Podcasts about generously

PREVIEW: Colleague Bob Zimmerman reports succinctly on the failure of the generously subsidized ESA to test a Grasshopper booster after years of delays. 1953

Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 3172: Darrow Kirkpatrick shares practical strategies to cut expenses without sacrificing quality of life, from optimizing grocery shopping and transportation choices to cultivating better health and generosity. His advice reveals how small, mindful shifts can dramatically reduce spending and accelerate early retirement, all while enhancing personal well-being. Read along with the original article(s) here: https://www.caniretireyet.com/8-tips-for-saving-big-and-retiring-earlier/ Quotes to ponder: "Food is the most frequent major expense, and it is intimately tied up with health. Awareness pays dividends." "It's liberating to disconnect your self-image from your vehicle." "Generously and wisely allocating resources without desperately hanging on to each dollar, is a mindset that also leads to recognizing and capitalizing on opportunities for personal prosperity." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 3172: Darrow Kirkpatrick shares practical strategies to cut expenses without sacrificing quality of life, from optimizing grocery shopping and transportation choices to cultivating better health and generosity. His advice reveals how small, mindful shifts can dramatically reduce spending and accelerate early retirement, all while enhancing personal well-being. Read along with the original article(s) here: https://www.caniretireyet.com/8-tips-for-saving-big-and-retiring-earlier/ Quotes to ponder: "Food is the most frequent major expense, and it is intimately tied up with health. Awareness pays dividends." "It's liberating to disconnect your self-image from your vehicle." "Generously and wisely allocating resources without desperately hanging on to each dollar, is a mindset that also leads to recognizing and capitalizing on opportunities for personal prosperity." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 3172: Darrow Kirkpatrick shares practical strategies to cut expenses without sacrificing quality of life, from optimizing grocery shopping and transportation choices to cultivating better health and generosity. His advice reveals how small, mindful shifts can dramatically reduce spending and accelerate early retirement, all while enhancing personal well-being. Read along with the original article(s) here: https://www.caniretireyet.com/8-tips-for-saving-big-and-retiring-earlier/ Quotes to ponder: "Food is the most frequent major expense, and it is intimately tied up with health. Awareness pays dividends." "It's liberating to disconnect your self-image from your vehicle." "Generously and wisely allocating resources without desperately hanging on to each dollar, is a mindset that also leads to recognizing and capitalizing on opportunities for personal prosperity." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Leading Generously with Kathleen Fitzpatrick, Interim Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies, Michigan State University

