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Send us a textWelcome back to Wildly Unplug—where we share stories of nature, art, and conservation. Today, I'm excited to give you a behind-the-scenes look at a memorable experience I had presenting Tide Lines: Journaling Nature's Journey at the National Association for Interpretation (NAI) Conference in the beautiful city of St. Augustine, Florida in December, 2024. Lauren's Top Tip for Connecting with Nature:

Peter's mom (Chloe Troast) visits the Story Pirates. Featuring two new stories: “The Werewolf in Missouri,” a song about a lycanthrope who dreams of visiting the St. Louis Arch, written by Jack, an 8 year old from Wisconsin, and “Stinky Sock Versus Banana Peel,” a story about high stakes competition to be the stinkiest thing possible, written by a 10 year old from New Jersey named Olivia.

Frank enlightens us on how to climb the St. Louis Arch, how apache helicopters work, and his musical process. Pooty's phrenological disposition indicates a likelihood of criminality and immortality, which is no surprise since he probably broke the camera.But Kyle is here and he brought a frozen pizza for our woes.Mmm --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mentholmavericks/support

Are you ready to join me, Hoover, as I dissect the Percy Jackson and the Olympians TV series with the precision of a child of Athena? Hold onto your Pegasus, because we're thundering through the good, the bad, and the mythically charged world of "The Lightning Thief." I've got the scoop on how the show stacks up against our cherished books and those earlier film attempts. Expect a scene-by-scene breakdown that's ripe with spoilers, character analysis, and the skinny on whether Walker Scobell's Percy made waves or just a splash.Let's march into the fray of gods and monsters where Percy, Annabeth, and Grover face their fates head-on. We'll rehash their daring escapades—from skirmishes under the St. Louis Arch to the time-trapping tendrils of the Lotus Casino. Together, we'll unravel the twisted threads of prophecy, the haunting burden of heritage, and the poignant moments that resonate beyond the screen. Plus, I've got some thoughts on how the show's changes might ripple out into the future of this celestial saga.Wrapping up this epic journey, I don't pull any punches with my critique. From missed moments that could've left us awestruck to the performances that haven't quite hit their Olympian stride, I lay it all out. Then, shifting gears, I share my anticipation for the already confirmed Season 2 and weigh in on the show's overall score. Whether you're a long-time fan wielding a Riptide pen or a newbie curious to see what the buzz is about, my review is your golden fleece guiding you through this reinvented classic.Music Produced by BlackOutBeatz414: https://www.youtube.com/@BlackOutBeatz414Facebook: www.facebook.com/GeekVisionz/Twitch: www.twitch.tv/geekvizentYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@GeekvisionzEnt.

We start out today by considering placing bets on the Sawzall next door, which of course leads us to reflect on our experience with high school bookies. 02:25 - A Full House of SpecsTyler mentions that his first exposure to the Golden Gate Bridge was in the opening to Full House. The bridge's span between towers is 4200 feet.The towers reach 746' height above the water.Each tower weighs 22,000 tons.The total length of the bridge is 1.7 miles.80,000 miles of steel wire were used to –enough to wrap around the earth 3 times.  1 million rivetsWe discuss the old-school rivets and a condition that developed among riveters. When the primer paint came into contact with the still-hot rivets, they'd release fumes that led to an odd collection of symptoms. Eddie recalls his first trip over the bridge to Muir Woods, where the Ewok scenes in Star Wars were filmed. Tyler thought about taking a similar trip but lacked confidence in the range of his rented electric vehicle.   09:06 - Joseph StraussEddie leads us into a conversation about Joseph Strauss, who headed up the construction of the bridge. Tyler goes bleepy in his review of Strauss's character. Strauss tended to be a little praise-hungry, tending to brush aside the contributions of others who made substantial contributions to the bridge's design and construction. We discuss Strauss's Renaissance-man range of interests and his death soon after the bridge's completion. Eddie admires Strauss's idea of creating a scale model of the bridge during the building process.  13:24 - Historical Comparisons, Objections, Divers, etc. We discuss the history of suspension bridges and the unique challenges of constructing a bridge over this particular waterway. Eddie recounts the history of interest in building a bridge that would save massive travel time. A drive around this bay at today's travel speeds would take 3 hours. He lists the various parties that objected to the bridge's construction–everything from environmentalists to citizens worried about the naval fleet being prevented from reaching the ocean. (And, of course, you can imagine how worked up the ferrymen were.)Tyler discusses the crucial contributions of the construction divers in those old-school diving suits. We discuss the tasks they completed and the risks they took. 29:00 - Safety Performance, Cables, and AI We express our amazement at the fact that only 11 people died during this project. Considering the safety standards of the day, that was pretty impressive–especially considering the fact that 10 of those deaths occurred in the same incident. That means that if that incident hadn't occurred, there would have been only a single death in a project completed when some decision-makers considered it acceptable to have one death per million dollars spent on a project. We wonder if part of the reason for that safety was hard hats, which were required for the first time on this project. We review the specs related to the massive cables–up to 3 feet in diameter–that both support the bridge and allow it to flex. These big projects created necessities that mothered inventions. Eddie returns to the topic of naysayers and how we approach the decisions to tackle large projects. We ponder the cost-benefit analyses done with projects like this as they relate to environmental concerns. Tyler connects the learning that occurred and the travel patterns that shifted as a result of the Golden Gate Bridge. He links these considerations to our current perspective on AI. 32:50 - Destination StructuresWe discuss the cool feelings that come with the construction of projects that have enough of a presence in the national consciousness that people travel just to see them. Tyler says the Great Wall of China is one that he'd like to see.Eddie would like to go up in the St. Louis Arch and to see the Space Needle, the Taj Mahal. He'd also love to visit some ancient ones.  This prompts us to reflect a bit–thinking that we need to take the time to appreciate the way that people use the things we build. Appreciate the fact that you're making a difference in people's daily lives. If you're interested in learning more about the Golden Gate Bridge and its construction, check out these sources: The RivetsVideo clips of the riveting process 1960s mini-documentary Pics of underwater workersCable picsPics of south tower “bathtub”History Channel Modern Marvels episodeCheck out the partners that make our show possible.Find Us Online: BrosPodcast.com - LinkedIn - Youtube - Instagram - Facebook - TikTok - Eddie's LinkedIn - Tyler's LinkedInIf you enjoy the podcast, please rate us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to us! Thanks for listening

Doing anything intensely 24/7/365 is difficult. I mean, why do you think Dennis Rodman needed to go to Vegas for a few days right in the middle of a 3-Peat run for the Chicago Bulls? In all seriousness, today is about injecting more fun into your routine. Adventure doesn't have to be climbing the Alps (although that would certainly qualify), it can be as simple as adding a different route our going as long as you can on the bike this weekend. There's also lots of opportunity for micro adventure within your daily workouts. What's going to make you look forward to it? How can you enjoy doing things that come hard to you? As coaches were always looking for happy mediums and a big part of that rests on you. Enjoy our exploration of C26 the Jeopardy Show and Robbie's potential adventure into the St. Louis Arch!  Topics:  Heal what ails you  24/7 structure breaks  Gut feelings . . .  When it's all about Freedom Being huge growth “Hey coach, what happened to my swims?” Integrity of the workout Learning on our own  The nuances of coaching My goal for today is . . .  Be a dog with its had out the window  Mike and Robbie's big adventure C26 podcast as Jeopardy? Do you not like it because it's hard? High cadence vs. Big Gear  Listening to our athletes  Widening your margins  Finding happy mediums You're not good at it because you don't do it enough You can handle trails  Coaching Inquiries Mike Tarrolly - CrushingIron@gmail.com Robbie Bruce - C26Coach@gmail.com www.c26triathlon.com

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This week Ava, Brayden, and Niamh provide their SPOILER FULL thoughts on the fourth episodes of Percy Jackson and the Olympians Season 1 on Disney Plus, how does the series improve on the story of Echinda mother of monsters and mother of mothers? Plus finally the St. Louis Arch! These thoughts and more in a bite sized episode! Stay tuned for a Spoiler Review Mini-Episode every week as soon as the episodes are available on Disney Plus! Find Us on Socials: Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@ReturnToCamp⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ For more of your Hosts: @brydnstllmn @niamhhsherlock @avapirie Help Fund This Cast: Donate the price of a coffee to keep us going! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://ko-fi.com/returntocamp⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Buy cool merch at Redbubble: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.redbubble.com/people/onthevergepro/shop⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Credits: Return to Camp Half-Blood is an independent podcast by Brayden Stallman, Niamh Sherlock, and Ava Pirie. Each week these friends from college dive deep into the books of the Percy Jackson universe by Rick Riordan, starting with Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Heroes of Olympus, and now Trials of Apollo. While analyzing each set of chapters, the trio takes an english class approach while diving into how this effects their lives, relates to pop culture, and means about its relationship to literature and the Greek classics. Find out more about this podcast at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠returntocamp.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Percy Jackson and the Olympians on Disney Plus: Percy Jackson is on a dangerous quest. Outrunning monsters and outwitting gods, he must journey across America to return Zeus' master bolt and stop an all-out war. After losing his mother, Percy is sheltered at Camp Half-Blood, a sanctuary for demigod children. He must prove himself and confront his origins once he discovers he too is a demigod, and will take off into the perils of pursuing enemies in search of the Underworld. With the help of his quest mates Annabeth and Grover, Percy's journey will lead him closer to the answers he seeks: how to fit into a world where he feels out of place, if he'll ever see his mother again, and if he can ever find out who he's destined to be. Based on Disney Hyperion's best-selling book series by award-winning author Rick Riordan, "Percy Jackson and the Olympians" stars Walker Scobell (“Percy Jackson”), Leah Sava Jeffries (“Annabeth Chase”), and Aryan Simhadri (“Grover Underwood.) Created by Rick Riordan and Jon Steinberg, “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is executive produced by Steinberg and Dan Shotz alongside Rick Riordan, Rebecca Riordan, The Gotham Group's Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Bert Salke, The Gotham Group's Jeremy Bell and D.J. Goldberg, James Bobin, Jim Rowe, Monica Owusu-Breen, Anders Engström, Jet Wilkinson.  Music courtesy of Purple Planet Music: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.purple-planet.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/return-to-camp-half-blood/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/return-to-camp-half-blood/support

