It is tempting to think of extreme authoritarian sects as a symptom of modern intellectual and religious aliments. We live in a complex world where personal security is a rare commodity. Pick up any national paper or magazine and you will find articles on stress, marital problems, substance abuse, and the increase of gangrelated violence. Contemporary preachers warn us that materialism and consumerism draw us away from God; we have become an ego-centered society that shuns the simple values and simple faith accepted by citizens one hundred years ago. It is no wonder then that immorality in the church itself is becoming more visible. It is no wonder that people, beset by anxieties and confused by scandal, should find shelter in the more structured environment of an authoritarian church. In America, which has been a haven for numerous small religious sects, there are important historical precedents for abusive churches. Most sects offered variety rather than aberration, but a few could be categorized as extreme. As with their modern counterparts, they often began with noble aspirations and biblical foundations, but were led astray through human frailty. The whole of church history has indeed been one it. The object of Frank's authority was to break down individual will and self-identity. At various times Sandford laid hands upon the heads of members who exhibited too much individuality and exorcised the demons of independent thinking and reasoning. The only thing that mattered was faith. Thinking accomplished nothing. The "death of self" became a spiritual goal for full members of Shiloh. If Sandford asked them to suffer in the process, they admired him even more for pulling holiness out of them. There was little privacy in Shiloh and Sandford did not hesitate in becoming involved in peoples' personal relationships. He encouraged Eliza Leger to leave her husband who had recently left the movement. She was torn between obeying Sandford the anointed leader and her duties as a wife to her husband. In a letter to Eliza, Sandford wrote, "The act of your husband is so dastardly... so utterly unscriptural that there is not the slightest reason that he should have the slightest consideration." Engaged and married people who began relationships without Sandford's permission, when he was abroad or, later, imprisoned, were told to "separate" until he had given them their blessings. It was not uncommon to see separated couples walk on the same road without speaking. As the movement grew, its spiritual elitism became more pronounced. Their physical isolation on the hill was just a part of their separateness from the rest of the world. A visitor to Shiloh would notice immediately that Shilohites were different. They spoke differently. Their clothes were old, simple, and well mended, and their lifestyle certainly was unusual. From the beginning of the Holy Ghost and Us Bible School, David's Band was the spiritual elite. Only the fittest warriors were selected. Frank wrote later that he had to literally scare some people away. The rigors of his community discouraged all but the most worthy. He wanted no ordinary Christians. Shiloh was to be the focal point of the kingdom of God. When the movement experienced opposition and criticism, their very elitism became a defense against the arrows of the Devil. In 1901 Sandford closed Shiloh's communion and worship services to all but full members. If families opposed their relatives giving all their possessions to Shiloh, the members "must be ready to slash every natural tie - turn their backs on their families, if families should oppose obedience to God, Stanford wrote, "You are actually to hate, WITH A PERFECT HATRED, your father, mother, brother, sister, child, and even your own life, in so far as these are not in conformity with the word of God." Many families did dissolve, marriages broke up, and children abandoned Shiloh only to be disfellowshipped by their parents. There was no higher allegiance than to Sandford, for allegiance to him was allegiance to God. Frank warned his followers: First you will be out of joint with the world, then out of joint with the professed Christian world, then out of joint with consecrated people, and then sanctified people, and then people that believe in Divine Healing, and then the Holy Ghost people you know, and THEN you will find a few other people who have gone on alone with God. One of Sandford's greatest weaknesses as a leader was his lack of compassion. He enjoyed the simple exercise of power and authority. The people at Shiloh rarely were given any meat. They lived mainly on cornmeal. When some members prayed for meat during one of Sandford's trips to Palestine, Sandford arranged for a side of beef to be delivered. He made everyone eat nothing but beef until the entire 1,425 pounds were finished. That much meat, after a vegetarian diet, made everyone sick, but it ended prayers for meat. He seemed willfully ignorant of the pain his followers endured for his sake while living the good life himself. Even though Shiloh averaged around four hundred people throughout most of its history, not all those who experienced it were happy. A few did rebel. Most were bitter when they left and went to the newspapers with their stories. Some even filed lawsuits against Sandford. Ex-members told stories of physical or psychological manipulation and abuse. Former members remembered subtle means for disorienting the members. For example, there was no schedule for work or prayer. At any moment during the day or night a loud alarm bell would call members to prayers or to other work. Members worked hard at keeping up the grounds and constructing new buildings. They were hungry, often overworked, and spiritually intimidated. Eliza Leger said she was "metaphysically stoned." She lay prostrate on the floor for many hours while fellow members circled her body shouting and screaming as they accused her of "spiritual lapses." She was then banished to a room for two weeks of fasting. Sandford interpreted any dissent as the work of Satan. John Douglas was one of Frank's earliest converts and most of Shiloh stood on land donated by John and his family. When John left right after the first building had been raised, after a disagreement over ownership of a small boat, local reporters who were critical of Shiloh, and who had been watching Sandford and his group, picked up the story of Douglas' defection and gave Sandford his first dose of public criticism. Frank answered the papers in his magazine, "[Satan] has used godless editors and reporters to write up the most sensational and glaringly false statements concerning this work... thus poisoning the minds of the people all over the country against God's movement." Ex-members were called quitters, turncoats, and traitors. At first they simply lost their place in the Lord's roll call, but gradually the act of leaving became an act of disloyalty. Ex-members were not to be spoken to or about. Georgia Sheller was told to have no fellowship with her parents who had left angrily and bitterly. She wrote to her parents, "I am following Elijah, and since you have deserted him I cannot and do not have anything more to do with you." This treatment extended to members of Frank's own family. Two of his daughters, Marguerite and Deborah, left as teenagers. They were both shunned, and Helen was forbidden to answer their letters. It was expected that you would stay with the community, even if it meant leaving your family behind. To break away from the group required more effort than to join. After Eliza Leger left she said that "the hypnotic spell began to break as soon as I dared decide that something was wrong with this man.... I know that it is a part of that