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Put on your shades and pull back that convertible top because we're headed to Los Angeles for this episode where we chat with Alex Hodges, Chief Executive Officer of Nederlander Concerts. Alex, who is in the Georgia Music Hall of Fame, recipient of the T.J. Martell Foundation's “Spirit of Excellence” Award, and recipient of the SEVT Lifetime Achievement Award, has decades of experience in all aspects of the live event industry. After we discuss Nederlander Concerts and the numerous venues they work with, we learn how Alex developed a passion for the industry, from seeing shows as a kid at Fox Theatre in Atlanta to booking bands with his college fraternity brother at Mercer University. We talk about his time as an agent, representing emerging artists at the time such as Otis Redding, The Allman Brothers Band, The Police, and many more, as well as founding Paragon and Empire Agencies. He tells us about his time as the personal manager for Gregg Allman and Stevie Ray Vaughan before joining Nederlander Concerts the first time, working at House of Blues Concerts, and then returning back to Nederlander Concerts. Alex provides an incredible perspective of the industry over the years and how things have evolved – imparting advice and valuable insight into an ever-changing landscape. You'll love this episode with this legendary trailblazer that is chock full of amazing stories, great career tips, and plenty of laughs.Alex Hodges: EmailNederlander Concerts: Facebook | Instagram | X/Twitter ––––––ADVENTURES IN VENUELANDFollow on Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, or X/TwitterLearn more about Event & Venue Marketing ConferenceMeet our team:Paul Hooper | Co-host, Booking, Branding & MarketingDave Redelberger | Co-host & Guest ResearchMegan Ebeck | Marketing, Design & Digital AdvertisingSamantha Marker | Marketing, Copywriting & PublicityCamille Faulkner | Audio Editing & MixingHave a suggestion for a guest or bonus episode? We'd love to hear it! Send us an email.

Today on Founder Friday are exploring the story of Three Keys Coffee in a wonderful conversation with the founders, Kenzel and Tio Fallen! Kenzel Fallen is Co-Founder and CEO of Three Keys Coffee. Originally from Cincinnati, OH, Kenzel received a BA in Economics from Duke University and an MBA in Finance from Rice University. After building a career as a management consultant and corporate risk manager within the banking and energy industries, she co-founded Three Keys Coffee in 2019 along with her husband, Tio Fallen. Kenzel is a Q-Arabica Grader and wears many hats for Three Keys, primarily focused on business & financial operations as well as strategic planning and growth initiatives. Tio Fallen is Co-Founder and Director of Coffee for Three Keys Coffee. Originally from Decatur GA, Tio has a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Florida A&M University and MS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor. While working as an engineer in the energy industry, he began roasting coffee at home which soon expanded into a commercial venture that he started with his wife, Kenzel. His background in playing the trumpet for 15+ years influenced the branding and name of Three Keys, an homage to the valves of the instrument he picked up at the age of 8. He is a licensed Q-Arabica Grader and a licensed Professional Engineer (PE). Tio placed 9th overall in the 2023 US Roaster Championship Finals and 5th overall in the 2024 Finals. Three Keys offers a more approachable and inclusive coffee experience through the sights and sounds of jazz culture, while remaining steadfastly committed to creating products that represent excellence and superior quality. They are also focused on providing professional development opportunities for their staff and have recently opened up their first brick and mortar store, taking another step into caring for their coffee, and local community. You are in for a treat!  We cover  The Convergence of Life Stories From Side Gig to Full-Time Passion Elevating the Familiar: The Story of Three Keys Coffee Balancing Science and Creativity in Roasting Receiving Feedback and Staying True to Vision Creating Range and Accessibility Transforming Employment and Developing Thought Leaders Nurturing Growth and Aspirations Building a Local Presence through a Cafe The Power of Authenticity in Business Maximizing Energy   Links: www.threekeyscoffee.com https://www.instagram.com/threekeyscoffee/ Related Episodes:  423 : Founder Friday! w/ Danny and Michelle Quiroz of Reserva Coffee Roasters | McAllen, TX 310 : Founder Friday w/ Jelynn Malone and Beverly Magtanong of Mostra Coffee 156 : Founder Friday w/ Lauren Crabbe, Co-Founder of Andytown Coffee Roasters, San Fransisco   The world loves plant based beverages and baristas love the Barista Series! www.pacificfoodservice.com  

The original WF opened in Decatur Georgia in 1955 and today there is 6 month waiting list to get in!

In this episode, we are speaking with Chris Baldwin of Decatur, Ga. We talk about his journey in getting ahead of Gentrification, and his thought on gentrification, and how it feels to see the value of your home rise and not cash out. Delving into the mind state of knowing the challenges of being in a gentrifying neighborhood before the gentrification. We also delve into the notion of staying in our community and reclaiming what we lost.Male voice intro

Alison and Amanda talk about the power of the post office, improving their purse game, and the annoying use of nicknames. Sis & Tell, an award-winning weekly comedic podcast, is hosted by southern Jewish sisters the Emmy-nominated Alison Goldstein Lebovitz from PBS' The A List and comedian Amanda Goldstein Marks.

Szn7 Eps2: On this episode of Black Educated and Broke, we sit down w/ Mompreneur Ai'sha Miah-Gordon, owner of House of Content ATL in Decatur Ga. Ai'sha shares how being laid off was her push to start her own career and why you shouldn't let anyone or anything stop you from achieving your goals. As always Like, Share & Subscribe to all things Black, Educated & Broke!

Week 27 - New Things Again with Old Friends All the LINKS - LINKTR.EE/BARBARAFAISON CHECK OUT THE NATIONAL MEDITATION PLAYLIST ON YOUTUBE I met Regenna London in 1995 when I was doing some freelance writing. Didn't know that, did you? Ha ha… Gotta keep you guessing. At the time she was co-owner of The Source Bookstore in Decatur GA. I interviewed Regenna and her husband for a local Black magazine called The Atlanta Tribune. Writing, metaphysics and wanting to make a difference in the world were topics we both loved. We connected and started hanging out and a true friendship developed. Fast forward to 2023 and after almost 30 years of friendship we often laugh about our parallel lives. If I'm experiencing something like a job change, she has something very similar happening in that life pillar as well. It doesn't matter what, relationships, finances, health, it either happens to me first or her first. We are both air signs, I'm an Aquarian, Regenna is a Gemini, so we often have very engaging conversations about life, purpose, and what we call God winks. God winks are those subtle things you notice when you are paying attention like repeating numbers, like 333 or 222, something significant happening on your mother's birthday or something lining up when you didn't think it would. We can have a long conversation about God winks. Dear, old friends are a staple in my life and I am so grateful. Earlier this year Regenna moved back home to Virginia and she came to town last week to visit family and friends. It has been years since I've done a facial, so we decided to treat ourselves. The Elaine Sterling Institute School of Esthetics, Nails and Massage is a beauty school in Atlanta, Georgia and we treated ourselves to a facial, makeup, manicure and pedicure. I used to go to schools for services decades ago, the prices are very reasonable and it helps the students gain confidence and build their skills. I forgot about that until I was speaking with my friend, Terri Nicole a few weeks ago and she mentioned the school. Yay! Doing something new! Keep reading on barbarafaison.com/blog --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/barbara-faison/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/barbara-faison/support

LISTEN: Indigo Girls mixed with Dream Theater.....but make it bluegrass. That's how The Ain't Sisters describe their version of "extremely eclectic folk rock." The Peach Jam podcast features stories and songs recorded live in our GPB studios from a variety of incredibly talented and diverse bands and artists who call the Peach State home.

Welcome to Georgia! From time to time to time I travel, and if I'm going to hit the road, you're coming with me. We are starting our adventure in Georgia in Decatur, home of the Brick Store Pub. They were highly recommended to me, and it's not difficult to see why. An absolute killer of a constantly rotating tap list, a 130+ year old location retaining every single ounce of charm, amazing food (with a kitchen staff exuding an energy that literally explodes from the back), and Neil. Neil is Neil Callaghan, the Beer Manager at Brick Store Pub and one of 3 Advanced Cicerones in the state of Georgia. After 7 years as Marketing Manager at Tampa's Cigar City Brewing, Neil returns to Brick Store to carefully curate 3 distinctly different bars, an aging cellar, and so much more. We speak to Neil about his time at Cigar City, main differences between Florida and Georgia craft beer, working and returning to Brick Store Pub, the absolute joys of Belgian beer, and the beer brewed for them by none other than St. Bernardus. Listen in... Executive Producer: Jaime (“Jemmy”) Legagneur, Chief Enthusiasm Officer Field Producer/Photographer: Steve Pekala Editor: Daniel Delgado Guest: Neil Callaghan, Brick Store Pub Equipment Sponsor: Mainline Marketing | Featured Product: Shure MV7 | Full MV7 Podcast Mic Bundle with Boom Arm and Headphones Interested in becoming FBP's next Title Sponsor? Contact FPN today! Support the Show on Patreon: Become a Patron! Opening Voice Over Courtesy of: Jeff Brozovich Follow Florida Beer Blog on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Additional Support Provided by: Florida Podcast Network and Listeners Like You!! Join the FPN Facebook Group: FPN Insiders Partner with FPN: Become the Voice of YOUR Town!! From sponsoring episode segments through creating and growing your own branded show, we have the solution to promote you while we promote Florida! Media Kit We are currently boarding shows to build out our network. And, you don't want to miss ANY of the new hosts and podcasts were have joining us. Search for and subscribe to “Florida Podcast Network” on iTunes and all your favorite podcast players to get more of this and ALL our shows. Become a Patron: Have a suggestion for the Network? Join us in the FPN Insiders group on Facebook and let us know!    FPN:  Check out the other shows on the Florida Podcast Network

Welcome to Georgia! From time to time to time I travel, and if I'm going to hit the road, you're coming with me. We are starting our adventure in Georgia in Decatur, home of the Brick Store Pub. They were highly recommended to me, and it's not difficult to see why. An absolute killer of a constantly rotating tap list, a 130+ year old location retaining every single ounce of charm, amazing food (with a kitchen staff exuding an energy that literally explodes from the back), and Neil. Neil is Neil Callaghan, the Beer Manager at Brick Store Pub and one of 3 Advanced Cicerones in the state of Georgia. After 7 years as Marketing Manager at Tampa's Cigar City Brewing, Neil returns to Brick Store to carefully curate 3 distinctly different bars, an aging cellar, and so much more. We speak to Neil about his time at Cigar City, main differences between Florida and Georgia craft beer, working and returning to Brick Store Pub, the absolute joys of Belgian beer, and the beer brewed for them by none other than St. Bernardus. Listen in... Executive Producer: Jaime (“Jemmy”) Legagneur, Chief Enthusiasm Officer Field Producer/Photographer: Steve Pekala Editor: Daniel Delgado Guest: Neil Callaghan, Brick Store Pub Equipment Sponsor: Mainline Marketing | Featured Product: Shure MV7 | Full MV7 Podcast Mic Bundle with Boom Arm and Headphones Interested in becoming FBP's next Title Sponsor? Contact FPN today! Support the Show on Patreon: Become a Patron! Opening Voice Over Courtesy of: Jeff Brozovich Follow Florida Beer Blog on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Additional Support Provided by: Florida Podcast Network and Listeners Like You!! Join the FPN Facebook Group: FPN Insiders Partner with FPN: Become the Voice of YOUR Town!! From sponsoring episode segments through creating and growing your own branded show, we have the solution to promote you while we promote Florida! Media Kit We are currently boarding shows to build out our network. And, you don't want to miss ANY of the new hosts and podcasts were have joining us. Search for and subscribe to “Florida Podcast Network” on iTunes and all your favorite podcast players to get more of this and ALL our shows. Become a Patron: Have a suggestion for the Network? Join us in the FPN Insiders group on Facebook and let us know!    FPN:  Check out the other shows on the Florida Podcast Network

3CMA COMMCAST 026 - Member Profile: Decatur GA's Renae Jackson. Find out what a Community Engagement Manager is and why Decatur once had a popsicle war on the square in this COMMCAST Member Profile of Renae Jackson.

This episode was originally released in summer of 2015. Music * Under the credits is Harlaamstrat 74 off of John Dankworth's Modesty Blaise score. * Then, we have the most obvious crickets/summer night song ever: the fantastic, perpetually delightful Green Arrow from Yo La Tengo's I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One, which has soundtracked many crickety summer nights for me over the years. * The cops roll in to a loop of the very beginning of the epic Ptah, the El Daoud, the title track to Alice Coltrane's album from 1970. * Then we have a mix of two improvisations from Charles Cohen's “Brother I Prove You Wrong”: Cloud Hands and The Boy and the Snake Dance. * There's a brief dip into Dorian, by Fang Island. * The jaunty accordion, typewriter thing is Biking is Better on Wintergatan's eponymous album. Notes I researched this one primarily through old newspapers. The easiest place to find a number of them is to read the excellent site, The Museum of Hoaxes' page on this event. Also: if you're in the Atlanta area and ever want to have yourself a day, you can see the actual monkey. It's preserved in a jar at the Georgia Bureau of Investigations museum in Decatur Georgia. The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia, a collective of independently owned and operated podcasts.

Transformative action in equity. Renae Jackson, Equity and Engagement Director with the City of Decatur, Georgia, joined the podcast to talk about her work in equity and engagement. She shared lessons learned in her previous role in communications, detailed her new role, and how the city is achieving organizational buy-in. Renae also highlighted the upcoming Racial Equity Action Plan and shared engagement strategies. Host: Ben Kittelson

This podcast is for anyone who thinks that my opinions are slanted and that I am nothing more than a mouthpiece for the left leaning. Oh my god I wish that were true. I may have more followers and listeners to my podcast. But I am not, but what I am is one for the culture and for the Citizens of the United States of America, regardless of race, gender or gender designation, creed or color. If you know me, you know I will come back and Challenge the black community. And this my friends are one of those occasions you have to ask yourself why or how could something like this have happen. DEKALB COUNTY, Decatur Georgia, Daniel Gordon, 24, a black man was shot and killed on the job at Tires Plus Saturday afternoon after police say a customer mistook him for someone who was trying to steal his car. Now like most people, ok wait, let me start over, hearing that a black man getting killed in Georgia, in my mind I was waiting for the picture of some stereo typical Racist White guy to pop up. Now slow down Gabrony. Trust me I am going to touch on this so those who already have the lemon booty and are trying to jump up, talking about uu uu uu mr Carter. Slow your roll and just wait. This is all to familiar, back in October 2002, I drew the same conclusion of the DC sniper. Because in the manner the killings were taking place it couldn't be a black guy. We just don't kill indiscriminately, that doesn't fit our M.O. Yet here I am 20 year later, having the same thoughts and guess what people, the accused is black guy. Now I can spin this so many different ways but once again I am about getting out a perspective rather than a conclusion. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/according-2-b-matthews/support

Get tickets for Andrea von Kampen's upcoming tour dates HERE. October 7 - New York, NY*October 9 - Philadelphia, PA*October 12 - Washington, DC*October 13 - Carrboro, NC*October 14 - Charlotte, NC*October 16 - Nashville, TN*October 17 - Decatur, GA*October 26 - Mill Valley, CA^October 27 - Ashland, OR^October 28 - Bend, OR^October 29 - Portland, OR^*with Dead Horses & ^ with DarlingsideYou can find Andrea's music on Spotify, Apple, Amazon, YouTube, and anywhere else that music can be streamed or downloaded!Follow Andrea on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and TikTok. Andrea's official website can be found at AndreavonKampen.com. Finally, if you would like to receive updates about new music, tour dates, podcast episodes, and more you can sign up for Andrea's mailing list HERE.  

