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Few presidents entered office more distrusted than America's 21st chief executive, Chester A. Arthur. But one American, Julia Sand, believed that he could rise to the occasion. What ensued was one of the most surprising and unlikely episodes in presidential history -- one that is the basis of a new documentary from the Competitive Enterprise Institute, titled Dear Mr. President: The Letters of Julia Sand. In this episode, I interview the producer of the documentary, Destry Edwards. Dear Mr. President: The Letters of Julia Sand https://cei.org/letters-of-julia-sand/ JOIN PREMIUMListen ad-free for only $5/month at www.bit.ly/TAPpremiumFOLLOW USwww.linktr.ee/thisamericanpresidentCREDITSHost: Richard LimProducer: Michael NealArtist: Nip Rogers, www.NipRogers.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Former president Chester A. Arthur is probably best remembered for his mutton chops and as a trivia question.  But he did play a surprising role as a reformer when the nation was in the grips of political corruption.  And the story of how he found the courage to do so holds some lessons for how we might interact with political power today in hopes of a better tomorrow.   Joining Saving Elephants host Josh Lewis is Destry Edwards to discuss his new documentary Dear Mr. President: The Letters of Julia Sand, and how a single citizen can have an outsized effect on our political system.   About Destry Edwards Destry Edwards is the Media Production and Studio Manager at the Competitive Enterprise Institute. With a passion for both film and politics, Destry seeks to use storytelling as a way to bridge the gap between people and policy. He is a native of the great state of South Carolina. Before coming on with CEI, Destry's background includes time at FreedomWorks and Blaze Media. Destry holds a Bachelor of Science in Cinema Production from Bob Jones University.   About the Documentary   In 1881, following President James Garfield's assassination, the country was in turmoil. Many suspected Vice President Chester Arthur, a long-time beneficiary of the spoils system, to be a party to the plot and dreaded his ascension to the presidency. In the immediate aftermath—and before the height of the women's suffrage movement—New Yorker Julia Sand wrote to the soon-to-be President. Between August 1881 and September 1883, Sand penned 23 letters to President Arthur imploring him to abandon his corrupt machinations, become the leader the country deserved, and champion civil service reform.  The Competitive Enterprise Institute proudly presents the documentary Dear Mr. President: The Letters of Julia Sand to discover the outsized effect a single citizen can have on our political system.   You can watch the full documentary on the streaming platform SalemNow.  

In the latest Talks With Tyler ISD episode, Acting Chief of Tyler ISD Police, Destry Walsworth, discusses his extensive background in law enforcement. He highlights the district's proactive safety and security efforts, focusing on protecting students from dangerous activities such as vaping and fentanyl. Walsworth also addresses the growing concerns around social media threats and bullying. Additionally, he shares valuable resources available for students and parents to help keep everyone informed and safe. Tune in for an important conversation about maintaining a secure environment in Tyler ISD.Support the showFOOTER: If you want to hear more news about the district, download our app in the app store or sign up for our district newsletter at get.TylerISD.news.

This time around, we chat about the 1939 Comedy Western (Western Comedy?) Destry Rides Again. The Criterion DVD looks amazing but is the film any good? Tune in to find out. We also chat about Incoming, Suze, Please Don't Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain, His Three Daughters and Biosphere.

Hailing from Arizona, Destry Abbott is one of the most decorated and most recognized off-road motorcycle racers in the world. Destry stands on over 10 major championships, multiple ISDE gold medals, as well as enduro-cross and x games competitions. He is no stranger to challenges outside of racing however, having battled cancer in his personal life, we bring you Destry's incredible story on the Whiskey Throttle Show.

Guest Preacher and Discovery Church Senior Pastor Jody Destry brings a special word on living is a posture of decrease so God can increase within our lives.

Scripture: Phil 4:1-9Therefore, my brothers and sisters, you whom I love and long for, my joy and crown, stand firm in the Lord in this way, dear friends!2 I plead with Euodia and I plead with Syntyche to be of the same mind in the Lord. 3 Yes, and I ask you, my true companion, help these women since they have contended at my side in the cause of the gospel, along with Clement and the rest of my co-workers, whose names are in the book of life.4 Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! 5 Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. 6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7 And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.8 Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. 9 Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me—put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you. Context:– Paul is writing from prison to the church in Philippi about what it means to walk the walk as followers of Jesus and to encourage them in what it looks like to live out their faith in real life!Paul speaks to the temptations that were facing the Philippians that would cause them to sink into the culture of their day rather than stand out from it.Paul speaks with honesty from his own experiences and discusses 6 key attributes that should be evident and obvious in the lives of those who follow Jesus. You'll stand out if you…..1/ Stand firmdon't retreat or waver when opposition, trial and challenge comesresist running to old patterns and old comforts (anything that draws our attention and affection away from Jesus is idolatry)2/ Seek unitybe committed to resolving differences instead of holding grudgesworking together = increased effectiveness for the Gospel3/ Be gentle with one another– the literal meaning of the word ‘gentleness' in this scripture translates as ‘sweet reasonableness' – to be intentionally kind, compassionate and humble towards others especially when they're facing struggles or difficulties.a strong hand with a soft touch (1 Thes 2:7 – gentle like a mother caring for her children)gentleness is not weakness4/ Pray (Don't be anxious)–  there were plenty of reasons for the Philippians to be anxious, discouraged and worried – Paul invites them to experience prayer as an active strategy against anxietyPaul shows them that prayer is a gateway to God's supernatural peaceGod's peace is not dependent on a perfect outcome – God's peace is available to us in the midst of our circumstancesbeing a person of peace in an anxious world stands out!5/ Focus on what's goodPaul addresses the battlefield of the mindour thoughts are prone fix themselves on things are unhelpful and unhealthy but Paul also teaches us that we are to be transformed by the renewing of our mind – Rom 12:2what we think about and focus on translates into our behaviour.This serves as a reminder to be wise about the content we engage with6/ Walk the Walkmoving from head knowledge to heart transformationdiscipleship is a journey not a destination – a journey of practicing the way of Jesus and becoming more like him– When we encounter the grace of Jesus we can't help but be changed – this change should become evident to others.Invitations for us today:To stand out boldly in our culture rather than blend into itTo be the hands and feet of Jesus to the world – faith in actionTo keep growing by practicing the way of JesusTo live a life worth followingQuestions:Q: How is God inviting me to stand out for him?Q: Am I walking the walk or just talking the talk?Q: Do my actions line up with my words?Q: Am I the same person on Monday as I am at church on Sunday?Q: Do people encounter the nature of Jesus in me?Q: Am I becoming more like Jesus each year?

09/06/2024 - Matthew Destry The elephant The goldfish Philippians 3:1-14 Observe: a/ ‘Finally' b/ Watch out for the dogs c/ Paul's pedigree 1/ If you're going to look back, look back at what God has done 2/ If you're going to look ahead, look forward to new things 3/ If you feel like letting go, know that Christ is holding you Questions: 1/ Is there anything in your life that you will sometimes trust in other than Christ (good behaviour, church attendance, Christian background, anything else)? 2/ Are there any negative past experiences that are currently holding you back from living a full life for Jesus now? 3/ How could a big, bright and beautiful vision for the future influence your living today?

