Podcast appearances and mentions of John Patton

BLUE NOTE 80 ! Eighty Minutes of 45s - recorded on the 80th Anniversary of Blue Note Records - 6th January 2019

 01) Filthy McNasty PT 1 - HORACE SILVER QUINTET (45-1817) 02) Camp Meetin' - DON WILKERSON (45 - 1864) 03) Tokyo Blues PT 1 - HORACE SILVER QUINTET (45-1871) 04) Gravy Train PT 1 - LOU DONALDSON (45-1830)
 05) Back To The Tropics - CHARLIE ROUSE (45-1881)
 06) The Silver Meter PT 1 - ‘BIG' JOHN PATTON (45-1888) 07) Googa Mooga - FREDDIE ROACH (45-1890)
 08) Cristo Redentor - DONALD BYRD (45-1907) 09) Brother Isaac - DONALD BYRD (45-1916)
 10) The Rumproller PT 1 - LEE MORGAN (45-1918)
 11) Fat Judy PT 1 - ‘BIG' JOHN PATTON (45-1920)
12) Amanda - ‘BIG' JOHN PATTON (45-1926) 13) You Gotta Take A Little Love - HORACE SILVER (45-1946)
 14) Who's Making Love - LOU DONALDSON (45-1949) 15) Sittin' Duck - THE THREE SOUNDS (45-1950)
 16) Down Home Style - BROTHER JACK McDUFF (45-1953)
 17) Move Your Hand PT1 - LONNIE SMITH (45-1955)
 18) Everything I Do Gonh Be Funky - LOU DONALDSON (45-1956)
 19) Hunk O' Funk - BROTHER JACK McDUFF (45-1958)
 20) Jump Back - CANDIDO (45-1959) 21) Orange Peel - RUEBEN WILSON (45-1961) 22) Sookie, Sookie - GRANT GREEN (45-1965) 23) Black Pearl - JIMMY McGRIFF (45-1968)
 24) Ummh - PTS 1 & 2 - BOBBY HUTCHERSON (45-1966)   SKIT - into Prestige 45 session 01) Fat Man (45-324) by MONTEGO JOE 02) Soul Shoutin' (45-328) by SHIRLEY SCOTT & STANLEY TURRENTINE 03) Collard Greens (45-356) by FREDDIE McCOY 04) Gettin' It Togetha' (45-366) by BOBBY TIMMONS 05) Satisfaction (45-379) by DON PATTERSON 06) Corn Flakes (45-396) by STAN HUNTER & SONNY FORTUNE 07) Raunchy Rita (45-397) by FRANK FOSTER 08) Living Soul (45- 427) by "GROOVE" HOLMES 09) What A Piece (45-436) by "PUCHO" 10) Soul Grabber (45-457) by WILLIS JACKSON 11) Señor Boogaloo *issued as 45 by Dopebrother by WALLY RICHARDSON 12) Psychedelic Sally (45-709) by EDDIE JEFFERSON 13) Soul Talk - Pt.2 (45-725) by JOHNNY "HAMMOND" SMITH 14) Rakin' & Scrapin' - Pt.1 (45-720) by HAROLD MABERN   ********    

Men, do you want to develop an unshakable spiritual grit that can stand when everything around you is falling apart? In this week's interview, Jim Ramos talks to Justin Kendrick, author of the book ‘How to Quiet a Hurricane: Strategies for Christian Endurance in the Midst of Life's Storms'. Justin brings powerful insight from his book and lays out what it truly means to be a man of faith in the face of adversity.  This conversation is a must for fathers, husbands, and leaders who are done playing it safe and ready to dig deep.  Order Justin's Book '' ( -Using our link to check out the book helps support our ministry - thanks!) Get Jim Ramos' USA TODAY Bestselling book, Dialed In: Reaching Your Full Capacity as a Man of God   This episode is sponsored by MTNTOUGH Fitness Lab, a Christian-owned fitness app. Get 6 weeks free with the code ARENA30! Want access to an ad-free, early-release version of the podcast? Get it with Arena Access on Patreon. Have questions you wish you could ask Jim about life, marriage, men's ministry, or manhood? Join his monthly live Zoom Q&A by joining The Locker Room on Patreon.  00:25 Discussing the Book: How to Quiet a Hurricane 03:24 Exploring Christian Endurance 06:14 The Weakness Paradox and Paul's Thorn 14:01 The Three Major Temptations 20:20 The Theology of Suffering 26:12 The Illusion of Safety 27:53 The Fear of Safety and Eternal Purpose 28:12 John Patton's Revelation and Overcoming Fear 29:16 Living Courageously with an Eternal Perspective 30:23 Ecclesiastes and the Abundant Life 31:06 Suffering and Redemption 36:36 The Role of Silence in God's Plan 40:19 Fatherhood and Modeling Faith 46:06 Balancing Discipline and Fun in Parenting 49:22 Encouragement for Men to Build Endurance 56:21 Conclusion and Resources for Spiritual Growth

Using a most most remarkable illustration from the life of John Patton, the 19th Century Scottish missionary to Vanuatu (New Hebrides) Peter McIntyre discusses the well which God dug to bring us salvation

Using a most most remarkable illustration from the life of John Patton, the 19th Century Scottish missionary to Vanuatu -New Hebrides- Peter McIntyre discusses the well which God dug to bring us salvation

Using a most most remarkable illustration from the life of John Patton, the 19th Century Scottish missionary to Vanuatu -New Hebrides- Peter McIntyre discusses the well which God dug to bring us salvation

Send us a Text Message.How do the twists and turns of our lives mirror those of ancient narratives? Journey with us through the concluding verses of Exodus 4 as we reflect on Moses' life-altering decisions and the profound intersections that shape our stories. Inspired by Alistair McIntyre's "After Virtue," we examine how our personal tales are interconnected, sharing how Moses' tranquil life in Midian was dramatically transformed by a divine encounter, revealing the depth of God's orchestration in our lives.Moses faced internal struggles and fears, yet he demonstrated a remarkable obedience to God's command. We explore the significance of his request for Jethro's blessing to return to Egypt, underscoring the importance of honoring one's elders even amid daunting challenges. Moses's journey to confront Pharaoh, armed only with faith and divine promises, offers us lessons on overcoming the fear of man and trusting fully in God's plan, a powerful teaching point for all ages.Supporting family members called to missions often involves emotional and spiritual sacrifices. Reflecting on John Patton's poignant story, we discuss the themes of faith, family, and perseverance, paralleling Moses' challenging return to Egypt. Concluding with a heartfelt communal prayer, we seek strength for faith and obedience, asking for God's peace and faithfulness to guide us until the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ. This episode is a powerful reminder that our obedience to God's calling, though often fraught with hardship, is always underscored by His unwavering faithfulness.All of Life for GodThe All of Life for God podcast is an engaging and thoughtful collection of exclusive...Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify Ladder To Heaven On Earth Podcast (Hosted by LeVar Pompey)Join me in the step by step process of rebuilding our families, rebuilding our...Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify Making TimeWhat if you could literally make more time? How would your life change?Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the Show.

This week at First Baptist Church Lake Dallas out Missionary from Japan, John Patton discusses what Unity in Christ is and what it means for us as Believers. If you would like to plan your visit to FBC Lake Dallas or partner with us in ministry you can do so at https://fbclakedallas.com

John Patton is a 25-year marketing and communications executive and entrepreneur who has worked in public health for the last 13 years. Currently, he's the Executive Director of the ProVention Health Foundation and a Vice President of the National Association of Chronic Disease Directors. He is also the author of "Brainless Health: Simple Health Habits for Smart People." Here, he talks about the intersection between media and public health and how simple habits can make big changes.Key Takeaways:- Simple habits that can improve your health- The need for disruption in public health messaging- The biggest problem in American healthEpisode Timeline:1:45 How John transitioned from broadcasting and journalism to health communications3:00 How John brought the power of media to public health4:00 John's work with ABC TV on diabetes5:30 How to talk to people who are pre-diabetic6:15 How is Instagram affecting public health?8:15 The philosophy behind "Brainless Health"9:30 John's small health habits 12:10 The most concerning thing about the current state of American health15:00 Why are people so resistant to public health messages?17:10 The need for fear marketing in public health messaging19:30 The change in public opinion on smokingThis Episode's Guest:• John Patton• Pick up "Brainless Health" on Amazon• Follow John on Instagram @BrainlessHealth• ProVention Health Foundation Subscribe and leave a 5-star review: https://pod.link/1496390646Contact Us!• Join the conversation by leaving a comment!• Follow us on Facebook, X (formerly Twitter), Instagram, and LinkedIn!Thanks for listening! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the last decade, models have been privately sharing information with each other in secret invite only groups on FB and in IG group chats etc... Merrique was the sole moderator of a prolific group for traveling freelance models, unfortunately some horrible things outside her control happened within the model community and the backlash of it caused her to close that group down. It has been a few years now, and I wanted to chat with Merrique to see how she is doing since then.  She has learned to protect her energy by delving into various creative methods - modeling being just one of her many creative passions. Though her thoughts have gone to dark places at times, Merrique has remained true to herself. It was really fantastic to chat with her through the podcast. I am happy to have reconnected and I hope you enjoy listening to us talk about some crazy stuff! Check Merrique out on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/st.merrique/ Also, Merrique manages a Patreon page, check her out! https://www.patreon.com/SundayBest/posts  Cover image shot by John Patton 

Elder John Patton | Why God Allows Us To Suffer Podcast | May 7, 2023 by West Angeles Church

