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May is our Month of Elpis — the Greek word for 'Hope'. Join Rev. Gloria as she explores the true meaning of biblical hope, uncovering where our hope should be placed and how it sustains us through life's challenges.
"The field recording of the Church of the Acheiropoietos with its capture of someone speaking in this echoing sanctum, as well as intruding street noises, inspired me to combine synthesis techniques using vocal wavetables, expressive reed like synth tones, and futuristic modular synth elements. The juxtaposition of the modern with the past, and the sound of this sacred space, led me to title the piece ELPIS, which is Greek for hope. As we forge our path toward the future all our past comes with us, along with a desire for hope." Paphos Castle reimagined by Wei En. ——————— This sound is part of the Sonic Heritage project, exploring the sounds of the world's most famous sights. Find out more and explore the whole project: https://www.citiesandmemory.com/heritage
Send us a textIn a recent column in The Times, Caitlin Moran wrote about how five young men in her social circle have taken their lives in the past 18 months. She's not alone. My daughter has experienced this, as has Bernadette's son, the listener who contacted me to suggest I cover it in an episode. In the UK, the leading cause of death for men under the age of 50 is suicide, and the statistics in the US are even worse. Boys are particularly vulnerable, and we know that there's the risk of social contagion if we're not careful about how we discuss it. So how do we talk to kids who've been impacted by this devastating loss? Dr Steven Kariaskos is deeply involved in suicide prevention and support and gives some excellent tips for us parents. RESOURCES:https://www.copingaftersuicide.com/support-groupshttps://afsp.org/https://findahelpline.com/i/iasphttps://samaritanshope.org/blog/suicide-grief-101/Facilities in which Dr Steven Kariaskos is involved:The Kita Center in Maine: https://www.thekitacenter.org/This bereavement and mental health center supports individuals impacted by suicide loss. Camp Kita, a free summer camp for young people ages 8-17 who have experienced a loss. We are also expanding our offerings to include weekend retreats, such as a Family Retreat for families navigating a loss and a retreat for Twentysomethings who have lost a loved one to suicide. “Preventing suicide by building intentional environments to foster connection and a lifelong engagement with mental health.”Coping After Suicide Peer Support Groups: https://www.samaritans.org/how-we-can-help/if-youre-having-difficult-time/support-groups-people-bereaved-suicide/New groups begin in January, and additional specialized groups are available based on specific losses or identities (such as groups for mothers, siblings, and men).Talking OutLOUD - Teens & Suicide Loss, A Conversation: https://www.rethinktheconversation.org/talking-outloudAward-winning documentary featuring a teen-led discussion about suicide loss. Elpis Consulting, Coaching, and Community Building: https://www.elpis-consult.com/Cultivating restorative communities rooted in hope and well-being. I collaborate with schools and organizations globally, supporting programs that foster organizational health, community well-being, and individual thriving. Elpis means “Hope” in Greek, reflecting the core of thiSupport the showThank you so much for your support. Please hit the follow button if you like the podcast, and share it with anyone who might benefit. You can review us on Apple podcasts by going to the show page, scrolling down to the bottom where you can click on a star then you can leave your message. I don't have medical training so please seek the advice of a specialist if you're not coping. My email is teenagersuntangled@gmail.com The website has a blog, searchable episodes, and ways to contact us:www.teenagersuntangled.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/teenagersuntangled/Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/teenagersuntangled/Susie is available for a free 15 minute consultation, and has a great blog:www.amindful-life.co.uk
What Does Advent Mean?The word advent means "arrival"Hope:Yakhal : State of expectation. To wait for. Noah waited for the waters to recedeQavah: The tension of waiting. The tension on a cord and then when it breaks, the tension is relieved.Elpis: joyful and confident expectation of eternal salvationIsaiah 8:17 (ESV)Psalm 39:7 (ESV)Psalm 130:5 (ESV)Luke 2:22-33 (ESV)Mark 1:1-3 (NKJV)Mark 1:14-15 (NKJV)Mark 1:32-34 (NKJV)Mark 1:35-39 (NKJV)Mark 2:1-5 (NKJV)Mark 2:6-9 (NKJV)Mark 2:10-12 (NKJV)12 Reasons Why Jesus Came:1. Jesus Came To Fulfill The Law. (Matthew 5:17)2. Jesus Came To Divide. (Luke 12:51)3. Jesus Came To Call Sinners. (Luke 5:32)4. Jesus Came To Serve and Give His Life. (Mark 10:45)5. Jesus Came To Proclaim Good News. (Luke 4:18-19)6. Jesus Came To Seek and Save The Lost. (Luke 19:10)7. Jesus Came That The World Might Be Saved. (John 3:17)8. Jesus Came To Do His Father's Will To Keep, Save, and Resurrect Believers. (John 6:38-40)9. Jesus Came For Judgement. (John 9:39)10. Jesus Came To Give Abundant Life (John 10:10)11. Jesus Came So Believers May Not Remain In Darkness. (John 12:46)12. Jesus Came To Bear Witness To The Truth. (John 18:37)John 12:23-27 (NIV)1 Timothy 1:15 (NIV)1 Peter 1:3-5 (ESV)Romans 5:2 (ESV)Romans 15:4, 13 (NKJV)Galatians 4:4-7 (NKJV)
Elpis, the personification of hope in Greek mythology, represents more than just optimism; she embodies the resilience of the human spirit. In one of the worst weeks in the history of my country, and after the storm disaster that has left hundreds dead and thousands missing, overwhelmed by the horror that has devastated the lives, dreams and hopes of entire families in just a few minutes, I would like to send with this program a message of hope and support to all those who are still on the Dantesque stage, fighting to survive. Here I leave the contact of the Spanish Red Cross in case anyone wants to make a donation and help at this time. May God bless you all https://cercadeti.cruzroja.es/ayudaafectadosinundacionesdana
Marti, Septembrie 17 - Sf. Mc. Sofia si cele trei fiice ale sale: Pistis, Agapis si Elpis
Raise your voice and make a difference with your very own Face to Face Academy original “Goals Up, Guns Down” T-shirt. Encouraging youth empowerment and community safety, all proceeds go to the school's innovative and transformative programing. Click the link to purchase: Goals Not Guns Tee Shirt StoreThe Goals not Guns campaign is a first of its kind collaboration between Face to Face Academy, St. Paul's Office of Neighborhood Safety (ONS), and the non-profit Elpis Enterprises dedicated to ending youth homelessness. The purpose is to raise awareness about gun violence and generate positive ways to address this epidemic. Students were tasked with creating a slogan and matching a design that shifts the narrative to "goals" not "guns." One slogan/design would then be selected to be featured on a T-shirt sold nationwide. Out of an astonishing 42 designs submitted (half of the student population), four finalists were chosen: Tyrone Butler (Senior), Vita Lowe (Senior), Angelo Walker (Senior), and Jada Walker (Junior). At a special Assembly attended by the Minnesota Association of Charter Schools, the Office of Neighborhood Safety, Elpis, the University of St. Thomas, the entire Face to Face Academy student body, and featuring guest speaker, Mayor Melvin Carter, the winner of the campaign was announced.Face to Face Academy is pleased to offer to the public the 1st place T-shirt: “Goals Up, Guns Down” created by Angelo Walker.We are so proud of everyone in our school community for showcasing their courage and creativity during this campaign. A special thanks to Academy teachers Jennifer Plum & Lucy Voller, Lynnaia Jacobsen (ONS), and Paul Ramsour (Elpis) for spearheading this incredible initiative. (Outro music by Dave Boquist)Check out more great episodes at f2fpodcastnetwork.com
Pierwszy odcinek w 2024 roku i nowe obowiązki Pawełka, z powodu problemów technicznych to własnie on przejmuje dzisiaj odpowiedzialność dzinglową! Rozmawiamy o pluciu na kolarstwo i na plujących, jest trochę sprzętowo mowa o earo kaskach Kaska i zakazach majstrowania przy klamkomanetkach. Czy niemiecko-austriacka fuzja (takowych jako Polacy sie boimy) zaowocuje Łołutem i Pikokiem w Borze? Czy Tadek mentalnie odpuszcza Tour? Te i wiele wiele innych tematów w tym nowym 2024 roku. Chcesz folołować? – Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pncastCykChcesz popaczeć? – Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pncast/Chcesz połoglondać? – YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5hNRM9CimnQAZTho-FBAcQ Chcesz pobiznesować? – e-mail: podnominal@gmail.com Chcesz dać zapomogę? – PATRONITE: https://patronite.pl/pncast/ Buycoffee: www.buycoffee.to/pncastPatroni : HIGROSYSTEM.PLwww.trimp.teamwww.podcastrowerowy.pl
Pastor Dale Benson Romans 5:1-5 We throw the word “hope” around a lot. Most often in scripture we find hope accompanied by other virtues or circumstances that shape it or give definition to it. * “Where then is my hope – who can see any hope for me?” – Job * “For I know the plans I have for you declares the Lord. Plans to prosper and not to harm you. Plans for a future and a hope.” – The Prophet Jeremiah Very often, hope gets overshadowed by the other virtues it gets grouped with. Take for example, Paul's letter to the church at Corinth: * “And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love, but the greatest of these is love.” – The Apostle Paul Hope is rarely revealed in isolation. Often, hope brings along companions like faith, love, joy, patience, long suffering. For the Christian, hope should be compared more too a huge, solid, safe rock, rather than a vapor. Biblical Hope vs Western Hope (The Rock/Anchor vs Vapor) * In Greek Mythology: * Pandora brings with her a jar containing "burdensome toil and sickness that brings death to men,” diseases, and "a myriad other pain.” * Prometheus had – fearing further reprisals – warned his brother Epimetheus not to accept any gifts from Zeus. But Epimetheus did not listen; he accepted Pandora, who promptly scattered the contents of her jar. As a result, Hesiod tells us, “The earth and sea are full of evils.” One item, however, did not escape the jar: hope. * Only hope was left within her unbreakable house, she remained under the lip of the jar, and did not fly away. Before [she could], Pandora replaced the lid of the jar. This was the will of aegis-bearing Zeus the Cloud gatherer. * We are not told why hope remained in the jar. Was one of the other demons or spirits to be released on humanity? Was hope different than the others? Elipis does not maintain a very important role in Greek mythology and some even hold a negative view of her as Elpis is often simply translated “anticipation.” * We must remember, however that the Hebrew people from whom the Jews were descendants, did not view hope from the same perspective. * The Hebrew word Tikvah has the meaning of something strong and sure. Like we read earlier in Jeremiah: I know the plans I have for you. . . Not for evil, but for a future and a hope! Romans 5:1-5 (NLT) Hope that is seen is not hope. . . What Paul is basically saying here is you don't have to hope for something when it is already in your hand. Colossians 1:25-29 (NLT) Hope lights the path to the manger that reminds us of God's faithfulness in the past. Hope lights the path toward the return of Christ and our faithfulness in the future. “Christ in you” assures the reflection of that same hope through you to others in the present!
Greetings, listeners and subscribers! Very excitingly, this month's podcast episode has a new narrator (thanks, Dritëro!), since it has a different POV character to the rest of Season One! I won't spoil things by telling you who…This also wraps up the audio to Season One, so look out for a special treat coming soon—a free audiobook of the whole of Season One! Not to mention…the start of Season Two!Previously on Saga of the Jewels…The life of seventeen-year-old RYN, bookish son of a wealthy landowner, changes forever when his hometown is destroyed by the EMPIRE and everyone he has ever known is killed. He discovers that the Empire are seeking TWELVE PRIMEVAL JEWELS which grant the power to manipulate different elements, and that his father had been hiding the FIRE RUBY. Ryn sets out to take revenge on the Imperial General who killed his family and retrieve the Fire Ruby, and along the way meets NUTHEA the lightning-slinging princess, SAGAR the swaggering skypirate, ELRANN the tomboy engineer, CID the wizened old healer, and VISH the poppy-seed-addicted bounty hunter. Together the adventurers decide to find all of the Jewels in order to stop the EMPEROR from finding them first and taking over the world. The companions now find themselves recuperating in Nuthea's homeland, where after much travail they have thus far succeeded in retrieving the Fire Ruby, now borne by Ryn, and the Lightning Crystal, now borne by Nuthea…SEASON ONE EPISODE 21: EPILOGUE: BATTLE WITH MYSELFVish sat on the end of the bed and stared at the two black poppy seeds in his open palm.Why wasn't he just taking them? This was his chance. Dinner, which he grudgingly admitted to himself had been quite good—what he could taste of it, that is—with its roast pig and truffles and little birds marinated in wine, was over. Everyone else had retired to their chambers too. He had all night to enjoy the sweet delights of the not one, but two poppy seeds he had taken from Elpis before he killed her.A double hit. The hot fast rush as he first swallowed them, the building intensity in his head as his body processed them, the wave upon wave of pleasure that would gradually overwhelm his entire being, the warm afterglow he would eventually bathe in afterwards, the loosening, the calm, the relief. This was his chance.So why hadn't he taken them yet?The old man.Damn the old man! The old man had planted a different kind of seed in his mind. A different kind of seed that had slowly been growing, and had now produced a small shoot that was big enough to notice.If you space out the hits far enough and start to come off it, you can start to feel other things too. It is possible. I've seen others do it. I've helped others do it.The old man had planted the seed of the idea in Vish's mind that it was possible to come off the poppy and learn to enjoy other things again. But he didn't really want to do that, did he? The poppy was his life. The poppy was pure joy. The poppy was the greatest thing it was possible to experience. He didn't want to ‘come off' that. He didn't want to lose that. He didn't need to be ‘free' from that.But then why hadn't he taken them yet?He put the poppy seeds down on the nightstand next the bed, stood and began to pace the room. The floor was made of white marble shot through with wisps of black. The walls were of white stone, hung with tapestries and paintings that in the light from the candle on the nightstand he could see depicted long-haired Manolians winning battles over other nations, or successfully defending their realm from invaders. There was no god on any of them. A strange people, these warrior-women who made the men do all the women's work in their country, who worshiped a single invisible God who made everything, and who didn't acknowledge any of the other gods. Though not uniquely strange, he supposed. The old man worships this ‘One' as well, after all...The curtains were thick and made of purple velvet. Vish drew one back to look out of the window, but only found the blackness of the night beyond, except for his reflection which looked back at him, lit up in the candle glow. He pulled off his head scarf, revealing the branded ‘X' scar on his forehead, his thick, cropped black hair, the black discoloration around his mouth.Someone glancing briefly at him might be forgiven for thinking it was a beard. But if they looked for any length of time, they would see that, no, in fact it was the skin around his mouth and the lower part of his nose that had turned from barky tan to black–deep black, black as a poppy seed, black as the darkness of the night outside. It was almost as if the flesh itself had died, and indeed Vish had much reduced sensation in those places. Why did the poppy do that? Yes, it went into his body through his mouth, or sometimes crushed up through his nose, but then it went into his stomach or his brain. Vish supposed that the poppy was so powerful that it simply had this effect on his body at the point where it entered him. There were probably parts of his insides that were discoloured black and had reduced sensation as well. He had often wondered if it would eventually turn the whole of him black. Then he would truly have become a creature of darkness; his transformation into a Shadowfinger would truly be complete.He turned and looked back at the nightstand where the two poppy seeds lay, two inky dots staining the room, marring it. Wasn't there a life that he had once had before that Imperial agent had got him hooked on the poppy and recruited him for the Emperor's Hand? Of course, it had been a hard life, working as a personal assassin for the Leader of Aibar, and he hadn't known the poppy. But he had had a measure of freedom: the ability to do what he wanted between jobs, his own dwelling. He had been able to fully enjoy the taste of food, the touch of a woman, the feel of the breeze on his face…The poppy had taken all of that from him. It had enslaved him, made him only want it, only really able to feel it. The times in between the hits had just become times when he was waiting for his next hit, or doing something to enable himself to get his next hit. They had become times when he wasn't really alive or tuned into the world, just drifting or trudging through a pale grey landscape questing for the next poppy seed.That was no way to live, was it?Vish walked back over to the nightstand and picked up the poppy seeds. He was going to throw them away. He had lived in this bondage for too long.He walked back to the window and slid it up and open. He barely felt the chill of the night air on his body.He was going to throw them out of the window.Come on. Throw them out of the window.Only...only what had he gained by taking the poppy? What would he lose if he threw it away?The greatest pleasure he had ever felt. Pure, all-encompassing, ecstatic sensation washing over every inch of his body. Thrill. The ability to be completely focused on and lost in something that wasn't pain, self-hatred, regret and bitterness.How could he throw all that away?No, he wouldn't throw them away, but he would wait a while before he took them. That way he would be ‘spacing out' the hits a little more, and maybe he would be able to come off it eventually like the old man said.He shut the window, walked back to the nightstand and put the poppy seeds down on it.He sat on the bed and looked at them.The thing was, it had been a fair while since his last hit. Not since that Zerlanese village they had stopped in to rest and stock up on supplies.Just one now, and one later.He picked up one of the seeds and pinched it between his thumb and forefinger. A little black orb that encompassed a world of pleasure.But if he was going to have one hit now anyway, why not have two? A double hit. How often did he get the chance to have a double hit? Even the old man only gave him one poppy seed at a time. There was no way that he would ever give him two at once, especially with his talk of spacing out the hits and coming off them.Vish picked up both poppy seeds and chucked them into his mouth, swallowing them in one gulp.Pleasure exploded in his body, starting in his mouth, his head, and then spreading down through his neck, his chest, his arms, and the rest of him.He lay back on the bed, falling into the poppy trance.In his poppy trance, Vish got up off the bed.He looked around the bedchamber, working out where he was.Manolia, he surmised from the white marble. The home of the Crystal-keepers.He padded to the door of the chamber and turned the bronze knob gently till it clicked.He eased the door open slowly and silently.Only the glow from the wall-mounted lights lit the long corridor. The Shadowfinger looked both ways down it. Wall hangings, a wooden chair, a table with a vase atop it. Not just Manolia, but the palace in Orma, the capital. He had been here once before. He could not believe his good fortune.He shut the door quietly and made his way down the corridor, sticking to the candle-thrown shadows, as was his way, and taking care that his footsteps did not make a single sound on the carpets or marble floor, his poise and focus only enhanced by the poppy trance.Which chamber would hold what he was looking for?There were several other doors that led off from this corridor.None of these.He continued to make his way through the palace, allowing his intuitions to lead him to its most opulent area, a wide hallway bedecked with more huge versions of the ridiculous tapestries, up a flight of stairs, and…There.Vish drew back from the corridor into which he had just peered, concealing himself around the corner on the landing at the top of the steps.There were two guards posted outside of the door that he wanted, of course. The Manolains, though they were stupid, would have to be colossally stupid not to guard her. And it.He could use his talents in this state to slip past them, but they would be alerted by the sound of him opening and closing the door to the chamber.No matter. He knew what he needed to know now.Vish walked back to the first bedroom, keeping silence. As he did so he paid close, poppy-enhanced attention to the exact route he was taking, to the descent of the stairs, to the particular twist and turn of the corridors he took, to the number of steps.He shut the door to his room carefully behind him.He walked over to the window and slid it open. Cool night air blew in.He took off his black gloves and let them drop to the floor by the window.He reached into a pocket stitched into the inside of his robes in the left breast and drew out another pair of gloves, slipping these on instead.He held up his fingers and gave them a little wiggle. Ten small, vicious, gleaming points twinkled back at him in the moonlights from the tips of his fingers.He turned round and climbed out of the window backwards, shoving one clawed hand into the wall on the outside of the window.Vish smiled. The points on the end of his gloved fingers stuck fast in the stone of the Manolian palace, giving him a