Prophecy Radio episode #115 discusses Percy Jackson and the Olympians season 1, episode 4, “I Plunge to My Death,” in all its glory! The Percabeth is strong with this one. We also tackle all the Percy Jackson news that came out in the hour between recording episodes, and read a few pieces of listener feedback that you sent in. New episodes of Prophecy Radio air weekly, and we keep our discussions PG-13. News and Updates (00:01:53) Hot Topic has more Percy Jackson official merch for you to choose from. Oh, and Disney also has some official merch, too! Have you seen the Percy Jackson and the Olympians episode posters? We've got episode I and episode II right here for you. We also read out the Percy Jackson and the Olympians soundtrack official tracklist. Percy Jackson and the Olympians season 1, episode 4, “I Plunge to My Death” (00:08:21) This episode was definitely short, but it also packed in a lot of stuff! We start off with a flashback of Young Percy, and oh my gods OUR HEARTS. It's so interesting that he's afraid of the water. Sally implies she might not be around forever, and we just can't handle this. Young Percy shows up in one of the dreams, and we talk about who is warning Percy and who they're warning him against. Annabeth really looked up to Thalia, and you can tell she modeled herself on the other demigod. Percy does NOT like the way you have to earn your parents' respect in this world. We hear a bit of Annabeth's backstory, and it makes so much sense why she is the way she is. Grumpy Grover is hilarious, and we need more of him ASAP. Zeus must've sent Echidna, right? The Percabeth is really Percabething this episode. Seeing the centaurs out the window allows them to introduce the concept of Pan and the Searchers. Never try to understand a prophecy because you will FAIL. How do we feel about no Gladiola? Leah is THE perfect Annabeth, and no one will convince us otherwise. Echidna is one of those sickly sweet people who's just waiting to stab you in the back. Or, in Percy's case, in the chest. This series has such an interesting take on the concept of monstrosity. How do we feel about them changing the name and gender of the chimera? Did you know the St. Louis Arch was a sanctuary for Athena? Annabeth's love of architecture makes so much sense! Grover does NOT like manifest destiny. Percy makes Annabeth laugh!!! Seriously, there are so many great Percabeth moments this episode. Note to self: Fountain water does not cure illness due to poison stingers. What did Echidna say to Annabeth? Annabeth wants to sacrifice herself for the mission, but Percy is having none of that. Percy looks rough, but he's holding on. It's okay that we think the chimera is super cute, right? And we're totally okay that it doesn't have a goat-headed fire parascope coming out of its back. Echidna is the mother of monsters AND cutting people down one zinger at a time. The TV show fixed the issue with Percy falling into the river! Was the Nereid out of focus to help save some money on CGI? Poseidon has always been here, so trust him and breathe! Feedback (01:16:09) Sissypho has questions about Gladiola. A Bite Of Pod agrees that this show has a lot of rewatchability. The Damn Meme Page wants to know when we're getting that Percy Jackson and the Olympians season 2 renewal. Thanks for listening, and tune in next time for episode 116, in which we'll discuss Percy Jackson and the Olympians episode 5 in all its glory! This episode's hosts are: Karen Rought and Kristen Kranz. Each episode, our Prophecy Radio hosts and their guests will keep you up to date on the latest information coming out of Camp Half-Blood, including upcoming books and adaptation news, discuss a topic of choice, and do a chapter by chapter reread of the Percy Jackson series. Follow Us: Twitter // Instagram // Facebook // Tumblr Listen and Subscribe: Audioboom // Apple // Spotify Feel free to leave us your questions or comments through any of these mediums! You can also email us at prophecyradiopodcast@gmail.com or visit our homepage for archives and more information about our show. Prophecy Radio is a Subjectify Media podcast production. Visit Subjectify Media for more shows, including Not Another Teen Wolf Podcast, ReWatchable, and Not About The Weather, and for all our latest articles about the stories we're passionate about.

In this week's episode Greg and Patrick explore alternative parameterizations of the SEM-based latent curve model to capture various forms of nonlinearity, some that are approximations and others that are exact. Along the way they also discuss Swifties, remastering your life, bull testicles, the world's worst RA job, Yerkes-Dodson law, show a little ankle, the St. Louis Arch, bachelorette parties, deck screws, DIY-ing a model, being a little too quiet, complete nonsense, blasting your pecs, haters gonna hate, the worst day ever, Frankenspline's monster, being left off at the third floor, and looking for a new cohost.  Stay in contact with Quantitude! Twitter: @quantitudepod Web page: quantitudepod.org Merch: redbubble.com

Dean's Chat host, Dr. Jeffrey Jensen, is joined by Dr. Andrew Meyr from Philadelphia, PA. Dr. Meyr, DPM FACFAS is a Professor in the Department of Podiatric Surgery at Temple University School of Podiatric Medicine. He is also Director of the Temple University Hospital Podiatric Medicine and Surgery Residency Program. Clinically, Dr. Meyr is the Director of Temple University Hospital Limb Salvage.  Dr. Meyr received his Bachelor of Science, Exercise Physiology from the University of Florida, Gainesville, FL. He received his Doctor of Podiatric Medicine from the Temple University School of Podiatric Medicine. Dr. Meyr completed his residency training at Inova Fairfax Hospital Podiatric Surgical Residency Program in Falls Church, VA.  In this episode, Dr. Jensen and Dr. Meyr discuss Dr. Meyr's interests in various roles in the field of podiatry, including his work as a residency director and member of professional boards. They also engage in a thoughtful discussion about the importance of well-being, meditation, and stress reduction in the field of medicine. They both recognize the growing significance of these practices across all areas of healthcare and emphasize the need for their integration into medical care. Dr. Meyr shares his personal experience with meditation, specifically Zen meditation, as a means of relaxation and rejuvenation. He reveals that he dedicates time to meditate at least once a week, typically in the evenings. Additionally, he highlights the role of exercise in his well-being routine, striving to engage in physical activities such as running four to five times a week. The conversation also delves into the responsibility of healthcare professionals to prioritize their well-being and actively participate in stress-reducing activities. Dr. Meyer acknowledges that not everyone may have the inclination or inclination to adopt these practices, but for those who do, it is crucial to make them a priority. He expresses gratitude for his ability to take time off for meetings and volunteer work, as he believes it is his duty to contribute to the advancement of the medical field. A prolific author and researcher, Dr. Meyr has published two books, 10 chapters and 108 original maunuscripts/indexed publications. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Meyr+AJ&size=200 Dr. Meyr has eclectic interests; he is the curator for the Shoe Museum, a fan of art, French literature, and Dunkin Donuts coffee. Dr. Meyr is extremely creative, check out his original art at www.podiatricart.weebly.com -“Osteology_1” series (2020) -“Osteology_2” series (2020) -“DMO Sun” series (2020) -“Second Ray Flower” series (2020) -“Isaac's First” (2020) -“After Heel Strike” (2020) -“Across the Cycle” (2020) -“Weight Reception” (2020) -“Sagittal Splatter” (2020) -“Practice” (2020) -“Foot Doc” (2020) -“Ex Fix Eiffel” (2020) -“Ex Fix Leaning Tower of Pisa” (2020) -“Ex Fix Washington Monument” (2020) -“Ex Fix Egyptian Pyramid” (2020) -“Ex Fix Louvre day” (2020) -“Ex Fix Louvre_night” (2020) -“Ex Fix St. Louis Arch” (2020) -“Ex Fix Stonehenge” (2020) -“Ex Fix Buddha” (2020) -“Ex Fix Man Celebrating on the Philadelphia Museum of Art Steps” (2020) -“Ex Fix Men Walking Across a London Road” (2020) -“Ex Fix Colored Interlocking Rings” (2020)    https://explorepodmed.org/ Dean's Chat Website  Dean's Chat Episodes  Dean's Chat Blog Why Podiatric Medicine?  Become a Podiatric Physician     

A trip to St. Louis, deep thoughts about existentialism and cemetery landscaping, a claustrophobic trip up The Arch, conflicted feelings about history, getting stoned at a wedding and more… this week on Nobody's Listening, Right? Support the show!  https://patreon.com/nobodyslisteningright Find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nobodyslisteningright/ Watch us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@nobodyslisteningright Find us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@nobodyslisteningright Shop with us! https://www.amazon.com/shop/nobodyslisteningright 00:00 Intro  02:19 We Are All Nobodies  04:07 Entrepreneurs vs Visionaries  13:49 The Power In Saying No  15:29 Bellefontaine Cemetery in St. Louis  18:51 Legacy Seems So Silly  20:45 Serious Cemetery Questions 27:55 Lewis & Clark 29:32 The St. Louis Arch  30:52 Lewis & Clark Lovers?  40:02 St. Louis Arch Part 2  47:25 Wedding Time!  48:48 Wedding Pool Jumper

KMOX weekend host Scott Jagow hopped off solid ground for his Roaming St. Louis segment this week. He boarded both of the Gateway Arch Riverboats, the Becky Thatcher and the Tom Sawyer.  He learns about the boats' fascinating history, the wide range of cruise experiences now available and he gets a crash course in what it's like to be a ship captain.