A call to set our hope fully on the future Kingdom of Christ, desiring deeply the honors and rewards He will give at that time. - SERMON TRANSCRIPT - I. “What’s In It For Me?” Turn in your Bibles to Mark 10: 280-31. You might also want to refer over to Matthew 19: 27-30, the parallel passage. This is a very unusual week for me. Yesterday as I was thinking about the sermon, I felt that I had swung and missed the text, so I did what a lot of pastors do, but I never want to do, which is write Sunday’s sermon on Saturday. I know that that's a common thing, but it's just not... So I don't work well under that kind of stress, but I wanted to go a different direction, but some of the points would be similar. A week ago, my daughter Jenny sent me a text. She asked if I'd be willing to bring a pack and play to church. That's a portable crib so that they could use it this week. So I texted her and said, "What's in it for me?” Now, my kids know I do this kind of thing from time to time, my wife will ask me a favor and I'll say that, "What's in it for me?" I just like playing with that a little bit. She texted back something like this, "Not much. I'll owe you a small favor within reason." So she gave me a kind of a coupon I can turn in, but nothing big. That's how that went. If you look at Matthew's version of Peter's question, you can hear a kind of an echo there. In Matthew 19:27, Peter answered Jesus, "We have left everything to follow you. What then will there be for us?" Or putting it more personally, “what's in it for me?” That's the name of my new sermon, “What's in it for me?” It is a little bit shocking because it seems so selfish, so worldly, so mercenary. We feel like we should be at a higher moral level doing everything we do for Jesus without any thought whatsoever of personal benefit, without any thoughts of rewards. Soldiers who fight ardently for love of country are patriots, but soldiers who fight for money are mercenaries. We feel like we're called to a higher level in terms of virtue in our service to Christ, a more perfect standard. As I was reflecting on this, it brought me strongly back into one of the most significant insights of the Christian life I've ever had, that I've ever received from another teacher, another pastor in the word of God or a book that I've ever read. The kind of insight that has the power to change your entire ethic, your entire approach to life. It has been for me that insight has to do with the combination of my desire, my relentless desire for personal blessedness, personal happiness, something to come to me to make me happy and, as clearly revealed in the scripture, God's relentless desire to be glorified, to be central, to be above all things. The author of this insight, of course, is John Piper book, Desiring God. Peter's desire for reward and Jesus' response in Mark 10 and in Matthew 19 for me was, I don't mean to be facetious, but kind of a portal into Piper. It kind of went through a warm hole as I was riding my bike yesterday back into those themes and what Piper calls Christian hedonism. Let me walk through the calculus of Christian hedonism. “What's in it for me” reminds me of things I've said often about the flesh, the essence of the flesh, which begins from infancy. Some of you have newborns. I've heard how it's going for you and you are well aware of what I've called that fanatical commitment to self-interest that we see at 3:00 in the morning in an infant that isn't really used to being alive yet and isn't enjoying it. It’s a fanatical commitment to self-interest, and that seems directly contrasted with the call of Christian discipleship. Christianity seems at least at one level to be all about self-denial. We follow a savior who left the comforts of heaven to come to a cursed planet, to live a life of poverty and sorrow. Who lived every moment to bless other people, then willingly lay down his life even on a cross, even with that exquisite physical suffering and the infinite eternal spiritual suffering of being our substitute, continually saying no to himself. Did He ever ask in any sense “what's in it for me?”? No. In fact, He called on his disciples, as we've already seen in Mark's gospel, to a life of self denial. Mark 8:34, "If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself, take up his cross. Follow me for whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life from me and the gospel will save it." At the end of this same chapter, Mark 10, Jesus says, "Whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant. Whoever wants to be first must be slave of all. For even the son of man came not to be served, but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many." That doesn't seem like a life of “what's in it for me”, but Jesus gives a rather perplexing answer. It is perplexing at a lot of levels, but right away just the fact that He doesn't rebuke Peter at all. I mean, you think it'd be an opportunity to say “you're thinking all wrong here. What kind of question is that? You shouldn't be thinking about rewards. You should be willing to serve. Leave everything for me and not worry about what's in it for you.” Actually He goes into detail about what the apostles will get having left everything both in this age and in the age to come. Mark 10: 29-30, “'I tell you the truth,’ Jesus replied, ‘no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields from me and the gospel will fail to receive a hundred times as much in this present age, homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children in fields, with them persecutions and in the age to come eternal, life.’" It's even more developed in Matthew's account. Jesus said to them, "I tell you the truth, at the renewal of all things, when the Son of Man sits on his glorious throne, you who have followed me will also sit on 12 thrones judging the 12 tribes of Israel and everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or mother or father, children or fields for my sake will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life." How do we harmonize this? How can we understand this yearning for rewards? What's in it for me? What do I get? A desire, a strong desire for personal blessedness, something to come back to us in the Christian life. John Piper has sought to harmonize these things in Desiring God, indeed in his whole ministry. He puts it this way. There are two irrepressible forces in the universe as we study scripture. First, God's desire for his own glory in all of his creation and in all of his creatures. Second, our desire to be happy. The standard evangelical appeal pits the one against the other as if only one of those two can be fulfilled. It's either we're going to live for the glory of God or we will live for our own happiness, our own blessedness, and we have to make a choice., and pray God, it's the right choice. Either God gets the glory or I get the joy. Not both. The normal evangelical appeal is will you surrender to God's will for your life? Are you going to keep pursuing your own personal happiness? Then there are subthemes in the same kind of approach like Christian worship, like we should all come here on Sunday and say, “Lord, we want you to know this is all about you today. We're here for you. We want to make you central. We want to put you first. It's not about us. We want you to be glorified in my worship today, I don't want anything out of this.” It seems so holy and then also Christian service. When you serve other people, don't ever think what's in it for you. The point is their happiness not yours. You are not the point. Their needs are the point. Our selfish joy and service should never be our goal. Rather, it's an accidental byproduct of a life well lived for Christ. Kind of bump into happiness along the way as you're serving others. Piper exposed the fundamental flaw in this. It's deeply flawed actually, and he drew out quotes to help establish it. First of all, on the second desire, the repressible force that we all have to be happy. It's just a fact. We're wired this way. Blase Pascal put it this way, "All men see seek happiness. This is without exception. Whatever different means they employ, they all tend toward this end. The cause of some going to war and of others avoiding it is the same desire in both attended with different views. The will never takes the least step, but to this object. This is the motive of every action of every man, even those who hang themselves." He's not saying it’s good or bad, he's just saying it is. It just is what is. CS Lewis in his powerful sermon, “The Weight of Glory” said, "If you asked 20 good men today what they thought the highest of the virtues, 19 of them would reply unselfishness. But if you ask almost any of the great Christians of old, well, he would've replied love." You see what's happened, a negative term has been substituted for a positive. The negative ideal of unselfishness carries with it the suggestion not primarily of securing good things for others, but of going without them ourselves as if our abstinence and not their happiness is the important point. If there lurks in most modern minds the notion that to desire our own good and earnestly to hope for the enjoyment of it is a bad thing, I submit this notion has crept in from Kant in the stoics which is no part of the Christian religion. In other words, it's like true virtue is making sure you personally derive no pleasure whatsoever from an act. An action is moral only if it's done from effectively sheer duty, disinterested benevolence, disinterest meaning I don't get anything out of it. Benevolence is something good done not for you, but he other person. If you seek, if you desire, or if you should happen to receive any blessing from it, it's actually morally ruined to some degree. Rubbish says John Piper, that's complete rubbish. It's not Christianity. Yes, it is true that God has a relentless desire to be glorified in all his creation and by all his creatures. God created all things for the praise of his glory, and when redemption is finished, the entire universe, the new heaven, new earth, the new Jerusalem are going to be radiating with the glory of God. But our desire for personal delight and happiness is not an enemy to that. Not at all. Actually God created it for that. He created that drive for personal fulfillment and pleasure and happiness and satisfaction to find its residence in God. So Piper adjusted the Westminster Shorter Catechism in “What is the chief end of man?” The chief end of man is to glorify God by enjoying him forever. God is most glorified in us when we're most satisfied in him. That's his well-known slogan. The more we say to God, I want you, I want as much of you as I can get. I'm hungry for you. The more God's glorified, especially in worship, the better. I know that sounds all holy and all that, but imagine coming to God and saying, “God, I want you to know I don't really personally have any needs today, but you apparently are kind of needy. You need my worship, so I'm here to give you my worship. Hope you're satisfied with it.” I can see God saying, “Can I just tell you something about what's going on up here in heaven? First of all, before anything was made, I was fine, perfectly blessed within the Trinity. Secondly, I'm made out of fullness, not out of emptiness. I don't need any of my angels or people that praise me, but I just want you to know I got 100 million angels up here who doing a phenomenal job. You guys are pathetic. I don't need you to worship me. You need me and you need to worship me, so come hungry and I'll feed you.” That's what true worship is. It's seeking our pleasure vertically in worship is what it's all about. It's saying to God, “You are what I want. You're what I need.” Then horizontally the same thing. It's like, can you imagine serving another person and saying, “I want you to know I get nothing out of this exchange. Hope you're blessed by it.” Piper likens it to an anniversary, like giving your wife flowers and saying that to her, “I want you to know I'm not enjoying this moment at all. I'm not getting anything out of this horizontally. I hope you enjoy the flowers I bought you.” What he calls dutiful roses. That's corrupt. Love is where I find my blessedness in your blessedness, right? I find my happiness in making you happy. It makes me happy to make you happy. It makes me blessed to bless you. That's why I'm a cheerful giver, because I'm excited about blessing you. Vertical and horizontal. That's what we're talking about here. Rather than being shocked by Peter's question- “We've left everything to follow you. What then will there be for us?” - we should delight in Christ's stunning promises or rewards, both in this life and in eternity. We should yearn for him. We should be yearning for him. We should want as much as He wants to give us in that next world. C.S. Lewis put it this way, “the New Testament does have lots to say about self-denial but not self-denial as an end to itself. We are told to deny ourselves and take up our crosses in order that we may follow Christ and find our lives in him.” It says it right there in that passage and nearly every description of what we shall ultimately find if we do so contains an appeal to desire for us. Indeed, if we consider the unblushing promises of reward and the staggering nature of the rewards promised in the gospels, it would seem that our Lord finds our desires not too strong but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered to us like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea. We're far too easily pleased with what? What are we far too easily pleased with? The answer in the Bible is always the same, idols, creatures, created things going after them as our ultimate purpose in life. That does not satisfy. That's what the rich young ruler was doing. So that's the context. II. Peter’s Question In Context Let's look at Peter’s question in context. Remember last week, the rich young ruler, seemingly the perfect seeker coming, but he was fundamentally a flawed man. “As Jesus started on his way, a man ran up to him, fell on his knees before him and said, good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life? "Why do you call me good?" Jesus answered. "No one is good except God alone." Then Jesus uses the law of God to expose his need for a savior. “You know the commandments. Do not murder. Do not commit adultery. Do not steal. Do not give false testimony. Do not defraud. Honor your father mother.”Unfortunately, the man thinks he passed all that test. He's basically a good person just needing a little bit more to get him over the hump. "Teacher," he declared, "All these I have kept since I was a boy." Then Jesus probes his soul, searches him. “Jesus looked at him and loved him. ‘One things you lacked, he said. ’Go, sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.’" Based on my introduction of the sermon, that's an appeal to what Piper called Christian hedonism. Give up what cannot satisfy you. Give up what you cannot hold onto to gain something that will bring you eternal happiness. That's the invitation here, but the man can't take it. He's shattered. He leaves. “His face fell. He went away sad because he had great wealth.” Jesus then seizes the opportunity to teach about the eternal dangers of wealth. Jesus looked around, said to his disciples, “How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God.” The disciples are amazed at his words, but Jesus said again, "Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God. It is easier for camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God." The disciples are doubly stunned by this. They're wiped out by this. It goes against their theology of wealth and blessedness. They wonder about salvation. The disciples were even more amazed and said to each other, “Who then can be saved? Jesus looked at them and said with man, this is impossible, but not with God. All things are possible with God.” Now Peter steps up and connects the dots. I think he's picking up on the treasure in heaven phrase, the treasure in heaven. He says, "Well, what about us? We've left everything to follow you." Mark just has that simple statement, he doesn't have the rest. “We have left everything to follow,” but there's an implied question, “are we in on that treasure in heaven thing?” Matthew's version is broader. He openly says it. "We have left everything to follow you. What then will there be for us?" Let's remember how the apostles had in fact left everything for Jesus. He doesn't deny that at all and how significant it was. Remember back in Mark chapter 1, “As Jesus walked beside the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting a net into the lake for their fishermen. ‘Come follow me,’ Jesus said, ‘And I'll make you fishers of men.’ At once they left their nets and followed him. When He had gone a little farther, He saw James, son of Zebedee, and his brother John in a boat preparing their nets. Without delay, he called them and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men and followed him." It's a big deal walking away from your livelihood, stepping out in faith to follow Jesus like that. And Matthew, the tax collector in Matthew 9:9, "As Jesus just went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax collector's booth. 'Follow me,' he told him. And Matthew got up and followed him.” Matthew walked away from his lucrative tax booth. That took courage and sacrifice. Matthew 8, "A teacher of the law came up to him and said, ‘Teacher, I'll follow you wherever you go.’ Jesus said, ‘Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nest. The Son of Man has no place to lay his head.” “I don't know where I'm going to sleep tonight. I don't know how we're going to eat." Remember how his disciples were walking through the grain fields on the Sabbath and picking heads of grain and rubbing them together in their hands to eat them? Why? Because they were poor. It was a big deal what they did. III. Jesus’ Promise of Earthly Rewards . . and Earthly Suffering All right, so we've left everything to follow you. What then will there be for us? Jesus promises earthly rewards first, and He asserts this with a solemn oath. "Truly, truly. I say to you." He says this a lot, but whenever he says this, it's serious. It's a very serious statement. I'm making a vow to you. Or you can take this to the bank, heaven and earth will pass away, but this promise will never pass away. You can take this to the heavenly bank promising this to you. Think of an illustration. Imagine the royal prince during a war. He's captured, but he manages to escape and he's being chased. He's a fugitive, making his way through a territory. He comes to a farmhouse where there's a simple peasant who lives with his family. He reveals who he is and asks if he can borrow the family's one horse to ride on and get away from his pursuers. Then he writes the man a note and he signs it and he seals it with his signet ring using wax from the candle on the man's table. He promises not only the return of the family horse, but 20 gold pieces, a change of clothing for everyone in the family, and the permanent status as friend to the royal household. All of that written out, signed with a signet. Jesus also in his humiliation is speaking of a future time when He will sit on a throne of glory. “I won't look then what like I look now and I'm promising you, and you can take it to the bank.” Mark focuses on earthly rewards initially. "I tell you the truth, no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields from me in the gospel will fail to receive a hundred times as much in this present age." In this present age, homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children, and fields. Why does He list that? He’s telling them that what they give up, they’re going to get back and 100 fold. This is a promise made to the apostles who have left their home base and have ventured out in faith to serve Jesus and the gospel. And not just them, but 20 centuries of missionaries, of traveling evangelists and servants of the gospel who have physically left places to go. There's a spiritual leaving that I want to talk about at the end of the sermon, but they physically left. I read years ago about John Patton, the missionary from Scotland to the New Hebrides Islands in the South Pacific. In my opinion, he traveled oversea farther than any missionaries ever traveled from his home to his mission site, 13,000 nautical miles. It was a long journey. The parting scene between him and his father is just gut wrenching. His father was an incredibly godly man who deeply loved his children, and his children deeply loved him, and his father walked with him to a point where they had to part and say goodbye. This is the account. It says, "My dear father walked with me the first six miles of the way. His counsels and tears and heavenly conversation on that parting journey are still fresh in my heart as if they had been but yesterday. But tears are on my cheeks as freely now as they were then. Whenever memory