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This week on the podcast, we are joined by Mark Wolters. Mark is a PhD professor of marketing, a professional traveler, and a YouTuber. He shares his worldly experiences with over 3 million loyal Wolter's World followers every month, and he has made it his mission to share wholesome, honest travel and culture advice. This week on the podcast, Mark shares how he fell in love with travel, how he has balanced travel with working full-time as a marketing professor, his journey with creating videos on YouTube, someone his favorite places, a few overrated places, and much more. Enjoy! In this episode:Mark's travel story and where his passion for travel came fromFinding a career that worked while still being able to travelThings that stood out to Mark during his time in LithuaniaFinding teaching jobs while living abroadMaking travel and culture advice content on YouTube and growing an audienceStarting a family and how that affected travel for MarkMark's favorite places he's visited and what he recommends to everyone elseThe “DONT'S” of travelMark's upcoming plans for 2023Guest links: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@woltersworld Website: https://woltersworld.com/

The problems with tradition.

Lessons from the feeding of the five thousand.

Mark 11:27-12:17

The gospel of Mark is filled with action, and from the first verse Jesus is at the center of it all. If you wrote a book about what mattered most, what would be the first verse?The BookThe NT begins with four “gospels”These are biographies of Jesus from 1st centuryEach one has a different audience / different purposeTaken together → give us a thorough picture of JesusWho he was / why he cameThe Gospel of Mark is the shortest gospelProbably the earliest - around 55 AD or soMark writes with a sense of urgency = “immediately,” - 40x“Immediately” urgency, gospel in action.1:16-17 (ESV) Passing alongside the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew the brother of Simon casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen. And Jesus said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you become fishers of men.” And immediately they left their nets and followed him.It's an “action” gospel → least amount of Jesus' teaching of all 4Its description are very vivid Engage: it's a great gospel for today's reader because it moves quickly like scenes from a movie. Engage: This is why when missionaries start to translate the Bible in different languages, they usually begin with Mark. It's the simple basics: a great place to begin.The AuthorEarly church unanimously believed this account was written by John Mark Early Xians writers tell us → Mark gathered info about Jesus from Peter From Peter's preaching / memoirsOrganized it all into a coherent storyEngage: Imagine what it would be like to sit at Peter's feet, hearing all these amazing stories about Jesus!Illus: kind of like all the photos I have laying around of my life / family. Maybe someday someone will compile them all into albums that tell a story. That's like what Mark did with Peter's info.Meet him in book of ActsFirst mentioned in Acts 12:12When he realized this, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John whose other name was Mark, where many were gathered together and were praying.Cousin of Barnabus Col 4:10Aristarchus my fellow prisoner greets you, and Mark the cousin of Barnabas (concerning whom you have received instructions—if he comes to you, welcome him),Traveled with Paul and Barnabas as a young manHelper on their first missionary journey (Acts 13:5) but then left themActs 13:13-14 (NLT) Paul and his companions then left Paphos by ship for Pamphylia, landing at the port town of Perga. There John Mark left them and returned to Jerusalem. But Paul and Barnabas traveled inland to Antioch of Pisidia.Caused some conflict between P & B for second missionary journeyActs 15:36-40 (NLT) After some time Paul said to Barnabas, “Let's go back and visit each city where we previously preached the word of the Lord, to see how the new believers are doing.” Barnabas agreed and wanted to take along John Mark. But Paul disagreed strongly, since John Mark had deserted them in Pamphylia and had not continued with them in their work. Their disagreement was so sharp that they separated. Barnabas took John Mark with him and sailed for Cyprus. Paul chose Silas, and as he left, the believers entrusted him to the Lord's gracious care.But Mark later became Paul's co-worker → encouragement to him2 Timothy says Paul called for him as “useful” for the gospel!2 Timothy 4:11 (NLT) Only Luke is with me. Bring Mark with you when you come, for he will be helpful to me in my ministry.The AudienceThe original audience → probably Gentile Christians, perhaps in RomeMark explains Jewish customsThe Romans were practical, action-oriented peopleKind of like Americans are todayPossibly written during a time...

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Mark Lawrence and Joe McGranaghan host CBS Congressional Correspondent Scott MacFarlane on Jan 6 Committee and their final report, the criminal recommendations, the ethics violations and what's next with a GOP US House on the way. We talked about Cong. Perry and his ethics presentment, what isn't in the findings (intel and security failures) and what the GOP will investigate. During open phones, a vibrant discussion followed regarding the committee and their findings.

12/19/22 On The Mark: Mark & Joe discuss Pres. Biden's latest 'mis-remembering,' the Milton/Selinsgrove racism accusations, Blue Laws, Jan. 6th and other topics

12/16/22 On The Mark: Mark & Ben host Howard Wooldrige, who is advocating for the legalization, regulation, and taxation of of all drugs. We talk about the failed prohibition of all drugs and the cost for, and two law enforcement. During open phones, we discussed legalizing drugs, morals, responsibility, taxation, regulation, and other aspects of government controlled drugs.

12/15/22 On The Mark: Mark & Joe discuss Pres. Biden's age, how old is two old, are Dems available to be President, and more...

Building a short-term rental business is surprisingly simple. You buy a property, furnish it, then throw up some pictures of it onto booking sites like Airbnb and VRBO. After a few weeks, a booking comes in, and from there you're in the game! This is all great until a poor review comes in, sending your listing to the bottom of the pile and your profit with it. Through no fault of your own, your income stream just got cut off, and now you have a mortgage to pay without a calendar full of bookings.For many hosts, this type of scenario seems like game over for investing. But for Mark Simpson, it's the start of something even better. Mark grew up in hospitality, marketing his family's bed and breakfast nestled in the British countryside. His family was frantically cleaning, cooking, and booking with spreadsheets and no system to streamline their business. This ongoing problem led Mark to build Boostly, the software allowing hosts to take their bookings into their own hands.Mark has helped numerous short-term rentals bring in millions in direct bookings, helping hosts and guests minimize the amount spent on fees while maximizing their experience. So how do vacation rental hosts start doing direct bookings? What benefits come from leaving the big booking sites behind? And how can hosts regain autonomy so their business is never forced to stop? Mark answers these questions and more in today's episode!In This Episode We CoverDirect booking sites explained and why they're starting to rival online travel agenciesHow bad reviews and unfair algorithm updates can destroy your listing overnightConverting guests from the big sites into direct bookings effortlesslyBuilding a direct booking brand so your short-term rentals become more than just another vacation propertyWhy online travel agencies may start charging hosts to get higher rankings Pricing tools, online accreditation, and other things direct booking hosts need to surviveAnd So Much More!Links from the ShowFind an Investor-Friendly Real Estate AgentReal Estate Rookie Facebook GroupBoostly's Property Management Software ListAirbnbVrboBooking.comExpedia GroupTripadvisorHospitableHostawayHostfullyGuesty For HostUplistingYourPorterOwnerRezStripeI-PRACAirCoverSuperhogAutoCampWhy Hosts Are Backing Away from Travel Sites and Building Direct BookingsDouble Your Cash Flow Overnight (In ANY Market) with Medium-Term RentalsHow Airbnb designs for trust | Joe GebbiaPriceLabsAirDNAWheelhouse PricingBeyond PricingStayfiMailChimpKorona POSConnect with Mark:Mark's InstagramMark's WebsiteCheck the full show notes here: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/rookie-243Interested in learning more about today's sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Check out our sponsor page!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

12/14/22 On The Mark: Mark & Joe host Lynda Schlegel Culver, state house member and PA Senate candidate, on Caring for Kids, Sen. Gordner, running for higher office and he GOP minority implications. During open phones, we enjoyed a vibrant discussion about the Cambridge dictionary redefining a man as a person who identifies as a man.