purchase.Slowly, carefully, the Shadowfinger made his way along the outside of the wall in the direction of the chamber he had identified, crawling across like an oversized, four-legged spider in the darkness. He drew on his considerable strength, honed by all those years of training, and held himself up with his arms alone as he crawled, though when he could find a ledge or a slant he allowed it to take his weight.He traversed a route along the walls to the chamber, making use of the mental map he had formed in his mind when he walked to and from it on the inside of the building.He arrived at the outside of the chamber.Not just one or two windows here but a whole wide wall of them, looking out on the courtyards below which were, thankfully, empty at this hour.Many windows, but they looked to have the same design as the one in his room, and would therefore open the same way. Vish supposed the Manolians had never counted on anyone being able to infiltrate the palace in this manner.He crept over to the nearest window, got level with it, and then took off one glove by pulling it off with his teeth as he hung from one hand.He pressed the palm of his now gloveless hand to the window, cold to the touch, and slid it silently up and open.He swung himself underneath a curtain into the chamber, crouching as he landed to take his weight and muffle any sound, and was still.Darkness cloaked the chamber. But darkness was Vish's element. His eyes grew accustomed to it even more quickly than usual, helped by the poppy, and he saw that the chamber held two large cupboards against the wall, a dressing table with mirror and chair, a nightstand, and bed.He remained crouching, listening.No sound came to break the stillness of the room, even to Vish's poppy-enhanced senses. Only, perhaps, if he strained his hearing to its limit, the rhythmic rises and falls of a sleeping breath.Good, the thought echoed in Vish's entranced mind.He took a step.The person in the bed grunted in their sleep, and Vish froze ice-still again for a moment, but then they rolled over and the rhythmic breathing resumed. Vish exhaled noiselessly.Vish moved to the bedside like a cat closing in on its prey.It was not on the nightstand.It hadn't been on the table either--Vish would have caught its glint from the candle-glow in the brief moment the door had been open.That must mean the girl in the bed—the princess of this land and the heir apparent, now that her mother had been disposed of—was wearing it.Fortunately, the girl was sleeping on her back, where she was breathing heavily. Quilts and blankets covered her up to her neck.Vish slipped his hand around the hem of the blanket, paused, then ever so carefully folded it back, making no sound.A chain. The girl was indeed sleeping with the crystal in its setting in the pendant about her neck.Unfortunately, she was also clasping the Jewel tight in one fist.What to do?Vish put his finger underneath the girl's left ear and tickled it very gently.When the girl did not respond, he tickled it slightly less gently.The girl grumbled in her sleep and let go of what she was holding to itch her ear, then let her hand lie flat on her pillow. The rhythmic breathing resumed again.There it was. A pendant and, set into it, a crystal which even now glowed faintly with the silent crackle of pent-up lightning.Vish's mouth made a smile underneath his face covering. Too easy.The Shadowfinger reached inside the fold of his uniform to another of its many inner pockets, the one sewn into the right breast, and found there a small implement which he retrieved, and a small hessian bag.He reached over the girl with his gloved hand and used the implement, a small steel rod that came to a thin sharp line at a right angle at its end, like a miniature pick, to scrape the crystal slowly once, twice, thrice.The girl stirred and murmured, and Vish stayed still again a moment, but then her sleep-breathing restarted.He held up the implement, and when he was satisfied that it had enough minute glittering crystal scrapings on it, he deposited them carefully in his bag.The Shadowfinger left the room by the way he had come in. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sagaofthejewels.substack.com
The General's gleeful laughter filled the hall.Vorr stepped around from behind the Queen's throne, big and black-armoured and red-haired, unable to contain his mirth.Ryn's blood ran cold. “Mother!” Nuthea cried at the top of her voice, and shoved past the two Manolian guards, shooting up the steps of the dais to kneel next to the fallen Queen. “Cid! Heal her!” “Not so easily done!” Vorr laughed. “You are quite surrounded!” On the balcony level that ringed the hall above them, soldier after black-armoured soldier stood side by side, each with a crossbow levelled at the party. They must have been hiding behind the guard rail when the party had entered the hall. Ryn looked back at the dais. A deep red puddle seeped out from underneath the Queen where she lay on her front. Nuthea knelt with her hands thrown over her mother's head, her face buried somewhere in the Queen's shoulder as she sobbed uncontrollably. In between sobs, she whimpered, “Mother! I'm so sorry! I'm so so sorry! Please! Cid! Please heal her! Someone heal her!” Ryn stood watching all this like a statue, numbing cold spreading in his belly. Vorr calmed down from his outburst of laughter and spoke over Nuthea's whimpers. “Nobody's going to be healing her, unless they want a crossbow bolt through their neck too. Pitiful girl. Do you realise that you gave us the key to taking Manolia, to your own downfall? Once we discovered thanks to our little brush with you on the train that as Ruby-touched we had some immunity to the Lightning Crystal, everything was easy! We didn't even need to carry out an invasion! All I had to do was request a single diplomatic meeting, show your ‘Queen' our immunity, and then I could force her to do whatever I wanted, without any fear of your little lightning tricks. Telling her that I knew where you were and would kill you on sight when you arrived here if she didn't comply with my commands made her submit quickly enough. Most of her ‘guards' have been following her orders for the last few days without even knowing that we were still here! In fact, the vast majority of your ‘Queendom' doesn't even know it's been occupied by the Empire! After I'd got in here, all I had to do was wait for you to show up with your pitiful little ragtag band of vagrants--”“--underestimated me,” someone else was whispering nearby, Ryn became aware. Sagar. “I can take them. I can create a wind gust that deflects their arrows.”“Don't,” Cid hissed back. “You've seen how many of them there are up there. You saw how fast that arrow flew. You can't take all of them, Sagar. Stand down. We're better off letting ourselves be captured.”“He's not going to capture us,” whispered Vish in turn. “Once he has gloated over us and explained how he beat us he is going to kill us anyway. I have seen him do it a hundred times before. This could be the only chance we--”Vorr paused mid-speech and frowned at them. “SILENCE!” he shouted, his voice cracking for a moment on the second word and going incredibly high, spittle flying from his mouth. “Listen to me when I'm telling you how I defeated you!”Nuthea suddenly cried out in a high-pitched wail, but not at Vorr. She was still kneeling over her mother, her face soaked with tears. “She's stopped breathing! You killed her, you monster, you killed her!”Ryn stared at the lifeless body of Nuthea's mother sprawled humiliatingly face down on the dais, her long dark hair a mess around her head, her blood starting to drip slowly down the steps. Vorr had killed her, just like he had killed Ryn's own... Mother. Father. Hometown. Found Vorr. Get Vorr. Kill Vorr. Avenge Nuthea. “VORR!” Ryn felt himself light on fire as he ran up the steps towards the General and drew his sword, the cold in his belly suddenly replaced by heat. Somewhere behind him he was vaguely aware of a rush of air and the sound of arrows pinging off the stone floor. But only vaguely.He ran past Nuthea and her mother and swung his blade with all his might at Vorr's head, holding and moving it as Cid had taught him to.This time Vorr caught the hilt in one hand and the blade in his other, snapping his gauntleted fingers onto it and holding it in place.Ryn's fire went out from the shock.Vorr twisted his arms, and snapped Ryn's sword in two as it came out of his hands. The General flung the useless pieces of the broken weapon away, sending them to clatter on the ground.Before Ryn could recover from his surprise, Vorr reached out and grabbed him by the neck, lifting him up off of his feet.A tight band of pain constricted around Ryn's neck at once. He gasped for air, but found none.Ryn clutched at Vorr's fingers and looked in horror into the man's bulging, sadistic, red-veined eyes. The General was crushing his windpipe. All that came into his head were words of despair.All that preparation, all that training in swords with Cid, and I still couldn't beat him. I didn't even have a chance. I just did exactly the same thing again. I just lost control and threw myself at him. Now this is it. I'm going to die. I've failed. I'm a failure.“Miserable whelp,” Vorr was saying to him. “Don't you ever learn? For the hundredth time: I am touched by the Ruby and so invulnerable to fire like you, you utter idiot. You didn't change your plan of attack once. I guess you just couldn't resist me!”“Boltaaaaagggaahhh!”Ryn felt a surge of shock pass through him, but then it passed, leaving only the ever growing pain around his neck.It was growing harder to think with every moment that he was unable to take a breath, but he realised that Nuthea had hit Vorr with a lightning attack.Vorr's gaze shifted down and to the side beyond Ryn. “Stop that, girl. Haven't you learned your lesson either? I have resistance to lightning too! You just stay there and wait your turn. I knew that you knew more about the Jewels than I got out of you in Imfis. I'll happily torture you to get the rest of that information, if you just wait a moment. Let me deal with this mongrel first.”The pain around Ryn's neck was tight as death.He's going to kill me and kill Nuthea too.Darkness prickled at the corners of Ryn's vision. He was passing out. He was going to die.He was going to die bitter, unavenged and unfulfilled, full of hate and anger and misery.As his vision faded, Ryn's eyes drooped. The last thing he saw before they closed was a pair of short silver chains that hung around Vorr's neck, over his armour. One chain had a ruby-set ring on it. The other chain had a crystal pendant on it.Behind his closed eyes, with the last thoughts of his life, Ryn found himself remembering something Nuthea had said to him once, on the train to Manolia.The Way of the One is to forgive, her words echoed in his mind.Fine, Nuthea, I'll try it your way. I'm about to die anyway. I've got nothing left to lose any more. I forgive you for revealing the location of the Fire Ruby to Vorr. I...I forgive Vorr for killing my parents and burning down my hometown. And I forgive...I forgive myself for failing to save them.And then fire exploded all around him.The grip on his neck loosened slightly, and some breath came back into Ryn.He opened his eyes and looked up.Bright white and orange heat enveloped him; a glowing ball of incandescent flame that grew from his heart and enshrouded all of him, all of Vorr. Unhindered by unforgiveness, Ryn's fire burned brighter than it ever had before.Through the fire, he saw fear in Vorr's irises.It was clear what he must do.The Jewels.Ryn reached out his hand to touch the small translucent round jewel which hung from one of the silver-chained pendants around Vorr's neck.It was still too far away.He concentrated, willing the fire radiating out of him to burn brighter, hotter, and focused it in one particular place.The chain turned red, then orange, then white, then…...melted.Ryn caught the Lightning Crystal as it fell.As he closed his hand around it a strange tingling sensation ripplied down his arm and through the rest of his body for an instant.The fire around him disappeared.If you touch a jewel you gain affinity with that element.Before Vorr could react, Ryn had just enough time to lift the crystal up a few inches from where it hung around Vorr's neck.He touched it lightly to Vorr's face, which had contorted into a puzzled frown, and let go.At the same time, with his other hand he reached out and touched the Fire Ruby where it hung from Vorr's neck, felt a familiar rush of warmth flow down from his hand…...and flared.His whole body lit on fire again, and fire leapt from his hands and blasted forwards into the general, hitting him directly in the chest where he lay and spreading out over the rest of him.“Aaaaaaarrrgggghhh!” screamed Vorr as Ryn's fire flashed over his body, no longer invulnerable to it because of his new lightning alignment.Ryn landed on his backside on the dais with a thump as the General dropped him.He gasped for air, and at last he found it, taking it in in a huge hungry gulp.His neck still hurt like hell as he rubbed it, but at least he could breathe again. Vorr hadn't completely crushed his windpipe.He got to his feet.He was dimly aware of the sounds of a battle still going on all around him, but only dimly. He remained focused on Vorr. He took the few steps to where Vorr lay and stood over the General.Steam coiled up from the General where he lay on his back. The man's eyes were shut in his round face. His skin was charred, red, even black in places, from where Ryn had burned him. He lay still, and Ryn couldn't see his chest rising and falling.I did it. He had finally killed General Vorr. And in the end, he hadn't even meant to.He reached down and grasped the Fire Ruby on its ring, then tore it from its chain. Links of metal scattered around the dais.The other sounds in the room came back to him.“Ryn, help us!” cried Nuthea.Ryn's head snapped round to see what was happening in the rest of the hall.Streaks of orange filled the air, deflected away from Ryn's friends and the two Manolian guards as Sagar stood at the centre of them and flung his hands around like a madman, drawing huge gusts of air across the hall that buffeted Ryn's face and made his eyes water. The soldiers had given up on shooting arrows and chosen to throw down fire at the party instead. Vorr must have touched them with the Ruby too. Sagar was doing a good job of turning the fireballs away, but sweat was streaking down the back of his head and he was having to move his hands incredibly fast. He wouldn't be able to keep this up forever. Ryn didn't even have time to properly acknowledge his own feelings at his victory over Vorr--a battle had begun, and he was needed. Found Vorr. Got Vorr. Killed Vorr. Avenged Nuthea. Now what? Stay with Nuthea. Protect Nuthea. Nuthea, who was about to be blasted by fire from the hands of an Imperial soldier who had somehow made it down to ground level, out of Sagar's line of sight, about twenty paces away from her to the side of the hall... Ryn sprang from the dais, clearing its steps in one leap, and pelted for Nuthea, getting in the way of her just in time for the soldier's fireball to hit him instead of her, right in his chest. Ryn felt the flames ripple over him and spread out to the sides as his body took their full force.He remained standing, unscathed. The soldier's mouth dropped open in horror. Energy rose up from Ryn's stomach, and the top of his head tingled. He ran at the soldier. The soldier thrust out both his hands on reflex and yelled in desperation, pouring a jet of flame at Ryn. Ryn took the flame-jet head-on, which did nothing to him, and kept on running, right through it, to the soldier. By the time Ryn reached him the terrified man had finally thought to stop trying to fight fire with fire and was reaching for his sword, but Ryn got to it first. Still clasping the Fire Ruby in his left hand, he spared some fingers from it to grab the soldier's arm, then reached and grabbed the soldier's sword hilt with his other hand. He drew the sword in a swift, clean motion, then stabbed it into the soldier's neck before the man even had a chance to react, pushing into the soft resistance of his flesh, which gave way at once. Ryn slid the blade out of the neck of the man, who fell back to the floor. He looked at it for a moment, decorated red. The second time he had killed. Vorr, and now this man. Sickness turned over his stomach. He didn't like it. But it had been necessary. This was life or death. He needed to protect his friends. He needed to protect Nuthea. He looked back at the battle. Sagar still drew the air around the room in a frenzy, pushing oncoming fireballs away. Cid had his eyes shut and was chanting something with a hand outstretched towards Sagar. Elrann, Nuthea and Vish were launching gunshots, lightning bolts and throwing stars up at the soldiers above, when they could. The Manolian guards stood among them, trying to hide behind Sagar. They must not have lightning-projection like Nuthea did. Ryn had an idea. He charged back into the fray, unafraid, impervious as he was to fire. “Here, take this!” he yelled to the first of the guards he came to, Kathuna, and threw the Fire Ruby to her. She caught it deftly with her spear hand. “What's this?” Kathuna called over the noise of the battle. “It's a Primeval Jewel. It will make you safe from fire, and able to project it yourself. Go--get out of here! Touch all the other guards in the palace with it, and bring them back here to fight! I'll cover you!” Kathuna didn't need telling twice. She nodded at Ryn, then turned and began to run in the direction of the hall's entry doors. At the same time, Ryn sprinted back to join the party, yelling “Watch out! Sagar, take a break!” The pirate snapped his head round to look at him, mid-wind-projection. “What?!” he yelled. Ryn didn't bother explaining further, but just stretched out his open palms towards the balcony. “FIRAGA!” was the sound that he found himself shouting. A few feet in front of Ryn, in the air, a huge sheet of fire appeared and leapt upwards at the soldiers on the balcony. It obscured them completely, hurtling over them in a mass of orange and red heat that made the air around it shimmer. Ryn kept up the stream of flames for a long count of five, then dropped his arms and exhaled. An ache throbbed through them at once. The flames subsided, revealing the soldiers blinking in confusion for a moment. “What was the point of that?” Sagar snapped. “They have fire! They're invulnerable to fire, you moron! When are you going to learn this?” “I wasn't trying to hurt them,” said Ryn calmly. “only to distract them for a moment.” He pointed towards the doors of the hall. Kathuna and the other guards were just reaching them. “I gave them the Ruby.” Sagar frowned. Then, “Oh. Not bad, pup...” Ryn watched as the guards wrenched open the double doors… ...and found Elpis, the lady Shadowfinger, stood waiting for them, dressed all in black, with her horrible painted-lady mask on, twirling a length of chain with a metal ball on the end covered in sharp spikes. The Shadowfinger's arm twitched, and all of a sudden the spiked mace shot out of its rotation at a tangent, pulling the chain along with it, and flew straight into Kathuna's face. The Manolian screamed and dropped to the floor.Nuthea cried out with grief.Ryn sprinted for the doors, the sword he had stolen from the Imperial still in his hand, calling over his shoulder, “Just hold them off for a bit longer while I take care of this!”, even as new fire came down from the balcony, and Sagar threw up his hands to gust it to one side. I've come so far. I've killed Vorr. I'm not about to let the Empire kill all my friends and me now.As he approached the Shadowfinger, who had been rounding on the next guard, he flung fire at her, but she saw him coming and leapt to one side, out of the way of it.Before he knew what was happening, her mace hurtled out towards him, hitting him in the stomach.Pain sang from Ryn's abdomen from uncountable needle-points as the spikes pierced it.Stupid boy, Ryn thought to himself as Elpis yanked back her chain and he put his hands to his stomach to clutch at his bloodying tunic, you're invulnerable to fire, not metal. This is really dumb way to die.He sat down on his backside, stunned by the wound.Elpis twirled her chain and brought her arm up and round again, about to whip it out at Ryn again for the finishing blow.Ryn shut his eyes.Metal clanged loudly against metal.Ryn opened his eyes.Vish stood in front of him, black sword drawn and out to one side. The spiked ball of Elpis's flail lay a little way away at the end of its chain. Vish must have deflected it with his blade.A frustrated growl came from behind Elpis's mask and she flicked the ball back towards her along the chain, then span it back into its deadly dance, around her head, then flung it back out again, not at Vish this time but at one of the Manolian guards who had made another run for the door. She caught the woman on the side of her helmet this time and the ball bounced off without sticking in. The Manolian cried out and hit the floor, but then rolled and came back up on her feet. She backed away from the door, wary, but still alive.Elpis wasted no time and pressed her attack. No sooner than the ball had rebounded off the Manolian's helmet, she pulled back on the chain and spun, bringing it around herself and back at Vish, who had been running towards her, but now had to duck and roll to one side to avoid being impaled by the spikes.A dance had begun. The lady Shadowfinger fought like some sort of demon, shouting with rage as she leapt and spun and flung her spiked ball at Vish, the guardswomen, Vish, the guardswomen, never letting up, not letting them get any closer to the doors. Her opponents were managing to dodge or deflect the attacks, but they couldn't keep this up forever. She was so vicious, so wild, so persistent.The pain throbbed in Ryn's stomach and he let out a moan. He doubled over, and looked down, unable to concentrate on the battle any more. Blood was leaking through his fingers, running down over his hands. Cid. I need Cid.He managed to twist his head round, then grimaced at a protest from his stomach muscles. Cid and the others were still clustered at the centre of the hall, pinned down by a barrage of fireballs from above which Sagar held off with gusts of wind. Cid had his eyes shut and a hand held out towards Sagar, his lips mumbling something. Ryn had no idea what he was doing, but it must have something to do with the reason that Sagar was able to keep up this defence for so long.