Get ready for a fuckin' wild ride with Episode 257 of The Rich Dickman Show, where shit gets real with Adam Levine, a stand-up comic who's got some stories to tell. This episode is called "A Real Stand Up Guy" and trust me, it's gonna be a damn good time.   So, the crew kicks off talking about the highs and lows of performing comedy, from open mic nights in dingy basement bars to big-ass clubs. Adam spills the beans on how a note telling him to be more physical on stage changed his act for the better. They also shoot the shit about doing corporate gigs – the money's good, but the vibe can be fuckin' weird.   They dive into the challenges of making high school seniors laugh, who probably don't know their ass from their elbow when it comes to stand-up. Oh, and Adam's fear of heights? Yeah, they go there, talking about Randy's St. Louis Arch experience that freaked him the hell out.   The conversation takes a bizarre twist as they discuss their AI art game, coming up with Jesus-themed prompts and letting their twisted imaginations run wild. And of course, they can't resist giving advice in the "Thinking with Your Dickman" segment, tackling relationship shit like juggling multiple partners and getting your SO to accept your cosplay kink.   The Rich Dickman crew ain't holding back in this episode, with ads for the Nettypot and a luxury bidet (a fuckin' "butthole whisperer," no less) thrown in the mix. They touch on everything from nudist colonies to furries and how owning a cat is a lesson in consent. Don't miss the AI-generated Easter Bunny mall scene with Jesus, and the hilarious game "Who's the Voice?" where they guess famous voices.   So strap in, folks, because this episode's got it all: comedy, personal shit, and a bunch of fuckin' laughs. Get ready to dive into the chaotic world of stand-up and the twisted minds of The Rich Dickman Show's hosts. It's a crazy ride, but hey, that's what makes it slightly better than mediocre!  

On today's episode we have a glass of Maple Sunset Rally Point Rye!.  Our series of Craft Distillers continues with Still 630 out of St. Louis Missouri.  We talk about excellent marketing, St Louis, and the other end of pricing.  All that and more on today's episode of Whiskey Chasers!Our Website is www.whiskeychaserspod.com, check us out! Thanks, and enjoy the show!Be sure to show some love for the company that brought you today's bottle!https://www.still630.com/products/rallypoint-maple-sunset-rare-release-whiskey-375ml?variant=19981064077441  Our patreon is https://www.patreon.com/Whiskeychaserspod  You can also sign up through buzzsprout!Dear friends of mine gave this bottle to me for christmas, well to the podcast really. Opened in St. Louis by David Weglarz in 2012 with the belief that life should be filled with passion and intensity.He wants Still 630 to be different, not just some assembly line churning out products. We are different because we are passionate, bold, and committed.The 630 stands for 630' tall, which is both the height and the width of the St. Louis Arch.To them, the arch is a symbol of the unconquerable spirit of the pioneers that built it.They use as many of the best organic, local ingredients as possible.They believe in pushing conventional boundaries.They  are constantly experimenting with unique distillation processes. Rather than use the most common distillation process, they use the old-world method of double distillation to capture more flavors.RallyPoint Maple Sunset  begins as their flagship Rye Whiskey and then carefully finished with notes of bourbon and beautiful maple syrup.Mashbill: 90% rye 10% malted barelyOther people may add flavoring to achieve the desired result. But that's not their style. This unique spirit was born the hard way, with time leading to full maturation. The story of this spirit is as much about the barrel itself as the RallyPoint Rye Whiskey that went into it.This whiskey started life being distilled twice, then aging in a charred American Oak barrel from right here in Missouri. At this point, it was well on its way to becoming another standout Single Barrel of our RallyPoint Rye Whiskey. They intentionally select a barrel that has special traits and ideal flavors to compliment the finishing barrel. This special barrel they use to add delicious flavors and nuance to their RallyPoint changes from batch to batch. However, they use one of their own old bourbon barrels that was used a second time to age actual maple syrup. When it is emptied after this second fill, they  fill it with a hand-picked barrel of mature RallyPoint. Time alone dictates the length of maturation in the finishing barrel. No age statement on the rye or on the finishing. Support the showWebsite:www.whiskeychaserspod.comFacebook:https://www.facebook.com/whiskeychaserspodcastInsta:https://www.instagram.com/whiskeychaserspodcast/TikTok:https://www.tiktok.com/@whiskeychaserspodcastThanks For Listening! Tell a Friend!

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The Gateway Arch is bringing back mask mandates. Ryan reports on this story and shares his reaction to the “tripledemic”. Brad then asks if we will ever see another government response as we did with COVID-19.

Ryan Wrecker fills in for Marc Cox this morning. In this hour, looting in Buffalo, New York, as a giant blizzard sweeps the city. Then, we replay yesterdays interview with Hans Von Spakovsky, Senior Legal Fellow a the Heritage Foundation, covers the Twitter Files. Next, the St. Louis Arch ground are once again requiring masks. 

Cole Ritter comes on the podcast to discuss his wrestling journey. We talk High School success, winning state , wrestling for a legendary coach at Maryville University. We decide if the St. Louis Arch changes the weather and balancing everything sports throws at you, from big weight cuts, the mental strain and staying in shape.https://youtube.com/@platesandpancakes4593https://instagram.com/voodoo4power?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=https://voodoo4ranch.com/To possibly be a guest or support the show email Voodoo4ranch@gmail.comhttps://www.paypal.com/paypalme/voodoo4ranch

Jacqui faces her fear of small spaces.  Setting a challenge of going up to the top of the St. Louis Arch, she endures the tiny elevator system to the top.  Using several behavioral modification tools and a handy anti-anxiety pill, she attempts to overcome a panic inducing fright.  How does she do? Listen and find out.Do you have a story of facing your fears? Share it over at facebook - Jacqui Lents - Author | FacebookOr head over there to see photos from the adventure.#facingfears   #mentalhealthbattle #upliftingstorySpecial thanks to Emily Clarke for the creation of my logo.  Gracias to Six Brown Brothers for their song - That Moaning Saxophone Rag found on Pixabay, that made up my opening music.  Also, merci to Nesrality for their cover of Irving Berlin's tune - Always (a long fav of mine) for my closing music.

This week Joel is in St. Louis to see Pearl Jam - a concert that was originally supposed to happen in April of 2020! He joins Steve from his rental Nissan Sentra - where he is absolutely *not* doing anything shady in Forrest Park. They reminisce about Steve's memories of playing 'Even Flow' for Joel at a beach party many years ago even though he really didn't want to - and got to see Joel in his natural state. Joel also does *not* review a live theater show he saw the night before. Spoiler Alert - Joel survived his trip to the top of the St. Louis Arch! Be sure to like/follow/subscribe and review Joel and Steve wherever you listen to podcasts! Follow on Instagram @TryingToBeBetterPodcast, email at ttbbpodcast@gmail.com! #TootYourHooter #PinkPop92

Eero Saarinen, who died in 1961, is now one of the most well-known and respected Modernist architects in history, famous for the St. Louis Arch, the TWA Terminal at JFK, Dulles Airport, and many other innovative projects. More that about any other architect, his work signaled an optimistic future, a sweeping beautiful, curvy future that was going to require, as the song would say decades later, shades. But Saarinen wasn't always so well-known, and for about eight years before his death, there was one incredibly smart and talented woman who built and managed Saarinen's reputation into the mega-star he is today. We are joined by author Eva Hagberg, with the new book When Eero Met His Match: Aline Louchheim Saarinen and the Making of an Architect. And later, somewhat miraculously, we found Ruth Clements Pudists, Eero Saarinen's secretary, still in her 90's. With a memory better than any of us, she was there during the growth of the Saarinen practice and made arrangements with Aline when he died.

What do the singer/songwriters of the 1960's, the vietnam war, Charlie Manson, The Black Dahlia, Houdini, the military, Ed and Lorraine Warren, and St. Louis Arch have in common? LAUREL CANYON!! Let me show you how everything is connected in more ways than one. Hold on to your seat! You do not want to miss this one! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Matthew Kerns, President & Artistic Director of St Lou Fringe, stopped by to talk about this year's festival, which runs August 15 through 21 at venues throughout the Grand Center Arts District. ------  Matthew is a John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts award-winning educator, critically acclaim theatre performance artist featured in American Theatre Magazine, and a 2020 St. Louis Business Journal Diverse Business Leaders Award recipient. ———   Matthew has been an Executive Producer, Director, and Artistic Director for Off-Loop Theatre [Chicago], Off-Broadway Theatre [New York], Reparatory Theatre [California], Regional Theatre [Iowa, Missouri, Colorado] and Educational Theatre [Chicago, California, Colorado, Iowa, Missouri]. ——   Matthew's artistic portfolio includes original performances [Xmas Carol, Chicken, Life in the Fastlane], Immersive events [Gay Fantasia, Home], and standard plays and musicals [Noises Off, For Colored Girls…, Frost/ Nixon] ———   Students that have trained with Matthew have gone on to work in television, film, major motion pictures, and on Broadway. From Saturday Night Live to Gotham, and from Six: The Musical to Jake, the State Farm Guy and beyond. ———   Matthew is an expert in the performance practices of Stanislavsky, Meisner, Grotowski, Somatic Movement, Improvisation, Roy Hart Vocal Technique, Moment Work, and Viewpoints. ———   He has presented at the NAIS Conference, National Writing Conference for Youth, Missouri Conference on the Younger Years, TCG National Conference, and at TEDx. ———   Matthew holds an Associate degree in Communications and Theatre from St. Louis Community College, a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Eastern New Mexico University, and Master of Fine Arts degree from Naropa University. ———   He married the love of his life, Mr. Sean Gottlieb, in a simple service under the St. Louis Arch in April of 2020. They reside in the Lafayette Square neighborhood in St. Louis, Missouri with their dogs Lewis, Harvey Milk, and Tuxedo the Cat. ———