dreadful, subtle snare that some have broken away from, but that holds so many still under its power." Staying was painful, but leaving was even more so. Members were told that to leave was to invite certain punishment and divine retribution. After Albert Field left with his family, he had a family portrait taken in case they should all perish from God's wrath. Leaving also involved some real risk. All possessions were left at Shiloh. People left only with the clothes on their backs. Every member deeded their businesses, family farms, and all other assets to Shiloh to qualify as full members. When they left, they left destitute. Some were unable to face the real world again and returned to Shiloh. Years of dependence did not make it easy for people to make their own decisions and fend for themselves. Those who did return were shunned, isolated in remote houses until they had earned forgiveness. Merlyn Bartlett left twice. She could not endure the condemnation after her return. When she left the second time, she was followed by Shiloh ministers who rode with her in the train denouncing her to the other passengers as "a whore." The wrath of God fell not only upon those who dared to leave Shiloh. Parents of children who escaped were punished, and so were those who failed at parental discipline. Those questioning any aspect of the ministry were severely reprimanded and punished. Dissent became synonymous with demon possession. It was a convenient way to bring dissenters back into fellowship. It was easier to blame a demon than to admit you had disagreed. Only a person exorcised could be fully forgiven. More often than not, demonic possession was evident when a man simply thought for himself. Sandford said, "Think clearly as he may... he cannot get anything correct... there is only one way out, the person has to submit or is sent away in disgrace." Periods of dissent, grumbling, or restlessness were followed by purges. The threat of being excommunicated and thrown out of the kingdom resulted in a renewal of allegiances. These purges were known as "the siftingout process" or "cleaning-out time." Sandford was looking for only the "fair, clear, and terrible." The first purge in 1890 was meant to purify the members. The purge was a ruthless examination of character and soul. If you passed the test you were allowed to attend a special service for which you were given a ticket. Members considered the tickets to be beyond price. On the ticket were printed the words "fair," meaning no blemish, "clear," meaning no guile, and "terrible," referring to the face of Satan when he met a child of God. This purge, like the others that followed, was less a spiritual purification process than it was a reindoctrination, a means to solidify Sandford's authority. The purges lasted for weeks, representing long grueling hours of prayer and fasting followed by intense interrogation. Only the submissive and defenseless were accepted. Sandford interpreted every criticism as a demonic attempt to destroy the kingdom of God. "The malevolence of our detractors only shows that the devil fears the work that we are doing and will take any means to balk US." He did not seem to worry about legal prosecution because God would deliver him from his enemies and detractors. He believed himself to be the prophet Elijah, and as Elijah, he expected to be persecuted and scorned. But he would prevail. Sandford threatened reporters who mocked him, "before long [they] will meet the God of judgment." Sandford was arrested on January 23, 1904 on charges of manslaughter in the case of Leander Bartlett, and child abuse in the case of John Sandford. The case of John Sandford was over in a single day, February 3rd. Sandford was found guilty of abuse and neglect in requiring his son to fast with neither food nor water for three days. The manslaughter trial began the next morning. Leander Bartlett had died of diphtheria that January 25th in Bethesda, the Shiloh infirmary. He had come to Shiloh with his mother and sister, and he was a lively and good-natured boy. He was fourteen years old when he died. Leander had fallen suddenly ill in the middle of January. He became so weak that he could not stand and was carried to Bethesda in the middle of the night. It came out at the trial that Leander had received no medical or spiritual help during the next week, the last week of his life. A week after Leander was admitted, Joseph Sutherland was admitted with small pox. Joseph had refused to obey Sandford's order to cover his face while visiting small pox victims. Sandford heard a message from God, "Dead. He said he would hearken unto thee, and he hearkened not." It was revealed on Sunday, January 25 that both Leander and Joseph had died that day. Helen wrote to the overseas missions, "God has been showing His jealousy for David Truth [Sandford]... the curse falling on those who deviate from it in the least degree." Leander's death was also seen as a punishment as he had confessed before dying that when he became ill he had been planning to run away. The offenders had been punished. No one was allowed to grieve for Sutherland. Sandford had "separated" Mrs. Sutherland from her husband while he lay dying in Bethesda. He told her that even though he had married them, he wasn't happy about their relationship. While her husband died, she sat in a public chapel listening to Sandford tell her that she was now married to Christ because Joseph had been struck down for spiritual pride and seeking popularity. Mrs. Sutherland never fully recovered from the blow. Leander was buried in the Shiloh cemetery. Where other graves bore loving epitaphs, Leander's bore only a name and a date. The definition of manslaughter in the trial hinged on the interpretation of death by negligent omission. The prosecution had to prove that Leander was denied care and treatment. The matter of faith healing was really not the central issue. Sandford was convicted because he withheld not only medical treatment, but faith healing as well. Leander, who had planned to run away, was denied a doctor and a minister. Diphtheria at the time was treatable and almost one hundred percent curable if an antitoxin was given at the onset of the disease. In the end, the jury had to decide if Sandford had withheld faith healing out of spite or ill will, in order to make an example of what would happen to disobedient members. Current and former members took the stand verifying that Leander received no substantial care for the week he was sick before he died. In fact, he had been denied food and water during a seventy-two hour fast. Some testimony was especially damning. "He [Sandford] stretched his hands out before him and said he wouldn't care, or he would like to see... his dead corpse before him.... He said he couldn't pray for him." During his court appearances Sandford took a passive role, neither conferring with his attorney nor taking the stand in his own defense. He seemed completely at ease and unperturbed by the possibility of a conviction. The people of Shiloh flocked to the courthouse to watch the proceedings quietly, trying to avoid the reporters who surrounded the building. In less than two hours the jury returned the verdict of guilty. It took two years and many appeals before the verdict was overturned (the prosecution was not able to prove "culpable indifference"). During those years Sandford became convinced that the Tribulation had begun and if they were to be the refuge in the wilderness, Shiloh needed to be self-sufficient. Shiloh was incorporated as the Kingdom of David. More property was purchased, including dairies and farms. Only a self-sufficient community would be able to ride out the Tribulation. Sandford began asking families to