In a world that constantly bombards us with the message of "more is better," Guest Preacher Jody Destry (Discovery Church, Melbourne) invites us to embrace a countercultural posture of decrease. Drawing wisdom from the life of John the Baptist, we discover the beauty and freedom of becoming less so that Christ can become more in our lives. We are challenged to declutter our souls from the dead weight of past hurts, mindsets, and patterns that no longer serve us, in order to create space for Jesus to amplify His voice in our lives. As we find security in our identity as sons and daughters of God, we're able to confidently re-orient our lives around the increase of God's Kingdom purposes rather than our own little empires. And when this happens, our relationships, work, and communities get the blessing of experiencing more of His love, grace, and power through us. | Scripture | John 3:22-30 Matthew 16:24-25 Ephesians 3:20

Philippians 2a/ Sing an old song: an ode to humilityVerses 1-11The real ones live for humility and unityb/ Hold on and hold outVerses 12-18Daniel 12:33 And those who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the sky above; and those who turn many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever.The real ones live with gratitude and thankfulnessc/ Pay the priceVerses 19-30Real ones give honour where honour is due

1 Sam 1:1-20The Womb – A biblical metaphorHannah Stood UpHannah RespondsHannah takes all the emotion, anguish, grief, disappointment and desperation, the years and years of longing, waiting, the torment from Penninah and she pours it all out before the Lord.The peace comes before she even gets the outcome.While Hannah was waiting for a baby,  God was waiting for Hannah to come into alignment with a bigger story. Hannah's prayer is not a prayer of bargaining but a prayer of surrender. What are you waiting for or clinging to that needs to be let go and surrendered in order for God to bring about the breakthrough in your life?‘The point of prayer is not the power it releases, but the person it reveals'  (Peter Greig – 24/7 Prayer) 1 Sam 2:1-10A prayer that points to Jesus Why? Because the person it reveals is a God who loves us – and in his grace meets us in the middle of our story – changes and transforms our lives!A God who takes the barren and lifeless things and breathes new life into them.A God who takes the broken things and makes them beautiful.A God who turns our mourning into dancingA God who binds up the broken-heartedA God who bestows on us a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair THE INVITATION:1/ To be reminded that God sees you in your season – you are not forgotten.2/ To see a bigger story for your life – God has good plans for you!3/ Changing your life starts with surrender – coming into alignment with God's good plans for you

The theme of this episode is wheat, which means that Sec. Arthur and ODAFF PIO Lee Benson begin the podcast by talking about their favorite foods involving wheat (00:00). Destry Swaim of Okeene FFA and Clinton Chaney of Medford 4-H sit down with Sec. Arthur to talk about their expertise in the wheat field. Destry was named overall grand champion in the 2023 Oklahoma 4-H/FFA Junior Wheat Show and Clinton earned 1st place and 4-H champion (7:20). Sec. Arthur and Lee recap the conversation before Sec. Arthur talks about running the half marathon during the OKC Run to Remember (34:25).

Psalm 42:1-5As the deer pants for streams of water,so my soul pants for you, my God.My soul thirsts for God, for the living God.When can I go and meet with God?My tears have been my foodday and night,while people say to me all day long,“Where is your God?”These things I rememberas I pour out my soul:how I used to go to the house of Godunder the protection of the Mighty One[d]with shouts of joy and praiseamong the festive throng.Why, my soul, are you downcast?Why so disturbed within me?Put your hope in God,for I will yet praise him,my Savior and my God.What is the middle?Types of “middles”Looking at Psalm 42/43:The tyranny of distanceThe voice of detractorsThe isolation of spirit“Send out your light”1/ Faith becomes personal2/ Celebration is communal3/ God is the goalWe shall not cease from explorationAnd the end of all our exploringWill be to arrive where we startedAnd know the place for the first time.TS Eliot

Amos 7:8 (NIV):“And the Lord asked me, ‘What do you see, Amos?' ‘A plumb line,' I replied. Then the Lord said, ‘Look, I am setting a plumb line among my people Israel; I will spare them no longer.'”Jeremiah 1:11-12 (NIV):“The word of the Lord came to me: ‘What do you see, Jeremiah?' ‘I see the branch of an almond tree,' I replied. The Lord said to me, ‘You have seen correctly, for I am watching to see that my word is fulfilled.'”Zechariah 4:2-3 (NIV):“He asked me, ‘What do you see?' I answered, ‘I see a solid gold lampstand with a bowl at the top and seven lamps on it, with seven channels to the lamps. Also there are two olive trees by it, one on the right of the bowl and the other on its left.'”God is asking us, “what do you see?”God is calling us to imagine the Kingdom in three distinct areas:  People, places and timeText: Acts 10:9-15The next day, as they were on their journey and approaching the city, Peter went up on the housetop about the sixth hour to pray. 10 And he became hungry and wanted something to eat, but while they were preparing it, he fell into a trance 11 and saw the heavens opened and something like a great sheet descending, being let down by its four corners upon the earth. 12 In it were all kinds of animals and reptiles and birds of the air. 13 And there came a voice to him: “Rise, Peter; kill and eat.” 14 But Peter said, “By no means, Lord; for I have never eaten anything that is common or unclean.” 15 And the voice came to him again a second time, “What God has made clean, do not call common.”Matthew 9:35-38And Jesus went throughout all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every affliction. 36 When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. 37 Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; 38 therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.”Exodus 3:2-5Now Moses was keeping the flock of his father-in-law, Jethro, the priest of Midian, and he led his flock to the west side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. 2 And the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush. He looked, and behold, the bush was burning, yet it was not consumed. 3 And Moses said, “I will turn aside to see this great sight, why the bush is not burned.” 4 When the Lord saw that he turned aside to see, God called to him out of the bush, “Moses, Moses!” And he said, “Here I am.” 5 Then he said, “Do not come near; take your sandals off your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground.”A biblically informed imagination:1/ Soak in Bible stories2/ Befriend silence and solitude3/ Write things down4/ Ask yourself ‘why'?5/ Best case scenario

We're saddling up on our horses once again as we mosey on down to Old West, but this time with a promise of James Stewart for Sophie. Yessir, we're taking our chances with checking out the 1939 Comedy-Western movie, Destry Rides Again.  As part of the discussion, we also reflect on Jimmy's previous movie roles (particularly ones we've covered), whether there is in fact anything in star power, and most importanly - does this iteration of the Wild West sway Sophie's opinion of the genre at all??   ------------------------------------------------------- Don't forget to follow us on social media in the links below, and let us know your thoughts and recommendations for the future!   instagram.com/sp_filmviewers twitter.com/SP_Filmviewers  letterboxd.com/SP_Filmviewers Rating and reviewing the show is a great help too! Please feel free to do so with these helpful links below: Goodpods: https://goodpods.app.link/pkE7J2T6ykb Podchaser: https://www.podchaser.com/users/sp_filmviewers Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/sp-filmviewers/id1485548644  Lastly, we now have a Patreon you can join, for as little as £1/$1.50. More details in the link below: https://patreon.com/spfilmviewers 