12/12/22 On The Mark: Mark & Joe hold open phones, discussing Kyrsten Sinema, the PA House GOP/Dem Majority/Minority fight and who should be our next president.

12/9/22 On The Mark: Mark & John Shipman host calls from State Reps. Jamie Flick (R-83rd) and Stephanie Borowitz (R-76th), as well as a conversation about gun violence and the Griner/Bout swap

12/8/22 On The Mark: Mark & Joe argue about the release of Brittany Griner, vs. the release of Viktor Bout, or Whelan, or others. LGBTQ vs. others, white vs. black, division vs. unity

Mark Lawrence and Joe McGranaghan host State Sen. Gene Yaw (R-23rd, Loyalsock), on the latest issues in Harrisburg, the radar bill, the big wrap-up of activities in Harrisburg, the impeachment trial starting soon, and the Sen. Gordner vacancy. We talked about how the PA House majority change (may) impact the Senate. During open phones, Lynn Hall participates in a Pearl Harbor history discussion. We also argued about Pres. Trump and Pres. Biden

12/6/22 On The Mark: Mark & Joe host a vibrant discussion about Stan's call; he says NO to taxpayer funds being used to pay for gender affirming care and surgery. We discuss the US Supreme Court hearing arguments on the free speech/LGBTQ/Graphic Designer case.

12/5/22 On The Mark: Mark & Joe argue about an Ohio drag show vs. Proud Boys, Pres. Trumps US Constitution remark and the rights of the unborn

This week Alan shares a talk on family, and as we dive back into the gospel of Mark, we discover Jesus' own journey with family on earth.

This is the message from our Sunday morning service on 12/4/2022 on Mark Mark 5:1-20 with Pastor Chet Lowe.