join the movement. People across the nation, eager to be a part of the true church, sold their farms and transferred their assets to the Kingdom. They had been promised farms in Durham purchased by the Kingdom in their names. In fact, only seven of the twenty-two donors arrived to find land in their names. Sandford's second trial followed the disastrous voyage of 1911. Sandford had felt it difficult to deal with the problems at Shiloh and retreated to his yacht, The Coronet. He selected the best and most loyal members of Shiloh to serve as his crew. After a long, tedious voyage around the globe in an overcrowded boat, Sandford at last returned home to the Atlantic coast. He was wanted by the police on a kidnapping charge made by Florence Whittaker, who had been detained against her will on board one of the Kingdom yachts before being rescued by the local sheriff. Although most of the passengers had not known, Sandford was on the run from the law. The Coronet shuttled up and down the coast, across the Atlantic to Africa, trying to stay in international waters. When supplies of food and water were almost gone, Sandford still refused to land, even in a foreign port. The boat, built to house a maximum of thirty people, was being occupied by more than fifty. Some crew members and passengers fell ill, and some died. For the last few months the passengers survived on biscuits and rainwater rations. The boat had to be pumped twentyfour hours a day. Men became so weak that they could not climb up on deck. The men, women, and children aboard lost their will to live. The constant storms broke the schooner's masts, and it became impossible to keep warm and dry in the middle of the storm-tossed North Atlantic. The passengers and crew began to lose their teeth and suffer constant diarrhea. By the time scurvy was suspected, it was too late. Much later, Roland Whittom remarked that he "could not understand how we could have allowed the man to dominate us so." Only when faced with a possible mutiny did Sandford agree to return. When The Coronet tinally limped into a Maine harbor on October 21st, six people had died of scurvy and many more were critically ill. Sandford was immediately arrested for kidnapping, but when inspectors saw the condition of the boat and crew, Sandford was arrested for more serious charges, "that he did unlawfully, knowingly, and willingly allow a ship to proceed on a voyage at sea without sufficient provisions." At his trial he admitted his guilt to the jury but claimed he was only doing what God had ordered. He was sentenced to ten years in the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary. Three years were cut off from his sentence for good behavior. The final blow to the movement occurred after Sandford returned from prison. He was unhappy with the poverty and listlessness at Shiloh and retreated to Boston in 1919. He became increasingly paranoid, driving in cars with shades pulled down and keeping all the curtains in his house drawn. Despite being abandoned by Sandford, Shiloh still numbered almost four hundred members. In February 1920 a civil suit was brought against William Hastings, a member of Shiloh, for the custody of six of his eight children who were still living in Shiloh. Their mother had died and her family, along with the two eldest children, sued Hastings for nonsupport. Although Sandford was not a defendant in the trial, this was the case that would finally bring his church down. On the stand, the Hastings children recounted the poverty they had experienced. Ten-year-old David said he couldn't ever remember having had breakfast before school, although he did have lard on his bread as a Christmas present. His older sister Mary recounted how, because she was too malnourished, she was hidden in the woods when Child Welfare inspectors came. Neighbors testified to feeding starving children. In his testimony William admitted that they did not have enough to eat, but he refused to work for wages as it was against God's law. He was living on faith even if his children starved, indeed, as they had most of their lives. Hastings lost the battle and his children were taken from him. Shiloh stood at a turning point. Sandford's attorney warned him that other families would use the Hastings case as precedent and that soon most of the children would be taken from Shiloh. God then sent word to Sandford in Boston that it was now acceptable for fulltime members to earn a wage. It was a simple thing really, but it destroyed the movement. When men went to work in the mills and farms surrounding Shiloh, the atmosphere of holiness and separateness was removed. The Bible School closed, and in one month the population was down to one hundred members. Members who had listened to Sandford's words finally wondered why God would change his mind on something so pivotal to the movement. If they could earn a wage, they could wait for the Lord's return in more comfortable settings. It was no longer necessary to suffer in order to live the Christian life. The purpose for Shiloh's existence simply evaporated. A short time later Sandford ordered everyone to abandon Shiloh. Sandford remained a leader of a small group of loyal followers, many of whom had endured through many hardships and tragedies. A small group of believers continues to be known as "The Kingdom." The Shiloh complex has long since disintegrated, but in a few homes Sandford is still revered as a prophet and man of God. Shirley Nelson, whose family history is part of the history of Shiloh, puts the purpose of remembering Shiloh in perspective: "I tell it for all the innocent, for those who ... are bound to be the victims, destined to fall from the cliffs of someone else's ascent toward the highest and the best." The story of Shiloh is not unlike other nineteenth century American religious experiments that emerged around a single authoritarian leader. One way to achieve an understanding of current abusive movements is to step back and take a broader, historical perspective. An examination of Sandford's Shiloh reveals amazing parallels to the spiritually abusive groups of today. The lesson we learn from Frank Sandford is that there is indeed nothing new about "new" Christian movements. Now, as in the past, the spiritual power holders exert strong control-oriented leadership and exercise immense influence in the day-to-day lives of adherents. In the present, like the past, Christian groups claim new divine revelation through inspired prophets or preachers who "receive a word from the Lord" regularly. Like Sandford and his predecessors, today's movements express the conviction they alone are the repository of "truth," or that they have been chosen by God to restore a lost or dormant spiritual vitality. Both groupings share a strong consciousness of persecution; both illustrate attitudes of negativity toward established churches; both view their "spiritual family" as superior to the biological family; and both have exhibited concern about the role and fate of ex-members. In short, the narrative of churches that abuse has important beginnings in our past. ...... To be continued Note: For you ex-Worldwide Church of God members, are you seeing your history under Herbert Armstrong revealed to you from the practice of Frank Sandford and the Shiloh church. As Solomon said, "There is nothing new under the sun" - indeed, history repeats itself, and it seems over and over again, especially when we will not learn from it. Much of the mind-set of Sandford was the mind-set of Herbert Armstrong after his wife Loma died in 1967. As I read about the Shiloh church I am reminded of how much Herbert Armstrong became another Sandford. Power over people, exclusiveness, control, fear, only one