Sometimes happiness in life all comes down to finding your people. Gabe Montesanti's new memoir "Brace for Impact" delves into overcoming a damaging relationship with her mom, coming out, and  finding her community with St. Louis Arch Rivals Roller Derby. A guest on Book Chat with Debbie Monterrey and St. Louis Public Library, she explains how she wound up in the Washington University M-F-A program

In this episode: The Ocean Shipping Reform Act becomes U.S. law. ISRI cultivates global ties while pushing back on misconceptions about recycling. The Spring ISEC brings more than 100 recyclers under the St. Louis Arch to talk about safety. Related Articles ISRI Applauds Signage of Ocean Shipping Reform Act Into Law | ISRI Ocean Shipping... Read more »

回雪士達山旅程中有趣的發生：吟唱、唱誦的啟發、啟動。吟唱片段，太陽祈福曲 (Sun Prayer) 會找時間重新錄製加點背景音樂，完成後再分享出來。針對各別的點拍攝一些照片放在YouTube上的Sound Sharing分享雪士達山大地的能量、寧靜的能量、愛的能量。精挑細選幾顆紫鋰輝石 (Kunzite) 來作鋉墜，祂對應心輪，幫我們開心，戴在胸前最靠近心輪，再合適也不過了！Vision quest - Spring Hill Trai - Rocky Pt Loop無三不成禮 / Third time's a charm如何運用天使數字能量對頻對焦taku-art.comtakuironwareusa.comhttp://lighthopelovepeace.blogspot.com/?view=magazine「雪士達山與我」緣起 從2011年十月份第一次上雪士達山到2014年九月份第九次去雪士達山這三年間的轉變，是我從來也沒有想像過或甚至預期到的。這三年的時間在人的一生當中一點都不算長，但是對我未來人生的方向及旅程來說，卻具有重大的影響及相當深遠的意義。帶今年九月秋分雪士達山團時，令我更加萬分地篤定自己須將這三年間所發生的人生經歷一一摘錄下來成書，將〝雪士達山與我〞分享出來給有緣的靈魂伴侶與家族朋友們，藉此能夠在地球人生的道路上相互鼓勵與扶持。 首先要感謝我原生家庭的姐姐藝如，觸動了我接觸靈性道路的機緣，並且也一直支持我在這方面的學習與成長。 故事是從2011年春節過後開始的：回台灣過完農曆年後，即將返回美國工作的前幾天，姐姐問我要不要請她朋友美玲幫我畫天使圖？就像她自己的那一幅一樣，同時還可以向自己的守護天使問三個問題，其實當下心裡狐疑，因為對這方面完全陌生，沒有任何的概念，接著就想說：也罷，反正是姐要送我的，就答應要畫了。這守護天使能量圖會以不同深淺的色彩呈現個人現階段能量頻率。而我這第一張守護天使圖則是在三月份飄洋過海來美國與我相會的！ 在此之前的我對靈性修行或類似相關的名詞，真的是完全沒有碰觸過，雖然台灣在這一方面早已經開始普及化，不過自從2002年九月份來美國求MBA商業碩士學位後就長住美國的我，也因此而沒有機會在台灣接觸到這方面的資訊。 返回美國的行李箱裡多塞了九本姐姐推薦的靈性相關中文翻譯書籍，其中六本就是歐林六書，在飛機上只讀了頁數最少的那一本，其他的回到美國住處後都直接上書架，沒有去動祂們，當時感覺可以讀原文的就好了，所以就直接上亞馬遜網站訂購二手英文版，另外也購買了姐建議的桃樂市列穆里亞文明1、2、3冊。 三月份，當我看到第一張量身訂畫的守護天使能量圖時，我其實還蠻喜歡的，因為藍色系一直就是我從小到大最喜歡的顏色之一。那時解圖的美玲說：我的能量蠻沉重的。而 老實說，我也不太清楚她真正指的是什麼，反正我就是蠻喜歡我的天使圖就是了！守護天使的英文是 “Guardian Angel” 是我從這裡才學到的英文名詞，好笑的是：本人在美國住了將近九年的時間，卻從來也沒留意過 “Guardian Angel” 這個名詞，一直到我的第一張守護天使圖出現才開始連結上的這方面的資訊。 我的生活也一如往常的工作，有空有閒想到時，就加減唸唸歐林六書跟桃樂市三書。對於這些書並沒有什麼特別的連結或深刻的感觸，只覺得在讀這些書時，內容讓我感覺到還滿舒服的，就像水流過一樣。不像有些人一開始對書的內容有抗拒或質疑，更沒有像其他的人看書的時候，同時連結到很深的感動。我的感覺就只是很自然的流入，流過我心頭吧！而且也不知道為什麼沒有多做額外的聯想，就當成是唸故事書一樣唸過就算了。 有一天，突然收到美玲的電子郵件問我說：你知不知道你兩位守護天使之中的一位是大天使，掌管愛的那位？我當然回她：不知道！不過我有反問她：很多人都跟我一樣的吧？她的回應是：很少見。當時激發了我的疑問是：為什麼一個平凡加上平常，也沒有什麼相當特別突出的我，會有一位人們所謂的大天使是我的守護天使之一呢？也因為如此打開了我對大天使極度的好奇之心，因此我開始在網路上 google “archangel” 的相關資訊，進而在無意間看到朵琳出的這本 “Archangels 101” ，當然是很興奮地馬上就訂購了。 這期間已經在各個不同的相關網站學習到七大天使的知識、相對應的七脈輪及各自的避靜之處。收到書後，更是從中得知十五位大天使的專長、光暈的顏色及其各自的對應寶石、掌管的星座等等。針對我守護天使之一的大天使夏彌爾 (Archangel Chaumel) ，我發現了一些與我自己本身有關聯的〝巧合〞：2002年，來美國唸書的城市是密蘇里州的聖路易市，而在2004年成為Panda Express的店經理時，所接管的第一家分店就是位於市中心最靠近拱門的Panda Express，而大天使夏彌爾的避靜地就在那個拱門 (St. Louis Arch) 之所在處。而因為這個地標剛好位於美國的中西部，所以人們給予一個別稱 “East Meets West” ，意思是指連結東部跟西部之門，也可以說東方與西方的結合、融合。除此之外，大天使夏彌爾的光暈為綠色系的，並且掌管星座金牛座，而當年來唸書時所購買的第一輛車竟然很巧合的是福特的金牛星 (Taurus) 且是綠色的。看到這裡，我自己心裡告訴自己：這一切應該一點也不是巧合吧！當時的想法是：為了要就近守護我，同時為未來的 East Meets West 而準備的步驟與過程。而我在將近九年之後的2011年，才因緣際會的觸動了這些點連線的網絡運作，學習到這些知識的我，當下也欣然地接受宇宙這樣一路的安排，雖然那時對靈性方面尚未有太廣泛的涉獵與學習，但是心裡深深地瞭解某個部份的我已經臣服了這樣的機緣與不是巧合的巧合。

Charlie Brennan debates with Wendy Wiese, Alvin Reid, Ray Hartmann and Bill McClellan. They talked about homeless encampments, renovations on the St. Louis Arch, Eric Greitens, and more. On Donnybrook Next Up, Wendy Wiese and Bill McClellan are joined by Dr. Michael Kinch, from Washington University's Institute for Public Health.

This is a contender for top listen impossibility of the Listen Impossible's. We deliver on the podcast name thanks in part to beer sampling. But there are still sound bites, ridiculousness, and other fun to be had. Including a new segment featuring JJ. So, give it a try. Things we attempted to do are listed below. Here is the segment breakdown for this episode:Storytime With JJ: St. Louis Arch (13:13)Front End Fact:  Does Randy Newman actually dislike short people? (27:25)Dumbass Debate:  Sober is Not an Option (38:57)Killer Filler: Intentionally Awful Product Pitches (51:45)Lame Games: Zombie Island Scenario (1:10:31)Fake Sponsor: Listen Impossible Podcast Information:You can follow this podcast on Twitter @impossible_podEmail: listenimpossible@gmail.comWebsite: Listen Impossible (buzzsprout.com)Try and give this podcast five stars. We dare you. For more of these podcast hosts:Jason and Matt on the pop culture podcast Mind GrenadeJacob and Delivan on the weird news podcast Can't Sit StillDelivan on the fun facts podcast Nuggets of Nothing.If you like our theme song then check out Adam Blotner on Fiver.