Questions to reflect on:What is prayer to you?What are the things you tend to pray about when you pray?When do you pray?How often do you pray?Where do you pray?When you pray what do you experience?When you pray what don't you experience?When you pray, what would you like to experience?Does God answer your prayers?If you don't pray – why not?Does your prayer life bring you life and joy or has it become stale? Do you think the average Australian prays? What is prayer?In its simplest form: Prayer is a conversation with God. What Prayer Is NOT:Rubbing the lamp to get 3 wishes from the genieA self-help strategyA test of eloquenceNot magic (but it is supernatural!)One size fits allPrayer IS:A way of being with God (the God of the Bible)Talking and listening to GodA practice of devotion and worship to GodA gateway to God's peace and powerBoth a private and communal experience ‘Then the man and his wife heard the sound of God as he was walking in the garden in the cool of the day' (Gen 3:8) 6 INVITATIONS OF PRAYER: 1/ Prayer is a gateway to ConnectionPsalm 139: 23 ‘Search me, God, and know my heart' 2/ Prayer is a gateway to CompassionLam 3:22-24Because of the Lord's great love we are not consumed,for his compassions never fail.23 They are new every morning;great is your faithfulness.24 I say to myself, “The Lord is my portion;therefore I will wait for him.” 3/ Prayer is a gateway to ComfortPhil 4:6-7“Don't worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. Then you will experience God's peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus. “(NLT)“Don't fret or worry. Instead of worrying, pray. Let petitions and praises shape your worries into prayers, letting God know your concerns. Before you know it, a sense of God's wholeness, everything coming together for good, will come and settle you down. It's wonderful what happens when Christ displaces worry at the centre of your life.”(MSG) 4/ Prayer is a gateway to ClarityRom 12:2 Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will. 5/ Prayer is a gateway to CelebrationPsalm 100:4-5Enter his gates with thanksgivingand his courts with praise;give thanks to him and praise his name.For the Lord is good and his love endures forever;his faithfulness continues through all generations. 6/ Prayer is a gateway to Communion (with God and others)Matt 18:20 For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them.” Invitations:1/ Ask God to refresh and reinvigorate your prayer life.2/ Think about how you might commit to giving prayer another chance over the coming weeks.3/ Be intentional about creating time each day to pray.4/ Be honest before God in the knowledge that you are seen, known and deeply loved.

Jon Jarvis, former director of the U.S. National Park Service and his brother Destry have written a compelling book, National Parks Forever: Fifty Years of Fighting and a Case for Independence.  In the book they argue the case for making the National Park Service an independent agency, similar to the Smithsonian Institution.  In this episode you will hear about their combined 90 years of working to protect national parks and secure the resources necessary to effectively manage the parks.  They will also share how the politicization of the National Parks threaten their future.Jon Jarvis is currently the Chairman of the Board  UC Berkeley Institute for Parks, People, and Biodiversity.  Destry Jarvis currently serves as the vice president of US/ICOMOS, the US National Committee for the International Council on Monuments and Sites, better known as the World Heritage Program.

The evidence for, and implications of the resurrectionFor I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, 4 that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures, 5 and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve. 6 Then he appeared to more than five hundred brothers at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have fallen asleep. 7 Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles. 8 Last of all, as to one untimely born, he appeared also to me.1 Corinthians 15:3-8Are there reasonable evidences for the resurrection of Jesus in the historical documents, and if there are, what does that mean for us today?1/ Jesus was buried2/ The tomb was then found empty3/ Jesus' post mortem appearances4/ The witness of the early churchImplications1/ Jesus claims about himself were true – they were vindicated by his resurrection2/ There is reason to live today – there is a bigger story3/ If there is life after death, our lives must be shaped by the narrative of death and resurrection4/ We have a story to tell5/ Your life is to be lived for Christ – you are His and He loves you.

Good Friday at Discovery Church

Giving what we cannot keep to gain what we cannot loseRecap: what does it mean to live the good life?Matthew 5:10“Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.1 We know what we really love by what what we are willing to suffer for——Matthew 21:6-11The disciples went and did as Jesus had directed them. 7 They brought the donkey and the colt and put on them their cloaks, and he sat on them. 8 Most of the crowd spread their cloaks on the road, and others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road. 9 And the crowds that went before him and that followed him were shouting, “Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!” 10 And when he entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred up, saying, “Who is this?” 11 And the crowds said, “This is the prophet Jesus, from Nazareth of Galilee.”2 We know what Jesus means to us by what we think He's saved us from——Seeing the crowds, he went up on the mountain, and when he sat down, his disciples came to him. And he opened his mouth and taught them, saying:“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven“Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.“Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.“Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.“Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons[a] of God.“Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.3 We know who Jesus is because of the relationship between His words and deeds——He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose – Jim Elliot

Passage – Matthew 5:9“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God”εἰρηνοποιός, peace-making, peace-maker2 immediate observations:a/ Jesus assumes there will be conflictb/ Jesus commands His followers to engage in conflict resolution4 ways to handle conflict – think about the crowd gathered — who is there?like a Saducee (plan political gain)like a Pharisee (double down on ‘rightness')like the Essenes (seek utopian separation)like a Zealot (fight, fight, fight)Like Jesus…a/ humble heart – assume your own ignoranceb/ curious questions  – find out the story behind the storyc/ give generous mercy and be willing to loseConclude – Ephesians 2:11-22Therefore remember that at one time you Gentiles in the flesh, called “the uncircumcision” by what is called the circumcision, which is made in the flesh by hands— 12 remember that you were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. 13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. 14 For he himself is our peace, who has made us both one and has broken down in his flesh the dividing wall of hostility 15 by abolishing the law of commandments expressed in ordinances, that he might create in himself one new man in place of the two, so making peace, 16 and might reconcile us both to God in one body through the cross, thereby killing the hostility. 17 And he came and preached peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near. 18 For through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father. 19 So then you are no longer strangers and aliens,[d] but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, 20 built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone, 21 in whom the whole structure, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord. 22 In him you also are being built together into a dwelling place for God by[e] the Spirit.Peace between creator and creation

Matthew 5:1-7Seeing the crowds, he went up on the mountain, and when he sat down, his disciples came to him.And he opened his mouth and taught them, saying:“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.“Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.“Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.“Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.Who gets to ‘live the good life'?Developing your palateMercy (ἔλεος) and the two levels of relationshipHow do we live as mercifully as this?Our need for ongoing mercySeeing others through a Kingdom lensA heart of mercy with a firm handAdvancing the Kingdom by merciful worksWhat fuels this kind of mercy?Psalm 136

