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Nestled in the rolling hills of Dahlonega, Red Oak Lavender Farm is home to more than 20 varieties of lavender, thriving against the odds in Georgia's clay soil. Host David Zelski explores how founder Tina Duffy turned a love of fragrance into a flourishing family farm—and a destination that smells as good as it looks.  

Kevin Matson – Northeast Georgia Health System Since 1951, Northeast Georgia Medical Center (NGMC) has been on a mission of improving the health of our community in all we do. With hospitals located in Gainesville, Braselton, Winder, Dahlonega and Demorest. The five NGMC campuses have a total of more than 1,000 beds and 1,500+ medical […]

Kevin Matson – Northeast Georgia Health System Since 1951, Northeast Georgia Medical Center (NGMC) has been on a mission of improving the health of our community in all we do. With hospitals located in Gainesville, Braselton, Winder, Dahlonega and Demorest. The five NGMC campuses have a total of more than 1,000 beds and 1,500+ medical […] The post Kevin Matson with Northeast Georgia Health System appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

Join host Jeremiah Byron from Bigfoot Society as we delve into a series of captivating Bigfoot encounters in North Georgia. In this episode, we speak with Rick, a retired army aviator, law enforcement officer, and security specialist. Rick recounts his chilling 1974 encounter in the Appalachian foothills near Amicalola Falls. From stories of glowing eyes and strange noises in the woods to mysterious figures stepping out from the trees, Rick shares detailed experiences that have left him deeply affected. Rick also discusses a highly disputed but intriguing account of a military helicopter crash near Dahlonega, Georgia. He reveals stories of strange creatures allegedly seen at the crash site, exploring the possibility of Bigfoot involvement. Additionally, Rick touches on other cryptid encounters, including a potentially supernatural hitchhiker and eerie incidents involving strange creatures near Kennesaw Mountain. Don't miss this fascinating account of Bigfoot and other unexplained phenomena in the depths of North Georgia. Sasquatch Summerfest this year, is July 11th through the 12th, 2025. It's going to be fantastic. Listeners, if you're going to go, you can get a two day ticket for the cost of one. If you use the code "BFS" like Bigfoot society and it'll get you some off your cost.Priscilla was a nice enough to provide that for my listeners. So there you go. I look forward to seeing you there. So make sure you head over to www. sasquatchsummerfest. com and pick up your tickets today.If you've had similar encounters or experiences, please reach out to bigfootsociety@gmail.com. Your story could be the next one we feature!

Jesse Williams says "Music is medicine. Makes time fly. Makes things pause and puts words and sounds to things that are otherwise abstract and hard to get across.” This sweet soul from the North Georgia Mountains is a heck of a musician. Her guitar doesn't just sing—it cries, howls, and tells stories.

MDJ Script/ Top Stories for December 26th Publish Date:  December 26th    Commercial: From the BG AD Group Studio, Welcome to the Marietta Daily Journal Podcast.    Today is Thursday, December 26th and Happy Birthday to Lars Ulrich *** 12.26.23 - BIRTHDAY - LARS ULRICH*** I’m Dan Radcliffe and here are the stories Cobb is talking about, presented by Credit Union of Georgia.  Sheriff's Office Santa on Wheels Distributes 2K Toys MCS Announces Be Somebody and Blue Devil Awards Sawyer Road Media Center Gets 50K Makeover Plus, Leah McGrath from Ingles Markets on healthy alternatives. All of this and more is coming up on the Marietta Daily Journal Podcast, and if you are looking for community news, we encourage you to listen and subscribe!  BREAK: CU of GA (06.26.24 CU OF GA FREE CHECKING_REV_FINAL) STORY 1: Sheriff's Office Santa on Wheels Distributes 2K Toys The Cobb County Sheriff's Office's third annual Santa on Wheels toy drive donated over 2,000 toys to children in underserved communities. Deputies, led by Sheriff Craig Owens as Santa, paraded through neighborhoods delivering gifts. The initiative, in collaboration with the Cobb Sheriff’s Foundation, aims to support families facing financial challenges. Toys were collected through donations and distributed to four communities in south Cobb. The event featured Christmas music and photo opportunities with Santa and Chick-fil-A’s mascot. Residents expressed gratitude, highlighting the positive impact and community connection fostered by the event. STORY 2: MCS Announces Be Somebody and Blue Devil Awards Marietta's Mayor Steve Tumlin and Superintendent Grant Rivera toured all 12 Marietta City Schools, presenting the Be Somebody Award to dedicated educators and the Blue Devil Award to student leaders. These awards honor the legacy of Coach Ben "Big Ben" Wilkins and celebrate the community's spirit. The ceremony highlighted the commitment to preserving Marietta's heritage and fostering future excellence. Tumlin emphasized the importance of recognizing those who contribute to the community's heart, while Rivera praised the role models who embody Marietta's values. The event reinforced the "Be Somebody" mantra, inspiring future generations. STORY 3: Sawyer Road Media Center Gets 50K Makeover Sawyer Road Elementary received a $50,000 media center makeover from the College Football Playoff Foundation's Extra Yard for Teachers initiative, in anticipation of the 2025 College Football Playoff National Championship. The revamped space was unveiled with a ribbon-cutting ceremony, featuring a performance by the school choir and a visit from the Peach Bowl Mascot, Huddles. Principal Susan Graves highlighted the impact of the new media center on student success. The initiative aims to empower teachers with resources to inspire students. Additionally, School Specialty donated $1,000, and a teacher received a $1,000 award. We have opportunities for sponsors to get great engagement on these shows. Call 770.799.6810 for more info.  We’ll be right back  Break: DRAKE (Drake Realty (Cobb County) STORY 4: Dunaway Receives Lifetime Achievement Award Former Marietta Mayor Bill Dunaway received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Marietta Area Council of the Cobb Chamber of Commerce. The surprise award was presented at the council's final meeting of the year. The award, not given annually, recognizes significant contributions to the community. Dunaway, moved to tears, credited his parents for inspiring his community involvement. His tenure as mayor from 2002 to 2010 and leadership in various businesses and organizations, including The Strand Theatre, were highlighted. Dunaway expressed his enduring love for Marietta, noting its small-town feel despite growth. STORY 5: Campus News: University of North Georgia Confers Degrees for Fall 2024 Graduates The University of North Georgia in Dahlonega awarded over 900 degrees and certificates for the fall 2024 semester, with more than 650 graduates participating in the commencement ceremonies on December 7. Local graduates included William Allen, Catherine Crawford, and Emilie Finch, among others, who earned degrees in fields such as Modern Languages, Computer Science, Psychology, and Nursing. Several graduates, including Hope Kellum and Deishanique Kennedy, received Graduate Certificates in Cybersecurity. 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This week on the show, we're talking about the Planta Thanksgiving dinner and eating Lake Champlain Vegan Dark Chocolate Salted Caramels!SHOW NOTES:The ice rink that Becky talked about is The Rink at Park Tavern.Here's the Dahlonega vegan/vegetarian page.The pub that Dave went to is called Shenanigans.News Item: Vegan Strong Team Wins 48 Gold Medals At Mr. AmericaHere's the cousin chart.And here's that vegan sausage stuffing recipe!Thank you for listening! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 He's one of the last real superstars, and last real movie stars that we've had in Hollywood, and no, we aren't talking about our friend Jeremy Burgess...   We are talking one Thomas Mapother IV, aka, Tom Cruise, and it's time for the show to do our official Tom Cruise Top 10.  Mikey and d$ are joined, as per usual, by #XLessDrEarl and a big movie fan, the Pride of Dahlonega, Spawn of The Voice of Valdosta, Lil Garrison Ryfun to count them down. First, Garrison gives his review on the latest Pope romcom, "Conclave", with #XLessDrEarl chiming in a little. Then, starting with "Endless Love" and ending with "Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning", and every Tom Cruise movie in-between - each of the guys list their fave Cruise films as we go along.  Finally, at the end of the show, an overall average is taken and the Official Tom Cruise Top Ten Films are announced! 

Join David Zelski as he heads to Dahlonega for a flavorful journey through Georgia's craft beverage scene. Discover the ancient art of mead-making at Etowah Meadery and savor a variety of honey-based brews. Then, explore the brewery's selection of expertly crafted beers made with locally sourced ingredients. From traditional to innovative, this episode offers a unique tasting experience that celebrates the rich history and vibrant flavors of Georgia's brewing culture.

In this episode of The Venue RX podcast, Jonathan Aymin interviews Kelsey and Tony Tenamore, the owners of Vezalay Mountain Venue in Dahlonega, Georgia. The couple shares their transition from the restaurant industry to running a wedding venue, offering insights into the challenges they faced and the strategies they've developed along the way. They emphasize the importance of clear communication with clients and careful strategic planning, which have been key to their success. Kelsey and Tony also discuss their approach to improving the client experience by offering in-house services and all-inclusive packages, making it easier for couples to plan their weddings. They explain their decision to focus on social media marketing rather than traditional platforms like WeddingWire, highlighting the importance of authenticity and direct engagement with their audience. In addition to their business strategies, the Tenamores talk about balancing work, marriage, and family life while managing their venue, offering advice to others in similar situations. About Our Guest:  Kelsey and Tony Tenamore's journey to opening their own wedding venue began when fate brought them together while working in the service industry at a bar/restaurant in 2012. Though their careers eventually took different paths, their shared passion for hospitality would later unite them in a new venture. Kelsey moved on to work in corporate event planning for a large medical company, gaining valuable experience in organizing large-scale events. Meanwhile, Tony continued bartending, using the opportunity to learn the inner workings of small businesses and prepare for his future entrepreneurial goals. As Tony's bartending career progressed, regular customers began requesting his services for private events, including weddings and parties. After working several small events, Tony quickly realized there was a significant demand in the market for his expertise. This sparked the idea of starting their own business, blending Kelsey's event planning skills with Tony's knowledge of the service industry. From this, their vision for creating a wedding venue was born. Find Them Here:  Address: 520 Hwy 52W, Dahlonega, GA 30533  Email: info@vezalay.com   Website: http://www.vezalay.com/ Instagram: http://instagram.com/vezalaymountainvenue Facebook: http://facebook.com/vezalay

Container Homes 101   If you are like Jen and have always been curious about building a container home, THIS is the episode for you! Jen is especially proud of this podcast for she is interviewing, Bill Goglin, her former student. This episode is LOADED with tons of information about buying land, developing the land, perc tests, creative financing, and custom-building a high-end container home! What are you waiting for? Check it out!   Bill Goglin has spent the last 23 years in corporate America. Recently leaving the corporate world and now going all in, to the world of real estate investing.    Bill grew up in Southwestern PA just South of Pittsburgh or (Picks-burgh if you want to say it correctly). Bill worked for Verizon going from sales rep to store manager of an A-level store in Florida and then to the world of Learning and Development to help create leaders for his company.    Later moving to Georgia and going through the Covid years and some self realizations, Bill decided to follow a passion and move into real estate investing. Wanting to flip houses, Bill joined the Homeschooled by Tarek El Moussa mentorship program and was guided through the practices and techniques of some of the most successful real estate investors in the country. With the real estate climax of 2022 and not being able to secure a house to flip he switched course and went a different direction in real estate.   Bill custom built (yes he actually built it) and now manages Llama House Dahlonega, a shipping container getaway in the foothills of North Georgia Mountain wine country. Bill's next venture is a second unique build on his property in Dahlonega.     Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/llamahousedahlonega?igsh=ZGpiemJybDV2NGh2   Airbnb: airbnb.com/h/llamahousedahlonega     To learn more about Jen Josey, visit www.TheRealJenJosey.com To join REIGN, visit www.REIGNmastermind.com Stuff Jen Josey Loves: https://www.reignmastermind.com/resources Buy Jen Josey's Book: From Beginner to Badass: https://a.co/d/bstKlby