Control of the Senate in 2022 and the White House in 2024 goes through Wisconsin. Very MAGA Senator Ron Johnson is, by most polling, the most vulnerable incumbent Senator in either party. The Democratic Governor Tony Evers is the firewall against the GOP-controlled state Legislature and is up for re-election in 2022. If he loses, the firewall burns down and voter suppression and election subversion will come to this battleground state that Biden won by only 20,600 votes. Ben Wikler is Chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin and he tells Bill what it's like on the ground in the fight to preserve democracy. More information on how to support Ben and the Wisconsin Democratic Party here: WisDems.org.Today's Bill Press Pod is supported by the 120,000 members of the Ironworkers union who built the Golden Gate Bridge, the Sears Tower, the St. Louis Arch, the World Trade Center and Freedom Tower. More information at Ironworkers.orgSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

What are some of the largest things ever stolen? A 200ft bridge? The Empire State Building? An entire Russian Orthodox church? Thankfully the St. Louis Arch hasn't been stolen, but what's up with that thing? Why does it exist, and why does it look like a massive Amongus? The Deep Lore Boys aim to find out. Further reading... Biggest Things Ever Stolen: https://list25.com/25-biggest-things-ever-stolen/ Missing Church: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7728407.stm Gateway Arch: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gateway_Arch Intro: City Lights — Babasmas [Audio Library Release] Music provided by Audio Library Plus Watch: https://youtu.be/W9IQfypOkkY Free Download / Stream: https://alplus.io/city-lights Music: Jazz In Paris - Media Right Productions https://youtu.be/mNLJMTRvyj8

Welcome to Prophecy Radio, a Percy Jackson podcast dedicated to all of Rick Riordan's past, present, and future projects! Co-hosts Karen Rought and Kristen Kranz discuss the latest news in the Percy Jackson/Rick Riordan Presents fandom, then they do the unthinkable and rewatch the Lightning Thief movie after having just finished rereading the book, as well as analyze chapters 1 and 2 of Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monsters. New episodes of Prophecy Radio will air weekly, and all ages are welcome to tune in. News and Updates (00:01:56) AMC Studios have optioned Rebecca Roanhorse's Black Sun. Roanhorse and Angela Kang (The Walking Dead) are both executive producing, and we are excited! Star Wars: Stories of Jedi and Sith has gotten a cover reveal. Some of the RRP authors will be contributing stories! Kwame and Carlos got into a (friendly) Twitter fight over Among Us, and we're here for it. The Lightning Thief movie (00:09:29) Karen is scared to get into this discussion, but let's just do it! We thought it was important to discuss the film as a part of the history of Percy Jackson. How did we originally feel about the movie, and have our thoughts changed? Rick's blog post from November 16, 2018 gives an in-depth breakdown of how he tried to save this movie. Be warned: Rick does not pull any punches! We'll read out some of his notes as we go along. He offered to drop everything for them, and they declined. It really was a bad idea on the part of the studio. Why did they decide to age up the script? And why was this such a bad idea? They should've done what Harry Potter did. Their loss. Gotta admit, though, the cast is pretty spectacular. A lot of people agree Logan Lerman did a great job as Percy. But Rick had some issues with the character's infatuation with Annabeth. Movie!Grover is NOTHING like Book!Grover, and it's sad. But there's way too much sexual innuendo—and it cut them off from a huge demographic. Grover could've been SO MUCH MORE than what they gave him. Annabeth was okay, but there were definitely some problems with her as well. They really needed more backstory. It would've given the story so much more depth. Did they try to give Annabeth some of Clarisse's traits? What did we think of Luke, and did his motivation make sense? Did the producers actually listen to Rick!? Thank goodness they didn't do Sally dirty. But Kristen has a pitch for who Sally should be in the show. Anyone listening? It's not his fault, but Karen hates Joe Pantoliano's face. Kristen has a little more affection for him. Was Chiron the best character in the movie? How does Karen feel about not having Mr. D on screen? Who else did they cut from the movie? Why would they shoot themselves in the foot like this? Did we like the addition of Persephone? Okay, let's talk about the plot. They got rid of one of the best scenes from Lightning Thief! Kristen feels personally victimized by the lack of prophecies. Was the pearl quest really that bad of a plot device? Uma Thurman gives a little Poison Ivy here, don't you think? Why did they change the St. Louis Arch scene? At least the CGI was good. The whole thing with the shoes is just…no. They really missed a great opportunity to make the Lotus Hotel and Casino even better. They took away all the nuance and intrigue of the book's ending. Karen goes all Ravenclaw on Kristen's butt. How could they just ignore the complexity of the Underworld? Kristen and Karen have a difference of opinion…over wet clothes. Okay, it's time to get back to the books. Chapter Reviews (01:27:22) Yay, we made it to Sea of Monsters! First up, chapter 1. Prophecy Count: 6 We forgot Tyson was introduced so early! Was he sent to the school on purpose? This book really starts off with a bang. What do you mean Camp isn't safe anymore!? Sally and Percy's relationship is so mature and healthy. Let's jump into Sea of Monsters chapter 2! What even IS this school?? We love Tyson so much!! Percy is such a good person, and we are here for it. Does it count as expulsion if it's on the last day of school? We try to get Percy off the hook. Annabeth saves the day! Kristen goes on a whole ride. Thanks for listening, and be sure to tune in next time for episode 13, in which we'll discuss the top moments from The Lightning Thief book that we'd love to see in the show. This episode's hosts are: Karen Rought and Kristen Kranz. Each episode, our Prophecy Radio hosts and their guests will keep you up to date on the latest information coming out of Camp Half-Blood, including upcoming books and adaptation news, discuss a topic of choice, and do a chapter by chapter reread of the Percy Jackson series. Follow Us: Twitter // Instagram // Facebook // Tumblr Listen and Subscribe: Audioboom // Apple // Spotify Feel free to leave us your questions or comments through any of these mediums! You can also email us at prophecyradiopodcast@gmail.com or visit our homepage for archives and more information about our show. Prophecy Radio is a Subjectify Media podcast production. Visit Subjectify Media for more shows, including Not Another Teen Wolf Podcast, ReWatchable, and Not About The Weather, and for all our latest articles about the stories we're passionate about.

Learning New Things - St. Louis Arch & The High RollerSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Pam Sanfilippo, Program Manager for Gateway Arch National Park talks about the new anniversary for the St. Louis Arch and the 56 year history the Arch possesses. https://www.nps.gov/jeff/index.htm

Jonathan Martz talks about pastoring a new Northpoint church plant in Republic. We also have fun talking about the St. Louis Arch and Mexican Villa.

Matthew R. Kerns is the Executive Director of St. Lou Fringe Festival, and Director of Emerging Leaders at Focus St. Louis. Matthew is a performing artist, member of the LGBTQIA+ community, and advocate for Diversity and Inclusion in St. Louis. St. Lou Fringe is a free and uncensored performing arts festival held in Grand Center, showcasing theatre, dance, storytelling, spoken word, burlesque, acrobatics, and more. This year's festival will be held August 13-18th.In this episode, Matthew discusses his journey as a creative, the origins of St. Lou Fringe, and what the festival will look like in 2021. He also delves into the impact of CoVid 19 on the Arts Community, and offers his thoughts on the importance of Diversity and Inclusion in the St. Louis region.Matthew is brilliant, witty, creative, insightful...and fun!!! We appreciate him sharing his story and point of view on the Speak Up St. Louis Podcast. Enjoy this interview, links to St. Lou Fringe Festival are below!St. Lou Fringe FestivalA Wedding Under the St. Louis Arch

In this episode of Let's Get Civical, Lizzie and Arden take a look at the largest monument in the United States, the St. Louis Arch! Join them as they discuss her conception, what it's like to visit her, and many many fun facts!  Follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @letsgetcivical, @lizzie_the_rock_stewart, and @ardenjulianna. Or visit us at letsgetcivical.com for all the exciting updates! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brynne and Jennie discuss the St. Louis Arch, complex math, and confusion as they read through The Suspicion. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/animorphs-book-club/message

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Kelly and Anthony stop in Ohio to visit Kelly's sister Karly and her husband Josh after a successful live stream in front of the St. Louis Arch!

Between the years of 1994 and 2004, we had taken our family on a few short trips to St. Louis to the Zoo, the Science Center, the many museums of the city and even to see the St. Louis Arch. We also enjoyed camping at Pomme De Terre Lake, where Steve learned that he could LOVE the outdoors. The ability to run away for a lengthy vacation was relatively difficult, financially speaking, but, in 2004, we finally went on our very first trip, as a family, out of the state of Missouri. We loaded up the minivan and headed to the beach of Alligator Point in the panhandle of Florida. On that same trip, we headed to Orlando, Florida and enjoyed a couple of days at Universal Studios and Islands of Adventure. We were hooked. We knew that we had to travel more; experience more. Steve and I, without a doubt, are dreamers at heart, and the thought of exposing our kids to different cultures and locations, only seen on TV and in the movies, excited us! We began planning ways to visit more and more destinations. At first, we could only vacation every 4 or 5 years, but it was a good way to start. By the Spring of 2017, our oldest, Derek, had already moved out, Kyle was planning to get married, and Olivia was eagerly awaiting her independence. We began to face the inevitability of an empty home. How would we fill our time? We often joked about selling our home and buying an RV to travel the country together. Being realistic, and thinking practically, we knew that there was NO WAY that this was going to happen. Still, traveling was always a passionate topic of interest for us. Where would we go? What would it take to get us there? What would we DO when we got there? The more obscure the destination the more attractive it was to us. Meanwhile, Steve, working over the road, would pass the time by listening to audiobooks and podcasts. He realized that doing a podcast together would be the perfect way to transition into our empty nest years. We would share with each other, and anyone else interested in listening, all that we've experienced, discovered, and dreamt. Totally aware that we are Tenderfoot Tourists, we chose to share our success' as well as our disasters. The idea was to help others to have their own adventures, and, maybe, to avoid a few little road blocks along the way. Gifted with the ability to talk for hours about sandy beaches, incredible mountain scapes, ziplining, and cruising, we took to podcasting quite naturally. Our hope is that you'll join us on this adventure, and, don't forget, "Stay Tender".

Bolton. DACA. LGBTQ+. Dem Leverage on Police Reform. Covid still dangerous. Today's pod guest-hosted by Chris Lu, fmr Obama Labor and WH official with Jennifer Haberkorn of The Los Angeles Times, Scott Wong, Senior Staff Writer for The Hill and Elliot Williams, CNN Legal Analyst who spent 8 years in the Obama Administration at DOJ and DHS.Today's Bill Press Pod is sponsored by The Ironworkers Union, whose members built the Golden Gate Bridge, Sears Tower and the St. Louis Arch. More information at Ironworkers.org

In this episode, Phil and Janelle talk about San Diego Comic Con, The St. Louis Arch, beach bumming, Spider-man, Toy Story, Aladdin, The Great Lakes, Cedar Fair, Kids With Gas Eat Free, My Vacation Pants, and more.