Alison and Amanda talk about epic generational events, the signs of sleep walking and talking, and their husbands getting quite the earful.  Sis & Tell, an award-winning weekly comedy podcast, is hosted by southern Jewish sisters Alison Goldstein Lebovitz from PBS' The A List and comedian Amanda Goldstein Marks.

n today's episode, the JJC crew discusses how their mindset has changed over the past 10-12 years. From being a college student to becoming a professional with added work and life responsibilities. Are you the same person you were ten years ago? Follow us@ JerkJollofCollardPod on Instagram for more podcast related content, such as our post podcast discussion questions, RepYour business shouts, or to send us your questions, thoughts or express interest in joining one of our discussions  via  DM or Email: JJCPOD@GMAIL.COM. We'd greatly appreciate it if you left us a review on your preferred streaming platform of choice. Feel free to like or share our content with your family and friends! Stay Blessed! REP' YOURs:  The Listening Tree is a children's bookstore created to perpetuate a love of literacy and learning in our global community. Located on 2308 Candler Rd, Decatur GA, owners Omar and Kimberly Finley, founded The Listening Tree to introduce the Black Voice into the American lexicon. Their children prompted them to focus on putting books that educate and inspire in the hands of young readers from toddlers through teens, especially Black youth.The Listening Tree is a children's bookstore committed to Black authorship. The store offers a B-Boys & B-Girls Club membership for a monthly book selection and “Your World News” reports, as well as virtual meetups. Check them out at their physical location or online via their website at www.listeningtreebooks.com.  

Season 02 : Deep South Episode 02 : 83 Hours : Decatur, GA Motels are an iconic part of the American landscape. The idea was to create a drive-up friendly hotel for people on road trips to quickly stop for the night and then continue on their way. They are often charming and quirky places that are affordable for weary travelers or people on vacation who like the laid back atmosphere. Who doesn't love the sight of a classic motel alongside the highway? Generally, people check into a motel to have a safe place to rest and then check out the next day. Sometimes though, once you check in, you will never check out.Check us out on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/c/SomewhereSinisterFollow us on social media:https://twitter.com/SomewhereSinhttps://www.instagram.com/somewheresinister/You can support us by donating a few bucks here:https://www.buymeacoffee.com/somewheresin

LIVE from WORKBENCHcon 2022: Char, Woodenmaven (Organization Conversation, Episode 23) Char, a woodshop teacher and maker, joined hosts Richard Grove and Stephanie from Uncommon Outpost in the Wall Control booth live at WORKBENCHcon 2022. Char talked about her passion teaching kids of all ages about woodworking, her move to Georgia and friendship with Stephanie, her […]

LIVE from WORKBENCHcon 2022: Char, Woodenmaven (Organization Conversation, Episode 23) Char, a woodshop teacher and maker, joined hosts Richard Grove and Stephanie from Uncommon Outpost in the Wall Control booth live at WORKBENCHcon 2022. Char talked about her passion teaching kids of all ages about woodworking, her move to Georgia and friendship with Stephanie, her […] The post LIVE from WORKBENCHcon 2022: Char, Woodenmaven appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

Perry Zulu Jr. (bio) Perry Zulu Jr. is an Actor/Singer/Songwriter based in Atlanta GA. He was born in Rhode Island to Liberian-immigrant parents, and raised in Liberia and Ghana. Perry began demonstrating his gifts and talents in Performing Arts since the age of 6yrs old, and developed more of his skills and talent in singing/acting while growing up in church. His music career began in Stockton CA, as he continued to advance his skills as an artist/performer and ghost writer in the Northern Cali and Bay Area underground music scene. He has opened up for major artists such as Keisha Cole, Jon B, Slim(112), Mistah Fab and etc, and toured all around California. His acting career began in 2013; when an independent film maker put him in the featured military movie- Bloated Minds, after being discovered in a barbershop in Decatur GA. Since then, Perry has worked on several major/independent films, tv shows, including Coming 2 America, The Suicide Squad, MTV REVENGE PRANK, DYNASTY, ATL Homicide, and etc. Stay tuned for more upcoming projects and developments on actor Perry Zulu Jr.

In this segment, I have the Metro Atlanta Real Estate Update for the last 7 days, coming in at No. 13 out of 21 is Decatur, GA Featured in Southern Living's 2022 South's Best Small Towns, and answer a listener question asking, "We have owned a rental property for several years, in fact our tenant has been there for 19 years and is now moving out. It was taken care of by the tenant and we maintained it through the years, but what can we do to get it ready for a new tenant?"

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In this episode, Todd shares his travel to Texas to run the Commonwealth Institute and then speaks fondly about his time on Decatur at Turners and his friendship with Ralph Turner.

In this special episode, Dr. Balara breaks down Lark Capital's first multi family deal, 76 units in Decatur, Georgia. If you are interested in Real Estate syndication and you are just starting, this episode is made for your. If you want to know more about Dr. Jason Balara and the Know your Why Podcast: https://linktr.ee/jasonbalara   Audio Track: Back To The Wood by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Artist: http://audionautix.com/    This podcast is produced by Stupid Simple

Notes: I met creator Elise Witt online during the pandemic, when we were both in a course led by the extraordinary improviser Rhiannon… and I was so honored, because I already knew of Elise as a composer of unusual choral work that I had explored doing with my community chorus. In fact this piece was conceived as a choral piece, and Elise very generously let me excerpt a bit of it to be a pocket song. I love the way the rhythm wakes me up from an uninspired, tired place -- whenever I sing this, I almost always end up moving somehow! And now that I know Elise a little, I can see why -- her brain is the definition of fertile, and she exudes energy and joyfulness you can almost touch through her little Zoom rectangle. Elise says, "I believe that if we listen deeply, we can hear music in the wind, the water, the earth, and deep in our bones. And no matter how disconnected we get, that music is always there, when we are ready to return and listen." Songwriter Info: Elise's concerts of Global, Local & Homemade Songs™ and her Impromptu Glorious Chorus™ workshops create and connect singing communities around the world. Born in Switzerland, raised in NC, and living in Atlanta since 1977, Elise speaks 5 languages fluently and sings in at least a dozen more. The Elise Witt Choral Series features choral arrangements of her original compositions and she recently published All Singing, a songbook with 58 original songs including music notation, lyrics and chords, stories and photos. In addition to her global touring, Elise serves as Artist-in-Residence & Director of Music Programs at the Global Village Project, a non-profit, special purpose middle school for teenage refugee girls in Decatur Georgia. Links: www.EliseWitt.com -- Learn more about Elise on her website "Song Deep in Your Bones" as recorded by Malcolm Dalglish's Ooolation Singers in rehearsal at Yosemite National Park Recorded on "We're All BORN SINGING" EMWorld Records 1012 Available for SATB, SSAA, TTBB in the Elise Witt Choral Series ​Included in ALL SINGING: THE ELISE WITT SONGBOOK Nuts & Bolts: Mixed Meter (5:8, 3:8, 3:4 or 6:8), Mixolydian mode (major scale with flatted 7th), and in this teaching, unison. Visit abreathofsong.com for lyrics, more of Patty's artwork, and a way to nominate songs or songwriters for the podcast. Join the A Breath of Song mailing list to receive a heads up as a new episode is released, plus a large version of the artwork, brief thoughts from my slightly peculiar brain... and occasional extras when they seem vitally important! No junk -- I will never sell your address. I read out all your names into my living room when I send new mailings... I appreciate the connection to you who are listening and singing these songs with me. Exchange energy with A Breath of Song with dollars at the Gratitude Jar (whoo-hoo!!!!), or by making comments, leaving reviews, suggesting songs or songwriters (including yourself) ..... your participation matters!

What is "cultural humility" and how does it relate to Critical Race Theory? If you're not aware, you may soon become so, as the City of Atlanta, New York State, Washington DC, Decatur GA and many other municipalities and school systems are now mandating it in their equity training. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://the-end-time.org/2021/09/25/critical-race-theorys-next-step-cultural-humility/

ATLANTA, it's time to come out in your WHITE and bring the NOISE!!! On Sunday September 5th, Ting Nice Promotions and Fete Krew brings you an international affair... “WHITE NOISE”. Come party non stop with an all star cast of International Artist and DJ's! Get your tickets now at WWW.WHITENOISEATL.COM Straight out of the V.I., Live performance by "Adam O" back by Mr Marvelus Performing his mega hit singles like Warming up, Sexy Dance & Fresh and much more Out of Grenada, Mr Trouble in the morning "Vgh'n", Out Of Barbados, "Dj Puffy" Out of St Maarten, Topadetop "DeejBlaze" Alongside some of Atlanta's Top Dj's. Dj Juggla, Optimistic sounds, Dj Choice One MD and DJ Supa Tek It All Goes down at Omega World Center, 3951 snapfinger pkwy, Decatur GA