Matthew 5:5 — “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.”5 blocks of teachingBlock 1- Matthew 5-7: 8 beatitudes, sermon on the mountBlock 2 – Matthew 10: The “sending” sermon (Go into all the towns)Block 3 – Matthew 13: Kingdom parables (The Kingdom of heaven is like…)Block 4 – Matthew 17-18: The values of the Kingdom (Childlike faith, upon this rock)Block 5 – Matthew 24-25: 7 ‘woes', new temple, judgement to comeMeekness – Psalm 37:7-11Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him;fret not yourself over the one who prospers in his way,over the man who carries out evil devices!Refrain from anger, and forsake wrath!Fret not yourself; it tends only to evil.For the evildoers shall be cut off,but those who wait for the Lord shall inherit the land.In just a little while, the wicked will be no more;though you look carefully at his place, he will not be there.But the meek shall inherit the land    and delight themselves in abundant peace.Meek – Gk: pra-us – the pra-us are unimportant and vulnerable.Inheriting the land – Genesis 15:7And he said to him, “I am the Lord who brought you out from Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to possess.”No Jubilee – Leviticus 25:10-13, 23And you shall consecrate the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout the land to all its inhabitants. It shall be a jubilee for you, when each of you shall return to his property and each of you shall return to his clan. That fiftieth year shall be a jubilee for you; in it you shall neither sow nor reap what grows of itself nor gather the grapes from the undressed vines. For it is a jubilee. It shall be holy to you. You may eat the produce of the field.“In this year of jubilee each of you shall return to his property… “The land shall not be sold in perpetuity, for the land is mine. For you are strangers and sojourners with me.God, in affect, is saying to the people of God: “this land will be yours again”Apply – be less important, accept vulnerability, wait patiently1/ Seek anonymity2/ Accept vulnerability3/ Wait patientlyA new Jubilee — Psalm 37:11:But the meek shall inherit the landand delight themselves in peace (Shalom) and goodness (Tov)

Everybody knows what it feels like to have a guilty conscience. To have done something we know we should't have done.And as we get older, we get more sophisticated at justifying our questionable behaviour to ourselves.If we're honest, we all still do things from time to time that we know we probably shouldn't do but we're way better at convincing ourselves why it's really not that bad.We say things ourselves like…..I'm a good personI try to do the right thingsI'm kind be kind to othersI pay my taxes.I don't stealI try not to liehaven't murdered anyone….I'm trying to be a decent contributing member of society….So, this little sin over here…. or this little white lie over there …..this little secret over here… it isn't really hurting anyone…so it's not so bad, right?!Church & Culture:In Church we tend to major on the grace message and minor on the sin message because it's more comfortable. It's more palatable and acceptable to talk about the positive stuff than the hard stuff.  When we talk about grace we're assuming the reality of sin but just don't really like to talk about it that much.In 2024, we find ourselves living in a very individualistic culture where it's more about ‘your' truth than ‘The' truth. Where, ‘you do you' is widely accepted often over and above the way of life Jesus calls us to if we choose to follow him and be his disciples.The thing is though, the bible doesn't shy away from talking about the hard stuff - we just often have selective hearing and selective reading.Today's scripture: Matt 5:4‘Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted' (NIV)Jesus makes a radical statement here - we would never say to someone who is grieving would we?  Oh, you're grieving, look how blessed you are!And if someone said that to us in the middle of a difficult time in our lives we would probably not receive it well at all.It poses some big questions for us:What is Jesus actually saying?What kind of mourning is he talking about?What kind of comfort is he promising?How can experiencing grief possibly be the good life?Who was Jesus talking to?- Jewish villagers under Roman occupation- Ordinary people - farmers, fishermen, women, children, tax collectors, sex workers.living under the oppression of Roman rule, they've all but lost hope of any kind of deliveranc and believing their current circumstance is a direct result of their sinful ways - they had turned away from God and not been faithful to him.They were mourning a future that felt hopelessThey were mourning over their own sin and brokennessThey were mourning over the state of their cityWhat kind of mourning was Jesus talking about?Mourn - Greek verb = Pentheo - to mourn over one's sin and brokenness (spiritual mourning over the state of one's soul and circumstance)We struggle to identify with this kind of mourning - it's counter-cultural to us and a lot of the time, we honestly don't see ourselves as people in need of a saviour.“The present age is definitely not an age of mourning. Instead, people deliberately turn away from anything unpleasant, determined to fill their lives with those things which will divert their minds from anything serious. In their preoccupation with momentary pleasures and diversions, people settle for shallow and empty substitutes for reality. Millions give more thought to what programs they will watch tonight on TNT, or what videotape they will rent for the weekend than they do to the things of eternity.”  - Billy Graham -Jesus is saying this kind of mourning is necessary. Not just necessary - but good for us - ‘the good life'.In other words, “You're blessed when you can humbly acknowledge your sin and brokenness and grieve over it, for then you shall receive the comfort of forgiveness and healing”.But there's also a school of thought that would say Jesus wasn't just talking about personal sin and brokenness but the grief and sadness that comes from living in a world ruled by death - in this earthly world where death has the final word - but in the Kingdom Jesus is talking about,  death is swallowed up in victory and the promise is eternal comfort and eternal life.The invitation in this scripture is to be present to our grief - to be honest to it with God - and not to ignore our need for comfort.What kind of comfort is Jesus talking about?Greek //Comfortedπαρακαλέω / parakaleó (verb)Q: comforted by who or what?Comforterπαράκλητος (paraklētos) (noun)PARACLETE - One called alongside to standby.Amazingly - this is same word that we see in John 14 & 16 that Jesus uses to describe the Holy Spirit who was coming.When we ignore our need for comfort we cannot invite The Comforter into those places of pain to bring us the help and the relief that we so desperately need.The Promise:Help is on the way!You do not have to be alone in your grief.The Paraclete has been called to come and stand alongside youHe will advocate for youHe will console you   The promise is not that our grief would be removed instantaneously - but that in the midst of our grief and our pain we would experience the deep comfort of the Paraclete - our advocate, our counsellor and our standby.“You're blessed when you feel you've lost what is most dear to you. Only then can you be embraced by the One most dear to you. (MSG)

Matthew 5:1-3Seeing the crowds, he went up on the mountain, and when he sat down, his disciples came to him.And he opened his mouth and taught them, saying:“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.A tale of two mountainsMount SinaiMount of beatitudes  Old CovenantNew CovenantMosesJesus10 Commandments9 beatitudesWritten on tablets of stoneWritten on human heartsSet free from slavery in EgyptSet free from slavery to sinThe kind of world that God is makingThe kind of world that God is making What does it mean to be ‘blessed'?A quick look at μακάριοςahh… that is the good life!What does it mean to be ‘poor in spirit'?Powerless = the good life?Empty hands for holding something betterWe inherit the Kingdom of God by giving our power away1/ Give your ear away2/ Give your money away3/ Give your influence away4/ Give your grudges away