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sermon transcript Introduction We come to the description of the New Jerusalem, with words that boggle the mind and stretch the imagination. How do you describe indescribable, inexpressible wonders? The Apostle Paul was caught up to the third heaven, to paradise, where he heard inexpressible things that man is not permitted to talk about. He was forbidden to write anything about what he saw there. The Apostle John, on the other hand, had a vision through the Spirit which he was told to write down and make known. John’s vision was of the New Jerusalem, the coming city, with buildings — giving us a spiritual architectural image. All of my adult life, I have enjoyed excellent architecture. I am an architect wanna-be. I was a mechanical engineer — boring, though needed and can get a job. Architecture, on the other hand, is an amazing combination of science and art, function and form — crafting buildings with a combination of engineering skill, for safety, and artistic beauty, to be aesthetically pleasing, designed to draw and transport in an artistic way. The science of architecture includes the materials and the strength of structural members, like the I-beam. It may be boring to most of us, but very essential, something for which we are all thankful even if we know little about them. The science ensures that the building will stand firm through all weather and conditions. In Japan and other locations, architecture must take into account seismic shifts and other environmental factors. The artistry of architecture has undergone many shifts over the centuries with different schools of architecture, different artistic approaches to building design — classical, baroque, colonial, Victorian, gothic, renaissance, Romanesque, oriental. Our church building is in the style called Greek Revival — it looks like a Greek temple with the pillars out front. I have seen some amazing buildings around the world. Prague is a beautiful city with many awe-inspiring buildings. I love the St. Louis Arch. It was built in the 1960s to commemorate St. Louis as the Gateway to the West. It is truly a magnificent piece of architecture, soaring hundreds of feet above the ground, made with steel and a glistening aspect. It is quite elegant and beautiful. The Capitol building in Washington DC was finished during the American Civil War. The Eiffel Tower, which I saw last summer for the first time, was considered a monstrosity when it first went up, but now it is a landmark and an icon of the Paris skyline. In London, I have seen Big Ben, the Parliament, and many other iconic buildings. I have been to the spectacular Osaka Castle in Japan, and the Forbidden City in Beijing. I have never visited Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater in Mill Run, Pennsylvania, which integrated the mountain stream and the woods and the rocks with the house in an amazing and new way. Many of you have toured the Biltmore mansion in Asheville. It seems odd to have a beautiful French château in the Black Mountains of North Carolina — an example of elegance, ostentation, expanse. On the other hand, on various mission trips in countries that had been behind the Iron Curtain — Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic — I have seen buildings that were built during the Cold War era that seemed to be ugly by design. They have no special form, just structures built of cinder block. I felt that they could suck one’s life out through the eyes to behold them, and much more so for one who had to reside or work in such ugliness. The Radiant Glory of the Holy City (v. 9-11) In Revelation 21, God gives John the task of describing what it will be like for all of us from every tribe and language and people and nation to live together. The image here is architectural, a spiritual structure that stretches human language and imagination. In the end, we merely say we can hardly imagine what that radiant city will be like, perfect in form, perfect in function. This is a city whose architect and builder is God, as we are told in the book of Hebrews. Revelation 21:9-11 tells of the radiant glory of the city: “One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues came and said to me, ‘Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.’ And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the Holy City, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God. It shone with the glory of God, and its brilliance was like that of a very precious jewel, like a jasper, clear as crystal.” The Angelic Guide The account begins with an angelic guide, as often happens in the book of Revelation. This angel is identified as one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues. The backdrop of this radiant, spectacularly beautiful account is human wickedness and rebellion and sin that has been judged by the overwhelming wrath of God. We have seen His wrath throughout Revelation, like the seven bowls of the seven last plagues, and in the verse immediately before this one, Revelation 21:8: “But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the fiery lake of burning sulfur, this is the second death.”God’s wrath is kindled because of the wickedness of the human race. There is a strong parallel between this and the earlier description of the great whore of Babylon. As we looked ahead when we studied Revelation 17, now we will look backward for the comparison, at the nearly identical phrasing. Revelation 17:1 says, “One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and said to me, ‘Come, I will show you the punishment of the great prostitute, who sits on many waters.’” The prostitute is described in Revelation 17 and 18. Contrast that with Revelation 21:9: “One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues came and said to me, ‘Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.’ The angel will show us the bride’s glory. The parallel is clearly intentional, with identical language — the bride of Christ is the direct opposite of the great whore of Babylon, dressed in spectacular, shimmering, gaudy jewelry, and luxurious clothing, with an outward seductive allure. She is drunk with the wine of immorality and with the blood of the saints. She is a creature of pleasure and a vicious violence against the people of God. The bride of Christ, in contrast, is depicted as radiant with a different kind of sparkle and glory. The light of the glory of God is shining in her. It is the difference between perhaps a rhinestone and a perfect diamond. Yet every member of the body of Christ has been rescued out of the great whore of Babylon. Every one of us was being sucked into the whirlpool of the world system of wickedness and sin. We were drawn down by it, until the sovereign grace of God reached down and rescued us out of it. We have been delivered from the kingdom of darkness and brought over into the kingdom of the beloved Son. That is how we became part of the bride of Christ. There, but for the grace of God, go I, as we look at the great whore of Babylon. We were part of that system. The symbolic bride language, the city that is a bride, generates an amazing combination of images. The bride language flows from the Old Testament image of Israel as the bride of Yahweh, depicted in many places. Sometimes the people of God were depicted as God’s Son, whom he carries, and in other place, as his bride, whom he marries, especially in the Book of Hosea. In the New Testament, this image is perfected in Ephesians 5:25, 31-32, where Paul commands Christian husbands to “love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her. … ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.’ This is a profound mystery — but I am talking about Christ and the church.” We have the fulfillment of that image in Revelation, the new Jerusalem descending from God, out of heaven, like a bride, beautifully dressed for her husband, prepared for the wedding celebration and the eternal marriage. The Triune God — Father, Son and Spirit — has been preparing her in the heavenly realms for this final display of her glory. A Great and High Mountain John is carried away by the Spirit to a mountain, great and high. Whereas the angel carries John away in Revelation 17 to a low-lying plain, where he can see the great whore of Babylon, here he is carried to an elevated lofty perch where he can look at her. It is not implied that the New Jerusalem is built on a mountain, but rather, that John is observing from this visionary mountain. “The Holy City” Jerusalem is called the holy city. What an incredible expression. The word holy means separate unto God, as His special possession, free from all darkness. God is light, and in Him there is no darkness at all. So she has been perfectly separated from all wickedness and all darkness, and she is radiant with God’s glory. She is holy, separated unto God as His special possession. The beauty of this image is that throughout history, cities have been the seat of great wickedness. The Tower of Babel shows the beginning of that link between human rebellion and sin and urban wickedness, crime and ugliness. The people of Babel said, “Come, let us build a tower that will reach up to heaven, so that we may make a name for ourselves and not be scattered over the earth.” It is a direct affront to the lofty glory of God, like Satan who says in Isaiah 14, “I will ascend, I will make myself like the most high. I will sit on the throne and I will rule over all things.” The people of Babel were trying to do the same thing with this tower made of brick, thoroughly baked and covered with pitch. They started to build this lofty tower in direct defiance of the God of the universe. Human cities have continued, from that spirit of Babylon, to be cesspools of human wickedness and rebellion and pride, technology, achievement, wealth, arrogance. Think about “the city that never sleeps”, and how “nothing good happens after midnight”. Think about the red light district or back alley drug deals, a lurking stalking sleepless malice, the smell of human filth, the danger of human violence. It is reasonable to associate these things with cities. In certain places, in certain cities, you will be warned to not go out at night unaccompanied. Augustine called this the City of Man, in all of its rebellion and ugliness and wickedness. However, there is nothing intrinsic to cities to make them wicked. Human sinfulness is responsible for that. But we will be forever in a radiant, spectacularly beautiful city. How marvelous is the holy city Jerusalem. In Isaiah 1, she was called a harlot, and defiled. She who was once a faithful city has become a harlot. Now, she is radiant and holy and beautiful. That is the power of the cleansing and atoning work of Jesus Christ. He gave himself for his bride to make her the holy city, and she is shining with the glory. Glory = Radiant Display of God’s Perfections Revelation 21:11 says, “It shone with the glory of God, and its brilliance was like that of a very precious jewel, like a jasper, clear as crystal.” This city is shining, radiantly bright. There is a spiritual glow to it. That is the essence of the holiness of God and the beauty of God. When God created the heavens and the earth, he said in Genesis 1:3, “‘Let there be light,’ and there was light. God saw that the light was good, and He separated the light from the darkness. God called the light ‘day’…,” Light is a complex physical phenomenon that scientists have been studying throughout the history of human science. Isaac Newton set up a prism and discovered the spectrum and white light, and the science of optics was born. Isaac Newton was the father of three Sciences. Albert Einstein studied what light is made of. Is it a particle? Is it a wave? The quantum theory of physics came about at the beginning of last century. People have been studying light for a long time, but we will see light forever and ever. This city will be radiantly glowing with the light of the glory of God. It is marvelous that God created light before He created light-bearers, creatures that give off light. I once had a discussion with an atheist, a visiting scholar at Duke. We were having Bible studies, and he informed me that there was a flaw in the book of Genesis. He pointed out that there was light, but no sun, moon and stars until the fourth day. He looked at me as though it were a mic drop, a gotcha moment. I asked if there were laboratories at Duke, which he confirmed. He admitted, when I asked, that some were in the basement, and that the basement had no windows, but the labs were not in total darkness because there were lights in the room. I asked, “How is it that humans can do light without the sun, the moon and the stars, but God, in your opinion, cannot?” God does light very well. He will do light beautifully forever. He does not need the sun, the moon and the stars. He says, “Let there be light!” and there is light. This New Jerusalem shines, it glows with the light of the glory of God. Jesus Christ, the second person of the Trinity, is the radiance of God’s glory. All of the light that we see, that is God, it comes to us through Christ. Christ shines the glory of God to us, so this New Jerusalem will shine with the glory of God administered to us through Jesus Christ. We should not imagine that the brilliance of this light will be blinding. It will display the perfection of sight and the perfection of light. Seeing Christ as he really is will be the clearest we have ever seen anything, and it will be the most pleasing seeing we can possibly imagine. It will bring us a perfect pleasure to see that light. In this world, brilliant light can be painful, actually destructive, but in that world, there will be no more pain. Rather, the radiant beauty of the new universe and the New Jerusalem will be perfect pleasure, the most pleasing sight, the most beautiful sight we can ever imagine. This radiant glory illuminates everything in the New Jerusalem. The materials of the city are all translucent or transparent to shine the light through, so everything shimmers and glows and radiates with the light of God. All the precious stones in the foundation of the wall would be totally dark, were it not for the glory of God. They would have no light to show themselves. The streets of gold, which are mysteriously called transparent as glass, would be black and dead, were it not for the glory of God. Though these things are not mentioned in Revelation 21 or 22, except the Tree of Life, any growing thing that will flourish in the new earth — flowers, plants water, rivers, lakes, ponds — will shimmer with the light of the glory of God, where the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord as the waters cover the sea. The lights of that place all around us will flow into our perfected eyesight. We will be in resurrection bodies and have resurrection eyes, and we will see eternal glory. Jesus said, “The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are good, your whole body will be filled with light.” There is no “if” here — our eyes will be good, and therefore our whole body will be filled with the light of the glory of God. It says in Matthew 13:43, “Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father.” Like a Clear Jasper Stone This New Jerusalem will be like a clear jasper stone. The glory of the New Jerusalem is said to be precious, valuable, like a precious gem, so it is likened to a jasper, clear as crystal. Jasper is a form of quartz, usually appearing in a reddish color, often with streaks or spots that make it interesting, appealing, fascinating. It is formed by mineral-rich volcanic sediments coagulating in unpredictable patterns. Like many physical aspects of John’s description, this is a different kind of jasper, since it is perfectly clear as crystal. We could liken it more to a diamond with no inclusions, a perfectly radiant diamond, with no flaws. Despite the fact that the new Jerusalem is made up of redeemed sinners, the purification of the bride by the blood of Christ is so complete, the radiance of the glory of God will be undimmed by any spot or blemish in us but will shine with the glory of God. The Wall and Gates and the Holy City (v. 12-14) The Wall Revelation 21:12-14 details the wall and the gates of the city: “It had a great, high wall with twelve gates, and with twelve angels at the gates. On the gates were written the names of the twelve tribes of Israel. There were three gates on the east, three on the north, three on the south and three on the west. The wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them were the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.” Ancient cities had walls for protection. At night, the gates would be shut to keep wild animals and wicked people out, brigands, marauders, bandits, and especially invading armies. If there were an invading army, the safest place for the populace would be inside the walled fortress. It is a picture of absolute safety, before gun powder and artillery made such fortresses obsolete in the 15th century. Behind the mighty high wall of stone was the safest place to be to face an enemy or any threat. This wall is a surprising feature of the New Jerusalem, because it seems unnecessary. All the enemies of the city will have been thrown into the Lake of Fire, from which there can be no escape. We are told later that the gates of this city will never close. Revelation 21:25 says, “On no day will its gates ever be shut, for there will be no night there.” The gates are always open, just as Isaiah 60:11 predicted about the future glory of