“Cid!” Ryn called out in a weak voice, but just loud enough to make Cid open his eyes and look over. The healer's mouth dropped in concern and he started out in Ryn's direction, then stopped when a fireball crashed down in front of him, missing him by inches.“Wait!” a female voice cried out from somewhere behind Ryn.Ryn looked back round.A Manolian guard lay in an unconscious heap on the floor by the doors, her breastplate cracked, blood trickling out from underneath her.A few paces in front of her stood Vish, his sword held out straight, pointed at Elpis. The lady Shadowfinger's spiked ball was on the floor next to her, severed from its chain, which lay like a sleeping snake at her feet. Vish must have cut the ball from the chain. Instead of it, Elpis now held a black-bladed sword of her own in front of her face in a defensive stance.“Wait!” the lady Shadowfinger said again. Her voice sounded surprisingly delicate, almost like Nuthea's. “Don't do this, Vish.”“You may be skilled with that flail of yours,” Vish replied, “but I've bested you now, and I was always your better at swords. Give it up. You can't win.”“You don't know that,” said Elpis. “You may favour blades, but you didn't beat me every time we trained. And...I can give you poppy.”Vish hesitated a moment. “So what? This traveling party have poppy too. And they give me it whenever I want.”“Yes,” said Elpis, “but they will all be dead in a moment and their poppy will belong to the Empire. I can give you two poppy seeds right now, if you put down your weapon and return your allegiance. Come back to the Empire, Vish. All will be forgiven. Whatever led you astray temporarily, the Emperor will understand. He is most merciful.”She held out her hand. Two small round seeds lay in the centre of it, even darker than the black of her glove.Vish didn't reply.“Oh no,” Ryn said aloud. “Not this again.” His stomach hurt so much, and it hurt to talk, but if he didn't he feared he would bleed out soon, so he had nothing left to lose. “Don't listen to her, Vish! You've been here before! You've resisted before!”Vish threw him a quick glance, grey eyes unusually wide with anxiety, then returned to facing Elpis. He was still for a long moment, and for a while Ryn could only hear the shouts and cries and gusts of wind behind him.Vish put down his sword and held out his hand.“No!” Ryn whimpered.The lady Shadowfinger handed Vish the two seeds. He put them in his mouth, then fell backwards with a moan of pleasure.“YES!” Elpis let out a cry of glee from behind her mask and leapt over Vish's body towards Ryn, raising her sword high.As she did so, Vish's hand shot out and grabbed her leg, pulling her down to land face-first on the floor with a smack.In the same movement, he stood up with his sword and thrust it down through Elpis, literally stabbing her in the back.Elpis screamed, twitched a couple of times, and then abruptly went rigid.“How…?” Ryn said to Vish as the Shadowfinger ran over.Vish showed him the two black seeds in his free palm. “I only pretended to ingest them. I will save them for later.” He stowed them somewhere in the folds of his garments.“Vish, quick!” Ryn said, the urgency of their situation pulling him back to it. “There's no time! The guard--take the fire ruby from her and get it to the other Manolians.”“You are hurt,” Vish observed.“Yes! You can't do anything about that now! Go!”Vish nodded, sprinted to Kathuna, picked up the ruby ring from where she had dropped it, then pelted out of the double doors.One God, please let him find help quickly, Ryn found himself praying.He wrenched his head around again and black spots filled his vision; the pain in his belly screamed.“Cid!” he called again, with everything he had left.This time Sagar heard him too, catching a quick glance at Ryn in between blowing back the fireballs.“Hold on, pup!” he shouted back.Sagar bit his lip, then made a jump to one side, away from Ryn's direction.What's he doing? He's going to leave the others exposed if he goes that way!Sagar thrust out his hands…...at Cid, Elrann and Nuthea.“GO!” he shouted at the same time, and blasted the trio with air.Ryn's eyes watered as the healer, engineer and princess were swept off their feet by the blast of wind and sent flying down the hall towards him.Nuthea put her hands out and managed to ride the wind more or less gracefully, her dress billowing up behind her. Elrann curled into a ball and shot past Ryn, tumbling and cursing as she went.Cid turned head over heels in the air and crashed right into him.Excruciating pain in Ryn's stomach as something tore.He was on his back, but he barely knew that, the pain was so bad.“Cure!” Cid's voice said.Oh, thank the One, Ryn thought as the pain finally ceased, replaced by soothing warmth as the wound in his stomach closed up.Cid helped him sit up.“That was a close one,” Ryn said, “Again.”Cid's brow remained knotted in concern. “Quick, lad! I don't have much mana left; I was lending mine to Sagar, he can't have much left either!” He pointed back towards the centre of the hall. “You've got to help him!”With only Sagar left as a clear target, the soldiers on the balcony above were focusing all of their fire attacks on him at once, pouring a series of flame-jets at him.Sagar was on his knees, both hands held up, holding back the flames with air, his jaw clenched tight, a vein bulging in his forehead.Ryn wasted no more time.He dashed back across the hall, leapt in front of Sagar, facing him, and stood with his arms held out in the air to either side, taking the flame jets on his back. Again, he actually felt them replenishing him and giving him energy.Sagar groaned and lowered his arms, at last able to drop his defence. He was red-cheeked and drenched in sweat, his ponytail clinging to his neck.“Thanks, pup...” Sagar gasped, with just a hint of reluctance.The flames at Ryn's back subsided. The soldiers must have realised what was happening. Shouts of “Get down there! Find a way down!” from the balcony.Ryn had an idea.“You got anything left in you?” he asked Sagar.The pirate frowned at him. “Maybe a little. Why?”“Could you do what you just did to the others to me, to get me up to the balcony?”“What, like a wind-assisted jump?”“Yes. Exactly.”The pirate's eyes glinted. “Now you're talking.”“Do it.”Ryn spun to see the soldiers above turning and running up the sloped balcony, making for exit doors in the far wall.He crouched.“Now!” he yelled.Ryn jumped, and hung in the air for a moment, propelled only by the meagre strength of his legs.“WIND!” shouted Sagar.The air beneath Ryn rushed up to meet him, so forcefully that it lifted him up further, his body going weightless, his stomach dropping out below him, as he flew upwards towards the balcony rail.Only he wasn't quite going to reach it…He was going to fall short of it, and fall back down!Acting on instinct, Ryn focused on the soles of his feet and willed fire from them.He felt his feet catch alight and project jets of flame downwards…...with enough push-back to get him up over the rail.He landed on the balcony level clumsily, smacking into one of the benches and taking a nasty hit to the shoulder, then bouncing off it and rolling on the floor between them.He came up as quickly as he could.The soldiers who had seen him threw fire at him on reflex.Ryn simply absorbed it. It made the top of his head and his fingertips tingle as it gave him more ‘mana', as Cid called it.He held out his sword and rushed at the nearest soldier.“Cleasor!” he yelled.He parried away the soldier's first blow, knocking it to the side, then followed up with a thrust to the soldier's neck where he knew the Imperial armour had a gap.He withdrew his sword and the soldier toppled over.All that practice with Cid was finally paying off.Another soldier was on him at once, making him raise his blade and block high, middle, low, high again. He saw an opening and tried a slash at the man's chest, more to drive him back than anything, but the soldier blocked it in kind, and Ryn was forced to respond defensively to the counter-attack.Another soldier joined the fight.And another, and another.Ryn had to move faster to block and parry more cuts and thrusts from each side as more soldiers got near to him, driving him back towards the balcony rail. He could barely keep this up.The soldiers pressed in on him together, collectively targeting him as a priority threat to eliminate.Panic seized Ryn's chest, and he began to block and parry more manically, backing closer and closer to the balcony rail.There was no way he could defeat all these soldiers at once. What had he been thinking? When he had absorbed the fire attacks aimed at Sagar it had given him a surge of energy, but he had gotten carried away. How had he thought he could fight all of these soldiers by himself in weapon to weapon combat?He needed the others. He needed Vish. But the others weren't fire aligned--they were still vulnerable to the soldiers' flame attacks.“Argh!”A flash of pain in Ryn's leg, and he dropped his sword and went down, rolling down the last few steps of the balcony and thudding into the rail at its edge.He clutched his leg tight. One of the soldiers had finally found his mark and caught him with a vicious cut to it.Probably the same one one that was standing over him now, desperate hate in his eyes visible through his black helmet-visor, pulling back his sword for the killing thrust. “For the One!” shouted a chorus of furious female voices.The soldier above Ryn froze, then turned to see what was happening.Ryn stumbled up as a wave of gold crashed into the soldiers on the balcony.A stampede of Manolian guardswomen coming through the balcony entrance. The Imperials tried to hurl fire at them at first, but their fireballs simply dissipated on contact, without causing any harm.A stampede of Manolian guardswomen invulnerable to fire coming through the balcony entrance. He did it, thought Ryn. Vish followed my plan. He gave them the Ruby. Ryn heard pistol-shots. Elrann was with them as well.The soldier who had been standing over him screamed as he flew off his feet, through the air, then over the balcony, pushed off the balcony by a targeted gust of wind. And there's Sagar.And that black streak of black death was Vish.The others had found their way up to the balcony, and now in the chaos the Imperials couldn't work out who was invulnerable to fire and who wasn't. All Ryn needed was… “Young man, do you think you could just stop yourself from being grievously wounded just for a few moments?” said Cid as the old man arrived at his side. Ryn chuckled, but then stopped and closed his eyes at another wave of pain from his leg. Cid crouched next to him and laid a hand on the leg, whispering a cure, and the pain departed. “Well, I think that's about all I had left in me,” Cid said. “Come on, we better make sure nobody else gets wounded, as I won't be healing anybody for a while.” He drew his own sword, then helped Ryn up by the hand. Ryn retrieved his dropped blade from nearby and rejoined the fray with Cid, charging into the battle. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sagaofthejewels.substack.com
My Days and my Ways by Robert Roberts Chapter 2 Conversion - Elpis Israel https://www.wilderness-voice.org/
Author's note: I've got a pivotal chapter for you this month, readers, with some big revelations, and a plot point based on a mechanic from the Pokemon games, but hey, this is Fantasy, so let's not talk too much about that second thing…Previously on Saga of the Jewels…Seventeen year old RYN's hometown is attacked by General VORR of the Empire and everyone he has ever known is killed. Just before Ryn's father dies, he gives Ryn a ruby which causes him to project fire. Ryn is captured by the Empire and meets another captive, Princess NUTHEA, who has the ability to project lightning. Nuthea explains to him that the Empire have learned of the existence of twelve Primeval Jewels which grant the ability to manipulate different elements, and are searching for them. The Imperial vessel where they are being held is in turn attacked by a pirate airship, and the pirates capture Ryn and Nuthea. The lead pirate, Captain SAGAR, agrees to escort Nuthea back to her homeland, and to spare Ryn's life, in exchange for the promise of gold, gemstones and beautiful women upon her safe delivery. They land in the port city of Ast and recruit an engineer called ELRANN. Ast is then attacked by the Empire, who are using the Fire Ruby to invade the continent and search for more of the Jewels. Ryn, Nuthea, Sagar and Elrann flee the city together, but are then attacked by a bounty hunter, VISH. They manage to subdue the bounty hunter but Nuthea is gravely wounded in the process. Ryn beats Sagar to the hunter's mount and rushes Nuthea to the nearest town where he finds a healer, CID, a mysterious old man who saves the princess's life with his arts and asks to join the traveling party, saying that he believes it is the purpose of ‘the One', the god that he and Nuthea each worship. On leaving the town the party is pursued by an enormous dog-like monster driven by a troop of Imperial soldiers. The party manage to escape with the help of Vish, who fights on their side in exchange for Cid supplying his poppy-seed habit. Cid reveals that he was once a member of another adventuring party who set out to find the twelve Primeval Jewels, but failed. The party press on the capital city of Sirra, where they ambush some Imperial soldiers and steal their uniforms in order to sneak onto a sleeper train bound for Nuthea's homeland. They make it aboard successfully, but then Ryn gives them away when he comes face to face with General Vorr on the train and is unable to prevent himself from attacking him. The party are thus forced to escape from the train by leaping into a river it is passing…Cold constricting around his chest. Rushing noise filling his ears. Current pulling him along, fast. Nuthea's hand gone. White spray everywhere, vision obscured by water, white spray again. A mouthful of water. Another. Get me out of this water! I hate water! A gulp of air, by sheer chance, enough to keep fighting a few moments longer. Being dragged downwards by the weight of the armour. Frantically kicking his legs and flailing his arms around to try to prevent the downwards drag. Panic. Not knowing how to swim.A scrap of sound.“--he is! Help him out, now!”A hand grabbed Ryn by the arm and yanked hard against the direction the current was taking him.Pain flared in his shoulder and he thought his arm might pop out of its socket, but Ryn cooperated with the hand and tried to pull himself in the direction it tugged him all the same, to reach round with his other hand...Another hand found his other arm, and pulled.And then he was up and out of the rushing water, being hauled onto a grassy riverbank by Sagar and Elrann.They released him and he fell to the grass with a thwap, landing face-down. He tasted soggy earth. He never thought the taste of it could be so sweet.“--stupid pup!” Sagar was saying. “Why didn't you tell us you couldn't swim?”“Yeah, farmboy!” Elrann joined in. “Why shouldn't you be able to swim? It's not like there aren't any rivers or lakes in Efstan! It doesn't make any sense!” Ryn raised his head. Like him, they were completely soaked. Sagar's hair hung like curtains over both his eyes and his ponytail stuck limply to his neck. Elrann looked like more of a typical girl for once, her purple hair seeming much longer than usual when wet and plastered to the back of her head.Ryn ignored their jibes. He couldn't help himself from grinning at them, so glad was he still to be alive. “There wasn't really time to think it, let alone mention it, back there. And what can I say? For some reason I've always had this funny thing about water... Never been so keen on it...” Nuthea, he thought. “Nuthea!” he said, looking around frantically.“I'm here,” Nuthea called from further up the bank. Cid and Vish were with her too, all of them dripping wet.“Were we followed?” Ryn asked, standing up and surveying the river, the grass, the hills.“No,” said Cid. “I think we took the Imperials completely by surprise. The train carried them off before they had a chance to react. Even if they stop it and back up, that will still take quite a long time. And as soon as they leave the tracks they won't be able to travel any faster than us, since they don't have any alternative means of transport, as far as we know. But all the same, we should get as far away from here as we can as quickly as possible, just in case.”“You are correct in that,” said Vish. “They did not follow immediately, but they may still try to. And they had Elpis with them. You should get moving.”They trudged up the riverbank together. A light breeze blew cold against their wet bodies, chilling their clothes inside the Imperial armour they still wore, and a shiver ran up Ryn's spine. Before they had jumped from it, the train had been wending its way through a green, grassy, hilly country in which they now found themselves. They traipsed to the top of the nearest hill to get their bearings. The sun was still climbing in the bright blue sky, and West, in the direction it was heading, the hills stretched out as far as they could see. In the East, the hills grew to snow-capped mountains. “Does anyone know where in Mid we are?” said Ryn.“We're in Zerlan!” exclaimed Elrann at exactly the same time. “I'd recognise those mountains anywhere! We must be in the foothills of the Pelna mountains, which border Imfis and Manolia!”“That would make sense,” said Cid sagely, nodding. “The train would have had to go through the mountains on the border to get into Manolia, and would pass through Zerlan briefly just before it got there.”“Look!” said Nuthea, pointing. Over the hills, in the East, close to the mountains, its source obscured by one of the larger hills in that direction, was an unmistakable plume of steam, its tail getting slowly further and further away from them.“They haven't turned back,” said Nuthea.“Of course not,” said Vish. “You are merely an irritation to them, not a distraction worth diverting their whole course for.” He still says ‘you', not ‘we', Ryn noted. “Though you should not assume anything. They may still have sent someone after you.”“Like that Lady Shadowfinger?” said Nuthea. “‘Elpis'?”“Perhaps.”“We really should keep moving then,” said Ryn, beating Sagar to it, who closed his mouth and frowned.“Which way?” said Elrann.“Towards Manolia, of course,” said Nuthea.This time Sagar got there first. “But we'll never catch up to that train now--they'll beat us there, princess, and invade before we can arrive to warn them.”“Not necessarily…” said Nuthea.They all looked at her standing sopping wet at the top of the hill.She bit her lip. Once again Ryn got the distinct impression that she knew more than she was letting on.“Alright,” said Sagar exasperatedly, “come on, princess--give up the goods. What are you not telling us?”“I--” started Nuthea.“She can tell you while you are moving,” said Vish, his grey eyes scanning the hills. He began to walk, and everyone followed, except--“HOLD ON!” yelled Elrann.They all stopped and looked round at her. Her cheeks had turned nearly as purple as her hair. Nearly.“You should not shout so loudly, girl…” hissed Vish.“Aw, hush up, bountyhunter. If anyone sneaks up on us I'll just shoot them like I shot you. What nobody seems to have remembered is that while we may still have our weapons and our lives, thank Yntrik, we've all lost our packs. It looks like a good day or two's hike to those mountains, and then we have to get through them, and I for one ain't too sure our wilderness survival skills are up to a high enough standard to get us through all a'that without any supplies. I say we head to a Zerlanese settlement first and get stocked up--hopefully none of you were so dumb as not to keep your coin about your persons, like I did. I reckon I'm familiar enough with this part of the country that I could sniff out a town out for us, sooner or later.”“Um, it's not entirely true that none of us have any supplies...” said Cid, swinging his satchel around to the front of him by its strap. “I managed to keep hold of this during our escape, and as well my healer's provisions it has a little food. I've checked it, and since it was sealed up the contents are all dry and intact, despite our little swim.”The twitch in Vish's face did not escape Ryn's notice. Cid pulled some waybread, salt beef and a bit of cheese out of his bag. His eyes roved round the group. “Did anyone else manage to hold on to anything?”Nobody volunteered. They all seemed, indeed, to have lost their packs and supplies during the chaos aboard the train. “Ah,” said Cid.A strong pang of guilt went through Ryn's stomach. But it was soon swallowed up by hatred as he remembered what had led him to reveal himself on the train. Mother. Father. Hometown. Find Vorr. Get Vorr. Kill Vorr. “Well, that settles it, then,” said Elrann. “Instead of South-East, we first go North to find a Zerlanese settlement to restock. Princess-girl can explain why we're not in a rush after all on the way.”Nuthea's mouth dropped open. “I never said that we were not still in a rush. I just said we were not in as much of a rush as you might think. I want to carry on in the direction of Manolia--”“Princess!” Sagar snapped. “There is no way we can make it through those mountains with just a bit of bread and salted meat! Not even just the two of us could manage that! You've employed me to do a job, but I can only do it and deliver you safely to Manolia if you are still alive!”Nuthea opened her mouth again, but then something flickered in her eyes and she went tight-lipped. “Hmph,” she said. For once, she had backed down. Even she seemed to see the sense in what Elrann and Sagar were saying.Ryn was torn, though. Vorr was heading South-East, not North. At the same time, he thought, he needed to stay alive as well in order to be able eventually to get to Vorr and kill him. And he still wasn't strong enough--if nothing else, their most recent confrontation had shown him that. He needed to train more on the way, to get stronger, to get better with his sword. And maybe it was the shock of what had just happened, maybe it was the cold water, but now he began to doubt seriously for the first time whether he would ever be able to kill Vorr. The man was just too strong. Too powerful. He shook his head. No. Don't think like that. You will get strong enough to kill him. Mother. Father. Hometown. Find Vorr. Get Vorr. Kill Vorr. Stay with Nuthea...Ryn blinked. By the time he had finished thinking all of this, the others had already walked off down the hill. He ran to catch up with them.As he ran, he tripped over his feet, stumbled a few paces, then lost his balance completely and fell. He twisted his body round to cushion himself against the impact on his side, but the hill was so steep that he rolled down it, turning over several times. He crashed into Sagar from behind, taking the skypirate's legs out from underneath him, before managing to put his hands out and scramble to hold onto the grass, raking the earth with his fingernails to come to a stop at last.Sagar was on him at once, flipping him onto his back, kneeling on his arms, cutlass drawn already, holding the blade to Ryn's throat. “You stupid pup!” Sagar yelled, his face red with fury, spittle flying from his mouth and dampening Ryn's cheeks. “What in the seventeen hells do you think you're doing? It's your fault we got into this mess in the first place! Because you couldn't control yourself when you saw that Imperial general! I told you before that if you ever pulled something like yanking me off that chocobo again I would end you, and this comes godsdamn close! Give me one good reason why I shouldn't slit your throat right now!”The others were yelling at Sagar to get off him, but Ryn couldn't hear them properly. All of his attention was taken up by the curved, glinting blade pressing at his adam's apple.He had been in this position before. He was trying to remember how to get out of it...