steals me away to that scene. For the last half mile or so, we walked together in almost unbroken silence. My father as often was his custom as carrying his hat in his hand while his long flowing yellow hair was yellow then, but later years white as snow streamed like a girl's down his shoulders. His lips kept moving in silent prayers for me and his tears fell fast, when our eyes met each other in looks for which all speech was vain. We halted on reaching the appointed parting place. He grasped my hand firmly for a minute in silence and then solemnly and affectionately said, 'God bless you, my son, your father's God prosper you and keep you from all evil.' Unable to say anymore, his lips kept moving in silent prayer, as tears flowing. We embraced and parted. I ran off as fast as I could and when about to turn a corner in the road where he would lose sight of me, I looked back and saw him still standing with head uncovered where I had left him gazing after me, waving my hat in a due. I was around the corner and out of sight in an instant, but my heart was too full and too sore to carry me further. So I darted to the side of the road and wept for a time. Then rising up cautiously, I climbed the to dike if he yet stood where I'd left him. Just at that moment, I caught a glimpse of him climbing the dike looking out for me, but he did not see me. And after he had gazed eagerly in my direction for a while, he got down and then set his face toward home and began to return there. His head's still uncovered and his heart I felt sure still rising in prayers for me. I watched through blinding tears till his form faded from my gaze, then hastening on my way, vowed deeply and offed by the help of my God to live and act, so I was never to grieve or dishonor such a father and mother as he had given me.” I mean, how do you say goodbye like that to go to a mission site? He never saw his father again. That was like a funeral. So what then will there be for us if we do that? If we leave, what will there be for us? If you look at Jesus's promise for the earthly part, it's you will get what you need to do your mission. I think that's what He's saying. You'll get what you need. This is not prosperity gospel stuff. This is not health and wealth, this is not Joel Osteen's Your Best Life Now. We're not going that direction. He's not saying you'll permanently own other people's homes. Instead, it's Hudson Taylor's spiritual secret. God's work done in God's way will never lack God's supply. That's what it is. God's going to give you what you need and He's going to give you encouragement along the way that you're part of a vast family of God and that family is going to take you in and care for you and meet your needs and you will not be at a loss. That's what He's promising. No one who has left homes or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for me and the gospel will fail to receive a hundred times as much in this present age, homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children, fields, He says. This relates I think to the practical promises and preparations made in Matthew 10 when Jesus first sent the apostles out on the first missionary journey. Remember how He said, “Don't take any bag for your journey. Take no tunic or extra sandals or a staff or any bag of gold or silver because the worker's worth is keep. And whenever you go to someplace, find some home there and stay there at that home until you leave. And then at the end of that, he promises rewards for the host family. “Anyone who receives a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a profit's reward. Anyone who receives a righteous man because he is a righteous man will receive a righteous man's reward. And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones, because he is my disciple, he'll never lose his reward.” So any help given to the traveling missionary and the traveling servant of God gets eternally rewarded. We have clear examples of this in the Book of Acts. Think about Peter. Remember how Peter had that vision of a sheet let down with all kinds of animals when the messengers were going from Cornelius's house and that was the beginning of the ministry to the Gentiles. Well, he was staying at somebody else's house. Simon the Tanner at Joppa, that wasn't his home. He was up on the roof and he got hungry and they were making him lunch. That was really nice of Simon, the Tanner's wife, to make Peter lunch. That's an example of the very thing we're talking about here, isn't it? Or about Paul? How many times has it happened with Paul, the resources for the ongoing mission are in the mission field itself. Paul goes over to Philippi and there's a rich woman there named Lydia. She hears the gospel. The Lord opens her heart, she comes to faith, and then she invites Paul and his missionary team to stay with her at her estate. Acts 16:15, "When she and the members of her household were baptized, she invited us to her home. If you consider me a believer in the Lord, please come and stay at my home. And she persuaded us, stay there." That's one of the hundred homes or more, right? It's provision for those that are traveling out doing the gospel work. Or again, Paul in Romans 16:23 says, “Gaius, whose hospitality I and the whole church here enjoy sends, you his greetings." Who's Gaius? I don't know, a host person. It also extends to family relationship. You leave your mother, you'll get a hundred mothers. You're like, I don't know if I want a hundred mothers or a hundred fathers or a hundred brothers. It doesn't matter. You're going to get them. He says here, Romans 16:13, "Greet Rufus chosen in the Lord and his mother, who's been a mother to me too." So Rufus' mother, Paul's adopted mother. I just picture her making him chicken soup. Rufus' mother, Jesus said, "You'll get a hundred times as much in this present age." I've seen this in my life. My wife and I sold almost everything we owned and went to Japan. And when we got there, we were greeted by Japanese Christians and host people who cared for us. I've seen it in China, I've seen it in Kenya, South Africa, Germany, Poland, Macedonia, Greece, England. That's my story. I've been in so many host families. They've fed me. They've given me their guest room. They've let me use their car. I've seen the promises. In India I stayed at the home of dear Christian family there. Now this is general benefit for all Christians. We're part of a universal church, aren't we? We're part of a big family of God. We've got brothers and sisters all over the world. You haven't even met them yet. As soon as you meet them, you're going to find out that they love the same Jesus you do. They read the same Bible you do. You're part of a vast family of God. That's what he's talking about here. Now he also added, and with them persecutions, let's be honest, it's not going to be easy for you as you travel around. With them persecutions, you're going to suffer. You're going to go through very, very difficult times. IV. Jesus’ Promise of Eternal Rewards In Matthew’s Gospel, He promises more clearly eternal rewards. In Mark’s gospel He says, “and in the age to come, eternal life.” Let's not minimize that. How could we? What is eternal life? “This is eternal life,” said Jesus, “that they may know you the only true God in Jesus Christ whom you have sent.” You're going to be lavishly blessed in your relationship with God for all eternity. That's what you get. But what else? Stop right there. That's enough. That's God. Remember what God said to Abraham in Genesis 15:1, "Fear not Abraham. I am your shield and your very great reward.” What do I get, God? You get me." Oh, that's enough. And I'll give you some other things too. But the other things aren't the point. You get me in the age to come, eternal life.” He does get specific in Matthew's Gospel, in some interesting ways. He says there will be the renewal of all things when the Son of Man sits on his glorious throne. The renewal of all things, it's an interesting Greek word, only used twice. A new genesis, a new creation, a new heaven, a new earth. He talks about it in terms of the soul. He washed us with the rebirth and regeneration by the Holy Spirit. That's the conversion [Titus 3]. But here we've got this. "And at the renewal of all things, when the new heaven and new earth comes in and I sit on my glorious throne, then you who have followed me, the twelve apostles will sit on twelve thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel." What does that mean? I don't know. I'm not preaching on Matthew; I'm just alluding to Matthew today. But I don't know, it's just some kind of... Some people think it's millennial kingdom, some people, it's just positions of honor, positions of authority, positions of glory. That's what you get far beyond anything you ever gave up. This is part of Jesus's regular pattern of promising rewards. He doesn't just do it once or twice. He does it again and again and again. "Blessed are you, when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. Rejoice and be glad." Why? "Because great is your reward in heaven." Wow. I mean, He goes down to our personal disciplines and our benevolence. When you give to the needy, don't let your left hand know what your right hand is doing. Don't announce it with trumpets. Don't seek horizontal acknowledgement in this world. Don't go after that. But your father who sees what is done in secret will reward you. And when you pray, don't announce it and make everyone see how holy you are. Go into your room, close the door and pray to your father's unseen, and your father sees what is done in secret. What does He say? He'll reward you. The same thing with fasting. He'll reward you. He talks about rewards all the time. He says at the end of the Bible, Revelation 22:12, "Behold, I'm coming soon. My reward is with me and I will give to everyone according to what he has done." If we're not supposed to think about rewards, why does He talk about them so much? He talks about them a lot. He says, "I am coming soon and I'm bringing a huge bag of eternal rewards and I'm going to reward each of you according to how you've lived your life according to your service to me." V. Earnestly Desire All Rewards I think we should earnestly desire them. You should say, well, I don't know. Should I be saying what's in it for me? I'm not recommending that you say that, except as a joke, but there's nothing wrong with thinking I am interested, Jesus, in what you have to give me for my life of service. I'm interested in it. Actually, I don't just think it's not like some guilty pleasure. I think it's actually imperative to the way we think about God. Hebrews 11:6 says so. "Without faith, it is impossible to please God because anyone who comes to him must believe that He exists, and that He rewards those who diligently seek him or earnestly seek him.” So you have to believe in a rewarding God. But look at the verse in Hebrews 11:6. "He rewards those who seek him." He doesn't reward them with something other than himself. He rewards them with himself. We must believe that. Therefore, desiring rewards is only mercenary if it's somehow disconnected from the thing itself. C.S. Lewis put it this way, "A woman who marries for money is mercenary because money is not the natural reward of love. But a woman who marries because she expects that the man who will become her husband will make her happy and bring her lasting joy in multiple experiences of love is not mercenary. That's the essence of why you get married." In fact, it is actually wrong to serve Christ and say, “I don't care what you give me" when He has made these promises of lavish reward, that's actually wrong. Just as it is wrong for a person about to get married to say to their prospective spouse, I want you to know I don't care if you make me happy in our future marriage. That doesn't matter to me. Even if I knew that our marriage would make me miserable for the rest of my life, I would go ahead and marry you. I'd be like, what's wrong with you? That's twisted. I'm not going to say that to Jesus. “I don't care, Jesus, if you make me happy, if I follow you, I don't care if I'm eternally unhappy. I'm still going to follow you.” That doesn't make any sense. It's not the way the New Testament's written. Not at all. So we therefore should want the reward. We should actually store up as much of the reward as we possibly can. “Do not store up treasure on earth where moth and rust destroy and thieve break in and steal, but store up treasure in heaven where moth and rust do not destroy and thieves do not break in steal. Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” You're supposed to store up treasure and you're supposed to have your heart there and think about it. What are the rewards? There are three Cs - crowns, commendation, and capacity. I’m just going to go over this quickly. First of all, crowns. It's like you’re getting a crown? Maybe, I don't know. I don't know about each of you individually. If any of you individually comes to me and says, “Do you think I'm getting a crown?” I will say, I don't know. But there are crowns and what are they? Emblems of honor for faithful and courageous service to Christ. Like in Revelation 4:4, "Surrounding the throne were 24 other thrones and seated on them were 24 elders. They were dressed in white and had crowns of gold on their head." So there they are, crowns, emblems of honor, connected in some way to them, to their person. Or again, Paul in First Thessalonians 2 said, "For what is our hope, our joy, or the crown in which we will glory in the presence of our Lord Jesus when he comes? Is it not you? You are my crown,” he said to the Thessalonians. He led them to Christ. He planted that church. "You are my glory and my joy." He said the same thing to the Philippians. "Therefore my brothers, you whom I love and long for, my joy and crown." That is how you should stand firm in the Lord, dear friends. The people you lead to Christ, they are your crown. The people you serve. You help plant a church, that's a crown. Pastors, elders. Peter says, who've served faithfully as under shepherds, under the good shepherd, the chief shepherd. It says, when the chief shepherd appears, First Peter 5:4, "You'll receive a crown of glory that will never fade away." "What are the rewards? There are three Cs, crowns, commendation, and capacity." Peter wrote that to motivate elders and pastors to serve faithfully because they're going to get a crown of glory that'll never fade away if they do. I know that those 24 elders were casting their crowns down constantly before the throne of God and of Christ. That's their way of saying, everything I have received and achieved came ultimately from you and by your grace for your glory. All of my crowns are a subset of your glory. That's how it's married together. It's not a separate thing, but crowns. And then commendation. What's that? Praise from God that God would speak well of what you did in your life. Most famously, in Matthew 25, his master replied, "Well done, good and faithful servant. You've been faithful with a few things. I'll put you in charge of many things. Enter into the joy of your master. Well done, good and faithful servant." That's commendation from almighty God. Or 1 Corinthians 4:5, says, "Judge nothing before the appointed time. Wait till the Lord comes. At that time, the secret motives of men's hearts. All of that will be revealed and at that time, each will receive his praise from God." Those three words, “praise from God.” I know heaven's all about praise for God. And well it should be. We're going to praise God, but there is praise from God should you want that. I'm asking brothers and sisters, should you want God to praise you? You actually should. You should want him to say, well done, good and faithful servant. You should want him to honor you. You should want him to praise you because He won't do it amiss. He won't do it lightly. It will be so meaningful to you to have your Father express pleasure in how you lived your life. Praise from God. That's commendation. "Should you want God to praise you? You actually should. You should want him to say, well done, good and faithful servant." Then finally, capacity. This is the hardest to understand, but I think it's true. God is infinitely glorious. No creature can fully take him in. But the more faithful you serve in this life, the more of his heavenly glory you will be able to understand and take in. How do I think this way? I think of God's glory as an infinite ocean. All of us are like vessels or various volumes, like a thimble, a cup, a bowl, a bucket, a vat, a super oil tanker, different volumes, but the ocean's infinitely greater than any of them. All of them 100% full, But they just have different capacities. So when He says, “Well done, good and faithful servant, you've been faithful with a few things. Now I'm going to put you in charge of many things. Enter into the joy of your master.” What He's saying is, “share my joy together. I want you to feel my joy of the service you've rendered. I want you to come into me and experience my joy and my delight." In Luke 6:38 it says, "Give and it will be given to you. A good measure, press down, shaken together, running overly poured into your lap. With the measure you use, it will be measured to you."That's where I get the different volumes. What's poured into our lap? What is the reward? It's God. You get more of God and He always has more to give you. So how much of God do you want in heaven? That's the question. There's going to be some judgment day surprises. Look at verse 31, "Many who are first will be last and last, first." People we thought were great, maybe weren't as great as we thought they were, and some obscure brothers and sisters are going to be elevated like the widow that gave the copper coins. Jesus said what? She put in more than anyone. Many who are first will be last and last, first. Therefore, Paul says in First Corinthians 4:5, "Judge nothing until the appointed time.” Wait till the day, and at that point, we'll find out. George Whitfield, one of the greatest preachers of all time, wanted this to be his epitaph on his tomb. He said, "Here lies George Whitfield. What sort of man he was the great day will discover." That's pretty simple. In other words, here lies George Whitfield, what he was like you'll find out on Judgment Day. That's the point, the final day will reveal how we actually serve the Lord. VI. Lessons First and foremost, if you're an unbeliever, you walked in here as an unbeliever, it's not for you to be storing up treasure. The Bible actually reveals if you're not yet a Christian, you're storing up wrath every day, so come to Christ, trust in him. Trust in his precious blood. This is what He says to you in John 6. When you come and ask him, what must we do to work the works of God? This is the work of God: to believe in the One He has sent. Believe in Jesus. Then you can start storing up treasure in heaven. For you Christians, I would just say in your own way, say “what's in it for me? Help me to understand heavenly rewards and store them up. Help me to store up as many as possibly can.” I want to speak specifically about the dynamic here of leaving things for Jesus. Some of you will be called, and you don't even know it right now, to leave your home, your country, your family, your friends, and go somewhere overseas, some other place to serve Christ. You're going to be called to do something you never thought you could do. Drink in the promises here. God will take care of you. He will meet your needs. Do not be afraid, but step out in faith to go do great things for God. He will provide for you. God's work done in God's way will never lack God's supply. He will take care of you. Most of us are not going to be called on to leave our familiar surroundings, but we are to live lives of aliens and strangers in this world, to venture out by faith in serving him. Some of us, some in this church are going to leave this church in the next year to go church-plant. You're going to join our church-planting effort. You're going to stop coming here on Sunday mornings and go to another place. It's not because I hope you don't like us, it's because God's calling you to do a work, to venture out. Be willing to do hard things, be willing to venture out, be willing to risk things in your service to Christ. Close with me in prayer. Father, thank you for the time we've had to walk through this deep, powerful, complex topic. I thank you for the truth of the word of God. Help us, Lord, to seek your glory, to seek you as hungry and thirsty. You are our God. Earnestly, we seek you. We desire you as in a dry and weary land. You are all we need, all we want, and that we would go after you. Fill us, oh Lord, with a yearning to store up treasure in heaven. Treasure being intimacy and closeness with God and with Christ. Help us to be willing to risk things or be willing to go places we never thought we could go and do things we never thought we could do to serve you. In Jesus name. Amen.