Zion: “Your gates will always stand open, they will never be shut, day or night, so that men may bring you the wealth of the nations — their kings led in triumphal procession.” This wall is said to be great and high, a massive barrier, impenetrable. Many commentators believe that the entire layout is symbolic and spiritual, not literal. They struggle with the interpretation, wanting it to be one or the other, literal or symbolic. Why could it not be both? They point out that the wall is impossibly short compared to the height of the city, which is impressive, 12,000 stadia or 1400 miles up. The wall is measured at 144 cubits — whether that is the thickness or the height, I do not know. I drew it proportionally — the wall is practically invisible compared to the city. The wall is symbolic in that it depicts being outside and entering; and ultimately, Jesus is the doorway for the sheep. We must enter the Kingdom of God — no one is born into it — and only by Christ can we enter this city, being born again by repentance and faith in Christ. The Gates Revelation 21:12-13 says, “It had a great, high wall with twelve gates, and with twelve angels at the gates. On the gates were written the names of the twelve tribes of Israel. There were three gates on the east, three on the north, three on the south and three on the west.” The gate of the city is the way by which one enters and leaves. It is the place where official business was transacted in that ancient near eastern setting. People went to the city gates to be honored to do business. Adam sinned on behalf of all of us in the Garden of Eden when he ate from the forbidden tree. He and Eve were evicted from the garden. So that he would not reach out his hand and take from the Tree of Life and live forever, God put an angel, a cherubim, with a flaming sword flashing back and forth, to guard the way to the Tree of Life. But now, Christians have been given the right to enter and to eat from the tree. Revelation 22:14-15 says, “Blessed are those who wash their robes, that they may have the right to the tree of life and may go through the gates into the city. Outside are the dogs, those who practice magic arts, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.” Outside are the wicked; inside are the redeemed who have washed their robes in the blood of the Lamb. I want to appeal to those of you who know you are on the outside, not a Christian, you have never come to faith in Christ: the doorway is open for you. All you need to do is repent and believe, trust in Christ, and you will enter now by faith spiritually and later physically. Trust in Jesus; repent of your wickedness, of the ways you have violated God’s laws. When you trust in Christ, His blood will cleanse you from wickedness, and you will have the right to eat from the tree and live forever. Jesus is the gate for his sheep. He said in Matthew 7:13-14, “Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.” In John’s vision, there is not only one gate, but twelve — three in the east, three in the north, three in the south, and three in the west. Each gate is labeled with one of the sons of Jacob, one of the twelve tribes of Israel. This shows a continuity of God’s covenant work. God made a promise to Abraham that through his offspring, all peoples on earth would be blessed. Abraham is called therefore the father of many nations. We who have repented and believed in Jesus, though we are from many different ethnic backgrounds, are counted sons and daughters of Abraham through faith in Christ. Galatians 3:7 says, “Understand, then, that those who believe are children of Abraham.” These names honor the grace shown to Israel and through them, grace shown to us — sinners saved by grace. At MIT, where I was an engineering student, there is a courtyard called Killian Court, a series of buildings built in 1915, dedicated and inscribed with the names of some of the great figures of science up to that point. They polled the faculty and came up with the key names that would be in really big font, and then many other names in smaller font. MIT students walk under those names day after day to get to their classes. The big font names include Aristotle, Newton, Lavoisier, Franklin, Pasteur, Faraday, Archimedes, Darwin, Copernicus, and da Vinci. That what passed for scientific greatness in 1915. Their names are there as an honor for their accomplishments; by contrast, the names of the patriarchs, the sons of Jacob, are on the gates because they were sinners saved by grace. Why the points of the compass? East, north, south, west — three on each side times four is twelve. Until very recently, I had no thought that it was anything but random. We are not looking for any kind of symbolic configuration. But the book of Revelation is continually working in my brain. I wake up in the morning thinking about it. Jesus said in Matthew 8:11, “I say to you that many will come from the east and the west, and will take their places at the feast with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.” The four points of the compass indicate that this gospel has spread to the ends of the earth, and people have come from all over the world to enter this new Jerusalem. The Foundation of the Wall Verse 14 says, “The wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them were the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.” This gives a feeling of massive stability. It is not moving; there is no concern for earthquakes or plate tectonics; it is eternal and permanent. Ephesians 2:20 tells us that the household of God is “built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone.” The Old Testament is represented by the twelve descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and the New Testament believers are represented by the twelve Apostles. That shows continuity of the people of God, all together. It also shows that the Apostles’ witness to the life, teachings, miracles, death and resurrection of Jesus is the basis on which the rest of us are saved. They were eyewitnesses of his glory. They wrote Matthew and Mark and Luke and John. They wrote down what they saw with their eyes and handled with their hands and heard with their ears. Because they wrote it down, our faith is based on something that is not moving but rather on historical truths that can never be shaken. The Dimensions of the Holy City (v. 15-17) The Angel Did the Measuring The dimensions of the holy city are described in Revelation 21:15-17: “The angel who talked with me had a measuring rod of gold to measure the city, its gates and its walls. The city was laid out like a square, as long as it was wide. He measured the city with the rod and found it to be 12,000 stadia in length, and as wide and high as it is long. He measured its wall and it was 144 cubits thick, by man's measurement, which the angel was using.” The angel measures, similar to the elaborate measurements that the angel conducts in Ezekiel 40 and 41, in which the angel takes a rod and measures the walls, the gates, the porticos, the alcoves, and the courtyards, everything to do with the visionary temple in Ezekiel 40-4 This angel has a rod of gold to take these measurements. He measures the entire city, especially its gates and its walls. This act of measurement is scientific and mathematic, but it gives a sense of the reality, the physicality, of this place. It also gives a sense of its limitations, its boundaries. We will be radiantly glorious in our resurrection bodies, but we will not be gods and goddesses. There is a limit to us. We are creatures, and even in our perfected states, we will have limits surrounding our eternal lives, living within boundaries that we are assigned by God. The boundary lines have fallen for us in pleasant places, Psalm 16 says. There is a limit, a finiteness, and a reality, fixed by the purpose of God. The Layout and Dimensions of the City We see a little bit of the layout of the city here. Urban planning is a major science. When leaders change or extend a city, they turn to civil engineers and urban planners who know how to lay out a city. My hometown of Boston was very poorly laid out. Some say that the roads are paved cow paths or deer paths. I do not think there is a single perpendicular intersection in the Back Bay section, at least where I lived. There is somewhat of a grid for a while and then it becomes jumbled. Washington DC, in contrast, was laid out scientifically and mathematically according to President Washington’s instructions for a capital city. He contracted a Frenchman named Pierre Charles L'Enfant in 1791, who made the Mall the center of its egalitarian vision of human government. This eternal city, the new Jerusalem, the capital city, has been very well planned by the ultimate urban planner, the ultimate architect, God. We do not know much about the streets, but there is one wide main street, going right down the center of the city. The dimensions are mind-boggling. The city is laid out as a perfect square in its footprint, but it is also massive in scope. No city in human history comes close. It is 12,000 stadia on a side. A stadion, singular, is about 607 feet, or two football fields. 12,000 stadia is just shy of 1400 miles on a side for a city. I superimposed this over the United States. If I placed a corner here in the Triangle, it would extend to Northern Canada, so to keep it all in the United States, I put one terminus at Orlando, Florida. 1400 miles west ends around El Paso, Texas. 1400 miles straight up from El Paso is the Canadian border around Montana or North Dakota. 1400 miles east to finish the square lands in a small place in Canada north of Ottawa, called Val-d’Or, Quebec. The footprint would take up effectively half of the Eastern Continental United States — one city. That is massive. Even more amazing, John tells us, is that it is a perfect cube. Length, width, and height are 1400 miles. Some people think that it is patterned after the Holy of Holies. 1 King 6:20 details the construction of the Holy of Holies, the place where the Ark of the Covenant was, where the blood of the sacrifice was placed: “The inner sanctuary was twenty cubits long, twenty wide and twenty high. He overlaid the inside with pure gold, and he also overlaid the altar of cedar.” The height is incomprehensible. The International Space Station orbits the Earth 150 miles above the surface of the earth. This city rises about ten times higher than that, way out into outer space. At ten feet per floor, a skyscraper would be 700,000 stories. An elevator taking you to the top floor would take a long time. Imagine the buttons. The fastest elevator in the world is in Shanghai, traveling at 40 miles an hour, borderline uncomfortable. Imagine traveling 1400 miles at 40 miles an hour. Driving at that speed from Orlando to El Paso would take 35-hours. My son Calvin commented, “They’d better have some good in elevator entertainment! Henry Morris, in his book Revelation Record, presented a different possibility: the new bodies of the resurrected saints will be like those of angels, no longer limited by gravitational or electromagnetic forces. It will be as easy for the inhabitants to travel vertically as horizontally in the New Jerusalem. Consequently, the streets of the city may well include vertical passageways as well as horizontal avenues, and the city blocks might actually be more like city cubes. How do you take this both literally and figuratively, or spiritually? John McArthur said, “Human language is inadequate to fully describe the unimaginable magnificence of the believers’ indescribable eternal home. Unwilling to take the language of Scripture at face value, many seek for some hidden meaning behind John’s descriptions. But if the words do not mean what they say, who has the authority to say what they do mean? Abandoning the literal meaning of the text only leads to groundless, futile speculation. The truth about the heavenly city is more than is described, but it is not less and not different from what is described.” [Commentary on Revelation 12-22, p. 280] Just because the numbers are symbolic does not mean that they are not also literal. 12,000 is a symbolic number, twelve times ten cubed. The wall, 144 cubits, is twelve squared. God can do both literal and symbolic together. The Building Materials of the Holy City (v. 18-21) Precious Translucent Building Materials The building materials of the city depict the radiant glory of the people of God. Revelation 21:18-21 says, “The wall was made of jasper, and the city of pure gold, as pure as glass. The foundations of the city walls were decorated with every kind of precious stone. The first foundation was jasper, the second sapphire, the third chalcedony, the fourth emerald, the fifth sardonyx, the sixth carnelian, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, and the twelfth amethyst. The twelve gates were twelve pearls, each gate made of a single pearl. The great street of the city was of pure gold, like transparent glass.” Everything here, all this precious valuable material, has as its essence translucence or transparency. It is all about the glory of God in us. With transparency everywhere, there will be no privacy in the city, but we will not need it, not having the same bodily needs we have now. Marriage will have been fulfilled by then and we will be like the angels, neither marrying nor giving in marriage. We will have no dark secrets to hide from anybody, so we will live transparent lives, shining with the glory of God. The preciousness and variety of these building materials speak to the amoral cultural diversity of the people of God. We come from every tribe, language, people and nation. We look different from each other and we have different creative answers to problems like architecture, food and clothing. This beautiful amoral diversity — rescuing the word diversity back from the way the pagans have grabbed it — will shine in the Kingdom of Heaven. The visible spectrum is beautiful — red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet. Each of these colors is represented in these precious stones with each of those colors. Some time ago, I preached a sermon entitled, The Cross: A Prism for God’s Glory, Like Isaac Newton’s experiments with white light. In the same way, all of the glory of God is visible in the cross. Every individual attribute of God is represented: justice, wrath, patience, love, power. We see the same thing in the Church of Jesus Christ. We will shine radiantly, but differently from one another, together making up the beauty of the New Jerusalem. Finally, we consider the astonishing pearly gates. Pearl is made of one of the most precious substances in the ancient world. It results from some particulate, like a grain of sand, getting inside an oyster. The oyster protects itself by covering it, layer by layer, with a shimmering hard substance called conchiolin, like the rings of a tree. It testifies to the suffering that has gone into building the Kingdom of God. First and foremost, Jesus suffered, but Paul said in Colossians 1:24, “Now I rejoice in what I am suffering for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is still lacking in regard to Christ’s afflictions…” The blood of martyrs is seed for the church. There have been all kinds of labor and suffering that have gone into building the place. Every time we walk by those massive pearly gates, we will be reminded of the beauty that came from suffering. Applications Meditate on Heaven and Share the Gospel First, meditate on Heaven in your own way. Friday morning, I went with my daughter, Daphne to Hillsborough to get some coffee and hot chocolate. Then we went for a walk in this reserve called Ayr Mount, a beautiful place with a pond and a river and some woods. It was a shining shimmering morning. We walked down a path called the Poets’ Walk. I was thinking about the book of Revelation, which I do all the time, and we came to a clearing, a field. The sunlight was shining, so I stood by Daphne’s side, held her hand to pray. We closed our eyes and could see the sunlight through our eyelids. I prayed about the New Jerusalem, when Daphne tapped me. There was a woman standing there with a dog watching us. I do not know how long she was there because we had been praying for a while. It was an awkward moment. But she said, “You looked so prayerful. I didn't want to disturb you.” Could we have our hearts and our souls filled with joy and hope at where we are going? Could that drive out sin? Could it drive out depression? Could it drive out worldly sadness and discouragement? Could it be a light that attracts people who are right now on the outside, who do not have hope, who do not have forgiveness? Could that attract people to Christ, if we would be more filled with a joy and inner light of this beautiful place to which we are going? Be active as witnesses. Share the gospel. The workplace may be one of the best places to do evangelism in America. People get to know you and see the way you live. It is a good place to do some gradual witnessing. Closing Prayer Lord, thank you for the time we have had to walk through these verses, to look line by line at each of the aspects of this New Jerusalem. We may never have this opportunity again. Father, I pray that you would please strengthen our imagination, strengthen our sense and our faith, so that we may shine with the glory of hope, so that people who are without hope and without God in the world may see something different in us and ask us to give a reason for the hope that we have. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