Pastor Bill: [0:13] Yay and actually there is actually a visible difference in Discord because of the bot, that happens when you actually go live because the restream bot wakes up, and so I can see the difference in Discord having the church Discord open I can see when it actually goes live, which is kind of cool you know like if I ever pull up Discord and it's like restream bot active I can be like whoa wait a second. Why what is the restream bot doing?   Pastor Newms: [0:51] Why is it deciding when we're offline.   Pastor Bill: [0:57] Why when were off line does it say the Restream bots like I'm hard at work for you boss. I don't understand that, yeah what is that face you're making.   Pastor Newms: [1:11] Mmm.   Pastor Bill: [1:14] It's like you smelt a fart or.   Pastor Newms: [1:15] I don't think I don't think the restream bot sounds like that.   Pastor Bill: [1:21] Oh why not.   Pastor Newms: [1:22] I don't know I just.   Pastor Bill: [1:25] My wife is always getting onto me for Miss categorizing her voice when I'm using stories about her. Probably the same thing I mean she's like I don't sound like that and I'm like I know you don't sound like that if you did something like that it wouldn't be as entertaining.   [1:47] And when I went to retell the story wouldn't have as much entertainment value because Id be using your voice I wouldn't be using this animated voice that's clearly not how you talk.   Pastor Newms: [1:59] Into the majority of the people that you talk to they know how she actually.   Pastor Bill: [2:05] I don't know anybody that she doesn't know oh I know Groggy. No, I know a lot of people she doesn't but mainly because she won't play the Star Trek game.   Pastor Newms: [2:15] We are still in the 5-minute.   Pastor Bill: [2:26] I know we're still in the opening like 3 minutes in.   Pastor Newms: [2:31] Two minutes 30.   Pastor Bill: [2:33] Whole I can tell time.   Pastor Newms: [2:37] Well you saw the the bot wake up before the countdown started because I leave it on the opening screen for a few.   [2:47] There's like the few first seconds of just.   Pastor Bill: [2:51] And then also you know I kind of I looked at my clock on my phone my laptop and was like it's 6:33 so clearly we've been live for three minutes.   [3:06] Biggs is here.   Pastor Newms: [3:09] There he is. Um because because I had I had just moved something that's sitting on top of over for a second and so I didn't see it because I was checking the time that's behind.   Pastor Bill: [3:26] Mmm you think with all your multiple screens you wouldn't have to have Windows layered over top of Windows layer over top of windows.   Pastor Newms: [3:34] This computer only has two screens my work laptop has three. That doesn't really help because no one can see what I'm saying on either one because it's the countdown and our voices are slightly muffled by music.   Pastor Bill: [4:09] Not really when you go back and listen to it the music is down low enough that the voices come through nice and clear.   [4:21] You know like that.   [4:27] It's loud enough that when we don't talk you can hear the music stare but it's low enough that when we do talk they're not like fighting each other which is good so tonight we've got, Mr. Groggy is with us and also goes by the best 1317.   Pastor Newms: [4:44] Who's actually sitting in the living room 30 seconds we had a big storm here last night.   Pastor Bill: [4:51] That's where I heard we're having strong right now well that's what I heard from you so. Better get ready to push the buttons do the magic chick that chick out all your shakiness.   [5:16] Hello and welcome everyone who can see our faces now, this is season 3 episode 38 of The Berean Manifesto; Faith, Hope, and Love for the Modern Christian. I'm Pastor Bill and I'm joined as always by, Pastor Newms from Tennessee.  Maybe not as always, there's been times in the past where we did this a little differently and it was just me but in our new format it is me and Pastor Newms, here almost every Sunday night last Sunday night we can get together because, I was and I know you guys have never actually seen, my office like you've if you're watching the video then you've seen you know what you can see here but my bed is literally right there like I can touch out and reach out and touch my bed I could grab my pillow Sunday night I was there, I've been fighting off some kind of sickness all week long and even yesterday, my fever came back I had chills and my skin was aching and it was the worst day of the sickness so far and then I woke up this morning and I was like, what just happened how come I feel okay.   [6:35] That's so weird I thought we were like going in the wrong direction getting worse and then I wake up this morning and I'm like hey I guess I get to go live tonight, which is good because we have a family short getaway planned for starting tomorrow it's a four hour drive to an Airbnb that we rented here in Texas, by a lake just kind of get away with the family for a few days before before Gerg, starts public school for the first time is going into the ninth grade, which we had all kinds of problems trying to get him registered, he was missing one of the immunizations that they required, we had trouble proving that we actually live in the school district, ended up having to get an affidavit from an affidavit notarized from my mother whose name is on the electricity. Because that's literally the only Bill that we have here is the electric bill, and it's only in her name because well the electricity was already in her name when we moved in and we never changed it to our name because why mess with something that's already set up.   Pastor Newms: [7:58] And the lands and her name and the house is technically in her name that.   Pastor Bill: [8:03] We just live here right and we pay the bills and we've lived here for.   Pastor Newms: [8:10] Years just say years don't try to do the math.   Pastor Bill: [8:11] Yeah it's it's been over a decade for sure at least.   Pastor Newms: [8:16] Really gosh roll.   Pastor Bill: [8:19] Well over a decade yeah and they needed proof, and we had some misunderstanding on what could constitute as proof, and we thought of an internet bill would be proof enough but apparently internet bill while sufficient enough for the Texas Department of Public Safety, to prove domicile, is not good enough for the Texas public school system for proving.   Pastor Newms: [8:52] At least the one indicator.   Pastor Bill: [8:55] Well I all I have is my experience with the one indicator.   Pastor Newms: [8:58] Because there is.   Pastor Bill: [8:59] And I actually went and I looked online, and what it says online and what the affidavit they gave me says is that it only matters that you prove domicile if your student is planning on participating in any UIL events, and barring that there is no reason you need to prove domicile, to your school district in the state of Texas and they were sticklers about you have to prove where you live and you know what, we did it we jumped through the hoops, my son is literally going to have no interest in any UIL that's University of Interscholastic League events, but we jumped through the hoop anyway because they apparently don't know their own policies which isn't uncommon for bureaucracies, which is what I was quickly reminded public school is a giant bureaucracy, and I'll leave the definitions of what a bureaucracy is at that you can go look it up and have your own fun with that. Biggs says Sports yeah and it's something Gerg will never be interested, unless the school starts an Esports team.   Pastor Newms: [10:22] Which some are.   Pastor Bill: [10:26] But until that day there will be no sports team that Gerg will ever be interested in being on.   Pastor Newms: [10:31] I somehow don't see Decatur ISD having Esports there's just something about it doesn't really come to the forefront of my mind.   Pastor Bill: [10:44] It depends on whether or not there's a wealthy donor that's willing to pay for them to start.   Pastor Newms: [10:48] True.   Pastor Bill: [10:51] That's how the Decatur Independent School District works right so when I was in high school we didn't have a golf team, there was this joke when I started High School about we should start a golf team and the people that were saying we should start a golf team everyone was laughing at them hey you're funny until, the richest student in town whose father owned a local insurance company gave the school an unspecified amount of, I'm assuming, at least a million dollars, to start a golf team and then golf became a thing indicator and of in a school district fast forward several years and there was no like, Auto I mean there was auto shop when I was in high school, but over the years auto shop became more of this after-school non-elective thing to do that the students were doing until the students decided they were going to build, a monster truck in their own time on school property grabbing pieces from junk yards and entered it into a contest where they won enough money to make auto shop one of the main.   [12:09] Staple electives at Decatur Independent School District so that's kind of how it goes is, um if someone Rich out there once to start an Esports team in Decatur Texas not Georgia cuz, for some reason when you put in Decatur in any search engine it defaults to Georgia even if you give it your ZIP code it will ignore your zip code and give you information from Georgia.   Pastor Newms: [12:35] Interesting.   Pastor Bill: [12:36] You have to specify Texas.   Pastor Newms: [12:39] Never had to deal with that.   Pastor Bill: [12:41] Yeah even living in Decatur Texas and giving the Decatur Texas ZIP code search engines are like no no you mean Decatur Georgia.   Pastor Newms: [12:49] Well it is a bigger.   Pastor Bill: [12:50] Fishing on the Decatur Georgia Bulldogs.   Pastor Newms: [12:53] It is a much much much larger populace of people in Decatur.   Pastor Bill: [13:03] What makes you think Decatur Georgia has a bigger populous than Decatur Texas, I mean I don't know if they do or not I haven't actually looked it up.   Pastor Newms: [13:10] Because.   Pastor Bill: [13:14] Because search engines default to it.   Pastor Newms: [13:16] Um Decatur Georgia. Well it's in DeKalb County but.   Pastor Bill: [13:29] Population 19, 335.   Pastor Newms: [13:33] So maybe it's just because it's alphabetical Georgia versus Texas because those populaces aren't that much.   Pastor Bill: [13:46] And according to Google nobody knows how many people live in Decatur Texas.   Pastor Newms: [13:53] It's only six miles from Atlanta that's. That's kind of why I assumed because it's in the same area as Atlanta so I assumed it was bigger than what it even is but anywho, bar arguing the difference between decay.   Pastor Bill: [14:16] Why can't I find a current population count for Decatur Texas didn't we just have a census.   Pastor Newms: [14:22] Because it doesn't exist.   Pastor Bill: [14:24] Decatur Texas doesn't exist I can find 2010 census data for Decatur Texas but we literally just had a census.   Pastor Newms: [14:33] I don't think it's all been published out yet because.   Pastor Bill: [14:37] It says as of 2010 we had 6042 people in Decatur Texas.   Pastor Newms: [14:42] Soda.   Pastor Bill: [14:44] That is significantly smaller than Decatur Georgia.   Pastor Newms: [14:46] Yeah and and that's the biggest city in the area that you live in whereas.   Pastor Bill: [14:54] Yeah it's the county seat it's the biggest city in the area it's um. Yeah that's okay yeah Groggy says Decatur's part of Atlanta Biggs this is I don't know. Somebody Sports and college stuff and Zaidi's here and Rayne is here.   Pastor Newms: [15:28] We've had a really really really weird.   Pastor Bill: [15:31] We'll hunt you there for a second.   Pastor Newms: [15:33] Week this week is just felt weird and off.   Pastor Bill: [15:37] Normally you and I are on the phone together every day on video chat at least for you know a couple of minutes.   Pastor Newms: [15:48] Okay yeah at least for a couple of minutes yeah.   Pastor Bill: [15:50] You know and then other days it's much longer where you know they'll be hours of time where we're hanging out, sometimes you're doing your thing and I'm doing my things and you know we're doing several things but we're connected you know and then this week hi I literally had days where I slept 20 hours, and I was like.   Pastor Newms: [16:08] And then I went to I went to bed early two days in a row which is, weird cuz I don't sleep very much and then it was like you need to go to bed, 7:30,um anyway so how was your week?   Pastor Bill: [16:35] So that was all that was me I'd we just talked about our weeks we didn't frame it at the beginning of the conversation but we literally just talk about our weeks.   Pastor Newms: [16:44] I know I just I couldn't help it I had to ask okay.   Pastor Bill: [16:49] Habit.   [16:55] It's time for get to know the pastor's.   Pastor Newms: [17:00] What is something.   Pastor Bill: [17:01] We're on an even episode so Pastor Newms has his card.   Pastor Newms: [17:05] Or we can just simply say you did it last time, "What is something that many people consider a modern-day convenience that you quite frankly consider a pain in the neck?"   Pastor Bill: [17:26] Modern convenience.   Pastor Newms: [17:28] I don't like always.   Pastor Bill: [17:30] I guess you get to go first.   Pastor Newms: [17:33] I don't like always being connected, anyone in the business world or that deals with that type of stuff is extremely annoying to get emails at, you know 11 p.m. 3:00 a.m. from co-workers and you're like, and they're like I sent you an email it's nine o'clock have you not seen my emails I sent you last night you're like, no because I don't check my email at 11:30 at night and so that that that's something that is a modern convenience that I think is affected a lot of people negatively of always being connected to work. That's something I don't like.   Pastor Bill: [18:31] Biggs on Twitch says shaving and Groggy seconds, I don't know how modern shaving is or how convenient shaving is to be honest I mean, I've always preferred the look of, a male face that wasn't shaven obviously I mean I that's why I have a beard I think it looks better I think every politician looks better with a beard, or a goatee personally I when they when they real up those pictures of what ifs and they show people like Hillary timing, who were those people they actually even Hillary looked better with a beard but they did those pictures of all those politicians and they put beards on them, and people were like oh my gosh yeah look evil I was like dude hell would distinguish and trustworthy now like before they didn't they didn't look trustworthy, now you will now it's too many and I see many of these that, someone who doesn't shave their face looks untrustworthy and they hammered that into me my ear and I was like that's a load of crap I feel just the opposite, someone who shaves their face every day what are they trying to hide.   Pastor Newms: [19:56] I don't care yeah so Bill.   Pastor Bill: [20:04] I don't care about facial hair.   Pastor Newms: [20:06] With his internet there are some bad storms in Decatur Texas and so his internet is going in and out so he's having to use the old hockey puck that we used to use to connect, and it is not great but we will keep going the best.   Pastor Bill: [20:26] Well using the hockey puck for the audio and then for the video for my video we're still using the regular old cell phone service which is still affected by the weather.   Pastor Newms: [20:37] Yeah it's really badly affected by the weather right now I thought we were using the hockey puck for both to be honest that's what I thought was going on.   Pastor Bill: [20:46] No we're not.   Pastor Newms: [20:47] I assumed it was that bad because of of that because it's.   Pastor Bill: [20:54] Now my video is straight up. Hooked up to the cell.   Pastor Newms: [20:58] Straight up AT&T all right so there's there's that.   Pastor Bill: [21:07] I think Zaydie is telling us a joke and us she says phones she says we should go back to writing letters and using the Pony Express.   Pastor Newms: [21:17] Will she specifically said talking on the phone which is extremely.   Pastor Bill: [21:23] First you said first just said phones.   Pastor Newms: [21:27] Oh well then she specified sorry I read the specification first she would rather.   [21:43] I don't know but she hates the phone's I can't even compare something she would wrap because she hates talking on the phone so much, she like leaves the room she doesn't like people looking at her when she's talking on the phone because she hates using the phone, so it is what it is so I definitely could agree.   Pastor Bill: [22:09] Yeah I'm not fond of them I'm not fond of talking on the phone in their phone calls you know like, I prefer text I prefer email, every time I fill out one of those contact forms it gives me the option I choose email or text and tell them do not call me, and if they call me that I get a little upset because they called me.   Pastor Newms: [22:35] I'm just bad at communication.   Pastor Bill: [22:37] Which is upsetting because if you should have given me the option. Um and and and voicemail like leave a voicemail. Don't call and not leave a voicemail and then say you couldn't get a hold of me like you didn't even leave a voicemail you called me your hung up.   Pastor Newms: [23:02] Yeah I don't I'm just bad at communication, it's you know it's one of those things you call me and I'm like, Biggs doesn't even call any of us he calls the children because they're more likely to answer the phone then then we are my phone sits on my desk face.   Pastor Bill: [23:27] Now when Newms. When Newms calls me I'm like crap I gotta answer that do not let me stop what you're doing something wrong I got to answer the phone.   Pastor Newms: [23:39] Something is wrong or something might be wrong and he's not sure one of the other he doesn't call otherwise, if it doesn't happen over like Discord or something like that it I'm terrible at it and I've got like. I'm just I'm bad at it just overall, yeah like Biggs said you have to call the answering service which are small children that answer their phones and they'll get you right through, so all right.   Pastor Bill: [24:20] All right so we're sufficiently warmed up so, tonight we're going to talk about a few things we do have a core, concept that we're going to talk about and if you want to go and prepare yourself for when we're going to talk about that oh I remembered I was going to say, so about male and the Pony Express my wife took of crocheting, for the tears my wife were here stick up crocheting right when covid started shooting up crocheting and recently she crocheted this beautifully crafted word. DaVinci then stuck in an envelope and wrote out her brother's name and address have you sent that yet, that's you putting them out today to send to her brother and so she just a regular sized envelope she mailed her brother this thing that she crocheted it's the word butthole.   [25:24] Why and then we'll the kicker is she didn't put a return address. So he's just gonna get a piece of mail that is just the crocheted word butthole with no return address and it's fantastic.   Pastor Newms: [25:42] I think we have different beliefs on the word fantastic.   Pastor Bill: [25:49] Like and all it cost us was a stamp and an envelope and a little bit of her time and I just can't wait for him to get it and opened this thing and be like all right what you guys sent me a butthole in the mail.   Pastor Newms: [26:03] That is.   Pastor Bill: [26:08] Who.   Pastor Newms: [26:09] That's that's something that blood cells would do I could like that's definitely. That is definitely something those siblings would do to each other that that is yes.   Pastor Bill: [26:28] So back to topic if you want to go Prime yourself with what this court topic is you can go read Ephesians chapter 4 you can start it yeah, I mean it's a big run on sentence starting in verse one.   Pastor Newms: [26:46] I mean I started all the way back I read one started so in the topic I was like, do I need to go back to 3 and so like I went back to 3 and read it just in case and it's like okay I thought I was like you know it's a small book Let's just read the book and see what I see.   Pastor Bill: [27:05] Um it really is it's a big run on sentence starting in verse 1 but um, we're focusing on verse 14 so they want to go really Ephesians chapter 4 will be focusing in 14 we'll get there in a minute but we I just want to, um oh my gosh my wife changed her name on YouTube to BatBrains and she comments on YouTube that she thinks it will be obvious to her brother that it's from her so we'll see. All right so first off I want to re-establish because we haven't actually said it in a while, in conversation earlier this week Newms actually I guess yesterday you were saying you know we say it all the time we say all the time but to be fair to be honest it's been a while since we've actually explained, the Berean concept and how we view, dogma and Theology and learning and all this stuff so we're going to restate it right quick okay so, we call this the Berean Manifesto because we believe in living a Berean lifestyle and we pull that idea from the book of Acts Which chapter that's in Newms.   [28:32] Six four.   Pastor Newms: [28:40] Give me a minute I'll.   [28:51] Continue continue going forward and I'll find the exact verse.   Pastor Bill: [28:55] I wish I could so we based it off of something that happened in the book of Acts, and I feel like I'm at a road bump that if I don't actually just read it from the book of Acts then I'm not doing it justice so I guess I'll have to go find it however you can find it and tell me where it is.   Pastor Newms: [29:26] I'm having issue finding it by looking.   [29:37] Berea.   Pastor Bill: [29:41] I really wish I had a mind that could just like oh it's here that's just not what my mind does though so all right I found it.   Pastor Newms: [29:50] 17   Pastor Bill: [29:51] So yeah in Acts chapter 17 we find.   [30:04] Please find who do we find Paul and so Paul and Silas are in. Thessalonica, and they're preaching the gospel and the Jews become jealous of what they're preaching, and they form a mob and they run them out of the city, and they find themselves Paul and Silas find themselves then in Berea right now Berea is this place that, if you really think about the way that, this whole geography is laid out Berea is the city that is literally at the base of Mount Olympus so in all the Greek mythology which is, did the current religion of where they're preaching and all the Greek mythology Mount Olympus being the center of this religion these people grew up being able to see. The mountain that the city of the Gods was supposed to be on top of, obviously they couldn't see Olympus couldn't see the city of the god couldn't see the gods but that didn't matter for the Greek, Pantheon and and the worship of those Gods it didn't matter but the people that are there.   [31:31] They live in this environment where their religion is is that close to them, they can see this very present character from their stories, and there are Jews there there are Greeks there there are people there in from you know several different religions but the overall idea of the culture there, is that it was a very Gnostic understanding of religion they understood that Olympus was a place, they understood that, things were real tangible right and so Paul and Silas they began preaching in Berea and what they find is that in Berea.   [32:18] The Jews that they're preaching to refuse to believe what they're teaching, until they go and find it in the scriptures for themselves not by scriptures were talking about the Torah right they take this very Gnostic approach and they go okay that's great pause, we're gonna go figure out if this is true and if what you're saying lines up but the scripture, beliefs and this is where this idea of Berean lifestyle comes from, three don't want you to believe something just because we say it Newms doesn't believe things theologically or otherwise, just because I say it I don't believe things he logically or otherwise just because Newms says it, why would we expect that any of you the people listening people come in and you know seen our videos any of that why would we expect you to believe anything we say.   [33:27] Without you going and proving it to yourself in the scriptures beforehand go find it, prove that it's true and believe it or that it's false come and have a conversation, that's the whole platform right there.   [33:53] We believe that each believer should be. Mature enough or mature ring enough, to be able to listen to the Holy Spirit and take what we teach and actually go and find out if what we're teaching is true, or not right oops.   Pastor Newms: [34:20] Yeah yeah it's what we've you know we've talked about it often.   [34:30] And you know it's always interesting, the things that we do disagree on, when they get brought up is always makes for very interesting podcast but the, there's a lot that we agree on there's a lot that we don't I wouldn't say there's a lot that we don't but the core of Christianity, wee don't respect the other person's opinion because we often get into those kind of conversations both here and outside of here on the times that we, talking all the time there's often that we get to some interesting conversations, so I mean it's something we definitely it happens you know we try to make sure of that and we've eaten Millie try to prove.   [35:50] Each other wrong sometimes.   Pastor Bill: [35:53] And respecting the other person doesn't always mean coming around to their way of thinking, but it doesn't always end up not, coming around to the way of thinking either sometimes one of us will win the other to our way of thinking sometimes we won't and we'll go you know our separate ways on that issue and sometimes, neither one of us are one over to the other ways of thinking and one of us still goes like still don't see it the way you see it, but I'm gonna in action do what you're saying because of XYZ, I mean if you respect the other.   Pastor Newms: [36:35] I just.   Pastor Bill: [36:36] Really respect to the person then sometimes that happens.   Pastor Newms: [36:39] What conversation you were talking about with that when it made me giggle I'm sorry um yeah it's not capitalist fault anyway, that was a fun couple of days anyway yeah I think it's very important that we always.   [36:57] Examine the scriptures constantly we can't and you know I was having a conversation earlier this week with someone and. Examining the Scriptures some people believe is oh I've read the Bible it's like okay. And this person is the one who said it they were like that doesn't mean reading your Bible because people are like oh I read it yeah I've read it okay but that doesn't mean you sought to understand it that doesn't mean you, there are so many people who are like well I read the Bible and and know what's wrong because blah or I've read the Bible and you know Etc and you're like, but have you studied it and there are a lot of people who have and that's something we strive to try to do is constant study and, listening to Holy Spirit and things like that because it's so. There are so many different opinions I mean that's why we have denominations everyone has a slightly different opinion throughout, two thousand years that our religion has been here.   