With most people now preferring to focus on celebrating life rather than mourning at funerals, we explore the new ways people are choosing to commemorate loved ones, and hear first hand experience of what it's like to grieve in the public eye, with acclaimed author Blanche d’Alpuget, widow of former Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke, and experienced funeral and life celebrant Evelyn Calaunan. About the episode – brought to you by Australian Seniors. Join James Valentine for the sixth season of Life’s Booming: Dying to Know, our most unflinching yet. We’ll have the conversations that are hardest to have, ask the questions that are easy to ignore, and hear stories that will make you think differently about the one thing we’re all guaranteed to experience: Death. Featuring interviews with famous faces as well as experts in the space, we uncover what they know about what we can expect. There are hard truths, surprising discoveries, tears and even laughs. Nothing about death is off the table. Blanche d’Alpuget is an acclaimed Australian author and the widow of former Prime Minister Bob Hawke. In this episode, Blanche reflects on public and private rituals of mourning, what it means to say goodbye well, and how grief reshapes us. Her latest novel, The Bunny Club (her first murder mystery), is out now. Evelyn Calaunan is a celebrant who has conducted more than 600 ceremonies, including living funerals that are heartfelt gatherings held before death to honour a life while the person is still present. Drawing on her background in palliative care and community work, Evelyn helps individuals and families create ceremonies that are deeply personal. If you have any thoughts or questions and want to share your story to Life’s Booming, send us a voice note – lifesbooming@seniors.com.au Watch Life’s Booming on YouTube Listen to Life's Booming on Apple Podcasts Listen to Life's Booming on Spotify For more information visit seniors.com.au/podcast Produced by Medium Rare Content Agency, in conjunction with Ampel -- Disclaimer: Please be advised that this episode contains discussions about death, which may be triggering or upsetting for some listeners. Listener discretion is advised. If you are struggling with the loss of a loved one, please know that you are not alone and there are resources available. For additional support please contact Lifeline on 131 114 or Beyond Blue on 1300 224 636. TRANSCRIPT: S06EP04 Going out with style James: Hi, I'm James Valentine. Welcome to Life's Booming. This season is Dying to Know. We're having the conversations that are often the hardest to have with people who've experienced life's one great certainty, death. It touches everyone, but how we honor our loved ones in death is changing, with most of us now preferring to focus on celebrating life rather than mourning at funerals. So in this episode, we explore some of the new ways people are choosing to commemorate life, as well as hearing first hand experience of what it's like to grieve in the public eye. Generously sharing their professional and personal stories are our guests. Evelyn Calaunan is an experienced celebrant who specialises in living funerals. And Blanche d’Alpuget is an acclaimed author and widow of former Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke. Evelyn Blanche, welcome to Life's Booming. Blanche: Oh, thank you, James. James: Evelyn, you describe yourself as an end of life celebrant. What exactly does that mean? What do you mean by end of life celebrant? Evelyn: So I've done, I've done ceremonies, as well. I used to be a wedding celebrant and I've married a few couples where one of the partners was diagnosed with a terminal illness, so I would do the ceremony and that turned out to be sort of a life celebration and they just wanted to marry before one of them died. And then I've done a ceremony where the person was actually dying and we did it. The end of life sort of life celebration for him. And he passed away, I think, 10 days after, after the ceremony. That's why I think it's, it's best just to celebrate life now, like have those milestone birthdays or whatever birthday number you're turning and have a great party now - why wait till you have a diagnosis or a terminal illness that's looming? So it's important to have those, those celebrations now. However, in saying that, sometimes people are diagnosed and like, ‘Oh God, I didn't have that party. So I want to have something now.’ I did do a life celebration for my girlfriend who was diagnosed with cancer. And I did a little bit of a ceremony and a ritual and I shared a poem and I was getting a bit too sad for everybody there - cause we were really… It was like a 70s party, we were all dressed up and enjoying each other's company. And then after a while we could tell people were really getting upset because of her diagnosis. And then she came on the microphone. She said, ‘Okay, okay. That's enough, Evelyn, let's go on to karaoke’, you know, so, yeah, It turned out to be a lovely celebration and she wanted to invite people there from all parts of her life and just be able to have a good party with them while she was still feeling well. James: Yeah Yeah Evelyn: And I've done about 600 end of life ceremonies. James: It just sounds like 600 sounds like a lot Evelyn: Yeah, but in the context of 17 years, that's really not. James: I think the thing that struck me about that number was, does it get routine? Evelyn: Not really. I mean a lot of the script is or the script that I have – I mean, there's only so many ways you can say I'd like to welcome everyone here today. So I'll write a ceremony and I might say, ‘Oh, you know, Joe Blow leaves behind his loving sister’, and then the parents will come back and say, ‘Please take loving out, they couldn't stand each other!’ So, you know, there's a lot of adjectives that are changed because I kind of make my ceremonies quite flowery and people like to change that and make it more real. So yeah. James: Blanche, you had the experience of, in a way, one of the biggest funerals and biggest moments of public grief in Australian life, the death of Bob Hawke and the funeral and memorial service of Bob Hawke. How much did you and Bob plan those events together? Blanche: Not at all. No, no. That was all left up to me. James: Right. So you planned those events. So my understanding is Bob knew he was dying, right? You knew it was, say, a year before, that kind of thing, you knew it was, it would, it must have been coming. Blanche: Well, you don't know exactly when. When he started dying, it just fell like an axe. It was very sudden, out of the blue, we were having dinner. And he was in a bad way. He was in a lot of pain from peripheral neuropathy, so he was on morphine tablets and the fentanyl patches. Obviously it was going to be at some stage, but suddenly we're having dinner and we finished dinner and he got up from dinner and he actually went into the living room and actually threw up and he was in enormous pain, suddenly. And he got on the floor and said, ‘Oh, it's unbearable. The pain's unbearable’. And I said to him, ‘Yes, Bob, you're dying.’ And that was, so that was the beginning. James: How did he take that? Like, how did he take his death? So the, the imminence of his death? Blanche: Well, he'd said all along, I have no fear of death. And I used to think all along, wait until you get there. [laughter] It's one thing, not fearing death. It's another thing fearing dying, and dying can be difficult. Being born is difficult, life is difficult, and dying can be difficult too. But then I think it's wonderful, when you actually… Because I believe in the spirit and the soul, and I've seen enough of people dying to be convinced of it, there's an absolutely uplifting feeling as, as it goes, as it leaves the body. James: What did he believe, particularly at that point? Blanche: I sort of badgered him with my ideas for 25 years, so [laughter]. He'd started off an agnostic and he was still probably agnostic, but when he died, he wasn't. I mean, I could see it on his face. He didn't say, ‘Oh my God, I can, I see heaven’. But there was such a heavenly look on his face. As I saw on my mother's face. James: What do you see, Evelyn, the difference between, do you see a difference between those who are dying and have belief and faith and those who don’t. How does that express itself? How do you see it play out? Evelyn: What I've seen or what I've experienced talking to families is that that they could see at the end that they, if they were quite sick, cause I always ask, I always ask my families, how was it the last few days? And they always say to me, that, you know, just about a few days before they died, they had this really lucid moment where they sat up and we had a really good conversation. And, and then a few days later, they passed away. And another thing that I actually really would like to share is that most of the families, they get really upset if their person hasn't passed in front of them. They're waiting for that moment. But I have found in all of the many funerals I've done, I would say about 80%, if not more, the loved one usually passes away when someone will just go out to the toilet or go… I've had to explain that to families because they're, they're so upset. Like, ‘you know, I was sat there, I slept on, by the side, the side of the bed of my mother, and I was holding her hand and I, I just had to go to the toilet. I come back and she died on me’ - you know, but it's so common. James: Why are you nodding Blanche? You heard this a lot too. Blanche: Oh yes, it's very well known that because the loved one is hanging on emotionally, psychologically to the one who's dying. And so, the dying one can't leave, and that has to grab the moment. Do you agree with the Evelyn? Evelyn: Yeah I definitely agree with that, and I've heard the stories too many times to not discount that, and I think at the end of life, I think we just kind of resort to being kind of like cats or dogs – you know how they go to a corner to die. I think we kind of are like that as well. James: Yeah. Did you, were you there with when Bob died? Blanche: Yep. Holding his hand. I'd done a very foolish thing before. I'd spent all day lying down beside him, and he had pneumonia, he developed pneumonia. And I had an appointment with an acupuncturist and I went to see her. She took my pulse, which is the first thing you do with acupuncture, and she said, What have you been doing? And I said, I've been lying down with Bob, he's dying. She said, You've got no pulses. You'll die. She said, You've given him all your life energy and you must stop. And you can only hold his hand. You mustn't touch any more of his body than that. And indeed, while I was lying down beside him, his breathing improved, his color came back, he started – he was, had morphine, so I was in a morphine sleep – but he just started to look good. And as soon as I just moved away from him, he went back into pneumonia and dying. James: Yeah. Did you see the moment? Blanche: Yeah. Oh yes. James: What was that? Blanche: It was marvelous. It was… He gave a huge sigh, and then I felt the room was full of angels. It was very, very uplifting. It was very thrilling. And the same thing with my mother actually. I was with her when she died. And it was so exciting, I wanted to ring her up immediately and say, Hey mum, guess what I just saw? James: She probably knows. She probably knew. What kind of descriptions do you hear of the moment? Evelyn: Yeah, I hear the same as well, that when they finally took their last breath, they just looked so peaceful and they looked without pain. But in saying that, because I am, I do the funerals like, you know, a few days after they die, a lot of things happen at the funerals too, like, you know, birds brushing up against the window when you mention their name. Or, you know, light fluttering in when you're doing a reflection. I've witnessed a lot of that or even electrics going out during certain motions and then someone will ring out, ‘Oh, that's mum, she always wanted to make a big scene, you know.’ So I've witnessed a lot of that to know that there is something beautiful, you know, beautiful on the other side. And I feel when their body is still here on, on the, on the plane, like that time from when they die to when the funeral, I feel there's, their essence is really all around us. And some of the essence does come out at the funeral and some of the things people say… yeah, it's just beautiful. James: It's a fusion, I suppose, like I'm feeling a sense of a fusion of a, of a spirit and whatever that might be, but also our huge consciousness of them. You know, there's so much consciousness all the way, there's suddenly, you know, sometimes hundreds, thousands of people will be thinking about this person and remembering, you know, that, that's also a life force in some ways, isn't it? Blanche: Yes. I remember at Bob's, at the private funeral, I had no idea what I was going to say. And suddenly I looked in my handbag and there was a piece of paper with a poem on it. And there was exactly the right thing. I hadn't seen the poem before, but it was exactly the right thing to read in the circumstances. James: Had someone popped it in there, or? Blanche: No. James: Mmm. Blanche: Weird. James: Weird. Blanche: I'm weird. [laughter] James: I suppose I wondered about the experience of grief when it's going to be that public. And I do, there's a public funeral, but there was also, there's an immediate, sorry, private funeral, but there's also an immediate public thing you've got to deal with, with media and with the nation learning all that kind of thing. Blanche: That was a nightmare, a real nightmare. I think I probably had a thousand emails and texts, for starters. And I was really grieving, really, really upset. So I'd go up shopping and burst into tears over the cauliflowers. [laughter] I haven’t got anything against cauliflower. And I didn't have a moment, really, to grieve properly. I mean, I had the odd moments, but it was so busy, once he died because of who he was, and everybody wanting a slice of the salami, basically. James: Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. How'd you handle it? Blanche: You just do James. When stuff gets thrown at you, you just handle it as best you can. Whether I did it well or ill, I don't know. James: And so then what, how did you handle your grief? Did you have to do that later? Blanche: Unfortunately. And I got… So the next year I got breast cancer. And I do think that was grief. James and Evelyn: Mm. Yeah. Blanche: He died in May, I moved out of the house in September, and I was diagnosed with breast cancer in February. James: Yeah. Yeah. That's too much, isn’t it Blanche: Well, it's life, you