Pastor Andy Davis preaches on Mark 7:31-37 when Jesus healed a deaf and mute man with great power and incredible tenderness. - SERMON TRANSCRIPT - In Psalm 139, psalmist David celebrates the marvels of the human body, "I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well." Among the marvels of the human body is its ability to gather information from the universe around us by our five senses, our sight, our hearing, our smell, our touch, and our taste. These are portals whereby the glories of God and creation flow into our minds and hearts. In fact, I think that's part of what the psalmist David celebrates in this verse, not just that our bodies are marvels of creation, fearfully and wonderfully made, but also that God's works in the universe around us are amazing too. "Your works are wonderful, I know that full well," He says. How do we know it? Because we're able to see it and hear it and experience it, and it fills our minds and hearts with the greatness of God. Now, of course, among the wonderful capacities of our bodies is the sense of hearing. We're going to focus on that this morning. The way that our ears are designed by God to receive pressure waves that move through the air, disturbances of the air, and how our eardrums vibrate with those pressure waves and interpret it as sound in fascinating ways. The ear itself physically can be divided into three parts leading up to the brain - the outer ear, the middle ear, and the inner ear. The outer ear consists of the ear canal and eardrum. Sound travels down the ear canal, striking the eardrum and causes it to move, to vibrate. Then the middle ear takes over. It's a space behind the eardrum that contains three small bones called ossicles. This chain of tiny bones is connected to the eardrum at one end and to an opening to the inner ear at the other end. Vibrations from the eardrum cause the ossicles to vibrate, which in turn creates movement of the fluid in the inner ear. Then movement of the fluid in the inner ear, cochlea, causes changes in tiny structures called hair cells. This movement of the hair cells then sends electrical signals from the inner ear up the auditory nerve, known as the hearing nerve, to the brain, and then the brain takes over and interprets these signals as sound. By that amazing mechanism, we hear the beautiful sounds of the world around us. Even from within the womb, we heard the sound of our mother's voice, the sound of our mother's heartbeat. Then as we grow the sounds around us, of the world, around us, the sounds of nature chirping of birds, fluttering of leaves in a breeze, or the roar of the ocean or the beautiful sound of music are heard. Music, what a gift. I just love music. The beauty of a chord progression. No one put melodies together, in my opinion, like Handel. I just love the way that he heard these beautiful melodies in his mind and then wrote them down. Or this skill of a pianist, a skillful pianist. Bach said, "Music is really easy. It's just a matter of striking the right note at the right time." So I've tried that. It doesn't work. I don't tend to strike either the right note or at the right time. But I remember one time I was working as an engineer in Massachusetts and heard for the first time a Mozart piano concerto. I never really knew about them, but it was a classical radio station and it played Mozart's Piano concerto Number 8. The second movement, basically, paralyzed me. The company, didn't get any work out of me for about eight minutes as I was just transfixed by the way that Mozart wrote that music. It just floated through the air, into my ears, and captivated my heart. And so it has been for all of you music lovers. There's a power to music, power to the progression of tones, the rhythm and frequencies, logic and order and beauty and power, emotion, all encoded in sound. But by far the most significant sounds we ever hear are the sounds of language. The sounds of language of, beginning with, our mother's words spoken gently into our ears from infancy, incomprehensible at first, but repeated again and again. So the infant begins to associate those sounds, the sounds of his or her mother's words, with experiences and conditions in the physical world, in life. Little by little language forms within their developing minds; it just seems to happen automatically. I remember when my wife and I were missionaries in Japan, and laboring hard to learn the Japanese language. Back then, it was cassette tapes, and flashcards and a tutor and vocabulary lists and all that. The whole time our two older kids, Nathaniel and Jenny, were continuing their language study in English with no flashcards, no cassette tapes. Jenny was about one when we moved there, three when we left, with no tutoring, she was basically fluent in English. I wasn't fluent in Japanese, and it didn't seem fair. But there it is, in infancy language being encoded and imprinted in the minds and hearts of these developing little ones. But imagine being born deaf or losing your hearing in the years or before the years when speech forms. Just the loss in general of all those beautiful sounds of nature is bad enough, bubbling brook, bird's sweet songs, the steady, soothing drone of a downpour, the mighty thunder of a waterfall never heard, but especially worse than that, no developing language. The inability to communicate the deepest thoughts of your own heart to others or receive in return the deepest thoughts of someone else's heart to you. That is a tragedy of approximately 72 million people around the world, deaf mutes. It is certainly tragic. I don't minimize it to lose your hearing at any stage of your life. I remember reading about the anguish of Beethoven, who in his mihttp://www.thefieldschurch.org/mediafiles/uploaded/0/0e1840389_050904.mp3s began to suffer significant hearing loss, and he was a musician, a composer. It was a great anguish to him as that continued to get worse and worse, he became a social recluse, and only allowed close friends who knew his condition into a study. He communicated with them by a conversation book, which he would hand to them and they would write back and forth. But by then, of course, Beethoven was well into his adult life, well into his musical training. He knew the sounds and frequencies of all the instruments in the symphony orchestra. He was able to hear them in his mind and continue to compose, which is still pretty amazing. But the level of tragedy is far greater, I think, for a baby that's born deaf or an infant who loses hearing in infancy and cannot develop language. That person becomes an island unto him or herself, sadly isolated, cut off, lonely, unsocialized, uneducated in many cases. I was reading a early study done by a person in Ireland working with deaf mutes in the late 18th century. It was very early in the science of addressing the problem. He came upon an elderly mother there in Ireland who had two deaf daughters, grown daughters. They had not been allowed out of their house for over 20 years. They could only communicate with each other and with the mother in a very rudimentary way, and had no education and no skills beyond that of basic housework. Since their mother was elderly, the social worker was very concerned about the future for these young women. What was going to happen when the mother died? That's the tragedy of deaf mutes around the world.The condition leads to a terrible form of isolation. It was into this isolation that Jesus, the compassionate healer, the compassionate savior, stepped in one day, in one particular man's life. That's the study we're going to look at today. I. The Context: Jesus in the Decapolis So let's talk about the context. Jesus was in the Decapolis, look at verse 31, “Then Jesus left the vicinity of Tyre and went through Sidon down to the Sea of Galilee and into the region of the Decapolis.” Jesus was taking the long way around to get back to his home base of ministry there in Capernaum, in Galilee. He went around the Sea of Galilee. He could have gone directly from Tyre and Sidon straight down to Capernaum, but He went around into a predominantly Gentile area. Some scholars believed Jesus was training and preparing the twelve for their future mission to the ends of the earth, including in Gentile areas. That may well be, just as He went purposely through Samaria and got his Jewish disciples, the apostles, to be aware of the Samaritans, and their need for the gospel. Remember the Samaritan woman at the well in the village and his work there. Decapolis was a Gentile region. It seems also Jesus wasn't ready to return to the mayhem and chaos of the huge throngs, adoring crowds, and the hostile enemies in Capernaum and the other Jewish cities there throughout Galilee. He wanted to let the heat under the pot simmer down at that point, cool off a bit, because it wasn't time yet. There was a timetable here. He wanted things to calm down a bit, it seems, because He's still a good ways away from the ordained time for His death. So He goes to the Decapolis. The word just means “10 cities”. It's a loose confederation of ten, essentially, independent, Hellenistic or Greek cities located south and east of the sea of Galilee. It was Gentile territory, as I mentioned. They were Greeks, who had settled there after Alexander the Great conquered that region with his conquest and then died suddenly, leaving a vast Greek empire. Greeks came and settled there, and there was a long history of warfare between these Greeks and the nationalistic Jews who lived in Palestine on the other side of the Sea of Galilee. There's a lot of history there. When Rome conquered that part of the world in 63BC, all Jewish political independence in that area came to a decisive end. But there are still those Greeks living over there. We also come back to the ministry that we looked at earlier of the demoniac of the Gadarenes. Do you remember that story in Mark chapter 5 how Jesus had driven out a legion of demons out of what I called the most wretched man in the Bible, the most wretched condition of any human being in the Bible was that man? Jesus, as you remember, had effortlessly drawn out or driven out 5,000 or more demons from this one man into a herd of pigs. They rushed down the steep bank into the sea and were drowned in the sea. Then the man was healed and fully dressed and in his right mind and begged to go with Jesus. He wanted to go with Jesus, yearned to be with Him. But Jesus wouldn't let him. He refused. Instead, He told him, "Go home to your family and the surrounding area and tell them everything God has done for you and how he has had mercy on you." So that was the man’s mission. It seems like, I think, the man did his job. He went out as a beautiful missionary there in the Decapolis, Mark 5:20, “The man went away and began to tell them in the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him. And all the people in the Decapolis were amazed.” This may well be the fruit of that man's ministry. There was a huge crowd of Gentiles, it seems, waiting for Jesus and ready to see him do healings. Where'd they get that information? Probably from that man who went around. II. A Deaf Man’s Terrible Plight People had known about the demoniac of the Gadarenes, and his terrible plight, especially his family, and they were amazed. They fully expected that Jesus could do something for anyone, so they brought this deaf man. We see this deaf man's terrible plight. They bring this suffering man to Jesus, verse 32, “There some people brought to Him a man who was deaf and could hardly talk, and they begged Him to place His hand on the man.” I've already given you a sense of the terrible and tragic isolation of the deaf mutes. The International Mission Board divides up its worldwide mission into nine affinities, they call them affinity groups. They're roughly geographical. So you have the