Key Scripture:John 3:22-30 (ESV)22 After this Jesus and his disciples went into the Judean countryside, and he remained there with them and was baptising. 23 John also was baptising at Aenon near Salim, because water was plentiful there, and people were coming and being baptised 24 (for John had not yet been put in prison).25 Now a discussion arose between some of John's disciples and a Jew over purification. 26 And they came to John and said to him, “Rabbi, he who was with you across the Jordan, to whom you bore witness—look, he is baptising, and all are going to him.” 27 John answered, “A person cannot receive even one thing unless it is given him from heaven. 28 You yourselves bear me witness, that I said, ‘I am not the Christ, but I have been sent before him.' 29 The one who has the bride is the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly at the bridegroom's voice. Therefore this joy of mine is now complete. 30 He must increase, but I must decrease.”Observations:John models here an acute sense of awareness to the move of God that was happening around him to be able to respond in such a way.here was no hint of jealousy or insecurity present in John as Jesus influence and popularity began to increase. Why was this the case?hint: John had a sense of deep clarity around his call and assignment.Challenges:We like to be at the centre of our own lives, and often we also like to be at the centre of other peoples lives too. We love to feel important, needed and celebrated.Decrease is difficult for us. It makes us uncomfortable.The Invitation:The invitation is to NOT be at the centre – to NOT be in the spotlight and to NOT have the starring role in the story – but instead to take a posture of decrease in order that God's presence and power and will would increase in us and be amplified in our lives so much that when others see us, what they really see is not us at all but a glimpse and a reflection of Jesus – of his kindness, his love, his grace, his mercy, his generosity, his gentleness, his faithfulness, his goodness……Dallas Willard (Spirit of the Disciplines)“The point is that in our culture we are conditioned to think that the most valuable way to do anything is to do or have more of it, and so we work more, consume more, learn more and get more friends on Facebook. We can then unwittingly transfer this way of thinking to our spiritual lives, and so we study more, pray more, fellowship more. The problem is not that such activities are bad or wrong (as a Bible professor I can certainly attest to the value of reading the Word!), but that we have a difficult time seeing the importance of disciplines in which we don't do or add something.However, it is important to realise that sometimes we need to take things out of our lives rather than just adding things to them. When we take something out of our lives, we create a space that needs to be filled, and amazing things can happen when we open up spaces in our lives. It is easier to hear the voice of God when we practice silence because our world is not filled with competing noises. Doing without something can help us appreciate it more. Sometimes when we remove something from our lives, even for just a short period of time, we discover how much unnecessary time we spend on it, or even how much it controls us…. Abstinence makes way for engagement. … A proper abstinence actually breaks the hold of improper engagements so that the soul can be properly engaged in and by God. However, the disciplines of abstinence can be harder to practice because we have to overcome our need to feel “productive.” In this we need to be willing to go against our inclinations if we are going to be able to make space for God to reveal himself to us and to show us our needs, shortcomings, blessings or his will for our lives.”The pathway to increase, growth, maturity and fruitfulness in your life is, not by being bigger and louder, or by just doing more or just adding more into your life – it's through adopting a posture of decrease, it's through removing those things in our lives that are no longer serving us – the unhealthy behaviours or attachments, redundant attitudes and mindsets, unhelpful narratives, surrendering our often over-inflated egos, surrendering our pride and our need for assurance and control. Decluttering the mess and noise and creating space and room for God to increase, for his voice to be amplified and his presence to be magnified in our lives.Questions:Q: Am I open to God revealing himself to me in 2024?Q: What needs to decrease in me in this year to make room for God's will and work to increase in my life? What needs to be less, removed or surrendered in my life in 2024 to see an increase of God's presence, power and purpose?Q: How clear are you on who God has called you to be and what your current assignment is?Q: Does my life point people to Jesus?Q: Does the way I live and work reflect kingdom values and principles? Telling people about Jesus is often less about what you say and much more about how you live – are you living out God's kindness, integrity, humility, servant-heartedness, self control.Q: How might we imitate the kind of humility we see in John in our lives this year?Q: Am I secure in who God has created and called me to be?Q: Am I experiencing contentment and joy in my life?

Macquarie Dictionary word of 2023: Cozzy LivsOne of Jesus' favourite places, and the disciples on their facesThe issue of authoritya/ Jesus' defeat of the devilb/ Jesus' defeat of deathIf “Cozzy livs” was your word of 2023, let “Because He lives” become your word of 2024Hold up… I don't see it.He is working His authority through you1/ As you go, make disciples: He makes us good news bringers2/ Baptise, and be baptised: We surrender to him (baptism), immersed in body and mind3/ Teach, and be taught: He puts His words into our hearts“To the end of the age”

Nativity: the place, event and occasion of someone's birthJudges 13:1-3And the people of Israel again did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, so the Lord gave them into the hand of the Philistines for forty years. There was a certain man of Zorah, of the tribe of the Danites, whose name was Manoah. And his wife was barren and had no children. And the angel of the Lord appeared to the woman and said to her, “Behold, you are barren and have not borne children, but you shall conceive and bear a son.An impossible task – Answer with faithJudges 13:23But his wife said to him, “If the Lord had meant to kill us, he would not have accepted a burnt offering and a grain offering at our hands, or shown us all these things, or now announced to us such things as these.”Luke 1:38And Mary said, “Behold, I am the servant of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word.”What is your impossible task?Judges 13:4-5aTherefore be careful and drink no wine or strong drink, and eat nothing unclean, for behold, you shall conceive and bear a son. No razor shall come upon his head, for the child shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb…A quiet discipline – strong banks help the river flowLuke 1:35And the angel answered her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be called holy…Where is discipline needed in you?Judges 13:5…for behold, you shall conceive and bear a son. No razor shall come upon his head, for the child shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb, and he shall begin to save Israel from the hand of the Philistines.”Matthew 1:21She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.”A local solution – Taking ResponsibilityYou see, God grows His solutions, He doesn't import them!How might God be growing your solutions around you, rather than you ‘importing them?'One more question- what about prayer?Sometimes, God works in response to us, because He is a friend.Sometimes, God works all by Himself, because He is a King.Galatians 4:4But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons.1/ A warning against unhealthy attachment:2/ An encouragement toward divine joy:3/ The growing happens in secret:Judges 13:24And the woman bore a son and called his name Samson. And the young man grew, and the Lord blessed him.Luke 2:40And the child (Jesus) grew and became strong, filled with wisdom. And the favor of God was upon him.What is God beginning in and through you in 2024? 

Paul and Erin review two classic Western comedies: Mel Brooks' gleefully offensive 1974 spoof BLAZING SADDLES, and the underrated 1939 James Stewart/Marlene Dietrich vehicle DESTRY RIDES AGAIN.