true organization that was the one true church of God; special insight and a special connection with God; loyalty to a man and an organization above anything else; safety promised from the hour of the great tribulation; demonic powers were behind anything that opposed Armstrong and his church; ministers under Armstrong acting and thinking as clones to Armstrong himself; people cast out at the drop of a hat if any disloyalty was evident; members told to have nothing to do with those disfellowshipped. Divorce and re- marriage for the sake of loyalty was given God's approval by the leadership; Armstrong was by many looked upon as the "Elijah to come" - a graph shown on worldwide TV (Worldwide Church of God Telicast) of God the Father, under the Father, Jesus the Christ, under Christ, Herbert Armstrong. The Worldwide Church of God became anther Shiloh church, and another of the MANY churches that abuse, that have appeared in the past and in the present. Armstrong often preached one thing and lived another; the abuse of tithe money and the teaching of "third tithe" for the poor and needy, was finally also abused by the ministry for their high living life style. Herbert Armstrong becoming the chief abusers of money and physical wealth. All of this and more is expounded for you on this Website under the book by John Tuit called "The Truth shall Make you Free." The shame of all this is that churches that abuse turn hundreds or thousands OFF from God and His Word - they turn their back on God and Christ - they throw the Bible out of the window - they walk away from salvation and the Kingdom of God - they go back into the world of sin and "doing their own thing" - they are like the dog that returns to its vomit. Men and organizations that leave such a pathway in history .... well, as Jesus said, "You shall know them by their fruits." The end fruit is decay and rot. Then often such church organizations leave behind "offshoot" organizations with leaders and people who will not admit the errors and fanaticism and corruptness and false teachings of the man and organization they came from, and so in a more subtle way Satan continues to weave his tangled web over the lives of people. I suppose it must be so. I suppose it is so because the wheat must be separated from the chaff. I suppose it must be so that the very elect who cannot be deceived must be shown, must stand up and be counted, must be witness to the falsehood and errors of men who are led astray by their own self-righteousness and vanity. God knows who are His, and He will have them stand and witness to the truth that shall indeed set you free!! Keith Hunt
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"Are you excited about going back to America?"
I've heard this question a lot over the past few months. Usually my response is something like, "Um, yeah? I guess so?"
Even this super definitive answer is somewhat of a lie. But a soft lie, used to keep conversation from grinding to an awkward halt when you say, "No."
Excited is not the right word. If I were to answer honestly, I would have to say,
"It feels weird."
"I don't really know how I feel."
"I feel anxious. And relieved. And unsettled. And expectant. And a little lost."
The truth is, when we dropped our friends at the airport where they would fly back to China, to sleep tonight in their own beds in their own apartment in their familiar city, I felt a pang of jealousy.
I just want to go back to our home. Except that it's not ours anymore.
I want to go back to our normal life. Except we have to do the hard work of creating a new normal.
I want to be with all those people who get us and understand our lives. Except I also want to be with family and friends.
I want everything to stay the same, even if it wasn't healthy or sustainable.
I want everything to stay the same, and of course it never does.
It is no reflection on our family or our friends in America. It is just that…we live in China. We visit America. But right now approximately everything we own is packed up in boxes, and we can't go back to where we lived for four long years, and we won't see our China friends for at least a year.
It's just that we have repacked these bags over and over, and it will be at least a couple more months before we can really unpack and settle in. Somewhere that is yet to be determined.
It's just that sometimes I lie awake at night thinking, "We don't even have spoons. Or a broom. How are we going to live in yet-to-be-determined-housing without spoons or a broom?? It seems wasteful to buy a broom just for a year. Aren't brooms kind of expensive? I don't know how much brooms are. I don't know how much anything is. How do we possibly budget for a year in America if we don't even know how much a broom will cost?
"Where will we live and what will we do and what if we just spend this year wandering confusedly around grocery store aisle ranting to strangers about the meaninglessness of ten different varieties of canned tomatoes. Chopped, diced, stewed, seasoned, name brand, store brand – why are you ruining our lives?
"What if our friends don't understand us and we don't understand them? What if our kids talk about kuai and three wheeled vehicles and places in Thailand and everyone thinks they are too weird to bother with? What if they forget all their Chinese? What if they prefer America? What if we keep getting sick and nothing changes? What if we can't go back to China, or back to our city, or back to our school?..."
It's just that the things I packed and carefully portioned into four 23 kg suitcases plus carry-ons already confuse me. Why does Juliana have so many clothes and Nadia so few? Why did it seem so important to bring that book and not the other one? What happened to that game I was sure we packed? Why did we bring so much and it's still not enough?
We painstakingly discussed which stuffed animals the girls would bring. Adalyn was definite: kitty, dolly, and worry-eater. She is not like Juliana, who sleeps with a pack of animals and panics if one falls under the bed. Adalyn's animals stay in the suitcase or fall under the bed - she barely even cares they are there.
Until the night she lay in bed wailing, "I want my hedgehog! Where is hedgehog? I wanted to bring my hedgehog and you wouldn't let me! I don't want kitty!"
She was just tired. She was just reacting to Juliana's temporarily missing hedgehog. She was just lashing out. She was just responding to the stress of sleeping in different beds in different cities and countries and not even knowing where your things are or if you will actually see them again and what if you made the wrong choice and brought the wrong things? What if you didn't know what you really wanted?
The next morning she was fine. She hasn't mentioned hedgehog since. But the feeling will continue to resurface.
We will keep traveling – another airplane, another country, another bed before eventually we settle and try to make ourselves fit into life somewhere for a year, less than a year. Knowing this is temporary, knowing that this is not the place we really live.
Maybe I will feel excited.
But for now, if you ask me, I will probably just look confused.
I'll probably say, "Um, yeah? I guess so?"


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The aspen tree leaves popped like golden flames against the evergreen forest. As we weaved through the mountains, the sharp contrast between light and dark leaves enabled my husband, who is colorblind, to notice the fall colors. For the remainder of our mountain trip, he was keenly aware of the golden aspen trees everywhere. Upon returning home to the Midwest, he was awake to the golden fall trees everywhere. The golden fall colors aren't new, but his awareness of them was.