know, you just got to accept it. James: Because it seems sort of unimaginable, like just having to have so much to process, you've got a whole, there's a whole other complication… Blanche: …and people still come up to me. Almost six years later. And say, I wish he was still here. Yeah. That's quite common. Especially as we approach an election! [laughter] James: Well, yes, I could feel that too! And is that, is that a nice thing? Is it nice having, to be remembered like that? Blanche: Oh, yes, because it's all, it's always very civil and kind. Evelyn: And I think people feel like they know him, even though he wasn't, you know, their husband or father, they wanted a piece of him. And I think they wanted to fully grieve and honor his life. And that's why having that public funeral was very, was very necessary. Because I do think memorials, or anything, is necessary, even if you just for five minutes, it's like, let's just stop and think about whoever's past. We need that. We need that. And I've seen too often, in my… over the years, where a lady's past, was in her 80s, and what was going to be put in the coffin with her were ashes from her stillborn child. So she never did a ceremony for that. And I remember her husband was telling me, You know, she always talked about her stillborn. And they never knew what to do with the ashes. And so I think, if they would have had just a little bit of a ceremony honouring that child, or the stillbirth, that would have helped for them to go further. So we just need it, we just need moments to get together… James: Tell me more about why I think it's necessary. What, what, what is the… Because a lot of people will say this thing, ‘Look, cardboard box, put me out in the, put me out with the rubbish. You know, put me in the top paddock, let the crows have a go’, you know, like you get that sort of expression. But then you're, you know, what you're saying is it's very important, not even, not just for the person that's died, almost more for everybody else. Evelyn: I think funerals, end of life ceremonies, are really important for the people who are left behind. Like just us being together and honoring that person in a space and having this sort of energy directed towards this person that we love. But people, they don't want to have these ceremonies. And I don't, I don't know if it's an Australian thing, you know, cause I've heard that a lot, just put me out on the, you know, on the trash and I'll be, I'll be right, mate. But I think honoring that person is really important just for those who are left behind. James: Think it's Australian, a little bit Australian? Blanche: Yes, I do. And it's because we're so secular. James: Right. Blanche: I think. James: Well, I think a lot of the, a lot of the discussions we've been having here, or the point of these discussions in this, in this series has been because we've lost, you know, if half of us were Catholics and the other half were Anglicans and, you know, there were a few other sects alongside, that gave us the structures and gave us the ritual to the funerals. Whereas these discussions, a lot of it has been about, well, if you're not that, and that is an increasingly larger proportion of the population, well, what is it? What are you marking? Why, what is death? What is the funeral? What is the ceremony for? What, what's the funeral for? Blanche: The funeral is to celebrate the life. And I might say that although I want an, an, an inexpensive casket or coffin, I don't want a nothing funeral. I want ‘When the saints go marching in’, played at the end of it! James: it. Yes. Blanche: Fun. James: Yeah. Did Bob have much planning in the memorial? Did he think about that? Blanche: None. Unlike Gough [Whitlam]. Gough planned his funeral down to the last tea. Bob left it entirely to others. He didn't even think about it. James: Right. And what, what hand did you have in that? Was that something where it was hard to express perhaps your love because there's protocol, there's stuff that had to be done? Blanche: Oh, well, there were a number of formal speakers who had to be there, and I wasn't one of those. The one person representing the family was his eldest child, Sue, and then all the rest were pollies. James: And did it feel like you, did that feel like a memorial of Bob Hawke or the Bob Hawke you knew, or the Bob Hawke we knew? Blanche: It was the Bob Hawke the public knew. But there's also a lot of, as you were saying, a lot of information in that. Evelyn: Yeah. And, and I'd like to share this that, at a funeral, at least 80% of the guests there will find out something new about their person that they never knew. And we can all relate to that. So it's very common. And even sons and daughters, I've found, they know very little about their parents from before they were born. So, you know, they don't even know these basic sort of questions when you ask them. They'll know where they were married, but they don't know the basic questions. So I think there is a need to talk about, you know, talk about our lives more, not talk about death, but talk about our lives more so that our children, you know, know about our lives before, you know, death. James: I think it's one of the nice aspects of funeral is [to] find that relative you don't know very well and have a chat. So much will come out. Great stories will come out. And it will be those things like, What do you mean they did that after the war? What are you talking about? You know, because often they will never say it. How, Blanche, how do you think we should talk about death? Blanche: Positively. It's inevitable and, and therefore to be, not to be feared and, and shrunken away from, but to anticipate with a certain degree of excitement. Look, I think it's a great adventure, because we don't know what's going to happen afterwards. But if you have a positive attitude, it's really worth looking, looking forward to. James: Yeah, if you go in with the positive attitude, I think they'll be pleased to see you. There's that nice Blanche. Come on in, we’ll have you there! Where should we, where should we be talking about death? When should we talk about death, Evelyn? Evelyn: Well, I'm one of the very low percent percentage of people who actually enjoy talking about death and I've been doing funerals for such a long, long time, and I find something really interesting is that I feel I live my life really quite fully, because you never know what's going to happen around the corner. And I deal with all ages, you know, from just a baby to someone who's really old. But, you know, deal with suicides and people die in accidents. So I know that life is really quite brief, and is briefer than we even think, you know? And, uh, yeah, so I, uh, I don't know… what was the question? James: I mean, I think this picks up a little on what Blanche was saying about, you know, it's a secular society. It's an even more secular society than it ever was. We're even more removed from death than we ever were. Go back a few generations, you know… Blanche: And death was at home. James: Death was at home. Blanche: It's been medicalised. James: Exactly. It's been kept at home. You know, the body would be in the home. Children would die. You know, we're around death a lot more. So now it's separated from us and then we don't even talk about it. So, and I suppose I'm interested in sort of, when, you know, should it be in schools? O should we talk about it more? Do you talk to your parents about their funeral plans? Like, when should we talk about death? [00:22:36] Evelyn: I think we should bring it in as soon as possible because we have animals that die. We just need kids to know what it is to die. Grandparents who died and, you know, bring it, bring it in as soon as possible. In elementary school, high school or, you know, we just need to get that conversation going. Unfortunately, we only think about it when we're diagnosed with something or if we lose a loved one. We think about it then. We think life, we can live life infinitely, but then something happens. So I know it's probably not the topic that people want to talk about, but there can be something quite beautiful. Like when we start talking about our funeral songs, when we just start talking about our lives. I think it's, I think it's quite exciting. Blanche: I think it's exciting, too. But obviously for kids, it's when they're grandparents die - well sometimes they're already adults when their grandparents die - but if they're little kids, start talking then. James: Yeah. Well, you increasingly, like when my grand-, when my first grandmother died, I was maybe seven or eight or something like that, it was not done to take the children to the funeral. Blanche: That's right. James: The children were not to be going to the funeral. But now I think we do go, No, bring the children to the funeral. I think that's changed. Blanche: Yes. And I think that's positive. And especially if it's an uplifting funeral. James: Yeah, that's right. That's right. Or even if it's, even if it's not, I mean, children should experience that too, shouldn't they? They should understand the breadth of that emotion. Blanche: But whether it's uplifting or not doesn't depend on the nature of the death. James: No. Evelyn: I do think that sometimes when a person does die tragically, accident, or suicide or even murdered, there should be this, there should be like an authenticity about saying what happened, but really just the one sentence, because I know that you want to address the elephant in the room because people often say, Oh, God, how's she going to do this? So I often say, you know, there's no words of comfort, you know, that we can really say that, you know, she's died tragically and you do have to use the word died. She's died tragically, but that's not who she was. This was just an event that was, you know, just took her life. We're not going to focus on that. We're going to focus on, you know, what she loved to do, the music she loved, the people she loved. But I do think you do need to address that. You can't sugarcoat that. So sometimes celebrants and priests, they do make it all about the death, but I do think it is important to address the death, and be transparent about that. And then you focus on the celebration. James: I use the word died all the time too. Like I'm a daily radio broadcaster, when I’m remarking on people I say they died yesterday. They died. Blanche and Evelyn: Yeah. James: This person died. He passed, passed away. I don't like it. I didn't… Blanche: …Neither do I. James: They died. Died. Yeah. And it, it, it sort of seems to, I don't know, it makes it… Blanche: It's a euphemism, The euphemism sort of, I don't know, it takes away from the solemnity of the event, almost, and the significance… Blanche: I agree James: I think we were talking before about, we don't think people want to talk about death. I think people love talking about it. Like, and again, on the radio show, we do it quite often. People love it. You know, they write in, they're engaged. They want to talk about it. I did it to… I was with a friend the other night and for some reason it came up and I made the, I started talking about, you know, my beliefs or whatever. And you see the friend just suddenly stopped and went, Well, this is interesting. You know, like, this is better than just, How was the footy, you know… Blanche: I never thought of that! James: It sort of, the whole conversation, it sparked… we had a whole new level in the relationship… And I think that that's what these conversations are about, is hopefully they encourage, you know, other people listening to have, to talk about death. Blanche: And a positive attitude. James: Yeah. Evelyn, how have funerals changed? Yeah, perhaps even in the course of your 17 years, over the 600, but also, yeah, maybe getting to remember your grandmothers or something like that. How do you think funerals have changed? Evelyn: Well, funerals have definitely changed in the last few years, mainly because of COVID, and we're using technology more. And also what I've noticed as well is that there are people who will have a private cremation and then have a huge memorial, maybe not a week or two after, but maybe in a month or two after. So they're giving it a longer time to have, like, more of a bigger celebration of life. And, so my father died suddenly in 1997, and my mum was taking photos, and this was the camera, and I thought that was, I was so angry with her. James: Taking photos during the funeral? Evelyn: She was, taking the funeral, yeah. It was, she was really upsetting me. But I'm so glad she did because I cherish those photos. So I think it's become more mainstream for people to take photos of the coffins, even, you know, film, film the ceremony. It might not be livestream, but they'll film the ceremony. So that's actually been more, something that's been more in common. James: The video tribute is a, is often a big part. Now there'll be three or four minutes of photos and video. Blanche: Yeah, that's normal, isn't it? Evelyn: Yeah, that's normal. And I try not to have too many tributes because,, you know, after five to six minutes, the audience tends to tune out and I've seen too many funerals… even if a person's a really good speaker, it's really got to be sort of short and sharp. And I know that sounds horrible, if someone’s lived 90 years, but you can do it in three to four minutes or even to five minutes. James: Yeah. Wow. Well, a fantastic conversation. Thank you so much. Blanche, you are, you know, remarkably still full of life. Books are pouring out of you. The Bunny Club, available now, wherever books and libraries exist. What's The Bunny Club about? [laughter] Evelyn: It sounds naughty actually. James: It's sex and murder. I'll say it. It's murder and sex, right? Blanche: Right. [laughter] James: Well, it's a very engaging read, and it's been a very engaging conversation with you as well. Thank you so much for coming. Blanche: Thank you, James. Evelyn: Thank you so much. James: Thank you to Blanche d’Alpuget and Evelyn Calaunan. You've been listening to season six of Life's Booming, Dying to Know, brought to you by Australian seniors. Please leave a review and share this show with someone you know. Visit seniors. com. au slash podcast for more episodes. May your life be booming. I'm James Valentine.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Forgiveness is a gift. Not just to us from God, but for us to exercise in our own lives. We aren't meant to carry around all the times we feel we've been wronged, and forgiveness allows us to let go of that baggage. As we wrap up "Dear Younger Me," we see Joseph making the ultimate choice to forgive his brothers because he knew God's plan was greater than their intent to harm him.