Luke 1:26-3826 In the sixth month of Elizabeth's pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a village in Galilee, 27 to a virgin named Mary. She was engaged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of King David. 28 Gabriel appeared to her and said, “Greetings, favoured woman! The Lord is with you!”29 Confused and disturbed, Mary tried to think what the angel could mean. 30 “Don't be afraid, Mary,” the angel told her, “for you have found favour with God! 31 You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you will name him Jesus. 32 He will be very great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his ancestor David. 33 And he will reign over Israel forever; his Kingdom will never end!”34 Mary asked the angel, “But how can this happen? I am a virgin.”35 The angel replied, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the baby to be born will be holy, and he will be called the Son of God. 36 What's more, your relative Elizabeth has become pregnant in her old age! People used to say she was barren, but she has conceived a son and is now in her sixth month. 37 For the word of God will never fail.”38 Mary responded, “I am the Lord's servant. May everything you have said about me come true.” And then the angel left her.Some observations about this story – a 3 layered interruption1/ Interrupted by an angel (divine visitation)2/ interrupted with unexpected news x 2 (you're having a baby AND so is Elizabeth who was barren)3/ Interrupted with a miracle that seemed beyond belief (A virgin birth)This thing that's about to happen is remarkable!The prophesied Saviour King is being sent into the world!!The one who would bind himself to humanity – and be called Emmanuel – God with us – bringing hope and salvation into the darkness of the world (both then and now) is coming! And he's coming through the most unlikely, unexpected person – Mary, a 15 year old girl with no status or privilege from a small backwater town.She has an experience that would forever change life as she knew it.What is equally remarkable about this encounter is Mary's response.Q: How interruptible are you?v. 38 “Mary responded, “I am the Lord's servant. May everything you have said about me come true.”But Mary's not the only one in this story who's life gets majorly interrupted…Matt 1:18-2518 This is how Jesus the Messiah was born. His mother, Mary, was engaged to be married to Joseph. But before the marriage took place, while she was still a virgin, she became pregnant through the power of the Holy Spirit. 19 Joseph, to whom she was engaged, was a righteous man and did not want to disgrace her publicly, so he decided to break the engagement quietly.20 As he considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream. “Joseph, son of David,” the angel said, “do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife. For the child within her was conceived by the Holy Spirit. 21 And she will have a son, and you are to name him Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.”22 All of this occurred to fulfil the Lord's message through his prophet:23 “Look! The virgin will conceive a child!She will give birth to a son,and they will call him Immanuel,which means ‘God is with us.'”24 When Joseph woke up, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded and took Mary as his wife. 25 But he did not have sexual relations with her until her son was born. And Joseph named him Jesus.Every time I read this Christmas story I'm inspired and deeply challenged by Mary and Jospeh's responsiveness to having their entire lives uprooted, turned inside out and upside down in order to steward someone else's plans.“Revelation is hard to receive. You must give up everything else to receive it – like finding a treasure in a field and selling everything you have so you can get that treasure”(Honest Advent book – Scott Erickson)Q: How interruptible and responsive are we?Q: How alert, awake and ready are we to how God might want to interrupt us with his plans?Q: How willing are we to surrender our own plans for his?Q: How might we make room in our lives for a divine interruption this advent season as we wait expectantly for the arrival of our Saviour?1st gleaming theme and invitation –  Be Interruptible.2nd gleaming theme is – The hope of new life.There is not 1, but 2 miraculous pregnancies wrapped up in this Christmas story.Zachariah and Elizabeth (old age / barren)Mary and Jospeh (young  / virgin)A double miracle – A picture of HOPE multiplied!Anything worthwhile takes time to grow – but learning to wait in our instant culture is even harder.In our culture everything is geared to speed us up toward Christmas ….. to make it come quicker – decorations are going up in stores in October in an attempt to bring Christmas to us early, the general pace of life speeds up right before Christmas which is ironic because Christmas and advent is actually all about the slow process of waiting patiently and expectantly for the arrival of a baby.Q: Have you even had an experience of waiting on the Lord for something?(chances are if you have, it's taken longer than you would have liked to get an answer or a breakthrough)Maybe there's something you're waiting for God to do in your life right now?A need or a desire you have?In waiting there is sense of longing and expectation – for what is to come, for what could be.Advent invites to ask the question –Q: What new thing is God doing in us? What is being birthed in us this season that God is inviting us make room for – to make preparations to receive?Birth is beautiful and full of joy – there is something very holy and wondrous about it –  but it's also messy, it can be chaotic, it's risky sometimes and painful –  actually nothing neat and tidy about it.It's often the same when God is doing something new in us – sometimes it's beautiful and joyful – but to he honest – it's often messy and painful and risky too.The journey Mary and Joseph had to go on together throughout the pregnancy through to the birth of Jesus was not an easy journey, there were obstacles and opposition, it was dangerous and risky.Yet into the stench of that putrid stable and into the darkness of the night came the Light of the World – Jesus was born – a thrill of hope and the weary world rejoiced so the song goes!At Christmas we celebrate that the Light of the World is still coming into the dark and putrid places of our world to restore hope and bring new life.And he's still coming into your life and into my life – into mess and the stench – bringing the hope of a future established in him.So will we make room this Christmas for a divine interruption?And will we make room to receive the hope of new life coming to us and in us?

Welcome to It's A Wonderful Podcast!! A chaotic, often comedic romp of a Western, but not without it's genuine emotional undertone on this week's main show as Morgan and Jeannine talk DESTRY RIDES AGAIN (1939) starring the inimitable Marlene Dietrich alongside Jimmy Stewart in his first foray into a genre he would become very comfortable in! Another example to show why 1939 was arguably the strongest year in Old Hollywood, it's a movie that comes at a very interesting time in both our leads' careers and see them shine playing off each other with Dietrich playing an evolved version of her past mysterious siren roles and Stewart being the perfect calming presence for the bar-brawling, connivingly corrupt town of Bottleneck, ran not so subtly from the background by the delightfully menacing Brian Donlevy! Our Youtube Channel for Monday Madness on video, Watchalongs, Live Discussions & more: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvACMX8jX1qQ5ClrGW53vow⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ The It's A Wonderful Podcast Theme by David B. Music. Donate: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ItsAWonderful1⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Join our Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/ItsAWonderful1⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ IT'S A WONDERFUL PODCAST STORE:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://its-a-wonderful-podcast.creator-spring.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Sub to the feed and download now on Anchor, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Castbox, Amazon Music & more and be sure to rate, review and SHARE AROUND!! Keep up with us on Twitter: Podcast: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/ItsAWonderful1⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Morgan: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/Th3PurpleDon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Jeannine: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/JeannineDaBean⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Keep being wonderful!! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/itsawonderfulpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/itsawonderfulpodcast/support