Pastor Bill: [38:23] I would argue denomination exist for a different reason but continuum.   Pastor Newms: [38:26] Yeah the first guy split because of differences they continued because of others but um it, it definitely. Is so important to do because when we look at Ephesians go ahead and I see I said wait for you for my ramblings I did.   Pastor Bill: [38:51] Segway at me all right so when we turn to Ephesians chapter 4 and we pick up in verse 14 which remember this is a big run on sentence so when it sounds like I'm picking up in the middle of a sentence it's because, I am because it's a giant run-on sentence then we will no longer be little children. Tossed by the waves and blown around by every wind of teaching by human cunning and cleverness in the techniques of Deceit so.   [39:27] The issue that we want to bring Delight with what this scripture is saying in conjunction with being a Berea, is that there are lots and lots and lots of voices out there that are trying to teach lots and lots and lots of different viewpoints, on the scripture and what scripture means and what your takeaway should be and how you should live your life and what this means and what that means. But it's the earmark of a little child. To change your long-held and proven theological belief. On the rim of I bought a Bible study and it convinced me. Did it at a DOT when that is patently not what the majority of the teaching in the New Testament teaches.   [40:37] When you take away from something that someone has taught you and you bring it into someone else and they go but that I mean that literally contradicts the whole book of Galatians, for instance that contradicts the whole book of Galatians what you just said, then that should be pretty good proof that what you've gotten from this Bible study is, human cunning that was cleverly created in a technique of Deceit and not, sound theological teaching this is why you have to be Berean in your studies, when you are reading something that someone has taught something that someone is preached and they're saying follow me on this pathway through the scriptures they're hoping, you won't step aside and go okay but what about what are these scriptures say as well, they want you to follow the specific path that they're taking so they can craft a frame for you.   [41:57] And bring you around to their way of thinking hoping that you won't, look at other scriptures and that is my least cynical approach to that scenario if you want to know my knee jerk reaction my knee jerk reaction is, there are companies out there that are making Bible studies that support varying, disparaging use of scripture, that have nothing to do with Christianity these are people who are simply trying to turn a profit, and they're creating Bible studies that teach this and then a Bible study the teachers an opposing view and then presenting both Bible studies for sale. To make money because they don't care what you believe then you simply want to line their pockets.   Pastor Newms: [42:53] I would I would I would have to disagree to it a little bit because I'm not quite as a cynic As You Are.   Pastor Bill: [43:01] Like I said that's my most cynical knee-jerk reaction.   Pastor Newms: [43:04] I know I feel that there's a lot of people who teach from their heart and they teach what they think they understand and they. The they try to they're trying but.   [43:28] A lot of people pull their prejudices from how they're taught, and they don't seek for themselves you know a good example is myself so when I was growing up, I was I was raised in a very conservative school I was raised with a very set type of Doctrine and. When I got to a charismatic Ministry to work for two years I had to dig into scripture, to see why do I hold some of the beliefs I hold which ones are accurate because, from the scripture and which are ones that I've just picked up because I was taught and some stuff fell away, some stuff became stronger and throughout my adult life you know I've always tried to be open, to hearing debating and my debating sometimes gets a little, heated as some of you have experienced.   Pastor Bill: [44:48] If it's not heated do you even care. That's how I feel about it like if there's passion if you care then it's going to get heated and you both need to understand that heat doesn't mean, separation heat means you care.   Pastor Newms: [45:08] Feelings when you yell at me Bill no I.   Pastor Bill: [45:13] Boohoo.   Pastor Newms: [45:14] I know I know.   Pastor Bill: [45:16] It's okay to have hurt feelings and it's okay to pick yourself up and move on.   Pastor Newms: [45:22] The but I think that's something that. Some Churches and some Christians have never done of actually digging into, the scriptures and looking at the Greek and the Hebrew and.   [45:45] You know things like that because it's you know when I was growing up everything was was the Bible says this and here's the one translation that's allowed to be used, and see the word is right there and then when I realized what a Strong's Concordance was it was like well, but that words translated in six different ways in the New Testament based on context so are we sure that it's right right there because it's the same, Greek word or Hebrew word in the Old Testament or is it not like and so there are times where, I think we have as a as a Capital C Church. Often just believe what we're taught and not taking a brilliant approach of okay, what's the verses that are being used to teach this what are other thought processes and could they be accurate could I be wrong now there's a lot of people I know.   [47:01] Family and otherwise that have changed their beliefs based on their study of the scriptures and that's what I would hope for you know you should if you're studying you should change your belief, and you should. Stand up for it but it is definitely hard in certain, congregations in certain structures to do so and that's why sometimes it's hard two, figure it out it's so weird because I know your voice and your face are on two different internet connections and, one will be like almost completely Frozen and the other is working fine and then like, the video will catch up and so then you're doing this and it's quite humorous it's a little distracting sorry.   Pastor Bill: [48:01] Let me just tell you not once not once since we started this face-to-face version has your mouth ever matched what my ears are hearing. I will hear you and then I will see you do the thing that I just heard.   Pastor Newms: [48:19] Yeah.   Pastor Bill: [48:21] All the time 100%.   Pastor Newms: [48:23] I'm interested to see how it looks going out, because I know how it looks that it what I'm sending but it's I'm interested to see how it looks going back and reviewing the vocal recordings I think you're going to have a lot of fun with the transcription tonight and that's all I'm saying.   Pastor Bill: [48:40] Probably it's probably a big mess okay so same you know before I go into what we're moving on to next the King James version, when you're talking about, words that can be translated differently based on of context what got me about the King James that was the final straw that I said okay, this is not good enough I need something better was when I discovered that the translators, used Old English idioms.   [49:26] As part of the translation for instance there's a phrase I think it's in Jude where it talks about having compassion in the King James well. The problem there is that there's an Old English idiom that they used when they were translating this portion of scripture, that nobody uses anymore and it in that in the time when they were using this idiom it didn't mean to have compassion on everyone, it meant to judge someone and if you found them worthy to be compassionate to the.   [50:11] But that doesn't come across in the English translation of the Old English translation of, the King James Bible. And these idioms these Turner phrase that they used to use in Old English that when the King James was translated was understood by educated readers. Worthen kept when they translated the from the old English, into modern-ish English which even is the queen's English is still not the English that we speak today that you can go get a King James Version Bible and it's still in the queen's English it's still not in Modern English, these idioms continued let's say for instance the word protest in Modern English you protest against something yes.   [51:17] Yes in Old English the word protest meant to testify that you agreed with. So there's a particular scripture where they'd see those Peter or Paul talks about he protested dead and out of that and you would think he's saying I'm against this thing, but it's an Old English word for I'm testifying that I agree with this.   [51:54] Teaches their kids how to read Old English.   Pastor Newms: [51:57] People who only teach the King James version.   Pastor Bill: [52:02] Good on them, I grew up in a church where I literally had people say you know oh I've never had any problem understanding the King James version it's the right Bible but then never taught us, that they were using phrases that weren't the same in Modern English as they were and what they intended in the translation.   Pastor Newms: [52:26] It is definitely hard sometimes.   Pastor Bill: [52:32] There's that one that one Bible translator, he goes around and gives talks and he talks about the King James Bible and he's like you know what it's a beautiful piece of poetry, and you should really hear it read in the original language it's beautiful but that's really what it is it's a piece of poetry it's not it's not a reliable source of study, is the way he puts it he says there's much better translations for Modern English speakers and he says without fail in most cities, that he goes and gives he speaks in speaks speeches in people come to him. And they'll say things like, well if the King James version was good enough for Paul to write his letters in then it's good enough for me to read.   Pastor Newms: [53:26] That's just that's just that's just it you see that's that's sad.   Pastor Bill: [53:30] This is this is what the church. I'm lumping all of us in here even us this is what the church is guilty of allowing to be taught and believed right we are guilty, and that's why we teach other CSB that's why we do cross translation studies that's why we do this you know all these things because we The Big C. The church we you know.   Pastor Newms: [54:05] That's why my.   Pastor Bill: [54:06] Falls on all of us.   Pastor Newms: [54:07] Like my e-Sword is set to use parallel with three versions at least at all times just because you know I did grow up, with the KJV as rain as Zaidie just mentioned about the school that rain is fixing to start going to, they use the King James version for everything and it's the same school I went to 20 years ago and it you know that hasn't changed and I'm hoping that they still teach. Using.   Pastor Bill: [54:44] How to read the King James.   Pastor Newms: [54:47] The logic behind it and teaching what versus actually mean which I'm sure they probably still do but you know I, I use a KJV plus program that basically puts the Strong's Concordance behind, everything and then I keep the strong in the Smith concordance open so every word I look at I'm looking at two concordances to see what they say that word truly is, at all times so.   Pastor Bill: [55:22] So I read out of CSB, and sometimes I'll reference my Geneva Bible which is a translation that predates the King James by what does that 14 years, some like that it was it was finished in 1599 and then I have my East to work which I literally only use the KJV Plus on my a store, and so I've got the Strong's Concordance numbers and then I've got seven different commentaries ready, to see, what are these other men that have studied these things have to say about the scriptures about the phrasing about what they're saying and then I've got an eight cross-reference can coordinates that will show me, if this writer is referencing somewhere else in the Bible, and if the specific words that are being used are used in other places as well so that I can go and cross-reference okay well it's translated this way here how's the translated there and back and forth.   [56:40] So there's all that so our last topic we're going to beat John and we only have three minutes but so if you turn with me to cheat the book of, we're going to look in Chapter 2 of The Book of Galatians and I first want you to notice, that in Galatians chapter 2 verse 7, it says on the contrary they saw that I had been entrusted with the gospel for the uncircumcised just as Peter was for the circumcised, so I just wanted to point out that Paul does directly reference the person of Peter as Peter, and he specifies here that Paul, was sent out by God to spread the gospel to the Gentiles, whereas Peter was sent out to spread the gospel to the Jews that's what this circumcised uncircumcised means.   [57:47] When we move forward in Galatians and we get to verse 11 of chapter 2 Paul no longer refers to Peter as Peter. Paul start using Peters other name because Peters in trouble. This is something Paul does he drops in formality, and becomes very formal when he's getting on to you so let's start in verse 11, but when key first came to Antioch that's Peters actual name Keith us I opposed him to his face because he stood condemned, for he regularly ate with the Gentiles before certain men came from James however when they came he withdrew and separated himself because he feared those from the circumcision party, didn't the rest of the Jews joined his hypocrisy so that even Barnabas was led astray by their hypocrisy, but when I saw that they were deviating from the truth of the Gospel I told Keith us in front of everyone, if you who are a Jew live like a gentile and not like a Jew how can you compel Gentiles to live like juice, all right that is so confusing for Paul to go around saying.   [59:16] I can do anything I have the freedom in Christ to do anything nothing is wrong for me to do right and then for him to get on to Peter and say how dare you live like a gentile, except we already have the answer Peter's Ministry was to the Jews, he was supposed to be living like a Jew he was supposed to be keeping the law as part of his ministry to the Jews, Paul his ministry was to the Gentiles so when he went out he went out and lived the life that would draw in the Gentile, and I truly believe this is part of the confusion that we see a lot of in the church today, Grace versus Works Faith versus works so, I am not a Jew I was not born a Jew I have Jewish blood in me from way way way way way back a lot of people do it's just that's how Bloodlines work, but I'm a gentile and therefore.   [1:00:42] Faith and Grace for me look different than they did for Peter.   [1:00:50] And when you go read the teachings of Jesus and you compare them to the teachings of Paul you get this same. But Jesus was doing Ministry to the Jews.   [1:01:08] Whereas the gospel message looks different and Paul was doing Ministry to the Gentiles. Whereas the ministry looks different okay, so when you look at Faith and you look at Salvation you look at Grace and you go oh my gosh I gotta keep the law, to be saved well no Paul even goes as far in there's a. I don't want to put words into poles mouth I want to find exactly where he says the thing that I'm trying to remember that he says. It's right there in chapter two, I do not set aside the grace of God for if righteousness comes through the law then Christ died for nothing. If you could be righteous by your actions if you needed to live a perfect life to attain salvation then Christ died for nothing.   [1:02:23] Paul is writing to the Gentiles the Jews have a very different. Understanding of how to get to Salvation now once they're in Salvation once they're serving in the church once they're in relationship with Jesus it looks the same it's great. They come to this mature understanding that oh well all the law really is summed up in loving God loving my neighbor and loving myself. And that's what they have hope which is the law of Grace. But before that you see Peter and you see Jesus do a lot of ministry that really doesn't seem to gel with what Paul teaches. Which is that salvation is by grace through faith.   [1:03:38] No response from them.   Pastor Newms: [1:03:39] Muted am I am I am can you hear me okay, yes I mean it is, that there is definitely some disconnects when you look at the who the audience of each, aspect was for, there's often you know even when you look at Paul's writing the way he writes to this group versus how he writes to this group he, talks to him about different things because he talked some about what those churches were struggling with or what those churches were doing correct.   Pastor Bill: [1:04:26] Which has really confused a lot of historians because logo wait a second he talks this way in one letter e talks this way and another letter are we sure this is the same author, and we're like yeah that's that's how Paul does it he that's how he talks.   Pastor Newms: [1:04:41] He was he was very good at being almost chameleon in certain aspects because he would change a lot of his aspects to who he was preaching.   Pastor Bill: [1:04:51] Yeah the the Mantra the Mantra When in Rome this is this is very much how he lived he said I become all things to all men, that's how we live that that's what it was It was a.   Pastor Newms: [1:05:11] So it definitely.   Pastor Bill: [1:05:12] Big says we can't and they can't either I don't know what that means Biggs we can't and they can't either.   Pastor Newms: [1:05:25] But we will wait for Biggs to and and I will say if you are looking at a King James 1611 or a Geneva from from back then.   Pastor Bill: [1:05:36] For 1599.   Pastor Newms: [1:05:38] It be, to to it is it is some reading it is much different than just in case anyone's like oh a Geneva Bible me go download that for e-sword and launch it because I haven't looked at it in a while.   Pastor Bill: [1:05:54] Sure you get an English version not an Old English version.   Pastor Newms: [1:05:57] The old English is fun though.   Pastor Bill: [1:06:02] A perfect life that's true big sends we can't live a perfect life.   Pastor Newms: [1:06:07] That is very true.   Pastor Bill: [1:06:09] That's the whole point I was literally the whole point of Salvation Paul goes on and on and on and on about it, so go read Galatians it's not that big of a book six chapters and it will make it clear.   Pastor Newms: [1:06:26] Bees are you.   Pastor Bill: [1:06:29] For those born as a gentile who then find Salvation, that it is a very very simple progression from lawlessness to the law of Grace, which is literally love God love your neighbor love yourself that is the only things that you are held to, after you become a believer.   [1:07:03] And then the name still struggles with the whole love yourself thing but who does if it was easy it wouldn't be in there.   Pastor Newms: [1:07:07] We didn't need to bring that up we need to bring that up we did not need to bring in my self-hatred.   Pastor Bill: [1:07:16] Think about it if it was easy it wouldn't be a.   Pastor Newms: [1:07:18] It's true.   Pastor Bill: [1:07:23] It would just be a oh well you're already doing that so there's no point in bringing it up he didn't say like he didn't say like pump blood breathe, any food well the food thing that's hard for some people he didn't say you know he didn't say distrust your neighbor pump blood and breathe, well because you know I'll say Trump Pretty Natural, does things are easy he is that love God that's kind of hard to love something that I don't know exist and I can't see it that it, love your neighbor really even when the guys out mowing his lawn too early on a Saturday morning as my dad is sleeping and love that neighbor. Like you love yourself which implies you also need to love yourself which is just, but they're all difficult that's whole point that's why they're Commandments hi so that's what I have for tonight did you have anything you wanted to add to that Pastor Newms.   Pastor Newms: [1:08:26] No   Pastor Bill: [1:08:27] Now you good okay so we are here most Sunday nights at 6:30 p.m. Central Standard Time and by here I mean on Facebook, YouTube and Twitch you can go to our website ekk.house to find out which Facebook which YouTube and which Twitch - which twitch that you can find us at, we also have our own Discord server that we host chat on when we are recording this podcast live, so you could come and join us in the chat, if you had questions if you had comments concerns that would be the place to bring those up or you can use the contact information on our website I believe the contact info email is   [1:09:15] info@ekk.house, believe it or not that just forwards directly into my personal email box so if you send an email to that email address I will get it me personally because this is a two-man Ministry me and Pastor Newms and then every once in awhile we call upon the board of directors, to make big decisions not that we've had a lot of big decisions to make in a while we've had some small decisions that we've gotten together with the, by-laws yeah the Quorum is found by our bylaws recently we had to pull in my wife into the Quorum because it was something that included me in the decision therefore I wasn't allowed to vote, but she holds a position on the board for that exact reason is to cast a vote when, I can't let's not usually something about me when she's called in.   [1:10:21] That happened and so we had to get a quorum and we couldn't get a quorum with me because it was about me so there you go, coming up we have our gaming stuff should be kicking in any day now they are building my computer. At least they said they were building my computer so we'll see when that happens, and yeah this podcast goes up on Wednesday nights what's up dude.   Pastor Newms: [1:10:51] My personal stuff I'm going to be probably streaming pretty soon because I've got a game that I really want to, stream again cuz I bought it and haven't yet it's an expanded from a free game I played and yeah so hopefully it's sometime this week I will do that, we'll see how much Deep Space Nine I decide to watch.   Pastor Bill: [1:11:15] Okay so now in the last few minutes here.   Pastor Newms: [1:11:22] Pretty we have more.   Pastor Bill: [1:11:24] There is so much disinformation and bile just being thrown back and forth about all this vaccinations.   [1:11:38] Everyone got a raw deal. Those who have been vaccinated and are now offended at the CDC because the CDC uses the term super spreader. Which is a concern that I personally raised when they started talking about giving up on finding an actual vaccination and using an mRNA.   [1:12:06] Listen we're all being jerked back and forth, and nobody actually knows how to handle this in real time. A new outbreak of a new virus. Of this scale in the past all this back and forth happens behind closed doors, and the public at large usually doesn't see it because it information moved out slower, right in the 70s and 80s the same back-and-forth would happen, behind the scenes and it wouldn't be until a year two years three years into it that then the public would start hearing what the professionals had decided on, well now a professional says something and the public gets jerked that way and then a different professional says something else the public gets jerk that way so.   [1:13:13] My advice is to be patient We're All in This Together the people who didn't get the vaccine aren't villains, the people who did get the vaccine I know the CDC told you you were Heroes and now they're painting you out to be, somewhat villainess for doing what they told you to do in the first place we're all getting the short end of the stick right now, do the best you can to stay safe you're the best you can to take care of your neighbors remember there are people out there who can't get this vaccine personally I have an enlarged heart.   [1:13:57] And the majority of the people who have died from this vaccine had died from heart related issues so that makes it a little interesting in my personal situation even if I decided that I wanted to go out and get it today, I probably would need to consult a doctor and advice would probably beat not to I'm one of those people that wouldn't be able to get it so. Let's all just take a deep breath. Be a little more patient with each other all right did you have anything you wanted to add to that Pastor Newms.   [1:14:47] It was January 11th 1997 was the day that my heart grew two sizes.   Pastor Newms: [1:14:55] All right no I just want everyone to be safe you know I am a germaphobe, a little bit not as bad as some people but, germs gross me out so I actually when I was doing groceries and stuff this week even though I have the vaccine I started wearing my mask again even though it's not big in Tennessee and I was getting some dirty look some of the places I was at I'm like.   Pastor Bill: [1:15:22] See that's the thing the CDC has come forward and said, people who got the vaccine are five times more likely, to spread the Delta variant then people who have never gotten the vaccine.   Pastor Newms: [1:15:35] Yeah so.   Pastor Bill: [1:15:37] And that's why they're advising everyone to start wearing masks again.   Pastor Newms: [1:15:40] Yeah I know and that's why I'm just saying be safe and do what you feel like you have to I know I'm the one who says be safe though.   Pastor Bill: [1:15:49] When they announced mRNA I said all you're going to do is mask the symptoms of people who are carrying it, and they're still going to be able to spread it and people laughed at me and I'm like but that's how it is that's how it's going to work and people laughed at me and now the CDC is like well. Now insert science words here that matches what I've been saying they really should have just kept working on an actual vaccine instead of giving up and going I will just alter DNA it's easier that way. Anyway it is it is it is it's easier to alter DNA than it is to make a vaccine.   Pastor Newms: [1:16:35] Yeah let's I'm still worried zombies are going to start walking around but that's beside the point.   Pastor Bill: [1:16:39] I'm not I'm not worried about zombies those are easy.   Pastor Newms: [1:16:42] Now I'm terrified okay now we just look at bye that's not how you do the goodbye don't start with me too.   Pastor Bill: [1:16:50] How do we how do we do the goodbye.   Pastor Newms: [1:16:52] Oh Billiam you going to push me tonight aren't you.   Pastor Bill: [1:16:56] Push 32 I don't have the energy man I'm just okay 30 second buffer.   Pastor Newms: [1:17:02] All right.   Pastor Bill: [1:17:04] 30 second buffer has it been 30 seconds yet.   Pastor Newms: [1:17:07] Yeah sure it has.   Pastor Bill: [1:17:10] Love you guys have a good week.   Pastor Newms: [1:17:11] First time ever all right love y'all.   Pastor Bill: [1:17:18] Until next time I forgot that I had to say the things.   Pastor Newms: [1:17:20] Be safe.