Today, we're talking with veteran activist and theologian, the one and only, Lisa Sharon Harper! The conversation covers:-        Lisa's journey finding Jesus outside of Whiteness and White evangelicalism-        The centrality of advocating for political and institutional policy change to our faith in Jesus-        How respecting the image of God in all people is the starting point for following Jesus to shalom-        The unavoidable job we have to speak truth, even when it is costly-        Where Lisa finds her hope and motivation to keep going-        And after that, we reflect on the interview and then talk all things Springfield, Ohio and Haitian immigrants.Mentioned on the episode:-            Lisa's website, lisasharonharper.com/-            Lisa's Instagram and Facebook-            The Freedom Road Podcast-            Lisa's books, Fortune and The Very Good Gospel-            Make a donation to The Haitian Community Support and Help Center in Springfield, Ohio via PayPal at haitianhelpcenterspringfield@gmail.com.Credits-            Follow KTF Press on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads. Subscribe to get our bonus episodes and other benefits at KTFPress.com.-        Follow host Jonathan Walton on Facebook Instagram, and Threads.-        Follow host Sy Hoekstra on Mastodon.-        Our theme song is “Citizens” by Jon Guerra – listen to the whole song on Spotify.-        Our podcast art is by Robyn Burgess – follow her and see her other work on Instagram.-        Editing by Multitude Productions-        Transcripts by Joyce Ambale and Sy Hoekstra.-        Production by Sy Hoekstra and our incredible subscribersTranscript[An acoustic guitar softly plays six notes in a major scale, the first three ascending and the last three descending, with a keyboard pad playing the tonic in the background. Both fade out as Jonathan Walton says “This is a KTF Press podcast.”]Lisa Sharon Harper: I would lose my integrity if I was silent in the face of the breaking of shalom, which I learned in Bosnia and Croatia and Serbia, is built on earth through structures. It doesn't just come because people know Jesus. Two thirds of the people in the Bosnian war knew Jesus. The Croats were Christian and the Serbs were Orthodox Christian, and yet they killed each other. Massacred each other. Unfortunately, knowing Jesus is not enough if you have shaped your understanding of Jesus according to the rules and norms of empire.[The song “Citizens” by Jon Guerra fades in. Lyrics: “I need to know there is justice/ That it will roll in abundance/ And that you're building a city/ Where we arrive as immigrants/ And you call us citizens/ And you welcome us as children home.” The song fades out.]Jonathan Walton: Welcome to Shake the Dust, seeking Jesus, confronting injustice. I'm Jonathan Walton.Sy Hoekstra: And I am Sy Hoekstra. We have a great one for you today. We are talking to veteran organizer and theologian Lisa Sharon Harper, someone who a lot of you probably know and who was pretty big in both of our individual kind of stories and development as people who care about faith and justice when we were younger people, which you will hear about as we talk to her. We are going to be talking to her about the centrality of our voting and policy choices to our witness as Christians, the importance of integrity and respecting the image of God in all people when making difficult decisions about where to spend your resources as an activist, where Lisa gets her hope and motivation and a whole lot more.And then after the interview, hear our reactions to it. And we're also going to be getting into our segment, Which Tab Is Still Open, where we dive a little bit deeper into one of the recommendations from our weekly newsletter that we send out to our subscribers. This week it will be all about Haitian immigrants to America in Springfield, Ohio. You will want to hear that conversation. But before we get started, Jonathan.Jonathan Walton: Please friends, remember to go to KTFPress.com and become a paid subscriber to support this show and get access to everything that we do. We're creating media that centers personal and informed discussions on politics, faith and culture that helps you seek Jesus and confront injustice. We are resisting the idols of the American church by centering and elevating marginalized voices and taking the entirety of Jesus' gospel more seriously than those who narrow it to sin and salvation. The two of us have a lot of experience doing this individually and in community, and we've been friends [laughs] for a good long time. So you can trust it will be honest, sincere, and have some good things to say along the way.If you become a paid subscriber, you'll get access to all of our bonus content, access to our monthly subscriber Zoom chats with me and Sy, and the ability to comment on posts and chat with us. So again, please go to KTFPress.com and become a paid subscriber today.Sy Hoekstra: Our guest today, again, Lisa Sharon Harper, the president and founder of Freedom Road, a groundbreaking consulting group that crafts experiences to bring common understanding and common commitments that lead to common action toward a more just world. Lisa is a public theologian whose writing, speaking, activism and training has sparked and fed the fires of reformation in the church from Ferguson and Charlottesville to South Africa, Brazil, Australia and Ireland. Lisa's book, Fortune: How Race Broke My Family and the World, and How to Repair It All was named one of the best books of 2022 and the book before that, The Very Good Gospel, was named 2016 Book of the Year by The Englewood Review of Books. Lisa is the host of the Freedom Road Podcast, and she also writes for her Substack, The Truth Is…Jonathan Walton: Alright, let's jump into the interview.[The intro piano music from “Citizens” by Jon Guerra plays briefly and then fades out.]Sy Hoekstra: Lisa Sharon Harper, thank you so much for joining us on Shake the Dust.Lisa Sharon Harper: Yay, I'm so excited to be here, and I'm here with a little bit of a Demi Moore rasp to my voice. So I'm hoping it'll be pleasant to the ears for folks who are coming, because I got a little sick, but I'm not like really sick, because I'm on my way, I'm on the rebound.Sy Hoekstra: So you told us you got this at the DNC, is that right?Lisa Sharon Harper: Yes, I literally, literally, that's like what, almost three weeks ago now?Sy Hoekstra: Oh my gosh.Jonathan Walton: You've got a DNC infection. That's what that is.Sy Hoekstra: [laughs].Lisa Sharon Harper: I have a DNC cough. I have a DNC cough, that's funny.Jonathan Walton: [laughs].Sy Hoekstra: So before we jump into our questions, I wanted to take a momentary trip down memory lane, because I have no idea if you remember this or not.Lisa Sharon Harper: Okay.Sy Hoekstra: But in January of 2008, you led a weekend retreat for a college Christian fellowship that Jonathan and I were both in.Lisa Sharon Harper: Yeah, I do remember.Sy Hoekstra: You do remember this? Okay.Lisa Sharon Harper: Absolutely.Jonathan Walton: [laughs].Lisa Sharon Harper: I remember almost every time I've ever spoken anywhere.Sy Hoekstra: Wow, okay.Lisa Sharon Harper: I really do. And I remember that one, and I do remember you guys being there. Oh my gosh, that's so cool.Jonathan Walton: Yes.Lisa Sharon Harper: Okay.Jonathan Walton: Yeah.Lisa Sharon Harper: You remember that. That's amazing.Sy Hoekstra: No, no, no.Jonathan Walton: Oh yeah.Sy Hoekstra: Hang on. Wait a minute [laughter]. We don't just remember it. Because, so you gave this series of talks that ended up being a big part of your book, The Very Good Gospel.Lisa Sharon Harper: Yeah.Sy Hoekstra: And you talked specifically about the difference between genuine and pseudo-community and the need to really address each other's problems that we face, bear each other's burdens, that sort of thing. And you did a session, which I'm sure you've done with other groups, where you split us up into racial groups. So we sat there with White, Black, and Latine, and Asian, and biracial groups, and we had a real discussion about race in a way that the community had absolutely never had before [laughs].Jonathan Walton: Yep.Sy Hoekstra: And it actually, it is the opening scene of Jonathan's book. I don't know if you knew that.Lisa Sharon Harper: Oh my God, I didn't know that.Jonathan Walton: It is.Lisa Sharon Harper: Which one?Jonathan Walton: Twelve Lies.Lisa Sharon Harper: Wow, I didn't know that. Oh my gosh, I missed that. Okay.Sy Hoekstra: So it was a… Jonathan put it before, it was a formative moment for everybody and a transformative moment for some of us [laughter] …Lisa Sharon Harper: Oooooo, Oh my goodness.Jonathan Walton: Yes.Sy Hoekstra: …in that we learned a lot about ourselves and what we thought about race, what other people thought about race. I will tell you that in the five minutes after the session broke up, like ended, it was the first time that my now wife ever said to me, “Hey, you said something racist to me that I didn't like.” [laughs] And then, because of all the conversation we just had, I responded miraculously with the words, “I'm sorry.” [laughter].Lisa Sharon Harper: Oh my God!Sy Hoekstra: And then we went from there.Lisa Sharon Harper: Miraculously [laughs]. That's funny.Sy Hoekstra: So I have lots of friends that we can talk about this session with to this day, and they still remember it as transformative.Jonathan Walton: Yes.Lisa Sharon Harper: Oh my Gosh. Wow.Sy Hoekstra: All of that, just to lead into my first question which is this, a lot of people in 2016 started seeing kind of the things about White evangelicalism that indicated to them that they needed to get out. They needed to escape in some way, because of the bad fruit, the bad political fruit that was manifesting. You saw that bad fruit a long time ago.Lisa Sharon Harper: A whole long time ago.Sy Hoekstra: You were deep in the Republican, pro-life political movement for a little bit, for like, a minute as a young woman.Lisa Sharon Harper: I wouldn't… here's the thing. I wouldn't say I was deep in. What I would say is I was in.Sy Hoekstra: Okay.Lisa Sharon Harper: As in I was in because I was Evangelical, and I identified with itbecause I was Evangelical and because my friends identified with it. So I kind of went along, but I always had this sense I was like standing on the margins looking at it going, “I don't know.”Sy Hoekstra: Yeah.Lisa Sharon Harper: You know what I mean? But I would say literally for like a minute, I was a believer. Maybe for like, a year.Sy Hoekstra: But my question then is, what were the warning signs? And then, separately from what were the warning signs that you needed to get out, who or what were the guiding lights that showed you a better way?Lisa Sharon Harper: My goodness. Wow. Well, I mean, I would say that honestly… Okay, so I had a couple of conversations, and we're talking about 2004 now. So 2004 also, this is right after 2000 where we had the hanging chads in Florida.Sy Hoekstra: Yep.Jonathan Walton: Yep.Lisa Sharon Harper: And we know how important voting is, because literally, I mean, I actually believe to this day that Gore actually won. And it's not just a belief, they actually counted after the fact, and found that he had won hundreds more ballots that were not counted in the actual election, in Florida. And so every single vote counts. Every single vote counts. So then in 2004 and by 2004, I'm the Director of Racial Reconciliation for greater LA in InterVarsity, I had done a summer mission project that wasn't really mission. It was actually more of a, it was a pilgrimage, actually. It was called the pilgrimage for reconciliation. The summer before, I had done the stateside pilgrimage. And then that summer, I led students on a pilgrimage through Bosnia, Croatia and Serbia asking the question, “How is shalom broken? And how is shalom built? How is it made?”And through both of those successive summer experiences, it became so clear to me, policy matters, and it matters with regard to Christian ethics. We can't say we are Christian and be, in other words, Christ-like if we are not concerned with how our neighbor is faring under the policies coming down from our government. We just can't. And as Christians in a democracy, specifically in America, in the US where we have a democracy, we actually have the expectation that as citizens, we will help shape the way that we live together. And our vote is what does that our vote when we vote for particular people, we're not just voting for who we like. We're voting for the policies they will pass or block. We're voting for the way we want to live together in the world.So in 2004 when I come back from Croatia, Bosnia, Serbia, I'm talking with some of my fellow staff workers, and I'm saying to them, “We have to have a conversation with our folks about voting. I mean, this election really matters. It's important. ”Because we had just come through the first few years of the war in Afghanistan and Iraq. Like Iraq had just erupted a couple years before that, Afghanistan the year before that. And we were seeing young men coming back in body bags and this war, which had no plan to end, was sending especially young Black men to die because they were the ones…and I know, because I was in those schools when I was younger, and I alsohad been reading up on this.They're the ones who are recruited by the Marines and the Army and the Navy and the Air Force, especially the army, which is the cannon fodder. They're the ones who are on the front lines. They are recruited by them more than anybody else, at a higher degree than anybody else, a higher percentage ratio. So I was saying we have to have a conversation. And their response to me in 2004 was, “Oh, well, we can't do that, because we can't be political.” I said, “Well, wait, we are political beings. We live in a democracy.” To be a citizen is to help shape the way we live together in the world, and that's all politics is. It's the conversations we have and the decisions that we make about how we are going to live together.And so if we as Christians who have an ethic passed down by Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount, and we have the 10 Commandments, which is like the grand ethic of humanity, at least of the Abrahamic tradition. Then, if we don't have something to say about how we should be living together and the decisions we make about that every four years, every two years, even in off year elections, then what are we doing here?Sy Hoekstra: Yeah.Lisa Sharon Harper: Who are we? Like, what is this faith? What is this Christian faith? So that was my first real rub, because I had experienced the pilgrimage to reconciliation. I had seen, I had rolled through. I had walked on the land where the decisions that the polis, the people had made, had killed people. It had led to the death of millions of people. Thousands of people in some case. Hundreds of people in other cases. But when coming back from Bosnia, it was millions. And so I was just very much aware of the reality that for Christians, politics matters because politics is simply the public exercise of our ethics, of our Christian ethic. And if we don't have one, then we're… honest, I just, I think that we are actually turning our backs on Jesus who spent his life telling us how to live.Sy Hoekstra: Yeah.Lisa Sharon Harper: And so that was, for me, literally that conversation with that staff worker was kind of my first, “Aha! I'm in the wrong place.” I needed to learn more about how this public work works. How do systems and structures and policies and laws work? So that's what actually brought me, ended up bringing me a year later, to Columbia University and getting my master's in human rights. And I knew, having had the background in the two pilgrimages and the work that we did on the biblical concept of shalom at the time, which was nascent. I mean, it was for me, it was, I barely, really barely, understood it. I just knew it wasn't what I had been taught. So I started digging into shalom at that time, and then learning about international law and human rights and how that works within the international systems.I came out of that with a much clearer view, and then continued to work for the next 13 years to really get at how our Christian ethics intersect with and can help, and have helped shape public policy. And that has led me to understand very clearly that we are complicit in the evil, and we also, as Christians, other streams of our faith are responsible for the redemption, particularly in America and South Africa and other places in the world.Jonathan Walton: Yeah. So I think I'm placing myself in your story. So I think we intersected in that 2005, 2008 moment. So I've traveled with you.Lisa Sharon Harper: Yeah, we had a good time. It was so much fun.Jonathan Walton: We did. It was very good. So getting to follow, watch, learn, just for me, has been a huge blessing. First with the book, with New York Faith and Justice, reading stuff with Sojourners, grabbing your books, gleaning different wisdom things for… it's something that I've wondered as I'm a little bit younger in the journey, like as you've operated in this world, in the White Evangelical world, and then still White Evangelical adjacent, operating in these faith spaces. And now with the platform that you have, you've had to exercise a lot of wisdom, a lot of patience and deciding to manage where you show up and when, how you use your time, how you manage these relationships and keep relationships along the way. Because you didn't drop people.Lisa Sharon Harper: I have. I have dropped a few [laughter]. I want to make that really clear, there is an appropriate space to literally shake the dust.Sy Hoekstra: Yeah [laughs].Jonathan Walton: I think what I have not seen you do is dehumanize the people in the places that you left.Lisa Sharon Harper: Yeah, thank you. Yeah.Jonathan Walton: And that's hard to do, because most people, particularly my generation, we see the bridge we just walked across, and we throw Molotov cocktails at that thing [laughter].Lisa Sharon Harper: Y'all do. Your generation is like, “I'm out! And you're never gonna breathe again!” Like, “You're going down!” I'm like, “Oh my God…” [laughs].Jonathan Walton: It's quite strong with us [laughs]. And so could you give any pieces of wisdom or things you've learned from God about navigating in that way. Things that we can and folks that are listening can hold on to as things shift, because they will shift and are shifting.Lisa Sharon Harper: They always shift, yeah, because we are not living on a book page. We're living in a world that moves and is fluid, and people change, and all the things. So I think that the best advice that I got, I actually got from Miroslav Volf. Dr. Miroslav Volf, who is a professor at Yale University, and he wrote the book that really kind of got me into, it was my first book that I ever read that was a book of theology, Exclusion&Embrace. And when we went to Croatia, we met with him. We met with him in the city of Zadar on the beach [laughs], literally over lunch. It was just an incredible privilege to sit down with him. And I've had many opportunities to connect with him since, which has been a privilege again, and just a joy.But he said to our group, our little InterVarsity group. And that's not at all to minimize InterVarsity, but we had a real inflated sense of who we were in the world. We thought we were everything, and we thought we were right about everything. And so here we are going through Croatia, which had just experienced a decade and a little bit before, this civil war. And it wasn't really a civil war, it was actually a war of aggression from Serbia into Croatia, and it was horrible. And it turned neighbor against neighbor in the same way that our civil war turned neighbor against neighbor. So literally, these towns, you literally had neighbors killing each other, you just were not safe.So basically, think Rwanda. The same thing that happened in Rwanda, around the same time had happened in Croatia. And so Miroslav is Croatian, and the lines by which things were drawn in Croatia was not race, because everybody was White. So the lines that they drew their hierarchy on was along the lines of religion. It was the Croats, which were mostly Catholic, mostly Christian. Some not Catholic, they might have been Evangelical, but they were Christian. And then you had the Bosniaks, which were Muslim, and the Serbs, which were Orthodox. So that was the hierarchy. And when you had Milošević, who was the president of Yugoslavia, who was trying to keep that Federation together, Yugoslavia was like an amalgamation of what we now understand to be Bosnia, Croatia and Serbia.So he was trying to keep all of that together, and when he then crossed the lines, the boundary between Serbia and Croatia and invaded and just began to kill everybody, and the Serbs then went to his side, and the Croats went over here, and the Bosniaks were caught in the middle, and people just died. And they chose sides and they killed each other. And so we sat down to do lunch with Miroslav Volf, and in that context, interfaith conversation was critical. It was and is, it continues to be. One of the main markers of where you find healing, it's where you find interfaith conversation in Croatia and also Bosnia and Serbia. And so we, in our little Evangelical selves, we're not used to this interfaith thing.We think of that as compromising. We think of that as, “How can you talk to people and gain relationship with and actually sit down and…?” And he was challenging us to study this scripture with other people of other faiths, and study their scriptures. He was like, “Do that.” And so our people were like, “How can you do that and not compromise your faith?” And here's what he said. He said, “It's easy. Respect. It's respect, respecting the image of God in the other, the one who is not like me. That I, when I sit down and I read their scriptures with them, allowing them to tell me what their scriptures mean.” Not sitting in a classroom in my Evangelical church to learn what the Muslim scriptures say, but sitting down with Imams to understand what the Muslim scriptures say and how it's understood within the context of that culture.That's called respect for the image of God. And there's no way, no way for us to knit ourselves together in a society, to live together in the world without respect. That's baseline. That's baseline.Jonathan Walton: As I'm listening, I'm thinking, “Okay, Lisa made choices.” She was like, “We are gonna not just do a trip. We're gonna do a trip in Croatia.” And so as you're going on these trips, as you were having these conversations, you're making choices. There's decisions being made around you, and then you get to the decision making seat. And how that discernment around where to place your energy happens. So something that's at the top of mind for me and many people listening is Palestine.Lisa Sharon Harper: Oh, yeah.Jonathan Walton: So how did you decide at this moment that, “Hey,this is where my energy and time is coming. I'm going to Christ at the Checkpoint. I'm going to talk with Munther. I'm going to be there.”How did that rise to the surface for you?Lisa Sharon Harper: It's funny, because I have, really have been advised, and in the very first days of the conflict, I was advised by some African American leaders, “Don't touch this. Don't do it. You're going to be blacklisted.”Jonathan Walton: I heard the same thing, yeah.Lisa Sharon Harper: “Don't do it. You're gonna find you're not invited to speak anywhere.” Da da da da. Sometimes these decisions are just made to say, “I am going to act in the world as if I don't know what the repercussions are, and I'm just going to do the thing, because my focus is not focused on the repercussions.” I mean, in some ways, in that way, I do think that my constitution is the constitution of a warrior. Warriors go to battle knowing that bullets are flying all around them, and they just choose to go forward anyway. Somebody who cared, and not just cared, but I think there's a moment where you begin to understand it's that moment of no turning back. It's the moment when you stand at the freshly buried graves of 5000 Muslim boys and men who were killed all in one day by bullet fire in Srebrenica.It's the moment that you drive through Bosnia and you see all of the graves everywhere. Everywhere, especially in Sarajevo, which experienced a siege, a multiyear siege by Serbia. And they turned the soccer field, which at one point was the focal point of the Sarajevo Olympic Games, they turned that into a graveyard because they ran out of space for the graves. When you roll through Georgia, and you go to Dahlonega, Georgia, and you go to the Mining Museum, which marks the very first gold rush in America, which was not in California, but was in Dahlonega, Georgia, on Cherokee land, and you hear the repercussions of people's silence and also complicity.When they came and they settled, they made a decision about how we should live together, and it did not include, it included the erasure of Cherokee people and Choctaw people and Chickasaw people, Seminole people, Creek people. And you walk that land, and the land tells you. It's so traumatic that the land still tells the story. The land itself tells the story. The land bears witness. When you stand on that land and the land tells you the story, there's a moment that just happens where there's no turning back and you have to bear witness to the truth, even with bullets flying around you. So with regard to Palestine, having done what now goodness, 20 years of research on this biblical concept called shalom, and written the book, The Very Good Gospel, which really lays it out in a systematic way.I would lose my integrity if I was silent in the face of the breaking of shalom, which I learned in Bosnia and Croatia and Serbia, is built on earth through structures. It doesn't just come because people know Jesus. Two thirds of the people in the Bosnian war knew Jesus. Two thirds. The Croats were Christian and the Serbs were Orthodox Christian, and yet they killed each other. I mean, massacred each other. Unfortunately, knowing Jesus is not enough if you have shaped your understanding of Jesus according to the rules and norms of empire. So we actually need international law. We need the instruments of international law. That's what stopped the war there. And they failed there too, but they also have been an intrinsic part of keeping the peace and also prosecuting Milošević. Solike making sure that some measure of justice on this earth happens, some shadow of it.Sy Hoekstra: Yeah.Lisa Sharon Harper: And what are we told in scripture in Micah 6:8, walk humbly with God. Do justice. Embrace the truth. So I think that when I saw on October 7, the breach of the wall, the breach of the gate and then the massacre at the festival, I grieved. I really grieved. And I was scared, really scared for the nation of Israel, for the people who were there. And I began to ask questions, because I've learned the discipline of not dehumanizing. Because to dehumanize is to break shalom. It's one of the first things that happens in the breaking of shalom and the eradication of it. And so part of what I had to do if I was going to consider Palestinian people human was to ask what has happened to them that would cause them to take such violent and radical action. How did we get here? Is the question.And the narrative that I heard from Israel, from the state of Israel, from the leaders of the state of Israel, which had been marched against by their own people just the week before that, and weeks for like a month or two before that, they were trying to depose the leadership of Israel because they were trying to turn their state into a fascist state. I was watching that as well. Trying to take the power of the judiciary away so that they could increase the power of the Prime Minister. So what does it mean then? What does it mean that this happened? And I was listening to the way that the narrative that Netanyahu was giving and his generals and the narrative they were giving is, “These are monsters. They are terrorists. They are evil. They are intrinsically, they are not human.”And I knew when I saw that, when I heard that, I thought Bosnia. I thought Rwanda, where they called the other cockroaches. I thought South Africa, where they called Black people not human, monsters, who need to be controlled. I thought Native Americans, who were called savages in order to be controlled, in order to have the justification of genocide. I thought of people of African descent who were brought in death ships across the Atlantic to South America and Central America and Mexico and North America in order to be used to build European wealth and they were called non-human. And even according to our own laws, our constitution declared three fifths of a human being.So when I heard Netanyahu and his generals dehumanizing the Palestinians, I knew, that for me was like the first signal, and it happened on the first day. It was the first signal that we are about to witness a genocide. They are preparing us. They are grooming us to participate in genocide. And I, as a theologian, as an ethicist, as a Christian, would lose my credibility if I remained silent and became complicit in that genocide through my silence. Because having studied the genocides that I mentioned earlier and the oppressions that I mentioned earlier, I know that most of those spaces were Christian spaces.Sy Hoekstra: Right.Jonathan Walton: Yeah.Lisa Sharon Harper: And they happened, those genocides and those oppressions were able to happen because Christians were silent.Jonathan Walton: Gathering all that up, I think… I mean, we've had Munther on this podcast, we've talked with him throughout the years. When he said, “The role of Christians is to be prophetic, to speak prophetic truth to power,” something clicked for me in that as you're talking about our witness being compromised, as you are saying, “Hey, let's ask this question, who does this benefit? What is happening?”Lisa Sharon Harper: That's right.Jonathan Walton: The reality that he said, “All of us are Nathan when it comes to empire. We are supposed to be the ones who say this is wrong.” And that resonates with what you said, like how can I have integrity and be silent? Genocide necessitates silence and complicity in that way from people.Lisa Sharon Harper: Yeah. And here's the thing. How are you gonna go to church and sing worship songs to Jesus on Sunday and be silent Monday through Saturday witnessing the slaying of the image of God on earth. You hear what I'm saying?Sy Hoekstra: Yes.Lisa Sharon Harper: Like my understanding of shalom now is not just we do these things in order to be nice and so we live together. It is that shalom is intricately connected with the flourishing of the kingdom of God.Sy Hoekstra: Right.Lisa Sharon Harper: It is the flourishing of the kingdom of God.Sy Hoekstra: Yeah.Lisa Sharon Harper: And the kingdom of God flourishes wherever the image of God flourishes. And the image of God is born by every single human being. And part of what it means to be made in the image of God is that humans who are made in the image of God exercise agency, stewardship of the world. And the most drastic example or practice of warfare against the image of God is war.Jonathan Walton: Yes [laughs]. Absolutely.Lisa Sharon Harper: War annihilates the image of God on earth. It is a declaration of war, not only on Palestinians or Gazans or even Israel or the empire anywhere. It is a declaration of war against God. It is a declaration of war against God.Sy Hoekstra: A phrase that has stuck in my head about you was from one of the endorsements to your last book Fortune. Jemar Tisby described you as a long-distance runner for justice.Jonathan Walton: [laughs] That's awesome.Sy Hoekstra: That always struck me as accurate.Jonathan Walton: That is great.Sy Hoekstra: [laughs] Not a sprinter.Jonathan Walton: No.Sy Hoekstra: Not a sprinter.Lisa Sharon Harper: That was really pretty cool. I was like, “Oh Jemar, thank you.” [laughter]Jonathan Walton: I need that. We just in here. That's great [laughs].Sy Hoekstra: So here's the question then, where does your hope and sustenance, how do you get that? Where does it come from?Lisa Sharon Harper: Honestly, it comes from focusing on the kingdom. Focusing on Jesus. Focusing on doing the kingdom of God. And when you do it you witness it. And when you witness it, you get hope. I mean, I've learned, even in the last year, an actual life lesson for me was hope comes in the doing. Hope comes in the doing. So as we do the kingdom, we gain hope. As we show up for the protests so that we confront the powers that are slaying the image of God on earth, we gain hope. As we speak out against it and form our words in ways that do battle with the thinking that lays the groundwork for ethics of erasure, we gain hope because we're doing it. We see the power.The kingdom of God exists wherever there are people who actually bow to the ethic of God. Who do it. Who do the ethic of God. You can't say you believe in Jesus and not actually do his ethic. You don't believe in him. What do you believe? He never said, “Believe stuff about me.” He said, “Follow me.” He literally never said, “Believe stuff about me.”Sy Hoekstra: Yeah [laughs].Jonathan Walton: Right.Lisa Sharon Harper: He said, “Follow me. Do what I do. ”And that's ethics. That's the question of, how do we live together in the world?? So we do and we gain hope.Jonathan Walton: Amen.Sy Hoekstra: I like that. That reminds me of Romans 5: There'll be glory in our suffering. Suffering produces perseverance, character, and character hope. It's like, it's not an intuitive thing necessarily, if you haven't done it before. But that's great, and that's a really, I like that a lot as a place for us to end [laughs]. To get out there and do it, and you will find the hope as you go.Jonathan Walton: Amen.Sy Hoekstra: Can you tell us where people can find you or work that you would want people to see of yours?Lisa Sharon Harper: Absolutely. Well, hey, first of all, thank you guys so much for having me on, and it's been really a joy to start my day in conversation with you. Y'all can follow what I'm up to at Lisasharonharper.com. I live on Instagram, and so you can [laughter], you can definitely follow on Instagram and Facebook. And Freedom Road Podcast is a place where a lot of people have found the conversation and are tracking with it. And I'm always trying to have guests on that are pushing me and causing me to ask deeper questions. And so I really, I welcome you to join us on Freedom Road.Sy Hoekstra: Yes. I wholeheartedly second that.Lisa Sharon Harper: And of course, the books [laughs].Jonathan Walton: Yes.Sy Hoekstra: And of course, the books.Jonathan Walton: [laughs].Sy Hoekstra: Fortune, Very Good Gospel, all the rest.Lisa Sharon Harper: Yeah, exactly.Sy Hoekstra: Lisa Sharon Harper, thank you so much for joining us. This has been a delight.Jonathan Walton: Thank you so much.Lisa Sharon Harper: Thank you Sy. Thank you, Jonathan.