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In today's sermon, Pastor Andrew Coleman continues a series on God's amazing generosity by preaching on what OUR response should be to God's generosity. In this sermon, we look at 2 Corinthians 9: 6-15 and see several key truths to guide our own response. Here we see that true Christians are called to give GENEROUSLY, with the right EMOTION (cheerfulness & faithfulness), with the right MOTIVATION (gratitude & thankfulness), while remembering God's inexpressible gift to US--the gift of Jesus Christ! As Romans 8:32 reminds us, "He [God] who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things?" ________________________________________ Links to Sermon Notes & Answers: ➤Sermon Notes (Blank): https://www.sheridanhills.org/_files/ugd/30fec2_5d204ad91fc74e0d9268999858a4ca82.pdf ➤Sermon Notes (Answers): https://www.sheridanhills.org/_files/ugd/30fec2_5f8eb4f1363943149a82362c60d93d5a.pdf ________________________________________ In this video: Review of previous sermons in series Main Points Application ________________________________________ Subscribe to this channel to catch weekly expositional sermons from the Bible. ________________________________________ Explore more sermons and information: https://www.sheridanhills.org/watch-new ________________________________________ Follow us: ➤Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sheridanhills/ ➤Twitter: https://twitter.com/sheridanhills01 ➤Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sheridanhills/