European affinity, North Africa and Middle East affinity, Sub-Saharan African Affinity, the Americas, which would be Central and South America, et cetera. They're generally geographical, but they're also somewhat linguistic and cultural as well. For example, the IMB works in Montreal as if it were a European city, because it's more European than it seems North American. They just seem to know how to reach the French speakers there in Montreal better than the North American mission board would. That's how the affinities work. Australia also seem to be a European affinity even though it's not in Europe. It's just a cultural thing. But what's amazing is one of the nine affinities is the deaf affinity, because a number of years ago it became clear that the deaf all over the world were people unto themselves. They weren't enculturated. They didn't mix in Central Asia or in Latin America. They just had their own unique set of circumstances, and even their own unique language, their ability to communicate by sign with each other. So they were a people unto themselves, and then they just basically met any definition that you could give of a people group. There is a deaf affinity. All over the world, the missionaries that are especially skilled to reach the deaf people, reach them in similar ways all over the world. The issue there, of course, is the problem of speech development. So let's talk about that. What is speech? Speech is arbitrary signs that are assigned to physical realities or circumstances. Sounds that are assigned to them. There's usually no connection whatsoever to the sound that we assign to the thing. It's just a convention. That's what language is. For example, there's nothing house-like about a house. When you look at a structure with doors and windows and a roof it doesn't scream at you or whisper to you, "House," it's just something we say. So in French it's “maison” and in Japanese it's “uchi”. The reality is the same, but different sounds. When an infant grows up as a deaf person, none of those arbitrary sounds can enter his or her mind, so they can't learn language in that sense. They're mute. This deafness and mutinous leads to a complete inability to participate in language-based communication. This led deaf mutes in Jesus' day to be seen as insane by their people, generally. Not much different than demon possessed people, which they're not. But because they can't communicate, they were seen that way. A very tragic situation. Also, theologically, we need to understand, when God wants to reveal Himself to us, to communicate, He does it by revelation, I just used the word “reveal.” Theologians break it into two categories, general revelation and special revelation. General revelation is that which comes in by our five senses. Special revelation is always language-based. It's the Bible. It's the word of God. If you haven't learned language, how can you learn theology, spiritual reality, and specifically, how can you learn the Gospel of Jesus Christ? It's a very significant problem, and that's the problem here. The deepest problem is the learning of the word of God. Without language, that revelation is impossible because it's all language base. Romans 10:17 says, “faith comes from hearing.” It's based on language. You can't look at a rising or setting sun or feel the wind on your face and think Jesus Christ. That will never come into your mind. It has to be explained. It has to be preached. If you don't know language, you can't receive that. So into this quiet world of tragic and sad isolation for this deaf mute, Jesus came with great compassion and power. III. Jesus’ Gentle Power Let's look at Jesus' gentle power, verse 33-34, “After He took him aside, away from the crowd, Jesus put His fingers into the man's ears. Then He spit and touched the man's tongue, and He looked up to heaven and with a deep sigh, said to him, ‘Ephphatha!’which means ‘be opened’.” First of all, you just need to understand, we've seen this before, especially with the last healing, the Syrophoenician woman's demon possessed daughter. Jesus didn't even need to be there. He didn't even need to go. He didn't say anything. He didn't do anything. He just drove out the demon. So any of these physical things that Jesus does, He just chooses to do. None of them are essential. But He is communicating, and He's communicating first with this man. He's speaking a kind of sign language with this person, and it's very tenderhearted and loving. First of all, and just in general, just know the most common emotion ascribed to Jesus is that of compassion. That should engender within all of us as Christians, a desire to imitate Jesus in his compassion, to have an empathetic heart, to see the suffering of people around us, empathetically or compassionately. "The most common emotion ascribed to Jesus is that of compassion. That should engender within all of us as Christians, a desire to imitate Jesus in his compassion, to have an empathetic heart, to see the suffering of people around us, empathetically or compassionately." Some of us are more compassionate than others, but all of us should yearn to imitate Jesus in compassion for suffering people. We see that compassion. Again and again, it is clear that Jesus felt deeply the sorrows and miseries of sinful humanity. It was compassion that led Jesus to leave heaven and come to Earth. It was compassion that led Him to become, in Isaiah 53:3, “a man of sorrows and familiar with suffering”. Then a verse later, “surely He took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows.” Look at Jesus and what He does. We see four gentle actions sequentially here that Jesus does with this tragic person. First of all, He takes him away, apart from the crowd. Remember there's always a huge crowd. Jesus wants time alone just with this one person. There's a very powerful “you and me” sense of relationship here. Galatians 2:20, “I have been crucified with Christ. And I no longer live, but Christ lived in me. And the life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the son of God who loved me, and gave Himself for me.” You and me, Jesus, just the two of us. There's an intimacy here with just Jesus and this deaf person. He takes him away from the crowd, then He puts His fingers in the man's ears. Why does He do that? Again, it's not needed. He doesn't have to touch. But Jesus loved to touch when he healed, and I think he was identifying to this deaf person, the part of the body He's going to work on. He's working on the ears, he’s working on the hearing. So He puts his fingers in there. Also, there's a connection between Jesus and what's about to happen to this person's ears, so the touch. Next He spit and touch the man's tongue. In my reading of the four gospels, there are three different times that Jesus uses His own saliva to do healings. He's going to do another one in Mark 8 with a blind person. Then in John 9, He spits and makes mud, and smears it on the blind man's eyes. It's very interesting. Usually, and I'll mention this in the sermon, God willing, next time when He spits in the man's eyes, that would be considered great insult, grievous insult, but with Jesus it's a matter of healing.He spits and touches the man's tongue. Again, in touching the tongue, He's identifying the part of the body He's going to work on, the ears, the tongue. This is what He's going to do. Next, He looked up to heaven. So there's a universal sense of the greatness of God above us. He's connecting all of this with God the Father who wants to heal him through Jesus, so these four actions. But that all just sets up the moment. What's the moment of power? The moment of power is Jesus's word. God's word is powerful. So when He speaks, that's when the healing happens. When He speaks, the healing happens. This is the moment of power. He looked up to heaven, verse 34, “and with the deep sigh said to him, "Ephphatha!" which means be open.” This is one of the few Aramaic words transliterated for us and brought over into our language. There's a number of them, maranatha is one, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani, [inaudible 00:24:08]. There's a number. It happens, but it's not common. This is one of the times. Why did the Holy Spirit inspire Mark to give us this transliteration? The original word was in Aramaic, but it was transliterated into Greek, and brought from the Greek transliteration into English. That's a lot of work. For some reason the Holy Spirit wants us to hear the word. I don't know why, but I'm going to speculate. The Greek word itself is interesting. It begins with an epsilon and E and then two phis, and the two phis are brought over, it's the fff sound, like that, two consecutive. Look at the word right there on the page. Have you ever seen a word like that? Phph, that's odd. That's four consecutive consonants, but it's dragged out. These are called aspirated consonants or aspirates. It takes air to say them. It's doubled like that. Not only that, Jesus does it with a deep sigh. There's all kinds of air moving here. Then after that comes a theta, which is another aspirated consonants. You got, ephphatha, like that. Why am I belaboring this moving of air? First of all, that's what sound is, which is what it is. It's pressure waves moving through air. But also, it reminds me of the theological significance of air and spirit and the movement of air in the Bible. So here we go from physical over into the spiritual realm. We know that Adam was given life because God breathed into him the breath of life, and he became a living being. There's that breathing of life. Then again it happens in John 3 when He says to Nicodemus, "You must be born again. You should not be surprised at my saying, you must be born again." Then he gives an analogy. "The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear it sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from and where it is going." That's what it's like with everyone born by the spirit. It's like the sound of the wind blowing, and then the person is transformed. They're born again.” Or again, the image in Ezekiel 37 of the valley of dry bones, very, very dry bones. Ezekiel was told to prophesy to the bones, and the bones assembled the big rattling sound. Then he was told to speak to the wind. Now the Hebrew word for wind, “ruach,” also means “spirit” or “air”. It's an interesting overlap there. He spoke to the winds, and the four winds came and the breath of life came into these resurrected bodies. He was told to speak to the wind, and in came the air, the breath of life. So we have all this breathing, or again in 2 Timothy 3:16, “all scripture is God breathed." Again, God doesn't have lungs. God doesn't have a mouth. These are anthropomorphic ways of speaking, so we can understand God's activities. God breathes out the word, and He brings it into our hearts and minds. That's why I think there's so much of this sighing and ephphatha, and why the Aramaic is brought over. Look at the powerful impact. The iron gates of deafness were thrown open. His ears were opened, it says, and then, it says, his tongue was loosened. The chains of speech, the impediment is gone. There's a sense of freedom here. God did not create ears to be deaf or the tongue to be paralyzed or chained up. This is a picture of a work, a full restoration of God's original purpose for the physical body. Probably the most amazing physical impact here is the fact that when this man's tongue was loosened, he began to speak plainly. The Greek says, “ortho” like orthodox or orthodonture. He spoke the right way. Everything he said was said or pronounced correctly, accurately, and that's with no speech therapy. All of the sounds that he needed to make to speak that language were immediately given to him in his mind, no speech therapy, instantly healed. I find that amazing. It's