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Lott Carey is proud to bring you conversations with some of the best and brightest pastors coast to coast, delivering wisdom from the Black church for the whole church. This week's episode features Rev. Dr. Cynthia L. Hale, Senior Pastor of Ray of Hope Christian Church in Decatur, Georgia. Join Rev. Dr. Jacqueline Madison-McCreary and Rev. Dr. David Emmanuel Goatley each week for “Pilgrimages of Striving and Thriving.” We look forward to the pilgrimage with you.Learn more at LottCarey.org.

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We've always heard from collegiate athletes, but what about the coaches? Mary Ellen Gillespie joins the show this morning to talk all things sports. Moving from an athlete, to athletic director, to deputy director of the Women's Basketball Coaches Association, she's seen athletics from all sides. Now, she turns her focus to the coaches to best support their education and development as leaders.Connect with Mary Ellen at meg@wbca.org. WBCA website

This is the final episode in a series of three featuring conversations with Dr. Anna Carter Florence, the Peter Marshall Professor of preaching at Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur Georgia. Many of us have heard plenty of sermons. Some which were excellent, plenty that were good, and hopefully not very many bad ones. Perhaps after hearing any one of those types of sermons, you had the question, “What do they teach students in seminary about preparing and delivering sermons?” Dr. Carter Florence offers insight into one seminary professor thoughts, approaches, and answers to the question, “How do you teach preaching?”  Dr. Anna Carter Florence gave the 2012 Lyman Beecher Lectures, titled: “The Word in the Repertory Church” A video link to these three lectures can be found at the Yale Divinity School website: https://web.library.yale.edu/divinity/beecher-lectures Lecture I: The Script in the Scripture, the Word in Rehearsal: Proclamation in the Repertory Church (October 24)Lecture II: It Could Have Gone Differently: Repertory Readings of Texts of Terror (October 25)Lecture III: Old Texts, New Works: The Repertory Preacher and the Company of Grace (October 26)

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Today we remember the botanist who jumped in a birch bark canoe with Aaron Greeley and paddled to Mackinac Island 110 years ago today. We'll also learn about the woman who was a housewife until the age of 48 and then transformed into one of Australia's leading naturalists. We celebrate the artist who died today among his canvases of sunflowers. We also hear the letter Beatrix Potter wrote about her garden on this day in 1924. We honor the life of a marvelous landscape designer who died in a fire on this day already four years ago. He once said, "I've had a wild life." Today we hear some fun poems about tomatoes. We Grow That Garden Library™ with a book about shrub and hedge plants - an excellent resource for gardeners looking to define borders and add practical, healthy, and low-maintenance beauty to their property. And then we'll wrap things up with a botanist who shared his disdain for honeysuckle. But first, let's catch up on some Greetings from Gardeners around the world and today's curated news.   Subscribe Apple  | Google  | Spotify  | Stitcher | iHeart   Gardener Greetings To participate in the Gardener Greetings segment, send your garden pics, stories, birthday wishes and so forth to Jennifer@theDailyGardener.org And, to listen to the show while you're at home, just ask Alexa or Google to play The Daily Gardener Podcast. It's that easy.   Curated News Why Front Gardens Matter | The Guardian | Clare Coulson  Here's an excerpt: “Last month… Charlotte Harris, one half of the landscape design duo Harris Bugg, decided to dig up her paved front garden in east London. “It was a discussion we’d been having for a while,” says Harris, who gardens with her girlfriend Catriona Knox. “Around here every bit of green space feels precious,” she says. “Obviously there are parks, but I think each of us has to take responsibility for any space we have.” In an area where 50% of the front gardens have no plants, the ones that do provide moments of joy. Harris’s neighbors include a couple who boast “the most beautiful magnolia” in their shady spot, ... another front garden [is] an abundant [vegetable] patch complete with frames and climbing squash. “They were the inspiration, really,” adds Harris. “It’s a gift, isn’t it? It’s the ultimate in gardening altruism because your back garden is for you to enjoy, but your front garden is about improving everyone’s experience.” Over the past couple of months, the front garden has gained a powerful new significance… [a] point of contact… with friends or family delivering supplies or catching up with a neighbor you’d hardly spoken to before.    Iris Chores Before Fall When your irises finish blooming, cut off the dead flower stalks; but not leaves. Irises use their swords, the green leaves, to nourish rhizomes for the following year. Since they are semi-dormant, you can divide them now if necessary. Replant them as soon as possible and remember to cut off about two-thirds of the foliage to compensate for root loss. Simply cut the leaves in a fan shape and enjoy more iris next year.   How to Create a Peter Rabbit Garden Of course, Peter Rabbit is the creation of Beatrix Potter, who was a noted botanist and mycologist. (A mycologist studies fungi). Now to make your Peter Rabbit Garden, we will draw inspiration from Beatrix's Potter's garden was located at Hill Top Farm. In making your Peter Rabbit garden, you could add a little wooden fence or a low stone wall around the perimeter. Inside, use the herbs and perennials featured in the books: Herbs include Mint, Chamomile, Lavender, Parsley, Sage, Thyme, Rosemary, Lemon Balm, and Tansy. Edibles include Lettuce, Beets, Radish, Rhubarb, Onions, and Strawberry. Then add Pansies, Roses, and Pinks.   Alright, that's it for today's gardening news. Now, if you'd like to check out my curated news articles and blog posts for yourself, you're in luck, because I share all of it with the Listener Community in the Free Facebook Group - The Daily Gardener Community. There's no need to take notes or search for links - the next time you're on Facebook, search for Daily Gardener Community and request to join. I'd love to meet you in the group.   Important Events 1810   On this day, a 24-year-old botanist named Thomas Nuttal, jumped in a birch bark canoe with Aaron Greeley, the deputy surveyor of the territory of Michigan, and they paddled to Mackinac Island arriving two weeks later on August 12. Thomas spent several days on Mackinac - He was the first real botanist to explore the flora of Michigan, and indeed, of Mackinac Island. Thomas immediately set about collecting and writing detailed accounts of the flora he discovered. He documented about sixty species - about twenty were previously unknown. One of the new Mackinac discoveries was the dwarf lake iris (Iris lucustris), which became the state wildflower of Michigan.   1874   Today is the birthday of the Australian naturalist and prolific writer Edith Coleman. Until recently, little was known about Edith. The author, Danielle Claude, wrote a book about Edith called The Wasp and the Orchid, which explored how Edith went from being a housewife until the age of 48 and then transformed into one of Australia's leading naturalists. Edith had a special appreciation for orchids. Beginning in January 1927, one of her daughters told her that she had seen a wasp entering the flower of the small tongue orchid backward. The odd behavior was something both Edith and her daughter would repeatedly see over the next few seasons. The response was perplexing, especially after Edith dissected the plants and discovered that they were male. Edith continued to study their behavior, and she finally found that the wasp was fertilizing the orchid. The orchid uses this stealth pollination strategy Called pseudo-copulation to trick the male wasps into thinking they are meeting with a female wasp. By getting the males to enter the plant, the plant can be pollinated. Edith became the first woman to be awarded the Australian natural history medallion. Edith will forever be remembered for her groundbreaking discovery about orchid pollination.   1890   Today is the anniversary of the death of the artist Vincent Van Gogh. After shooting himself in the stomach, Vincent managed to get back to his home and live for two additional days before dying beside a stack of his sunflower canvases. In March of 1987, his painting titled Vase with Fifteen Sunflowers was sold by Sotheby's in London for $39.85 million, more than three times the highest price ever paid at the time for a painting at auction.   1924   Beatrix Potter writes to a little girl named Dulcie and describes her garden. She writes that her garden has: “... a box hedge around the flower bed, and moss roses and pansies and black currants and strawberries and peas —and big sage bushes for Jemima, but the onions always do badly. I have tall white bell flowers I am fond of — they are just going over, next there will be Phlox; and last come to the Michaelmas Daisies and Chrysanthemums. Then soon after Christmas, we have Snowdrops. They grow wild and come up all over the garden and orchard, and some in the woods.”   2016   It's the anniversary of the death of the landscape designer extraordinaire, Ryan Gainey. Ryan died trying to save his two beloved Jack Russell terrier's, Jellybean Leo and Baby Ruth, from a fire at his home. Neither he nor his dogs survived. When it came to landscape design, Ryan was entirely self-taught. In the beautiful documentary about his life called "The Well-Placed Weed: The Bountiful Life of Ryan Gainey." (btw I shared it in the FB group so check it out) In the documentary, Ryan asked the filmmaker, "I've had a wild life. Do you know why?" His reply was simple and 100% Gainey: "I created it." Ryan purchased a home in Decatur Georgia that used to be the site of Holcomb Nursery. He removed many of the greenhouses behind his home but kept the low brick walls that had served as the foundation for the greenhouses. The result was that Ryan instantly had a series of garden rooms that he could decorate and design to his heart's content. Throughout his career, Ryan became friends with notable designers and gardeners like Rosemary Verey ("VEER-ee") and Penelope Hobhouse. Ryan loved Verey; they had a special bond. He loved the Camellia japonica. Ryan's gardens looked effortless with things spilling over and nestled in a way that made them look like they had been in the garden for decades. It was Ryan who said, "Where lies the genius of man? It is the ability to control nature... but for one purpose only; and that is to create beauty." One hundred forty-eight days before Ryan passed away, an enormous white oak fell over and crushed his house. Ryan considered the tree to be the soul of his life.   Unearthed Words The street filled with tomatoes Midday, Summer, light is Halved Like A Tomato, its juice Runs through the streets. In December, Unabated, the tomato Invades the kitchen, it enters at lunchtime, Takes its ease on countertops, among glasses, butter dishes, blue saltcellars. It sheds its own light, benign majesty. Unfortunately, we must murder it: the knife Sinks into living flesh, Red Viscera, a cool Sun, Profound, Inexhaustible, populates the salads of Chile, happily, it is wed to the clear onion, and to celebrate the union We Pour Oil, Essential child of the olive, onto its halved hemispheres, pepper Adds its fragrance, salt, its magnetism; it is the wedding of the day, Parsley Hoists its flag, Potatoes bubble vigorously, the aroma of the roast knocks  at the door, it's time! come on! and, on  the table, at the midpoint of summer, the tomato, star of earth, Recurrent and fertile Star, Displays its convolutions, its canals, its remarkable amplitude and abundance, no pit, no husk, no leaves or thorns, the tomato offers its gift of fiery color and cool completeness. — Pablo Neruda, Chilean poet & Nobel Prize winner, Ode to Tomatoes (translated by Margaret Sayers Peden)   She took the purity pledge (Sweet Baby Girl, Super Snow White, Artic Rose), fled the grasp of Big Beef and Better Boy on a Southern Night and, baptized in hydroponics, gleamed waxy and vapid under a fluorescent gaze. She was a good girl (Beauty Queen, Gum Drop, Mighty Sweet, Sugar Plum, Pink Champagne), a tidbit on the tip (Flaming Burst, Solar Flare, Razzle Dazzle, Roman Candle) of his tongue (Lucky Tiger, Top Gun, Tough Boy, Sun King). She was Plum, Pear, Grape, and Cherry, because one thing is always like another— like a wad of chewed-up gum, tasteless and shriveled on the marriage vine and gave it away too soon. She was a Jezebel (Shady Lady, Spitfire, Perfect Flame), hot to the touch, steeped in dark earth, sun-soaked, bright tang bursting in the throat. A little dirt on the tongue never hurt anyone. — Janice Northerns, poet, Good Tomato Janice was inspired to write "Good Tomato" after reflecting on the fact that "Tomato" was a popular slang term for a woman between the 1930s and the 1950s. The poem came together after she incorporated the many fascinating gendered names of tomato varieties like Beauty Queen, Sugar Plum, Better Boy. Note: Italicized terms are all names of tomato varieties.   Grow That Garden Library Shrubs & Hedges by Eva Monheim This book came out in March of this year and the subtitle is  Discover, Grow, and Care for the World's Most Popular Plants. Washington Gardener said this book is, "...clear enough for beginners, detailed enough for pros." Ruth Rogers Clausen wrote that, "Shrubs and hedges are often taken for granted by professional horticulturists and garden owners alike. However, this invaluable book celebrates them, with readable and fascinating details about a range of species suitable for individual locations. The author’s passion and experience shine through the text. Detailed information is included for each cultivar, hybrid, and/or selection, its suitability for specific sites, sound growing and pruning tips, and its place in ecological landscapes, along with tool care, reference material, and more. Undoubtedly Shrubs & Hedges will become a significant reference book for years to come." Eva Monheim is co-founder of Verdant Earth Educators (VEE) - a horticulture education and consulting firm. She's an instructor at the world-famous Longwood Gardens in their Professional Horticulture Program where she teaches woody plants and arboriculture. Eva is also a faculty member at The Barnes Arboretum of St. Joseph University where she teaches Landscape Management. This book is 224 pages shrub and hedge plants - a great resource for gardeners looking to define borders and add practical, healthy, and low-maintenance beauty to their property. You can get a copy of Shrubs & Hedges by Eva Monheim and support the show, using the Amazon Link in today's Show Notes for around $23.   Today's Botanic Spark 1951  On this day the botanist Charles Clemon Deam replied to an inquiry about the honeysuckle. Charles wrote: "That [plant's] name is to me the same as a red flag to a bull. I cannot tell you in words how I regard this vine.  Your question is: Does it propagate from seed? I do not believe it does.  I have never heard a good word for it. All that I can say affirmatively is that it is no good for anything."  And, before Charles finished writing his censure of the honeysuckle, he twice suggested that some new "insecticides" might kill it.

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After coaching for more than 20 years at the college level, Kathy Richey-Walton accepted a coaching/teaching position in the DeKalb County School System in Decatur, Georgia. Mrs. Richey-Walton coached and taught for two years at McNair Middle School before transferring to Southwest DeKalb High School in 2002. Since arriving at Southwest DeKalb High School (SWD), the girl’s basketball program has posted a 413-130 record in 18 seasons, winning back to back to back GHSA (Georgia High School Association) AAAA State Championships in 2008, 2009 and 2010. Then, again winning State Championships in 2013 and 2016. In addition, the Lady Panthers have finished runner-ups in the championship game in 2012, 2014 and 2017, marking the eight time in the last 10 years that the Lady Panthers have played for a State Championship, winning five State Championships, three runner-ups as well as nine Region Championships (2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2014, 2013, 2010 and 2008). At the same time, Coach Walton was named the 2010 and 2008 Garland F. Pinholster High School Coach of the Year, 2009 BCA (Black Coaches and Administrators) National High School Coach of the Year, the 2009 Bobby Cremins State Coach of the Year, the 2018, 2017, 2016, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2010, 2009 and 2008 DeKalb County Coach of the Year and the 2009 GAHPERD (Georgia Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance) Teacher of the Year as well as the 2014 Southwest DeKalb High School Teacher of the Year. In October of 2018, Coach Walton, was inducted into the Southwest DeKalb Athletic Hall of Fame. Then, again in September of 2019, Coach Walton, was inducted into the Slippery Rock University Athletic Hall of Fame. Coach Walton gained national coaching experience when she coached the Blue Team to a Silver Medal during at the 2005 USA Basketball Youth Development Festival in Colorado Springs, Colorado and the USA Basketball Youth Olympic 2010 Team, to a Bronze Medal in the first ever 3 on 3 Youth Olympic Games in Singapore, Singapore. She also coached the Georgia Metros 16 and Under team to four national championships, winning the 16 and Under AAU Nationals and the 17 and Under (USJN) United States Junior Nationals in Washington, D.C in 2005. The Georgia Metros went on to repeat as the 17 and Under USJN Champions and won the Nike National Championships in Augusta, Georgia in 2006. WNBA and college stand-outs such as Maya Moore (UCONN), Kelley Cain (Tennessee), Ashley Houts (Georgia), Jordan Greenleaf (Auburn) and Janae Stokes (South Florida) were members of those teams. Before becoming a teacher and coach in the DeKalb County School System, Coach Walton served as the Talent Coordinator for the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) kathleen_m_walton@dekalbschoolsga.org  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/kevin-furtado/support

We talk about the Cardinals draft last week with Brian Walton of thecardinalnation.com. He was generally surprised by the risk taken in the first three draft picks this year. The young talent will need a lot of development but many in the league have given the picks an A rating. Jordan Walker, from Decatur GA, seems to be an excellent pick from an intelligent family looks like a really good take for the Cardinals future. Listen here for details:

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Hit the road to Lisdoonvarna for an exciting episode of great Celtic music. Flook, Brobdingnagian Bards, ChildsPlay, The Flying Toads, Rising Gael, Larry Mallette, Matt Lewis, Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh, Echoelake, Daimh, A Campo Traviesa, Dylan Walshe, Crepuscule, Greenwich Meantime, Lilt I hope you enjoyed this week's show. If you did, please share the show with ONE friend. The Irish & Celtic Music Podcast is dedicated to growing our community and helping the incredible artists who so generously share their music. If you find music you love, buy their albums, shirts, and songbooks, follow them on Spotify, see their shows, and drop them an email to let them know you heard them on the Irish and Celtic Music Podcast. Remember also to Subscribe to the Celtic Music Magazine. Every week, I'll send you a few cool bits of Celtic music news. It's a quick and easy way to plug yourself into more great Celtic culture. Plus, you'll get 34 Celtic MP3s for Free, just for signing up today. Thank you again for being a Celt of Kindness. VOTE IN THE CELTIC TOP 20 With the new year comes a new votes in the Celtic Top 20. This is our way of finding the best songs and artists each year. Just list the show number, and the name of as many bands in the episode as you like. Your vote helps me create next year's Best Celtic music of 2019 episode.  Vote Now! THIS WEEK IN CELTIC MUSIC 0:03 "The Bunting Fund / Ocean Child" by Flook from Ancora 5:16 "Road to Lisdoonvarna/Swallow Tail/Morrison's Jig" by Brobdingnagian Bards from I Will Not Sing Along 7:53 "Cuckanandy/Chris Childs" by ChildsPlay from The Bloom of Youth 13:03 "The Exiles" by The Flying Toads from In Stitches 17:32 "Foggy Dew" by Rising Gael from Roots 22:10 CELTIC FEEDBACK 25:31 "Cloverleaf/Look Right/The Rolling Jig" by Larry Mallette and Matt Lewis from A Stroll in the Park 30:35 "Muirisin Deas Agus Nora" by Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh from Foxglove & Fuschia Murr-en Nick OWL-eev 34:13 "Call of the Highlands" by Echoelake from Single 36:30 "Gur E Mo Ghille Dubh Dhonn" by Daimh from The Hebridean Sessions 42:04 CELTIC PODCAST NEWS 44:02 "The Eagle's Whistle/La Culebra" by A Campo Traviesa from Dreaming with the Rain 48:16 "Where Dublin Meets County Wicklow (feat. James Fearnley)" by Dylan Walshe from All Manner of Ways 51:43 "Itchy Fingers" by Crepuscule from Hap and Rowe 55:20 "Last Call" by Greenwich Meantime band from Proof 1:00:28 "Bill the Weaver/Port Sean Gabha/Taim in Arrears" by Lilt from X The Irish & Celtic Music Podcast was produced by Marc Gunn, The Celtfather. To subscribe, go to Apple Podcasts or to our website where you can become a Patron of the Podcast for as little as $1 per episode. Promote Celtic culture through music at http://celticmusicpodcast.com/. CELTIC PODCAST NEWS * Helping you celebrate Celtic culture through music. My name is Marc Gunn. I am a Celtic musician and podcaster. This show is dedicated to the indie Celtic musicians. I want to ask you to support these artists. Share the show with your friends. And find more episodes at celticmusicpodcast.com. You can also support this podcast on Patreon. TRAVEL WITH CELTIC INVASION VACATIONS Every year, I take a small group of Celtic music fans on the relaxing adventure of a lifetime. We don't see everything. Instead, we stay in one area. We get to know the region through it's culture, history, and legends. You can join us with an auditory and visual adventure through podcasts and videos. Join the invasion at http://celticinvasion.com/THANK YOU PATRONS OF THE PODCAST! There are many ways to support the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast. You can make a donation via our virtual tip jar or paypal. You can buy a bumper sticker, pint glass or t-shirt. But the best way of all is to become a Patron of the Podcast. You can make a pledge of a dollar or more per episode and cap how much you want to spend each month. Your generosity funds the creation, promotion and production of the show. It allows us to attract new listeners and to help our community grow. And you also get episodes before regular listeners. And when we hit a milestone, you get an extra-long episode. We are $47 away from a two-hour instrumental special along with sending every patron a free 2019 sticker. You can become a generous Patron of the Podcast at http://patreon.com/celticpodcast. I want to thank our Patrons of the Podcast: Chris C., Dwayne B., Cathy H., Kevin L., Trevor, Murray F I WANT YOUR FEEDBACK What are you doing today while listening to the podcast? You can send a written comment along with a picture of what you're doing while listening. Email a voicemail message to celticpodcast@gmail.com Denis Konouck emailed:  “Welcoming you to Atlanta.  A great place to live. I moved from DC to Decatur Ga in 1992 to be around for the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.  Never moved back. Three random Celtic items. 1) WRFG (FM 89.3) has a long-running Celtic music show broadcasting every Sunday 5-7pm 2) The Marlay House in Decatur GA is our best local Irish pub.  The pub used to have a weekly Irish music session but I think that has gone dormant.  One of the best pubs to get a pint, watch rugby and football (soccer) and get some trad food.  Good place for St. Patrick's Day with live music. Bonus is that the Marlay has its own fish n' chips food truck that goes to outdoor festivals. 3) Mac McGee on Decatur square is another good Irish pub with a large selection of irish whiskey.  The pub occasionally has Irish music. Decatur itself has some of the best restaurants and bars in the Atlanta.  I particularly recommend the Brick Store Pub (best beer selection in US) and Chai Pani (great Indian cuisine). Wishing you a smooth relocation” Sam Vermeulen emailed on Facebook: "Just discovered this show on spotify. I'm on the 3rd episode  non stop . Thanks for doing this." 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The coolest cannapreneur, Vincent Owens is full of big ideas. The Decatur Georgia native, found his entrepreneur spirit early in life. It was while in college that he began to add the 'Cana' part to it. After a short time in California, Owens is back in Atlanta and ready to bring all that's he's learned along the way.Owens came by to discuss HBCU's, The Cannapreneur Society and his latest venture, Pot & Pancakes.