We hope that you enjoy this sermon from our Pastor, Dr. Robert Russell.

Pastor Bill returns to our Called Up series focusing on Jesus' teaching from Matthew 6:1-4. (From March 9, 2025)

Connie and Uncle Chris and his community theatre company are exploring the world of William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream to find out more about the themes of the mischievous play.

Send us a textIn 2 Cor. 9:6 says, "Whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully." What does this mean exactly? Does this justify people like Jesse DuPlantis and Kenneth Copeland having private airplanes? Does it mean that Paula White, with her mansion in Tampa and penthouse in New York is just reaping bountifully? Does it mean that those of use who are struggling financially, are struggling because we aren't generous enough? Is the answer to all of our money problems giving more of our money away?Thanks for tuning in! Be sure to check out everything Proverbs 9:10 on our website, www.proverbs910ministries.com! You can also follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Rumble, YouTube, Twitter, Truth Social, and Gettr!

Send us a textLet's face it, maybe no subject is more sensitive than our money - whether it's being asked to give money, getting scammed out of money, or deciding how much money you need to sock away for a rainy day. God blesses us with material possessions. To some He gives a lot, to others He gives less. But He expects all of us to be grateful for what He gives us, be responsible with what He gives us, and use discernment when using what He gives us. Paul gives us some great advice on how we accomplish all of this!Thanks for tuning in! Be sure to check out everything Proverbs 9:10 on our website, www.proverbs910ministries.com! You can also follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Rumble, YouTube, Twitter, Truth Social, and Gettr!

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Connie has to make a last minute presentation at school on the themes of Shakespeare's magical and mischievous play, A Midsummer Night's Dream, and she has no idea where to start! Luckily, her Uncle Chris and the community theatre company are experts on Shakespeare, so they decide to go on an Armchair Adventure into the world of the play to find out more.

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On Thursday's Morning Focus, Alan Morrissey was joined by, Martyn Whyte, chef at Glás Restaurant, Hotel Doolin. This week, Martyn shared a delicious recipe for parmigiana with a radicchio and citrus salad. Ingredients: Parmigiana 5 aubergines 1 tin of tomatoes 200g Parmesan 50g basil 50ml olive oil 5 cloves of garlic 20g Parsley Stalks Salad 1 head of radicchio 1 orange 1 lemon 1 lime 50g Goats Cheese 100g pumpkin seeds Method: Start by peeling the aubergine. Peel the skins in turns, leaving some of the skin on. Then thinly slice. Lay out in layers, lightly salt each layer. Leave to rest for 15 minutes. Squeeze the water out. Fry in oil at 180 degrees until golden and crispy. Set aside. For the marinara, start by making a sofrito. Warm the olive oil in a pot with the garlic and parsley stalks. Once you start to smell the aroma of the garlic, oil and parsley add in the tomatoes. Cook out gently for about 30 minutes until it's reduced. Blitz with a hand blender until smooth. Place the fried aubergine, marinara and grated Parmesan in layers like a lasagna. Generously add the basil throughout. Keep layering until you've used all the ingredients. Bake at 200 until crispy on top. For the salad, roughly chop the radicchio and set aside. Now peel the citrus and roughly chop. Mix with some olive oil and salt and black pepper. It might need some vinegar to balance. Add the goats cheese and seeds to the salad mix. Dress with the citrus mix. Season generously with salt and black pepper. To serve: A nice big spoon of parmigiana with a hefty spoon of the salad. Great with some fresh bread. Background image (c) by goir from Getty Images Pro via Canva and aesthetic squiggle line (c) by Sandi Dwi Prasetyo from Sandidwipr via Canva

Love isn't a task—it's your new nature. In this powerful message, Pastor Grace Dickow reveals how embracing your righteousness in Christ unlocks a limitless love that flows freely. She also shares simple, one-minute habits to make loving others generously a natural part of your everyday life.Sunday | February 16, 2025NEXT STEPSHave you made a decision to follow Jesus? We would love to help you with your next steps, starting with a free devotional: ⁠https://lifechangerschurch.com/newlife⁠ABOUT LIFE CHANGERSEvery Sunday, at every small group, and every gathering of our church, we are singing about, talking about, and learning about the radical acceptance of God that we have because of Jesus. We hope you can join us as we grow to know God and discover our true worth in Him. Join us in person or online at ⁠https://www.lifechangerschurch.com⁠.SUPPORTYou can tithe or donate to help us reach more lives around the world here: ⁠https://www.lifechangerschurch.com/give⁠FIND US ON SOCIAL MEDIAFacebook: ⁠http://www.facebook.com/lifechangerschurch⁠Instagram: ⁠http://www.instagram.com/lifechangers⁠TikTok: ⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@lifechangers⁠YouTube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@lifechangerschurch⁠CONNECT WITH PASTOR GREGORY DICKOWYouTube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@gregorydickow⁠Facebook: ⁠http://www.facebook.com/gregorydickow⁠Instagram: ⁠http://www.instagram.com/gregorydickow⁠TikTok: ⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@gregorydickow