just like the paralyzed man. The man hasn't walked in 40 years. He doesn't need any physical therapy, he's just immediately healed. That's amazing. Of course, this all reminds me also of the day of Pentecost as well when all the apostles were gathered together in the upper room and they're waiting for the gift of the Holy Spirit to come. They're all there praying up in the room when suddenly — the sound of a rushing wind. That's the first miracle that happened; it was just sound, just the sound of a rushing wind. And that sound gathered the huge crowd to around the house, because they heard the sound too, but they didn't see any wind moving. Then the tongues of fire came and separated, and they all began to communicate, to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them. Then the apostles go down and Peter leads the way and preaches the gospel to the assembled crowd. But they're from all over the world. They're from all over the Roman world. There's a miracle that happens that all of them heard the one message given by Peter in their own mother tongue. How do you explain that? Pressure waves going through the air, hit the inner ear and all that, the same waves different, but? Was it inside the brain that the thing got translated? I don't know, it's a mystery. But they all heard the same message in their own native tongues. Acts 2:7-11, “Utterly amazed, they asked, ‘Are not all these men who are speaking Galileans? Then how is it that each of us hears them in his own native language? Parthians, Medes, and Elamites, residents of Mesopotamia, Judea, and Cappadocia, Pontus, and Asia, Phrygia, and Pamphylia, Egypt and parts of Libya near Cyrene. Visitors from Rome, both Jews and converts to Judaism, Cretans and Arabs. We hear them declaring the wonders of God in our own language.’” How awesome is that? IV. Crowd’s Overwhelmed Reaction: Jesus Does Everything Well Then we see the crowd's overwhelmed reaction. Look at verse 36, 37, “Jesus commanded them not to tell anyone, but the more he did so the more zealous they were to keep talking about it.” This is common. We have this from the beginning of Jesus' gospel ministry and Mark's gospel. The leper, remember he was told not to tell anyone, and he went out immediately told everyone. As a result, Jesus could no longer go into the towns but had to stay outside in lonely places. And so we have all that. Some people have thought, “Ah, Jesus is using reverse psychology. If you tell them not to do it, they're going to do it all the more.” Don't think those thoughts, Jesus doesn't use reverse psychology. When He commands people not to tell, He wants them not to tell. If you're going to go with reverse psychology, this is the verse right here. This is the place, because the more He commanded, the more they did it anyway. We do know that the prohibition is temporary, because the Holy Spirit decades later moved Mark to write this down and wanted this account spread all over the world. He wants everyone to know, now, about this healing. But at the time there was his prohibition. Look at their reaction. They're overwhelmed with wonder. The Greek words that Mark uses is “beyond all measure.” It can't be measured how astonished they are. It spills over, their amazement. They can't contain themselves. They say, and I love this, "Jesus has done everything well."Let me put it in more kind of the vernacular. Jesus is good at everything. I mean, there's nothing He cannot do. There's no medical condition He cannot heal. Everything He puts his hand to, prosperous. V. The Central Lesson: Spiritual Healing How do we learn some lessons from this? This is another healing account. Let me begin by telling you my own unique challenge here. I thought about this yesterday. My task today is to use words reading an account you've probably read for years, and heat up your affections, so that you are more amazed at Jesus than you were before. More amazed at Jesus than when you walked in here. That's my task. I'm supposed to heat you up like a kettle until you whistle. That's my task. It's not easy to do, because all I get to do is just talk. And I'm talking about things you've heard before. Jonathan Edwards in talking about preaching said this, "The things of religion are so great that there can be no suitableness in the exercises of our hearts, to their nature and importance, unless they be lively and powerful. In nothing is vigor in the acting of our inclination so requisite, as in religion, that means Christianity, and in nothing is lukewarmness so odious." Lukewarmness stinks to God. So the question I have to ask myself, because I'm in the same boat as you, and that all of you have to ask, “Why do my affections need to be heated up? Why am I not overwhelmed with wonder at Jesus? He's every bit as wonderful as ever he was.” Let me continue with Edwards. "I don't think ministers are to be blamed for raising the affections of their hearers too high, if that which they're affected with be only that which is worthy of affection, and if their affections are not raised beyond a proportion to their importance." "Why do my affections need to be heated up? Why am I not overwhelmed with wonder at Jesus? He's every bit as wonderful as ever he was.” So I want to be sure that if I heat you up, you're heated up rightly and proportionally. "I should think myself in the way of my duty," Edward said, "to raise the affections of my hearers as high as I possibly can, provided they are affected with nothing but truth, and with affections that are not disagreeable to the nature of what they are affected with." So that's my task, and this morning I said, "Who is equal to such a task? How can I do it?” All I can do is beg the Lord to send forth His Holy Spirit so that you would look at this account and realize, Jesus should be worshiped for this. He should be worshiped. We just get so caught up in the things of the world and the sins of life, and we struggle with these sins, and we forget to marvel at Jesus. So my first application to myself and to all of you is marvel about Jesus more than you did before. That's all. However you do that. But beyond that, I want to talk about spiritual hearing. All of Jesus' miracles are pictures of spiritual healing. They are real miracles, actual miracles done in space and time, so also this one. The real deafness is spiritual deafness, unable to hear God speaking. Spiritual deafness is described in Psalm 135:15-18, “The idols of the nations are silver and gold made by the hands of men. They have mouths, but they cannot speak. Eyes but they cannot see. They have ears, but cannot hear. Nor is their breath in their mouths. Those who make them will be like them, and so will all who trust in them.” Do you hear that? Those who make the idols will be like them. They have ears, but they do not hear. So also this, Ezekiel 12:1-2, "The word of the Lord came to me, 'Son of man, you are living among a rebellious people. They have eyes to see, but do not see, and ears to hear, but do not hear; for they are rebellious people.” And again in Isaiah 42:17-20, “Those who trust in idols, who say the images, ‘You are our gods,’ will be turned back in utter shame. Hear you deaf, look you blind and see. Who is blind but my servant and deaf like the messenger I send? Who is blind like the one committed to me, blind like the servant of the Lord? You have seen many things but have paid no attention. Your ears are open but you hear nothing.” And then this from Stephen in Act 7:51, "You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears..." What does that mean, uncircumcised ears? "You're just like your fathers, you always resist the Holy Spirit." So people in sin are spiritually deaf. They cannot hear God speaking to them through the word of God. Therefore, Jesus, again and again, said this interesting thing, when he would especially tell a parable, "He who has ears to hear, let him hear." "People in sin are spiritually deaf. They cannot hear God speaking to them through the word of God. Therefore, Jesus, again and again, said this interesting thing, when he would especially tell a parable, 'He who has ears to hear, let him hear.'" What's so beautiful is Jesus has the power, spiritually, to put his fingers in your spiritual ears, the ears of your heart and say, "Ephphatha, be open." He can do that by the power of the Spirit, He can open the ears of your heart to hear God speaking. Matthew 13:14-17, “In them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah: ‘You'll be ever hearing, but never understanding; you'll be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’ For this people's heart has become callous; they hardly hear what their ears, and they close their eyes. Otherwise, they might see what their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them. But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear. For I tell you the truth, many prophets and righteous men longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it." What are blessed ears? How does Jesus put his fingers, spiritually, into the ears of your heart and say, "Ephphatha, be open," to your heart? How do you know that that's happened? One indication is 1 Thessalonian 2:13, "We also thank God continually because, when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men, but as it actually is, the word of God, among you who believe." That's how you know your ears are open spiritually. When you hear a faithful exposition from the scripture by anyone, not just me, anyone, you identify it as though God we're speaking to you. You know that God is speaking to you by this. That's when you know your ears are opened. That is spiritual hearing. As Francis Schaeffer said of God, "He is there and he is not silent." Or again, Isaiah 1:2, “Hear, oh heavens, listen, oh earth. For the Lord has spoken.” Faith comes by hearing, it comes from hearing the gospel message. So as you hear the words of the Gospel of Mark, do you feel faith growing inside your heart? Do you feel or sense the reality of the greatness of Christ as we walk through the Gospel of Mark? Is that happening for you? Is that developing within you? Not only does faith initially come by hearing, it grows by hearing. In Galatians 2, Paul says to the Galatian Christians, "Let me ask you only this: Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law or by hearing with faith? Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now perfected by the flesh? Does he who supplies the Spirit to you and work miracles among you do so by works of the law or by hearing with faith?" That's how you grow. The same way you begin your Christian life, you grow, hear, then hear with this with faith. Or again as Hebrews 3:7-8 when the Holy Spirit says, "Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your heart." You ought to pray that every time you have a quiet time, say, "Lord, as I'm reading the scripture today, let me hear you speaking to me today, and let me not harden my heart. Let me not harden my heart." Those of you that came in here this morning as unbelievers, do you hear Jesus calling you now to follow Him? Do you hear Him saying, "Come to me, all who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest"? Do you hear Jesus say in John 7, "If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink." That's the call of salvation, to come to Jesus, who does all things well and to trust His blood shed on the cross for your sins. Do you hear Him? Do you hear His word and His Spirit speaking to you today? Close with me in prayer. Father, thank you for the time we've had to walk through this incredible text today. And Father, we thank you for the truth that is in it, how powerful it is. We ask, oh, Lord, that you please open our hearts and our minds and sustain us. Help us to hear you speaking to us through the ministry of the word. In Jesus' name, amen.