Do you have children or grandchildren? A Peter Rabbit Garden is a lovely idea for you to consider. Of course, Peter Rabbit is the creation of Beatrix Potter, who was a noted botanist and mycologist. (A mycologist studies fungi). Potter's garden was located at Hill Top Farm. In making your Peter Rabbit garden, you could add a little wooden fence or a little stone wall around the perimeter. Inside, use the herbs and perennials featured in the books: Herbs include: Mint, Chamomile, Lavender, Parsley, Sage, Thyme, Rosemary, Lemon Balm, and Tansy. Edibles include Lettuce, Beets, Radish, Rhubarb, Onions, and Strawberry Then add Pansies, Roses, and Pinks.   Brevities #OTD  On this day in 1810, Thomas Nuttal, just 24 years old, jumped in a birch bark canoe with Aaron Greely, the deputy surveyor of the territory of Michigan, and they paddled to Mackinac Island arriving two weeks later on August 12.   Nuttal spent several days on Mackinac. He was the first true botanist to explore the flora of Michigan, and certainly of Mackinac Island. Nuttal immediately set about collecting and writing detailed accounts of the flora he discovered.   He documented about sixty species - about twenty were previously unknown. One the new Mackinac discoveries was the dwarf lake iris (Iris lucustris), which became the state wildflower of Michigan.     #OTD  It’s the birthday of Edith Coleman, an Australian naturalist and a prolific writer, who was born on this day in 1874. Until recently little was known about Coleman. The author, Danielle Claude wrote a book about Coleman called The Wasp and the Orchidwhich explored how Coleman went from being a housewife until the age of 48 and then transformed into one of Australia’s leading naturalists. Coleman had a special appreciation for orchids. Beginning in January 1927 one of her daughters told her that she had seen a wasp entering the flower of the small tongue orchid backwards. The odd behavior was something both Coleman and her daughter would see repeatedly over the next few seasons. The behavior was is perplexing; especially after Coleman dissected the plants and discovered that they were male. Coleman continued to study their behavior and she finally discovered that the wasp was fertilizing the orchid. The orchid uses this stealth pollination strategy Called pseudo-copulation to trick the mail wasps into thinking they are meeting with a female wasp. By getting the males to enter the plant, the plant is able to be pollinated.  Coleman became the first woman to be awarded the Australian natural history medallion. Coleman will forever be remembered for her groundbreaking discovery about orchid pollination     #OTD And it’s the anniversary of the death of Ryan Gainey the landscape designer extraordinaire who died on this day in 2016.  Gaineydied  trying to save his beloved Jack Russell terrier’s jellybean Leo and baby Ruth from a fire at his home. Neither he nor his dogs survived.    When I came to landscape design, Gainey was completely self-taught.     In the wonderful documentary about his life called “The Well-Placed Weed: The Bountiful Life of Ryan Gainey."  (btw I shared it in the FB group so check it out) In the documentary Gaineyasked the filmmaker, "I’ve had a wild life. Do you know why?" His reply was simple and 100% Gainey: "I created it."   Gaineypurchased a home in Decatur Georgia that used to be the site of Holcomb Nursery. He removed many of the green houses behind his home but kept the low brick walls that had served as the foundation for the greenhouses. The result was that Gaineyinstantly had a series of garden rooms that he could decorate and design to his hearts content. Over the course of his career, Gaineybecame friends with other notable designers and gardeners like Rosemary Verey and Penelope Hobhouse.      Gainey loved Verey; they had a special bond. He loved the Camellia  japonica. Gaineys gardens looked effortless with things spilling over and nestled in a way that made them look like they had been in the garden for decades. It was Gainey who said,   "Where lies the genius of man? It is the ability to control nature... but for one purpose only; and that is to create beauty."   148 days before Gaineypassed away, an enormous white oak fell over and crushed his house. Gainey considered the tree to be the soul of his life.         #OTD It was on this day in 1931 that newspapers were reporting that Louis Schubert and August Rosenberg had the distinction of being the first recipients of a patent for a plant.   The patent was conferred for the first ever-blooming rose, which they named "The New Dawn."   The patentable feature was for its ever-blooming aspect. The new rose was described as identical with the Dr. Van Fleet climbing rose, except that instead of blooming once each year it bloomed successively like the ever-blooming tea roses.   The plant patent act was signed by president Hoover May 23, 1930.  The patent for New Dawn was assigned shortly after President Herbert Hoover signed the the bill. A plant patent gives the exclusive right to reproduce, use or sell an invention or discovery throughout the United States for a period of 17 years.        Unearthed Words "Hot July brings cooling showers, Apricots and gillyflowers." - Sara Coleridge, Pretty Lessons in Verse "A swarm of bees in May is worth a load of hay. A swarm of bees in June is worth a silver spoon. A swarm of bees in July is not worth a fly."   Today's book recommendation: The Education of A Gardener by Russell Page Russell Page is one of the legendary gardeners and landscapers of the twentieth century. First published in 1962, this book shares his charming anecdotes and timeless gardening advice.   Today's Garden Chore Now is a great time to deal with your Iris. When your irises finish blooming, cut off the dead flower stalks; but not leaves. Iris use their swords, the green leaves, to nourish rhizomes for the following year. Since they are semi dormant, you can divide them now if necessary. Replant them as soon as possible and remember to cut off about two-thirds of the foliage to compensate for root loss. Simply cut the leaves in a fan shape and enjoy more iris next year.   Something Sweet  Reviving the little botanic spark in your heart On this day, in 1951, the botanist Charles Clemon Deam replied to an inquiry about the honeysuckle. Deam wrote:   "That [plant's] name is to me the same as a red flag to a bull. I cannot tell you in words how I regard this vine. Your question is does it propagate from seed. I do not believe it does. ... I have never heard a good word for it. . . . All that I can say affirmatively is that it is no good for anything."    In concluding this condemnation of the honeysuckle he twice suggests that some of the new "insecticides" might kill it.     Thanks for listening to the daily gardener, and remember: "For a happy, healthy life, garden every day."

Your Move Atlanta – All Things Real Estate 640 WGST iHeartRadio Listen to Master Real Estate Coach & host Coach Cleve Gaddis on his new radio show ~ Your Move Atlanta ~ joined by Alfie Romero. Cleve discusses Diamond Head a neighborhood in Decatur Georgia. Learn about Schoolchimp.com and how to order a report that fits your needs! Have a question? Share it with us on Facebook at Facebook.com/gogaddis, visit our website www.gogaddis.com, or email us at forsale@gogaddis.com

6.9.19. Rev. Laura Mariko Cheifetz preaches on Ecclesiastes 1:2-9: It Could Always Be Worse! The Reverend Laura Mariko Cheifetz is an ordained Teaching Elder in the Presbyterian Church (USA). She has served in theological education, religious publishing, and social justice advocacy, and she has provided leadership in the national and international church. She is also the co-author and editor of Church on Purpose and contributor to Race in a Post Obama America, Leading Wisdom, and Streams Run Uphill. She is a contributing editor to Inheritance magazine. She lives in Decatur GA with her partner and their two Shih Tzus.

Download this episode In November of 2016 I was a guest on the now defunct Life in a Kilt podcast.  Life in a Kilt was created and hosted by Rick Baldwin and Cheri. Rick has led an interesting life and is still an active artist. (buy his art) When he turned 50, he decided to wear a kilt everyday for a year. That led to Year in a Kilt then Life in a Kilt.  The podcast was recorded on site at Mac McGee's in Decatur GA just outside of Atlanta, where Rick lives. It is a great place for food and drink. One of the best places to go when in Atlanta. Being on this episode started me thinking about starting my own. It is also recorded where I first met Rick, his wife and Cheri and was dubbed "Doug in a Pub" Since then, Rick and Cheri have started a new podcast, This Epic Disaster. It can be found all over the internet.  Hope you enjoy this episode.  Keep your ears open for new episodes of my podcast and send me some questions.

In this episode, I feature a conversation with a passenger named Frank from Decatur Georgia. In this conversation we talk about all the forbidden subjects including politics religion and race. But Frank is a super cool guy and we were able to agree to disagree. Plus, enjoy some mildly drunk passengers singing a version of gold on the ceiling by the Black Keys. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ridesharewithmarc/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ridesharewithmarc/support

Guest speaker Fire Chief Toni Washington, first African American woman fire chief in Decatur GA talks with Anne about her journey as a firefighter and her passion to bring exposure to minorities to the benefits of becoming a firefighter.

What's up capoeiristas! welcome back to the capoeira experience podcast! where we learn more and more not just about our capoeira community but also about how to make it grow and connect it even more, and because I love connecting with our community today I got the chance to interview a female capoeirista, she is … Continue reading "13 Professora Dandhara Maculelê – Decatur, Georgia"

Transcript Before we get started. If you're in the state of North Carolina, we're headed to North Carolina State student conclave all these dudes getting together Elon university. If you're out there, make sure to say, hi, always great to have this guy on the show. Danny comes on the program. Dude wrote a book we get into what it's called. It's an explicit title. Very naughty. We may get to play with the belief out button. A few times in this episode. And just so you know, we mentioned at during the episode how to win it or give it away copies of his book plus a chance to get a one on one phone call. If you're thinking about jumping into biz PT opened a cash practice much like Danny and the people he works with. So stay tuned info to win that book in the consultation. Call all in the episode first round is brought to you by Owens recovery. Science a single source for PT's looking for certification in personalized blood flow restriction rehabilitation training, Johnny and his team. They're on the forefront. Doing the research testing releasing the papers about this stuff there. The goldstein. Wondered check them out online at Owens recovery. Science dot com. Broadcasting physical therapists around the world is this is the PT past. May I introduce to introduce you. Here's your host physical therapist Jimmy MacKay back on the show, host of the podcast and founder of athletes potential in Atlanta and Decatur Georgia. Adel comeback show, ma'am. Yes. Jimmy. Thank you so much for having me on again it easily my favorite podcast to be on good job of like interviewing people and just so like team listen to south you, and it's also cool. I don't know if I have a record in anything else. But when I told my I'm gonna tell my wife about this. And I she's gonna find me more tractive. Honestly, that's what I bring table. You bring that. Mabel up here. More attractive, but we gotta add something else to your resume. I mean, we should also let people know you do business coaching specifically within the world of physical therapy. But now, author I'll be honest, Pat myself on the back when I read a book, and you went out, and you wrote a book. Yeah. For somebody that also I have probably about fifty books that I'm halfway through have way through media. And I told my wife I was like, but if you add up the fifty percent of all of them, I'm through twenty five. Good. That's pretty good. Yeah. It's pretty solid. I just quick to kind of move on to something else. So the fact that actually sat down and for eight months put together my thought process on what I've learned in business. So for in particular in the cash practice realm is an interesting to me that actually you know, was able to finish it. But also, it's it's something that I think that will be there and my kids can pick it up and not granted the titles of extreme. But they're no they're no strangers to f word in the house, by the way, they they can use it in context, and they're five and seven I mean, they can read and they can see like, oh, man. Mom and dad like, wow, they did this thing. And you know, they started this business. And I kinda talk about how I got started. I have kind of like an interesting story about how we left the military and went into business that we knew nothing about and some of the mistakes we made along the way which is a lot and hopefully people can learn from that. And then we really dive into stages of a cash practice, which I think are important in. No because I look at like martial arts. You know, you don't just go one day and say, okay, I'm just going to get a black belt. You may think that, but you know, you go and you. For a while. And then you get a blue belt, and you get a purple belt. And then you have these stages along the way this show that you're improving your learning new things, and you should celebrate those. So for me, I thought it was important to define the stage of cash practice, then to go through the two main kind of linchpins that ...

Cherry is a California native and resident and is now helping people in Georgia and Florida. Just over the last few weeks, Cherry has helped a South Georgia resident with his insurance needs and before that she helped a grandmother in Florida find great college funding plans for the grandchildren. Better technology has made long distance insurance transactions seamless whether Cherry is sitting next to the insurance applicant or if the applicant is in Key West FL. Technology has virtually removed the need for wet signatures. Insurance products, for the most part, are the same, with the exception of insurance plans for high net worth individuals. Most agents have the same products whether they are in San Francisco or Decatur GA. So a good agent with the right products and a friendly approach fulfill people's insurance needs no matter they live. Click HERE to visit us on the Internet. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/321bizdevelopment/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/321bizdevelopment/support

Caught off guard by Meagan's decision to seek the help of tobacco, Ryan scrambles to stop his younger self before its too late, no matter the cost. Features content that may be disturbing for some listeners. Trigger warning for anyone who has recently lost a family member or been affected, directly or indirectly, by drug abuse/overdose. CAST Timmy Vilgiate: John, "John" Sophie Doss: Sapphire C.j. Hackett: Ryan, the Fisherman Daniel Rojas: Carlos Christina Vilgiate: Ryan's Mom Kyla Valenti: Meagan Jareth Spirio: Colonel Imes Dominick Vilgiate: Jacob PRODUCTION Produced and Written by Timmy Vilgiate. Recorded in Colorado Springs, CO by Timmy, and Houghton, MI by Kyla Valenti. Music by Timmy Vilgiate. End Credits song: Crimson by C.j. Hackett/The Yeti (iamtheyeti.bandcamp.com) recorded in collaboration with Timmy Vilgiate (timmyvilgiate.bandcamp.com). SOUND EFFECTS (all from Freesound[.]org) Flame ignition by hykenfreak Bottle, Breaking by cmusounddesign Fire Crackle and Flames 002 by FractalStudios Beer,Bottle,Drag,Cement,Resonant by jaimage room-tone hallway small by klankbeeld Distant_gunfire_01 by CGEffex Distant_gunfire_02 by CGEffex Distant_gunfire_03 by CGEffex distant explosion by reznik_Krkovick Domstraat gil by borQue Water_Flood_enhanced by KevinT1001 rescue sounds by cognito perceptu distant fire truck by whoagoody tumble_downstairs_a by malexmedia Smashing head on wall by pfranzen Hitting in a Face florianreichelt Long_scream by plagasul Electric Zap - Electricity by Wakerone Electric Zap - Electricity 2 by Wakerone Battering ram banging on a door by schots Scream NO – Man by guamorims Crowd Screaming, A by InspectorJ panic by Erdie human male scream small crowd panic fear by JohnsonBrandE Real M16 (shot) by Carmelomike ghost_sounds by fishwithfeathers psycho scream 1 by FreqMan Multiple Female Sceams by megmcduffee Sounds recorded in Decatur Georgia by microdac Ambiance_Suburbian Forest by lzmraul Forest01 by Erdie Flames by juskiddink Flames 1 by shastrocks

Dave DeFeo joins the show to discuss comic books, the culinary arts, and how him and two friends created a comic book bar in Decatur Georgia called My Parents Basement. Dave has been a chef for over 20 years crafting his brilliant culinary expertise at establishments such as Leon’s Full Service and Brick Store Pub.

Dope Coversation with iMsoDesP, He from Decatur GA. Get Familiar! Also Available on Apple Podcast: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/kultu…2&ign-mpt=uo%3D4 Connect With Kulture Klash: www.instagram.com/kultureklashpodcast/

Our guest in this episode is Joyce Thurmond from the Small Business Administration. She’s out of Atlanta, serving as the Area 3 Director. Joyce wears many hats, and one is as a Procurement Center Representative which basically is “An Advocate” and “A Resource” of small businesses within the federal government. While Joyce does have broad knowledge, her primary activities are in support of the CDC, Interior, Dobbins AFRC, GSA in Atlanta, and the VA Medical Center located in Decatur GA.Thursday at 7:00 AM EST - new episodes releasedHosted by Neil McDonnell of SV Mac Pack, Inc. - a Veteran-Owned, HUBZone Certified firm specializing in Microsoft 365 and SharePoint training and support.Participation of guest or views expressed do not constitute an endorsement of any kind.