“I…” Ryn croaked. “I'm... sorry, Sagar… I…”Something inside him lit. He had had enough of this.This time he felt his eyes catch alight, and the whole of his vision--from the shining cutlass blade to Sagar's sneering face--turned red and orange, transfigured by fire.He didn't know how to project the flames from his eyes.Instead, as the heat rose up through his chest, Ryn realised he was about to repeat something that he had learned to do back on the train.“FIRE!” Ryn roared, and flames leapt from his mouth straight into Sagar's face.The skypirate screamed and leapt backwards, dropping his cutlass and clutching at his face. He kept screaming as Ryn got to his feet, still hot with anger and seeing red.The screams turned into “You b*****d! You b*****d! You burned me!”Sagar took his hands away from his face. Ryn couldn't completely tell in his fire vision, but it looked scorched, darker than usual. Nothing Cid can't heal, I'm sure.The whole of Ryn was on fire again. He threw a fireball at Sagar--just a small one, not big enough to seriously harm him, just burn him a bit more.Sagar saw or felt it coming and brought his hand across his body, making a movement as if to bat the fireball away. A rush of wind issued from his hand, blowing the fire to one side and causing it to dissipate into the air.That only renewed Ryn's rage. He chucked another fireball at Sagar, no longer caring how big it was, then another and another.Sagar blocked each one with his air projection, fanning them away in gusting flickers. But only barely.On his scorched face, the skypirate's singed brows tipped back above widened eyes and his jaw went slack. That's right, thought Ryn. Make him scared. Make him pay. Make him stop bullying me.“Boltaaaaarrrrraaaa!” someone shouted.A stab of shock lanced through Ryn. The pain entered at his back, but in an instant spread to every point in his body. He cried out.The pain passed, but before Ryn knew it he had lost his concentration, and his fire vision and aura were gone, steam hissing up from him.What the hell?“You both stop this at once!” someone was saying in a raised voice behind him.Ah. Nuthea. “I've had just about enough of this, from the pair of you!” Nuthea carried on. She lightninged me. She actually lightninged me. He turned round to listen to the rest of his telling off.Nuthea was shaking with fury and her eyes had doubled in size. “I can't believe you! I've got a highly important mission to carry out and the two of you can't stop squabbling! We'll never make it to Manolia if we kill each other first! You both need to just grow up!”Ryn crossed his arms. “He started it,” was all that he could say after a moment. He knew it sounded childish but he was still smarting from being briefly electrocuted by Nuthea and it was the best he could come up with at short notice.“Well, I finished it. Now apologise to each other, both of you.”From the way that Sagar was sitting on the ground, Ryn guessed Nuthea must have hit him with the lightning as well. His face was back to normal. Cid knelt next to him, tight-lipped with disappointment, so the healer must have taken care of it.Their eyes met, and Sagar scowled, flashing anger at Ryn. But, Ryn realised, it was no longer the scowl of a superior. It was the scowl of an equal.At least he had achieved something. He probably should apologise for burning the guy's face though. At least to make Nuthea happy.“Sorry, Sagar...” Ryn said.A long moment passed as they held each other's gaze. Rage seemed to jostle with obligation in Sagar's brown eyes.Eventually Sagar looked away and mumbled something completely inaudible.“What was that?” asked Ryn.“I said...rrrrrrsry.”“Pardon?”“SORRY!” Sagar shouted. “There! Are you satisfied now, princess?”“Reasonably,” said Nuthea. “Now come on, both of you, everyone. We have places to be.”“This travelling party is a joke,” said Sagar as they began to climb another hill in a direction that Elrann indicated. “You're right, princess, we'll have all killed each other before we have a chance to get back to your homeland.”“Oh, I wouldn't be too hard on us,” said Cid. Disappointed, but still optimistic, then. “We did just manage to elude the grasp of practically an entire Imperial battalion and several Morekemian officers together, in spite of the circumstances. That is no small achievement, and took a great amount of both teamwork and skill.” Ryn's shoulders eased a bit and his spirit rose at that. When you put it like that, things didn't seem so bad. Find Vorr. Get Vorr. Kill Vorr. Stay with Nuthea. Even if she had just hit him with a lightning bolt. He was surprised that he hadn't been more lastingly hurt by that. There had been a brief shock of pain, but then he had been fine. He hadn't even needed Cid to heal him, like Sagar had. He wondered why that was. Was she able to control the strength of her attacks? Nothing she had said before had seemed to indicate that… Though if she was, why had she hit Sagar harder than him?Really, there were other things more pressing on his mind.“So Nuthea,” he said, “can you explain to us why we're not in so much of a rush to get to Manolia any more?”“Yeah,” joined in Elrann. “What gives, princess-girl? For ages you're all like”--she put on a refined voice in mock imitation of Nuthea--“‘I must return to my homeland to warn my people of what the Emperor has learned', then all of a sudden now that we're nearly there, you don't seem so bothered. What gives?”Nuthea took a while to reply, and for a moment they were walking only to the sound of their own grunting and panting as they made their way up the hill. But eventually she broke her silence.“As you know, we are currently in Zerlan, though very close to the border of both Imfis and Manolia, in the Pelnian mountains.” Of course she was going to tell them through a lecture. “Just beyond the mountains, in the Iflama forest where the Manolian peninsula starts to jut out from the Dokanese mainland, there is a huge, fortified wall. It is not very wide, because it does not need to be to span the width of the peninsula, but it is tall, and thick, and extremely well defended. The train will have to stop at the station of a town outside of this wall. I am sure that my countrywomen will have got wind of the Empire's invasion of Dokan by now, so they will have barred entry of the train through the tunnel that passes under the wall, especially when a battalion of Imperial soldiers appears in Plessa station. It will take Vorr time to work out how to get past this wall, and all that time he will be sitting at Plessa station with his troops, and for all we know he will be amassing more there. But now that he has beaten us to it, our goal is not speed, but stealth. We will need to sneak through or around the soldiers in order to get past the wall before they do. Then finally I will be able to deliver the information that the Emperor has found out about the Jewels to my people, before Vorr can get to them.” She took a deep breath. Her lecture had been punctuated by a lot of huffs and puffs as she climbed the hill.The rest of them took a moment to let this sink in. Then Ryn said, “Alright… so we need to sneak past the Imperial troops...again. It's a good thing we've still got this Imperial armour, even if we've lost our helmets. But what do we do once we reach this ‘wall'? How will we be able to get past it without revealing ourselves to the Imperials on this side of it?”“Yeah, he does have a point there, princess,” said Sagar, to Ryn's surprise. Perhaps Ryn should set his face on fire more often…“That's the reason I'm not in as much of a rush any more,” said Nuthea, determinedly looking at her feet as she walked and refusing to meet any of their gazes. “I...I know of a secret passageway through the wall. A secret entrance and exit. We will be able to sneak into Manolia through that.”“Okay,” said Elrann, “well that makes a lot more sense now. But I think it makes all the more sense for us to be restocking our supplies here in Zerlan before we carry on. There's no way we could even get to the Manolian border wall on what we've got left.”“I agree,” said Cid. Sagar and Vish nodded their assent too.Ryn didn't see any reason to protest. Which meant that in a moment he could ask Nuthea about some other things that had happened on board the train which had been starting to bother him...They reached the crest of the latest hill and took a moment to catch their breaths in the crisp air. This hill was higher than the last and afforded them an even better view of the surrounding country. To the West and North, more hills, stretching back to the Imfisi plains they had traversed on the train. To the East and South, yet more hills, yes, but instead of eventually flattening out, they rose to become the snow-dusted Pelnian mountains. Wending its way down from these was the thin blue ribbon of the river they had jumped into to escape from Vorr. The plume of steam from the Sirran train the Imperials had commandeered had long disappeared.Ryn could not hold in his questions any more. “Why did we end up needing to jump off the train?” he asked of the world in general. Then he rounded on Cid, addressing his next few questions to the old man. “Why did Nuthea's lightning bolt not do more damage to Vorr? You were worried about that before it happened. What do you know that we don't?”The old man chewed his cheek. Everyone looked at him expectantly for an answer. Everyone except Nuthea.“Something,” Cid said eventually, “now, that I had only suspected before.”Ryn couldn't help from feeling that the old man was only pausing for dramatic effect. “What?” Cid sighed. “The Jewels, when a person touches them, impart alignment to the element they are associated with. That's why a person who has been touched by one of them can manipulate and project that element, and isn't harmed by it.”“We know that, old timer,” said Sagar. “Come on, skip to the new stuff.”“I'm getting there. When my former companions and I were collecting the Jewels before, we developed a theory about this elemental alignment, but we never had the opportunity to test it properly, and we never dared test it on each other. The theory we came up with was that, when a person touched a particular Jewel, not only did they gain the ability to manipulate that element, but they also gained a certain affinity with that element. Somehow, their body became attuned to that element and came to bear some of the properties of that element. And from various anecdotal incidents, we came to speculate that with this affinity came certain weaknesses and resistances to the other elements.”“Put it in plainspeak, old timer,” said Sagar.“In other words, a person aligned to a certain element will be especially weak to attacks from certain other elements, and especially resistant to attacks from certain other elements. The most obvious one is that people who have touched the Fire Ruby would be especially susceptible to attacks from those who had touched the Water Sapphire, as fire is vulnerable to extinguishment by water. But in turn water is highly vulnerable to lightning…”“And fire is resistant to lightning,” said Ryn slowly, seeing where Cid was going. “That's why Nuthea's lightning bolt didn't hurt me more. That's why Sagar needed you to heal him, but not me. That's why Vorr and the officers touched by the Ruby hadn't been hurt more by her lightning back on the top of the train.” “Indeed,” said Cid. “As far as we guessed, fire isn't completely resistant to lightning, but it is partially resistant, from what we observed. And interestingly enough, it didn't quite seem to work the other way around. Lightning alignment does not grant resistance to fire–far from it–so fire seemed to be the dominant element in the pairing. It was only a theory, and like I say, we didn't have a chance to test it out properly before, since nobody but us ever had any elemental powers before, and we didn't want to test it by attacking each other, but now that you've done that it does seem to confirm--” “Do the Empire know?” said Nuthea all of a sudden, briskly. The colour had drained from her face completely; her skin was milk-white. “Do the Empire know?” she asked again, even more urgently.“I don't see how they could,” said Cid, putting his hands up in reassurance, “unless they have access to lore that we didn't. Although recent events may have given them an inkling…”“We've got to keep moving,” said Nuthea. “Fast. We need to find a Zerlanese settlement as soon as we can and restock our supplies, and then move on to Manolia.” She had started to hop from foot to foot. “Come on, everyone!” She seemed to have turned even whiter, were that possible, and had started to shake a little.“Now hold on, princess!” said Sagar. “All of a sudden we're in a rush again? What's with all the urgency?”Ryn knew.“Don't you see?” said Nuthea, pleadingly. “Vorr and his Officers are heading for Manolia, with the Fire Ruby, and they have resistance to lightning! The primary defence method of my people won't even work against him! And he might even know this now!”“Arrrrggh!” Ryn cried out with frustration. The mention of the General's name had lit the flame of his temper again, and hate burned in his chest at the memory of being caught and tortured by him. “Damn him, he's just too strong! Even with all my practice I still couldn't beat him! He's invulnerable to fire, and now we know he's virtually invulnerable to lightning too!”“Don't be so hard on yourself,” said Cid. “Vorr is powerful and devious.”“I hate him!” Ryn went on, unable to contain his outburst and not caring. “I hate him for killing my parents and burning down my hometown and for stealing the Jewel from us!”“Come on, Ryn,” said Nuthea, still agitated too, “let's go, then! That's why we've got to get to Manolia ahead of him: to warn my people and stop him from taking another Jewel!”Ryn remembered something else. In the heat of his outburst, he couldn't hold back his questions any more.“Nuthea, what did Vorr mean when he said to you on top of the train ‘you've been helpful enough already by betraying your homeland', anyway?”Now Nuthea froze.They all looked at her. She didn't speak for a long time.When she did, she said very quietly, “I didn't think you'd heard that…” “No, I heard it,” said Ryn slowly. “How couldn't I? He said it loud and clear. I just hadn't had a moment to ask about it until now. What did he mean?”Nuthea looked at the ground.Ryn's guts went suddenly cold, the heat vanishing as quickly as it had come. Slowly, a chill crept up from the base of his feet to the top of his head, gripping his heart tight on the way. Mother. Father. Hometown. Find Vorr. Get Vorr. Kill Vorr. Stay with Nuthea?He heard himself asking another question. “How did Vorr find out about the Jewels in the first place? It wasn't just a coincidence that he attacked my town, was it?”“No,” said Nuthea very quietly, still looking down. “He knew about the Fire Ruby before he attacked Cleasor.” “How?”The cold was freezing fear in the pit of his stomach. “He knows because I told him.”Shock tore through Ryn. His mouth fell open.“Wh… what?”Still Nuthea refused to meet his gaze. “He knows because I told him,” she said quietly through the tears that started to stream down her cheeks.“Why? When? Where?”The others stared at her from where they stood, stunned to silence. Even Sagar didn't offer any comment, but seemed keen to hear whatever Nuthea had to say next.Nuthea took a deep breath and brushed the water from her cheeks. It took her a little while, but eventually she started to tell them the tale. “There… there never was an undercover mission to Imfis… What happened was that I ran away from my homeland because I was due to be wed in an arranged marriage, and I didn't want to be; I wanted to see the world and go on adventures. So I ran away, and disguised myself, and made my own way travelling. I got as far as Sirra, but one night I was staying at an inn there, and I met this man...”A horrible premonition came into Ryn's imagination.“...he bought me some drinks,” Nuthea went on, “and somehow I let slip that I was a Manolian princess...”“Why would you do that?” Ryn said.“I don't know!” Nuthea nearly started to sob again, then choked it back. “He was very charming, and he had a very flattering way of talking and I… I suppose I wanted to impress him… When I told him I was a princess he was very interested--”“Course he was,” said Sagar.“--he was very interested, and he started asking me things about my homeland and my people. And then… then he started asking me about the Primeval Jewels. Somehow he had heard of them, and he started to ask me what I knew, and I told him… I told him…”Nuthea petered out as she looked back down at the ground. She didn't seem able to bring herself to say whatever she had been going to say next.“What did you tell him?” said Ryn. But he realised he already knew.Nuthea raised her gaze to Ryn's. Her lip quivered.“I told him what I knew about the Jewels. I told him that the Lightning Crystal was in the Manolian capital and that the Fire Ruby was hidden in a small town in Efstan called Cleasor.”Ryn reeled, and had to put his arms out to stop himself from falling over. The world had begun to spin. He felt himself sit down on the ground with a bump.“I…” said Nuthea. “I'm sorry I lied to you. To you all.”Nobody else spoke. They just watched Ryn.“Say something, Ryn,” Nuthea implored him.Ryn's mind caught up with his body.“Do you mean to tell me…” he said slowly, quietly. “Do you mean to tell me that the person responsible for the Morekemian Emperor finding out about the Jewels, for Vorr coming to my hometown to find the Fire Ruby, for the death of my mother, for the death of my father, for the destruction of my hometown and the death of everyone I've ever known is...you?”“I'm sorry!” Nuthea burst out again. “I don't know what came over me! I had been drinking wine, and Vorr is...Vorr is actually quite attractive when he's not in his armour and you don't know he's an Imperial soldier… He must have been in there off duty, or on shore leave, or something, in his regular clothes. And he...he noticed me, and he was trying to...ingratiate himself with me... ”The world was still spinning, and it span faster. Ryn's stomach turned over; he worried he might be sick. “You mean you…?”“No!” said Nuthea quickly. “No. But I did get to talking with him. After I told him who I was, and then about the Jewels, he overpowered me straight away and took me back to his airship, where he threw me in that cell. I'm sure he would have tortured me, but by that point he had already gotten out of me everything I knew. I'm...I'm so sorry, Ryn.”The nausea receded a little, leaving only...cold.“Ryn, I--”“No, stop,” said Ryn. He stood up shakily. “Don't waste your breath.” This was all too much. “I need to be by myself for a little while.”He stumbled away from the group, down and round the side of the hill they were on. The whole time he walked he felt numb. And yet, underneath the numbness, somewhere in the pit of his stomach, Ryn was vaguely aware that something else was stirring in him, fighting to make itself known.When he knew he had walked down and round enough of the hill to be out of sight of his companions, he sat down and wept.The ocean of grief that had been sealed up inside of him burst forth all of a sudden, flooding him. He had had to keep it pressed down in order to escape the Empire, find a healer for Nuthea, sneak onto the train with the others, fight Vorr. He had not allowed himself to feel it fully. But now it had grown too much, and the grief broke its dam. He buried his face in the grass so that nobody would hear him, however far away they were, as it came out through his eyes in hot tears, through his chest in big, heaving sobs, through his mouth in muffled shouts of pain and anger at Vorr, at the Empire, at the world, at the fact that everyone he had ever known had been killed, but he alone had been left alive.At Nuthea.Mother. Father. Hometown. Find Vorr. Get Vorr. Kill Vorr. Get away from Nuthea. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sagaofthejewels.substack.com
Elpis Israel - An Exposition of the Kingdom of God (commonly called Elpis Israel (English transliteration of Greek for "the hope of Israel", taken from Acts 28:20)) is a theological book written by John Thomas, founder of the Christadelphians, in 1848-1849 and published in 1849. Wikisource has original text related to this article: Elpis Israel The book was based on a series of lectures given by Thomas in 1848 and is written in three parts, The Rudiments Of The World, The Things Of The Kingdom Of God And Of Jesus Christ and The Kingdoms Of The World In Their Relation To The Kingdom Of God.[1][2] Thomas did not see, nor do the Christadelphians see, the book as inspired by God, but rather a deep and accurate study of The Bible.[3][4] It is nevertheless widely read amongst Christadelphian believers and whilst not being the foundation for it, does contain some of their core beliefs. There have been fifteen editions of the book, although most were revisions. Four editions were published during the lifetime of Thomas: in 2000 by The Christadelphian Magazine & Publishing Association Ltd.; a reprinting by Logos Publications in January 2000; a reprint in April 2009 of the Fourth Edition--the latter was the last edited by John Thomas just prior to his death.