This week, The Business revisits a conversation with actor Aubrey Plaza and director John Patton Ford about their film “Emily the Criminal.” When Plaza's colleague handed her the script for the drama thriller, she was immediately struck by it. “It was just one of those scripts that I started to read, and I just flew through it,” she says. “It's so readable and fun … it has this momentum that propels you forward.” While Plaza had found her next great project, Ford explains why it took 12 years to write the story. With Plaza, they discuss the struggles of making “Emily The Criminal” and independent movies in general, and the film's unexpected success. First, Kim Masters and Matt Belloni look into how the Writers Guild of America has voted to authorize strike, while Netflix details its plans for a crackdown on password sharing in the United States, and Fox News and Dominion reach a settlement. 

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John Patton was a missionary to the cannibals of the New Hebrides Islands. Shortly after arriving, his wife and his newborn son died. He was forced to guard their bodies to keep cannibals from eating them. Rather than leave, he pressed on staying for the next 35 years. In a remarkable transformation. over three decades, every native on the islands gave their heart to Christ. Do not underestimate the way God can use the power of our witness to change a life. In this message, we learn how a healthy Christian can be an effective witness for Jesus.

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John Patton was a missionary to the cannibals of the New Hebrides Islands. Shortly after arriving, his wife and his newborn son died. He was forced to guard their bodies to keep cannibals from eating them. Rather than leave, he pressed on staying for the next 35 years. In a remarkable transformation. over three decades, every native on the islands gave their heart to Christ. Do not underestimate the way God can use the power of our witness to change a life. In this message, we learn how a healthy Christian can be an effective witness for Jesus.