Shaughn and Ellen welcome Johnny Meeks (Upright Citizens Brigade, Mouth Feelings, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend) to the show to hear his whines about looking for things he lost. First though they tackle their Grape of the Week/Grapes of Thrones: Viognier.  Johnny reveals that he goes nuts when things are not where they are supposed to be. He tends to be staring right at things that he thinks are missing, so Shaughn and Ellen pair his whine with a wine found where you wouldn't expect it to be: in a can! They are drinking The White Queen, a canned Chardonnay from Sonoma. They get into some technical wine terms like "malo" and "tannins". Turns out Johnny likes a white wine! He also likes a good rye whiskey. Johnny tells some riveting tales of double-stick tape that remains at large. Shaughn, Ellen and Johnny decide to consult the Universe, which never answers, sadly.  They discuss their frequently misplaced items. Ellen can't hold on to tiny measuring cups. Johnny loses scissors. Shaughn loses his wine key. The most important take-home lesson from the episode is that when in doubt, just say "It's Miller Time". The lightning round covers average time spent searching for things, residual sugars, the St. Louis Arch deaths and where Carneros is located.       See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On this day in 1963, construction began on the Gateway Arch — that defining landmark of the city of St. Louis and the iconic portal to the western United States. On today's "A Classical Day in the Life," we consider "Arch Music for St. Louis", a 1997 piece by Dutch composer Peter Schat. We also explore the musical arches of Béla Bartók and Jewel.    

1 - World Series stuff. 2 - The debate over that video of the SC cop throwing a student to the floor is still going on; The St Louis Arch is controversial for some reason. 3 - The News with Marshall Phillips. 4 - Did Huggies give a baby a thigh gap?