Elpis Israel - An Exposition of the Kingdom of God (commonly called Elpis Israel (English transliteration of Greek for "the hope of Israel", taken from Acts 28:20)) is a theological book written by John Thomas, founder of the Christadelphians, in 1848-1849 and published in 1849. Wikisource has original text related to this article: Elpis Israel The book was based on a series of lectures given by Thomas in 1848 and is written in three parts, The Rudiments Of The World, The Things Of The Kingdom Of God And Of Jesus Christ and The Kingdoms Of The World In Their Relation To The Kingdom Of God.[1][2] Thomas did not see, nor do the Christadelphians see, the book as inspired by God, but rather a deep and accurate study of The Bible.[3][4] It is nevertheless widely read amongst Christadelphian believers and whilst not being the foundation for, does contains some of their core beliefs. There have been fifteen editions of the book, although most were revisions. Four editions were published during the lifetime of Thomas: in 2000 by The Christadelphian Magazine & Publishing Association Ltd.; a reprinting by Logos Publications in January 2000; a reprint in April 2009 of the Fourth Edition--the latter was the last edited by John Thomas just prior to his death.
Elpis Israel - An Exposition of the Kingdom of God (commonly called Elpis Israel (English transliteration of Greek for "the hope of Israel", taken from Acts 28:20)) is a theological book written by John Thomas, founder of the Christadelphians, in 1848-1849 and published in 1849. Wikisource has original text related to this article: Elpis Israel The book was based on a series of lectures given by Thomas in 1848 and is written in three parts, The Rudiments Of The World, The Things Of The Kingdom Of God And Of Jesus Christ and The Kingdoms Of The World In Their Relation To The Kingdom Of God.[1][2] Thomas did not see, nor do the Christadelphians see, the book as inspired by God, but rather a deep and accurate study of The Bible.[3][4] It is nevertheless widely read amongst Christadelphian believers and whilst not being the foundation for it, does contain some of their core beliefs. There have been fifteen editions of the book, although most were revisions. Four editions were published during the lifetime of Thomas: in 2000 by The Christadelphian Magazine & Publishing Association Ltd.; a reprinting by Logos Publications in January 2000; a reprint in April 2009 of the Fourth Edition--the latter was the last edited by John Thomas just prior to his death.
Elpis Israel - An Exposition of the Kingdom of God (commonly called Elpis Israel (English transliteration of Greek for "the hope of Israel", taken from Acts 28:20)) is a theological book written by John Thomas, founder of the Christadelphians, in 1848-1849 and published in 1849. Wikisource has original text related to this article: Elpis Israel The book was based on a series of lectures given by Thomas in 1848 and is written in three parts, The Rudiments Of The World, The Things Of The Kingdom Of God And Of Jesus Christ and The Kingdoms Of The World In Their Relation To The Kingdom Of God.[1][2] Thomas did not see, nor do the Christadelphians see, the book as inspired by God, but rather a deep and accurate study of The Bible.[3][4] It is nevertheless widely read amongst Christadelphian believers and whilst not being the foundation for it, does contain some of their core beliefs. There have been fifteen editions of the book, although most were revisions. Four editions were published during the lifetime of Thomas: in 2000 by The Christadelphian Magazine & Publishing Association Ltd.; a reprinting by Logos Publications in January 2000; a reprint in April 2009 of the Fourth Edition--the latter was the last edited by John Thomas just prior to his death.
Elpis Israel - An Exposition of the Kingdom of God (commonly called Elpis Israel (English transliteration of Greek for "the hope of Israel", taken from Acts 28:20)) is a theological book written by John Thomas, founder of the Christadelphians, in 1848-1849 and published in 1849. Wikisource has original text related to this article: Elpis Israel The book was based on a series of lectures given by Thomas in 1848 and is written in three parts, The Rudiments Of The World, The Things Of The Kingdom Of God And Of Jesus Christ and The Kingdoms Of The World In Their Relation To The Kingdom Of God.[1][2] Thomas did not see, nor do the Christadelphians see, the book as inspired by God, but rather a deep and accurate study of The Bible.[3][4] It is nevertheless widely read amongst Christadelphian believers and whilst not being the foundation for it, does contain some of their core beliefs. There have been fifteen editions of the book, although most were revisions. Four editions were published during the lifetime of Thomas: in 2000 by The Christadelphian Magazine & Publishing Association Ltd.; a reprinting by Logos Publications in January 2000; a reprint in April 2009 of the Fourth Edition--the latter was the last edited by John Thomas just prior to his death.
Elpis Israel - An Exposition of the Kingdom of God (commonly called Elpis Israel (English transliteration of Greek for "the hope of Israel", taken from Acts 28:20)) is a theological book written by John Thomas, founder of the Christadelphians, in 1848-1849 and published in 1849. Wikisource has original text related to this article: Elpis Israel The book was based on a series of lectures given by Thomas in 1848 and is written in three parts, The Rudiments Of The World, The Things Of The Kingdom Of God And Of Jesus Christ and The Kingdoms Of The World In Their Relation To The Kingdom Of God.[1][2] Thomas did not see, nor do the Christadelphians see, the book as inspired by God, but rather a deep and accurate study of The Bible.[3][4] It is nevertheless widely read amongst Christadelphian believers and whilst not being the foundation for it, does contain some of their core beliefs. There have been fifteen editions of the book, although most were revisions. Four editions were published during the lifetime of Thomas: in 2000 by The Christadelphian Magazine & Publishing Association Ltd.; a reprinting by Logos Publications in January 2000; a reprint in April 2009 of the Fourth Edition--the latter was the last edited by John Thomas just prior to his death.
Elpis Israel - An Exposition of the Kingdom of God (commonly called Elpis Israel (English transliteration of Greek for "the hope of Israel", taken from Acts 28:20)) is a theological book written by John Thomas, founder of the Christadelphians, in 1848-1849 and published in 1849. Wikisource has original text related to this article: Elpis Israel The book was based on a series of lectures given by Thomas in 1848 and is written in three parts, The Rudiments Of The World, The Things Of The Kingdom Of God And Of Jesus Christ and The Kingdoms Of The World In Their Relation To The Kingdom Of God.[1][2] Thomas did not see, nor do the Christadelphians see, the book as inspired by God, but rather a deep and accurate study of The Bible.[3][4] It is nevertheless widely read amongst Christadelphian believers and whilst not being the foundation for it, does contain some of their core beliefs. There have been fifteen editions of the book, although most were revisions. Four editions were published during the lifetime of Thomas: in 2000 by The Christadelphian Magazine & Publishing Association Ltd.; a reprinting by Logos Publications in January 2000; a reprint in April 2009 of the Fourth Edition--the latter was the last edited by John Thomas just prior to his death.
Elpis Israel - An Exposition of the Kingdom of God (commonly called Elpis Israel (English transliteration of Greek for "the hope of Israel", taken from Acts 28:20)) is a theological book written by John Thomas, founder of the Christadelphians, in 1848-1849 and published in 1849. Wikisource has original text related to this article: Elpis Israel The book was based on a series of lectures given by Thomas in 1848 and is written in three parts, The Rudiments Of The World, The Things Of The Kingdom Of God And Of Jesus Christ and The Kingdoms Of The World In Their Relation To The Kingdom Of God.[1][2] Thomas did not see, nor do the Christadelphians see, the book as inspired by God, but rather a deep and accurate study of The Bible.[3][4] It is nevertheless widely read amongst Christadelphian believers and whilst not being the foundation for it, does contain some of their core beliefs. There have been fifteen editions of the book, although most were revisions. Four editions were published during the lifetime of Thomas: in 2000 by The Christadelphian Magazine & Publishing Association Ltd.; a reprinting by Logos Publications in January 2000; a reprint in April 2009 of the Fourth Edition--the latter was the last edited by John Thomas just prior to his death.
Elpis Israel - An Exposition of the Kingdom of God (commonly called Elpis Israel (English transliteration of Greek for "the hope of Israel", taken from Acts 28:20)) is a theological book written by John Thomas, founder of the Christadelphians, in 1848-1849 and published in 1849. Wikisource has original text related to this article: Elpis Israel The book was based on a series of lectures given by Thomas in 1848 and is written in three parts, The Rudiments Of The World, The Things Of The Kingdom Of God And Of Jesus Christ and The Kingdoms Of The World In Their Relation To The Kingdom Of God.[1][2] Thomas did not see, nor do the Christadelphians see, the book as inspired by God, but rather a deep and accurate study of The Bible.[3][4] It is nevertheless widely read amongst Christadelphian believers and whilst not being the foundation for, does contains some of their core beliefs. There have been fifteen editions of the book, although most were revisions. Four editions were published during the lifetime of Thomas: in 2000 by The Christadelphian Magazine & Publishing Association Ltd.; a reprinting by Logos Publications in January 2000; a reprint in April 2009 of the Fourth Edition--the latter was the last edited by John Thomas just prior to his death.
Elpis Israel - An Exposition of the Kingdom of God (commonly called Elpis Israel (English transliteration of Greek for "the hope of Israel", taken from Acts 28:20)) is a theological book written by John Thomas, founder of the Christadelphians, in 1848-1849 and published in 1849. Wikisource has original text related to this article: Elpis Israel The book was based on a series of lectures given by Thomas in 1848 and is written in three parts, The Rudiments Of The World, The Things Of The Kingdom Of God And Of Jesus Christ and The Kingdoms Of The World In Their Relation To The Kingdom Of God.[1][2] Thomas did not see, nor do the Christadelphians see, the book as inspired by God, but rather a deep and accurate study of The Bible.[3][4] It is nevertheless widely read amongst Christadelphian believers and whilst not being the foundation for, does contain some of their core beliefs. There have been fifteen editions of the book, although most were revisions. Four editions were published during the lifetime of Thomas: in 2000 by The Christadelphian Magazine & Publishing Association Ltd.; a reprinting by Logos Publications in January 2000; a reprint in April 2009 of the Fourth Edition--the latter was the last edited by John Thomas just prior to his death.
Elpis Israel - An Exposition of the Kingdom of God (commonly called Elpis Israel (English transliteration of Greek for "the hope of Israel", taken from Acts 28:20)) is a theological book written by John Thomas, founder of the Christadelphians, in 1848-1849 and published in 1849. Wikisource has original text related to this article: Elpis Israel The book was based on a series of lectures given by Thomas in 1848 and is written in three parts, The Rudiments Of The World, The Things Of The Kingdom Of God And Of Jesus Christ and The Kingdoms Of The World In Their Relation To The Kingdom Of God.[1][2] Thomas did not see, nor do the Christadelphians see, the book as inspired by God, but rather a deep and accurate study of The Bible.[3][4] It is nevertheless widely read amongst Christadelphian believers and whilst not being the foundation for, does contain some of their core beliefs. There have been fifteen editions of the book, although most were revisions. Four editions were published during the lifetime of Thomas: in 2000 by The Christadelphian Magazine & Publishing Association Ltd.; a reprinting by Logos Publications in January 2000; a reprint in April 2009 of the Fourth Edition--the latter was the last edited by John Thomas just prior to his death.
Elpis Israel - An Exposition of the Kingdom of God (commonly called Elpis Israel (English transliteration of Greek for "the hope of Israel", taken from Acts 28:20)) is a theological book written by John Thomas, founder of the Christadelphians, in 1848-1849 and published in 1849. Wikisource has original text related to this article: Elpis Israel The book was based on a series of lectures given by Thomas in 1848 and is written in three parts, The Rudiments Of The World, The Things Of The Kingdom Of God And Of Jesus Christ and The Kingdoms Of The World In Their Relation To The Kingdom Of God.[1][2] Thomas did not see, nor do the Christadelphians see, the book as inspired by God, but rather a deep and accurate study of The Bible.[3][4] It is nevertheless widely read amongst Christadelphian believers and whilst not being the foundation for, does contains some of their core beliefs. There have been fifteen editions of the book, although most were revisions. Four editions were published during the lifetime of Thomas: in 2000 by The Christadelphian Magazine & Publishing Association Ltd.; a reprinting by Logos Publications in January 2000; a reprint in April 2009 of the Fourth Edition--the latter was the last edited by John Thomas just prior to his death.
Elpis Israel - An Exposition of the Kingdom of God (commonly called Elpis Israel (English transliteration of Greek for "the hope of Israel", taken from Acts 28:20)) is a theological book written by John Thomas, founder of the Christadelphians, in 1848-1849 and published in 1849. Wikisource has original text related to this article: Elpis Israel The book was based on a series of lectures given by Thomas in 1848 and is written in three parts, The Rudiments Of The World, The Things Of The Kingdom Of God And Of Jesus Christ and The Kingdoms Of The World In Their Relation To The Kingdom Of God.[1][2] Thomas did not see, nor do the Christadelphians see, the book as inspired by God, but rather a deep and accurate study of The Bible.[3][4] It is nevertheless widely read amongst Christadelphian believers and whilst not being the foundation for, does contains some of their core beliefs. There have been fifteen editions of the book, although most were revisions. Four editions were published during the lifetime of Thomas: in 2000 by The Christadelphian Magazine & Publishing Association Ltd.; a reprinting by Logos Publications in January 2000; a reprint in April 2009 of the Fourth Edition--the latter was the last edited by John Thomas just prior to his death.
Elpis Israel - An Exposition of the Kingdom of God (commonly called Elpis Israel (English transliteration of Greek for "the hope of Israel", taken from Acts 28:20)) is a theological book written by John Thomas, founder of the Christadelphians, in 1848-1849 and published in 1849. Wikisource has original text related to this article: Elpis Israel The book was based on a series of lectures given by Thomas in 1848 and is written in three parts, The Rudiments Of The World, The Things Of The Kingdom Of God And Of Jesus Christ and The Kingdoms Of The World In Their Relation To The Kingdom Of God.[1][2] Thomas did not see, nor do the Christadelphians see, the book as inspired by God, but rather a deep and accurate study of The Bible.[3][4] It is nevertheless widely read amongst Christadelphian believers and whilst not being the foundation for, does contains some of their core beliefs. There have been fifteen editions of the book, although most were revisions. Four editions were published during the lifetime of Thomas: in 2000 by The Christadelphian Magazine & Publishing Association Ltd.; a reprinting by Logos Publications in January 2000; a reprint in April 2009 of the Fourth Edition--the latter was the last edited by John Thomas just prior to his death.
Elpis Israel - An Exposition of the Kingdom of God (commonly called Elpis Israel (English transliteration of Greek for "the hope of Israel", taken from Acts 28:20)) is a theological book written by John Thomas, founder of the Christadelphians, in 1848-1849 and published in 1849. Wikisource has original text related to this article: Elpis Israel The book was based on a series of lectures given by Thomas in 1848 and is written in three parts, The Rudiments Of The World, The Things Of The Kingdom Of God And Of Jesus Christ and The Kingdoms Of The World In Their Relation To The Kingdom Of God.[1][2] Thomas did not see, nor do the Christadelphians see, the book as inspired by God, but rather a deep and accurate study of The Bible.[3][4] It is nevertheless widely read amongst Christadelphian believers and whilst not being the foundation for, does contains some of their core beliefs. There have been fifteen editions of the book, although most were revisions. Four editions were published during the lifetime of Thomas: in 2000 by The Christadelphian Magazine & Publishing Association Ltd.; a reprinting by Logos Publications in January 2000; a reprint in April 2009 of the Fourth Edition--the latter was the last edited by John Thomas just prior to his death.
Elpis Israel - An Exposition of the Kingdom of God (commonly called Elpis Israel (English transliteration of Greek for "the hope of Israel", taken from Acts 28:20)) is a theological book written by John Thomas, founder of the Christadelphians, in 1848-1849 and published in 1849. Wikisource has original text related to this article: Elpis Israel The book was based on a series of lectures given by Thomas in 1848 and is written in three parts, The Rudiments Of The World, The Things Of The Kingdom Of God And Of Jesus Christ and The Kingdoms Of The World In Their Relation To The Kingdom Of God.[1][2] Thomas did not see, nor do the Christadelphians see, the book as inspired by God, but rather a deep and accurate study of The Bible.[3][4] It is nevertheless widely read amongst Christadelphian believers and whilst not being the foundation for, does contains some of their core beliefs. There have been fifteen editions of the book, although most were revisions. Four editions were published during the lifetime of Thomas: in 2000 by The Christadelphian Magazine & Publishing Association Ltd.; a reprinting by Logos Publications in January 2000; a reprint in April 2009 of the Fourth Edition--the latter was the last edited by John Thomas just prior to his death.
Elpis Israel - An Exposition of the Kingdom of God (commonly called Elpis Israel (English transliteration of Greek for "the hope of Israel", taken from Acts 28:20)) is a theological book written by John Thomas, founder of the Christadelphians, in 1848-1849 and published in 1849. Wikisource has original text related to this article: Elpis Israel The book was based on a series of lectures given by Thomas in 1848 and is written in three parts, The Rudiments Of The World, The Things Of The Kingdom Of God And Of Jesus Christ and The Kingdoms Of The World In Their Relation To The Kingdom Of God.[1][2] Thomas did not see, nor do the Christadelphians see, the book as inspired by God, but rather a deep and accurate study of The Bible.[3][4] It is nevertheless widely read amongst Christadelphian believers and whilst not being the foundation for, does contains some of their core beliefs. There have been fifteen editions of the book, although most were revisions. Four editions were published during the lifetime of Thomas: in 2000 by The Christadelphian Magazine & Publishing Association Ltd.; a reprinting by Logos Publications in January 2000; a reprint in April 2009 of the Fourth Edition--the latter was the last edited by John Thomas just prior to his death.