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Meet The Blind Birder Reimagining Accessibility In The Outdoors For many blind and low vision people, accessing outdoor spaces like parks can be challenging. Trails are often unsafe or difficult to navigate, signs don't usually have Braille, guides generally aren't trained to help disabled visitors, and so on. But nature recordist Juan Pablo Culasso, based in Bogata, Colombia, is changing that. He's designed a system of fully accessible trails in the cloud forests of southwest Colombia that are specifically tailored to help visually disabled people connect with nature. The trails are the first of their kind in the Americas, and Culasso drew on his own experiences as a blind person and a professional birder to design the system. He talks with Maddie Sofia about how he designed the trail system and takes listeners on an adventure through the cloud forest he works in.   How Many Glasses Of Water A Day Do You Actually Need? If you follow health or fitness influencers, at some point you've probably heard something about people needing six to eight ounces glasses of water a day to be healthy. The question of the right amount of water needed for health and happiness is still an open one, and varies from person to person. But a recent study in the journal Science looked at just how much water people actually do consume each day. The study didn't just ask people how many sips they had taken. Instead, it tracked the amount of water that flowed through the bodies of over 5,000 people around the world, using labeled isotopes to get data on “water turnover”—how much water was consumed and excreted. The researchers found a large range of water use, driven in part by differences in body size and socioeconomic status. A small, not very active woman might drink less than two liters per day, while a large, very active woman might gulp almost eight liters a day, a four-fold difference. Dr. Dale Schoeller, a professor emeritus in the Department of Nutritional Sciences and the Biotechnology Institute at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, joins SciFri producer Kathleen Davis to talk about the study, the importance of water consumption, and how people can do better at estimating the amount of water they need.   Road Salt Is Washing Into The Mississippi River…And It's Not Washing Out This winter has already brought significant snowfall to much of the U.S. Historically, more snow has meant more road salt. It's an effective way to clear roads — but also brings cascading environmental impacts as it washes into rivers and streams. But amid one powerful winter storm that walloped the Midwest in December, employees from the La Crosse County Facilities Department did something a little different. As usual, they clocked into work well before dawn to plow the county's downtown parking lots. They were followed by facilities director Ryan Westphal, who walked each of the lots, checking for slick spots. Finding none, he didn't lay any salt down on top. That's a major departure from how he would have handled the situation a few years ago – before their department made the decision to dramatically cut back on salt use to prevent it from flowing into waters like the nearby Mississippi River, which new data show has been growing saltier for decades. Under the previous protocol, in Westphal's words, his crew would have “salted the crap” out of the lots after a snowfall like this, without giving deference to whether they actually needed it. Today, there's a careful calculation after each time it snows to ensure they're using just the right amount of salt. To read the rest, visit www.sciencefriday.com.   In ‘The Terraformers,' Science Fiction Reveals Real-World Challenges In her novel The Terraformers, author Annalee Newitz takes readers thousands of years into the future to a far-away planet that's under construction. It's in the process of being terraformed, or transformed into a more Earth-like world that can support human life. The main character Destry, a ranger for the Environmental Rescue Team, and her partner, Whistle the flying moose, are working on the corporate-owned planet when they encounter an underground society. The Terraformers explores themes of resilience, colonization, conservation, equity, and capitalism through a sci-fi lens as Newitz invites readers to reimagine a new future. Guest host Maddie Sofia talks Newitz about the inspiration behind the book and how real-world problems made their way into sci-fi.   Transcripts for each segment will be available the week after the show airs on sciencefriday.com.

Offroad Motorcycle icon, Destry Abbott,  joins us to talk about his humble beginnings, the power of the mindset, and what he's currently up to!

In their new novel, The Terraformers (Little, Brown, 2023), Annalee Newitz leaps 60,000 years into the future, redefining ideas of peoplehood, democracy and love A diverse array of characters—hominids, animals, and objects that in 2023 are still considered inanimate, such as doors and trains—are “people” in this multi-generational story about a corporation terraforming their privately-held planet Sask-E and their workers (which the corporation owns as part of their “proprietary ecosystem development kit,”) who want to turn Sask-E into a public, democratically-governed territory. The plot tracks the nitty-gritty of building complex things—environments, relationships, governments—as Sask-E evolves over thousands of years into a pseudo replica of Pleistocene Earth. Newitz's heroes are members of the Environmental Rescue Team, an interplanetary force of first responders and environmental engineers who keep ecosystems in balance and stage disaster rescues. Apart from a fanciful invention called a “gravity mesh,” which allows some characters to fly, Newitz—who is also an award-winning writer of non-fiction—grounded the story in science. “I really did try to have a very grounded, scientifically accurate approach to ecosystems. For example, when Destry, my network analyst, connects to the environment, she has these sensors in her hands, which allow her to read a vast sensor network all over the planet. The Environmental Rescue Team has scattered these tiny, microscopic biodegradable sensors so that they can read the health of the trees, soil, insects, everything. So it gives Destry this almost magical connection to the planet Avatar-style, except it's not some hokey Tree-of-Life thing. It's just a sensor network, much like sensor networks that we're developing now on Earth and using in a lot of places.” Annalee Newitz writes science fiction and nonfiction. They are the author of Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age and Scatter, Adapt and Remember: How Humans Will Survive a Mass Extinction, which was a finalist for the LA Times Book Prize in science. They're also the author of the novels The Future of Another Timeline, and Autonomous, which won the Lambda Literary Award. As a journalist, they are a writer for the New York Times and elsewhere, and have a monthly column in New Scientist. They are also the co-host of the Hugo Award-winning podcast Our Opinions Are Correct. Previously, they were the founder of io9, and served as the editor-in-chief of Gizmodo. Rob Wolf is a writer and co-host of New Books in Science Fiction. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

In their new novel, The Terraformers (Tor Books, 2023), Annalee Newitz leaps 60,000 years into the future, redefining ideas of peoplehood, democracy and love A diverse array of characters—hominids, animals, and objects that in 2023 are still considered inanimate, such as doors and trains—are “people” in this multi-generational story about a corporation terraforming their privately-held planet Sask-E and their workers (which the corporation owns as part of their “proprietary ecosystem development kit,”) who want to turn Sask-E into a public, democratically-governed territory. The plot tracks the nitty-gritty of building complex things—environments, relationships, governments—as Sask-E evolves over thousands of years into a pseudo replica of Pleistocene Earth. Newitz's heroes are members of the Environmental Rescue Team, an interplanetary force of first responders and environmental engineers who keep ecosystems in balance and stage disaster rescues. Apart from a fanciful invention called a “gravity mesh,” which allows some characters to fly, Newitz—who is also an award-winning writer of non-fiction—grounded the story in science. “I really did try to have a very grounded, scientifically accurate approach to ecosystems. For example, when Destry, my network analyst, connects to the environment, she has these sensors in her hands, which allow her to read a vast sensor network all over the planet. The Environmental Rescue Team has scattered these tiny, microscopic biodegradable sensors so that they can read the health of the trees, soil, insects, everything. So it gives Destry this almost magical connection to the planet Avatar-style, except it's not some hokey Tree-of-Life thing. It's just a sensor network, much like sensor networks that we're developing now on Earth and using in a lot of places.” Annalee Newitz writes science fiction and nonfiction. They are the author of Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age and Scatter, Adapt and Remember: How Humans Will Survive a Mass Extinction, which was a finalist for the LA Times Book Prize in science. They're also the author of the novels The Future of Another Timeline, and Autonomous, which won the Lambda Literary Award. As a journalist, they are a writer for the New York Times and elsewhere, and have a monthly column in New Scientist. They are also the co-host of the Hugo Award-winning podcast Our Opinions Are Correct. Previously, they were the founder of io9, and served as the editor-in-chief of Gizmodo. Rob Wolf is a writer and co-host of New Books in Science Fiction. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/science-fiction