Makers and Takers: Why Conservatives Work Harder, Feel Happier, Have Closer Families, Take Fewer Drugs, Give More Generously, Value Honesty More, Are ... Even Hug Thier Children More Than Liberals Audio CD – Audiobook, January 1, 2008 by Peter Schweizer (Author), Johnny Heller (Narrator) See all formats and editions In Do as I Say (Not as I Do), Peter Schweizer exposed the hypocrisy of liberal elites in Washington and Hollywood. In Makers and Takers, he broadens his scope to examine the damaging effects of liberal philosophy on ordinary Americans. Drawing on national polls and academic studies, as well as the revealing testimony of liberals themselves, Schweizer shows that liberals are, on the whole, less honest, less generous, lazier, and more materialistic than their conservative counterparts. Moreover, conservatives are better parents, spouses, and citizens.Schweizer's portrait is not a mischievous exercise in "gotcha" journalism. Instead, tracing political and social changes over the past fifty years, he argues that the emergence of liberalism as a philosophy of selfishness is a direct result of big government. The enormous expansion of government has fostered the assumption among many Americans that the state is responsible for our financial, social, and moral well-being. From the myth that wealth is the result of luck and exploitation to the insistence that individuaals are not accountable to God or social institutions, the principles of liberalism have corrupted the personal virtues and community values Americans once honored.

When you think about wealth, money, and possessions what images or representations come to your mind? When the Apostle Paul asked for the Corinthian church to help struggling believers in Jerusalem, he reminded them of reasons to be generous and provided guidance for their giving. Realizing how God has freely given us good gifts can dramatically change our attitudes toward money and giving.Support the show

Connie and the gang are back in Ancient Egypt

What is your one right next step? In this episode, Jeff, Jeff, and Jeanna discuss: Lessons on humility and overcoming pride. Meeting the Lord through business.Transitioning from soaking in the Spirit to seeking the Lord.Building a unified team even among diverse people.Living intentionally and honoring legacy.  Key Takeaways: People need to have a safe place. They need connection and real community in every aspect of their lives. Giving and generosity can begin with one person. It will grow and multiply from even one spark.God gives and He takes away - it is all His to begin with. Generously steward what He has given you. Love can happen in the middle of business - for employees, trade partners, customers, and more.  "That is how you will know that God's Kingdom is bigger and better than yours - He will do it in real ways if you'll surrender." — Jeanna Roach  Episode References:Kingdom at Work: https://kingdomatwork.com/ About Jeanna Roach: Jeanna Roach grew up in Wichita Falls, Texas before graduating from Texas Tech University and beginning her career in public relations/marketing. She joined Betenbough Homes in 2006 and has led various roles emphasizing her strategic lens for sales and marketing. In December 2023, Jeanna was appointed by Rick Betenbough as CEO of Betenbough Companies. Jeanna leads the Board of Directors and specializes in the growth and development of new enterprises such as an event center, a café and title company. She is a champion of the Betenbough Companies culture and defends it daily. Jeanna and her husband, Andrew, have three children, Olivia, Liam and Collin, and spend their time travelling, shooting hoops and watching volleyball.  Connect with Jeanna Roach:Website: https://www.betenbough.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeannaroach Connect with Jeff Thomas: Website: https://www.arkosglobal.com/Podcast: https://www.generousbusinessowner.com/Book: https://www.arkosglobal.com/trading-upEmail: jeff.thomas@arkosglobal.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/ArkosGlobalAdv Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/arkosglobal/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/arkosglobaladvisorsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/arkosglobaladvisors/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLUYpPwkHH7JrP6PrbHeBxw

Connie and the gang travel back through the sands of time, all the way to Ancient Egypt

Sowing Generously, Reaping Abundantly - Lamar Morin Sunday, January 12, 2025 at Hoffmantown Church, Albuquerque, New Mexico

What percentage of Americans do you think lose sleep fretting about money matters in the middle of the night? (Hint, it's well over the majority!) When I was livin' it up in San Francisco working in the wine industry, I managed to rack up some impressive debt, and it frequently impacted my slumber. Over the years there were other financial issues such as worry over estate planning once my son was born and then Covid came and tanked the stock market and subsequently sent interest rates up and inflation especially sky high.Sleep is a critical factor in the body's ability to function optimally and repair itself; in other words, it's a cornerstone of metabolic health. Which is why in today's episode #63 of The Nourishment Mindset, we're talking with a financial expert who wants to help YOU get a better night's sleep. (This is a pod-only episode as we're in the middle of a move and I'm also rehearsing for a play so I didn't elect to video edit.)Meet CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™, Chartered Advisor in Philanthropy,® Accredited Tax Preparer® and my husband, Patrick Huey. He's a self described “comprehensive financial concierge for real people” and offers plenty of sound, actionable advice as you prepare for 2025.Patrick discusses how to cultivate financial health, what we should and shouldn't worry about and most importantly, how to find balance when it comes to making, saving, spending and giving money. We talk about how to assess financial health, determine if you would benefit from working with a financial advisor and what to look for in your search for a good fit.“Everyone has a plan until you ask them to produce it.” - Patrick Huey, owner of Victory Independent PlanningWe also emphasize the importance of getting that second opinion if you already have your money house in order. I recently had a dentist tell me I needed a freakin' root canal. After seeking a couple of second opinions, I learned that there's nothing wrong with my tooth after performing a simple a cold test with an ice cube at home! While it's standard practice to get a second opinion in medical matters, it's much more rare in the world of finance. If you walk away with one takeaway from this episode, take this: get a second opinion on your financial health, which is significantly more comprehensive than your investments! There are so many money managers out there who do just that — focus solely on investment accounts, leaving estate, tax, health and other planning to others… Or sadly and commonly, no one.Financial health is about so much more and in this episode, you'll learn about Patrick's SMART® approach to gliding into retirement and much more.****I'm thrilled to offer Nourishment Mindset subscribers this special, no obligation offer through January 15: a complimentary signed shipped copy of Patrick's Seven Pillars of Financial Wisdom to help you determine if you're getting the maximum benefit from your current approach to financial health. To receive one, simply email me. (FavorFat@gmail.com)FINE READS-For those who want a more comprehensive read, Patrick spent nearly a decade crafting only the book he could write. AND didn't toss me off our Camas, WA balcony to the coyotes the night I gave him this feedback after reading the manuscript: “There's a lot here. But you need to start over from an organization stand point.”History Lessons for the Modern Investor takes a rollicking romp through the past helping you learn important lessons from historical figures to become a better investor today. For example, Julius Caesar, courtesy of some heavily armed guys in togas, discovered that mental shortcuts can lead to disappointing results. He learned it the hard way, but you don't have to. Nicolaus Copernicus didn't think the universe revolved around him—rare for a genius of his time. His economic theory is the secret to funding a long retirement. And you won't risk getting burned at the stake…To check out all of his books including a travel thriller, visit Patrick's author page.FINE RECIPE with a FINE FIND- Dixie's Go To Tuna Salad with Sea SeasoningI'm combining my Fine Recipe and Fine Find this month since this sea seasoning adds flavor and an essential trace mineral, iodine. I love Maine Coast Sea Seasonings and regularly use their organic triple blend.Sometimes you need a quick, healthy fix and my Go To Tuna Salad is one of my favorites! Serves one so feel free to multiply for more mouths. Add everything together, stir and enjoy:1.One can of tuna, preferably wild caught and in either olive oil or water;2.Mix in 1 generous TB avocado oil mayo — Primal Kitchen and Sir Kensington's are my preferred brands (no stanky seed oils - traditional mayo always has ‘em even if they advertise “olive oil” on the front so check those ingredients);3.Chop 1 mini cucumber (or a half of a regular one) and toss in;4.Add 1tsp Dijon if you enjoy mustard and/or a couple TB finely chopped nuts;5.Generously salt with a high quality brand such as Redmond.6.Consider adding a Sea Seasoning with iodine to support thyroid health and add delicious flavor!PS - If you happen to live in SW Florida, please support local arts come see Last of the Red Hot Lovers, a comedy about a married man's midlife crisis by Neil Simon. We're playing at the Marco Island Center for the Arts theater January 8-26. My character, Bobbi Michelle, is a nutty out of work night club singer who takes medicinal weed instead of tranquilizers because she has this inability to swallow pills. She's essentially harmless — sweet and sexy, but also super ditzy, and her singing is um… you'll see. For more, check out the features in Coastal Breeze and Marco Eagle. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit favorfat.substack.com