Elpis Israel - An Exposition of the Kingdom of God (commonly called Elpis Israel (English transliteration of Greek for "the hope of Israel", taken from Acts 28:20)) is a theological book written by John Thomas, founder of the Christadelphians, in 1848-1849 and published in 1849. Wikisource has original text related to this article: Elpis Israel The book was based on a series of lectures given by Thomas in 1848 and is written in three parts, The Rudiments Of The World, The Things Of The Kingdom Of God And Of Jesus Christ and The Kingdoms Of The World In Their Relation To The Kingdom Of God.[1][2] Thomas did not see, nor do the Christadelphians see, the book as inspired by God, but rather a deep and accurate study of The Bible.[3][4] It is nevertheless widely read amongst Christadelphian believers and whilst not being the foundation for, does contains some of their core beliefs. There have been fifteen editions of the book, although most were revisions. Four editions were published during the lifetime of Thomas: in 2000 by The Christadelphian Magazine & Publishing Association Ltd.; a reprinting by Logos Publications in January 2000; a reprint in April 2009 of the Fourth Edition--the latter was the last edited by John Thomas just prior to his death.
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E' nato a Milano un nuovo centro dedicato alle arti e alla creatività. ELPIS, apre con artisti da India, Pakistan, Bangladesh e Sri Lanka. "Gli Angeli Ribelli e i dipinti nascosti". Osvado Licini protagonista del decimo dialogo a Brera. La collezione Mattioli al Museo del '900 ne fa il nucleo più grande al mondo di opere del Futurismo. IL NUMINOSO La tensione al sacro nell'arte italiana. Ipotesi contemporanee. I nomi più belli al confronto col trascendente. Il Campus delle Arti sarà allo Scalo Farini, al via il progetto dell'Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera.
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Elpis Israel by John Thomas (The Hope of Israel) Part Third THE KINGDOMS OF THE WORLD IN THEIR RELATION TO THE KINGDOM OF GOD Chapter 6 The restoration of Israel indispensable to the setting up of the kingdom of God — Israel to be grafted into their own olive on a principle of faith — Not by Gentile agency, but by Jesus Christ, will God graft them in again — Britain, the protector of the Jews, as indicated by Isaiah 18 — The British power in the south, the Moab &c, of "the latter days" — The second exodus of Israel — The nations of the Image to be subdued by Israel to the dominion of their king — The New Covenant delivered to Judah and the kingdom of God set up in Judea — The returning of the Ten Tribes to Canaan will occupy forty years — Elijah's mission — Israel re-assembled in Egypt — They cross the Nile, and pass through the Red Sea, on foot — They march into Canaan, receive the New Covenant, and, re-united to Judah, form one nation and kingdom under Christ for 1,000 years — The blessedness of the nations, and their loyalty to Israel's king — Of the end of the thousand years — Chronology from the Creation to the end of the Melchizedek Kingdom https://www.wilderness-voice.org/
Elpis Israel by John Thomas (The Hope of Israel) Part Third THE KINGDOMS OF THE WORLD IN THEIR RELATION TO THE KINGDOM OF GOD Chapter 5. It is impossible that the Holy Land can be for ever subject to the Gentiles — It is to be wrested from them in the crisis of "the time of the end" — Of Daniel's 2400 days — Diagram of Daniel's times — Of the beginning of "the time of the end" — Of the king of the south at that time — The Autocrat of Russia the king of the north in "the time of the end" — England and the Jews — Of Gogue and Magogue — Ezekiel's and John's two different and remote confederacies — Daniel's king of the north of "the time of the end," and Gogue of "the latter days," the same — The Gogue of Ezekiel proved to be Emperor of Germany and Autocrat of all the Russias — Gomer and the French — Sheba, Dedan, the Merchants of Tarshish and its young lions, identified as the British power https://www.wilderness-voice.org/
Elpis Israel by John Thomas (The Hope of Israel) Part Third THE KINGDOMS OF THE WORLD IN THEIR RELATION TO THE KINGDOM OF GOD Chapter 4. The vision and prophecy of the East — Of the Ram and the Unicorn — The Four Horns of the Goat — Of the fifth, or Little, Horn — Of the Seventy Weeks — Of the 1290 years — Summary of the eleventh of Daniel — Paraphrase of the first thirty-five verses of Dan. 11 — Of the king and the strange god — Mahuzzim-Bazaars .. https://www.wilderness-voice.org/
Elpis Israel by John Thomas (The Hope of Israel) Part Third THE KINGDOMS OF THE WORLD IN THEIR RELATION TO THE KINGDOM OF GOD Chapter 3. Doings of the Witnesses when invested with power — They execute justice on their enemies — A great earthquake — The seventh trumpet — Divided into seven vial-periods — The third, fourth, and fifth, vials, and Napoleon — England and the second vial — Turkey and the sixth vial — All Europe and the seventh vial — The prophecy of the Frogs explained — The mission of the unclean spirits — Their operation the sign of Christ's stealthy and sudden return — The great desideratum in view of the Advent https://www.wilderness-voice.org/
Elpis Israel by John Thomas (The Hope of Israel) Part Third THE KINGDOMS OF THE WORLD IN THEIR RELATION TO THE KINGDOM OF GOD Chapter. 2. The Sin-power in its war against the seed of the woman in the west, symbolized by the Beasts and their Image — God will surely avenge His saints — The crimes for which the nations are to be judged, stated — The geography of the "Lake of Fire" where the judgment sits — The saints the executioners of the Little Horn — They are raised from political death for this purpose — Events connected with their resurrection — The three days and a half of their unburied state, explained — Their ascension — End of 1260 years — Of the time of the Beast — Diagram of the 1335 years https://www.wilderness-voice.org/
Elpis Israel by John Thomas (The Hope of Israel) Part Third THE KINGDOMS OF THE WORLD IN THEIR RELATION TO THE KINGDOM OF GOD Chapter 1. The pandemonianism of the world — The Press, its organs to a great extent — Its conductors greatly deficient in political prevision — A divine agency the real source of the world's revolutions — God hath revealed what shall come to pass — Nebuchadnezzar's Image explained — It represents an Autocracy to be manifested in these Latter Days — The Toe-kingdoms enumerated — The Vision of the Four Beasts — Of the Saints and the two Witnesses https://www.wilderness-voice.org/
Elpis Israel by John Thomas (The Hope of Israel) Part Second THE THINGS OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD, AND THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST Chapter 5. Israel unable to redeem themselves; and the nations equally powerless to their own regeneration — The reconstruction of the social fabric the work of Omnipotence by the hand of the Lord Jesus at his approaching manifestation — He will re-establish the kingdom and throne of David — The priesthood of Shiloh — The Ezekiel temple to be built by Christ — Of the Name of Jesus — Of repentance, remission of sins, and eternal life — Death-bed, and gaol, repentance https://www.wilderness-voice.org/
Elpis Israel by John Thomas (The Hope of Israel) Part Second THE THINGS OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD, AND THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST Chapter 4. State of Egypt and Israel before the exodus — The time of the promises arrives — Call of Moses — God's everlasting memorial — Moses is sent to Israel — He is accepted as ruler and deliverer — He declares glad tidings to them; but they refuse to listen — The Exodus — Israel baptized into Moses — The song of victory — They are fed with angels' food — The Lord's passover — How to be fulfilled in the kingdom of God — The Lord's supper — The Twelve Tribes constituted the kingdom of God — The gospel preached to Israel — They reject it — Of the Rest — The Royal House of the kingdom — "The sure mercies of David" — The kingdom and throne of David — David's kingdom also God's kingdom under its first constitution — Chronology to the captivity https://www.wilderness-voice.org/
Elpis Israel by John Thomas (The Hope of Israel) Part Second THE THINGS OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD, AND THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST Chapter 3. The gospel preached to Isaac — The election of Jacob — The scripture doctrine of election — Not according to popular tradition — How men are elected, and how they may know it — Esau hated — Vision of Jacob's Ladder — Jacob's care for his body after death — Joseph's anxiety about his bones — Jacob's prophecy of the Last Days — Summary of "the faith" at Joseph's death — Things established — Chronology of the Age before the Law https://www.wilderness-voice.org/
Featuring: Ammosart, Ashgar, Belghast, Grace, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen Hey Friends! It is finally that time where we record our big full spoiler show for Final Fantasy XIV Endwalker expansion. It has become tradition to record one of these when all of our crew have played through the expansion and yesterday afternoon Kodra finally finished it. We also ended up recording for far longer than we have EVER recorded for one of these shows. We started about an hour early and still finished up two hours late for a grand total of around four hours of podcast to edit. The end result is that we are chopping this down into three separate shows which is a first for us. We have a storied history of double episodes but never a triple. This week we have part two of this sequence. Hopefully you enjoy the show, and if Final Fantasy XIV is not your jam then I guess we will see you hopefully in a couple weeks for more live shows.Topics Discussed Final Fantasy XIV Endwalker
Elpis Israel by John Thomas (The Hope of Israel) Part Second THE THINGS OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD, AND THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST Chapter 2. Five points of prophetic testimony — The general elements of a kingdom constituents of the kingdom of Christ — The promise made of God to the fathers, the hope of Israel, and the gospel, the same — Who the fathers are — Abram originally from Babel, and an idolator — The Lord preaches the gospel to him in Mesopotamia — He believes it, and emigrates westward in consequence — Becomes a wanderer in the land of Canaan, which is promised to him and Christ for ever — His faith counted to him for righteousness — The promise of a resurrection to eternal life — Confirmation of the covenant of promise — The extent of the land defined in the Will — The personal reappearance of Christ necessitated by the nature of things — The phrases "in thee," "in him," and "in thy seed," explained — The nations God's people in no sense — Abraham, Christ, and the saints, "heirs of the world." — The token of the covenant — The signification of circumcision — Modern Israel under the curse of the law — Circumcision of the heart — The Allegory — The two seeds — Parable of the Seed — Summary of Abraham's faith https://www.wilderness-voice.org/
Elpis Israel by John Thomas (The Hope of Israel) Part Second THE THINGS OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD, AND THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST Chapter 1. The truth indicated — None but the believers of the truth can inherit the Kingdom of God — Abraham, "the Heir of the World" — To inherit with him, men must believe what he believed; and become his children by adoption through Jesus Christ — The gospel and the things of the Kingdom one and the same — It was preached to Abraham, Israel, and the Gentiles, by the Lord God, by Moses, by Jesus, and by the Apostles — Gospel things susceptible of a threefold classification — The Keys of the Kingdom — Entrusted only to Peter — The Mystery of the Kingdom — The Fellowship of the Mystery — "Apostolic Succession" — Qualifications of an apostle of Christ — Import of the phrase "the end of the world" — "The sign" of its approach — The gospel preached to every creature by the Apostles — Modern missionary ism inadequate to the end proposed https://www.wilderness-voice.org/
Elpis Israel by John Thomas (The Hope of Israel) Part First THE RUDIMENTS OF THE WORLD CH. 6. — God the builder of all things — Nothing accidental, but all things the result of divine premeditation — Whatever exists He created for His own pleasure and glory — The purpose of God in the work of creation and providence, revealed in the scriptures — The present order of things merely provisional — The economy of the fulness of appointed times the true "Intermediate State" of a thousand years' duration — The tower of Babel builders, peacemen, and socialists — The principle upon which men attain to the angelic nature, and dignity, defined — God's two-fold purpose in the foundation of the world stated — The means by which it is accomplishing — Dissertation on the Elohim https://www.wilderness-voice.org/
Elpis Israel by John Thomas (The Hope of Israel) Part First THE RUDIMENTS OF THE WORLD Chapter 5. Immortality in the present state a positive evil — Immortality in misery unscriptural — The professing world religious from fear — The world's religions useful as a system of Ecclesiastical Police — The Religion of Christ destitute of all worldly goods till his return, when it will possess all things — The doctrine of immortality a divine revelation — The Heathens baffled in their endeavours to discover it — The Mosaic Cherubim God's throne in Israel — The Cherubim of Ezekiel and John — The Cherubic Veil — The Faces of the Lord — The Flaming Sword — Illustrated by Ezekiel's description of the glory of the God of Israel — The brightness of the Spiritual Body — The Way of the Tree of Life — The etymology of the word RELIGION — False religion based upon the idea of appeasing the wrath of God — God already reconciled to the world — The "Word of Reconciliation" committed to the apostles in the beginning — The apostles the only ambassadors of Christ — "The word" preached by the apostles entrusted to the disciples of Christ — "Clergy" and "Laity" distinctions of the apostasy — Religion defined — Its grand desideratum — No true religion without belief of the Truth — The word "faith" scripturally defined — How faith comes — The "religious world" infidel of "the faith" — "Love" scripturally defined by "obedience" — The religious world destitute of the Spirit of God — Religion contemporary only with sin — Summary of principles https://www.wilderness-voice.org/
Elpis Israel by John Thomas (The Hope of Israel) Part First THE RUDIMENTS OF THE WORLD Chapter 4. The trial of the Transgressors — Of the Literal and the Allegorical — The sentence upon the Serpent particularized — The "Peace and Safety" cry — Jesus came not to send peace, but a sword — The Peace Society the enemy of God — Cain, Abel, and Seth — Atheism defined — Cain rejected as the progenitor of the Woman's seed, and Seth appointed — The Antediluvian apostasy — The Cainites and Sethites distinct societies — Their union the ruin of the old world, of which eight sons of Seth only survive — The Foundation of the World — The sentence upon Woman — Her social position defined — The sentence upon Adam — The constitution of sin — Of sin as a physical quality of the flesh — Of the hereditary nature of Jesus — Of "original sin" — Men, sinners in a two-fold sense — The Constitution of Righteousness — Men become saints by adoption — The Three Witnesses — The "new birth" explained — The Two Principles — Of "the light within" — The scripture revelation the divine principle of illumination — The awful condition of "the church" — Of the Hidden Man of the heart https://www.wilderness-voice.org/
153: Elpis Israel - God's Law, and How Sin Entered into the World Elpis Israel by John Thomas (The Hope of Israel) Part First THE RUDIMENTS OF THE WORLD Chapter 3. Probation before exaltation, the law of the moral universe of God — The temptation of the Lord Jesus by Satan, the trial of his faith by the Father — The Temptation explained — God's foreknowledge does not necessitate; nor does He justify, or condemn, by anticipation — The Serpent an intellectual animal, but not a moral agent, nor inspired — He deceives the woman — The nature of the transgression — Eve becomes the tempter to Adam — The transgression consummated in the conception of Cain — A good conscience, and an evil conscience, defined — Man cannot cover his own sin — The carnal mind illustrated by the reasoning of the Serpent — It is metaphorically the Serpent in the flesh — God's truth the only rule of right and wrong — The Serpent in the flesh is manifested in the wickedness of individuals; and in the spiritual and temporal institutions of the world — Serpent-sin in the flesh identified with "the Wicked One" — The Prince of the World — The kingdom of Satan and the World identical — The Wiles of the Devil — The "Prince" shown to be sin, working and reigning in all sinners — How he was "cast out" by Jesus — "The works of the Devil" — "Bound of Satan;" delivering to Satan — The Great Dragon — The Devil and Satan — The Man of Sin https://www.wilderness-voice.org/
Elpis Israel by John Thomas (The Hope of Israel) Part First THE RUDIMENTS OF THE WORLD Chapter 2. 0:00:26 - The Creation of the Earth and Man 0:12:45 - Of the Sabbath Day 1:04:56 - The Formation of Man 1:45:14 - Man in the Image and Likeness of the Elohim 1:59:45 - The Spiritual Body 2:21:43 - The Formation of Woman 2:37:58 - A Great Mystery 2:55:19 - Eden 3:03:37 - The Garden of Eden 3:21:34 - Man's Dominion 3:35:49 - The tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil 3:49:23 - Tree of Life 3:54:59 - Man in his Novitiate https://www.wilderness-voice.org/
Elpis Israel by John Thomas (The Hope of Israel) Part First THE RUDIMENTS OF THE WORLD Chapter 1. The necessity of a Revelation to make known the origin, reason, and tendency of things in relation to man and the world around him. It is an intelligible mystery, and the only source of true wisdom; but which is practically repudiated by the Moderns. — The study of the Bible urged, to facilitate and promote which is the object of this volume https://www.wilderness-voice.org/
Aetheryte Radio - A Final Fantasy XIV A Realm Reborn Podcast
Anonymoose joins the AR crew as we pick back up our Endwalker Lorecast series in Elpis, where the original sh*t hits the fan and the tears flow freely! Get your tissues ready folks!
SPOILER WARNING! This week, Klauss and Seyrr continue their discussion of the Endwalker storyline, from Bestway's Burrow to Elpis. We also talk about SE's upcoming lineup of games for 2022, Final Fantasy VII's 25th Anniversary livestream, and upcoming FFXIV information. While we couldn't livestream the episode, we hope you enjoy it! Show Notes: Final Fantasy VI Pixel Remaster set for a tentative February 2022 release: https://square-enix-games.com/en_US/news/square-enix-preview-2022Final Fantasy VII 25th Anniversary broadcast scheduled for Jan 31st: https://www.thegamer.com/final-fantasy-7-25-anniversary-showcase/Final Fantasy XIV Patch 6.08 notes: https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/topics/detail/9325d2a5dae2ac34b9f970c803848e8fb1c3aaf7SE Mahjong livestream brings new announcements for FFXIV: https://www.windowscentral.com/final-fantasy-14-game-director-naoki-yoshida-announces-next-ff14-endwalker-live-letter-stream
SPOILER WARNING! This week, Klauss and Seyrr continue their discussion of the Endwalker storyline, from Bestway's Burrow to Elpis. We also talk about SE's upcoming lineup of games for 2022, Final Fantasy VII's 25th Anniversary livestream, and upcoming FFXIV information. While we couldn't livestream the episode, we hope you enjoy it! Show Notes: Final Fantasy VI Pixel Remaster set for a tentative February 2022 release: https://square-enix-games.com/en_US/news/square-enix-preview-2022Final Fantasy VII 25th Anniversary broadcast scheduled for Jan 31st: https://www.thegamer.com/final-fantasy-7-25-anniversary-showcase/Final Fantasy XIV Patch 6.08 notes: https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/topics/detail/9325d2a5dae2ac34b9f970c803848e8fb1c3aaf7SE Mahjong livestream brings new announcements for FFXIV: https://www.windowscentral.com/final-fantasy-14-game-director-naoki-yoshida-announces-next-ff14-endwalker-live-letter-stream
In today's episode, Cyprus' imports from the UK have plunged a whopping 43 per cent as a result of Brexit, making the UK fall from third to seventh place. Meanwhile, Cyprus has seen the last of the Elpis weather system that brought freezing temperatures, storms and gale force winds, but the cold front accompanying it will remain in the area until Saturday. In other news, the cabinet has also approved a special €1.5 million plan to support local authorities build improved animal shelters for stray dogs. All this and more in the Cyprus Beat briefing brought to you by the Cyprus Mail.