[The intro piano music from “Citizens” by Jon Guerra plays briefly and then fades out.]Sy Hoekstra: Jonathan, that was a fantastic discussion. Tell me what you are thinking about coming out of it?Jonathan Walton: Yeah, I think one, is just it's just really helpful to talk with someone who's been around for a while. I think most of us… I'm 38 years old, but let's just say millennials and younger, we don't consume or receive a lot of long form content.Sy Hoekstra: [laughs].Jonathan Walton: And we don't also engage with people who are willing and able to mentor us through difficult situations. We're getting sound bites from TikTok and Instagram and YouTube, and we don't get the whole of knowledge or experiences. So listening to Lisa talk about, “I grabbed this bit from L.A., I grabbed this bit from Palestine, I grabbed this bit from Croatia, I grabbed this bit.” We cannot microwave transformation. We cannot have instant growth. There is no, let me go through the side door of growing to maturity in my faithfulness and walk with Jesus.Sy Hoekstra: [laughs].Jonathan Walton: There is just doing it. And so when she said, “I find the hope in the doing,” you don't learn that unless you have done stuff. That's a big takeaway. I also appreciated just her take on the genocide in Palestine. And because she was mentored and has talked with Miroslav Volf, she knows what it smells like, because she's done the work in her own history of her own background. If you have not read Fortune, go read the book. The reason Black folks cannot find who we [laughs] come from is because they were enslaved and killed. The reason we cannot find the indigenous and native folks we were related to is because there was genocide. So there's these things.And she goes through that in her book, and to talk about how to wield our stories when we don't have one, or how to wield a story of tragedy to turn it into something transformative, is something I admire, appreciate and hope that I can embody if and when the time comes for myself, when I have collected and grown and have asked similar questions. I'm appreciative of what she had to say. And you know, I know I asked her the question about not burning things down, and so I appreciated that [laughs] answer as well. Like, there's just a lot of wisdom, and I hope that folks listening were able to glean as well.Sy Hoekstra: I totally agree with all that. I think all that was very powerful. And there isn't it… kind of reminds me of when her book we've mentioned a few times, The Very Good Gospel, came out. It came out in 2016, but like I said, when we were talking to her, the stuff that was in that book she had been thinking about for more than a decade at that point. And it was very clear. When I was reading it, I was like, “Oh, this is Lisa's bag—this is what she was talking to us about when we were in college in 2008.”Jonathan Walton: Yeah.Sy Hoekstra: At that camp, but she'd been thinking about it for even longer than that. It was just like, you can tell when something isn't like, “Oh, I had to research this because I was gonna write a book about it, so I had to learn about it.” You know what I mean? You can tell when someone does that versus when someone's been soaking in a subject. It's like marinating in it for 12, 15, years, or whatever it was. She just has a lot of that stuff [laughs]. You know what? I just used the image of marinating and marinating and microwaving are very different things [laughs].Jonathan Walton: Yes, that is true.Sy Hoekstra: One takes a lot longer.Jonathan Walton: Put a steak in a microwave, see if you enjoy it [laughter].Sy Hoekstra: Yeah, so I totally agree with all that. I came out of it thinking a lot about how the things that she said thematically kind of connected to some thoughts that I've had, but also just in terms of historical events. Because I told her this after the interview, when I moved to Switzerland in 2001 I was 13, my family moved over there. It was just at the end of the Yugoslavian Civil War, which was what she was talking about Bosnia and Croatia and Serbia. And Switzerland took in a ton of refugees from that war.Jonathan Walton: Right.Sy Hoekstra: So my neighborhood, there was a big apartment complex. I mean, big for Swiss standards, kind of small honestly for American standards. But there's an apartment complex around the corner from my house that they had put a bunch of Bosnian refugees in. And their school was right down the road, the public school. And so my neighborhood in high school was like the kids playing around in the streets and in the playground or whatever were Bosnian refugees. And the combination of the three countries, Serbian, Croatia and Bosnia, used to be one big thing called Yugoslavia, right.Jonathan Walton: Right.Sy Hoekstra: And the first two syllables of the word Yugoslavia were in Switzerland, a slur for anyone who was from that country. And there was just a ton of bigotry toward them, basically because they displayed poverty [laughter]. Like they were one of the most visible groups of poor people in Zurich. And again, like Lisa said, this wasn't about racism. Everybody's White. But you're talking about like there were ethnic differences and there was class differences. And people dismissed them for their criminality, or for how the young men would get in fights in bars and on the streets or whatever, and all that kind of stuff. And then, you know how a lot of refugees from the Somalian war ended up in Minneapolis and St Paul, just like where a lot of them were placed in the US, and then a lot of them moved into North Dakota.It's like, a lot of… which is where my family's from. I've been there a lot. I hear a lot of people talking about the politics in that region. And you would hear similar stuff about them, except that it was about race. That it was, “Oh, we have crime now because we have Black people and we haven't before.” I mean, obviously Minneapolis, they did, but not really in the parts of North Dakota that my family's from. And so it was this lesson for me about the thing that Lisa was talking about, respect for the image of God in all people and how when you bring people who are somehow differentiable [laughter] from you, somebody who's from another grid, you can call them a different class, a different race, whatever, we will find any excuse to just say, “Oh, these are just bad people,” instead of taking responsibility for them, loving our neighbor, doing any of the stuff that we were commanded to do by Jesus, to the stranger, the foreigner, the immigrant in our midst.We will find whatever dividing lines we can to write people off. It can be race, it can be poverty, it can be, it doesn't matter. It's not what we should actually be saying about poverty or violence, or the fact that people are getting mugged or whatever. What we should be saying is we have a bunch of people who just got here from a war torn society. They were cut off from education and job skills and opportunities and all kinds of other things. And this is, when you just stick them in a society that treats them like garbage, this is what happens every single time, without fail. And so what we need to do is [laughter] be good neighbors.Jonathan Walton: Yes.Sy Hoekstra: Treat people well and forgive when people wrong us and that sort of thing. And we just will find any excuse in the world not to do that. And it's because we are not starting from that place that Miroslav Volf, who I love by the way, said to Lisa, is the place where you have to start everything when it comes to these kinds of conflicts, which is respect for the image of God in other people. The fact that they didn't do that in Yugoslavia led to slaughter en masse, but it still happens when you leave and you put yourself in a different context. There's still that lack of respect, and it's still harming people, even when there's quote- unquote, peace.Jonathan Walton: This opens up another can of worms. But I thought to myself…Sy Hoekstra: Go for it.Jonathan Walton: …it's much easier to say, “I just don't want to help,” than it is to say, “This person's evil,” or, “These people are bad.” Because I think at the core of it, someone says, “Is this your neighbor?” Jesus says, “Is this your neighbor?” And the Jewish leader of the day does not want to help the Samaritan, whatever the reasoning is. Right?Sy Hoekstra: Right.Jonathan Walton: We're trying to justify our innate desire to not help our neighbor. As opposed to just dealing with the reality that many of us, when we see people who are broken and messed up, quote- unquote broken, quote- unquote messed up, quote- unquote on the opposite side of whatever power dynamic or oppressive structure that is set up or has just made, quote- unquote poor choices, some of us, our gut reaction is, I don't want to help them. And if we would just, I think just stop there, be like, “My first inclination is, I'm not interested in helping them.” And paused it there and reflected on why we don't want to do that internally, as opposed to turning towards them and making them the reason. Because they were just sitting there.Sy Hoekstra: Yeah.Jonathan Walton: The person on the street who's experiencing homelessness was just sitting there. The one in 10 students in New York City that is homeless is just sitting there. They're just there. And so if we were able to slow down for a second and say, “Why don't I want this person to live in my neighborhood, in my own stuff? Well, I don't like change. I'm afraid of this being different. I'm uncomfortable with different foods. I'm afraid of my favorite coffee shop or restaurant being taken away. I'm uncomfortable around people of different faiths. I feel weird when I don't hear my language being spoken.” If we were able to turn those reflections inward before we had uncomfortable feelings, turned them into actions, and then justified those actions with theology that has nothing to do with the gospel of Jesus, then I wonder what would be different. But that that slowing down is really hard, because it's easier to feel the feeling, react, and then justify my reaction with a divine mandate.Sy Hoekstra: Or just plug those feelings into stereotypes and all of the existing ways of thinking about people that we provide for each other so that we can avoid doing that very reflection.Jonathan Walton: That's all that I thought about there [laughs]. I'm going to be thinking about that for a while actually. So Sy, which tab is still open for you? We're going to talk about a segment where we dive a little bit deeper into one of the recommendations from our newsletter. And remember, you can get this newsletter for free just by signing up for our mailing list at KTFPress.com. You'll get recommendations on articles, podcasts and other media that both of us have found that will help you in your political education and discipleship. Plus you'll get reflections to keep us grounded, from me and Sy that help keep us grounded every week as we engage in just this challenging work and together in the news about what's happening and all that.You can get everything I'm just talking about at KTFPress.com and more. So go get that free subscription at KTFPress.com. So Sy, want to summarize that main story point for us?Sy Hoekstra: Yeah. I mean, this is interesting, because when I wrote about this, which is the story about Haitian immigrants in Ohio, it was two days after the debate, and the story has only exploded since then, and I think a lot of people kind of probably have the gist of it already. But some completely unfounded rumors based on fourth hand nonsense and some blurry pictures of people that have nothing whatsoever to do with Haitian immigrants started spreading online among right wing conspiracy theorists saying, for some reason, that Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio were eating pets.Jonathan Walton: [laughs].Sy Hoekstra: Stealing, kidnapping and eating the resident's pets.Jonathan Walton: Yes.Sy Hoekstra: And the absurdity of this story was immediately apparent to me being someone who married into a Haitian immigrant family, Haitians do not eat cats and dogs [laughs]. It's a ridiculous thing to have to say, but I say it because I understand, maybe you have no, maybe you know nothing whatsoever about Haiti and you think, “Well, I don't know. There are some cultures around the world where they eat animals that we think of as pets or that we don't think of as food or whatever.” And like, okay, fine, that's true. It's not Haiti, though.Jonathan Walton: Right [laughter].Sy Hoekstra: The idea of eating a cat or a dog to a Haitian is as weird to them as it is to us. I promise you, I've had so much Haitian food [laughter]. So basically this rumor spread, Donald Trump mentions that the debates and now there are Proud Boys in Springfield, Ohio, marching around with cat posters and memes. There are people calling in bomb threats to schools and to government buildings, to all other institutions in Springfield. The Haitian population is very afraid of Donald Trump. At this point, we're recording this on Friday, September 20, he has said that he will travel to Springfield, and basically everyone there has said, “Please do not do that. You're only going to stoke more problems.”And every last piece of evidence that has been offered as evidence, which was always pretty weak in the first place, has been debunked at this point. There was one, the Vance campaign just recent, the past couple days, gave a police report to the Washington Post and said, “See, we found it. Here's a woman who actually filed a police report that says that my Haitian neighbors took my cat and ate my cat.” And the Washington Post did what, for some reason Republicans never expect journalists to do, and actually did their job and called up the woman who said, “Oh, yeah, I filed that report, and then I found my cat in my basement, and they were fine.” [laughs]Jonathan Walton: Yes. In her house.Sy Hoekstra: Yeah. And so I don't know, there have been a couple of blips like that where somebody is like, “See, I found evidence,” and then someone was immediately like, “That's not actually evidence.” There have been rumors of other rallies or whatever. It's basically just becoming a focal point and a meme for all of Trump and his supporters, immigration resentment.Jonathan Walton: Right.Sy Hoekstra: There was a story today about people in Alabama being concerned about, some small town in Alabama being concerned about becoming the next Springfield because they had 60 Haitian immigrants in their town of 12,000 people [laughs]. I don't know. It's all just bizarre. The main actual point though, around the actual immigration policy stuff, Gabrielle and a few other people, my wife's name is Gabrielle, and a few other Haitians that I've seen comment on this, keep bringing up the Toni Morrison quote about how racism is a distraction from actual issues.Jonathan Walton: That is literally what I was gonna read.Sy Hoekstra: There you go. Okay [laughs]. So the actual issue here is that there's this community of about 60,000 people in Ohio that has had an influx of about 15,000 Haitian immigrants, and so it's a lot of strain on the schools and housing and stuff like that, which those are real questions. But also, the Haitian immigrants are there because the local economy revitalization efforts led to a bunch of manufacturers coming into Springfield and having more jobs than laborers, and explicitly saying, “We need you to bring in more laborers.” And so they were Haitian immigrants who are legally in the country [laughs], who have social security numbers and temporary protected status at the very least if not green cards or whatever, have been filling these jobs, and not remotely even a majority of these jobs.They're just filling in the extra 10, 15 percent or whatever the workforce that these manufacturers thought they needed. And the story has become, “Haitians are taking our jobs,” which is absolute nonsense.Jonathan Walton: Right.Sy Hoekstra: So those are the main points of the story. Sorry, I talked a while. I have a lot of feelings about this one [laughs].Jonathan Walton: No, I mean…Sy Hoekstra: But Jonathan, what are your thoughts?Jonathan Walton: For a good reason. Let me just say this quote by Toni Morrison, “The function, the very serious function of racism, is distraction. It keeps you from doing your work. It keeps you explaining over and over again your reason for being. Somebody says your head isn't shaped properly, and you have scientists working on the fact that it is. Somebody says you have no art, so you dredge that up. Somebody says you have no kingdoms, so you dredge that up. None of this is necessary. There will always be one more thing.” So along with that Toni Morrison quote, I want to put that side by side with this quote from Robert Jones Jr.'s National Book of the Year, The Prophets.“To survive this place, you had to want to die. That was the way of the world as remade by the Toubab.” Toubab is a Western and Central African word for colonizer, European. “They push people into the mud and then call them filthy. They forbade people from accessing knowledge of the world, and then called them simple. They worked people until their empty hands were twisted and bleeding and can do no more, than they called them lazy. They forced people to eat innards from troughs, and then called them uncivilized. They kidnapped babies and shattered families and then called them incapable of love. They raped and lynched and cut up people into parts and called the pieces savages. They stepped on people's throats with all of their might and asked why the people couldn't breathe.”“And then when people made an attempt to break the foot or cut it off one they screamed, “Chaos,” and claimed that mass murder was the only way to restore order. They praised every daisy and then called every blackberry a stain. They bled the color from God's face, gave it a dangle between its legs, and called it holy. Then when they were done breaking things, they pointed to the sky and called the color of the universe itself a sin, [black]. And then the whole world believed them, even some of Samuel's [or Black] people. Especially some of Samuel's people. This was untoward and made it hard to open your heart to feel a sense of loyalty that wasn't a strategy. It was easier to just seal yourself up and rock yourself to sleep.”That to me, like those two quotes together. So the Son of Baldwin, Robert Jones Jr, great follow on Substack and that quote from Toni Morrison, an iconic Black female writer, wrote Beloved, The Bluest Eye, those two things together, like what racism does to a person. The giving up, the I just, “What can I do?” and the distraction for the people who do have effort, are just two roads that I wish we just didn't have to go down. But most people will spend our energy either resigned because we've spent too much or pushing against the lie as the powers that be continue to carry out genocide, continue to extract limestone from Haiti, continues to extract resources from Haiti, continue to destroy African economies through extraction in the Congo and Benin and all the places.And so my prayer and longing is that the resilience of the Haitian people and the legacy of Toussaint and all of that would be present in the people that are there and the diaspora. And I believe that is true. And I pray for safety for all of the people that still have to live in this, what is fastly becoming a sundown town.Sy Hoekstra: Right.Jonathan Walton: It's a very real thing. And I talked to someone else. Oh, actually [laughs], it was a DM on Instagram that I sent to Brandy, and she agreed that there's a lot of PTSD from when Trump was president, because things like this got said every day.Sy Hoekstra: Yeah.Jonathan Walton: All the time. And downstream of rhetoric are real actions, like lawyers and taxi drivers being mobilized to go to the airport to try and get the, quote- unquote, Muslim banned people now representation and get them to their destinations. You had very real terrible child separation that happened, that children are still separated from their families right now. And so downstream of all this stuff, are real, real concrete actions. And I am praying that… my daughter asked me this morning, Maya, she said, “Do I want Trump to win, or do I want Harris to win?” And I said, “Maya, I hope that Trump does not win.” She goes “Well, if Harris wins, will it be better?”I said, “It depends on who you ask, but I think there will be a better chance for us to move towards something more helpful if Trump does not win.” And then she said she knew some people who are supportive of Trump, and I told her things that her eight year old brain cannot handle.Sy Hoekstra: But wait, what does that mean? [laughs]Jonathan Walton: I just started breaking down why that is because I couldn't help myself.Sy Hoekstra: Oh, why people support him.Jonathan Walton: Why people would support him.Sy Hoekstra: Yeah, okay.Jonathan Walton: And then she quickly pivoted back to Story Pirates, which is a wonderful podcast about professional improvisational actors telling kid stories like Cecily Strong and things like that. It's hilarious. But all that to say, I think this is a prime example of the type of chaos and environment that is created when someone like Trump is president and the cameras are on him at all times. And I hope that is not the reality, because he absolutely does not have any meaningful policy positions besides Project 2025. I don't know if you saw… I'm talking a lot. He was in a town hall in Michigan, and someone asked him what his child care policies were. Like what actionable policy does he have? And he said a word salad and a buffet of dictionaries that you don't know what he was talking about.Sy Hoekstra: [laughs].Jonathan Walton: It was nonsense that somehow ended up with immigration being a problem.Sy Hoekstra: Yeah.Jonathan Walton: And so I think that the worst factions of our country will have a vehicle to live out their worst fantasies about deportations and violence and racism, White supremacy and patriarchy and all those things, if he becomes president. And that's really sad to me, and I think it's a preview of that is what's happening in Springfield right now.Sy Hoekstra: Here's another angle on this. And it fits into everything you just said, but it's just from a different angle, bringing a little bit of Haitian history here. The Haitian Revolution is probably, I can't say that I've read everything to guarantee this, is probably the greatest act of defiance against White supremacy that the world has ever seen. For those who don't know, it happened right after the American Revolution, it was just the enslaved people of the island of Saint-Domingue, which is now Haiti in the Dominican Republic, rising up and overthrowing the French and taking the island for themselves and establishing, like writing the world's second written constitution and establishing basically the world's second democracy.Really the world's first actual democracy [laughs] if you think about how American democracy was restricted to a very small group of people. If you read things that people in colonial governments or slave owners throughout the Western Hemisphere wrote and like when they spoke to each other about their fears over the next decades before slavery is abolished, Haiti is constantly on their minds.Jonathan Walton: Right.Sy Hoekstra: They never stop talking about it. It's actually mentioned in some of the declarations of secession before the Civil War. When the states wrote why they were seceding, it was like, “Because the Union wants Haiti to happen to us.” For the plantation owners to be killed. It was an obsession, and so the colonial powers in Europe, you may have read some of the work that the New York Times did in the New York Times Magazine last year, maybe it was two years ago, about this. But the amount of energy from European powers that went into making sure that Haiti as a country never had access to global markets or the global economy, that they were constantly impoverished.They were still finding ways to extract money from Haiti, even though it was an independent country. The fact that the US colonized Haiti for almost 20 years in the early 20th century, like the ways that we have controlled who is in power in their government from afar. We've propped up some of the most brutal dictators in the history of the world, honestly. We have been punishing and making sure that everybody knows that the defiance of white supremacy that Haiti showed will never be tolerated.Jonathan Walton: Right.Sy Hoekstra: And so it is so easy for Haitians at every stage to become a scapegoat for whatever anxiety we have about the world becoming less White, the world becoming less of like under our control. Haitian immigrants were the reason that we started using Guantanamo Bay as a prison. They were the first people that we ever imprisoned there. We changed our policies, we like… Do you know for a long time, they wouldn't let Haitian people donate blood in America?Jonathan Walton: Yes.Sy Hoekstra: Because we said they'd had HIV. They had dirty blood, is what we said about them for years. Haiti is not at the bottom because of its choice. That's what we're constantly telling ourselves. Pat Robertson went on his show after the earthquake in 2010, and said the reason that these things still happen to Haiti is because they did Voodoo before their revolution, because they're pagans or whatever. We will make up any reason to not just take responsibility. Again, like with the Bosnians, the Somalis, we make up any reason to not just take responsibility for our actions.Jonathan Walton: Right.Sy Hoekstra: And this is just a continuation of that. And I don't know that I have a further point beyond that, other than to say, everything that Trump and Vance and the Proud Boys and all of them are doing in Springfield right now is just a continuation of that. “You're immigrants that we will call illegal, even though you're not right and you are Black. Your whole pride in your culture and your history is about the way that you defied White supremacy, and you're foreign to us, and you are strange. And we will say that you do things like eat cats that you don't do, and we will just believe it, because we don't actually want to know anything about you other than that you are a monster who defies the way that the world should be ordered.”Jonathan Walton: Yep.Sy Hoekstra: I'm trying to stop myself from tearing up right now, and I don't know that I have points beyond this. Do you know what I mean? I'm just angry because this is like people, this is my wife and my daughter. I'm probably just taking time now to do what I should have done earlier in this process, which is just feel all the sadness and the anger. But that is what I feel. The Trump and Vance and the people that are a part of his movement are just horrifying. The fruit of their way of seeing the world is just evil, and I think that's where I'm leaving it for now [laughs].Jonathan Walton: Our battle is not against flesh and blood, but against powers and principalities and spiritual wickedness in high places. And the very thing that Haitian people are called, evil, voodoo all those things, is what White supremacy is.Sy Hoekstra: Yeah.Jonathan Walton: That is evil, and that is wicked, and it has been at work for centuries. And in Jesus name, as Connie Anderson would pray in the work she does with White people around White supremacy and leaving that behind, and she says she just prays that it would be overthrown. That demonic power would be overthrown, and people would be disobedient to that leaning.Sy Hoekstra: Yeah.Jonathan Walton: And I pray the same would be true for many, many people before and after the polls close on November the 5th.Sy Hoekstra: Yeah. So in the newsletter, I put an email address where you could send a PayPal donation to the local Haitian community center. We'll have a link to that in the show notes too. The Haitians on the ground, especially some of the pastors and the churches there, are doing some incredible work to try and keep the peace. I think people have been overlooking that. There was a decent Christianity Today article on kind of what's going on the ground in Ohio, but it really focused on what the local White churches are doing to help [laughs].Jonathan Walton: Right.Sy Hoekstra: And I really need people to focus on the Haitians, like what is actually happening there, and the fact that there are White supremacists marching around the town. And how terrifying that has to be for them, and how the people who are doing the work to keep the peace there are heroic, and they should not have to be. And they deserve all of our support and all our prayers. So I appreciate anything that you can, any intercession that you can do, any money that you can give. Any support that you can be. Any help that you can be just spreading the truth to people who may not be wanting to hear it or who might not be hearing it from their news sources right now,Jonathan Walton: Right.Sy Hoekstra: We're gonna end there, then. Thank you so much for listening. Please remember to go to KTFPress.com and become a paid subscriber and support everything we're doing, the media that we're making here. Get the bonus episodes to this show, come to our monthly Zoom calls to have a chat with me and Jonathan about everything that's going on in the election. Bring us your questions, get access to comments on our posts and more pl