Generously sponsored by Drs. Naomi & Robert Spira in memory of Robert's mother, Molly Spira, ob”m and Naomi's father, Hyman Nutkis, ob”m on the anniversary of their yahrzeits אֵלֶּה  תֹּלְדוֹת יַעֲקֹב יוֹסֵף בֶּן־שְׁבַע־עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה הָיָה רֹעֶה אֶת־אֶחָיו בַּצֹּאן וְהוּא נַעַר אֶת־בְּנֵי בִלְהָה וְאֶת־בְּנֵי זִלְפָּה נְשֵׁי אָבִיו וַיָּבֵא יוֹסֵף אֶת־דִּבָּתָם רָעָה אֶל־אֲבִיהֶם׃ This, then, is the line of Jacob: At seventeen years of age, Joseph tended the flocks with his brothers, as a helper to the sons of his father's wives Bilhah and Zilpah. And Joseph brought bad reports of them to their father.

Think you know your Armchair Adventures inside and out..? Well, get ready to put your knowledge to the test with UNPACKED: the brand new spin-off from Armchair Adventures.It's hosted by Connie's Uncle Chris, and a mischevious soundboard called Ziggy.

Welcome to UNPACKED - A brand-new spin-off show to Armchair Adventures for your listening and ‘join in' pleasure. ‘Strictly Come Dancing' has ‘It Takes Two'

Join Connie & her lovely customers as we continue our super fun adventure at the magical theme park!

Sermon Title: Invest Generously (Money Talks) Pastor Terrance Wilson | COOL Church How Investing Leads To Overflow   CREATED OUT OF LOVE

Sunday, December 1, 2024 10:00AM

Fr. Roger J. Landry Columbia Catholic Ministry, Notre Dame Church, Manhattan Monday of the 34th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II Memorial of Saint Catharine of Alexandria, Virgin and Martyr November 25, 2024 Rev 14:1-5, Ps 24, Lk 21:1-4   To listen to an audio recording of today's homily, please click below:  https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/catholicpreaching/11.25.24_Homily_1.mp3   The […] The post Generously Following the King and Lamb Wherever He Goes, 34th Monday (II), November 25, 2024 appeared first on Catholic Preaching.

Join Connie and her lovely customers as they adventure to THE MOST exciting, amazing, magical theme park filled with thrills, imagination, and surprises! The journey kicks off with special guest Linda, who suggests taking everyone on to a theme park to cheer everyone up, especially Connie, who's feeling a bit anxious about reconnecting with an old friend.

In a world increasingly defined by crisis, public service institutions like colleges, universities, and nonprofit organizations require capable, dynamic, and trustworthy leadership—yet stories of leadership failures there abound. The problem, Kathleen Fitzpatrick argues in Leading Generously, is a fundamental mismatch between the communal purposes that leaders must serve and the individualistic structures under which they operate. Transforming institutions so they can be resilient in the face of uncertain futures will require a similar transformation in leadership practices, turning hierarchies into collective and collaborative spaces designed for the common good. Doing so, however, requires a willingness to reimagine the idea of leadership itself. Kathleen Fitzpatrick explores not just the problems with the institutional status quo but also the tools to transform it. Her wide-ranging research brings together key theories of leadership with the experiences of successful leaders whose stories demonstrate innovative possibilities for collaboration in the service of institutional transformation. Kathleen Fitzpatrick is Interim Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies and Professor of English at Michigan State University. Prior to assuming this role, she was Director of DH@MSU and founding director of Mesh Research, a lab focused on the future of digital scholarly communication. Her work across her career has focused on building resilient, sustainable scholarly communities and transforming their processes of communication to foreground connection, conversation, and collaboration.