LIVE from CUSUMANOS and sponsored by Revolution Coffee Company | https://revolutioncoffeecompany.com/ and Luxurious Bastard Beard Co | https://luxuriousbastardco.com/ USE PROMO CODE: LEGENDARY John Patton has been producing gun content for 10 years and launched Patton Media and Consulting LLC in early 2015, quickly followed by The Gun Collective in June of 2015. He's been a nerd of many types, car nerd, gun nerd and science nerd in general. Jon's main focus as the front man of TGC is to keep things driving forward through strong relationships with the audience and the gun industry. He and Genevieve are engaged and live in Southeastern PA… for now. 

Recorded as ASA's annual meeting, Dr. Adam Milam discusses journals and journal clubs with residents Drs. Aaron Brussels, Emily Griffin, Andrea Rivero, and Jennifer Lee along with fellow attending, Dr. John Patton. Guests share thoughts on how to make the most of journal clubs, the value of social media, various paths to publication, and more. Recorded October 2022.

This week, Hanna speaks to John Patton Ford (06:18) about his crime thriller EMILY THE CRIMINAL led by Aubrey Plaza. We dissect Jamie Lee Curtis's final (so she says!) outing as Laurie Strode in HALLOWEEN ENDS (25:10). Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson have a major fall out in THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN (44:29), and Park Chan-wook delves into film noir with DECISION TO LEAVE (01:03:11). And in our HOT TAKE (01:20:28), we decide whether Dwayne Johnson really changed the hierarchy of power in BLACK ADAM. If you'd like to join the conversation or suggest a Hot Take for the gang to discuss tweet us at @FadeToBlackPod Follow us: @amonwarmann, @clarisselou, @hannaflint If you like the show do subscribe, leave a review and rate us too!

Total Film 00.00– 03.35 Intro  03.40 – 19.25 Review of Black Adam 19.30 – 30.35 Review of Banshees Of Inisherin 30.40 – 40.00 Review of Decision To Leave 40.05 – 1.01.00 Review of Emily The Criminal including an interview with the film's director John Patton Ford and star Aubrey Plaza 1.01.05 – 1.20.00 Review of My Policeman including an interview with the film's director Michael Grandage 1.20.05 – 1.46.00 Review of The School of Good and Evil including an interview with director Paul Feig 1.46.05 – 1.49.25 Listener's question followed by Outro

When Aubrey Plaza's colleague handed her the script for “Emily the Criminal,” she was immediately struck by it. “It was just one of those scripts that I started to read, and I just flew through it,” she says. “It's so readable and fun…it has this momentum that propels you forward.” While Plaza had found her next great project, director John Patton Ford explains why it took 12 years to write the story. With Plaza, they discuss the struggles of making “Emily The Criminal” and independent movies in general, and the film's unexpected success. But first, Kim Masters talks to Matt Belloni about her 15-minute interview with Disney's head Bob Chapek at the D23 Expo, as well as the PR effort to give the embattled CEO an image reboot at the event.

It was a real pleasure having the CDOs (Chief Diversity Officer) of First Horizon, Dr. Anthony C Hood, and John Patton of TD Bank on the STP Podcast! They were in Brentwood, TN for a Diversity Summit for First Horizon and they speak about all the news with the new acquisition that is taking place, and new strategies for diversity, equity, and inclusion! John and Dr. Hood both have incredible insights on typical STP topics! Listen in for all of the greatness! www.td.com www.firsthorizon.com

Writer-director John Patton Ford sat down with HFPA journalist Michele Manelis to discuss his directorial debut Emily the Criminal, about a woman who, when faced with mountng student debt and limited prospects, finds herself joining in a massive credit card fraud operation. They also discuss his history with the Sundance Film Festival, where he screened a short film at the beginnings of his career, what it was like to return, how he connects his time as a musician and love of music to the art of filmmaking, picking up writing to help his directing career, and more.  

Our host Joshua Ryan was able to talk to Director John Patton Ford about his new movie ‘Emily The Criminal.'

Directed by John Patton Ford, EMILY THE CRIMINAL tells the story of Emily (Aubrey Plaza), a young woman struggling to deal with her student debt. Unable to find work due to her past criminal record, she becomes desperate for cash. Though, when a co-worker empathizes with her problems, he gives her a mysterious phone number to call where she might find an opportunity to help pay the bills. After making the call, she meets Youcef (Theo Rossi), a charismatic middleman who deals with stolen credit cards. While Emily is initially apprehensive, she accepts the job and the two begin to work together to expand their business ventures. In this 1on1, we speak to Ford about whether or not we all have a dark side and researching the underworld.

Have you ever said "I hates sales" or "I suck at sales"... we have some sad news for you. Everyone is in sales. Salesforce pros John Patton and Billy Draper are sharing their sales expertise- everything you need to know to step up your sales game. They are sharing their best practices, their best stories, and their opinions on whether cold-calling actually works. Check it out, then sell some stuff. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/successfulish/support

Wading in the wiles of crippling debt can be a scary thing....On this episode we're tackling an excellent little piece of indie cinema that is in select theatres now.  We're looking at 'Emily The Criminal'.Emily (Aubrey Plaza) is saddled with student debt and locked out of the job market due to a minor criminal record. Desperate for income, she takes a shady gig as a “dummy shopper,” buying goods with stolen credit cards supplied by a handsome and charismatic middleman named Youcef (Theo Rossi). Faced with a series of dead-end job interviews, Emily soon finds herself seduced by the quick cash and illicit thrills of black-market capitalism, and increasingly interested in her mentor Youcef. Together, they hatch a plan to bring their business to the next level in Los Angeles.We had the unique pleasure of sitting down with first time writer/director John Patton Ford about the origins of this story, getting someone like Aubrey Plaza on board as she works against type and so very much more....

Guest host and London 2012 Olympian Sara Hendershot speaks with Elenna Seguin, John Patton and Elsa Hartman from USRowing's 2022 World Under 19 team. Greenwich Crew cox, Elenna Seguin shares her excitement ahead of making her international debut with the men's coxed four. 2021 World Under 19 champion Elsa Hartman provides an insight into the women's eight preparations. While John Patton who is set to defend his 2021 men's eight world title, reveals the joys of a "mega-bed"! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Our guest this time is filmmaker John Patton Ford, the writer/director of Emily the Criminal which premiered at the Sundance film festival and showed at MSPIFF locally.  Listen in as we discuss the process of making an indie film in 20 days, all things Aubrey Plaza, more about John's history as a filmmaker, and what's next for him. Emily the Criminal is set to open in theaters on August 12, 2022. 

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Today I'm joined by director John Patton Ford to discuss his film EMILY THE CRIMINAL. Emily (Aubrey Plaza) is saddled with student debt and locked out of the job market due to a minor criminal record. Desperate for income, she takes a shady gig as a “dummy shopper,” buying goods with stolen credit cards supplied by a middleman named Youcef (Theo Rossi). Faced with a series of dead-end job interviews, Emily soon finds herself seduced not only by the quick cash and illicit thrills of black market capitalism, but also by her ardent mentor Youcef. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/followingfilms/support

Happy holidaze from your favorite late-posting meme-heads, Chase and PR! This week, we're finally talking the new, mellow EP, "Songs from Davis," from Waukee native singer/songwriter Davis John Patton. Merry!

Our guest today is Jeremy Pollack, a leader of the field of workplace conflict resolution and peacebuilding and author of the book, The Conflict Resolution Playbook. Listen as we discuss what creates conflict in the workplace and practical tips and real life scenarios to eliminate destructive conflict and build healthier relationships.   Jeremy holds a Master's degree in Evolutionary Anthropology from California State University, Fullerton under anthropologist John Patton. Jeremy also holds a Master's degree in Negotiation, Conflict Resolution, and Peacebuilding (NCRP) from California State University, Dominguez Hills. Currently, he is finishing his doctoral work in Psychology, with an emphasis in motivation and social psychology, at Grand Canyon University. Jeremy is also a research fellow at Stanford University, where he leads research projects in social psychology and conflict resolution as an interdisciplinary effort between the Stanford Social Concepts Lab (Dept. of Psychology) and the Stanford Center on International Conflict & Negotiation (Dept. of Law). As a conflict resolution consultant, Jeremy has mediated conflicts between couples, co-executives, and organizations, aiming as often as possible to transform relationships and create Win-Win resolutions for all parties involved. He also works as a personal development coach, helping individuals discover internal conflicts impeding them from living happy, fulfilling lives. He is a regular contributor on the topics of leadership and conflict management for publications like Forbes.com, Fast Company, Industry Week, and more. He is also formerly the Managing Editor of “The Peace Psychologist“, the official newsletter for the Society for the Study of Peace, Conflict, and Violence, Division 48 of the APA. What We Discuss with Jeremy Pollack in This Episode What creates conflict in the first place Six psychological human needs and how to get them met 10 organizational satisfiers Reframing how we look at conflict – why it is a good thing How to resolve the social conflict going on right now The distinction between conflict and escalation What causes escalation to happen De-escalation on an individual level when social escalation is present How to use “I” and “You” statements Creating a conversation protocol for successful communication Applying the spirit of curiosity vs condemnation Honoring diversity and inclusion in the workplace How to avoid triggering people through judgments What is gaslighting and how to deal with it How to avoid false assumptions Episode Show Notes: https://tinyurl.com/f2u8ecpv

Description: Have you read The God Ask and want to hear more from the author Steve Shadrach? Here's your chance. Be encouraged and inspired to follow God wholeheartedly down the path of support raising with this episode! Notes: The God Ask by Steve Shadrach Support Raising Solutions Website: https://supportraisingsolutions.org Five Keys to Personal Support Raising: https://supportraisingsolutions.org/docs/5Keys-v3.1.pdf Center for Mission Mobilization: mobilization.org Support Raising Boot Camp: https://supportraisingsolutions.org/bootcamp/ Article: https://supportraisingsolutions.org/rethinking-short-term-mission-fundraising/#.YVssB5rMKUk Bio: Dr. Steve Shadrach (https://twitter.com/steveshadrach) has a passion for developing laborers for Christ to reach the world. In college, he was involved with Cru, Navs, and as head counselor with Kanakuk Kamps. He served as Pastor of Students and Missions at University Baptist Church in Fayetteville, AR. He is the founder of Student Mobilization, which focuses on evangelizing and discipling college students in the U.S. and abroad, The Traveling Team w/Todd Ahrend, Center for Mission Mobilization and Support Raising Solutions w/John Patton, and Campus Ministry Today w/John Allert. From 2004-2012 he also served as the Director of Mobilization for the U.S. Center for World Mission, including the oversight of the Perspectives on the World Christian Movement study program w/Dave Flynn. Dr. Shadrach has a Masters in Biblical Studies from Dallas Theological Seminary and a Doctorate of Ministry in Church and Para-church Executive Leadership from Denver Seminary. Steve and his wife Carol reside in Fayetteville, AR, where he serves as the Global Ambassador of the Center for Mission Mobilization(www.mobilization.org). They have five adult children and a growing brood of grandchildren! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/missionworks/message

John won gold with the USA Junior Rowing Team this past summer in the 2021 World Rowing Junior Championship! Listen in to a conversation between host Gale Gai '22 and John Patton '23. 

By leveraging auctions, you can maximize your profits and get full results quickly and on your own terms. Listen to this episode with John Patton and his partner Jeff Hathorn, and find out the many reasons why auctions are a very valuable exit strategy for real estate investors and entrepreneurs.    KEY TAKEAWAYS In what cases should you use auction? Effective marketing strategies in property disposal Things to consider before going into an auction process The emotional side in the bidding of an auction Tips for picking the right auction house for you   RESOURCES/LINKS MENTIONED How to sell your home in 5 days by Bill G. Effros www.auction.com   Learn How to Maximize Your Profits via Auctions www.flipempire.com/auction   ABOUT JOHN PATTON AND JEFF HARTHON John Patton owns a marketing company called Patton Investment Properties, which specializes in investment real estate with 10,000 daily subscribers receiving the latest wholesale real estate deals in Florida. Prior to real estate, John was an Art Auctioneer and segued his auction experience into real estate in 2006 when recruited by national real estate auction firm JP King of Gadsden, Alabama. John assisted luxury homeowners, real estate developers, and banks throughout the Southeast by marketing and selling their distressed real estate assets at an auction. In 2012, John left the auction business and started purchasing REO residential real estate from banks and single-family homes from distressed homeowners. John also manages the Acquisition and Disposition of rental properties for a mid-sized residential rental company that specializes in providing clean, professionally managed affordable housing. Jeff Hathorn is the Executive Vice President of Target Auction. For over 30 years, Mr. Hathorn has been in the real estate auction industry. During the past ten years, he has conducted auctions in 23 states. He has sold thousands of properties nationwide, including celebrity mansions, luxury condominiums, famous ranches, single-family homes, residential developments, acreage, commercial properties, and even yachts. This broad experience has enabled him to readily connect with sellers to evaluate the property being sold, identify the likely buyer profile, and develop a custom marketing plan to cost-effectively reach buyers for the property.    TWEETABLES ‘'You can't be a people pleaser, you'll never gonna make everyone happy. '' - John Patton ‘'We all like to win. When there's a live auction online, we like to be winners. '' - Jeff Hathorn   ASCEND Don't Wait To Enjoy Your Life, Tomorrow, Live It Today! How To Grow Your Business, Expand Your Impact, and Experience Your Perfect Life:  

With the world always in some level of chaos and conflict, John & BeiBei welcome Conflict Resolution expert Jeremy Pollack to The Bridge. Jeremy holds a Master's degree in Evolutionary Anthropology from California State University, Fullerton under anthropologist John Patton. His thesis research was in the evolution of religious cognition and intergroup conflict. Jeremy also holds a Master's degree in Negotiation, Conflict Resolution, and Peacebuilding (NCRP) from California State University, Dominguez Hills. BeiBei takes the lead in the conversation, and digs into the many ways that Jeremy has helped major corporations and individuals alike, and how each of us can make great changes in our lives, if we focus on personal responsibility.

Things Fall Apart - Chinua Achebe - Episode 1 - Meet Nigeria's Most Famous Author , Teacher and Philosopher!   Hi, I'm Christy Shriver and we're here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us.    And I'm Garry Shriver, and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast.  I am very excited this series on Nigerian author Chinua Achebe and his first groundbreaking book- Things Fall Apart first published in 1958.  There are not many books that have had the kind of positive worldwide impact that this book has had, and the reasons are numerous.      The reasons are numerous.  I first met Dr. Achebe's work late as an adult.  I was teaching English at Bolton High School here in Memphis, and we had just started the IB program or the International Baccalaureate program, a college prep curriculum acknowledged around the world.  In the IB program students must read works from English language writers from around the entire English speaking world, not just from the UK or the US which is what had been traditional for me up to that point in my education even as a teacher.  His was the first book I read from an African writer, and it was impactful for so many reasons, some personal, others academic.  I became like many readers of his work, all of a sudden aware of new way of thinking about Africa or aware of a way I had perhaps thought about Africa, albeit completely unawares.  I have mentioned before that my parents were missionaries and I was raised mostly in Brazil, but for a time we lived in Zimbabwe, Africa.  My time in Zimbabwe was my first experience with the continent of Africa.  My time in Africa had made a strong impression on me.  We lived in a missionary compound in what they called back then “the bush” which means we didn't live in a village or a town; we just lived in the interior.  I had never seen a place like the interior of Zimbabwe.  We lived about 30 minutes away from the town of Gweru.  The first essay I wrote in college was called, “The African Sunset” and it was about how overwhelming just the physical landscape was.  As a 13 year old girl, I would run down the twin-stripped back road for a couple of miles every day.  I still remember many times on my way home, I would look out across the Savannah and just stare at the beautiful sky- the many colors against the savannah.  Since those days, I've always loved Africa.    But Christy, Nigeria is not Zimbabwe nor located anywhere near it on the African continent- correct?    That is absolutely correct- and what a horrible misconception for people that think of Africa as one place- nothing could be farther from the truth.  And you are also absolutely correct in assuming that the landscapes of Zimbabwe are NOT the landscapes of Nigeria- just as the landscapes of Tennessee are not the landscapes of Florida or Minnesota.  There are 54 independent countries in Africa.  Compare that to North America where we only have 23.  Nigeria is in West Africa- it is farther north as well- although you have to remember- much Africa is in the Southern Hemisphere.  Nigeria is in the Northern hemisphere, like the United States of Europe, but Zimbabwe is in the Southern Hemisphere- it's also farther away from the equator than Nigeria so it has a much more moderate climate than Nigeria.      Another big difference is that Nigeria is on the coast while Zimbabwe is totally landlocked.   Exactly,  if you think of Africa like an upside down capital L, think of Nigeria at the bend next to the Atlantic ocean, where as Zimbabwe is way down at the bottom- the second country to the bottom from South Africa.  They are far from each other, but I will say Nigeria, like Zimbabwe has savannahs with all of the amazing wildlife like elephants, hippopotamuses, crocodiles and cheetahs!!  Nigeria just has more variety of climates than Zimbabwe does including a tropical forest that has gorillas.      Another difference from our reality here in North America and an even more complex reality than climate and biodiversity is language. While the majority of people in North America speak either English, French or Spanish as their first and heart language.  That is not the case in Africa.  In Africa, there are more than 2000 distinct languages.  Africa has a third of the world's languages with less than a seventh of the world's population.  Of course Arabic is the most widely spoken language in Africa, but after Arabic, English is the second most widely spoken language.      However, what we need to understand is that English is often not a person's first language.  Many times African students will learn one language at home as in the case of Achebe, that would be Igbo, but English is the language of school and commerce- it's what we call a trade language.  It is not the language of indigenous stories, of traditional music, of the people.    An important point, English has become a trade language for a lot of the world.  Even though over 1.5 billion people on planet earth speak English, only 400 million speak it as a first language.      That's why, even in Brazil, where I grew up, most students will study English as a second language as early as elementary school because most international business will be conducted in English.  It's also why when Achebe first chose to write his books in English instead of Ibgo there was push back.  Was his choice to write in English a betrayal?  You could see it that way, but that's not now he looked at it.  He wanted to his book to be for the world, and so it had to be in a global language.        Well, it certainly accomplished that goal, but the diversity of cultures undoubted has created unique challenges for the continent of Africa as well as a richness of cultural thought and perspective- all of which can be seen specifically in the history and culture of Nigeria.     True, but before we leave my personal experiences I wanted to bring up one other thing about my life; I told you I had lived in Zimbabwe as a child, but I also wanted to mention that my mother was a missionary to Nigeria early in the life of the of the country.  Nigeria became independent in 1960. My mother was an elementary school teacher there in 1968.  When I read Things Fall Apart, although it takes place much earlier, Achebe references clashes with the missionaries and their portrayal is not necessarily.  At first I didn't like that because it felt he was personally aggressing my mother- judging and condemning her.  Her little school was also in the bush outside a town called Oshogbo.  From my perspective as a child of a missionary, I knew that my mother had no desire to gain financially from the people she served.  She did not view herself as a colonizer.  She loved the people.  The missionaries in her mission learned the local languages.  They had a hospital where they provided medicines and much needed services to local people.  My initial gut reaction was to oppose Achebe's portrayal to say- you've got my mother all wrong.   But, of course, that is not Achebe's way-and he makes it hard to argue with him.  His own grandfather was an orphan saved by missionaries, so he understands that reality.  But he also saw his people- beyond the physical loss of patrimony- lose their confidence and culture.  He saw his people see themselves as inferior through financial coercion of Westerners- not just missionaries, but missionaries cannot be excluded from this group.  Some of it not indirectly linked to hierarchies and exclusions of people within his own Igbo system- something he illustrates in the book.  Achebe leads readers to understand things are not simple.  It is also not about any one person.  It is not even about anyone being a good person or being a bad person. It's not about any one group of people.  He is not out to villainize the person of my mother.  He's not out to glamorize the character of Okonkwo.  He wants to tell the story of his people told from his point of view- a point of view from within.  The story of Nigeria, like the story of humanity is messy.  It is a human story.  And the more I read the speeches and non-fiction writings of Achebe as well as the many who have come after him, the more I realize it is humanity that Achebe seeks to express above all else- something I want to get into in a different episode when we talk about his writings on Joseph Conrad.      And It's an important story for the world to understand. The book is more relevant today than it was when he wrote it because technology is shrinking the world but it still has many different languages, worldviews, religions, and value systems.  Also, we are more aware than ever of the tragedies and aggressive nature of human history.   The book seems to resonate because he addresses where on a worldwide scale, and has an informed central vision on how we should proceed forward if something close to peace and mutual respect are ever going to exist.    I think that is why when Achebe finally succeeded in publishing his book (it literally took something of a miracle), it became an instant success- selling millions and has since been translated in over 50 languages worldwide.  There is something universal in all of his writings that resonates intuitively in the heart of every person who reads it even though the Igbo culture is new and maybe even mysterious.  Things Fall Apart was the first book written by an African to be introduced into the English curriculum -even on the continent of Africa.     Since my initial introduction, I have watched him lecture on many YouTube videos.  His persona later in life reminds me of Elie Wiesel's in many ways.  Like Wiesel, he was a soft-spoken man.  He exuded kindness, gentleness and wisdom- after many years of war and conflict in his country, he understood peace and purpose in a special way- in fact, listening to him lecture in some ways reduces some of the world's most complicated problems to a resolvable hope found in humility and forgiveness.    And that is the legacy of the entire story of Nigeria- where we must start as we give context to the book Things Fall Apart and to the life of Achebe. American historian John Patton says and I quote, “Nigeria must be the most complicated country in the world.”  And I don't know if anyone tries to argue differently.  There are 520 different languages spoken there.  There are 100 different ethnic groups.  Nigeria is the ONLY country in the world whose population is split 50/50 equally between Muslims and Christians- neither has a clear majority.  Those facts alone create challenges unparalleled anywhere else on earth.  But beyond that, we must not overlook the incredibly tectonic impact of the British empire as it altered and changed the lives of the millions living not just in Nigeria but all of Africa.      Hence- Things Fall Apart- Achebe was not the first writer to write about Africa, but he was one of the first to publish in English from an African perspective- and his voice was an important one.      As we've mentioned many times before, history is recorded by those who write it down, and in West Africa, where Nigeria is located, history had been written primarily by the British soldiers themselves.  And so, of course, this perspective was always skewed leaving out the perspective of the indigenous people.      Isn't that always the case?    Well, pretty much, but not always.  In India for example, the atrocities of colonialism were much better recorded by Indian nationals, and so they have a higher profile and we have much more knowledge of what happened in India as opposed to the things that happened in West Africa, for example.    Well, the story Things Fall Apart takes place sometime during the final decade of the 1900s in a little village of the Igbo people.  What do we need to know to get to that place?  Tell us about Europe's interaction with that area as well as the people themselves.    Well, that's a very tall order.  But let's start with the make up of the land itself.  So, Nigeria really is culturally divided- today 50% of it is Muslim, 50% of it is Christian.  There is a reason for this and it very much has to do with Europe.  The African slave trade started early- 1500s even.  But Europeans did not really go into the continent.  They only went to the coast and bought slaves.  The Africans didn't want them in the continent so they fought them out but also, Europeans strangely kept dying when they went into the interior.  For centuries they assumed it was the climate; that the heat was killing them.  But in fact, it was malaria, a disease you get from a mosquito- they just didn't know that in the 19th century.  In 1808 , Britain abolished slavery, notice that's almost 60 years before the United States, but Britain still wanted African resources- in Nigeria's case back then it was palm oil.  Today, Nigeria's largest revenue source is its oil, but that wouldn't be discovered until the 1950s.  Anyway, after the abolition of slavery the relationship between Britain and Nigeria went from extracting people from the continent to its natural resources and this was still done through mercantilism- today what we understand as mercantile colonization.  Still, it was still physically difficult for the British to go themselves into the continent.  This all changed when two technologies emerged- one was the steam boat, and the other was quinine.  Quinine was a medicine that treats malaria.  This changed the reality.  And the British companies began to colonize the land- why pay and compete for resources when you can just go take them for yourself essentially is the idea.  In Nigeria's case, this dirty work was done by a company called the British Niger Company today known today as Unilever.  The story of what happened there is too much to get into here, but it's bloody and crooked, as you might imagine. The. British didn't actually revoke the charter of the British Niger Company until the year 1900- this is the year that the British Government actually began to openly colonize Nigeria- this is the outside context where we drop the book.    What about the part of Nigeria where Okonkwo lived specifically.    Okonkwo's village is an Igbo village.  Now we must remember that Nigeria is not just one place, and the Nigerian people are not just one people.  The easiest way perhaps for us to understand this in the Americas is to think of the indigenous people on the American continent.  The Cherokee are not the Arrapaho who are not the Sioux who are not the Iroquois who are not the Hawaiian- every nation has its own unique culture, a language, a way of life.  Some nations are warriors; some are farmers.  In the case of Nigeria, the Northern nations were Muslim and highly organized.  They were ruled by Emir's and these were connected.  When the British colonized Northern Nigeria they asserted indirect control- an easier and less-messy way to colonize.  They controlled the Emir, the emir controlled the people- so the average person was not as aware of the arrangement.  Local people had less contact with white Europeans.  In the South, that was not the reality- especially with the Igbo people;.  The Igbo people historically were very democratic by tradition.  There is a famous saying, “The Igbo knows no king”.  They believed strongly that every free born person had a right to have a say in the running of his society.  The British had a much more difficult time subduing a nation with this kind of de-centralized structure.  Also, as we see in the book, the Igbo as well as the other Southern tribes were animistic.  They had many gods, not unlike the Hawaiians we talked about last week.  We see that in Things Fall Apart as well.  I know we're going to talk about the religion in another episode as well as the relationship with missionaries, but I want say- this was a problem for the British.  There were millions of people all speaking different languages, 500 to be exact, they had no central government and no common religion.  So, the British came in as teachers, both secular and religious.  And in teaching English and Christianity they were successful.  The two most important legacies today of the British are the English language and the Christian religion.  And here is one of life's interesting ironies- today there are more people that speak English in Nigeria than speak English in Britain.  Also, there are more Christians in Nigeria than in Britain and even more surprisingly, Nigeria sends out more Christian missionaries around the world than almost any other nation, in spite of its financial challenges.  The largest Evangelical church in Europe is a Nigerian church.      Things Fall Apart is the beginning of this colonial period.  Some European books make it sound like it was a mostly peaceful thing, and the British were well-received.    Yes- that would be the soldiers accounts.  But that is absolutely NOT the case.  It was bloody and intensely violent.  Whole villages in some cases were wiped out- every person murdered, every structure burned and even every tree flattened.  After the initial war of conquest, there was a secondary wave of indigenous people fighting back called the Ekumeku movement.  This means the silent ones.  They went around at night as guerilla warriors starting in the early 1800s with the Royal Niger Company all the way through 1915.  Also, I might add, often the British would hire warrior nations of the North to come down and subdue Southern nations.  So, you can see this does not unite a people in any way.  It also breeds a culture of corruption.  There should be little wonder that six years after Nigeria won its independence from the British it plunged into a bloody civil war that cost the Igbo alone 3 million lives.      Well, although that's not the context of this book, Achebe has other books that express that continuing story using fiction as the tool of language, but he even wrote a personal memory about the civil war years called There was a Country.      Yes and worth reading.  Let me just add this one thing before we leave the history side of things, although Nigeria has many challenges, some natural, some imported from the colonial experience, it is important to note that the Nigerian story today is in some ways a qualified success and something the world should pay attention to.  By the end of the century there will be ¾ of a billion Nigerians.  Today 2/3 of the population is under thirty.  It is a young country in every way.  The people there are as different as you can imagine, but they do share one belief- they have a desire to preserve their country.  They know they did not create their own borders, but today those borders are sacrosanct.  They know they have cultural and religious differences that have caused more violence than we can ever understand in the West, but today they have innovations to cope with these problems- a federal affirmative action system for example to ensure that no ethnic group is favored above other groups and a presidency that must alternate between one being a Christian to the next being a Muslim and back and forth.  All of these are aimed at forming peace and keeping it.  So, we must respect and understand the history we are reading, but also the promise of the Nigerian Project which the country has purchased at so high a price.      So, going back in time, not to the story but to Achebe's life; he was born in 1930.  His parents, and this should make more sense now, were deeply Christian and raised Achebe as a Christian.  In fact his first name was a British name, Albert- Albert Chinualumogwu Achebe- we'll talk more about that next week.  He read the Bible daily; attended church services, all the things Christian children do.  However, he was also very much interested in his Igbo tradition and that included religion.  His little village, as a child, was half Christian and half traditional in their beliefs.  Achebe's father, a Christian minister, ensured that his son attended English and Anglican schools, but the village life was all around him.  He enjoyed traditional festivals and heard all of the tales and stories of the Igbo.  His mother, although a Christian, told him  many stories, proverbs and traditions that had been handed down through the oral tradition.  So, Achebe grew up a child of two worlds- an Igbo world and the colonial world.  Because he was such an incredibly bright student, he was identified as a student capable of working for the British empire and received scholarships to attend the prestigious University College (now the University of Ibadan) as a medical student.  He hated studying medicine, and instead changed his course of study to English literature.  That was no small decision because it caused him to lose all of his scholarships.  For that degree  he and his family had to pay out of pocket.  It was during those years that he started to write.  One of the biggest influence on Achebe's writing career was his reading of Joseph Conrad's famous novel about Africa- Heart of Darkness.  He had read it even as a child.  "Conrad was a seductive writer. He could pull his reader into the fray. And if it were not for what he said about me and my people, I would probably be thinking only of that seduction,"   Today we would find Conrad's portrayal of any group of people alarmingly offensive.     Of course we would,  and Achebe realized it immediately because they were talking about HIM, his family, his people.  "The language of description of the people in Heart of Darkness is inappropriate," says Achebe. "I realized how terribly terribly wrong it was to portray my people — any people — from that attitude."    Well, his reaction is a model for all of us.  He recognized a bad idea- and he fought it by countering with a better one.  He chose to write and publish his own story- the story of his people from his perspective.      Exactly, years later, he was asked if he thought Conrad's book should be banned.  He was emphatic that the answer was no.  And amazingly, today a lot of English teachers teach both books together.      I love that- don't shut someone up by force- just have a superior idea.    And his superior idea changed the course of not just his life but the trajectory of African literature for all time.  Achebe received over 30 honorary degrees during his life time.  Published political essays, novels, poetry and short stories.  He published Things Fall Apart in 1958 at the age of 27.  He'd worked on it for a long time.  He wrote it out by hand and sent his only copy to a typesetter in England who just sat on it.  It almost got lost.  He has said, if it had, he likely would have never written anything again, but a friend who lived in England got that worked out.  2000 copies were published and the rest is history.  I do want to say, he married a girl named Christiana, but they called her Christy. They were married over 50 years all the way to the time of his death in 2013.    I want point out in 1999 Things Fall Apart inspired and was the title for the fourth studio album by American hip hop band The Roots- and that album went platinum which means it sold over 1 million copies.      I think we can safely say, Achebe had a better idea.  Are we ready to start it..    Sure.  Let's do it.      Things Fall Apart the book starts with an epigraph from a poem by W. B Yeats.  Yeats is a Nobel Prize winning Irish writer.  The poem Achebe quotes was published in 1920- one year after the end of WW1. The name of the poem ironically is “The Second Coming”. As we know from Eliot and many others, this War was supposed to be the war to end all wars but really it murdered millions and created despair in Europe like nothing that had come before it.      Yeat's first stanza starts with these famous first four lines that contain the title of Achebe's book.  Let me read the first stanza of Yeats poem:    Turning and turning in the widening gyre  The falcon cannot hear the falconer;  Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;  Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,  The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere  The ceremony of innocence is drowned;  The best lack all conviction, while the worst  Are full of passionate intensity.    The epigraph to Achebe's book is the first four lines.  In its own right it is easily one of the most famous and frequently quoted poems in all of Western literature.  The context in Yeats mind was the realization that basically European society had pretty much broken down.  While some people were optimistic about the future, Yeats wasn't.  He thought the deconstruction of society had left his world in a terribly vulnerable place.  His poem is a terrifying prediction of future violence.  Of course, from our vantage point we know Yeats was absolutely right and Hitler was right around the corner.     Achebe uses these lines as an epigraph to his book.  An epigraph is a short quotation at the beginning of the book.  By using lines from “The Second Coming” as the introduction to his book, Achebe makes parallel between what the Europeans had done in WW1 and what the British had done in Igboland- as European had de-structured Europe and left it devastated, European colonization of Africa had done the same thing.    What's brilliant about that is that Achebe uses the language of the colonizer (literally and figuratively) to enlighten the European heirs of colonialism on the point of view of the people who had been colonized.    Exactly, and it's worth looking  at the poem more closely which we'll do in our poetry supplement, but it is a brilliant parallel. The specifics of the poem are also incredibly relevant to Things Fall Apart.  The poem begins with the image of a falcon flying out of earshot of its human master. In medieval times, people would use falcons or hawks to track down animals at ground level. In actual falconry, the bird is not supposed to keep flying in circles forever; it is eventually supposed to come back and land on the falconer's glove. In this image, however, the falcon has gotten itself lost by flying too far away, which we can read as a reference to the collapse of traditional social arrangements in Europe at the time Yeats was writing- and is how Achebe sees what has happend to the Igbo social and religious structure that had supported his society for hundreds of years.    Yeats will make the argument in his poem that living as Europe was living to use his words, “the center cannot hold” which is exactly the point Achebe is making in Things Fall Apart.. As a result of the colonizing efforts of the British, the Igbo people were stripped of the social or moral rules that had given their lives a center for centuries.      The term “Second Coming” in the poem makes you think you're talking about the second coming of Christ- the one where Christ comes to earth and makes a heaven or a Utopia out of earth.      This, of course, is ironic- because WW1 did not usher in the second coming of Christ with peace and prosperity, but it instead it opened the door to greed, destruction and chaos.  This is Achebe's parallel.  The coming of the Europeans let “loosed anarchy on the world” of Africa to use Yeats words – for Achebe the horrors of imperialism were marked by the coercing and brutalizing of his people fueled again mostly by Greed.  I'm not sure TS Eliot, the king of Allusions could have make a more effective use of the technique.      So, I think that's enough said.  I hope we brought a little of the context of the country of Nigeria, we talked about where Achebe got the title and why he picked it.  Now, let's read the first page of the novel and introduce our hero- Okonkwo.  That is the last piece for setting up this amazing story.  And I know we're getting into a lot of context- but it's necessary.  This book is important; it's groundbreaking, but it's context is so foundational to understanding the complexity of the concept, it must not be overlooked.    Oh, for sure. I totally agree.  Let me read page 1- read through “he had no patience for his father.”    I read one time that one of the questions Achebe was most often asked was why he made his hero so flawed?  Wasn't he supposed to be showing the greatness of the Igbo culture.  Achebe's response is so nuanced and so understated, it's genius floors me.  He said, no.  He had no interest in glamorizing Africa, Ibgo culture.  Africa does not consist of savages; Africa does not consist of angels.  Africa is filled with people.  The cultures of Africa, like every other culture on planet earth are also a mixed-bag.  There is no perfect culture.  There is no perfect place..which is something I think we lose sight of in America, I might say.  We must love and accept all of it.  In Okonkwo's case, Achebe creates  an Ibgo hero.  Now, we've read how the Greeks felt about their heros.  We saw a little hero in Bilbo, but let's look at Okonkwo.  Patrick Nnoromele, who is a member of the Igbo people, says that A hero in the Igbo culture is one of great courage and strength.  A man who works against the destabilizing forces of his community and affects the destinies of others.  His life is defined by contradictions, ambivalence because his actions must stand in shart contrast or ordinary behavior.  A hero cannot exist outside of the community because he has to stand out in the community by definition.  If he is ambitious he has obligations to his society, but sometimes that creates a problem if your self-interest comes in conflict with the society you're in.  This is really a complicated paradox.  So, when we get to Okonkwo, we immediately understand that the single passion of his life is to be of of the lords of the clan.  Acebe says it is his “life-spring” and the first challenge he faces is that his dad is loser.  So, the first chapter sets up Okonkwo in contrast to his father.  His father was a male, but among the Igbo, he was never a man.  In order for Okonkwo to become a hero, the first thing he had to do was overcome his father's reputation.      That's where we will stop for today.  We get more into Igbo culture next week.  I really really love this stuff, so I hope I don't go overboard.  I'm very excited about this book, so I hope you enjoy reading it with us if you haven't already.    Oh, and I love it too.  I've never been to Africa, so this is opening up a new world for me.  I'm excited and look forward to discussing the next few chapters next week…..      Peace out! 