Welcome to The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing, your 15-minute audio update on what's happening in Israel, the Middle East, and the Jewish world, from Sunday through Thursday. Health reporter Nathan Jeffay and Tech Israel editor Ricky Ben-David join host Amanda Borschel-Dan on today's episode. The one thing on every Israelis' minds today is snow -- how much and where? Love it or hate it, a snowy Holy Land is a relatively rare, national event. How are our guests getting prepared? One in 20 Israelis is currently infected with the Omicron variant of the coronavirus. Jeffay gives context to the dire-sounding numbers even as Israel appears set on a fourth vaccination for all above age 18. The pandemic has led to some pupils being sent home to multiple quarantines. This, along with other side-effects of the ongoing crisis, has led to a marked increase in depression among children. Jeffay weighs in. And finally, what about those reports that the pandemic is basically over? Ben-David sheds light on how the Abraham Accords has opened up new markets for Israeli medical tech. She spotlights one company, TytoCare, a telehealth startup that developed an artificial intelligence-based device that enables clinicians to perform remote medical examinations. And finally, following the Colleyville hostage situation last week, a philanthropist is investing $1 million into Blue Systems Ltd's Gabriel — inspired by the biblical guardian angel of the same name — a “smart panic-button” system, equipped with sensors, a camera and a microphone that can be installed in school and institution rooms. Discussed articles include: Winter storm Elpis brings heavy snow to Golan; schools in north, Jerusalem to shut 1 in 20 Israelis infected, yet experts optimistic Omicron won't defeat hospitals Health officials said to warn country will soon break own record for serious cases Depression, anxiety in children jumped during pandemic, study shows Israeli startups head to Dubai to tout medical, health technologies Rabbi creates ‘guardian angel' panic button to cut chaos in school shootings Subscribe to The Times of Israel Daily Briefing on iTunes, Spotify, PlayerFM, Google Play, or wherever you get your podcasts. Illustrative image: Despite freezing temperatures following the first snow fall, Israelis enjoy the abundant snow and warm spring waters near Kibbutz Merom Golan, Northern Golan Heights on January 20, 2022. (Michael Giladi/Flash90) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In today's episode, the supreme court yesterday declared null and void a parliamentary resolution last April that had called on the attorney-general and the deputy attorney-general to abstain from taking legal action over the findings of a report into the defunct citizenship-by-investment programme. In other news, MPs have begun discussing the sensitive issue of legalising euthanasia, and the ‘Elpis' weather system from Greece continues to bring below average temperatures, storms, and snow, with yet another yellow weather warning in place until 4pm today. All these stories and more on your Daily News Briefing, brought to you by the Cyprus Mail.
Elpis selvmordsforebygging har fått midler fra Helsedirektoratet til å starte et viktig prosjekt: Elpis ambassadører. Nina Danielsen i Elpis forteller her om prosjektet, der mennesker som allerede har engasjert seg i arbeid med selvmordsforebygging holder en presentasjon i ulike settinger: skoler, bedrifter, foreninger, organisasjoner mm Hvis du er interessert i og få en slik presentasjon kan du kontakte Nina på post@elpis.no Her kan du få hjelp: - Trenger du akutt hjelp ring 113! Kirkens SOS: Døgnåpen kristetelefon, tlf 22 40 00 40 Mental Helse: Døgnåpen krisetelefon, tlf 11 61 23 LEVE: Landsforeningen for etterlatte ved selvmord Legevakten: tlf 116 117 Kors på Halsen (Røde Kors): Lavterskel samtaletelefon for barn og unge under 18, Tel. 800 33 321 (Mandag til fredag, kl 14-20) Stiftelsen Elpis Selvmordsforebygging -arbeider for at selvmordsnære og deres pårørende får den hjelpen de trenger. Stiftelsen Lillebrors Minne -omsorg for etterlatte #ikke1til #selvmord #åpenhetredderliv #ikkegiopp #selvmordspodden #selvmordsforebygging #endagavgangen #antistigma #nytthåp #etterlatte
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Vineri, Septembrie 17 - Sf. Mc. Sofia si cele trei fiice ale sale: Pistis, Agapis si Elpis
Den 10. september markerer vi verdensdagen for selvmordsforebygging, en trist men nødvendig merkedag. Denne episoden blir derfor et gjenhør av samtalen vår med Sjur Vatne Brean fra NRK-serien Rådebank: En samtale om gutter, følelser og selvmord. I tillegg har vi fått med Nina Danielsen fra Elpis for å snakke litt om hva man kan gjøre hvis man tenker på selvmord, eller hvis man tror noen man kjenner tenker på selvmord.
With the Gourd of a Thousand Rivers in hand the gang hunts down Elpis through a maze bent to the elementals games. As time passes the stakes continue to grow, can Henrietta be the savior we need? --- 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/campaignsoftheplains/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/campaignsoftheplains/support
I denne foreløpig siste episoden med Caspar Seip snakker vi om etterlatte etter selvmord. Du får høre Nina Danielsen sin historie, og Caspar sitt innspill på hvordan UROmetoden kan brukes i sorgarbeid. Vi snakker også om likepersoner, og verdien av å møte mennesker som selv har opplevd å miste noen i selvmord. Her kan du få hjelp: - Trenger du akutt hjelp ring 113! Kirkens SOS: Døgnåpen kristetelefon, tlf 22 40 00 40 Mental Helse: Døgnåpen krisetelefon, tlf 11 61 23 LEVE: Landsforeningen for etterlatte ved selvmord Legevakten: tlf 116 117 Kors på Halsen (Røde Kors): Lavterskel samtaletelefon for barn og unge under 18, Tel. 800 33 321 (Mandag til fredag, kl 14-20) Stiftelsen Elpis Selvmordsforebygging -arbeider for at selvmordsnære og deres pårørende får den hjelpen de trenger. Stiftelsen Lillebrors Minne -omsorg for etterlatte #ikke1til #selvmord #åpenhetredderliv #ikkegiopp #selvmordspodden #selvmordsforebygging #endagavgangen #antistigma #nytthåp
I denne episoden snakker Caspar og Nina om UROmetoden og selvmordstanker. Her kan du få hjelp: - Trenger du akutt hjelp ring 113! Kirkens SOS: Døgnåpen kristetelefon, tlf 22 40 00 40 Mental Helse: Døgnåpen krisetelefon, tlf 11 61 23 LEVE: Landsforeningen for etterlatte ved selvmord Legevakten: tlf 116 117 Kors på Halsen (Røde Kors): Lavterskel samtaletelefon for barn og unge under 18, Tel. 800 33 321 (Mandag til fredag, kl 14-20) Stiftelsen Elpis Selvmordsforebygging -arbeider for at selvmordsnære og deres pårørende får den hjelpen de trenger. Stiftelsen Lillebrors Minne -omsorg for etterlatte #ikke1til #selvmord #åpenhetredderliv #ikkegiopp #selvmordspodden #selvmordsforebygging #endagavgangen #antistigma #nytthåp
Hva er URO- metoden? Caspar Seip fra podcasten Guro og Guru har drevet URO-metoden i 25 år, og her er første episode. Nina Danielsen fra Elpis_selvmordsforebygging og Caspar i samtale om URO og selvmordsforebygging. Her kan du få hjelp: - Trenger du akutt hjelp ring 113! Kirkens SOS: Døgnåpen kristetelefon, tlf 22 40 00 40 Mental Helse: Døgnåpen krisetelefon, tlf 11 61 23 LEVE: Landsforeningen for etterlatte ved selvmord Legevakten: tlf 116 117 Kors på Halsen (Røde Kors): Lavterskel samtaletelefon for barn og unge under 18, Tel. 800 33 321 (Mandag til fredag, kl 14-20) Stiftelsen Elpis Selvmordsforebygging -arbeider for at selvmordsnære og deres pårørende får den hjelpen de trenger. Stiftelsen Lillebrors Minne -omsorg for etterlatte #ikke1til #selvmord #åpenhetredderliv #ikkegiopp #selvmordspodden #selvmordsforebygging #endagavgangen #antistigma #nytthåp
EN VEILEDER FOR DEG SOM STØTTER ET BARN SOM DRIVER MED SELVSKADING Nina Danielsen har vært med og utviklet en ny veileder om selvskading for foreldre og pårørende. I denne episoden forteller hun om bakgrunnen for veilederen, og litt om selvskading, årsak, og hvordan man kan møte den som driver med selvskading. Denne veilederen er utarbeidet for deg som støtter et barn som driver med selvskading. Målet er å gi informasjon og veiledning for å hjelpe foreldre som er i en slik situasjon, for å forsikre dem om at de ikke er alene, at det er hjelp og det er HÅP. De bruker begrepet «barn» og «forelder», men informasjonen og veiledningen i dette heftet kan også være nyttig i andre relasjoner. Her er lenke til veilederen: https://elpis.no/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/ELPIS_foreldrehefte-1.pdf Her kan du få hjelp: - Trenger du akutt hjelp ring 113! Kirkens SOS: Døgnåpen kristetelefon, tlf 22 40 00 40 Mental Helse: Døgnåpen krisetelefon, tlf 11 61 23 LEVE: Landsforeningen for etterlatte ved selvmord Legevakten: tlf 116 117 Kors på Halsen (Røde Kors): Lavterskel samtaletelefon for barn og unge under 18, Tel. 800 33 321 (Mandag til fredag, kl 14-20) Stiftelsen Elpis Selvmordsforebygging -arbeider for at selvmordsnære og deres pårørende får den hjelpen de trenger. Stiftelsen Lillebrors Minne -omsorg for etterlatte #ikke1til #selvmord #åpenhetredderliv #ikkegiopp #selvmordspodden #selvmordsforebygging #endagavgangen #antistigma #nytthåp
Albert Ciervo captured a "Best in Show" award and the essence of Buddha in his painting "Don't Worry, Be Happy," currently showcased in Studio B's exhibit "New Day / New World." Albert's unique style utilizing Venetian plaster, wax, and wood is best appreciated in person for its texture, subtle palette, and whimsical details. Albert's Buddha shows us how to chill out in these crazy times. Also included in the show are "Elpis, Goddess of Hope" and "Basquait" Find more information about Studio B Fine Art Gallery on our website: studiobbb.org, on Studio B's Facebook page, by contacting Jane Stahl, janeEstahl@comcast.net, 610-563-7879, or stopping by Studio B during our regular hours. And, remember, we welcome you to connect us with people, projects, and perceptions that inspire YOU to help us continue to B Inspired!
Elpis ( www.Elpis.no) er en helt ny stiftelse, som ønsker et samfunn der ingen strever med selvmordstanker alene. De jobber for at selvmordsnære og deres pårørende får den hjelpen de trenger. Nina Danielsen Clarke startet stiftelsen etter å ha jobbet i flere år med selvmordsforebygging, og samarbeidet med forskjellige organisasjoner både i Norge og England. Hennes engasjement begynte etter at hun mistet sin 14 år gamle sønn, Daniel, i selvmord i 2016. Hun har fortalt sin historie i «The human aspect» https://thehumanaspect.com/watch/1287/nina Her kan du få hjelp: - Trenger du akutt hjelp ring 113! Kirkens SOS: Døgnåpen kristetelefon, tlf 22 40 00 40 Mental Helse: Døgnåpen krisetelefon, tlf 11 61 23 LEVE: Landsforeningen for etterlatte ved selvmord Legevakten: tlf 116 117 Kors på Halsen (Røde Kors): Lavterskel samtaletelefon for barn og unge under 18, Tel. 800 33 321 (Mandag til fredag, kl 14-20) SnakkLitt. Dette er et initiativ mellom Helsesista, Kirkens SOS og Nyby. Det er et anonymt samtaletilbud på telefon og chat for alle som ønsker å prate med noen. Tlf: 22 04 04 99 #ikke1til #selvmord #åpenhetredderliv #ikkegiopp #selvmordspodden #selvmordsforebygging #endagavgangen #antistigma #nytthåp
"I sogni sono come le stelle, basta alzare gli occhi e sono sempre là" avrebbe detto Jim Morrison. Un grande sogno che parte da Firenze e arriva direttamente a Koutiala in Mali è quello dell'associazione Elpis. Un sogno internazionale che, passo dopo passo, diventerà realtà. Perchè l'associazione nata nel 2007 e rinvigorita nel tempo grazie all'arrivo di tanti "amici" del mondo del basket fiorentino e non, ha un progetto chiaro e concreto: costruire un playground e una piccola scuola in uno dei posti più poveri del globo . In Mali, infatti, più della metà della popolazione vive sotto le soglie di povertà ed è tra i 25 paesi più poveri al mondo. Elpis, come da simbologia greca, porta speranza e fatti. Dopo aver costruito e sistemato un dormitorio femminile in un orfanotrofio in Kenya, l'obiettivo è quello di portare i giovani maliani a studiare ed eccellere. "Questo progetto - spiega Marco Bonaiuti - lo abbiamo intrapreso insieme a tanti amici legati al mondo del basket. Abbiamo già aiutato le persone di Koutiala ma ora l'idea è quella di costruire il playground più due/tre aule di una scuola dando così a questi maliani la possibilità di studiare e di eccellere nello sport. Questi ragazzi hanno poco" Elpis però non si ferma e lavora anche in Italia ridipingendo e sistemando i "campini". Recentemente, infatti, è stato ridipinto il playground di Settimello. Un grande impegno per grandi sogni. Adesso il 2021 è alle porte ed Elpis, costretta a rinunciare alla cena di Natale, si affiderà ad una lotteria per ripartire. Non resta che aspettare ma la palla a due è servita.
Maradona'ya veda ederken Black Stockings, Cuma Ligi, Atina Olayı, Sivas-Kayseri Maçı Faciası ve El Salvador-Honduras Futbol Savaşı'nın hikayesi... Ayşe Hür: "Müslüman Türklere futbolu sevdirenler Osmanlı Devleti’nin tebaası olan Yahudiler, Rumlar, Ermeniler ve Levantenlerdi. Osmanlı ülkesindeki ilk futbol karşılaşması, 1875’te Selanik’te, 1880’lerde İzmir’de, 1890’larda ise İstanbul’da yapıldı. II. Abdülhamid’in gazabından kurtulmak için, 1901’de ilk futbol kulüplerini ‘Black Stockings’ (Siyah Çoraplar) adıyla kuran Müslüman Türkler, daha ilk maçlarında Rumlara karşı 4-1 yenik iken, ünlü jurnalci başı Ali Şamil ve adamlarına yakalandılar. Halk arasında ‘Pazar Ligi’ diye anılan 'Constantinople Football League' 1904’te oluşturuldu. Moda, Elpis ve Imogene takımlarının mücadelesinde ilk kupayı, İngiltere Sefaret gemisi tayfalarının takımı Imogene kaldırdı..."