Our guest in this episode is Joyce Thurmond from the Small Business Administration. She’s out of Atlanta, serving as the Area 3 Director. Joyce wears many hats, and one is as a Procurement Center Representative which basically is “An Advocate” and “A Resource” of small businesses within the federal government. While Joyce does have broad knowledge, her primary activities are in support of the CDC, Interior, Dobbins AFRC, GSA in Atlanta, and the VA Medical Center located in Decatur GA.Thursday at 7:00 AM EST - new episodes releasedHosted by Neil McDonnell of SV Mac Pack, Inc. - a Veteran-Owned, HUBZone Certified firm specializing in Microsoft 365 and SharePoint training and support.Participation of guest or views expressed do not constitute an endorsement of any kind.

Get to know the City Manager of Decatur, Georgia. Peggy Merriss joins GovLove to discuss her career in local government, which includes 24 years as City Manager and stints in leadership positions with ICMA. She talked about the projects going on in Decatur, her experience as a woman in local government and more. Topics: Lightning round (0:50), Peggy's career background (1:45), road diets (4:30), what keeps her in Decatur and how it's changed during her career (6:40), her time as ICMA's first female president (12:30), the importance of local government (18:05), top speakers at ICMA (21:00), and advice to someone starting their career in local government (25:00). This interview was recorded at the 2017 ICMA Conference in San Antonio, TX.

This session Sean and I review the Gorillaz Humanz new release (plus a few youtube video's) Humanz (deluxe version). This vitural english band has been doing alternative music since 1998. with 4 animated members. With a twist of what Genre we normally review this was a group I listen to in the past and Sean wanted a different feel to our review. We finish the review with B.O.B one of our favorite rappers from Decatur Georgia with his new album Ether. Two different artist/groups that we reviewed.

Ralph Watkins is the Peachtree Associate Professor of Evangelism and Church Growth at Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur Georgia. His work focuses on building bridges between young adults and the church in order to develop future leaders for the twenty-first century church. As a scholar, professional photographer, pastor, sought after speaker and workshop leader Dr.… Read More » The post Ralph Basui Watkins: The Power of Stories appeared first on Gareth J Young.

If you have some Lil Red, Coral Queen of the Sea, and are waiting for Farm Fun, then today is your lucky day! I am so excited to talk to Moda Fabric Designer Stacy lest Hsu to find out more about how she got into fabric designing and have her tell us about the adorable doll panels that come with her lines. http://stacyiesthsu.tumblr.com/ --------------- Debbie Maddy has taken the ancient art of Shibori, a traditional Japanese dyeing technique, and turned it into a beautiful fabric line for Moda. I can't wait to learn more about how she was inspired by this and she has some great tips for making quilts that look complicated! http://blog.calicocarriage.com/ ------------------ Each month this year Mary Abreu of Confessions of a craft addict is joining me so we can talk about in depth on topics we quilters want to know about! This month we are going to go behind the scenes as Mary tells us what it's like to get ready for the Row by Row Experience in the shop where she works. You can meet Mary by visiting Intown Quilters in Decatur Georgia! https://www.instagram.com/thatcraftaddict/ -------------------- From being an architect to becoming a fabulous Quilt Artist, Shruti Dandekar has had an amazing journey. We are going to talk about quilting in India, where she lives and her portrait quilts. She also has a few fabulous tips for us! https://shrutidandekar.com/ ------------------------ visit American Patchwork & Quilting at http://allpeoplequilt.com Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/apqmagazine Visit host Pat Sloan at http://www.patsloan.com

This week we are remote while Joel is in Decatur Georgia for his wife’s hospital stay. But the pod’s gonna cast no matter what. In this week’s episode we get a thrilling travelogue of Belton, SC, explain what grits are for the uninitiated, visit the... Read More

Music   * Under the credits is Harlaamstrat 74 off of John Dankworth's Modesty Blaise score. * Then, we have the most obvious crickets/summer night song ever: the fantastic, perpetually delightful Green Arrow from Yo La Tengo's I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One, which has soundtracked many crickety summer nights for me over the years.  * The cops roll in to a loop of the very beginning of the epic Ptah, the El Daoud, the title track to Alice Coltrane's album from 1970. * Then we have a mix of two improvisations from Charles Cohen's Brother I Prove You Wrong: Cloud Hands and The Boy and the Snake Dance. * There's a brief dip into Dorian, by Fang Island. * The jaunty accordion, typewriter thing is Biking is Better on Wintergatan's eponymous album.   Notes I researched this one primarily through old newspapers. The easiest place to find a number of them is to read the excellent site, The Museum of Hoaxes' page on this event. Also: if you're in the Atlanta area and ever want to have yourself a day, you can see the actual monkey. It's preserved in a jar at the Georgia Bureau of Investigations museum in Decatur Georgia.

Art Is King Podcast 46 - Lord Yatta I have officially known Lord Yatta for 20 years. I first met him in the basement of a house in Oakhurst in Decatur where he was doing tattoos with SuperMan. If you know anything about the history of Tattoos in Atlanta, then you will know about SuperMan, his start at West End Tattoo with Julia Alfonso and his eventual spinoff in Decatur GA. It was at that time that I came across SuperMan and Lord Yatta. The year was 1995. Two years later Lord Yatta and I along with my brother Yesca, Mecca and Paydreus opened Vantage Pointe Studios in SouthWest Atlanta off Ralph David Abernathy and Cascade Road. Our paths as artists continues to this day and I recently had the chance to interview Lord Yatta at West End Tattoo where Red Locks is now the owner and 1995 feels like a long time ago. Check out the Art of Lord Yatta, his tattoos, his fine art and his legacy in the ATL Art Community by visiting his website and social media.http://lordyatta.com/http://lordyatta.tumblr.com/ https://twitter.com/LordYatta https://instagram.com/lordyatta/ https://www.facebook.com/lord.yatta @LordYatta Art Is King Podcast host is DTM of DeltaTangoMike.com @DeltaTangoMike Please take a moment to find Art Is King on iTunes or Spreaker.com or Stitcher Radio or artiskingarchive.com and rate our program Its important we hear from you and get your feedback and ideas, Art Is King is yours and we want You to benefit from the information shared here every week. check out the upcoming events, classes, meetups, workshops and resources at www.artisking.org shout out to MexMannyBeats and SouthSideSickest for the official Art Is King podcast theme music check them out on twitter.com/mexmannybeatssoundcloud.com/mexmannybeatsSpecial thanks to our sponsors:The Law offices of Deborah Gonzalez Esquire (www.dgonzalezesq.com)VelocityScreenPrint.netRevolvSkate.com Luccom.com OHub at GIANT and Keep your eyes open for the 2015 launch of AzaleaCreativeGroup.com Professional Branding and Marketing Promotion Strategies for your Business

Art Is King Podcast 46 - Lord Yatta I have officially known Lord Yatta for 20 years. I first met him in the basement of a house in Oakhurst in Decatur where he was doing tattoos with SuperMan. If you know anything about the history of Tattoos in Atlanta, then you will know about SuperMan, his start at West End Tattoo with Julia Alfonso and his eventual spinoff in Decatur GA. It was at that time that I came across SuperMan and Lord Yatta. The year was 1995. Two years later Lord Yatta and I along with my brother Yesca, Mecca and Paydreus opened Vantage Pointe Studios in SouthWest Atlanta off Ralph David Abernathy and Cascade Road. Our paths as artists continues to this day and I recently had the chance to interview Lord Yatta at West End Tattoo where Red Locks is now the owner and 1995 feels like a long time ago. Check out the Art of Lord Yatta, his tattoos, his fine art and his legacy in the ATL Art Community by visiting his website and social media.http://lordyatta.com/http://lordyatta.tumblr.com/ https://twitter.com/LordYatta https://instagram.com/lordyatta/ https://www.facebook.com/lord.yatta @LordYatta Art Is King Podcast host is DTM of DeltaTangoMike.com @DeltaTangoMike Please take a moment to find Art Is King on iTunes or Spreaker.com or Stitcher Radio or artiskingarchive.com and rate our program Its important we hear from you and get your feedback and ideas, Art Is King is yours and we want You to benefit from the information shared here every week. check out the upcoming events, classes, meetups, workshops and resources at www.artisking.org shout out to MexMannyBeats and SouthSideSickest for the official Art Is King podcast theme music check them out on twitter.com/mexmannybeatssoundcloud.com/mexmannybeatsSpecial thanks to our sponsors:The Law offices of Deborah Gonzalez Esquire (www.dgonzalezesq.com)VelocityScreenPrint.netRevolvSkate.com Luccom.com OHub at GIANT and Keep your eyes open for the 2015 launch of AzaleaCreativeGroup.com Professional Branding and Marketing Promotion Strategies for your Business

This week on The Conversation Cafe™ A.Raquel, Mahoghani Dawn & Ray Cornelius will you "in the know" about the latest news and entertainment. In the second half of the show A.Raquel & Mahoghani Dawn will welcome members of the Social Justice Ministry of The House of Hope Atlanta (GTRBC) to discuss their upcoming first annual breakfast entitled “In Our Own Backyard: Child Sex Trafficking.” The event will be in partnership with Tabitha's House Initiative and will be held on Saturday, August 23, 2014 from 9 am until 12 noon in the H.F. Shepard Multiplex located at 4650 Flat Shoals Parkway, in Decatur Ga where Dr. E. Dewey Smith Jr. is the Senior Pastor/Teacher. Tune in on Tuesday, August 19, 2014 at 7 PM EDT/4 PM PDT. Follow Ray Cornelius on Facebook: facebook.com/Ray-Cornelius Twitter: @RayCornelius75 Instagram: instagram.com/raycornelius. For more information about the Social Justice Ministry of the House of Hope-ATL visit Twitter: @HOHATL Website: http://www.houseofhopeatl.org/. Follow Dr. E. Dewey Smith on Twitter: @edeweysmith Website: http://edeweysmith.org/ Listen in LIVE and call in to join the dialogue by calling (773) 897-3986.  “Remember…“where there's no dialogue, there's no conversation!” 

Listen to The African History Network Show, Thursday, July 18th, 8pm-11pm EST with guests Doshon Farad, Staff Writer for Your Black World and Queen Taese of “The 2013 Liberated Minds Black Homeschool and Education Expo”. Visit us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/462748530449218/#   Queen Taese will talk about the Black Homeschool Education Expo taking place on Friday July 19– Sunday 21 in Atlanta and the need for Homeschooling.  The Omega World Event Center at 3951 Snapfinger Parkway, Decatur GA, 30035.  Visit: http://LiberatedMindsExpo.com  or http://www.rootstofruits.net for more information.  Also Email: liberatedmindseducation@yahoo.com.  Be sure to visit the vendor table of The African History Network & Michael Imhotep.    Doshon Farad, Staff Writer of “YourBlackWorld.com” will join us to talk about the George Zimmerman Verdict and other Current Events.   Listen to The African History Network Show every Thursday, 8pm-11pm EST at www.TheAfricanHistoryNetwork.com or http://www.blogtalkradio.com/theafricanhistorynetworkshow or by phone, when we are LIVE at (914) 338-1375. 

from Riverside IL speaking in Decatur GA

Breaking Chains brings Summer Revival from Straight Life Church of God Pentecostal, Inc., Bishop Robert L. Williams Sr., Pastor, Decatur GA. Tonight is Pastor James Watts, Straight Life Tabernacle. (prerecorded)            

"Oakhurst Presbyterian Church is unremarkable on the outside, but the congregation on the inside is quite remarkable. People from the most divergent backgrounds - middle class professionals, blue-collar and pink-collar workers, welfare recipients, old, young, and very young, black, white, Asian, gay and straight. All seem to feel comfortable there and speak their minds." Ted Clark, All Things Considered Oakhurst Presbyterian Church, in Decatur Georgia, celebrated its 90th birthday in September. The church, led by husband-wife team Nibs Stroupe and Caroline Leach, is famous for its depictions of both a black and a white Jesus, and numerous national publications, including Time magazine, The New York Times and The Christian Science Monitor, have reported on the dedication of the church and its leaders to racial diversity. My guest was Rev. Nibs Stroupe. We discussed the 90th Anniversary of Oakurst Presbyterian Church, the decision that was made in the late 1980s to repaint one of the stained glass images of Jesus from white to black, the committment of the church congregation to diversity and inclusiveness, and the book, "O Lord, Hold Our Hands: How a Church Thrives in a Multicultural World," which Rev. Stroupe co-wrote with his wife. This program origianally aired on 10/24/11. Contact information: www.oakhurstpresbyterian.org or 404-378-6284

Tune in tonight as we speak with Jan Selman of Selman and Associates a Marketing Communications Firm in Decatur Georgia.  Jan has more than 25 years of practical political experience, and has held appointed positions under two governors and served as the Legislative VP for Georgia Citizens for the Arts. She was a co-founder of ALL-GA, a statewide advocacy organization. She's worked on numerous political campaigns at all levels. As a registered lobbyist, she has  helped shape public policy on the local, state and national level, including serving on President Obama's National Arts Policy Committee. She has been in all of Georgia's 159 counties, at least once, and specialize in community grassroots organizing. She loves volunteer work, and has earned awards from the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, and the City of Decatur, where she has resided for 35 years. Additionally, She has served on numerous community and cultural boards across the state. In 2010, The Georgia Association of Museums and Galleries honored her with their Lifetime Achievement Award, for my many years of service to the cultural community.

Special Guest on this Episode of Above the Mic is Reverend Samuel Mosteller.  Rev. Mosteller is the President of the Georgia Chapter of the SCLC and Pastor at Good Shepherd Community Church and headmaster of a Christian School in Decatur Georgia.  Rev Mosteller has also worked tirelessly as a teacher, cultural historian, motivational speaker, counselor, researcher and strategist. Be sure to join Host Adriane Harden every Wednesday at 9PM Est on Fight for Truth Radio Network.  Guests include Entrepreneurs, Community Activist, Artist, Authors, Celebrities and more....You never know when a celebrity will show up on this show so stay tuned in every Wednesday at 9PM Est.  To be a guest on the show or to ask the host a question she can be reached at abovethemic@gmail.com or 678-653-2012.

Author Sharon D. Smith hosts discussion panel on identity crisis based on her latest release "Strapped" which deals with sterotyped labels given within the lesbian community. Also, participating on the panel is Corinthia A. Kelley, author of "To Forgive or Forget", "Forsaken Eyes" & founder of Opal Book Publishing. Please visit: www.obpublishing.homestead.com | www.7stagespublishing.com | www.strapped2009.ning.com Also, visit http://www.ustream.tv/channel/live-event-broadcast or http://wowuradio.googlepages.com/wowradiolivebroadcasts to view LIVE video stream of this event @ 2:15p

Author Sharon D. Smith hosts discussion panel on identity crisis based on her latest release "Strapped" which deals with sterotyped labels given within the lesbian community. Also, participating on the panel is Corinthia A. Kelley, author of "To Forgive or Forget", "Forsaken Eyes" & founder of Opal Book Publishing. Please visit: www.obpublishing.homestead.com | www.7stagespublishing.com | www.strapped2009.ning.com Also, visit http://www.ustream.tv/channel/live-event-broadcast or http://wowuradio.googlepages.com/wowradiolivebroadcasts to view LIVE video stream of this event @ 2:15p