On The Mark with co-host Ben Reichley: Robert Garrett, President, and CEO Greater Susquehanna Valley Chamber of Commerce, and Art Thomas, Chairman GSVCC, President Meck-Tech and Diversified Construction Inc., and Aimee Buehner, Bowen Agency Realtor, Chairman-Elect of the GSVCC, with their reaction to the latest US and PA jobless numbers., our discussion on the childcare issues having a big impact on the local economy. We say goodbye to Art as chair (he set a very high bar), and we'll welcome the woman up to the challenge, Aimee Buehner. www.gsvcc.org During open phones, we discussed the strike at Autoneum in Bloomsburg, the Pres. Biden lobster controversy, US and global energy, and Lance called in about the uselessness of early childhood education.

12/1/22 On The Mark: Mark & Joe discuss the Democratic left, lobsters, illegal immigration/asylum seekers, and Nimrod

11/30/22 On The Mark: Mark Lawrence & Joe McGranaghan host an exit interview with PA Senator John Gordner on his legislative legacy, and the work ahead, the process of finding his replacement, and ‘being passed over for PA Senate leadership.' During open phones, we discussed the rail strike and Marriage Act.

Mark Lawrence and Joe McGranaghan open a set of new themes on the show; discussing gun control after a shooting, asking if Pres. Trump has any racist remarks or tendencies, and is Pres. Biden creepy with young girls. A vibrant discussion follows. We also discuss Pres. Biden's 'semi-automatic weapons' comments, Pres. Trump's meeting with Kanye West and a reputed white supremacist. Trump says he was there to give West advice about how to get out of the plummeting popularity spiral he's in now.

Continuing our journey through the gospel of Mark, we unpack the stories Jesus told as the kingdom was breaking out, stories that help us live from a greater place.

11/23/22 On The Mark: Mark & Joe wrap up with week arguing about PA pay raises, shootings, the 'Died Suddenly' documentary, redistricting/gerrymandering, and COVID/vax.

11/22/22 On The Mark: Mark & Joe host Joe Kantz, Chairman, Snyder County Commissioner, North Shore Railroad, and Kevin Hood, Telecommunicator Supervisor, Snyder County, on the CSR 9-1-1 Center, their success, and the importance of 911 telecommunications in general. We talked about their unmet needs, the worker shortage, and we'll ask ‘what's next' in their critical endeavor. We'll ask commissioner Kantz about Snyder County government right now, and the opportunities and issues in the county. Then Joe and Mark argue endlessly about Jan. 6, antifa, Pres. Trump, Pres. Biden and the debacle with Dems taking over in Harrisburg with dead members

Mark Lawrence and Joe McGranaghan argue politics, presidents, and the many investigations the GOP can't wait to start in Washington. Republicans say they'll be probing the real origin of COVID-19, Hunter Biden, Dr. Anthony Fauci, Adam Schiff's behavior, the US pullout of Afghanistan, and the US/Southern Border/Immigration debacle.

We are learning that when we want God to open a door for us, often He instead wants to open a door through us, so that we can together with Him open a door for others. What if our endurance could lead to empowerment for others?

The Gospel of Mark | Mark 2:1-12 | Paul Richardson 

Mark Lawrence and Joe McGranaghan start to wind down the election response with words about what voters really, which seems to be less extreme positions, fewer MAGA candidates, fewer Pres. Trump candidates, fewer restrictions on abortion and better government.