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One of the Pharisees asked him to eat with him, and he went into the Pharisee's house and reclined at table. And behold, a woman of the city, who was a sinner, when she learned that he was reclining at table in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster flask of ointment, and standing behind him at his feet, weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears and wiped them with the hair of her head and kissed his feet and anointed them with the ointment. Luke 7:36-38 ESVA recognition of who Jesus is and what He's done, will inspire worship as the only reasonable response. Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself, “If this man were a prophet, he would have known who and what sort of woman this is who is touching him, for she is a sinner.” Luke 7:39 ESVAnd Jesus answering said to him, “Simon, I have something to say to you.” And he answered, “Say it, Teacher.” Luke 7:40 ESVA lack of appreciation for the presence of God will leave you religious without relationship! There was a certain creditor who had two debtors. One owed five hundred denarii, and the other fifty. And when they had nothing with which to repay, he freely forgave them both. Tell Me, therefore, which of them will love him more?” Simon answered and said, “I suppose the one whom he forgave more. And He said to him, “You have rightly judged.” Luke 7:41-43 NKJVFor those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.” Luke 18:14 NLTPiety without humility leads to a life of self-defeating arrogance and pride.Then He turned to the woman and said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? I entered your house; you gave Me no water for My feet, but she has washed My feet with her tears and wiped them with the hair of her head. You gave Me no kiss, but this woman has not ceased to kiss My feet since the time I came in. You did not anoint My head with oil, but this woman has anointed My feet with fragrant oil. Therefore I say to you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven, for she loved much. But to whom little is forgiven, the same loves little.” Luke 7:44-47 NKJVWe should be unconcerned about saving face in order to give full attention to seeking His face. Then Jesus said to the woman, “Your sins are forgiven.” The men at the table said among themselves, “Who is this man, that he goes around forgiving sins?” And Jesus said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you; go in peace.” Luke 7:48-50 NLT Generous gratitude is evidence of and a step on the journey to true repentance and restoration!Jesus sat down opposite the place where the offerings were given and watched the crowd putting their money into the temple treasury. Many rich people threw in large amounts. But a poor widow came and put in two very small copper coins, worth only two cents. Mark 12:41-42 NIV If everyone gives what they've got to God, the family will always have all it needs.Jesus called his disciples over and said, "The truth is that this poor widow gave more to the collection than all the others put together. All the others gave what they'll never miss; she gave extravagantly what she couldn't afford, she gave her all.” Mark 12:43-44 MSGOur relationship with Jesus should be about what we can give, not what we can get!Gratefully giving and living everything you are and have to God isn't a waste, it's worship. I tell you the truth, wherever the Good News is preached throughout the world, this woman's deed will be remembered and discussed. Matthew 26:13 NLT

One of the Pharisees asked him to eat with him, and he went into the Pharisee's house and reclined at table. And behold, a woman of the city, who was a sinner, when she learned that he was reclining at table in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster flask of ointment, and standing behind him at his feet, weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears and wiped them with the hair of her head and kissed his feet and anointed them with the ointment. Luke 7:36-38 ESVA recognition of who Jesus is and what He's done, will inspire worship as the only reasonable response. Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself, “If this man were a prophet, he would have known who and what sort of woman this is who is touching him, for she is a sinner.” Luke 7:39 ESVAnd Jesus answering said to him, “Simon, I have something to say to you.” And he answered, “Say it, Teacher.” Luke 7:40 ESVA lack of appreciation for the presence of God will leave you religious without relationship! There was a certain creditor who had two debtors. One owed five hundred denarii, and the other fifty. And when they had nothing with which to repay, he freely forgave them both. Tell Me, therefore, which of them will love him more?” Simon answered and said, “I suppose the one whom he forgave more. And He said to him, “You have rightly judged.” Luke 7:41-43 NKJVFor those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.” Luke 18:14 NLTPiety without humility leads to a life of self-defeating arrogance and pride.Then He turned to the woman and said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? I entered your house; you gave Me no water for My feet, but she has washed My feet with her tears and wiped them with the hair of her head. You gave Me no kiss, but this woman has not ceased to kiss My feet since the time I came in. You did not anoint My head with oil, but this woman has anointed My feet with fragrant oil. Therefore I say to you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven, for she loved much. But to whom little is forgiven, the same loves little.” Luke 7:44-47 NKJVWe should be unconcerned about saving face in order to give full attention to seeking His face. Then Jesus said to the woman, “Your sins are forgiven.” The men at the table said among themselves, “Who is this man, that he goes around forgiving sins?” And Jesus said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you; go in peace.” Luke 7:48-50 NLT Generous gratitude is evidence of and a step on the journey to true repentance and restoration!Jesus sat down opposite the place where the offerings were given and watched the crowd putting their money into the temple treasury. Many rich people threw in large amounts. But a poor widow came and put in two very small copper coins, worth only two cents. Mark 12:41-42 NIV If everyone gives what they've got to God, the family will always have all it needs.Jesus called his disciples over and said, "The truth is that this poor widow gave more to the collection than all the others put together. All the others gave what they'll never miss; she gave extravagantly what she couldn't afford, she gave her all.” Mark 12:43-44 MSGOur relationship with Jesus should be about what we can give, not what we can get!Gratefully giving and living everything you are and have to God isn't a waste, it's worship. I tell you the truth, wherever the Good News is preached throughout the world, this woman's deed will be remembered and discussed. Matthew 26:13 NLT

Church Mail - Week #5: Sowing Generously (2 Corinthians) (11-10-24) 

As we enter further into Samhain Season and the veil starts to thin, we may begin to feel a blurring of boundaries between worlds. The unseen world may feel closer than ever before. Navigating this liminal space occasionally requires a guide… enter the dark goddess Hecate! As the Goddess of Pathways, Hecate teaches us how to draw boundaries in our life and she keeps watch on whoever dares to threaten them. As we wander through the woods, autumn leaves under foot, reflect upon the lines you draw in your life. Are your limits clear? Let Hecate support you as you find your sacred boundaries. What am I reading?Recipe for a Charmed Life by Rachel LindenThe Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life by Mark MansonWhat am I playing on repeat?Enter Sandman by Metallica What's for dinner?Sweet Potato Wild Rice SoupIngredients:6 cups veggie broth1 tablespoon olive oil 1 large onionGarlic (as much as you like!)3-4 medium sweet potatoes8 ounces mushrooms1 cup wild rice2 large handfuls kale or spinach 1 can coconut milk1 tablespoon Gochujang (fermented red chili paste) Salt and pepper to taste Instructions:Add olive oil, onions and garlic to Instant pot, sauté for a few minutes. Add broth, sweet potatoes, mushrooms, and wild rice to instant pot. Set on “manual” for 25 minutes. Release pressure. Add coconut milk, gochujang paste, greens, and salt and pepper to taste. Stir, allow greens to wilt. Serve and enjoy!Chocolate Chip Pumpkin BarsIngredients2 cups flour1 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice1 teaspoon baking soda1/2 teaspoon salt1 cup butter softened1 cup sugar1 egg2 teaspoons vanilla1 cup canned pumpkin puree1-1/2 cups chocolate chipsInstructions:Preheat oven to 325. Generously grease a 9x13 pan.Add flour, pumpkin pie spice, baking soda and salt in a small bowl. Stir until well-combined.In a separate bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add egg and vanilla to mixture. Mix well. Then beat in pumpkin.Add the dry mixture to the wet, fold in chocolate chips and spread batter evenly into pan.Bake for 30 minutes or until edges begin to pull away from the pan and the center is set.Cool completely before cutting.Enjoy!https://www.simplyfiercely.com/personal-boundaries/https://youaligned.com/lifestyle/types-of-boundaries/