In this "Throwback Tuesday" HCI Podcast episode, Dr. Jonathan H. Westover talks with Jeremy Pollack about best practices for dealing with workplace conflict (Originally aired January 26, 2021). See the video here: https://youtu.be/CEYvtYopnQE.  Jeremy Pollack (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremypollack1/) holds a Master's degree in Evolutionary Anthropology from California State University, Fullerton under anthropologist John Patton. His thesis research was in the evolution of religious cognition and intergroup conflict. Jeremy also holds a Masters degree in Negotiation, Conflict Resolution, and Peacebuilding (NCRP) from California State University, Dominguez Hills. Currently, he is a research fellow at Stanford University, where he leads research projects in social psychology and conflict resolution as an interdisciplinary effort between the Stanford Social Concepts Lab (Dept. of Psychology) and the Stanford Center on International Conflict & Negotiation (Dept. of Law). Previously, Jeremy was a research associate at the Center for Behavior, Evolution, and Culture at UCLA from 2011-2016, and has published several peer-reviewed scientific articles and written a number of research papers in the areas of conflict psychology, formidability assessment, intergroup conflict, religious cognition, and human cooperation. See Jeremy Pollack's research here. As a conflict resolution consultant, Jeremy has mediated conflicts between couples, co-executives, and organizations, aiming as often as possible to transform relationships and create Win-Win resolutions for all parties involved. He also works as a personal development coach, helping individuals discover internal conflicts impeding them from living happy, fulfilling lives. His intrapersonal coaching practice is held under the brand Inner Warrior Coaching.  Check out Dr. Westover's new book, The Alchemy of Truly Remarkable Leadership, here: https://www.innovativehumancapital.com/leadershipalchemy.     Check out the latest issue of the Human Capital Leadership magazine, here: https://www.innovativehumancapital.com/hci-magazine     Ranked in the Top 10 Performance Management Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/performance_management_podcasts/ ; Ranked in the Top 10 Workplace Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/workplace_podcasts/ ; Ranked in the Top 15 HR Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/hr_podcasts/ ; Ranked in the Top 15 Talent Management Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/talent_management_podcasts/ ; Ranked in the Top 15 Personal Development and Self-Improvement Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/personal_development_podcasts/ ; Ranked in the Top 30 Leadership Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/leadership_podcasts/

Dr. Shannon M. Clark discusses IV pain meds, epidurals, spinals and other hot topics regarding pain control during labor and delivery with Anesthesiologist and Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine Fellow, Dr. John Patton @docjp3! We also discuss health disparities and racism in medicine and their impact on black and brown patients not getting the pain control they need. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/adoctordeliverspodcast/support

It's been a year. Shutdowns, marathon zoom meetings, compensating for patchy internet and dealing with the stress of a global phenomenon. We got through it all, and came out with some stories to tell. Hosts Jim and Elaine take a moment to look back at the wild ride that was this year, and the challenges and creativity that saw us to this hopeful summer. They talk through favorite episodes this year - including with physicist and writer Doug Hofstadter, vaccine developer John Patton, political scientist Jeff Isaac, and Media School students like Lexi Haskell and Jacqueline Ferguson who are leading the next generation of meaningful and important journalism. Can't wait to see you next year! Meanwhile, check your feeds this summer for some bonus content and favorite looks back.

What if every baby could get the COVID-19 vaccine in its first month of life? Dr. John Patton, Professor of Biology at the College of Arts and Sciences, is on the case. Dr. Patton's lab is developing an inoculation that would modify the Rotovirus vaccine to incorporate immunity from the novel coronavirus as well. Host Elaine Monaghan and producer Violet Baron get the facts and the timeline on this episode of Through the Gates.

Today, of course, is Thursday which means only one thing! It's the PodUp Thursday RoundUp

In this HCI Podcast episode, Dr. Jonathan H. Westover talks with Jeremy Pollack about best practices for dealing with workplace conflict. See the video here: https://youtu.be/CEYvtYopnQE. Jeremy Pollack (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremypollack1/) holds a Master's degree in Evolutionary Anthropology from California State University, Fullerton under anthropologist John Patton. His thesis research was in the evolution of religious cognition and intergroup conflict. Jeremy also holds a Masters degree in Negotiation, Conflict Resolution, and Peacebuilding (NCRP) from California State University, Dominguez Hills. Currently, he is a research fellow at Stanford University, where he leads research projects in social psychology and conflict resolution as an interdisciplinary effort between the Stanford Social Concepts Lab (Dept. of Psychology) and the Stanford Center on International Conflict & Negotiation (Dept. of Law). Previously, Jeremy was a research associate at the Center for Behavior, Evolution, and Culture at UCLA from 2011-2016, and has published several peer-reviewed scientific articles and written a number of research papers in the areas of conflict psychology, formidability assessment, intergroup conflict, religious cognition, and human cooperation. See Jeremy Pollack's research here. As a conflict resolution consultant, Jeremy has mediated conflicts between couples, co-executives, and organizations, aiming as often as possible to transform relationships and create Win-Win resolutions for all parties involved. He also works as a personal development coach, helping individuals discover internal conflicts impeding them from living happy, fulfilling lives. His intrapersonal coaching practice is held under the brand Inner Warrior Coaching. Check out Dr. Westover's new book, The Alchemy of Truly Remarkable Leadership, here: https://www.innovativehumancapital.com/leadershipalchemy.    Check out the latest issue of the Human Capital Leadership magazine, here: https://www.innovativehumancapital.com/hci-magazine    Ranked in the Top 10 Performance Management Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/performance_management_podcasts/ ; Ranked in the Top 10 Workplace Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/workplace_podcasts/ ; Ranked in the Top 15 HR Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/hr_podcasts/ ; Ranked in the Top 15 Talent Management Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/talent_management_podcasts/ ; Ranked in the Top 15 Personal Development and Self-Improvement Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/personal_development_podcasts/ ; Ranked in the Top 30 Leadership Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/leadership_podcasts/

In this episode, Andy Davis covers from 1789 to 1914. This period is best characterized by the explosion in missionary activities. Some of the specific figures covered are William Carey, Adoniram and Ann Judson, and Hudson Taylor. Andy Davis referenced the following source in the production of this podcast: Bruce Shelley, Church History in Plain Language: Fourth Edition.

In this episode, Andy Davis covers from 1789 to 1914. This period is best characterized by the explosion in missionary activities. Some of the specific figures covered are William Carey, Adoniram and Ann Judson, and Hudson Taylor.

Mick talks to Barry Gibbons & John Patton

Jon Wright / Access Point Financial Jon Wright, a 25-plus year veteran of commercial real estate and hospitality finance, currently serves as chief executive officer of Atlanta, Ga.-based Access Point Financial, Inc. (APF), a direct full-service lending and advisory firm focused on the hospitality industry. APF ranked 17th on the prestigious Inc. 500 listing of […] The post Jon Wright and John Patton of Access Point Financial appeared first on Business RadioX ®.