Mark Lawrence & Ben Reichley host two GOP strategists and ask, 'What's wrong with the GOP...they can't win?' 8:35am: Charlie Gerow, CEO of Quantum Communications, GOP strategist, former PA gubernatorial candidate, with a recap of some the PA election outcomes, the close margin in the state house balance of power, and his forecast for the state politics in 2023-24. 9:15 Jeffrey Lord. Author and political strategist, GOP aide in state house and US House and Senate, with his analysis to the U.S. election results and 2024 strategies. We'll have to ask the Pres. Trump/DeSantis feud and GOP prospects for taking back the White House.

11/8/22 On The Mark: Mark Lawrence & Joe McGranaghan host Brantley Gasaway, Professor of Religious Studies, Bucknell University, calls in with his insights on the political division in the US, the bitter mid-term election battles, and ‘Christian Nationalist' movement that is an integral part of the conversation about gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano's (R) campaign. We got his view of conservative's glomming onto the Christian theme, but not necessarily throwing their full support behind candidate Sen. Mastriano and other far right candidates. We talked about the political battle between religion and evil, far right and far left candidates, and why the electorate is so glad to pick sides. During open phones, we continued our conversation about religion and politics, Sen. Mastriano, Dr. Oz' Muslim faith, Josh Shapiro's Jewish faith, Gov. Rendell (Jewish) and Milton Shapp (Jewish).

Mark Drager is a pro-conversationalist and host of the YouTube show, We Do Hard Things. Having spent over 15 years as a brand strategist and the founder of a creative production agency, somewhere along the way he discovered the secret formula for creating an extraordinary life.Today, Mark's mission is to help the truly ambitious and creative realize that happiness only comes from pursuing their passions at all costs.   Learn more about Mark:   Mark's YouTube Channel Mark's LinkedIn Mark's Instagram Mark's TikTok Mark's Podcast Mark's Agency   Find out more about The Fully Expressed Leader Workshop. Visit www.createpurpose.net/workshop to find out more and unlock your potential as a leader! Episode resources: Create Purpose Website  Join Zach's Workshop Person: Steven Pressfield Book: The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*** by Mark Manson Book: The Top Five Regrets of the Dying by Bronnie Ware Book: Personality isn't Permanent by Benjamin Hardy Book: Psycho-Cybernetics by Maxwell Maltz If you enjoyed this episode then please either: Follow, rate, and review on Apple Podcasts Follow and rate on Spotify Connect with me on Instagram and Facebook!

Today Alan dives into the idea of Sabbath, which is more than just a time for us to rest and recover, but a time to enter what God is doing in hope and healing.

Most people stumble into short-term rental investing. At some point, they realize a long-term rental, mother-in-law suite, or family cabin could become a revenue-generating, passive income machine. So what do they do? They go online to all the big travel sites, upload their listing, and start hosting. After a few months or years, they buy another short-term rental, and now, they've got multiple properties across a few different sites. The reviews are flowing, and the revenue with it. But one day, it stops.This happened to Rob when his listing got locked—halting his revenue. Without much of a way to repair this, Rob started thinking of how he could host with autonomy and reduce the risk as his portfolio grew. Sooner or later, Rob and today's guest, Mark Simpson, started talking. Mark, an expert in hospitality, knew that something like this would happen. It's why Mark has been helping hosts build their own booking sites over at Boostly. As a short-term rental expert, Mark helps hosts build an income stream that can't be paused, limited, or removed. Instead, he and his team give hosts everything they need to get more bookings, pay fewer fees, and keep guests coming back for more. And, as the short-term rental space grows at lightspeed, Mark argues that hosts should start building out these direct booking sites now before it's too late. In This Episode We Cover:The danger of solely hosting your short-term rentals on online travel agencies How so many hosts find themselves “held hostage” by guests and travel sitesBuilding your “guest avatar” and modifying your vacation rental to fit your ideal guestGuest screening tips and how to safely rent your property on your own website Underrated upgrades to make to your short-term rental that massively boost bookings Effortlessly converting guests online travel stays and into direct bookings And So Much More!Links from the ShowFind an Investor-Friendly Real Estate AgentBiggerPockets Youtube ChannelBiggerPockets ForumsBiggerPockets Pro MembershipBiggerPockets BookstoreBiggerPockets BootcampsBiggerPockets PodcastBiggerPockets MerchListen to All Your Favorite BiggerPockets Podcasts in One PlaceLearn About Real Estate, The Housing Market, and Money Management with The BiggerPockets PodcastsGet More Deals Done with The BiggerPockets Investing ToolsFind a BiggerPockets Real Estate Meetup in Your AreaDavid's BiggerPockets ProfileDavid's InstagramRob's BiggerPockets ProfileRob's YoutubeRob's InstagramRob's TikTokRob's TwitterStop Relying On Airbnb and VRBO and Build A Business You Control4 Things You Need to Know Before Buying A Short-Term RentalBoostly's Property Management Software ListBooks Mentioned in the Show:Short-Term Rental, Long-Term Wealth by Avery CarlThe Book Direct Playbook by Mark SimpsonConnect with Mark:Mark's WebsiteClick here to check the full show notes: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-680Interested in learning more about today's sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Check out our sponsor page!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

We're on week three in our series titled "The Gospel of Mark" and yesterday Pastor Todd Hampton taught on Mark 1:14-20. Todd explained the context of the passage by reminding us that Jesus coming on the scene was long-awaited and he was calling people to repent and believe. Join Julie Rape, our host for this week, and her guests Tonya Monroy and Barbara Hightower.

This week we explore what happens in the story of God when His righteousness collides with the systems and strategies of the world.

The Gospel of Mark: Mark 1:14-20 - Todd Hampton 

This week Alan shares on how the healing power of God simply shows up in who He is -- if His presence is in the room, then His healing is in the room. It is His character, His nature, and His favor among us.