Fear is something that everyone can relate to. When God called someone to a task requiring faith, He would often offer the admonition, "Do not fear." We all struggle with fear at some point, whether based on real or imagined concerns. For example, when a child loses a parent, the enemy instills a deep fear within their hearts. They often worry that something else terrible might happen - something that could leave them orphaned or lead to further feelings of rejection, abandonment, and pain.  The best way to fight this battle of anxiety and fear is to place our trust in God and the promises of His word. In this episode, Lori talks about: Examples in Scripture  Faith as the antidote to fear The promises of God to combat fear Practical suggestions on how to help children when they are afraid Other Resources: How to Help our Children when they are Afraid Mom and Man special event for Single and Widow Moms and their fatherless sons | September 29, 2024 | Dahlonega, GA Mom, you are not alone!  Join our private Facebook group for more encouragement and community: https://bit.ly/widowmom  For more information and helpful resources, check our website: PerspectiveMinistries.org & follow us on Instagram @PerspectiveMinistries.

8-13-24 Tonight we're talking with Kyle Ducharme in Vermont. Kyle has been doing a lot of mead making classes and education and helping more people with the love of mead. Kyle Ducharme is from Northern Vermont and is a home mead maker that has experience with quality assurance positions in the food and beverage industries. He has been making mead since the fall of 2019, really diving deep during the pandemic. He originally learned from podcasts/youtubers such as Gotmead, The Mead House, Doin the Most, and Man Made Mead. He later joined his homebrew club where he discovered some other mead makers, but mainly beer brewers and judges. He was motivated by the online community to enter competitions and after winning some medals, he entered more competitions to get feedback and improve his skills. That was a valuable step, but becoming a beer and mead judge was really what made him grow exponentially in his mead making. By traveling to learn from others and to judge meads, he could bring that knowledge to others in his homebrew club and online communities. Outside of competing and judging comps, he has started a mead class and small Iron Bee style mead competition to share knowledge/feedback with others. His major goal is to create another major mead competition in New England and to bring up the homebrew mead scene in the area. He is passionate about using foraged ingredients and fruit from local farmers and utilizing honey from all over the world. His parents own a small hop yard and that is what got him initially interested in fermentation. Join us to chat with Kyle! This player will show the most recent show, and when we're live, will play the live feed. If you are calling in, please turn off the player sound, so we don't get feedback.[break] Sponsor: Look no further than Honnibrook Craft Meadery in Castle Rock, Colorado, for your go-to destination for wonderful, light, and refreshing mead! We have 20 meads on tap and four seasonal mead slushees.  Go to honnibrook.com for review our tap list, upcoming events and to order online! If you want to ask your mead making questions, you can call us at 803-443-MEAD (6323) or send us a question via email, or via Twitter @realGotMead and we'll tackle it online! 9PM EDT/6PM PDT Join us on live chat during the show Upcoming Shows Aug 27 - Matthew Chrispin - Live BJCP mead exam mead evaluation and discussion of BJCP certification Sept 10 - Copa Hidromiel competition in Mexico with Vicky and Kevin Show links and notes Let There Be Melomels by Rob Ratliff The Big Book of Mead Recipes by Rob Ratliff Let There Be Session Meads by Rob Ratliff Upcoming Events May 1 - Sept 1 - Copa Hidromiel Mexico Competition Registration Aug 14 - Queen Bee Brews, Denver, CO - Magic and Mead Aug 14 - St. Ambrose Cellars, Beulah, MI - Bill Frary live music Aug 15 - Barcade, Detroit, MI - Mead-evil Madness! Aug 17 - Zymarium Meadery, Orlando, FL - First Bee-Day! Aug 17 - McAlpine Meadery, Beach City, OH - Oddmall: Mead and Feed Aug 17 - Apis Wine and Mead, Carnegie, PA - Live Music with Push Aug 17 - Etowah Meadery and Dahlonega Brewery, Dahlonega, GA - Sourwood Honey Extraction on National Honey Bee Day! Aug 18 - St. Ambrose Cellars, Beulah, MI - Honey Bee Market Aug 18 - Skäl Beer Hall, Seattle, WA - Viking Faire Aug 19 - Bardic Wells Meadery, Montague, MI - ModPoge Mixed Media art and Mead Aug 21 - Kingview Meadhouse and Winery, Mount Lebanon, PA - Trivia Night! Aug 22 - Thistlerock Mead Company, Charlottesville, VA - Tacos and Mead Aug 23 - St. Ambrose Cellars, Beulah, MI - Delilah DeWylde Live music Aug 24 - DMen Tap, Chicago, IL - Mead Fest 2024 Aug 24 - Haley's Honey Wine and Mead, Fredericksburg, VA - Mead and Read Aug 24 - Dawg Gone Bees Apiary and Meadery, Hanover, PA - Mead Making Class Aug 28 - Oppegaard Meadery, Seattle, WA - Paint and Sip Class Aug 30 - Adesanya Meadery,