Joi, Septembrie 17 - Sf. Mc. Sofia si cele trei fiice ale sale: Pistis, Agapis si Elpis
Romans 5:1-5 (ESV Strong's) Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God. Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us. Pray I have to tell you that after this week I feel like the grace by which I stand sees me barely standing. There’s been a lot of horrible stuff going on, culminating in the absolute worst bit… the loss of a dear and valued friend, Dave Mallet. It’s times like these that we, in our confusion, struggle to make sense of life, and struggle to rejoice in the hope of God. IS IT OK TO ASK WHY? If we get what we want our faith is built up, and we are ok with that. When we believe God and He makes it happen, we celebrate our faith, and rightly so. But can we have faith in the dark times, when people attack, when tragedy strikes, when we don’t get the answers we wanted? We can. God has taught me that this is a greater and deeper faith. When tragedy strikes, is asking God why an anti faith act? I believe it’s ok to be honest with God. So if you have the question “why God” it is not sinful if it comes from a genuine heart of faith. God is ok when we honestly share our doubts and struggles, but He’s not ok with our disobedient disbelief. Habakkuk was honest with God, Habakkuk 1:2 (ESV Strong's) O LORD, how long shall I cry for help, and you will not hear? Or cry to you “Violence!” and you will not save? He’s asking why, Lord, why? So am I. A man in a stolen car killed our friend this week, and we have every right to ask the question like Habakkuk, why the righteous suffer because of the unrighteous. Consider Job… God gave permission for Satan to severely test Job, and in his suffering Job asked God questions too! His questioning and doubts were understandable, but his faith is astonishing. Job 1:21-22 (ESV Strong's) And he said, “Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked shall I return. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.” In all this Job did not sin or charge God with wrong. At times like this, it’s ok to honestly and openly ask God why. But it’s not ok to walk away from your faith, as many do, and it’s not ok to charge God with wrong and sin. The act is, sin is in our world, Sin produces suffering, Suffering produces pain, and we humans don’t like pain, so we avoid it at all costs. Yet through the prism of God’s promises, pain can produce gain. THE DARK ROAD OF THE SOUL I cannot tell you why Dave was killed, and why his beautiful wife Julie and his beloved family have to suffer through this tragedy. I can’t tell you why babies die, or why sometimes even Christian marriages fail. I can’t give you a reason why strong believers suffer death, sickness or financial loss and ruin. Look around.., There’s no shortage of loss, tragedy and pain in this fallen world, and one thing I have learned is that much of it you just can’t fix! You just have to walk the dark lonely road somehow. Experts tell us that grief and loss goes through 5 stages… DENIAL: Denial is not just a river in Egypt. The first response to tragedy is often, no, that can’t be right. ANGER: God, how can you let this happen, it’s not fair! BARGAINING: If only I’d have done this, that wouldn’t have happened, or God, if you make this work I promise I’ll be obedient and do whatever You want DEPRESSION: Life is a mess, I can’t go on, life’s not worth living ACCEPTANCE: God, I don’t know why this happened, but I trust You no matter what. Tragedy is beyond reason. It is simply a road we have to walk, and it is better to walk it with God, and with others who love you. I love how King David describes it… Psalms 23:4 (ESV Strong's) Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. The rod and the staff represent God’s protection and God’s guidance. The rod is a short, heavy club, and the staff is the one we picture shepherd with, with a hook on the end, used to guide and rescue sheep. David says they comfort him in the valley, and as we go through the valleys of life, we can be comforted and assured of God’s protection and also His guidance. And remember, death has no sting for the believer, and Dave and Julie have loved and served the Lord all their life. There’s pain, there’s loss, but Paul writes, 1 Corinthians 15:55-57 (ESV Strong's) “O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?” The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. It’s not that death and separation doesn’t hurt, of course they do, but we know with absolute surety that we will see Dave’s beaming smile again. As the KJV says, 2 Corinthians 5:8 (KJV Strong's) We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord. Right now Dave is in a better place with Jesus, but we who remain suffer loss. Julie suffers loss right now, and all who love Dave suffer loss, but the Bible says this suffering is not in vain! THE PRODUCT OF SUFFERING There is a product, a point to suffering. Romans reveals to us a progression that develops us towards becoming like Jesus. Romans 5:3 (ESV Strong's) Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, The Greek for rejoice is kauch-ao-mai, which means literally to boast or glory in something. When we suffer tragedy and loss, Paul is not suggesting that we be happy about it. It hurts, it may even devastate, and it’s hard to rejoice in that. Yay I’m in pain! Yippee, I’ve lost everything! That’s not what he is saying. What he is saying is that through the lens of the tragedy we can see the bigger picture, we see the hand of God, and rejoice and even glory in the fact that God will bring good though it, and will develop us to become more Christ like through it. We rejoice not because of the suffering of the moment, but because of what the suffering opens for us in the long run. We live in a fallen world. God doesn’t make us suffer, sin causes suffering, but God allows this because He has a higher plan. Suffering is the start of a glorious road towards becoming like Jesus. Here’s the path… 1. SUFFERING PRODUCES ENDURANCE James 1:2-3(ESV Strong's) Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. Romans 5:3 (ESV Strong's) Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, Endurance is the Greek word HYPOMONÉ, meaning patient, steadfast and even cheerful waiting, and it implies a man who is not swerved from his deliberate purpose and his loyalty to faith and piety, by even the greatest trials and sufferings. Endurance is not passive, and it’s not fatalistic, it’s not sitting back and saying, Que sera, sera, whatever will be will be. It is staying the course, keeping on keeping on, it’s holding to your Saviour and never letting go of your trust in the Lord, no matter how you suffer. And it gives rise to… 2. ENDURANCE PRODUCES CHARACTER Romans 5:4 (ESV Strong's) and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, Character is DOKIMÉ, which means a proven specimen of tried worth. Tested, and found worthy. A great analogy is tempered steel. Steel is heated almost to melting point, then quickly cooled. This creates a far stronger alloy, and a far less brittle product. It’s the heat, the fire, that produces the strength, just as it’s the trials that produces the strength of character. 3. CHARACTER PRODUCES HOPE Romans 5:4 (ESV Strong's) and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, Character produces hope. Hope is ELPIS, meaning a Joyful and confident expectation. We misuse the word hope in English. I hope it all works out, I hope you’re OK. There is a possibility it could go either way. But Biblical hope is not like that. It’s a sure thing, it is an absolute surety. Hebrews says… Hebrews 6:18-19 (ESV Strong's) it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before us. We have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul, a hope that enters into the inner place behind the curtain, A believer’s hope doesn’t change with circumstances, it is firmly grounded, anchored by a strong character, developed by long-suffering. HOPE DOES NOT DISAPPOINT US Romans 5:3-5 (ESV Strong's) Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us. We rejoice in and through and out the other side of our sufferings, not because we are suffering, but because what suffering produces in our lives is beyond value. We have hope, no matter what! Hope stands, despite circumstances, despite hardships, and it is our source of true joy. When we have descended into a pit of despair, when we are surrounded by trials and tests and suffering, when we walk through the valley of the shadow of death, we can come forth with incredible hope, tapping into the strength that comes by faith. This is a resource beyond our understanding or ability to cope, within a divine plan for hope and a future. So this week of all weeks I ask, Are you living that truth? JOYFUL HOPE True joy is not what the rest of the world thinks it is. In their mind, when things are going well we are happy. When we get what we want, we are happy. When people love us, when we get a job promotion, we are happy. But that’s not joy. Joy is based not in what we get, or what we experience, it is based in who we are. A few verses after Paul talks about joy in suffering and hope, he writes this… Romans 5:8 (ESV Strong's) but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Our joy is based on God’s immense, unconditional and sacrificial love for us, not on what befalls us. Today we all feel loss, especially Julie and the family. But no matter the circumstances, God’s love and therefore our joy can be unchanged! These last few weeks and months have been full of doubt, uncertainty, pain, loss and confusion. I wish I could skip straight to next year, maybe the one after that. This last week I’ve cried, I’ve felt loss, I’ve been attacked and criticised, I’ve been threatened and frankly, I’ve been discouraged and miserable. But God said, Nehemiah 8:10 (ESV Strong's) do not be grieved, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.” My joy, your joy, should not depend what happens to us or what we get… It depends on who we are. In suffering, we have joy, because we belong to Him. If we pray and we don’t get what we want, we have joy, because we belong to Him. If my heart is broken, I can take those pieces to the Lord with an unquenchable hope, because I have joy, because I belong to Him. TRUE JOY IS INEXTINGUISHABLE This week, as we reel from the loss of a dear friend, as we stand with Julie and the family in their pain, as we don’t understand and ask the question, why, Lord, we have a joy that no one and nothing can extinguish. As the Psalmist wrote… Psalms 94:18-19 (NIV-WS) When I said, “My foot is slipping,” your unfailing love, LORD, supported me. When anxiety was great within me, your consolation brought me joy. It’s ok to ask why. It’s ok to hurt and feel down. But how much better is it to rejoice in something that death, pain, fear and loss can never erase. Our joy, our hope our faith is in the Lord, and in the fact that we are His children. As an old hymn by Oswald Smith says, Joy in the face of sorrow, peace in the midst of pain Jesus will give, Jesus will give He will uphold and sustain Whatever pain, whatever fear, whatever hurt or doubts you face today, you are God’s beloved child, and in that you can have everlasting joy. Suffering is a stepping stone, pain is a paver, loss is a lane way to everlasting hope and joy. Habakkuk started questioning God, full of fear, full of doubt, miserable and in pain. But let me read the last few verses to show where he ended up… Habakkuk 3:17-18 (ESV Strong's) Habakkuk Rejoices in the LORD Though the fig tree should not blossom, nor fruit be on the vines, the produce of the olive fail and the fields yield no food, the flock be cut off from the fold and there be no herd in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the LORD; I will take joy in the God of my salvation.
This delightful interview is found in Elpis, a journal which lives in the space anarchism cohabits with nihilism. Whereas prior entries in this space concerned themselves more with fierce questions about who and what to destroy and less about what is political about hating everything and having no hope that (individual) human agency can effect enough of the change one would wish upon the world, Elpis is different. This journal emphasizes the latter rather than the former, and is for pessimists and pessimist sympathizers. Elpis Journal at LittleBlackCart.com The Dark Side: Thoughts on the Futility of Life at Amazon.com
A deep dive into the Expansion Age of Fabella (5318 FY | 1318 AD - 5595 FY | 1595 AD). Fabella's Renaissance era. New stories include "The Cartographer's Secret," "Sadru," and "The Birth of Elpis." Archives of Fabella is created, hosted, and edited by Dillon Foley with music by Garrett Ferris and Audioblocks.
Welcome to Trancescension! Every week live on SW20Radio on Saturday evening 10pm GMT. For an hour you can listen to my selection of the latest and greatest but also the tracks from long ago. This week we have a special guest. He has been on the show multiple times but today he is taking over the full hour of Trancescension. Han Beukers is a dutch dj and producer who already has recently released his own track called "Elpis". Be sure to check him out on his live show called "Time 4 Trance" (dutch program) but with great tunes and guests. You can also watch the show being build or recorded live on twitch. So be sure to check that out as well. Be sure to tune in! You can also follow me on the follow social media: Facebook: https://facebook.com/vorcera Twitter: https://twitter.com/djvorcera Instagram: https://instagram.com/Vorcera Twitch: https://twitch.tv/Vorcera
non parliamo di "Help" ma di Elpis, la nostra amica Speranzachi siamo?Don FabrizioInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/sbabologyTwitter: https://twitter.com/sbabiciotelegram: https://t.me/sbabicioDon Domenicowww.annunciatedaitetti.ittelegram: https://t.me/dombru
Hey HB's! We're here with the climactic end to The Mark of the Midnight Manzanilla by Lauren Willig! We're back with the Duke of Sexydom Lucien and Sally, Patron Saint of Self-Worth and crack detective to discover who the muuuuuuurdererrrrrr is! And also kissing! And fighting! And groveling! And love! And WEASELS! Yes please. Bonus Content: Erin is haunted and GOAT is capitalizing, sexy HB fanfic, LOTS of Melody fanfic, INTRIGUE, secret passages, and so much more. Lady Loves: Erin: Don't ingest things that are actually poisonous for you. Respect any *intolerances* you might have! Melody: the show LETTERKENNY on Hulu. Go to there! Patreon Shout Out: Jenny Whitty, you are the lovechild of Eutychia, goddess of happiness, and Elpis, goddess of hope. From Eutychia you get your positive outlook, sunny disposition, and practice of random acts of kindness. Whether it’s big, like volunteering, or small, like introducing us to the reading sexy mudflap girl, you’re always there to lift others up. Now, the Greeks weren’t super into hope, they more saw it as an extension to human suffering, and there’s something sort of beautiful about that. So, from Elpis, goddess of hope, you get your healthy coping mechanisms and ability to take on big challenges. Life hasn’t been all roses and sunshine for you, but you push through the trials and pain and come out stronger on the other side because a big part of hope is belief, or faith, in yourself.
Lighthouse Bible Church Sunday April 28, 2019 A Perfect Inheritance 1 Peter 1 First Peter chapter 1 The book of first Peter is traditionally ascribed to the apostle Peter as is asserted in the opening verse. Some scholars dispute this but there are similarities in Peters speech in Act 4:8-12 as well as other evidence. 1Pe 1:1-2 explains who the book is written to and prays that they may have grace and peace in the fullest measure. These verses also explain that God according to His foreknowledge chose these believers to be sanctified by the Holy spirit and cleansed by the substitutionary blood of Christ. Luk 22:20 1Co 11:25 Heb 10:19-25 The Greek word Elpis here is defined by Strong's Greek dictionary of the... for full notes: http://www.lbible.org/index.php?proc=msg&sf=vw&tid=1238
Alexandros Angelopoulos is the founder of Elpis Solar, a student-led social enterprise that is offering a sustainable solution to a modern crisis - access to electricity in refugee camps. Elpis provides autonomous solar-powered charging stations, digital platforms and water filtration systems to refugees. Learn more at: https://elpissolar.com
Be Careful What You Wish For! for here is the 10 of Cups - and it's even more special than you think. Also known as the Lord of "Satiety" or "Perfected Success" it's associated with the final decan of Pisces - the end of the zodiacal year. Fiery Mars rules over this watery final decan, and fiery Mars will rule over the first Aries decan as well. Where fire and water meet, we find rainbows - like the one crowning the Rider Waite Smith version of this card. Here are strange combinations of desire and dissolution, the powerful drives of the hungriest god foundering in the mystic seas of the cosmic fish! In this episode, we consider the poppy as oblivion and beauty, the Shekhinah as bride-queen-mother, excess of appetite, morbid hunger, the false hopes of Elpis versus the foreboding of Moros, Prometheus, the homeland, the perfection of Atlantis, the seeds of destruction. We ponder lust of result, the magical backstage, the final bow, pipe dreams, the great lotus and the tilted cups. To learn more bout the suit of Cups, the world of Briah, the ripe transformation of the number Ten, the color schemes of the cards, and so much else, be sure to visit us at www.patreon.com/fortuneswheelhouse. You can also shop for Fortune's Wheelhouse T-shirts, mugs, backpacks, stickers, and more at our RedBubble shop.
Violist, composer, and multimedia performer Christen Lien talks about the second movement of Beethoven's Symphony No. 7(Allegretto), Philip Glass's piece Escape! from the original soundtrack of the movie "The Hours," and her 2017 concept album Elpis.
Vi åpner med nok et gjensyn med en spillserie vi snakket om tidlig i fjor, den spennende og dystre taktikk-karavanesimulatoren Banner Saga 2 som Nicol og Anton har spilt. Deretter diskuterer vi gledene ved å hoppe rundt i lav tyngdekraft på månen Elpis, i skattejakt-skytespillet Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel som alle på podcasten har spilt litt. På 41:50 kommer vi til episodens bossrom som er viet minibossen Peters tema om beste, verste eller mest traumatiske bruk av permadød i et spill, nå inkludert bidrag fra en av våre lyttere. Så får vi Jørunds avsluttende ord før vi sier takk for denne gang.
ELPIS - ristorante sociale di Salerno e le periferie di Barcellona.
ELPIS - ristorante sociale di Salerno e le periferie di Barcellona.
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Kill That Robot Grabado el 15 de Octubre de 2014. ¡Buenos / as días / tardes / noches amigos y amigas! Parece que estamos haciendo de los viernes nuestro día oficial para sacar el podcast. Y, ¡mirad por dónde, hoy es viernes!, así que aquí tenéis vuestra ración semanal de podcast. En este nuevo episodio, no pondremos el traje de busca-cámaras y viajaremos a Elpis, la luna de Pandora, para analizar en nuestra sección central el nuevo juego de la franquicia Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel. Humor y diversión a raudales en gravedad reducida, escuchad el programa para saber que os depara esta nueva aventura. En nuestra sección habitual de noticias, compartirán espacio los e-Sports con las últimas noticias del cine o el mundo tecnológico y no faltará nuestro particular resumen semanal con Lo Mejor y Lo Peor de la semana. Recordad que nos podéis encontrar en: - Twitter: @KillThatRobot - Facebook: /KillThatRobot - Instagram: @KillThatRobot - Tumblr: killthatrobot.tumblr.com Como siempre estamos abiertos a todo tipo de comentarios y sugerencias, y podéis poneros en contacto con nosotros a través de las redes sociales o de nuestro correo. ¡Hasta el próximo viernes!
Donate to The Permaculture Podcast Online: via PayPal Venmo: @permaculturepodcast My guest for this episode is Brad Ward, an Agriculture Technical Consultant at ECHO, a faith based development program. Brad also is a trained permaculture practitioner, receiving his permaculture design certificate from Andrew Millison and Marisha Auerbach in 2012 through the online program at Oregon State University. Brad came to my attention on a recommendation by Eric Toensmeier, originally as a possible guest for the Faith and Earth Care series, but in setting up the interview with Brad, he and I spoke quite extensively about development aid and how permaculture can be used to ask better questions. In turn that allows us to reform our efforts to meet people where they are at. That forms the basis of our conversation. Along the way we also touch on the personal struggles and transformation that comes from wanting to aid others in a meaningful way. As with the conversation with Rachel Kaplan, there is a lot of internal work to bring change out into the world. Whether you have an interest in international development or not, quite a bit of this conversation applies equally to our internal landscape, as well as the business of permaculture. Asking the right questions, and stepping out of our normal frame of reference, changes the quality of our practices. Listen to this interview with Brad and let me know what you think, and how I might assist you on your path. Two other things that stand out from this conversation were Brad's reference to Pandora's Box, and the artificial busyness of life. One of the things I've been thinking about lately is that myth of Pandora's Box and how there was something left in the box after all the evils of the world were released, Elpis, the spirit of hope. Though hope wasn't released, I don't see that as a negative side of the story, but that we each carry hope, Elpis, inside of us. I know I do with me every day. I am an optimistic person and see the future as bright and abundant, but that we have to take the path seriously and work towards it. Myself, people like Brad, each and every one of you who listens to the show, we are all part of that abundant future. I'm here to use my hope to help you on your path. We can do it. The other piece, is the artificial busyness of life. Something Brad Lancaster asked me to do a show on was how I live a full life with so many things going on, and roles filled. A big part of that is overcoming the distractions. I let go of the mindless brain-numbing entertainment that Brad mentioned. I disconnected from advertisements. It took a lot of work, and there are still times I catch myself consuming media, but when I do notice what I'm doing I put it down and move to something of meaning. With that I continue to use permaculture to design the way I live my life so that I live with intent. Nearly everything I do is a conscious choice. With that comes an acceptance of what matters and what needs to get done or can be left for later. There's something beautiful about spending an evening with my children and being completely present in their lives. To ask a friend how they are doing, and creating a space where I'm not trying to fill the space until I can speak again, but to listen and really hear what they have to say. You're life becomes your own and, as Mark Lakeman spoke to, you inhabit your own story. That's the big picture idea of what it's like to let go of that artificial busyness. I'll put together something that goes through my process of getting to this point so you have something more practical to use in your own life. The world is beautiful and abundant. Let us be stewards of a bountiful future by taking care of Earth, our selves, and each other. From here next week's interview is with Ethan Roland, of Appleseed Permaculture, to discuss the Eight Forms of Capital and Regenerative Enterprise. The following week, on October 22nd, is the third and final piece with Mark Shepard on Restoration Agriculture. The Show is On The Road The show is on the road so that I can go report on events of interest to the growing movements to build a better world, and to continue to spread the word of this wonderful system of design we call Permaculture. Next up I'll be going to CHABA-Con, in Bridgeton, New Jersey, on October 11th, 2014 where Lester Brown, of the Earth Policy Institute will be the keynote speaker for a day of lectures, discussions, and tours on how to transform the world we live in. The last of the currently planned trips is to Roanoke, Virginia, from October 20th-22nd, interviewing farmers and local permaculture practitioners. I am also delivering a presentation, “Permaculture: Creating a Better World by Design” on 630PM on October 21st, 2014, at the Roanoke Natural Food Co-Op at Grandin Village. If you're in the area I'd love to see you there or at any of the other events I'll be attending. More on those as they are scheduled. Support If you value this show and the work of the podcast in spreading the word of permaculture to the world, lend your assistance in supporting these projects. Share links posted to the Facebook page, facebook.com/thepermaculturepodcast, with your friends or followers. Retweet messages sent from @permaculturecst. Leave reviews on iTunes or your favorite podcast sites. The show can also use your financial support, either as a one-time or ongoing monthly contribution. Find out how to do that at: www.thepermaculturepodcast.com/support. Get In Touch E-mail: The Permaculture Podcast The Permaculture Podcast with Scott Mann The Permaculture Podcast Facebook: Facebook.com/ThePermaculturePodcast Twitter: @permaculturecst (Episode: BradWard)
Immanuel IS come! Hope IS Born! Over 700 years before Christ, the 8th Century Prophet of Hope, Isaiah, proclaimed this immortal prophecy! The times of the 8th Century were so much like today - war, unrest - God's people had turned their backs on God! Under the evil ruler of Judah, Ahaz, the people followed his ungodly leadership and completely turned away from Yahweh. But, God would never let them go. He would sent HOPE - a very sign from God Himself - Immanuel is come!! Listen to our Senior Pastor, Dr. Randy M. Cheek, as he teaches in this message the meaning of the name, Immanuel and the attributes of that name.
The Underground Experience Presents “Dancers Alliance/SAG-Aftra Victory Celebration” Special Guest Interviews Include: Carmit Bachar, Tim O’Brien, Dominique Kelley, Joshua Allen, Chloe Arnold, Andre Fuentes, Tovaris Wilson, Troy Christian, Josue De La Vega, Mike Ward, Robert Prescott Lee, Bobbie Bates, Sharon Ferguson & Travis Payne! Musical Artists Include: Tony Ross, Fatman, Sizzle Pop, Neil Wojnar & Elpis! Broadcast […] The post “Dancers Alliance/SAG-Aftra Victory Celebration” appeared first on The Uncle Earl.
Comment est prise en charge, dans l’urgence, une personne atteinte d'un infarctus ou d'une angine de poitrine ? Comment se déroulent les soins dans le service de cardiologie ? Quelles sont les précautions à prendre lors du retour à domicile ? Cette vidéo accompagne le programme ELIPS: Pour combattre l'infarctus du myocarde et l'athérosclérose Plus d'information sur http://elips.hug-ge.ch/
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