If we want a more joyful and happy life, what if we don't have to add anything in? What if we simply need to notice something already there? What if God is busy making our lives beautiful, but we've been overlooking it? Click To Tweet
That might seem impossible when nothing in life feels right. There was a time when everything felt dark and lonely. According to social media, everyone appeared to have what I desired. My critical attitude further confirmed that no one, nor anything, was good enough. I strove for achievements to keep me happy and muscled my way through relationships to feel accepted. I thought adding things would create joy, but they fell short. The harder I hustled for happiness, the further joy eluded me.
A friend shared an idea that kickstarted a happiness revolution, "God is not the author of chaos." She directed me to seek and fix my thoughts on true, lovely, and admirable things, saying, by doing so, I could receive the peace of God (Phil 4:6-9 NIV). It was a mindset shift to intentionally seek God's goodness, and my world brightened as I witnessed color I'd overlooked for decades.
In fact, brain science calls this frequency illusion. When we become aware of something new, we suddenly see it everywhere. Our brain maintains a heightened focus on this new thing or idea. Then we switch to confirmation bias, which reassures us that each time we see our novel item, it must truly be everywhere.
I learned I don't have to physically see God to know He is always in my space. Click To TweetKnowing His brand of light helps me find Him when it isn't so obvious. Chaos subsided, not because God changed my circumstances, but because He helped me look for His truth, "I have nothing, and yet, possess everything" (2 Cor 6:10b NIV).
Like the blazing aspen leaves, will I intentionally seek light? Or, will I draw in darkness by giving my energy to material things I think will fulfill me? What about you? Like Jacob, choose to awaken to the evidence of God's presence we've been missing. When we overlook His everyday blessings, we deny ourselves the very gift we seek--joy. Click To Tweet
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When has a change of focus allowed you to recognize God's presence during a particularly difficult time?
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This is not the first time we've heard the news that Liverpool and Newcastle may do a swap deal for Andy Carroll, and let Hatem Ben Arfa go in the opposite direction, but we'd be very surprised if Newcastle will agree to the deal.
Hatem Ben Arfa – moving to Liverpool?
It's the Daily Mirror that's reporting the news again, that Andy Carroll could make a return home to Newcastle United – but if the news in Spain this morning is true – that Newcastle are in negotiations with Vitoria Giumares to sign their 6'4? 21 year old striker Amido Balde – why would Newcastle still be interested in Andy?
We reported yesterday that Andy Carroll will be up for sale for £17M in the summer, and he's simply not worth that much – but we suppose Newcastle may think it's a good deal is they can get a (very) high valuation on the 25 year-old Frenchman, and we suppose the good form of Sylvain Marveaux could tempt Newcastle to sell Ben Arfa – but we doubt it.
It's true that Brendan Rodgers is interested in the French wizard, but the lad's so popular at Newcastle, there would be complete uproar among the fans if we let him leave – especially to Liverpool.
There's no real new news in the Mirror on this from when this story first broke several weeks ago – and we simply don't think it will ever happen.
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Rodgers deny Andy Hatem swap plans. That is good, because although bringing Andy in would always be welcome but that in no way should be in exchange of Ben Arfa. I strongly believe our results would have been different had ben arfa been around. A Carroll for Pardew deal could be proposed instead, since Liverpool is that stupid.
Wouldn't want carroll in return but if we got over 20m for HBA and it was reinvested back into the first team it'd be hard to argue with that deal! Benny is magic but he doesnt assist, create or score enough and his injury record isn't the best and hamstring injuries are usually reaccurring! Look at what bale, walcott return from a wide position, even routledge and downing ate returning similar percentages of chances created etc, with bennys talent he should offer far more!
We started so well took the game to them and played with a high defensive line but as soon as we scored it changed.The defence backed off and gave them all the room they needed.As soon as we lose the ball our defence drops back to our 18 yard line leaving a big hole between themselves and our midfield which was exploited by city on Saturday and Benfica last night.
Done deal one crock for another 😉
Tough result to take last night but judging by the commentary on twitter we had more than enough fire power to win the game with a bit more luck and a 2-0 win at St James isn't out of the question considering their winning goals were from 2 stupid mistakes which should be beaten out of the team this week. Win vs Fulham to start us off and a jumping stadium inviting in Benfica maybe just maybe we'll see some chance of glory yet
What about Carroll for shola? Liverpool are gonna get one of our players, they always do. Shola would be a great aqusation he's sooooo underrated.
Mike Ashley and llambias have been great this season if they followed through with this deal it will remind every fan of what a shite owner nufc have. But I believe he isn't he's made mistakes which I've forgiven now hes got a great ambition for the club and he's doing well!
Ichriso – hatem has mentioned liverpool a few times in french press in complimentary fashion! Reckon he would go, think Rodgers has them playing good stuff, hes got henderson and downing playing well again and for me Suarez is the best in the EPL! Reckon with 2 or 3 players and now theyre used to rodgers style that theyll be top 4 next season!
I actually thought mapou played poorly, slow to react for the first goal, gave the ball away constantly 20 mins or so into the second half, gave the ball away but as he has the pace to keep up with them I might let him off 🙂
Class player but I didn't think it was his finest match. Lots of good things to come from him I'm sure
Dear all,
If this Carroll – Arfa swap deal does happen, I will be utterly shocked and disappointed.
Arfa is easily our most flamboyant and skillful player. In my opinion, Arfa plays at a higher level than Modric. Essentially, Arfa has the potential to play at the same level as Ibrahimovic, Kevin Prince Boateng and even Alexis Sanchez.
Andy Carroll, on the other hand, is a reject from Liverpool who is not even flourishing at West Ham. Andy Carroll is not going to take us to the next level.
We must keep hold of Ben Arfa as we have a true gem. For the amount we paid for Arfa, we can NEVER buy a player of the same quality. We are talking about a player whose goal was nominated for Pukas Award.
This story is crazy.