In their new novel, The Terraformers (Little, Brown, 2023), Annalee Newitz leaps 60,000 years into the future, redefining ideas of peoplehood, democracy and love A diverse array of characters—hominids, animals, and objects that in 2023 are still considered inanimate, such as doors and trains—are “people” in this multi-generational story about a corporation terraforming their privately-held planet Sask-E and their workers (which the corporation owns as part of their “proprietary ecosystem development kit,”) who want to turn Sask-E into a public, democratically-governed territory. The plot tracks the nitty-gritty of building complex things—environments, relationships, governments—as Sask-E evolves over thousands of years into a pseudo replica of Pleistocene Earth. Newitz's heroes are members of the Environmental Rescue Team, an interplanetary force of first responders and environmental engineers who keep ecosystems in balance and stage disaster rescues. Apart from a fanciful invention called a “gravity mesh,” which allows some characters to fly, Newitz—who is also an award-winning writer of non-fiction—grounded the story in science. “I really did try to have a very grounded, scientifically accurate approach to ecosystems. For example, when Destry, my network analyst, connects to the environment, she has these sensors in her hands, which allow her to read a vast sensor network all over the planet. The Environmental Rescue Team has scattered these tiny, microscopic biodegradable sensors so that they can read the health of the trees, soil, insects, everything. So it gives Destry this almost magical connection to the planet Avatar-style, except it's not some hokey Tree-of-Life thing. It's just a sensor network, much like sensor networks that we're developing now on Earth and using in a lot of places.” Annalee Newitz writes science fiction and nonfiction. They are the author of Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age and Scatter, Adapt and Remember: How Humans Will Survive a Mass Extinction, which was a finalist for the LA Times Book Prize in science. They're also the author of the novels The Future of Another Timeline, and Autonomous, which won the Lambda Literary Award. As a journalist, they are a writer for the New York Times and elsewhere, and have a monthly column in New Scientist. They are also the co-host of the Hugo Award-winning podcast Our Opinions Are Correct. Previously, they were the founder of io9, and served as the editor-in-chief of Gizmodo. Rob Wolf is a writer and co-host of New Books in Science Fiction. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literature

Lux Radio Theatre, sometimes spelled Lux Radio Theater, a classic radio anthology series, was broadcast on the NBC Blue Network (1934–35) (owned by the National Broadcasting Company, later predecessor of American Broadcasting Company [ABC] in 1943–1945); CBS Radio network (Columbia Broadcasting System) (1935–54), and NBC Radio (1954–55). Initially, the series adapted Broadway plays during its first two seasons before it began adapting films. These hour-long radio programs were performed live before studio audiences. The series became the most popular dramatic anthology series on radio, broadcast for more than 20 years and continued on television as the Lux Video Theatre through most of the 1950s. The primary sponsor of the show was Unilever through its Lux Soap brand. Listen to our radio station Old Time Radio https://link.radioking.com/otradio Listen to other Shows at My Classic Radio https://www.myclassicradio.net/ Podcast Service I Recommend https://redcircleinc.grsm.io/entertainmentradio7148 Remember that times have changed, and some shows might not reflect the standards of today's politically correct society. The shows do not necessarily reflect the views, standards, or beliefs of Entertainment Radio

Now wait just a minute here.  Let me try to get this straight.  You mean to tell me that Jimmy Stewart is a new deputy sheriff in town that doesn't carry a gun, he avoids confrontation with a corrupt saloon owner, and Marlene Dietrich plays a brazen, world-weary singer with a heart of gold?  Well it sure seems like director George Marshall had exactly that in mind in this classic comedy western. *Come support the podcast and get yourself or someone you love a random gift at our merch store.  T-shirts, hoodies, mugs, stickers, and more! If you'd like to watch ahead for next week's movie, we will be discussing and reviewing Robert Bresson's Pickpocket (1959).

Howdy! It's time to join WPMT for a celebration of the 1959 Broadway musical "Destry Rides Again," featuring a rare recording of the 1945 Lux Radio Theatre broadcast of the story starring James Stewart and Joan Blondell with Leo Cleary. Shine up that saddle and settle in for this week's premiere, "Destry Rides Again," now available on all major listening platforms.

Fun With Franz - Talking About Writing With My Friend DestryCredits:HostMichael Warth - http://www.warthstudios.comTheme Music“Mike's Bossanova”Produced, arranged, and performed byAdil Constantine - https://adilconstantine.comAs always you can learn more about the All Walks of Art show on the website at, https://allwalksofart.simplecast.comIf you'd like to be on the show, let Mike know. Send an email to TheThirstymuse@gmail.com and put Podcast Guest in the subject line so he sees it right away.Copyright © 2022 Michael Warth

Jon Jarvis lives in Pinole. He was the 18th director of the National Parks Service, and his brother Destry is a conservationist. Together, they wrote the book National Parks Forever, which came out in May, 2022.

The biggest names in Hollywood and Broadway recorded for AFRS during the war years, The American Forces Network can trace its origins back to May 26, 1942, when the War Department established the Armed Forces Radio Service (AFRS). The U.S. Army began broadcasting from London during World War II, using equipment and studio facilities borrowed from the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). The first transmission to U.S. troops began at 5:45 p.m. on July 4, 1943, and included less than five hours of recorded shows, a BBC news and sports broadcast. That day, Corporal Syl Binkin became the first U.S. Military broadcasters heard over the air. The signal was sent from London via telephone lines to five regional transmitters to reach U.S. troops in the United Kingdom as they prepared for the inevitable invasion of Nazi-occupied Europe. Fearing competition for civilian audiences the BBC initially tried to impose restrictions on AFN broadcasts within Britain (transmissions were only allowed from American Bases outside London and were limited to 50 watts of transmission power) and a minimum quota of British produced programming had to be carried. Nevertheless, AFN programs were widely enjoyed by the British civilian listeners who could receive them, and once AFN operations transferred to continental Europe (shortly after D-Day) AFN were able to broadcast with little restriction with programs available to civilian audiences across most of Europe (including Britain) after dark. As D-Day approached, the network joined with the BBC and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation to develop programs especially for the Allied Expeditionary Forces. Mobile stations, complete with personnel, broadcasting equipment, and a record library were deployed to broadcast music and news to troops in the field. The mobile stations reported on front line activities and fed the news reports back to studio locations in London.

National Parks probably have never been entirely immune from political influences, whether they came out of Washington, D.C., or close to a park's boundaries. But there's an argument that can be made, one backed up by evidence, that the past 50 years have seen the most attempts to subvert the mission of the National Park Service to preserve and protect natural resources unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations. Jon Jarvis, the 18th director of the National Park Service under President Obama, and his brother Destry, who has a long career tied to conservation and the national parks, to discuss their new book, National Parks Forever, 50 Years Of Fighting And A Case For Independence. In it they call for the National Park Service to be broken out of the Interior Department in a bid to reduce political interference on the agency.

Saddle up! This week Daniel is joined by Preston Mitchell to discuss Jimmy Stewart's place in the Western genre, focusing on two classics. Destry Rides Again (1939) and The Naked Spur (1953). From light and charming, to dark and gritty, Stewart could do it all in a cowboy hat. Email the show at cobwebspodcast@gmail.com to say hi and let us know what you think of the movie! Preston on The Schlock and Awe Podcast   Cobwebs on Twitter: @cobwebspod Daniel on Twitter: @eplerdaniel    Preston on Twitter: @prestomit   Daniel on Letterboxd: @Dan_Epler   Preston on Letterboxd: @presto_mitch www.cobwebspodcast.com

Western #2! This time, with singing.

Guests include Mike McFeely, Forum of Fargo-Moorhead, Kyle Emanuel, NDSU All-American Defensive End (2010-14), and Destry Sterkel, Sacred Heart Boys Basketball Coach. Watch Hot Mic with Dom Izzo weekday mornings from 9 to 11 on WDAY XTRA and streaming live at Inforum.com.