GDP Script/ Top Stories for July 19th Publish Date:  June 19th             BREAK: GON :30 From the Ingles Studio Welcome to the Gwinnett Daily Post Podcast. Today is Friday, July 19th and Happy 61st Birthday to actor Anthony Edwards ***07.19.24 – BIRTHDAY – ANTHONY EDWARDS*** I'm Keith Ippolito and here are your top stories presented by Gwinnett KIA Mall of Georgia. Gwinnett High School Students Get Invaluable Experience at Georgia Gwinnett College Summer Chemistry Program New Farmers Market Open in Sugar Hill Two Gwinnett County Public School students will display artwork in the U.S. Capitol Plus, The Stripers Report with catcher Ryan Casteel after his big walk off homerun vs Jacksonville. All of this and more is coming up on the Gwinnett Daily Post podcast, and if you are looking for community news, we encourage you to listen daily and subscribe! Break 1: M.O.G.   STORY 1: Gwinnett High School Students Get Invaluable Experience At Georgia Gwinnett College Summer Chemistry Program Malachi McClain, a 15-year-old student from Dacula, opted for scientific research over summer beach trips, participating in the Project SEED program at Georgia Gwinnett College. Alongside peers from Gwinnett County high schools, McClain and others are engaged in intensive research under the American Chemical Society's initiative. Led by Dr. Ajay Mallia and his colleagues, students gain practical lab skills and professional development, crucial for future academic and career pursuits. McClain, enthusiastic about organic chemistry, finds fulfillment in rigorous lab work. Meanwhile, students like Galilee Degracia from Grayson High School and Joyce Lee from Peachtree Ridge High School are also immersed in hands-on research, deepening their STEM interests and preparing for future scientific endeavors. The program, running until July 31, provides a foundational experience for aspiring young scientists. STORY 2: News Farmers Market Open In Sugar Hill   Brandon Hembree, mayor of Sugar Hill, is enthusiastic about the city's new farmers market, which launched after years of planning. Held on Tuesdays from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at The Landing behind The E Center, the market features a variety of vendors offering goods like foods, pastries, coffee, and handmade crafts. Residents had long desired the market, but finding the right logistics, including the ideal day and time, posed a challenge due to limited vendor availability. Since its June 4 debut, vendors such as Hooch Pickle Company and others have garnered positive feedback, and the market is scheduled to continue thriving through October. STORY 3: Two Gwinnett County Public School students will display artwork in the U.S. Capitol In 2024, students from Gwinnett County Public Schools excelled in Georgia's Congressional Art Competition. Whitney Yeboah of Brookwood High School won first place for the 7th Congressional District with her piece "Kingsley," while Rebecca Lee from North Gwinnett High School claimed first for the 9th District with "Box of Memories." Their artworks will be displayed in the U.S. Capitol's Cannon Tunnel for a year, a highly visible honor. Additionally, Beruhe Fentahun and Gianna Repta, also from GCPS, placed third in their respective districts. This achievement underscores GCPS's commitment to nurturing artistic talent and providing opportunities for student success in the arts. We have opportunities for sponsors to get great engagement on these shows. Call 770.874.3200 for more info. We'll be right back   Break 2: TOM WAGES   ***STRIPERS REPORT***   Break 3: INGLES 8 STORY 4: Northeast Georgia Medical Center Braselton Earns National Award for Emergency Care Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Braselton, part of the Northeast Georgia Health System, received the 2024 Lantern Award from the Emergency Nurses Association, recognizing exceptional performance in emergency care leadership, practice, education, advocacy, and research. This marks the fourth NGHS campus in Georgia to achieve this honor, with NGMC Lumpkin also recognized. Angela Gary, executive director of trauma and emergency services at NGMC, expressed pride in the team's dedication and compassion. NGHS operates hospitals across Gainesville, Braselton, Winder, Dahlonega, and Demorest, with over 850 beds and 1,200 medical staff covering 60 specialties, serving over 1 million people across 19 counties. For more on NGMC's emergency services, visit nghs.com/emergency. STORY 5: Massive global IT crash hits airlines, banks, media This morning, businesses worldwide grappled with a major IT outage triggered by an antivirus update. Aviation was particularly hit, with U.S. officials briefly grounding flights and global airports experiencing cancellations and delays. The issue stemmed from an update to CrowdStrike Falcon on Microsoft Azure, affecting Windows systems. Microsoft and CrowdStrike raced to mitigate the problem, but the fix posed challenges. The incident underscored vulnerabilities in relying on single providers for critical services. While the FAA eventually lifted flight restrictions, impacts rippled across sectors from banking to media, prompting calls for heightened resilience against such widespread failures. We'll have final thoughts after this.   Break 4: GON :60 Signoff – Thanks again for hanging out with us on today's Gwinnett Daily Post Podcast. If you enjoy these shows, we encourage you to check out our other offerings, like the Cherokee Tribune Ledger Podcast, the Marietta Daily Journal, or the Community Podcast for Rockdale Newton and Morgan Counties. Read more about all our stories and get other great content at gwinnettdailypost.com Did you know over 50% of Americans listen to podcasts weekly? Giving you important news about our community and telling great stories are what we do. Make sure you join us for our next episode and be sure to share this podcast on social media with your friends and family. Add us to your Alexa Flash Briefing or your Google Home Briefing and be sure to like, follow, and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. Produced by the BG Podcast Network   Show Sponsors: www.ingles-markets.com  www.wagesfuneralhome.com www.kiamallofga.com gon.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Discover the latest insights and future predictions for the Dahlonega real estate market. Gold Peach Realty's in-depth analysis by top Dahlonega Realtor, Nicole Van den Bergh, highlights trends in houses for sale, local amenities, and investment opportunities. Gold Peach Realty City: Dahlonega Address: 3400 S Chestatee Website: https://www.goldpeachrealty.com/ Phone: +1-770-283-1223 Email: Info@goldpeachrealty.com

Show Notes:00:15 - Teacher Appreciation Day 2024 00:25 - eight encore excerpts from seven guests1:15 - Julia Roland  - college student, art student, artist (segment 1 of 2)3:00 - Lana Camiel - pharmacist, herbalist, professor, podcaster4:30 - Mike Shannon - retired U.S. Army officer, current university president6:25 - Joy Robinson - former teacher, staff member with the Professional Association of Georgia Educators7:25 - Megan Golden - world language teacher and author9:00 - John Beede - mountain climber, author, public speaker11:00 - Kristin Hatcher - writer, runner12:25 - Julia Roland - segment 2 of 214:35 - "Thank you!" to great teachers Links:Julia Roland episode - An Artist's Audio Self-Portrait (38 minutes)Lana Camiel episode - Rx for Health, Living, and Learning (45 minutes)Mike Shannon episode - Grit, Excellence, Leadership . . . Purpose (41 minutes)Joy Robinson episode - We need more Joy in teaching! (37 minutes)Megan Golden episode - Learning is THE World Language (38 minutes)John Beede episode - Keep on Climbing! (36 minutes)Kristin Hatcher episode - Tell Your Story (34 minutes) Episode 7 - Host on Mic Episode - Teachers Matter (23 minutes)Episode 16 - In A Moment - Changing the World (4 minutes)Episode 24 - In A Moment - Thank You! (6 minutes)Episode 34 - Many Voices, One Message - Teachers Matter (15 minutes)Episode 38 - Great Teachers - Everyone Knows One! (13 minutes) Music for Lead. Learn. Change. is Sweet Adrenaline by Delicate BeatsPodcast cover art is a view from Brunnkogel (mountaintop) over the mountains of the Salzkammergut in Austria, courtesy of photographer Simon Berger, published on www.unsplash.com.Professional Association of Georgia EducatorsDavid's LinkedIn page 

Dahlonega's Top Real Estate Agent, Nicole Van den Bergh of Gold Peach Realty, Receives 2023 NAMAR Million Dollar Club Top 10 Individual Agent Award, Signifying Unrivaled Success in the North Georgia Top Real Estate Agent Market Gold Peach Realty City: Dahlonega Address: 3400 S Chestatee Website: https://www.goldpeachrealty.com/ Phone: +1-770-283-1223 Email: Info@goldpeachrealty.com

4:20 – workplace of the future5:00 – rapid changes in technology and society5:45 – leaders are made, not born5:55 – the Leadership Foundry7:00 – building resilience, self-awareness, agency, and personal interaction skills8:20 – the complexities, and simplicity, of leadership9:30 – pursuing the best version of yourself parallels the leadership journey10:10 – you may never know the impact you have on others11:40 – storytelling as a means of messaging13:25 – to script or not to script14:30 – strength grows out of displaying vulnerability15:10 – why? how? what? Is there a more effective sequence17:00 – technology cuts both ways, and can have positive or negative effects on relationships18:00 – great leaders invest in others18:35 – talking with others is the “secret sauce” that enhances relationships and effectiveness20:15 – grit, grace, compassion, and empathy23:10 – the human encounter in education is as vital now as it has ever been24:00 – struggling through and towards discovery is magic24:25 – starting a teaching career at West Point26:25 – online learning has its place28:00 – Mr. Keith Jones, high school history teacher29:10 – the impact of great teachers is priceless32:00 – the University of North Georgia, 150 and just getting started32:25 – athletics raises all boats33:45 – knowing the stories of one's graduates34:30 – providing lieutenants for the U.S. Army35:10 – Fulbright Scholars35:25 – an ecosystem of excellence36:35 – fortunate journey, experiences of a lifetime, first generation college student and graduate, military spouse, incredible set of opportunities37:40 – equipping students to walk toward their purpose39:50 – five campuses, seven strategic big bets, all serving to change lives UNG websiteStrategic Big BetsMike Shannon's CV+YouTube monthly updateThe Adaptation AdvantageMusic for Lead. Learn. Change. is Sweet Adrenaline by Delicate BeatsPodcast cover art is a view from Brunnkogel (mountaintop) over the mountains of the Salzkammergut in Austria, courtesy of photographer Simon Berger, published on www.unsplash.com.Professional Association of Georgia EducatorsDavid's LinkedIn page 

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MDJ Script/ Top Stories for Dec 15th         Publish Date:  Dec 14th      Commercial: Henssler :15   From the Henssler Financial Studio, Welcome to the Marietta Daily Journal Podcast.  Today is Friday, December 15th, and Happy 74th Birthday to actor Don Johnson. ***12.15.23 - BIRTHDAY - DON JOHNSON*** I'm Dan Radcliffe and here are the stories Cobb is talking about, presented by Credit Union of Georgia.  Teen Killed By Alleged Drunk Driver was Harrison High Student Chase Ends with Cobb Police Car Atop Truck in Midtown Marietta Woman Accused of Domestic Dispute Stabbing All of this and more is coming up on the Marietta Daily Journal Podcast, and if you are looking for community news, we encourage you to listen and subscribe!  BREAK: CU of GA STORY 1: Teen Killed By Alleged Drunk Driver was Harrison High Student Harrison High School senior Olivia Pugh was identified as the 17-year-old victim in a fatal accident where Jerome Lee Cox, 68, struck her with his car while reportedly under the influence of alcohol. The incident occurred on Ben King Road in Kennesaw, near Town Center mall. Pugh was transported to Wellstar Kennestone Hospital in critical condition and succumbed to her injuries on Sunday. Cobb County Police charged Cox with vehicular homicide. Cox allegedly admitted to drinking three beers at a holiday party before the crash and refused a voluntary breath sample or blood draw. The investigation is ongoing. STORY 2: Chase Ends with Cobb Police Car Atop Truck in Midtown A police chase, starting near Osborne High School and ending in Midtown Atlanta, resulted in a Cobb police car on top of a Jeep pickup truck. The suspect, Robert Shirling of Dahlonega, was hospitalized with minor injuries. The chase began after Shirling allegedly attempted to ram an officer with his truck during a traffic stop. The Georgia State Patrol reported that the chase involved surface streets and the interstate, with Shirling hitting multiple vehicles. A PIT maneuver by a Cobb police officer caused the Jeep to roll over, with the patrol car on top. Howell Mill Road was closed for approximately two hours for investigation. STORY 3: Marietta Woman Accused of Domestic Dispute Stabbing Nia Danielle Pryor, a 26-year-old Marietta woman, is accused of stabbing a man during a domestic dispute over infidelity allegations at the Walton Ridge Apartments. The incident occurred on November 25, and Pryor allegedly stabbed the victim with a folding knife in the hand, leg, and torso. A roommate witnessed the altercation, where both parties were throwing items, and saw the victim's injuries. The victim was taken to Wellstar Kennestone Regional Hospital. Pryor faces charges of aggravated assault with a weapon and was arrested on November 25, subsequently released on a $20,000 bond. We have opportunities for sponsors to get great engagement on these shows. Call 770.799.6810 for more info.  We'll be right back  Break:  ESOG – DRAKE   STORY 4: Marietta Man Accused of Rape Travis Pierre Ficklin, a 41-year-old Marietta man, is accused of raping a woman at the Belmont Place Apartments on November 21 between 10:06 and 11:04 p.m. He faces charges of rape and false imprisonment. Ficklin was arrested on November 22 and is currently held without bond at the Cobb County Adult Detention Center. STORY 5: 'You Are Safe Here and You Are Important,' Smyrna Mayor Says at Hanukkah Celebration During a Hanukkah celebration hosted by Chabad of Smyrna Vinings, Mayor Derek Norton assured the Jewish community of safety in Smyrna and expressed love and support. The event included a menorah-lighting ceremony, crafts, music, balloon animals, and traditional snacks. Rabbi Avremel Zaltzman and his wife coordinated the celebration, bringing the Jewish community together. Attendees appreciated the event as a source of hope and unity, especially in challenging times. The lighting ceremony emphasized the symbolism of bringing light into the world through good deeds. The evening concluded with a gelt drop, where chocolate coins were tossed from a fire truck, and a raffle. We'll be back in a moment. Break: INGLES 5 STORY 6: Acworth, Kennesaw and West Cobb Citizens of the Year Announced The Cobb Chamber of Commerce's Northwest Cobb Area Council awarded Citizens of the Year for Acworth, Kennesaw, and West Cobb. Bertha Nelson, principal of Acworth Elementary School, was recognized for her leadership and community engagement. Allison Giddens, co-president of Win-Tech, received the Kennesaw Citizen of the Year award for her contributions to workforce development, industry groups, and community service. Joy Doss, an attorney with The Doss Firm LLC, was honored as West Cobb Citizen of the Year for her extensive volunteer work supporting children, serving on various boards, and actively participating in local nonprofits. STORY 7: 'Bringing Light to the World' at East Cobb Menorah Lighting Residents of East Cobb joined for a community menorah lighting at the Avenue East Cobb, partnering with Chabad of Cobb for the Hanukkah celebration. Despite rain and cold weather, the event featured crafts, snacks, and festive activities. Rabbi Ephraim Silverman, one of the coordinators, emphasized the message of Hanukkah, encouraging everyone to bring light to the world. U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff, the first Jewish senator from Georgia, made a surprise appearance, addressing concerns about antisemitism and pledging support for the Jewish community. The celebration ended with a "gelt drop," showering the crowd with chocolate coins. Break: Henssler :60  Signoff-   Thanks again for hanging out with us on today's Marietta Daily Journal podcast. 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Get ready for an enthralling winter adventure through Georgia as we reveal the top five must-visit attractions and events for the entire season. We've taken a new direction in our Things To Do podcast series to bring you the most extraordinary seasonal experiences, some of the finest that our state has to offer, in our humble opinion. In this episode, we're shining a spotlight on the best winter activities in Georgia. To keep it concise and delightful, dive into our five fantastic Georgian winter recommendations, all in under five minutes! License to Chill Snow Island - Margaritaville Island Treasures - Jekyll Island Enjoy a Christmas at Stone Mountain Stone Mountain Galactic Snow Tubing Embrace the beauty of mountain resorts and cozy up in a cabin Blue Ridge, Dahlonega, Blairsville, and other Mountain destinations. Christmas on the River (Savannah)Winter wouldn't be complete without a little shopping, so check out our gift guide full of the best gifts for travelers! Plus, if you want to find out more things to do in your area, head on over to our comprehensive Georgia winter guide for fun events, attractions, and more.

**Show Notes for "The Family Vacationer" Podcast - Episode 144** - In this episode, hosts Rob and Danny take you on a holiday journey to Dahlonega, Georgia, a charming city deeply rooted in history and Christmas magic. - Dahlonega, nestled in the heart of North Georgia, combines nostalgia for the past with the joy of the holiday season, making it the perfect destination for a family vacation. - The city's modern vibrancy is intertwined with its rich history, most notably as the site of the first major gold rush in the United States in 1828. The name "Dahlonega" is derived from the Cherokee word "dawa," meaning "yellow" or "gold," reflecting its golden heritage. - Dahlonega's historic square, with well-preserved 19th-century buildings, is a testament to the city's gold rush past and sets the stage for a remarkable holiday experience. - As Christmas approaches, Dahlonega transforms into an enchanting wonderland where modernity harmonizes with echoes of the past. From twinkling lights to decorated markets, the city comes alive with holiday spirit. - Joining the podcast is Sam McDuffie, Director of Tourism for Dahlonega, who highlights the city's rich gold history. He mentions three must-visit family-friendly historical attractions: the Dahlonega Gold Museum State Historic Site, the Consolidated Gold Mine, and the Crisson Gold Mine - During the holiday season, Dahlonega hosts the "Dahlonega Christmas," a six-week-long event featuring various cherished holiday traditions and festivities that families can enjoy. - For more on Dahlonega's holiday magic and its rich history, stay tuned to this episode of "The Family Vacationer."

Dahlonega's Gold Rush Days Festival on October 21st & 22nd 2023 offers a vibrant homage to its 1828 gold legacy. Explore artistic showcases, festival experiences, and immerse in its rich history. Gold Peach Realty City: Dahlonega Address: 3400 S Chestatee Website https://www.goldpeachrealty.com/ Phone +1-770-283-1223 Email Info@goldpeachrealty.com

Tina Johnson/Northeast Georgia Health System Since 1951, Northeast Georgia Medical Center (NGMC) has been on a mission of improving the health of our community in all they do. With hospitals located in Gainesville, Braselton, Winder, Dahlonega, and Demorest, the five NGMC campuses have a total of more than 850 beds and more than 1,300 medical […]

Tina Johnson/Northeast Georgia Health System Since 1951, Northeast Georgia Medical Center (NGMC) has been on a mission of improving the health of our community in all they do. With hospitals located in Gainesville, Braselton, Winder, Dahlonega, and Demorest, the five NGMC campuses have a total of more than 850 beds and more than 1,300 medical […] The post Tina Johnson with Northeast Georgia Health System and Brian Riggins with Magnolia Golf Group appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

It pays to offer more options. If you are a brewery looking to add more beverages to your taproom, listen in as our experts discuss diversifying beverage portfolios in the craft beer scene. Looking to sell cold-brew in the morning? Or hoping to add a distilling branch to your cellar? Or perhaps you just want to provide gluten-free options to your menu such as cider and seltzer? Our panel of brewers and equipment professionals is here to answer your questions and help get the most from your brewing equipment. Our panel includes: - Dahlonega Brewery and Etowah Meadery: Officially formed in July 2016. It is a Veteran owned company geared towards involving the Dahlonega community in as many ways as possible, as well as supporting several great charities, such as multiple Veteran centric organizations and Georgia House Rabbit Society. Located in Dahlonega, the very Heart of Georgia's Wine Country and Wine Tasting Capital of Georgia, Etowah Meadery gives “wine” a unique buzz! In fact, Etowah's Meads are wines made with only the finest honeys, fruits, and spices! - Alacrity Brewing: Opening soon, Alacrity Brewing is the brainchild of Paul Medina. As a professional co-packer, Paul has experience brewing a variety of beverages from clients and packaging them according to their standards. His experience with brewing and packaging makes him a wealth of knowledge when it comes to beverages brewing equipment. - The Ouachitas: Built on a genuine love of Mena, Arkansas and the people who call it home, the Ouachitas is a mixture of culinary and community ambitions. Offering coffee, food, beer, and even the occasional family event, this brewery builds nuanced blends on a weekly basis. Panelists: Paul Medina and Phil Cutti (Alacrity Brewing) Matt Raymond (Etowah Meadery and Dahlonega Brewery) Traven Bayne (The Ouachitas Roastery and Brewery) Moderator: Don Marcil and Doug Beedy (Lotus Beverage Alliance) Join us in-person for CBP Connects Half workshop, half networking Charleston, SC | December 4-6, 2023 Grab your spot now at https://cbpconnects-charleston.eventbrite.com/

Hosts Jo Firestone & Manolo Moreno play listener-created games with callers!Games played: Cats and Dogs It's Raining submitted by Kyla McKenna & Max from Nova Scotia, Canada, Complain Your Darlings submitted by Luke Phelan from Monterey, Cali, bruh, and Juicy Fruit submitted by Winslow Parker from Lawrence, KansasCallers: Bella from Fredericksburg, Virginia; Nick from Burbank, California; Nate & Emily from Covington, Kentucky; Cory from Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Hayden from Warrenton, Virginia; Haven from Dahlonega, GeorgiaOutro theme by Tim Smith from Bothell, WashingtonThis episode sponsored by:  Miracle Made - Go to TryMiracle.com/GAMESHOW  and use our promo GAMESHOW  to get a free towel set  and over 40% off!Every Plate - Go to everyplate.com/podcast and enter code 49GAMESHOW to get started with EveryPlate for just $1.49 per meal!

Jesse de Heer won the 3K race and Stijn Lagrand won the 15K race at last weekend's OCR European Championship in Hungary. On Sunday, they won the team championship as well. Both men join the show to talk about their performances. They also discuss similarities and differences between the federated Euro OCR Champs, Spartan Race, and Adventurey's OCRWC. Today's show is sponsored by The Driven Team Challenge. The original 4 person team race is back in Dahlonega, Georgia. Organifi – We've got our own landing page where you can get 20 percent off ALL their amazing superfoods. Go to organifi.com/ORM and see some of our favorite products. Rugged Maniac – Rugged has 20 plus events you can sign up for right now nationwide. Use code ORM23 for $5 off all races. Intro  Music – Paul B. Outro Music – Brian Revels ORM YouTube Channel  Support Us On Patreon You can listen to the podcast here.

  On today's Coffee with Rich, we will be joined by Brian Hill. We will discuss Use of Force science, Red Dots, the Law of Self-Defense, Deliberate Coaching and The Inner Game of Shooting and many more topics! JOIN US! Brian is owner and head coach of The Complete Combatant located in Dahlonega, GA, a Heckler & Koch (HK) Brand Ambassador, a presenter at National Conferences and past owner of Fusion Fitness and MMA. Brian is a Certified Red Dot Instructor with Scott Jedlinski of Modern Samurai Project. Brian Hill is also a Rangemaster Certified Master Instructor with Tom Givens of Rangemaster and a past Tac Con Presenter. Brian is also a 4th degree Black belt in Japanese Jiu-Jitsu and Karate, a 3rd degree Black belt in Taekwondo, and a certified MMA Conditioning Coach. He has been a full-time instructor since he was 18, and he personally trains every day. Brian has graduated from Force Science Institute and holds a Force Science Analyst Certification. Brian is a certified by Massad Ayoob Group as a Deadly Force Instructor to teach and certify self-defense firearms instructors in the complicated and nuanced discipline of teaching the legalities of use of deadly force in self-defense. Additionally, Brian has GRADUATED with HONORS from Andrew Branca's Law of Self Defense Instructor Program! This program provides professional-level understanding of the theory and application of self-defense law. Brian is also a member of Active Self Protection's (ASP) Instructor Development Portal and is one of the qualified instructors listed on ASP's Instructor Directory. Lastly, Brian Hill is a former deputy with the Fulton County Sheriff's Department Reserve. Brian's Website: http://www.thecompletecombatant.com/ Coffee with Rich Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rhodieusmc/videos American Warrior Show: https://americanwarriorshow.com/index.html SWAG: https://shop.americanwarriorsociety.com/ American Warrior Society please visit: https://americanwarriorsociety.com/

A visit with Red Oak Lavender Farm in Dahlonega and with Chris Mowry of the ATL Coyote Project!

Andrew Wilson is the owner of Jethro's Coffee and Public House in Dahlonega, Georgia. Andrew joins David to discuss how business owners can bring the kingdom of God into the world through the marketplace. He shares his journey from being a full time minister to an entrepreneur, and then now a bi-vocational minister. In this discussion they discuss practical ways to share the way of Jesus with employees, coworkers, and clients. As well as a better way to understand how our vocation relates to worship. Andrew holds a bachelors degree from Liberty University and a Master's of Divinity from Dallas Theological Seminary. He's currently a pastor at The Branch Church in Dahlonega.

In this episode of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution's newest podcast, Go Atlanta, AJC Food, Dining, and Living editor Ligaya Figueras is back with news that Atlanta is in talks with Michelin Guide to feature local restaurants. She'll also tell you who is taking over the Little 5 Pizza space in Little Five Points, details about the Dahlonega Chocolate Crawl, and a new food hall planned for Peoplestown. AJC Entertainment reporter Rodney Ho talks about how an early script of Gone with the Wind got into the hands of a Gone with the Wind historian who tells Rodney about the debates that were had among the writers for one of the most celebrated and most disgraced movies ever made. Plus, Rodney has a list of concerts planned for Atlanta, and the story behind the show Farmer Wants a Wife. AJC Arts and Entertainment editor Shane Harrison sits down with Meisa Salaita, Co-Founder & Co-Executive Director of the Atlanta Science Festival to talk about the events you can experience this month all across Atlanta, including and the big party in Piedmont Park. Listen and subscribe to the new Go Atlanta podcast for free at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, or Stitcher. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Each week, we present our “4 Questions Journalist Spotlight,” a conversation with a Georgia journalist.This week, our Spotlight focuses on Jerry Carnes, a reporter with WXIA TV (11Alive) in Atlanta, (www.11alive.com)!Coolest Thing: His dad was top coach for the US Olympic Track TeamLast Book Read: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeFavorite Local Restaurant: The Vortex (Little Five Points)Favorite Guilty Pleasure: College FootballFavorite Local Getaway: North Georgia Mountains, Dahlonega, Blue RidgeFavorite Non-Work Hobby: Hiking & Reading Mitch's day job is providing public relations services, media training, and crisis communications, but he also operates Leff's Atlanta Media, an online database with contact info for thousands of Atlanta-based journalists, and Mitch's Media Match, a service that connects Atlanta journalists with local experts.

Enjoy a clip from our January 25th show where Duryan tries to pronounce city names like Dahlonega, Dacula, Humble and more!Subscribe to PK and DK PLUS for the ad-free full show: https://t.co/8CqNxlQsbkCatch the show LIVE weekdays at 1pm CST: www.PKandDK.comJoin our Discord: https://discord.gg/VYhrfqKDY6

A Cherokee County man has been indicted after prosecutors say he abused his disabled grandmother and did not allow her to leave their home. Nathan Bellino of Canton is charged with four counts of exploitation and intimidation of a disabled adult, one count of aggravated assault — family violence, one count of battery — family violence and one count of false imprisonment, according to the indictment filed January 10. The indictment charges Bellino with strangling his grandmother, hitting and pinching her, and depriving her of medical services, and blocking the exit and refusing to allow her to leave the home they shared in east Cherokee County near Canton. Prosecutors in the indictment say he caused "mental anguish" with his acts of violence, threats of violence and by limiting her contact with other people. The alleged incidents took place in October, according to the indictment. In an arrest warrant filed October 24 by the Cherokee Sheriff's Office, officers say Bellino took his grandmother's cell phone and prevented her from leaving the home for about four days. A Towne Lake collectibles store had “well over 1,000” cards stolen from its collection last week, the store's owner said, but the incident isn't slowing them down. BT Collectibles was broken into during the early morning of January 8. Co-owner Robert Mulligan said there was glass on the floor when he arrived that day. As of Monday, no one had been arrested in connection to this case, said Patty Pan, community affairs liaison for the Cherokee Sheriff's Office. Mulligan said that, after the perpetrator or perpetrators broke into the store, they went to the sealed display cases, smashing them and taking the cards.  Mulligan said there was another robbery in Roswell two days later involving another card shop. Robert Mulligan, alongside his wife, Beatrice Mulligan, opened BT Collectibles about a year-and-a half ago. The store has become popular in the Towne Lake community, and Mulligan said the support from both this community and Cherokee County as a whole has been “overwhelming.” The store fully opened again the following Tuesday, with support pouring in from customers and from social media users. For updates on the store, please visit the BT Collectibles Facebook page. BT Collectibles has a number of sports trading cards, Pokémon cards, memorabilia, comic books, collectibles, figurines, Funko POP figurines and more. In addition to buying cards from the store, customers can also bring in cards to sell. A longtime MUST Ministries employee and volunteer for many community organizations has been named the First Citizen of Cherokee County by the local Chamber of Commerce. As MUST's community liaison for Cherokee County, Kendall Jones is credited with helping hundreds of people with food, shelter and other needs. Jones was surprised with the honor by the Cherokee Chamber Thursday at its annual meeting, and was soon surrounded by family members on stage as he walked up to accept the award. Jones also sang a hymn to the audience, “Make Me a Servant,” which he said he sings to himself most days when he drives to work. Before Jones joined MUST's staff, he was a volunteer at their food pantry. In 2010, he became MUST's volunteer coordinator and intake manager. He was promoted to program director at MUST Cherokee, Cherokee Chamber Pam Carnes said, and in 2019 the nonprofit created his role specifically for him. Jones chairs the Canton Housing Authority, which owns and operates public housing in the city with federal funding, and serves as a board member of Cherokee FOCUS, a collaborative that supports children and families in the community. He also volunteers for the The Homeless Coalition of Cherokee County and for the chamber. In addition to serving Cherokee County through various local organizations, Jones has extended his service abroad as the missions chair at Canton First United Methodist Church. A crew of Cherokee County firefighters is raising money for one of their own after he lost his home to a fire Monday. Firefighter Joel Saunders and his wife, Carolyn, are staying with a friend after their home burned to the ground, according to a GoFundMe page set up by Saunders' crew members. The couple was not home at the time of the fire and no injuries were reported. They lost everything except for their vehicles, according to the page and Cherokee County Fire and Emergency Services. According to Cherokee Fire spokesperson Lieutenant Michael Sims, the couple had lived in Blue Ridge. A link to the Go Fund Me can be found at Tribune Ledger dot com. House of Hope, a Cherokee County-based food bank, is celebrating 10 years in operation supporting their community. The nonprofit organization, with a home base located east of Canton on Cumming Highway, provides aid for between 105 to 130 families coming from as far as Dahlonega and Jasper every week. Its programs include food box pickups, a clothing closet and supplying families with smoke detectors and car seats. Director Wendy Graham shared that when beginning the expansions of the original pantry, she was told that most organizations fizzle out by three years. Ten years later, Graham and operations manager Christy Hofrichter are aiming their sights even higher. The nonprofit took its first steps on December 22, 2012 as a means of providing one hot meal to families connected with Free Home Elementary. Graham went one step further to provide Christmas Eve meals that month. The pantry's generosity grew to meet the needs of their community. Soon they were offering a soup kitchen in January, toiletry bags and care packages of nonperishable food items. When summer came, the organization opened its doors every Wednesday to continue to provide foodstuffs. Plans for the pantry's future include a separate room for the clothing closet and a larger truck for necessary item transportation. Graham said she also wants to help support other budding food banks in the area. Those interested in volunteering are encouraged to visit the food pantry at 11954 Cumming Highway on Tuesday and Thursday mornings. Otherwise, the organization accepts monetary, food and clothing donations year-round. 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Dobbin Buck is an award-winning marketing agency owner and entrepreneur. His career got its start in developing museums and interactive exhibits around the world for notable institutions like The U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame, The Guggenheim Museum, Disney's Epcot Center, The Museum of Sex, Universal Studios Florida, The Audubon Society, Kenneth Cole NYC, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the National Parks Service, and countless other world class clientele.   Currently living in the Appalachian Mountains of Dahlonega, Georgia, with his wife and two children, Dobbin is the co-owner and Chief Revenue Officer of GetUWired Web Services, a full-service marketing agency of nearly 50 team members that operate out of their rural northern Georgia cabin-based headquarters. Dobbin and his partners have developed an incredible business culture which provides ongoing employee team building events, leadership training, fitness challenges, financial training, progressive mindset, and meditation training program for their employees.   The balance of an incredible workplace culture and backwoods home life is Dobbin's passion.   www.getuwired.com Instagram Business: @getuwired Instagram: @dobbin LinkedIn: Dobbin Buck Twitter Business: @getuwired   2:18 "It went from being some pithy stuff up on the wall to something that we really believed in." -Dobbin Buck   4:54 "The culture is something that's really more emotional and spiritual." -Dobbin Buck   5:55 All of the training that has built Dobbin's business culture.   12:27 The purpose of a career in our lIves.   17:15 The role of leadership in a healthy business culture.   19:53 "I'm often learning from other people and taking great ideas and implementing them." -Dobbin Buck   26:20 The idea of keeping yourself “right-sized.”

On today's Coffee with Rich, we will be joined by Brian Hill. We will discuss Use of Force science, Red Dots, the Law of Self-Defense, Deliberate Coaching and The Inner Game of Shooting and many more topics!    Brian is owner and head coach of The Complete Combatant located in Dahlonega, GA, a Heckler & Koch (HK) Brand Ambassador, a presenter at National Conferences and past owner of Fusion Fitness and MMA.   Brian is a Certified Red Dot Instructor with Scott Jedlinski of Modern Samurai Project. Brian Hill is also a Rangemaster Certified Master Instructor with Tom Givens of Rangemaster and a past Tac Con Presenter. Brian is also a 4th degree Black belt in Japanese Jiu-Jitsu and Karate, a 3rd degree Black belt in Taekwondo, and a certified MMA Conditioning Coach. He has been a full-time instructor since he was 18, and he personally trains every day. Brian has graduated from Force Science Institute and holds a Force Science Analyst Certification. Brian is a certified by Massad Ayoob Group as a Deadly Force Instructor to teach and certify self-defense firearms instructors in the complicated and nuanced discipline of teaching the legalities of use of deadly force in self-defense. Additionally, Brian has GRADUATED with HONORS from Andrew Branca's Law of Self Defense Instructor Program! This program provides professional-level understanding of the theory and application of self-defense law. Brian is also a member of Active Self Protection's (ASP) Instructor Development Portal and is one of the qualified instructors listed on ASP's Instructor Directory. Lastly, Brian Hill is a former deputy with the Fulton County Sheriff's Department Reserve. Brian's Website: http://www.thecompletecombatant.com/ Coffee with Rich Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rhodieusmc/videos American Warrior Show: https://americanwarriorshow.com/index.html SWAG: https://shop.americanwarriorsociety.com/ American Warrior Society please visit: https://americanwarriorsociety.com/

Melissa Allen is the CEO and Co-Owner of GetUWired.com. Melissa has spent her career learning how to be a more effective leader and build a great culture. The pandemic and virtual world didn't slow her down! They've also repurposed their amazing office cabin into a short term rental in beautiful Dahlonega! www.getuwired.com http://coppermineslodge.com/

Master Sergeant Jeromy Cummings is a seasoned veteran with over 16 years of active service and multiple deployments as part of the U.S. Army's elite 75th Ranger Regiment as well as other units. He is currently assigned to the 5th Ranger Training Battalion located at Camp Merrill in Dahlonega, GA and that's where we sat down with him to talk about his background, but especially about the importance of taking care of the warrior inside. 5th RTB Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/5thrtb _______________ Please leave us a review on Apple/Spotify Podcasts: Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mentors-for-military-podcast/id1072421783 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3w4RiZBxBS8EDy6cuOlbUl #mentors4mil #mentorsformilitary Mentors4mil Links: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/Mentors4mil Patreon Support: https://www.patreon.com/join/Mentors4mil Mentors4mil Shop: https://www.youtube.com/c/MentorsforMilitary/store

We recently had the privilege of having access to the U.S. Army's 5th Ranger Training Battalion which teaches the mountain phase of Ranger School. For several days we not only participated in several training events, but we also had the pleasure of sitting down with some of the units finest non-commissioned officers. Dan Ryan is the First Sergeant for A Company, 5th Ranger Training Battalion, at Camp Merrill in Dahlonega, GA. He joined the U.S. Army as an infantryman and after attending one station unit training (OSUT), the combat arms version of basic training and advanced training, at Fort Benning, GA, he then went on to attend airborne school, and then Ranger Assessment and Selection Program (RASP). He has spent time in 82nd Airborne Division, 10th Mountain Division, 173rd Infantry Brigade, and 5th RTB over year career, including 4 combat deployments. Check out https://www.instagram.com/5thrtb _______________ Please leave us a review on Apple/Spotify Podcasts: Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mentors-for-military-podcast/id1072421783 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3w4RiZBxBS8EDy6cuOlbUl #mentors4mil #mentorsformilitary #5thRTB #rangerschool #mountainphase Mentors4mil Links: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/Mentors4mil Patreon Support: https://www.patreon.com/join/Mentors4mil Mentors4mil Shop: https://www.youtube.com/c/MentorsforMilitary/store Guest Links: Instagram: https://instagram.com/meatymountainmoose 00:00 Intro 00:01 Why he joined 00:06 RASP 00:15 Passive Mentorship 00:19 10th Mountain Division 00:23 Wanting to be fed 00:30 Post deployments and Interoperability 00:48 What he learned from the CSM who challenged him 00:55 Next adventure - Moana 00:57 Advice for Ranger School 01:00 Advice for new Ranger Instructors

Robert and Paul recently returned from visiting the U.S. Army's 5th Ranger Training Battalion (RTB) at Camp Merrill in Dahlonega, GA, having been allowed to participate in events and capture exclusive content to be shared soon. In this episode the two discuss what they experienced, material that they'll share soon, and how a person's circle of friends plays a huge role into their own success - including in Ranger School. Paul shared his personal experiences of attending Ranger School while assigned to 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, including recycling in mountain phase. _______________ Please leave us a review on Apple/Spotify Podcasts: Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mentors-for-military-podcast/id1072421783 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3w4RiZBxBS8EDy6cuOlbUl #rangerschool #mentors4mil #rangers Mentors4mil Links: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/Mentors4mil Patreon Support: https://www.patreon.com/join/Mentors4mil Mentors4mil Shop: https://www.youtube.com/c/MentorsforMilitary/store

Julie Muse joins #Clockedin with Jordan Edwards and shares his story of creating her Dream Life through Real Estate!Julie Muse was born and raised in North Georgia and still resides in the area in a town called Dahlonega! She is from very humble beginnings where her family taught her the importance of hard work and integrity.  Julie Muse has chosen Real Estate Investing as her path to financial success. Julie has been in real estate since January 2013 and has never looked back. Since 2013, Julie has been involved with 1600 plus real estate transactions and continues to close deals every month. Currently, she has profited over $10 million flipping & wholesaling houses! Julie is an owner of Partner Driven where they help entrepreneurs understand the real estate business through one on one training, live daily training calls and university of content.  Showing individuals how to invest in real estate full time and live the life they want is her true passion.Julie also owns a real estate investing app called Deal Driven where investors can look up properties nationwide as well as market to property owners directly from this application. Julie is married to Brian Muse and together they have 4 children together and 1 grandchild. Her family is her rock and the biggest blessing and achievement in life!To Learn more about Julie Muse: Affiliate Link https://apply.partnerdriven.com/mypartner-jordanedwardsFacebook:Julie Hicks Musehttps://www.facebook.com/julie.hicks.3386/Instagram:@Juliemuse_pdhttps://www.instagram.com/juliemuse_pd/Youtube:Julie Muse I Real Estate Investor & Coachhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLYPQrybtNEqTK1hbdyO2AgTikTok:@juliehicksmusehttps://www.tiktok.com/@juliehicksmuseLinkTree : https://linktr.ee/juliemuse_Schedule a call Link www.calljuliemuse.comhttps://apply.partnerdriven.com/48h-partner-pass-instagram-julieHope you find value in this. If so please provide a 5-star and drop a review.Complimentary Edwards Consulting Session: https://calendly.com/jordan-555/intro-call

Just a small town girl, livin' in a ghosty worrrrrrrld! That's probably what every woman in Dahlonega, Georgia is thinking every second of the day. This tiny town, located about 35 miles from the uber haunted Tallulah Falls, has a ghost inhabiting just about every public building, hotel and restaurant. In this episode we cover a handful of them, and the macabre ways these hauntings came to be. From the kidnapping of a Cherokee princess to the unsolved death of the town's Mayor to a tragic train accident, this town's history reads more like a Stephen King novel!Stone Pile Gap and a Fountain of Youth - Smoky Mountain Living (smliv.com)https://www.newspapers.com/clip/8883276/fred-jones-death/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/8883346/fred-jones-suicide/https://www.gainesvilletimes.com/life/life-top-stories/tourists-hunt-the-ghostly-haunts-of-dahlonega/https://www.lumpkinhistory.org/mt-hopehttps://www.gwinnettdailypost.com/archive/ghostly-tale-a-frightful-delight-for-halloween/article_e81f5696-8394-532e-b309-26fe407475c6.htmlwww. hauntedplaces.org

Dr. Scripture spoke to homeschooled teenagers at Camp Hope in Dahlonega, GA.  He was impressed with their perceptive questions. One question involved the salt content of the seas.

Yodel~ay~see~you .. but not before you get yourself some big old bodacious bagels! In this week's episode, your co-hosts discuss the correct use of the word voluptuous, Tim continues to process a recent unveiling, and they ponder an epic mutiny between the Slicers and the Pussycats. Caleb goes back-to-basics by thrusting Tim into a world of noodle hair seepage vs becoming an attraction of syrupification. They continue their story in the next chapter at the Cove with fun new characters and a mysterious ladder. Caleb shares his fondness for closets and what it was like to return to a familiar fairy tale world ('twas a formidable smell), while Tim teases his comfortability as nature intended. They conclude with how being emotionally captivated (+ old cardboard boxes) almost led to the 'greatest' display of yuletide joy that the town of Dahlonega, GA could've laid claim to. Disclaimer: We don't believe electricity truly zaps you with the Holy Spirit .. please be safe out there. Email: podcast.theramble@gmail.com Instagram: @_theramblepodcast Facebook: @theramblepodcast Artwork Design: @indra.valdez --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-ramble/support

Jenn Hobby's Local Spotlight 5-11-22

Marty and Wes chat about the passing of Taylor Hawkins and the impact the Foo Fighters' music has had. Marty talks about being a judge in a BBQ contest, Coach K gets one more shot at UNC and the guys go down a Friday Night Lights rabbit hole. Plus, Marty and Wes chat with Ashley McBryde about writing "A Little Dive Bar in Dahlonega", what her motivation is, performing on stage with Eric Church, her scary accident and more. Finally, Wes has a poem for Matt Ryan and Marty attempts to write a Haiku poem

R.Riveter handbags are more than just canvas and leather coming together into a beautiful functional accessory. Each part and piece, from the leather support tags to outer shell, is made in the homes of military spouses across the country. Every handbag carries a story.Founded in 2011 by Cameron Cruse and Lisa Bradley, R. Riveter exists to empower military spouses through mobile, flexible income and community. What began as two military spouses, armed with a big idea, and one sewing machine in a small attic, has grown into a bold and achievable mission shared by many.This November R.Riveter will commemorate 10 years of being business, but we are already raising our glasses! On this episode of ‘Still With You' I join co-founder, Cameron, to speak about her and Lisa's eager beginnings in Dahlonega, Georgia to investments on Shark Tank and a decade later launching the Riveter Fund, a grant program for military connected entrepreneurs. This special anniversary milestone arrives with moments of reflection, but also much celebration!Official show notes available atwww.kohliebrowning.comR. Riveter www.rriveter.com Use code, STILLWITHYOU15 to receive 15% off all R.Riveter products. One use per customer, online only, active 5/11/21-6/30/21Music, "We'll Be Alright" by Gabrielle Gracewww.gabriellegracemusic.netAd, "Stinson" by Reed Mathis