Think the whole defense was poor last night! Simmo allowed his opposite fullback to push up too far as he offered no attacking threat or overlap! Taylor lost his head for the pen! MYM was off form in most areas and santon gifted them the second goal! They looked dangerous whenever they attacked! If im honest id like to see sissoko given a central role and marveaux given that free role off the striker! Failing that 2 up top with cisse and gouffran! Its really frustrating how isolated cisse ends up during games but i think sissoko has the power pace and engine to get into the box from a deeper position
I don't see any swop happening as why would Newcastle pay 17M for Carroll when all our recent purchases have been substantially less than 10M.
If Ben Arfa goes (and I think there is every chance he will) then I think it will be to PSG. I think things are not right with Ben Arfa. Perhaps too many French players?
We don't know what Gallic goings-on are going on behind the scenes. Just because there are lots of French players at the club it doesn't mean its all bon ami amongst them. Something isn't right.
If this happened I would be gutted. Seriously gutted! and it would also confirm Pardew's intentions to play long ball football. We always get so close but yet so far away … We have a decent squad and with the addition of a few quality acquisitions in key areas we would have an awesome squad. But Andy Carroll is not the answer, he's only scored a few goals since he left. Benny is easily worth £20m which is about £15m more than what Carroll is worth. I have a feeling one of our favorite players will be leaving this summer, I thought it could be Cabaye but now I reckon it could be Benny. I get the feeling Pardew has never really liked using Benny because he doesn't fit into Pardew's ethos of crap football.
…..the days of Sexy-Hoof-Ball (Mix of Gullit and Pardews ideologies) are coming… its trademarked so no stealing!!!! 🙂
I didnt know that Ben10 had mentioned Liverpool before… Oh.. after all we have done for him it would be a great disservice to Newcastle and the fans… but if he wants he can go to LeFontaine from Liverpool airport 6 months at a time then… Nae Loss…
if liverfool come up with what ashley wants then ben arfa will be away simple as that, to be honest yes ben arfa is an excellent player thats when he plays and this season hes been injured more so id say sell him but god dont go for carrol theres a lot more other players a lot better then he is why dont they go for cordozo he would fit in perfect
I was impressed with benfica last night but not so impressed with there play acting cant stand when footballers do this havent they not got enough skill
yes its been great being in europe but its been a right nightmare for the toon with injured players ect ect and not enough first team players available to which this comes down to ashley and then you have to blame pardew for his tactics, theres better managers out there in france, germany, spain who are far more advanced in the tactic game then pardew can dream about so id sack him at the end of the season
3 points on sunday no draws and def no defeats no excuses good attacking tactics mr pardew or there will be hell on
Why would we want to spend 17 million for andy carrol when there are a lot better options for cheaper.
Torres 15 mill – i understand maybe he hasn't been that great this season but 19 goals in all competitions still a fab goal scorer.
Robben ( perfect replacement for ben area) 15 mill – i understand he is old but still if you watch bayern play he is still one of the best players they have !!!
I doubt Ashley will spend that sort of money on Andy Carrol when the other options are there and out in the open!
What do i think?
Can we start playing a modern version of the game now we are recruiting pacey, technical players to the side.
Or will we revert to a BSA -Pulis game of humping it into the big guy in the box.
This was successful with Jacky Charltons Ireland side back in the day.
The answer is no!
Carroll would not fit and HBA is a more valuable player, keep him.


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4 x 4 Raised Beds: These are planted with peppers and tomatoes. Last fall I filled them with alternating layers of leaves, grass clippings, and horse/goat/chicken manure. This Spring before planting put newspaper over everything and then topped it all off with a generous layer of cow manure compost from my parents' farm. Next time the grass gets mowed, the clippings will be put on as mulch.
Lettuce: The lettuce is coming up nicely. I saved some seeds from last year, and (learning from my mistakes!) I only planted a few heads. Soon I will put in another planting of lettuce.
Radishes: I planted one radish in the middle of each square- most of these have been eaten by bugs.
Carrots: These are leftover from last year. I should probably plant some new ones and let these old ones go to seed.
Tomatoes: I grew Beefsteaks and Romas this year from seed, being careful to label which was which. Unfortunately during the transplanting process the tomatoes were moved into larger cups and the two varieties got mixed up. Oops.
Strawberries: The plants I planted last year are doing great. They have a ton of blossoms and I can't wait for the harvest in a few weeks.
Chives: Up and coming like usual. I might try to save and plant some chives seeds this year.
Sage: Also up and coming like usual.
Dill: We had some volunteer dill pop up from last year. I hope to dry some dill weed to add to my spice cupboard.
Cilantro: And there is volunteer cilantro EVERYWHERE. This is great, because I've heard that it is in great demand at the Farmer's Market.
Next I'll be planting corn, squashes and melons.
Now get out there and get YOUR hands dirty!


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3D is a subject that splits opinion more so than the shady goings on in Roswell, New Mexico in the 50s. When viewed at a cinema, and most importantly, on an iMax there's no doubt about the merits of the tech, when we laid eye's on Tron Legacy at our local iMax we were blown away – but where are all the 3D projectors? Well ViewSonic is now has just announced its latest foray into the world of 3D.
Many consumers probably don't realize that you'll need an after market solution to get you PS3, Blu-ray and 3D Sky or Virgin to work with a 3D ready projector. In order to connect a 3D source directly to a projector, the content must be in a frame-sequential format. The leading types of 3D are not in this format. So you can get 3D projectors, but they are only really work when connected through a PC. Not an ideal solution, but the ViewSonic's new box converts 3D signals to work on their DLP projectors.
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To further enhance this 3D experience, ViewSonic's second-generation PGD-250 3D glasses have been designed to be a hell of a lot more stylish, although were not sure who they are kidding, it's like making shell suits stylish – a complete waste of time. But at least they're foldable and lightweight compared to other options on the market.
With impressive resistance against ambient light interference and a long effective distance of 12 meters, the glasses also feature an impressive 44 hours of continuous use battery life and are rechargeable via mini USB port on the arm of the glasses
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Vasudev ITI founded by Mr. Mohanlal Sharma, Secretory of Vinayak Nidhi Shiksha Samiti Neemach in 2015, he started this training Institue with formar chairman to providing vocational training to youth who need to enhance his technical skills and can easily get job based on his hand on experience and local industrial market requirement, in 2017 new Chairman Radha Chundawat with her husband Rajendra Singh Chundawat who has already trained many youth for vocational course and skill competitions in meddle east and setting up International standard at Vasudev ITI gradually. you can find a lot of new changes since new chairman guided in proper way that how improve learning and hands activity during vocational program.
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Manipal, March 12, 2016 : A lively atmosphere could be seen at Namma Angadi, a three-day exhibition and sale of handicrafts, handloom and eco-friendly products, which began at the School of Communication (SOC) here on march 11, Friday.
The exhibition displayed some of the best artisanship and craftsmanship from rural coastal Karnataka. The items were displayed in the open air auditorium and five classrooms of the SOC.
Items such as lamps, incense stands, masks and vases made of terracotta, and earthen pots, bell metal products, clay jewellery, stone soap trays and decorative items made of eco-friendly material were on display.
Cotton garments for men, women and children, palm jaggery, pure wild honey, baskets and trays made out of bamboo, lavancha products, kokum nectar squash, hot sweet lemon pickle, hot sweet citron pickle were on sale.
A large number of people not just from Udupi and Manipal but also elsewhere visited the exhibition on the very first day. Some were visiting the exhibition for the first time, while others have been regular visitors.
A homemaker from Parkala, said that she was impressed by the items on display. "I am visiting this exhibition for the first time. I like it very much. I feel tempted to buy many products," she said.
Another homemaker from Basrur, who too was visiting the event for the first time, said that she was impressed by the clay pots and some terracotta items. "The handicrafts products are beautiful. There are some items here which I have not seen anywhere," she said.
A retired bank employee, said that though this was his first visit to the exhibition here, he was astonished by the sheer range — be it handicrafts or others. "Such exhibitions will go a long way in not only protecting handicrafts but also in providing a market for them. It is for a good cause," he said. Students of SOC, who are organising the event in association with the Concerned for Working Children, were putting in their efforts to make the visitors comfortable and gently nudging them to purchase the products.
Shivananda Shetty, Assistant Director of Concerned for Working Children, said that the new products on display this time included a wooden laptop holder, a laundry box and a paper stand. Earlier, Lena Ashok, Coordinator, MSW programme, Department of Public Health, inaugurated the exhibition. Damodar Acharya, Executive Director, Concerned for Working Children, and Nandini Lakshmikantha, Director, SOC, were present.
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Talk about Manchester's music scene, and what comes up? The Smiths, The Hacienda, Tony Wilson and, yes, Bez. It's easy to get a bit stuck in the past, endlessly wheeling out the greats of yonder year – but the city is still a great place to watch new and innovative music. Promoters like Hey! Manchester and Now Wave are shaking things up, as is music festival Sounds From the Other City, and bands and musicians like Jane Weaver, Everything Everything and Josephine. Fantastic venues like our top picks below are behind it all – so here's a guide to where to watch the best live music in the city.
Here are our picks
YES, 38 Charles Street, Manchester, M1 7DB - Visit now
It's not been open long, but YES has very quickly become one of Manchester's most important venues. The programming here is second-to-none with smart bookings of up and coming acts like Black Midi and Another Sky. Happily, YES is situated off Oxford Road and is yet to be discovered by the city's throngs of visiting stag-weekend revelers. Long may it continue.
Gorilla, 54-56 Whitworth Street West, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M1 5WW - Visit now
Under the railway tracks on Whitworth Street West, this bar, kitchen and music venue boasts both a specialist Gin Bar upstairs, and a super sound system in the 700 capacity performance space – which, unusually, has a stage backed by old valve and amp cases from the old BBC basement on Oxford Road. Rad.
The Deaf Institute, 135 Grosvenor Street, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M1 7HE - Visit now
In a Grade-II listed, neo-Gothic former Deaf and Dumb Institute you'll find one of the city's best loved music venues across three floors, complete with two bars and a kitchen. The Deaf Institute's dome-shaped music hall upstairs, complete with tiered seating and a giant mirror ball, has hosted scores of critically acclaimed acts, and is a focal point for the city's musicians and promoters.
The Stoller Hall, Hunts Bank, Manchester, M3 1DA - Visit now
Manchester's new kid on the concert hall block, The Stoller Hall, opened its doors in April 2017 to further enhance the city's already enviable live music provision. Since opening, it has has cemented itself as one of our favorite music venues in Manchester.
Band on the Wall, 25 Swan Street, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M4 5JZ - Visit now
It was the place with the funny name hanging on up there in the city's Northern badlands. Edgy, hard, grotty, a bit studenty. Some people are bound to say the new Band on The Wall – which opened in 2009 – isn't the same and inevitably there will be those ready to bitch about slick transformations somehow robbing cherished old venues of their soul. They're entitled to their nostalgia trips, but we're excited about having another place to see good live music in this town. Long may it rock.
Because of the ongoing Coronavirus crisis, we are unable to bring you our usual recommendations for things to do in Manchester and the North. Our thoughts at this time are with our readers and with the organisations and businesses who make the North of England a great place to live and visit. We hope you stay well and look forward to sharing more unmissable events and places with you later in the year.
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Please note – many of the venues on our site will be closed and events either postponed or cancelled. Please check the venue website for details.


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Discussion in 'Amps and Cabs' started by Tomo, Jul 16, 2005.
Could you recommend any good amps for acoustic guitar/ Ukulele?
Thank you for your time.
Thank you so much for that info.
Actually I already saw that amp in Japanese
guitar magazine.
Too many knobs?
I will look into more.
+1 on the AG Stomp, but you'll have to find one used as Yamaha replaced it with the Acoustic Magic Stomp. The Bronzewood and Power Stations are both nice solutions.
One of the Yamahas into a powered PA cab is a good option, I'm also a big fan of the Trace TA and AER as mentioned in the tread. The Fender SFX is cool for a more processed sound, and the SWR gear is nice for a multi-PU gtr. Not a big fan of the Rolands but year ago had a Crate rack mount pre that was really cool.
I thought SWR California Blondes were pretty much the standard for this? I have one, works like a charm. Great amp.
I have owned more than a few acoustic amps; for my country gig that I play acoustic guitar on I plug direct into a powered JBL EON G2 and it does a better job, IMHO, than any acoustic amp I have ever tried.
Just my opinion, but one I stand by with over few years of shows.
Scott - not trying to stir things up here, but I wonder if there's something that 'goes together' in your approach?
I mean... if you've been using the JBL for a long time (from before you got the Variax, and with conventional piezo guitars), it's perhaps not surprising that you like the Variax better.
IMO, most piezo systems sound better - though not necessarily 'more like a real acoustic' - through dedicated acoustic amplification than direct through a flat-response full-range PA (which is basically what the Eon is); if you're going direct you usually need some sort of preamp to color the tone and add a bit of deliberate non-linear complexity, as well as EQ.
Equally, the Variax sounded to me as if it was designed specifically to go through just that kind of flat-response system. I didn't like it even then, but I have to say it sounded a lot better than through an acoustic amp, which it sounded awful with IMO. I tried a couple, including the AER, and it sounded as if there was too much 'double processing', if you know what I mean - the Variax sounds like it is intended to be the complete sound by itself, and amplified in as hi-fi a manner as possible.
Acoustic amps aren't necessarily at all hi-fi, even though they have wider frequency range than an electric amp... certainly the Trace TA100, which is still my favorite, is a very long way from that.
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Thank you so much. I will check out more
on those info.
Acoustic guitar and Ukulele are very popular
in Japan. I get so many questions about gears.
I just got birds eye maple Ukulele! Comes with
2 pick ups. I have been practicing my chord melody.
check out the Roland Cube 30's acoustic setting
i still can't believe it
Assumptions will get you everywhere and nowhere.
I arrived at the JBL with Tacoma, Taylor (not the K5), Ovation and Martin guitars.
The Variax came after.
Keep trying man.
I've been playing through a lot of the acoutstic amps lately in my search and the AER is nice...but really pricey as the only one that I really really liked was the Acousticube ll...the others didn't have the tight bass response that I like...the Schertler David was also nice but I came to the same conclusion that Scott did...I liked a powered monitor best and I actually preferred the Mackie SRM 350 over the JBL...
For reference I was using an el-cheapo Martin with a B-Band pickup system...
The original Fishman Acoustic Performer Pro sounds really nice. I don't know about their new "Loudbox" version.
Rivera Sedona also makes sense but I have only limited experience with them.
That's exactly what I meant - you prefer the Variax over the piezo systems because you'd already gone to a form of amplification that does not suit piezo systems, IMO. I don't find it at all surprising that you hate the piezo tone through a totally clean flat-response system, or that the Variax sounds better through it.
IMOs piezos need amplification that adds harmonic complexity and does not have a neutral EQ... just like electric guitar pickups.
The Variax seemed to prefer totally flat hi-fi reproduction - which is not surprising really, since it's basically simulating a recorded acoustic guitar. What I wondered was whether your going to a flat-response amp first (which is IMO the wrong direction) then made the Variax the correct solution in the end. Looks like I was on the right track .
My preference is still for piezo/magnetic through a non-hi-fi amp - it doesn't sound as much 'like' a recorded acoustic guitar, but it does (IMO) sound better.
Well, not really.
I still had my acoustic amp (SWR California Blonde and then a Fishman Loudbox) while *also* having the JBL powered speakers. Both before/after/during the time I had BOTH piezo/mic blender laden acoustic guitars AND the Variax. Hence my comment about assumptions.
It is what it is John. My point on this thread was simply to suggest that a powered monitor like the JBL EON G2 is a viable choice and worth checking out.
Variax or not.
FWIW, I have played the Variax Acoustic though a few acoustic amps and stand by my opinions of it. But that isn't really relevent to this thread.
For acoustic guitars I have yet to hear an amp I like more than the Fishman Loudbox or Loudbox Pro. To me it preserves the integrity of the instrument better than any other amp I have heard for acoustics. I used to have a Peavey Ecoustic 112, but recently sold it because I felt it created a cloudy tone to my acoustic. The Loudbox is set at about $600 retail so you may be able to get into one for about 5 Hundy. The Loudbox Pro is like 600 watts and I doubt you need that much power, but it is considerably more expensive. Check out them out on their site.
I use an SWR Strawberry Blonde that I'm very pleased with.I actually prefer the tone over the more expensive California Blonde.
Scott, do you EQ this before it goes to the sound board? I recently got a Martin HD-28, had a Fishman Matrix pickup installed and send it to the board thru a Fishman Platinum Pro. I need to get either a monitor or take the Platinum Pro back and get an acoustic amp as our church does not have additional monitors for me. What are your thoughts? Thanks.
AER is the best I've ever used.
All others suck, IMO
When I ran Piezo laden guitars, I did use a LR Baggs Paracoustic preamp. Now I just run the Variax direct into a DI to split it off for FOH and into my JBL. Or I use the POD XT Live.
Also John - I will again state for the record that I utterly, flat out HATE piezo pickups. Period. Always did; always will.


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Over the last several years the Ba Gua Summer Retreat has become one of the most popular Ba Gua Zhang learning and sharing environments. Many instructors have created annual events which continue to grown in popularity. The summer retreat is an excellent format for students to submerse themselves in Ba Gua Zhang practice for anywhere from a few days to up to one week. Below we list four of the most popular events.
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Park Bok Nam began his annual events with a three day camp in West Virginia in 1992. This event, which is now a 5 day annual event held in June in Maryland, was attended by 14 people in 1992 and has grown to over 40 attendees at the 1996 event. At the request of numerous west coast Ba Gua practitioners, Park began holding an annual west coast event in 1994. This year's west coast event will be held in Pacific Grove, CA, 6-8 September. Those interested in attending should contact Dan Miller at (408)622-0789.
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