Mark interviews Valerie Francis and Melanie Hill of the Story Nerd Podcast. The Story Nerd Podcast demystifies story theory so writers spend less time studying and more time writing. Literary editors and writers, Valerie Francis and Melanie Hill, analyze a film a week as an example of a storytelling principle. Prior to the main segment, Mark shares comments from recent episodes, a personal update and a word about this episode's sponsor. You can learn more about how you can get your work distributed to retailers and library systems around the world at starkreflections.ca/Findaway. In their conversation, Mark, Valerie, and Melanie talk about: How long it took for the three of them to coordinate the interview (2 months) and a bit of banter about time zones and Melanie being so further in the "future" than Valerie and Mark Mark's nerding out on how the Y2K bug wasn't solved, it was just pushed back to 2050 Mal's background as a poet and her passion for writing poetry and how much passion could be conveyed in such a "small" piece Loving poetry that has artwork or imagery with it The real art that is involved in writing books that engage children The point at which Valerie's day job got on her nerves enough and how she'd always enjoyed being creative via music and writing Keeping track of how many words Valerie had written for and discarded from her novel Immortal How Valerie and Melanie met Applying story theory to their own manuscripts Being an extrovert in an introvert's job Learning something new with every single episode they produce Doing things that are a bit fearful so that you can grow and improve How their "hourly" recording session usually takes 3 hours because they're having so much fun and such insightful story discussion It doesn't matter what genre one writes in, one can learn from reading all genres How the concepts that they talk about on the podcast that relate to film can be applied to novel writing, because the story structure elements are all the same Comparing walking, running, and running a marathon to the various steps on the writer journey The way the podcast is broken down into seasons and the themes they are exploring And more...   After the interview Mark reflects on how Valerie and Melanie make story theory so easy by providing clear examples in a way that's easy and fun to digest, and recommends listeners go check out an episode or two starting with movies they're familiar with. Links of Interest: Story Nerd Podcast EP 213 - Putting Story Theory Into Practice with Valerie Francis EP 104 - Living the Writing & Editing Life with Valerie Francis EP 270 - Reflections from the NINC 2022 Conference EP 269 - Dreaming a Writer's Dream Straight on Until Morning with Gama Ray Martinez EP 268 - Neurodivergence and the Creative Process with October K. Santerelli EP 266 - "Let's Talk Dialogue with Jeff Elkins," He Said Reflectively EP 263 - Terry Brooks and Susanna Kearsley When Words Collide Keynotes The Official LOVER'S MOON Spotify Playlist Lover's Moon Podcast (Spotify) Thrifty Tips for Authors (Facebook Group) Buy Mark a Coffee Patreon for Stark Reflections Best Book Ever Podcast Lovers Moon Podcast The Relaxed Author Buy eBook Direct Buy Audiobook Direct Publishing Pitfalls for Authors An Author's Guide to Working with Libraries & Bookstores Wide for the Win Mark's Canadian Werewolf Books This Time Around (Short Story) A Canadian Werewolf in New York Stowe Away (Novella) Fear and Longing in Los Angeles Fright Nights, Big City Lover's Moon Hex and the City The Canadian Mounted: A Trivia Guide to Planes, Trains and Automobiles   The introductory, end, and bumper music for this podcast (“Laser Groove”) was composed and produced by Kevin MacLeod of www.incompetech.com and is Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 

Afternoons 3-6 on 105.9 The X Mark opens the second hour talking about how Pickett played okay, but his performance wasn't without criticism. Mark talks about TJ Watt and if you should bring him back this season if the season is already over. Stan Savran the Godfather makes his weekly visit to talk Steelers with Mark Mark wraps the hour up with some Penguins talk.

Sailing the world.  Visiting exotic locations.  Creating memories you'll cherish for a lifetime.  Many of us have these types of dreams and goals.  But for a host of reasons, many unfortunately never realize a long-time dream like sailing the world. Well, our guests this week, Mark & Holly O'Leary, are bucking the odds… and are on the verge of hitting the high seas to live their dreams… and experience the time of their lives (and yes… they're doing it with their 4-year old daughter in tow!).  They're living proof that with the right planning, budgeting, and preparation… anyone can embark on a journey like their's – especially in today's interconnected world where so many can now work from remote locations anywhere in the world. Tune in now… and get inspired to start living your own dreams – whatever they may be! More about Mark & Holly O'Leary: Bio for Holly: Holly is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Advaiz, Inc. She is a Human Resources Executive with a distinguished career in San Francisco Bay Area and San Diego, CA with more than 20 years of experience in HR management and consulting experience. She has worked across diverse industries ranging from startups, technology, digital marketing, education, hospitality, food, retails, and manufacturing in both profit and non-profit sectors. With a strong passion for her craft, she brings energy, enthusiasm, and fresh ideas to the table for small businesses. Well versed in all aspects of regulatory compliance, strategic advice to operational managers/directors/executives, developing company culture, mediating disputes, and directing the administrative functions of complex organization. Holly has a proven track record of building HR departments from the ground up, as well as developing strong relationships with executives and employees alike in order to achieve business results. Holly's core value is to always deliver value. Email: holly@advaiz.com Website: www.advaiz.com or www.seasential.com Based in San Francisco Bay Area and San Diego, California   BIO for Mark: Mark is a Senior Account Director- National Enterprise at Salesforce for more than 9 years. His mission is to empower companies to become one that delivers a consistent experience across all channels that makes customers become brand advocates, across an entire ecosystem be it employees, distributors, re-sellers, social media, marketing or customer service.   He has consistently delivered this vision for his clients across a wide range of industries.  His mission is to deliver results for his clients across the entire business, enabling C suite to have the right insights to make decisions and deliver an agile system to empower the entire business ecosystem to act on those decisions, and to future proof the business for the next wave of change. Mark.oleary@salesforce.com www.seasential.com For contact info and links to recommended resources, visit our website www.GimmeSomeMORE.info/episodes and type in the search bar: Mark & Holly O'Leary

This week, Alan continues to explore the freedom into all that God has for us, in the ongoing story of Jesus' kingdom in the book of Mark.

This week we look at the freedom that breaks out when God's kingdom comes. Alan explores stories of deliverance as we continue to journey thorugh the gospel of Mark.

The true story we're in is not the story of advertisers, of media, but the story of God. Today Alan dives back into the gospel of Mark as Jesus calls His followers to surrender to that story.

Meet Mr. Silberman JD from the BENESCH law firm! We talk about the New Hampshire ruling and Nurse Anesthesiologist, Qui Tam lawsuits and anti-trust, The risk of medicare fraud with medical direction and TEFRA, if Extubation is part of emergence as it related to TEFRA based on the Donegan v. Anesthesia Associates of Kansas City, PC, Liability of surgeons with CRNAs in the ACT or independently and MUCH more! A little about Mark:Mark is an experienced trial lawyer, health care attorney and litigator. His practice focuses on helping health care professionals and businesses navigate the complex and changing landscape of health care with an emphasis on achieving governmental and regulatory compliance.Mark concentrates on managing internal and external health care investigations, False Claims Act cases, white collar criminal defense, all forms of health care litigation, and all aspects of the Illinois Certificate of Need program.Mark handles audit, compliance, investigations and enforcement actions involving HHS-OIG, the Medicare/Medicaid programs, the Illinois Department of Public Health, and Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board (Certificate of Need). He advises clients regarding managing and avoiding allegations of health care fraud and health care-related criminal conduct, addressing concerns related to the Anti-Kickback Statute, and pharmacy and pharmaceutical related litigation. He provides counsel and litigation services for physicians, facilities and pharmacies engaged with any federal agency, along with handling Medicare/Medicaid reimbursement issues, False Claims Act/Qui Tam defense, and various health care transactional matters. Mark also served as the outside General Counsel to the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists.More about Mark can be found hereStories and Strategies for Public RelationsCommunication is in every facet of our daily business.Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify