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Pamela Weiler GraysonPam's musical, Urban Momfare (composer/lyricist/co-book writer), won a Best Musical award, at the New York International Fringe Festival, garnered four stars and a Critics Pick from Time Out, and also played at the Fringe Encore Series. Pam's award-winning plays and musicals have been seen on stages throughout New York and nationally, including Primary Stages, Naked Angels, Theatre Now New York, The Group Rep/Lonny Chapman Theatre (North Hollywood, CA), Southwest Theatre Productions (Austin, TX - Blue Ribbon Winner of their Rising Artists Series), Arts on the Lake (Kent Lakes, NY), Cincinnati Lab Theatre, Emerging Artists Theatre (NYC - multiple works), and The Chain Theatre (NYC). Her play Observant was the recipient of a 2024 grant from The New York State Council on the Arts and a SemiFinalist in the Jewish Plays Project's 12th National Jewish Playwriting Contest. Her play The Club was one of three prize-winning plays of the Word Wave Lake Tahoe One Act Play Competition. She is the co-writer, with Alice Jankell, of Cicadas, The Musical, featured on Season 2 of the top-rated Amazon streaming series, The Other F Word. Pam's songs have been performed at The Metropolitan Room, The Laurie Beechman Theatre, The Duplex, and Don't Tell Mama. She has written for The New York Times and The New York Observer, among others. Pam is a member of Kate Moira Ryan's advanced playwriting workshop and a board member of Emerging Artists Theatre. She was a writer-in-residence at Kervigo Ensemble Theatre (NY), for the 2020–2021 season and is an inaugural member of Theatre Now New York's International Musical Writers Lab. Dramatists Guild member. Education: Brown University, Fordham Law School, New York Theatre Workshop, and The BMI Musical Theatre Workshop. Pam is on the New Play Exchange. See her page at newplayexchange.org/user.Alice JankellAlice is a director, writer actress as well as the Artistic Director of The Philipstown Depot Theatre.For Disney, Alice helped to create and develop new Broadway musicals. As Associate Artistic Director of The Williamstown Theatre Festival, her directing work included AS YOU LIKE IT, DINAH WAS, and ENOUGH ROPE, the special event on Dorothy Parker starring Elaine Stritch. Alice has worked and learned in venues as varied as the Mark Taper, the L.A. Opera, The Public Theatre, New York Theatre Workshop, La Mama, and City Theater, among many others, as well as in film and TV. Alice was the Creative Director of F.A.B. Women (For, About, and By Women) under The Barrow Group's Off-Broadway umbrella, helming the company of 125 professional female writers, actors and directors. During her tenure, F.A.B. Women generated and produced 48 new plays.With Putnam Theatre Alliance, Alice co-created Freedom Project, directed and filmed MORE BEAUTIFUL, a brand new play by Craig Lucas, and co-created and directed DIRT. Alice is currently preparing to direct Martha Pichey's new play, ASHES & INK, Off-Broadway this fall.Alice's own scripts have appeared across the country, and a collection of her plays has been published by Leicester Bay Theatricals. Her play, THE SWEET SPOT, opened at Off-Broadway's 59E59 Theaters last winter, and her musical (with Pam Weiler Grayson) about urban motherhood (Director/Co-Writer), won a Best Musical Award from the NY International Fringe Festival, was a Critic's Choice, and garnered 4 stars from Time Out. Her many favorite acting roles include a solo performance, backed by the L.A. Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl, and a lead in the Off-Broadway premier of Arlene Hutton's LETTERS TO SALA. Alice has taught acting at Carnegie Mellon.Alice is a founding member of Putnam Theatre Alliance, a New York Theatre Workshop Usual Suspect, member of The Actors Studio PDW and PDU, and The National Musical Theatre Workshop, founding member Putnam Theatre Alliance.
Happy Palm Sunday or Happy High Five Sunday as we like to call it here at Happy Life Studios. Listen and find out why, you'll be Happy you did! It is a spiritual Holiday, not unlike like many Holidays, so this episode will have a spiritual bend to it. We hope you enjoy.We would like to thank James Kocian, once again for the use of his amazing songs. The one used in this episode was "More Beautiful". Check out more of his amazing stuff here www.JamesKocian.com or here www.Facebook.com/jameskocianmusic and tell him thanks from Happy Life Studios. The songs we use in our intro and outro are "Are You Happy" by Primitive Radio Gods and "Make Someone Happy" by Jimmy Durante. We don't own any rights. Contact usLinktree: www.Linktr.ee/HappyLifeStudiosEmail: Podcast@HappyLife.StudioYo Stevo Hotline: (425) 200-HAYS (4297)Webpage: www.HappyLife.lol YouTube: www.YouTube.com/StevoHaysLinkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/steve-hays-b6b1186b/TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@happylifestudiosFacebook: www.Facebook.com/HappyLifeStudios Instagram: www.Instagram.com/HappyLife_Studios Twitter: www.x.com/stevehays If you would like to help us spread the HappyPayPal: www.PayPal.me/StevoHaysCash App: $HappyLifeStudiosZelle: StevoHays@gmail.comVenmo: @StevoHaysBuy Me A Coffee: buymeacoffee.com/HappyLifeStudioCheck: Payable to Hays Ministries or Steve Hays and send to 27240 213th Place S.E. Maple Valley, WA 98038
Nicole Conn's Journey: From Filmmaker to Author with "Descending Thirds" Nicoleconnfilmsglobal.com About the Guest(s): Nicole Conn is a pioneering filmmaker with a remarkable career spanning 35 years. Known for her cult classic, "Claire of the Moon," which is celebrating its 35th-anniversary re-release, Nicole has carved a niche in the world of cinema with her lesbian-themed films. Her notable works include "Elena Undone," known for the longest on-screen kiss, "A Perfect Ending," "Little Man," and "More Beautiful for Having Been Broken." Beyond filmmaking, Nicole is the creator of "Coming Out for Love," the first-ever LGBTQ dating competition show. As a writer, she has been published by Simon & Schuster and continues to influence the narrative of women's films globally. Episode Summary: In this episode of The Chris Voss Show, host Chris Voss welcomes the multi-talented filmmaker and author, Nicole Conn. Nicole discusses her illustrious career and her latest novel, "Descending Thirds," which has been 25 years in the making. With her extensive background in LGBTQ filmmaking, Nicole brings a passionate and insightful perspective on art and storytelling. Listeners are introduced to her diverse body of work, including pioneering films and her latest project, the LGBTQ dating show "Coming Out for Love." Nicole dives into the personal inspirations behind her filmmaking, drawing from her experiences and relationships. She shares the challenges and triumphs of creating authentic narratives that resonate deeply with audiences. The conversation also touches upon her journey in the entertainment industry, the impactful stories within her films, and her dedication to advocacy through art. A segment of the dialogue is devoted to the theme of artistic integrity versus commercial success, highlighting the enduring impact of her creative projects. Key Takeaways: Nicole Conn's groundbreaking film "Claire of the Moon" is celebrating its 35th anniversary with a re-release, continuing to inspire new generations with its narrative. "Descending Thirds," Nicole's newest novel, is a deeply personal project interlacing her love for classical music and storytelling, showcasing themes of art, family, and personal sacrifice. The groundbreaking dating show "Coming Out for Love" highlights LGBTQ representation in a reality TV context, providing diverse visibility and engaging narratives. Nicole shares her transformative personal experiences, illustrated by her documentary "Little Man," which follows her family's journey with her special needs son. Films and storytelling offer powerful means of healing and connection, as illustrated by the real-world impact of Nicole's work on various audiences. Notable Quotes: "Projects only happen when they're ready. It doesn't matter what you do." "It's one of those things that I learned about 20 years ago because I would want to do something, and then something else would happen." "I let the world show me where I was supposed to be." "Film can be so healing and so many different ways." "Every time I do a love scene, I try to do something different."
Rev Dana follows up on her dharma talk from the last episode dropped on February 18th. She adds to her perspective on the current historical conditions of our time in the United States, talks about breath practice, and offers a chant she's used often for the dying, from Thich Nhat Hanh.Check out the 2011 book Dana discusses in this episode:More Beautiful and More Terrible: The Embrace and Transcendence of of Racial Inequality in the United States by Professor Imani Perry Ph.D, JD
Have you ever been stuck inside the gloom? Many have. Are you living it right or living in rhyme? They may seem like the same thing but there is a big difference between the two. Not only is one of them much easier to live out, one of them could be the reason someone could get stuck in the gloom.The song we used in this episode was "Why Georgia" by John Mayer. We don't own any rights. We would also like to give a special thanks to James Kocian, for the use of his amazing songs "Another Perfect Day", "More Beautiful", "Some Kinda Way" and "NPRrrr Music Box". Check out more of his amazing stuff here www.JamesKocian.com or here www.Facebook.com/jameskocianmusic and tell him thanks from Happy Life Studios. Contact usLinktree: www.Linktr.ee/HappyLifeStudiosEmail: Podcast@HappyLife.StudioYo Stevo Hotline: (425) 200-HAYS (4297)Webpage: www.HappyLife.lol YouTube: www.YouTube.com/StevoHaysTikTok: www.tiktok.com/@happylifestudiosFacebook: www.Facebook.com/HappyLifeStudios Instagram: www.Instagram.com/HappyLife_Studios Twitter: www.Twitter.com/HappyLifStudios If you would like to help us spread the HappyPayPal: www.PayPal.me/StevoHaysCash App: $HappyLifeStudiosZelle: StevoHays@gmail.comVenmo: @StevoHaysBuy Me A Coffee: buymeacoffee.com/HappyLifeStudioCheck: Payable to Hays Ministries or Steve Hays and send to 27240 213th Place S.E. Maple Valley, WA 98038
Some life changing lessons from the Paralympics, and welcome to Team Humanity - you made the team!orDo you ever feel like you don't fit? Here are some life-changing lessons from the Paralympics that will make you feel right at home. Welcome to team humanity, you made the team!We would also like to give a special thanks to James Kocian, for the use of his amazing songs "Another Perfect Day", "Light As A Feathers" and "More Beautiful". Check out more of his amazing stuff here www.JamesKocian.com or here www.Facebook.com/jameskocianmusic and tell him thanks from Happy Life Studios. Contact usLinktree: www.Linktr.ee/HappyLifeStudiosEmail: Podcast@HappyLife.StudioYo Stevo Hotline: (425) 200-HAYS (4297)Webpage: www.HappyLife.lol YouTube: www.YouTube.com/StevoHaysTikTok: www.tiktok.com/@happylifestudiosFacebook: www.Facebook.com/HappyLifeStudios Instagram: www.Instagram.com/HappyLife_Studios Twitter: www.Twitter.com/HappyLifStudios If you would like to help us spread the HappyPayPal: www.PayPal.me/StevoHaysCash App: $HappyLifeStudiosZelle: StevoHays@gmail.comVenmo: @StevoHaysBuy Me A Coffee: buymeacoffee.com/HappyLifeStudioCheck: Payable to Hays Ministries or Steve Hays and send to 27240 213th Place S.E. Maple Valley, WA 98038
In this episode, we are featuring my conversation that I had with Joshua Aubrey Jackson of Make Sure at @AudioFeedFestival this year! We talk everything from band names to signing to Tooth and Nail to Calvinism! The Wingfeather Saga: Season One Commentary: https://cliffordclose.bandcamp.com/album/the-wingfeather-saga-season-one-commentary Want your music on our Spotlight segment? Submit it here: https://forms.gle/YFsEUTjcVku1h1aTA New Sherwood Forest music! New single "Disentangle": https://sherwoodforest.bandcamp.com/track/disentangle "Lost & Found" album of unreleased demos and songs: https://sherwoodforest.bandcamp.com/album/lost-found My first line of merch! https://im-clifford-today.myspreadshop.com/ New episode every other Monday 12pm CST. Follow the I'm Clifford Today Show on any podcast platform! https://anchor.fm/imcliffordtoday Follow me on Twitch! https://www.twitch.tv/imcliffordtoday My clips and highlights channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ImClippordToday My gaming channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCH0vEbkItCajSezxh3Jjejw Check out the Podwood Forecast! https://anchor.fm/podwoodforecast Check out my "Cliff's Picks" Spotify playlist! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/137H5LBYkA9GX4Jqq7vk0s?si=aa64e4163083420f Leave a like and a comment! Subscribe for more content like this: https://www.youtube.com/ImCliffordToday Like my Book of Faces: https://www.facebook.com/imcliffordtoday [00:00:00] – Introduction [00:00:45] - Announcements/Housekeeping [00:22:14] – Interview with Make Sure [00:44:03] – Podwood Forecast [00:45:28] – Riverside [00:47:52] – SPOTLIGHT [00:49:05] – Interview with Make Sure (cont.) [01:52:37] – Post-interview discussion [01:57:11] – My Humble Opinion: "Worldwide Revival (Pt. 1)" by Newsboys, "More and More Beautiful" by Skye Peterson, "I'm Fine" by Sarah Sparks, "909" by Starflyer 59 [02:47:09] – Outro
What do house repairs, the Barbie movie, an ancient Japanese philosophy, and your beautiful aging body have to do with one another? More than you know. On this solo episode of the More Beautiful Podcast, Maryann talks about how important and life-changing it is to let go of the quest for perfection. She discusses an ideology called wabi-sabi that is deeply rooted in Japanese culture. The word “wabi” means simplicity, humility and living in tune with nature. The word “sabi” refers to what happens with the passage of time; it's about accepting the the transience of beauty and embracing the authenticity of age. Practicing wabi-sabi is learning to accept the natural cycle of growth and decay, life and death. It's finding harmony and serenity in the uncomplicated and organic. It's finding perfection in what is imperfect. And, yes, it's about accepting that things change and evolve and even grow old—and finding beauty and joy in that. So come on this short 11-minute journey with More Beautiful and learn to find peace in the impermanence, wisdom in the wrinkles and cracks, and joy in this mess that is midlife. Full show notes available at Morebeautifulproject.com. About More Beautiful Founded by journalist Maryann LoRusso, the More Beautiful Project is a podcast, online magazine and community for women navigating midlife. Join Maryann and her guests on the More Beautiful Podcast as they strive for a life that's more joyful, more fulfilling and more beautiful than ever before. Because this is not your mama's midlife.
Have you ever wondered why sometimes God heals and sometimes He doesn't? When your friend or family member is sick, do you question if you should ask God to heal them? Or even how to pray for healing? Our Canadian guest, a scholar and author, Dr. David Chotka has a lot to say about the topic of prayer and healing. He will share with us the five pathways to healing. His Doctorate in Spiritual Theology focused on discernment, so David gives us insight into understanding God's will as it pertains to healing. Listen to this week's podcast and you will probably get some questions answered that you have pondered for a while. SUPPORT His Heartbeat through Crown of Beauty Internationalhttps://www.crownofbeautyinternational.com/donateCONNECT with His Heartbeat and Crown of Beauty InternationalWebsite// Facebook//InstagramEmail: crownofbeautyinternational@gmail.comConnect with Sue Corl's Instagram//Facebook// WebsitePurchase Sue's Transformational Bible Studies and Devotionals on Amazon!Sue Corl's books: Crown of Beauty Bible Study, Broken But Undefeated,More Beautiful by the Day, For Such a Time as This,More than Conquerors Men's Bible Study, Crown of Bible Study Leader's GuideDavid Chotka's websiteDavid Chotka's books: Healing Prayer, Hey Are You There, It's Me, God, Power Praying, Crown of Beauty International: EMPOWERING WOMEN AROUND THE WORLD WITH GOD'S TRUTH!
Grieving is such a difficult time, but our guest Darlene Larsen helps us learn how we can turn it from pain to purpose. Darlene is a grief and loss coach. She has personally been through so much grief from an abusive husband, divorce, and the death of several significant family members. Transitions also bring grief. It is so key to learn how to work through the grieving process and not get stuck. Darlene shares her struggles from a toxic relationship of emotional abuse. She gives us insight into how to get freedom from the lies and other bondage that resulted from the abuse. She shares how God's Word has brought freedom into her life. She helps us to see that grief takes time. But she encourages us to gain a support team to help us through the grief. We all need people who will speak truth to us. Healing comes as we ask the questions: Why am I alive? What is my purpose? God can redeem our pain to then use it to help others. Key verses: Ephesians 2:10SUPPORT His Heartbeat through Crown of Beauty Internationalhttps://www.crownofbeautyinternational.com/donateCONNECT with His Heartbeat and Crown of Beauty InternationalWebsite// Facebook//InstagramEmail: crownofbeautyinternational@gmail.comConnect with Sue Corl's Instagram//Facebook// WebsitePurchase Sue's Transformational Bible Studies and Devotionals on Amazon!Sue Corl's books: Crown of Beauty Bible Study, Broken But Undefeated,More Beautiful by the Day, For Such a Time as This,More than Conquerors Men's Bible Study, Crown of Bible Study Leader's GuideDarlene's WebsiteDarlene's Book: Enable Me, Lord, to ShiftPlease submit a Review of our podcast. It is very helpful for the growth of our show. And don't forget to invite your friends to our show! Crown of Beauty International: EMPOWERING WOMEN AROUND THE WORLD WITH GOD'S TRUTH!
Merry Christmas everyone! Today I will be giving a special Christmas message. We will dig into the story of Christ's birth in Luke 1-2. In this story, we will look at five of the characters who were waiting for the Messiah to come and their reactions when they were told "He is here!" Mary, Elizabeth, the shepherds, Simeon, and Anna each had different responses: excitement and faith, trust in God, curiosity, praise and worship, and proclamation to others. How about you? We know the Messiah will come again. In this episode, we will think about which character we most resemble. Are we preparing ourselves for the coming of the Lord? We will learn how Jesus tells us to prepare. We will be challenged to wait for the Lord with eagerness, and earnest obedience to live a life pleasing to the Lord - ready for our Bridegroom's arrival! SUPPORT His Heartbeat through Crown of Beauty Internationalhttps://www.crownofbeautyinternational.com/donateCONNECT with His Heartbeat and Crown of Beauty InternationalWebsite// Facebook//InstagramEmail: crownofbeautyinternational@gmail.comConnect with Sue Corl's Instagram//Facebook// WebsitePurchase Sue's Transformational Bible Studies and Devotionals on Amazon! Sue Corl's books: Crown of Beauty Bible Study, Broken But Undefeated, More Beautiful by the Day, For Such a Time as This, More than Conquerors Men's Bible Study, Crown of Bible Study Leader's GuidePlease submit a Review of our podcast. It is very helpful for the growth of our show. And don't forget to invite your friends to our show! Crown of Beauty International: EMPOWERING WOMEN AROUND THE WORLD WITH GOD'S TRUTH!
Midlife, menopause and music. Is this the new trifecta for women over 40? Lovely people, you are in for a treat, because this is a special two-for-one episode just for you. Here I was, thinking this was going to be a solo show filled with my musings about the loss of our common culture. And then guess what? A lovely woman named Monique Cupid, who just so happens to be doing work in the midlife space, won More Beautiful's "Name that '80s Song" contest and a walk-on interview on the podcast. Monique is founder of The Midlife Glow Chaser and co-founder of Life in the Pause, a movement and festival aimed at women who are embracing their second act. So you can imagine how much Monique and I had to chat about. We started off talking about her exemplary song-recognition skills, reminiscing about those always-in-our-hearts '80s tunes that marked our youth, and exchanging notes about the music we're digging right now. Then, we touched on a bit of neurological research that's always intrigued me: how the songs we listened to during adolescence will always elicit within us a strong emotional response, for better or worse. After confirming that music will always play an important part in our lives, we segued into the topic of midlife, the work Monique is doing to help women see the wonderful side of aging, and why she actually feels giddy thinking about the menopause transition. Before my banter with the lovely Monique, I do a little solo ruminating about a related topic. Lately I've been waxing nostalgic about how our generation was probably the very last to experience a monoculture—a shared pop culture that unites our generation. This common culture is what enables most Gen Xers, for example, to sing along together to the biggest hits of the '80s, or recite lines from our generation's most memorable films. This is something subsequent generations will know less and less about. In this AirPods Age, we are having fewer communal cultural experiences. How we consume music and films and television and books has changed drastically. These days, we're all plugged into our individual realities and curating our own media experiences. We're listening to our own playlists, and selecting our own television shows and news and articles and films and books from a much larger pool of content than ever before. What does this mean for subsequent generations? What does this mean for humankind? Is there any glimmer of hope as the monoculture becomes a thing of the past? Will we ever again have superstars and blockbusters and bestsellers as our generation knew them? What will bond us together if we no longer have these shared experiences? And is there a positive side to all this? Another bonus: At the start of this episode you can take a little pop-culture quiz that you'll probably only pass if you're a person "of a certain age." Visit me on Instagram @morebeautifulproject and let me know how you scored! Full show notes available at Morebeautifulproject.com.
We hear very often people recommending us to “Fake it till you make it.” I myself have heard this phrase many times and every time I heard it, there was this inner resistance inside me. Recently, it became very clear to me where this resistance was coming from.So, in this episode, I am sharing my thoughts on this phrase, why it never sounded quite right to me, and a much better way to build confidence that doesn't involve any faking.EPISODE BREAKDOWN:[02:08] How speaking at a panel about Executive Presence within my company inspired this episode[07:47] The problem with “fake it till you make it”[11:40] The concept of the cookie jar and developing the skill of successfully stepping into the unknown[13:41] My personal experiences of stepping into the unknown[16:43] You really don't need to fake anything – here's what to do instead OTHER EPISODES YOU MIGHT LIKE:3 Lessons I Learned at the Yellow Conference 2023 For Living a More Beautiful and Fuller LifeLife Design 101, Part 6: Building Confidence and Leaning on Your Personal Strengths to Overcome Fear and ChallengesEmbracing the Unknown: The Truth about Stepping Out of Your Comfort ZoneSeeking external approval WON'T help you build your confidence – here's what WILLMy thoughts on getting out of your comfort zone, or should you really start before you are ready?JOIN BREVERIE CIRCLE:Weekly newsletter for brave, multifaceted women that are ready to embrace who they are, maximize their time and energy, and shine in both career and motherhood (as well as any other life endeavor they choose to pursue) – SIGN UP.CONNECT WITH OLENA:Instagram: @thebreverieEmail: olena@thebreverie.comWebsite: thebreverie.com SUPPORT THE SHOW!Haven't left a review yet? All you need to do is go to Apple Podcasts (HERE). Thank you in advance for your support, it means the world to me!
Do you sometimes feel like you bought a ticket to the midlife shitshow? If so, trust me, you're not alone. This time of life comes with its fair share of challenges. In my first solo episode of the More Beautiful Podcast, I'm reflecting on why so many of us are feeling out of sorts right now. I'm also drawing on my first 60 podcast interviews to offer you some real strategies you can use to spin that midlife mess into some midlife magic. In this episode I talk about: The reason I've been sharing my midlife stories and why you should too—even if, like me, you consider yourself a private person Why we need to forget everything we thought we knew, or were told, about where we'd be by this stage of life How our generation's midlife differs so much from that of our mothers' What we need to acknowledge, surrender, accept and handle before we can create the life we truly desire Strategies to create the right environment and surround yourself with the right people in order to thrive in midlife and beyond Ways to get your health and energy back on track and to feel physically, mentally and spiritually better—or, as some women would say, "more like yourself" If you're sometimes (or always) feeling lost, confused, stuck, annoyed, overwhelmed, anxious...or if you've been experiencing a vague sense of dread, please listen to this episode. Other women are feeling the same way. And like them, you reserve the right to feel like the best possible version of yourself. Now and always. You deserve to overcome the messiness so the magic of midlife can emerge! Maryann LoRusso is the creator of the More Beautiful Project, which includes an online magazine, podcast and newsletter for women journeying through midlife. Maryann brings to More Beautiful more than three decades of experience as a journalist and media executive. A graduate of the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University, she began her career as a newspaper reporter in New York. Later, she segued into the world of fashion magazine publishing, where she worked as an editor for more than a decade at companies such as Fairchild/Condé Nast and Time Inc. A native New Yorker, Maryann currently lives in San Francisco with her husband, kids and a rescue dog named Mochi. When she's not writing or podcasting, she enjoys running, singing, cooking, traveling and volunteering at organizations such as She-Can and Best Buddies. Reach Maryann at the More Beautiful Website Find More Beautiful (and Maryann) on Instagram and Facebook and Threads. This episode was produced by Ryan B. Jo
“If there is one thing, I want women to take away from this conversation, just let shit go! Try new things. You don't have to be great at everything you do. Nothing has to be perfect. Enjoy your life because God knows how much time we have. Let's just enjoy and experiment and explore. Tap into sides of ourselves we didn't know we had, and we were too afraid to try because we didn't think we would be good at it!” - Maryann LoRusso I had such a great time talking to my guest Maryann LoRusso. We dive into so many different topics during this episode that I think anyone of any age can benefit from this conversation! Not just someone in their 40s or 50s! I found Maryanne on Instagram and I really loved her vibe and I know that you will too! Maryann is the creator of the More Beautiful Project, which includes an online magazine, podcast, and newsletter for women journeying through midlife. Maryann brings to More Beautiful more than three decades of experience as a journalist and media executive. I love that the term more beautiful can mean anything to anyone! Maryann has come out of fashion media industry, and we are going to talk about how that industry really shaped the women in our 40s and beyond and how it's so different for women in their 20s! LINKS Facebook Page: Facebook Group: Website: Podcast: Free Alcohol Guide: Maryann's website: Instagram: More Beautiful Newsletter signup: Enjoli commercial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jA4DR4vEgrs Calgon commercial: https://youtu.be/8yjGPgs0_S0 First Wives Club Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAZZJnab5nU
How do you define beauty? Do you feel like feeling good is a never ending project? Or is there a sweet spot for any age in life? I have great news for you today! You can CHOOSE what is beautiful for you, and choose something better for yourself. You are worth it! Psst… you CAN live with joy, style and passion. This is NOT your mama's midlife. You CAN LOVE the skin you are in. And, it is NEVER too late to try something new! In this lovely chat with the More Beautiful Project, Founder, Maryann Larusso, we discuss the media impact on Gen X, how we think about health and body image. What are people avoiding talking about and WHY? Now, we can EMBRACE imperfection, do the thing, move forward. Finding better balance, intuitive eating so we can actually connect with how we feel both before and after we eat or drink something. Remember, you can always CHOOSE something for yourself and choose something BETTER. Where will you find your sweet spot? Say goodbye to hiding our age, we can now embrace it! Wordsmith/podcaster: https://morebeautifulpodcast.com/ maryann.lorusso@gmail.com IG: morebeautifulproject/ Maryann | Pro-Aging + Wellness + Fashion Maryann LoRusso is a writer and creator of the More Beautiful Project, which includes an online magazine, podcast and newsletter for women in midlife. Maryann brings to More Beautiful three decades of experience as a journalist and media executive. A graduate of the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University, she began her career as a newspaper reporter in New York. Later, she segued into the world of fashion magazine publishing, where she worked as an editor for more than a decade at companies such as Fairchild/Condé Nast and Time Inc. A native New Yorker, Maryann currently lives in San Francisco with her husband, kids and a rescue dog named Mochi. When she's not writing or podcasting, she enjoys running, singing, cooking, traveling and volunteering at organizations such as She-Can and Best Buddies.
Welcome to More Beautiful, the podcast for women rewriting the midlife playbook. I'm your host, Maryann LoRusso, and I invite you to join me and my brilliant, charming, funny guests as we talk openly about all the issues on your mind during this transformative—but sometimes challenging—life stage. Our mission is to change the conversation around aging and inspire you to live a life that's more adventurous, more fulfilling and more beautiful than ever before. For complete show notes and all epsiodes, visit Morebeautifulproject.com.
Midlife offers us a special time to truly sink into what we want to do. It's up to us to lean in and go for it without fear. Are you feeling stuck in a rut? Are you ready for a change but need help figuring out where to start? Stepping out of your comfort zone and embracing your age are great ways to jumpstart your life and get back on track. This week, episode 106 of The Jen Marples Show is about Changing the Narrative Around Midlife with Maryann LoRusso.Maryann LoRusso is a San Francisco-based journalist with over 25 years of experience covering fashion, culture, and lifestyle. A former executive (editor-in-chief) at Fairchild Publications/Condé Nast and editor at Time Inc., she has written and edited miles of editorial copy, spoken at global fashion-industry events, and interviewed hundreds of CEOs, celebrities, change makers, and fashion icons—including Vera Wang, Manolo Blahnik, Anna Sui, Kenneth Cole, and Kate Spade. Maryann's most recent endeavor is More Beautiful, a podcast and website for women navigating midlife.Maryann and I discuss the following:How society has traditionally made women feel like they expire after turning 40.The male gaze and how for decades, movies, advertising, and articles came only from the male perspective (think Mrs. Roper from Three's Company!)The possibility of meeting amazing and like-minded people at midlife.How to step to the edge and outside of your comfort zone. Maryann's five points for storytelling which will impact how you show up, share what you're all about, and what you have to offer.Remember, you still have so much life to live. Don't let anyone hold you back from pursuing your dreams!Thank you for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, take a screenshot of the episode to post in your stories and tag me on Instagram @jenmarples! And don't forget to follow, rate and review the podcast and tell me your key takeaways!Learn more about Jen Marples at https://www.jenmarples.com/ Unedited AI Transcript HereCONNECT WITH MARYANN LORUSO:WebsiteTwitterLinkedInInstagramPodcastCONNECT WITH JEN MARPLES:Subscribe to my NewsletterJoin Jen's Private, Free Facebook GroupSend Jen a Voice Message InstagramLinkedInTikTok Work with Jen! Website
Today's guest on the Mitlin Money Mindset™ is Rabbi Steve Leder, the Senior Rabbi of Wilshire Boulevard Temple in Los Angeles. As the Senior Rabbi, Steve Leder serves over 2,700 families that comprise this prestigious synagogue. In addition to his many duties at Wilshire Boulevard Temple, Rabbi Leder is a regular guest on The Today Show, Time, The Los Angeles Times, and USA Today. Rabbi Leder has written three successful books, “The Extraordinary Nature of Ordinary Things,” “More Money Than God: Living a Rich Life without Losing Your Soul,” and “More Beautiful than Before: How Suffering Transforms.” We also have to recognize Steve Leder for being named by Newsweek Magazine not once—but twice—as one of the 10 Most Influential Rabbis in America. Listen in for some great takeaways about living a richer, deeper life, and how suffering can be transformative when approached with the right mindset. You will want to hear this episode if you are interested in... Rabbi Steve Leder shares his unique upbringing [3:08] Becoming the Rabbi of the Wilshire Boulevard Temple [9:04] The mindset necessary to lead a congregation of such magnitude [12:21] How Rabbi Leder reacted when Newsweek named him an influential leader [15:44] The backstory of Rabbi Leder's book, “The Beauty of What Remains” [16:53] How to ask for forgiveness for the mistakes that you've made [20:58] Why it's time to destigmatize and prioritize mental health [25:47] Why suffering is a transformative experience [35:33] What Rabbi Leder did today that put him in the right mindset for success [44:16] Connect with Rabbi Steve Leder The website On Instagram On Twitter On Facebook On YouTube Bio Steve Leder is the Senior Rabbi of Wilshire Boulevard Temple in Los Angeles and the author of such critically acclaimed books as “The Beauty of What Remains,” “The Extraordinary Nature of Ordinary Things,” and “More Money Than God: Living a Rich Life without Losing Your Soul.” He is a graduate of Northwestern University; studied at Trinity College Oxford; and was ordained at Hebrew Union College. The winner of numerous awards for his interdenominational and cross-cultural dialogue, Leder has been a guest on CBS, ABC, NPR, PBS, and FOX and featured in the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times among other places. He lives with his family in Los Angeles. Guests on the Mitlin Money Mindset Show are not affiliated with CWM, LLC, and opinions expressed herein may not be representative of CWM, LLC. CWM, LLC is not responsible for the guest's content linked on this site. Connect With Mitlin Financial podcast(at)MitlinFinancial.com - email us with your suggestions for topics or guests https://mitlinfinancial.com Follow on Twitter Follow on Instagram Subscribe on Youtube Follow on Linkedin Follow on Facebook Subscribe to Mitlin Money Mindset™ on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts
Moms deserve more than a day, so we say Happy Mother's Week! You're a superhero, you're the light of the world, and Mom, you are magnificent!Thank you James Kocian, for the use of "More Beautiful". Check out more of his amazing stuff here www.JamesKocian.com or here www.Facebook.com/jameskocianmusicThe other song we use in this episode is "Daughters" by John Mayer. We don't own any rights to this one.Contact usLinktree: www.Linktr.ee/HappyLifeStudiosEmail: Podcast@HappyLife.StudioYo Stevo Hotline: (425) 200-HAYS (4297)Webpage: www.HappyLife.lol Facebook: www.Facebook.com/HappyLifeStudios Instagram: www.Instagram.com/HappyLife_Studios Twitter: www.Twitter.com/HappyLifStudios YouTube: www.YouTube.com/StevoHaysIf you would like to help us spread the HappyPayPal: www.PayPal.me/StevoHaysCash App: $HappyLifeStudiosZelle: StevoHays@gmail.comVenmo: @StevoHaysCheck: Payable to Hays Ministries or Steve Hays and send to PO Box 102 Maple Valley, WA 98038
Listen/download the full uncut conversation featuring Imani Perry, Author and Hughes-Rogers Professor of African American Studies at Princeton University and a faculty associate in Law and Public Affairs, Gender and Sexuality Studies and Jazz Studies. Her most recent book is "South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation" published by Ecco Press, a division of Harper Collins.Watch / Listen, Download and Subscribe to the PodcastDescription: As goes the South, so goes the nation. It may be a cliché but according to this week's guest it's true. In South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation, author and scholar Imani Perry makes the compelling argument that Americans need to stop dismissing the South if they're ever going to build an equitable future for the entire United States. She takes us on a trip through the region, delving into the complex realities that exist beneath the stereotypes. Intertwining conversations and stories from her journey in the present with powerful—but underrepresented—moments from history, Perry illustrates how the real, rebellious, intensely creative people of the South have led movements for civil rights in every generation. In this episode, Laura and Imani Perry look to the South for answers that will enlighten every American.Guest:Imani Perry, Author and Hughes-Rogers Professor of African American Studies at Princeton University and a faculty associate in Law and Public Affairs, Gender and Sexuality Studies and Jazz Studies. Her latest book is ‘South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation,” Ecco Press, a division of Harper Collins.*Books by featured guest:• South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation Check out the book• Looking for Lorraine: the Radiant and Radical Life of Lorraine Hansberry Check out the book• More Beautiful and More Terrible: The Embrace and Transcendence of Racial Inequality in the United States Check out the book(*Bookshop is an online bookstore with a mission to financially support local, independent bookstores. The LF Show is an affiliate of bookshop.org and will receive a small commission if you click through and make a purchase.)Full research and reading list to further delve into the conversation are available here on Patreon in our posts.
At top of the episode, Joey's pastor Josh Surratt joins to talk about big church buildings, whether he's comfortable with Joey's different approaches to Christian faith, if he'd like to be a celebrity pastor and if there's anything he dislikes about the church he leads. Within white evangelical church cultures, many black people have found their voices and convictions unvalued. It's a very ugly truth but many white, evangelical churches embrace black membership and even love “the look” of having black leadership. But once black leaders use their God-given leadership and insight to influence – or at the very least – to share their hearts with white people, it's viewed as "stepping out of line," even sinful. Dante Stewart, former defensive back of God's favorite college football team, Clemson Tigers, wrote a book called “Shoutin' in the Fire: An American Epistle; in which he shares his reasons for permanently leaving white evangelicalism, why it's not his job to help white people change, and ways to help us all reimagine spiritual virtues like rage, resilience, and remembrance, exploring how these might function as a work of love against an unjust, unloving world. How's that for a run-on sentence! Dante Stewart / Twitter / Instagram / Website / Book on Amazon Pastor Josh Surratt / Twitter / Instagram Books mentioned in this episode: More Beautiful and Terrible History by Jeanne TheoharisThe Blood of Emmett Till by Timothy B. TysonThe Case for Rage by Myisha CherryJoin us as a Patron!Join our mailing list to keep up with everything.Tip any amount $ to Venmo for a PWNA Sticker. Joey/PWNA Instagram and TwitterCurrent DonorSee giving opportunity Join the PWNA Discussion Facebook GroupPWNAcontact@gmail.com for correspondence. Theme song, courtesy of Derek Minor Other music originally composed by Joel Hamilton and Ray DeeZyProduced by: Jared Svendsen Support the show
This week on Under the Radar: As we approach Martin Luther King Jr. Day, there's new evidence that the civil rights icon's life and the civil rights movement have been willfully misinterpreted. This is part of what's become a public battle over teaching the documented history of race in America. What is the impact of this campaign of disinformation on civil rights and race history in America? Guests: Jeanne Theoharris, distinguished professor of political science at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York. She has authored or co-authored eleven books, including the award-winning, “The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks.” Her latest book is, “A More Beautiful and Terrible History: The Uses and Misuses of Civil Rights History.” Diane McWhorter, 2002 Pulitzer Prizewinner for General Nonfiction for her book, “Carry Me Home, Birmingham Alabama, the Climatic Battle of the Civil Rights Revolution.” A long-time contributor to the New York Times, she is also the author of the 2004 children's book, “A Dream of Freedom: The Civil Rights Movement From 1954-1965,” a young adult history of the civil rights movement.
In anticipation of the new book's launch in January, we're reaching into the vaults to pull the best episodes for you. Want to preorder? Go to HowToBegin.com On a scale of 1-10, how good of a person are you? Yeah, tricky question. And even trickier: Is the person you think you are the same as the person who actually shows up, day-to-day, in life? Dolly Chugh, as well as being one of my favourite people, is a professor of social psychology at the NYU Stern School of Business, and author of The Person You Mean to Be: How Good People Fight Bias. Dolly has made it her goal to speak to those of us who label ourselves as good people but may not realise how our unconscious biases affect the way we function. Get book links and resources at https://www.mbs.works/2-pages-podcast/ Dolly reads from A More Beautiful and Terrible History: The Uses and Misuses of Civil Rights History by Jeanne Theoharis. [reading begins at 12:13] Hear us discuss: Addressing systemic bias: “Unlearning what we know and learning what's correct makes it easier to see the systems around us.” [21:50] | Learning to unlearn: the ‘paradox mindset.' [25:09] | Counteracting simple narratives: “You don't have to believe only one thing.” [28:17]
This week we talk about various short story collections and how to construct a good one. Here's a list of the books we mentioned:The Stories of Ibis by Hiroshi YamamotoStronger, Faster, and More Beautiful by Arwen Elys DaytonBefore the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu KawaguchiThe Language of Thorns by Leigh BardugoKissing the Witch by Emma DonoghueThe King in Yellow by Robert W. ChambersSalt Slow by Julia ArmfieldPretty Monsters by Kelly Link
Christian. Meditation. Podcast.Contemplative Spirituality through Christ-centered, guided meditation.ShowNotes for "Episode 171: You Are the Poetry of The Infinite"Today's meditation is inspired by Ephesians 2:10.The contemplative music in the background of this meditation is written, composed, performed, & produced by Sean J Stevens & is called "More Beautiful than Diamonds".To sign up for Harkening Deer's email list & check out our other resources & content, go to: https://harkeningdeer.square.site/And to participate in the current, previous, & future Patron-exclusive daily meditation challenges & gain access to other content & rewards, go to:https://www.patreon.com/HarkeningDeerFREE 30 Day Aura Guest Pass:https://aurahealth.io/guestpass/sean-j-stevensSean's Coach Profile on Aura:https://www.aurahealth.io/coaches/sean-j-stevens============================================================Additional sound effects from https://www.zapsplat.comSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/HarkeningDeer)
In this weeks episode we are joined by Christie Huff, who is a country singer who is based out in Los Angles. She is slowly paving her own sound in the country music scene with mixing country and a pop style which is also very soulful. We chat to her about everything, ranging from her childhood, some of her previous performances to the meaning behind some of her songs. Our independent artist if the week this week is Lynn Nadie and his track 'More Beautiful'. before we play the track we talk about the meaning behind it and how beautifully it is wrote about his wife. please go and check out his instagram and some of his music which is linked there as well.
On a scale of 1-10, how good of a person are you? Yeah, tricky question. And even trickier: Is the person you think you are the same as the person who actually shows up, day-to-day, in life? Dolly Chugh, as well as being one of my favourite people, is a professor of social psychology at the NYU Stern School of Business, and author of The Person You Mean to Be: How Good People Fight Bias. Dolly has made it her goal to speak to those of us who label ourselves as good people but may not realise how our unconscious biases affect the way we function. Get book links and resources at https://www.mbs.works/2-pages-podcast/ Dolly reads from A More Beautiful and Terrible History: The Uses and Misuses of Civil Rights History by Jeanne Theoharis. [reading begins at 11:23] Hear us discuss: Addressing systemic bias: “Unlearning what we know and learning what's correct makes it easier to see the systems around us.” [21:00] | Learning to unlearn: the ‘paradox mindset.' [24:19] | Counteracting simple narratives: “You don't have to believe only one thing.” [27:27]
"I couldn't keep up with myself. It was like my best problem I've ever had!" -Peter Alan Episode Description: What if somebody called you and said the thing you most dreaded to hear: "Everything's gone." Grief, disbelief, fear, uncertainty, and a mix of emotions you cannot identify are even worse than the fire itself. Yet, despite all that's happening, we can still make the world more beautiful! In this episode, we learn how art can be used in recovery as Jennifer speaks with Peter Alan, a Visual/conceptual mixed-media artist. Peter recalls his frightful flight as the mega-fires ravage everything around him and how he turned that nightmare into mesmerizing artworks. He also talks about how he was able to find beauty even in the darkness, build resiliency and grow, and use whatever skills you have to support each other. Listen in as Peter shares his secret to a faster recovery and facing adversities with optimism! Connect with After The Fire: Website Facebook Twitter Instagram LinkedIn YouTube Highlights: 02:54: Art in Profession 08:04: Non-Narrative Art 11:48: The Sweet Spot of Humanity 19:45: A Horror Movie in the Real-World 26:01: The Depth of Grief 32:59: The Art in the Ruins 40:53: The Role of the Artist 49:23: Make the More Beautiful
Have you ever felt like an ugly Christmas sweater? Whether we're talking about sweaters or not, can we even put the words "ugly" and "Christmas" together?!? Isn't Christmas supposed to be warm and cozy? The truth is, there are parts of Christmas that can look pretty ugly, even for the very first one. The songs we use in this episode are "Cry" by Michael Jackson, "I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm" by Kay Starr - remixed by STUHR and recorded on the album "Christmas Remixed - Holiday Classics Re-Grooved" and "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" by Darren Motamedy We don't own the rights to any. I'd also like to give a shout out to James Kocian, for the use of "More Beautiful". You can check out more of his stuff here www.JamesKocian.com or here www.Facebook.com/jameskocianmusic Contact us Email; Podcast@HappyLife.Studio Voicemail; (425) 200-HAYS (4297) Webpage; www.HappyLife.lol Facebook; www.Facebook.com/HappyLifeStudios Instagram; www.Instagram.com/HappyLife_Studios Twitter; www.Twitter.com/HappyLifStudios YouTube; www.YouTube.com/StevoHays If you would like to help us spread the Happy PayPal: www.PayPal.me/StevoHays Zelle: StevoHays@gmail.com Check: Payable to Hays Ministries or Steve Hays and send to PO Box 102 Maple Valley, WA 98038
In this episode of Rhi-Take, we have the pleasure of speaking with the powerful, amazing, peaceful, ALL ENCOMPASSING Chantle about navigating through grief. Having been through so much difficulty in the past decade, Chantle has turned what some would consider an *impossible* situation into a piece of time that has transformed her into a peaceful, promising and even MORE BEAUTIFUL individual. There are VARIOUS gems for every one of us to take from this episode. Follow Chantle and her beautiful journey @My_lifeandlove on Instagram, or "Stop Wishing, Start Doing" on Facebook! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Captain Kirk and the crew of the Enterprise are assigned to escort Ambassador Sarek to the planet Akiron, a world rich in dilithium deposits. However, upon arrival, they discover the people of Akiron under attack by strange creatures, described by their victims as “demons.” It is now up to Kirk, guided by a mysterious Kathikar mystic, to save the people of Akiron from these sinister “wights.” Meanwhile, Sarek’s Vulcan aide, L’Nel, has a diabolical plan in place for Spock--a plan that will result in his death! In this episode of the Positively Trek Book Club, Bruce Gibson and Dan Gunther are joined by author David Mack to discuss his Kelvin Timeline novel, More Beautiful than Death. We talk about the long road this book took to publication, how David wrote the characters of the Kelvin Timeline, Sarek’s role in the story, how Kirk’s beliefs inform his character, and the Spock/L’Nel subplot. We also talk about David Mack’s role as a consultant on Lower Decks and Prodigy, and wrap up with what he is working on now and where he can be found online. David Mack’s website: http://davidmack.pro/ Show page: http://positivelytrek.libsyn.com/ Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/positively-trek/id1501468628 Twitter: http://twitter.com/positivelytrek Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PositivelyTrek
Nicole Conn is the director of More Beautiful for Having Been Broken and Elena Undone, among many other lesbian feature films. We spoke about writing, producing and directing Sapphic cinema and what the next generation of lesbian filmmakers is bringing.
Danyelle speaks with Dr. Salena Brody, psychology professor of instruction in the School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, to discuss the psychology of prejudice. **NOTES** UTD Departments Offer Anti-Racism Resources https://www.utdallas.edu/magazine/13198/utd-departments-offer-anti-racism-resources/ Dr. Salena Brody https://bbs.utdallas.edu/faculty/detail.php5?i=2020 UT Dallas School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences https://bbs.utdallas.edu/ Here's a list of readings that Salena thought might be helpful to listeners at this moment: · “A More Beautiful and Terrible History: The Uses and Misuses of the Civil Rights Movement,” by Jeanne Theoharis · “A People's History of the United States,” by Howard Zinn · “Between the World and Me,” by Ta-Nehisi Coates · “Eloquent Rage,” by Brittany Cooper · “How to be an Antiracist,” by Ibram X. Kendi · “I am not your Negro,” by James Baldwin · “Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America,” by Ibram X. Kendi · “Stamped: Racism, Anti-Racism, and You,” by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi · “Strangers from a different shore,” by Ronald Takaki · “The Uses of Anger: Women Responding to Racism,” by Audre Lorde · “When they call you a terrorist: A Black Lives Matter memoir,” by Asha Bandele and Patrisse Cullors UT Dallas Professor Holds Shoe Box Graduation Ceremony for Seniors https://www.fox4news.com/video/685783
0n this week’s episode we discuss the film More Beautiful for Having Been Broken, an interesting and passionate love story we enjoyed a lot. We also talked about defunding the police, how we would do sports commentary, and the very nature of criticism.You can find us on Twitter @BigBoysDontPod and you can email us at bigboysdontcrypodcast@gmail.com. If you enjoy our show and want to give back, you can support us through our Acast Supporter page, either as a one-off or regularly.SHOWNOTESMore Beautiful for Having Been Broken - Guardian ReviewThe PaddywagonSegaworldFour in a BedLittle ManSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/Big-Boys-Dont-Cry. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Air Date 6/10/2020 Today we take a look at the long arc of racism in America as a primer for many of the topics it would be good for you to be acquainted with as we live through yet another convulsive societal awakening regarding racism and police abuse in our country. If you only ever share one episode of this podcast with friends, family or another else, make it this one. Be part of the show! Leave us a message at 202-999-3991 MEMBERSHIP ON PATREON (Get AD FREE Shows & Bonus Content) Support us on PodHero Support us on Flattr EPISODE SPONSORS: Clean Choice Energy IF YOU'RE GOING TO SHOP AMAZON: Amazon USA | Amazon CA | Amazon UK SHOW NOTES Ch. 1: Confederacy - @LastWeekTonight with @iamjohnoliver - Air Date 10-09-17 Confederate symbols are still celebrated despite the ugly history they symbolize. John Oliver suggests some representations of southern pride that involve less racism and more Stephen Colbert. Ch. 2: History of Slaveowners Receiving Reparations with DeRay, Sam, Brittany and Clint - Pod Save the People - Air Date 4-23-19 Discussing the New York Times story: When Slaveowners Got Reparations Ch. 3: 40 Acres and A Mule, Today with Brian Balogh and William Darity - BackStory - Air Date 5-24-19 “40 acres and a mule” promised ex-slave families 40 acres of tillable land on the southeastern coast. However, after many families had settled on the land, the policy was reversed and the area was reinstated to white farmers and former slave owners. Ch. 4: The history of the raising of Civil War monuments - @offkiltershow - Air Date 8-18-17 Jeremy Slevin speaks with Professor Kirk Savage, an author and expert on civil war monuments, to discuss the troubling history of these monuments. Ch. 5: As Confederate Monuments Come Down, the Struggle Continues - On the Media - Air Date 5-26-17 Bob talks with Malcolm Suber, an historian and co-founder of the group Take 'Em Down NOLA, about the significance of removing monuments to white supremacy, and the work that still remains to be done. Ch. 6: Bryan Stevenson wants us to confront racial terrorism and then say, Never again. Part 1 - Cape Up - Air Date 4-24-18 “We can’t go on. We cannot pretend that something really destructive, something really corruptive happened when communities came to celebrate this kind of violence. We have to talk about it. We have to acknowledge the wrongfulness of it.” Ch. 7: Study On The Impact Of Nazi Propaganda - @TheYoungTurks - Air Date 06-19-15 Cenk Uygur discusses the power of propaganda. A study has been released which looked into the effect of Nazi propaganda on Germany, particularly it's long-term impact. Ch. 8: Bryan Stevenson wants us to confront racial terrorism and then say, Never again. Part 2 - Cape Up - Air Date 4-24-18 “We can’t go on. We cannot pretend that something really destructive, something really corruptive happened when communities came to celebrate this kind of violence. We have to talk about it. We have to acknowledge the wrongfulness of it.” Ch. 9: The Great Migration - @DecodeDC - Air Date 5-14-15 Isabel Wilkerson spent 15 years researching and writing her book, “The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration.” The book is the story of nearly 6 million African Americans who migrated out of the South. Ch. 10: A Dream Remembered? How we came to revere MLK - @Making_Contact - Air Date 1-17-17 Gary Younge, author of “The Speech” talks about Martin Luther King Jr.’s Dream and the story behind it. Ch. 11: MLK What They Won't Teach In School - News Beat - Air Date 1-8-18 We take an alternative look at Martin Luther King, Jr.’s legacy, examining how the civil rights icon was so much more than simply the “I Have a Dream” soundbite. Ch. 12: Michelle Alexander on The New Jim Crow - Leid Stories - Air Date 8-26-15 Michelle Alexander, author of The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, discusses in a presentation at the University of Tennessee the policies that produced mass incarceration. Ch. 13: The True Origins of the War on Drugs - News Beat - Air Date 8-9-17 One trillion dollars. That’s how much the United States has spent in the last 40 years on the war on drugs. Currently, more than 450,000 Americans are imprisoned for drug offenses—up from 40,000 in 1980. Ch. 14: Racism vs Prejudice - Kat Blaque - Air Date 10-5-14 Ch. 15: Responding to the black-on-black-crime talking point - About Race - Air Date 9-1-15 Ch. 16: A More Beautiful & Terrible History The Whitewashing & Distortion of Rosa Parks and MLK_s Legacies - @DemocracyNow - Air Date 02-06-18 Professor Jeanne Theoharis’s new book is titled “A More Beautiful and Terrible History: The Uses and Misuses of Civil Rights History.” It shows how the legacy of the civil rights movement has been distorted and whitewashed for public consumption. Ch. 17: When Is the Right Time for Black People to Protest? - The Daily Show - Air Date 9-25-17 Trevor unpacks the backlash that NFL players, Stevie Wonder and ESPN commentator Jemele Hill received after speaking out against racism. Ch. 18: How whiteness distorts our democracy, with Eddie Glaude Jr. - The Ezra Klein Show - Air Date 4-4-19 Glaude is the chair of Princeton University’s department of African American studies, the president of the American Academy of Religion, and the author of the powerful book Democracy in Black. Ch. 19: Why We Riot The language of the unheard - NewsBeat - Air Date 12-18-17 MLK, Jr. once referred to “riots” as the “language of the unheard.” The reasons for such rebellions are myriad: political, social & cultural. FINAL COMMENTS Ch. 12: Final comments MUSIC (Blue Dot Sessions): Opening Theme: Loving Acoustic Instrumental by John Douglas Orr Derailed - The Depot The Envelope - Aeronaut Beast on the Soil - Desert Orchard The Cast and Favor - Bayou Birds Waltz and Fury - Macrame Landon Depot - The Depot Inessential - Bayou Birds Rafter - Speakeasy Midday - Pecan Grove Chrome and Wax - Ray Catcher Around Plastic Card Tables - Desert Orchard Turning to You - Landsman Duets Turning on the Lights - Speakeasy Line Etching - Marble Run Insatiable Toad - Origami The Coil Winds - Vacant Distillery Curio - Vacant Distillery Voicemail Music: Low Key Lost Feeling Electro by Alex Stinnent Closing Music: Upbeat Laid Back Indie Rock by Alex Stinnent Produced by Jay! Tomlinson Visit us at BestOfTheLeft.com Support the show via Patreon Listen on Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | +more Check out the BotL iOS/Android App in the App Stores! 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All great change begins when you’re thinking is challenged – COVID 19 is a great unknown, it’s provided a non-optional pause for great slices of the world and for many of us this space has allowed contemplation – what might change as we move forward again? My own musing was significantly expanded when I was introduced to an essay by Charles Eisenstein, a graduate of Yale University with degrees in economics and philosophy (a most unusual combination, so it’s perhaps not surprising that his writing is both ground-breaking and thought-provoking in many ways). You can read The Coronation Essay here ( https://charleseisenstein.org/essays/the-coronation/) . Charles is also a social philosopher focusing on themes of human cultural evolution, economics and consciousness, and the author of many books including Climate a new story and Sacred Economics, The More Beautiful world our hearts know is possible. My good friend, author and Purpose Proponent, Carolyn Tate, was also an enthusiast reader and when we were comparing notes, we knew there was a deeper conversation to be had. And so here it is… we hope it inspires you to have a conversation about what changes are now waiting for you in Your Next Chapter too.
What to Read Next in Your Middle School Classroom – and Why It’s So Important How do you create connection with your students? What strategies do you use to get to know them as individuals, figure out who they are, see where they are struggling or shining – not just with your curriculum, but in life. Kids need to know you’re invested in them. I’ve found, books are the best way to connect with your students. Not just for humanities classes, like English and social studies – it works across the curriculum. I’m not talking about the same tired list of classroom novels – I’m talking about the new, cutting edge YA fiction that’s out there right now. Here’s what reading current YA tells your students: I’m paying attention to who you are I find value in the things you like I’m interested in knowing more about you I can relate to what’s going on in this book, therefore I can relate to you I respect your opinion I’m willing to spend time on the things you like Ways to incorporate books into your classroom: Have students choose what to read individually and tie it to a classroom project Use it as the carrot in your classroom management system – they can “earn” reading time for Fridays or end of class, and you read aloud from a book you’ve chosen together (you can have them make suggestions, then vote, or YOU give the suggestion) Invite your school librarian what to read. Then, invite her into your class to do a book talk – sharing about the 5-10 newest/best YA books out there Have students recommend a book for YOU to read, then read it, and talk to them about it between classes, during tutorial time, during lunch, advisory/homeroom period etc. If you’re on a team, can use one book across the curriculum and do interdisciplinary projects (even pairing with one other teacher is powerful) Why Read in Your Classroom? Books are also a great way to discuss sticky topics in a neutral way. You can tackle subjects like: Social Media Family Relationships Friendships Addiction Eating Disorders What to Read – or Not If you’re not up for reading the YA greats, you can catch some of them as movies: To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before All the Bright Places Locke & Key The Umbrella Academy The Shadowhunters How Do You Find Books to Read? Current YA fiction books are also a great way to connect the world to your own curriculum. You might be thinking, how could I possibly find current YA novels that fit my subject area? What to read? Well, I’m a step ahead, because truthfully, I worried about that too. So, here’s what I did. I scanned some of my favorite lists to see what I could find. Here’s what I came up with. (And don’t worry, I’m sharing links to those lists in my show notes.) SCIENCE Stronger, Faster, and More Beautiful. By Arwen Elys Dayton. Six short stories are connected by a world where the possibilities of body and genetic modification become darker and more advanced with each tale. A Conspiracy of Stars. By Olivia A. Cole Octavia dreams of the day she joins her parents as a whitecoat, an elite N’Terra scientist who studies the wondrous natural world of their adopted planet, Faloiv. However, her surprising early internship in the secret labs reveals some scientists’ experiments have sinister motives threatening their tenuous peace with the Faloii. MATH Scythe by Neal Shusterman In a perfect world with no hunger, no disease, no war, and no death, scythes are the only ones who can end life—and they are commanded to do so, in order to keep the size of the population under control. Cita and Rowan are chosen to apprentice to a scythe—a role that neither wants. These teens must master the "art" of taking life, knowing that the consequence of failure could mean losing their own. Call It What You Want by Brigid Kemmerer. Rob and Maegan connect romantically after peeling back the layers of hurt they and their families have experienced. Rob’s dad embezzled money and is now incapacitated after a failed suicide attempt, while Maegan’s label as a cheater leaves her ostracized. Paired on a calculus project, they bond through shared struggles. SOCIAL STUDIES Internment by Samira Ahmed. In America’s not-so-distant future, Muslim citizens are forced into internment camps, including 17-year-old Layla and her parents. Once there, Layla, with the help of fellow internees and an unlikely alliance with a guard, leads a resistance movement inside the camp. The House of One Thousand Eyes by Michelle Barker When Lena’s subversive uncle disappears without a trace in Communist East Berlin, she risks everything to find out what happened to him in this immersive historical mystery. Rife with well-crafted suspense and chilling period detail, this thrilling story will appeal to fans of dystopias and historical fiction alike. ELA We Set the Dark on Fire by Tehlor Kay Mejia. After Dani’s graduation from the Medio School for Girls, where she trained to become a politician’s wife, a stranger opens her eyes to the privilege, oppressiveness, and excess of the ruling class, and she must decide whether to live forever in a gilded cage or take a stand. FOREIGN LANGUAGES Almost American Girl by Robin Ha Born in Korea to a single mother, Chuna Ha aged fourteen is suddenly wrenched from her happy existence in Seoul. Her mother has decided without any warning to uproot both their lives and start over in America. They land in Huntsville, Alabama where Chuna finds she has a new step family, a new school, and absolutely no friends. She picks a new name for herself, Robin, and struggles to fit in. Her command of the English language is poor, she’s bullied at school, and her step family is not too happy to have her. Then one day Robin’s mother enrolls her in a local comic drawing class, which opens the window to a future Robin could never have imagined. MUSIC Spin by Lamar Giles. After aspiring DJ Paris Secord is found murdered, two of her estranged friends, Fuse and Kya, must work together to figure out who killed Paris before her underground fandom, Dark Nation, ends them. THEATER Dramarama by E. Lockhart Sarah, a.k.a. Sadye, and Demi know they are meant for lights brighter than their tiny Ohio town. When they make it to a musical theater and performing camp called Wildewood, Sadye has a rude awakening about where her talents lie. Although Sadye is obviously talented and hardworking, the camp is full of talented, hardworking, hungry young actors. Even with all of the jealousy and bad feelings, Sadye and her friends still find the time for joy. With Demi flying high, Sadye has to recognize her own shortcomings and understand what it means to work in an ensemble. ART What I Want You to See by Catherine Linka Winning a scholarship to California’s most prestigious art school seems like a fairy tale to Sabine Reye’s, but the cutthroat world of visual arts is nothing like what she’d imagined. The teacher she hoped would be her mentor seems to take merciless delight in tearing down her best work-and warns her that she’ll lose the merit-based award if she doesn’t improve. Desperate, Sabine must decide how – and if – she can win her teacher’s approval. But what should she do when she accidentally becomes party to a crime so well-plotted that no one knows about it but her? Building a Unique Connection Engaging in conversations about the books your students are already reading brings a fresh dynamic to your classroom and builds connection in a unique way. If you’re a beginning middle school teacher who is looking for strategies to help you streamline your classroom and have a deeper impact on your students, and you’d like support of a community who has those same goals and values, make sure you tune in over the next couple of weeks – I’m about to roll out an amazing opportunity. So, stay tuned, and make sure you’re keeping up with me on FaceBook and Instagram! For links to the resources mentioned in this episode, check out the show notes.
Today marks three straight weeks of doing DAILY episodes of the Bible Reading Podcast. I've literally been podcasting off and on since early 2005, and have never tackled a daily podcast. It is an interesting experience, to be sure. Each episode takes around 2.5 hours from start to finish. This includes: 1. Reading over the day's Scriptures earlier in the day, and considering which chapter should be the focus chapter, and what Bible question should we tackle. 2. Actually writing the episode out in manuscript form (as a blog post) and doing some research in commentaries and in books of Godly teachers and writers. I primarily use Logos for this step, because I've heavily invested in it over the years, and can quickly find relevant to the passage information from people like Charles Spurgeon, John Piper, David Platt, Jonathan Edwards, C.S. Lewis, Hudson Taylor, George Muller, Martyn Lloyd Jones and hundreds of others. Logos is incredibly helpful for this type of research! 3. Using the unpublished blog post as a rough draft, I record the show on Audacity - a free, powerful and somewhat complicated audio editor and recorder. 4. After recording the show, I go through the recording and edit it. I need to remove every cough and sniffle and loud intake of breath - every time I pause to take a drink, or my chair creeks to loudly AND, worst of all, every time I misspeak or get something out of order and have to restart. That means I get to look at 25-40 minutes worth of audio waveforms, as depicted in the screenshot below: 5. After editing the show in Audacity, I export it as a large .Wav file, and then upload it to Auphonic, which is an audio editor. Auphonic polishes up the audio and makes it sound a little better. That process usually takes about 20 minutes. After that, I download the completed audio file as a 96KBPS .mp3 file and go to the final step. 6. The final step is to upload the completed mp3 to this Wordpress site, and insert it into my blog post via a plugin made by my podcast host Libsyn. I have to manually fill in all of the details by hand (name of the show, subtitle, show number, show season, description, etc., and also insert a picture for the artwork. When this process is complete, I then press the publish button, and choose what time I want the episode to go live. (I usually post it at 3:30 AM Pacific Standard time so that those on the East coast can have it in their podcast app by 6:30 AM. And that is, more or less, how you make a podcast! WAKE UP! It's time to get to the meat of the show, and here is our main Bible question of the day: Why did God ask Abraham to sacrifice his only son?! As the beginning of an answer to this difficult question, I'd like to start in the New Testament - at the very end of the Gospel of Luke. In that passage, Jesus has been crucified and has risen from the dead, but most of His disciples and followers aren't aware. Two of them, Cleopas and an another unnamed man are walking down the Emmaus road when Jesus encounters them, and asks them what they are debating about. I'll pick up in Luke 24 for the rest of the story: So they said to him, “The things concerning Jesus of Nazareth, who was a prophet powerful in action and speech before God and all the people, 20 and how our chief priests and leaders handed him over to be sentenced to death, and they crucified him. 21 But we were hoping that he was the one who was about to redeem Israel. Besides all this, it's the third day since these things happened. 22 Moreover, some women from our group astounded us. They arrived early at the tomb, 23 and when they didn't find his body, they came and reported that they had seen a vision of angels who said he was alive. 24 Some of those who were with us went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said, but they didn't see him.”25 He said to them, “How foolish you are, and how slow to believe all that the prophets have spoken!26 Wasn't it necessary for the Messiah to suffer these things and enter into his glory?” 27 Then beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he interpreted for them the things concerning himself in all the Scriptures. Luke 24:19-27 So - this is our big clue #1 - That the Old Testament Scriptures point to Jesus. This passage in particular is a foreshadowing of the ministry of Jesus. Consider all of the parallels between Isaac's almost sacrifice and Jesus' actual sacrifice (Courtesy of Gotquestions.org): The Old Testament story of Abraham is the basis of the New Testament teaching of the atonement, the sacrificial offering of the Lord Jesus on the cross for the sin of mankind. Jesus said, many centuries later, “Your father Abraham rejoiced at the thought of seeing my day; he saw it and was glad” (John 8:56). The following are some of the parallels between the two biblical accounts: • “Take your son, your only son, Isaac” (v. 2); “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son…” (John 3:16). • “Go to the region of Moriah. Sacrifice him there…” (v. 2); it is believed that this area is where the city of Jerusalem was built many years later, where Jesus was crucified outside its city walls (Hebrews 13:12). • “Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering” (v. 2); “Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures” (1 Corinthians 15:3). • “Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and placed it on his son Isaac” (v. 6); Jesus, “carrying his own cross. . .” (John 19:17). • “But where is the lamb for the burnt offering?” (v. 7); John said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!” (John 1:29). • Isaac, the son, acted in obedience to his father in becoming the sacrifice (v. 9); Jesus prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will” (Matthew 26:39). https://www.gotquestions.org/Abraham-Isaac.html Do you see there the parallels between Isaac and Jesus? Picture young Isaac trudging up the hill, heading towards the sacrifice with a heavy weight of wood strapped to his back and weighing him down. And then hundreds of years later, Jesus, the only begotten son of God, trudging up a hill in a similar area (maybe the same hill!) with the wood of the cross strapped to His back - heading to His own sacrifice. In both cases, the father is leading the son to his death, and in both cases, the son obediently follows. Would Abraham have followed through with this, and actually killed his son? It certainly appears so...but do recall that Abraham confidently told his servant at the bottom of the mountain that he AND Isaac would return. Recall also that Abraham, in faith, told Isaac that GOD would HIMSELF provide the sacrifice. I don't believe Abraham was deceiving Isaac - I believe he was trusting in God to spare Isaac OR EVEN RAISE HIM FROM THE DEAD! (" He considered God to be able even to raise someone from the dead " Hebrews 11:19) So - the almost-sacrifice of Isaac is a picture to us of the very real sacrifice of Jesus. Our astonishment (and even offense) at the seeming audacity of God to grant Abraham a child, and then shortly after demand his sacrifice, shows to us the worth of Isaac, and the worth of a child, and the depth of a father's love. We, those of us who are parents at least, can sympathize with Abraham on a deep level and began to fathom the cost of giving up a child. And that is precisely the point. That Abraham was willing to sacrifice Isaac showed Abraham's level of trust in God - it showed his deepest feelings towards God. Likewise, God's willingness to sacrifice His one and only begotten son shows us the depth of feelings that He has towards His people. The beautiful exchange that happens atop Mount Moriah - when the ram is substituted for the beloved Isaac, looks forward to an even MORE BEAUTIFUL exchange that will happen in the future when WE are the one's scheduled to be sacrificed on the cross for OUR sins (and deservedly so!) but God rescues us through His son at the last minute, and HE is sacrificed in OUR place. HE is the sacrificial ram that saves the life of us in the same way the ram caught in the thicket gave his life for the life of Isaac. Allow me to close with some excellent thoughts on this episode from Glen Scrivener, writing on the Gospel Coalition website: So the whole episode concludes: “Abraham called that place The Lord Will Provide. And to this day it is said, On the mountain of the Lord it will be provided” (Gen. 22:14). Notice the future tense. God will provide. What will he provide? The Lamb of God, the Offspring of Abraham, the Beloved Son, the Hope of the World. One day, on that very mountain, God would provide the ultimate atonement. And many knew it. For centuries afterward they would point to that hill and say: “The true sacrifice is coming, and that's where he'll be provided.” God didn't ask Abraham to go through with the sacrifice. But one dark Friday, God would provide. The beloved Son of the Father would walk willingly up that hill, carrying the wood on his back. And there he would be slain to save and bless the world. If we attempt to read the Bible primarily as a rulebook, it crumbles between our fingers. With such a mindset, Genesis 22 is a scandal and a barrier to faith. Yet when Scripture is read as intended, we see it as a testimony to Christ. Suddenly we realize that all the Bible, and all believers in every age, are fixed on the one truth that towers above all others: “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world” (John 1:29). https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/abrahams-sacrifice-genesis-22/
Today marks three straight weeks of doing DAILY episodes of the Bible Reading Podcast. I've literally been podcasting off and on since early 2005, and have never tackled a daily podcast. It is an interesting experience, to be sure. Each episode takes around 2.5 hours from start to finish. This includes: 1. Reading over the day's Scriptures earlier in the day, and considering which chapter should be the focus chapter, and what Bible question should we tackle. 2. Actually writing the episode out in manuscript form (as a blog post) and doing some research in commentaries and in books of Godly teachers and writers. I primarily use Logos for this step, because I've heavily invested in it over the years, and can quickly find relevant to the passage information from people like Charles Spurgeon, John Piper, David Platt, Jonathan Edwards, C.S. Lewis, Hudson Taylor, George Muller, Martyn Lloyd Jones and hundreds of others. Logos is incredibly helpful for this type of research! 3. Using the unpublished blog post as a rough draft, I record the show on Audacity - a free, powerful and somewhat complicated audio editor and recorder. 4. After recording the show, I go through the recording and edit it. I need to remove every cough and sniffle and loud intake of breath - every time I pause to take a drink, or my chair creeks to loudly AND, worst of all, every time I misspeak or get something out of order and have to restart. That means I get to look at 25-40 minutes worth of audio waveforms, as depicted in the screenshot below: 5. After editing the show in Audacity, I export it as a large .Wav file, and then upload it to Auphonic, which is an audio editor. Auphonic polishes up the audio and makes it sound a little better. That process usually takes about 20 minutes. After that, I download the completed audio file as a 96KBPS .mp3 file and go to the final step. 6. The final step is to upload the completed mp3 to this Wordpress site, and insert it into my blog post via a plugin made by my podcast host Libsyn. I have to manually fill in all of the details by hand (name of the show, subtitle, show number, show season, description, etc., and also insert a picture for the artwork. When this process is complete, I then press the publish button, and choose what time I want the episode to go live. (I usually post it at 3:30 AM Pacific Standard time so that those on the East coast can have it in their podcast app by 6:30 AM. And that is, more or less, how you make a podcast! WAKE UP! It's time to get to the meat of the show, and here is our main Bible question of the day: Why did God ask Abraham to sacrifice his only son?! As the beginning of an answer to this difficult question, I'd like to start in the New Testament - at the very end of the Gospel of Luke. In that passage, Jesus has been crucified and has risen from the dead, but most of His disciples and followers aren't aware. Two of them, Cleopas and an another unnamed man are walking down the Emmaus road when Jesus encounters them, and asks them what they are debating about. I'll pick up in Luke 24 for the rest of the story: So they said to him, “The things concerning Jesus of Nazareth, who was a prophet powerful in action and speech before God and all the people, 20 and how our chief priests and leaders handed him over to be sentenced to death, and they crucified him. 21 But we were hoping that he was the one who was about to redeem Israel. Besides all this, it's the third day since these things happened. 22 Moreover, some women from our group astounded us. They arrived early at the tomb, 23 and when they didn't find his body, they came and reported that they had seen a vision of angels who said he was alive. 24 Some of those who were with us went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said, but they didn't see him.”25 He said to them, “How foolish you are, and how slow to believe all that the prophets have spoken!26 Wasn't it necessary for the Messiah to suffer these things and enter into his glory?” 27 Then beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he interpreted for them the things concerning himself in all the Scriptures. Luke 24:19-27 So - this is our big clue #1 - That the Old Testament Scriptures point to Jesus. This passage in particular is a foreshadowing of the ministry of Jesus. Consider all of the parallels between Isaac's almost sacrifice and Jesus' actual sacrifice (Courtesy of Gotquestions.org): The Old Testament story of Abraham is the basis of the New Testament teaching of the atonement, the sacrificial offering of the Lord Jesus on the cross for the sin of mankind. Jesus said, many centuries later, “Your father Abraham rejoiced at the thought of seeing my day; he saw it and was glad” (John 8:56). The following are some of the parallels between the two biblical accounts: • “Take your son, your only son, Isaac” (v. 2); “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son…” (John 3:16). • “Go to the region of Moriah. Sacrifice him there…” (v. 2); it is believed that this area is where the city of Jerusalem was built many years later, where Jesus was crucified outside its city walls (Hebrews 13:12). • “Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering” (v. 2); “Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures” (1 Corinthians 15:3). • “Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and placed it on his son Isaac” (v. 6); Jesus, “carrying his own cross. . .” (John 19:17). • “But where is the lamb for the burnt offering?” (v. 7); John said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!” (John 1:29). • Isaac, the son, acted in obedience to his father in becoming the sacrifice (v. 9); Jesus prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will” (Matthew 26:39). https://www.gotquestions.org/Abraham-Isaac.html Do you see there the parallels between Isaac and Jesus? Picture young Isaac trudging up the hill, heading towards the sacrifice with a heavy weight of wood strapped to his back and weighing him down. And then hundreds of years later, Jesus, the only begotten son of God, trudging up a hill in a similar area (maybe the same hill!) with the wood of the cross strapped to His back - heading to His own sacrifice. In both cases, the father is leading the son to his death, and in both cases, the son obediently follows. Would Abraham have followed through with this, and actually killed his son? It certainly appears so...but do recall that Abraham confidently told his servant at the bottom of the mountain that he AND Isaac would return. Recall also that Abraham, in faith, told Isaac that GOD would HIMSELF provide the sacrifice. I don't believe Abraham was deceiving Isaac - I believe he was trusting in God to spare Isaac OR EVEN RAISE HIM FROM THE DEAD! (" He considered God to be able even to raise someone from the dead " Hebrews 11:19) So - the almost-sacrifice of Isaac is a picture to us of the very real sacrifice of Jesus. Our astonishment (and even offense) at the seeming audacity of God to grant Abraham a child, and then shortly after demand his sacrifice, shows to us the worth of Isaac, and the worth of a child, and the depth of a father's love. We, those of us who are parents at least, can sympathize with Abraham on a deep level and began to fathom the cost of giving up a child. And that is precisely the point. That Abraham was willing to sacrifice Isaac showed Abraham's level of trust in God - it showed his deepest feelings towards God. Likewise, God's willingness to sacrifice His one and only begotten son shows us the depth of feelings that He has towards His people. The beautiful exchange that happens atop Mount Moriah - when the ram is substituted for the beloved Isaac, looks forward to an even MORE BEAUTIFUL exchange that will happen in the future when WE are the one's scheduled to be sacrificed on the cross for OUR sins (and deservedly so!) but God rescues us through His son at the last minute, and HE is sacrificed in OUR place. HE is the sacrificial ram that saves the life of us in the same way the ram caught in the thicket gave his life for the life of Isaac. Allow me to close with some excellent thoughts on this episode from Glen Scrivener, writing on the Gospel Coalition website: So the whole episode concludes: “Abraham called that place The Lord Will Provide. And to this day it is said, On the mountain of the Lord it will be provided” (Gen. 22:14). Notice the future tense. God will provide. What will he provide? The Lamb of God, the Offspring of Abraham, the Beloved Son, the Hope of the World. One day, on that very mountain, God would provide the ultimate atonement. And many knew it. For centuries afterward they would point to that hill and say: “The true sacrifice is coming, and that's where he'll be provided.” God didn't ask Abraham to go through with the sacrifice. But one dark Friday, God would provide. The beloved Son of the Father would walk willingly up that hill, carrying the wood on his back. And there he would be slain to save and bless the world. If we attempt to read the Bible primarily as a rulebook, it crumbles between our fingers. With such a mindset, Genesis 22 is a scandal and a barrier to faith. Yet when Scripture is read as intended, we see it as a testimony to Christ. Suddenly we realize that all the Bible, and all believers in every age, are fixed on the one truth that towers above all others: “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world” (John 1:29). https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/abrahams-sacrifice-genesis-22/
In conversation with Tracey Matisak, award-winning broadcaster and journalist Dr. Imani Perry is the author of Looking for Lorraine, a work of ''masterly syntheses of research and analysis'' (New York Times Book Review) of the life of Lorraine Hansberry, the author of A Raisin in the Sun. A professor of African-American studies, public affairs, and gender and sexuality studies at Princeton University, Perry is also the author of More Beautiful and More Terrible: The Embrace and Transcendence of Racial Inequality in the United States and May We Forever Stand: A History of the Black National Anthem. A meditation on black resilience and resistance, Breathe challenges America to see black children as deserving of humanity in an increasingly unjust society. (recorded 10/2/2019)
James Baldwin said, “American history is longer, larger, more various, more beautiful, and more terrible than anything anyone has ever said about it.” Imani Perry embodies that prism. For the past few years, Perry has been pondering the notions of slow work and resistant joy as she writes about what it means to raise her two black sons — as a thinker and writer at the intersection of law, race, culture, and literature. This live conversation was recorded at the Chautauqua Institution.Imani Perry is the Hughes-Rogers Professor of African American Studies at Princeton University. Her books include More Beautiful and More Terrible, Prophets of the Hood, Looking for Lorraine, and, most recently, Breathe.This interview is edited and produced with music and other features in the On Being episode "Imani Perry – More Beautiful." Find more at onbeing.org.
James Baldwin said, “American history is longer, larger, more various, more beautiful, and more terrible than anything anyone has ever said about it.” Imani Perry embodies that prism. For the past few years, Perry has been pondering the notions of slow work and resistant joy as she writes about what it means to raise her two black sons — as a thinker and writer at the intersection of law, race, culture, and literature. This live conversation was recorded at the Chautauqua Institution.Imani Perry is the Hughes-Rogers Professor of African American Studies at Princeton University. Her books include More Beautiful and More Terrible, Prophets of the Hood, Looking for Lorraine, and, most recently, Breathe.Find the transcript for this show at onbeing.org.
Speaker: Vince Klassen People often ask me, and probably you too, in moments of vulnerability, in moments of crisis, in moments of confrontation: Do you believe in God? But what sounds like such as simple question is way more complex than it seems! What do you mean by God? Because if you mean some old-guy-in-the-sky who is writing down all the bad stuff we do so that he can send us to hell, if that’s what you mean by God, I don’t think I do believe in that God. So does that make me, does that make you, an atheist? Are those our only options? Is it old-man-in-the-sky or nothing? What if there are More options than that? What if there are many More? Beautiful options. Transcendent options. That’s what we are going to wrestle with this week at the gym. And I guarantee that you will leave with more options than just old-man-in-the-sky and atheism. I guarantee it! Invite someone in your life who needs this conversation. See you for the fall launch of the series "I’m Spiritual, not Crazy" a guide to talking about your spirituality without sounding like a crazy person. To donate to this podcast and support the making of more of these please visit www.friendschurch.ca/podcast
Rabbi Steve Leder joins us to talk about grief, suffering, and transformation. He shares with us why he wrote the best-selling book More Beautiful than Before: How Suffering Transforms Us and shared that it included an apology for all the people he had counseled in the past. He had an awakening after a life threatening car accident that left him in chronic pain, with depression, and an Opioid addiction. Through that experience he learned that much of what he'd endeavored to help people with he didn't truly understand. This show is a great reminder as to why our suffering is transformative and can lead to a deeper and richer life experience. We also discussed that the very act of suffering is not a call to martyr yourself. None of us actually wants to suffer. If we can avoid it we certainly work hard at trying, but leaning into it can transform your life.Twice-named by Newsweek Magazine as one of the ten most influential rabbis in America, Steve Leder is the Senior Rabbi of Wilshire Boulevard Temple in Los Angeles, serving over 2,400 families at three campuses. He is the author of such critically acclaimed books as, The Extraordinary Nature of Ordinary Things, an Amazon #1 Best Seller, and More Money Than God: Living a Rich Life Without Losing Your Soul. Described as “a gift” by Forbes, Rabbi Leder’s newest book More Beautiful Than Before; How Suffering Transforms Us, became the #6 Best Seller on Amazon in its first week and has received critical acclaim and remarkable media attention. Leder has been a guest on CBS This Morning, ABC, NPR, PBS, and FOX as well as two appearances on ABC’s Politically Incorrect, NPR, The CBS Early Show, Dennis Miller, The Tavis Smiley Show, Cavuto and Friends, Scarborough Country, Fox Family and Friends and ABC Overnight.Rick Warren, # 1 New York Times Best Selling Author of The Purpose Driven Life describes Leder’s new book as, “A treasure box of time-tested wisdom; It is clear, compassionate, and compelling.”Pulitzer Prize-Winning Playwright Wendy Wasserstein said, “Rabbi Leder is a modern wise man; learned, kind, funny and non-judgmental; he finds the true fabric of our spiritual lives.” Rabbi Leder has been featured in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Beliefnet, TIME Magazine, Town and Country and his commentaries in the Los Angeles Jewish Journal were read weekly by over 50,000 people.The winner of numerous awards, and the subject of the feature film “Restoring Your Tomorrow,” Steve is the recipient of the Kovler Award for his work in interdenominational and cross-cultural dialogue and a contributor to Charles Barkley’s book, Who’s Afraid of a Large Black Man? In it, Rabbi Leder discussed the connections between economics, religion and racism. He is a fellow in the British American Project and was speaker at the prestigious Aspen Ideas Festival, a global gathering of thought leaders from many disciplines who share ideas and issues that both shape our lives and challenge our times. Rabbi Leder is a graduate of Northwestern University; studied at Trinity College Oxford; and was ordained at Hebrew Union College. He lives with his family in Los Angeles.
1. Pain is predictable a. It's the product of the fall. b. Everyone suffers: c. Jesus promised we would all suffer for His sake (Jn 15:20)2. Pain is preparation a. God forges us in affliction (Isa 48:10) b. On the other side we are: More valuable More Beautiful More Useable3. Pain is power a. Once prepared, you will do things for God that no one else can do. b. There will be power in your work that comes from your trials.4. Pain has purpose a. God does not waste pain! b. Just ask Joe – Genesis 50:18-20.SONGS: Faithful To The End #054172 by B Johnson, H McClure, J Taylor & P McClure2015 © Bethel Music PublishingHallelujah For The Cross #7107551 by B Glover, C McClarney & J Pardo9t One SongsResurrecting #7051507 by C Brown, M Brock, M Ntele, S Furtick & W Joye2015 © Be Essential Songs Over All I Know #7105439 by A Rozier, J Ingram & J CatesAll Essential Music Our God Reigns #4615709 by M Smith2005 Curious? Music UK
Today I'm talking with Jeanne Theoharis about her book, “A More Beautiful and Terrible History: The Uses and Misuses of Civil Rights History”. The civil rights movement has become national legend, lauded by presidents from Reagan to Obama to Trump, as proof of the power of American democracy. This fable, featuring dreamy heroes and accidental heroines, has shuttered the movement firmly in the past, whitewashed the forces that stood in its way, and diminished its scope. Historian Jeanne Theoharis dissects this national myth-making, teasing apart the accepted stories to show them in a strikingly different light. By showing us the complex reality of the movement, the power of its organizing, and the beauty and scope of the vision, Theoharis reveals that there was nothing natural or inevitable about the progress that occurred. In unearthing our civil rights legacy, “A More Beautiful and Terrible History”, holds an uncomfortable mirror to the nation, underscoring the crucial work that remains to be done. Jeanne Theoharis is Distinguished Professor of Political Science at Brooklyn College of City University of New York. She is author or co-author of seven books, including the New York Times best-selling and 2014 NAACP Image Award-winning, The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks. Amazon: Click link to purchase his book, https://amzn.to/2IuXL5y (“A More Beautiful and Terrible History: The Uses and Misuses of Civil Rights History”). iTunes: Here is a chronological list of the songs played on the episode. Click to purchase, below. https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/album/which-side-are-you-on-feat-tef-poe-kendra-ross/1045652954?i=1045652957&mt=1&app=music&at=1010lsYg (Which Side Are You On? )– Tef Po https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/album/in-the-name-of-mlk/1451861732?i=1451861743&mt=1&app=music&at=1010lsYg (In the Name of MLK) – Lak https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/album/black-panther-party/1329122629?i=1329123354&mt=1&app=music&at=1010lsYg (Black Panther Party) – Griot B https://soundcloud.com/jperiod/rise-up (Rise Up!) – Black Thought https://soundcloud.com/jperiod/rise-up ([Not on iTunes. Only on SoundCloud]) https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/album/uncle-ben-single/1450768516?mt=1&app=music&at=1010lsYg (Uncle Ben) – NOWDAZE https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=13028033 (Become a Patron!) Please click on the icon to subscribe, rate, and leave a review. Social Media https://twitter.com/JeanneTheoharis (Twitter ) Intro/Outro theme music produced my http://www.cosmiqsound.com/ (Cosmiq).
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Mallory and Brea talk about their favorite trans authors and interview writer Holly Maholm! Use the hashtag #ReadingGlassesPodcast to participate in online discussion! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Reading Glasses Merch Links - Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group Amazon Wish List LAMBDA Awards Holly Maholm What Would a Unicorn Do? Books Mentioned - Stronger, Faster, and More Beautiful by Arwen Elys Dayton Growing Things by Paul Tremblay All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders Six Months, Three Days and Five Others by Charlie Jane Anders The Drowning Girl by Caitlin Kiernan The Red Tree by Caitlin Kiernan The Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion by Margaret Killjoy Tomorrow Will Be Different by Sarah McBride The Merry Spinster by Daniel Mallory Ortberg An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon Gumballs by Erin Nation Normal Life by Dean Spade Finding Masculinity by Alexander Walker and Emmett J. P. Lundberg Transcendent 3 by Bogi Takacs Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee I'm Afraid of Men by Vivek Shraya Mark 947 by Calpernia Sarah Addams Branded T by Rosalyne Blumenstein The Soul of the Horse by Joe Camp
Welcome to Our Life In Books where we talk about our lives, books, and everything in between! Things get silly this week with a game of Nuclear Winter- Harry Potter Edition! Since the year is coming to and end, we wanted to be silly this podcast and see which Harry Potter characters we would want to survive a nuclear winter with. Inspiration for this episode was thanks to the JennaJulien Podcast! If you don’t already listen to them, we highly recommend you go check them out. They are hilarious and insightful! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAOwW6UWDZDFZ5meGS-lQhQ >Please leave a like, rating, comment and review. It really helps other book nerds find our podcast!< Go check out our tea! - https://www.adagio.com/signature_blend/list.html?userId=696813O All of the Social Medias: Follow the Podcast- https://linktr.ee/ourlifeinbooks_ Follow Elizabeth- https://linktr.ee/bookishconnoisseur Follow Samantha- https://linktr.ee/bookishstateofmind Things We Mentioned: Adagio Tea- https://www.adagio.com Gingerbread tea- https://www.adagio.com/flavors/gingerbread.html Candy Apple tea- https://www.adagio.com/flavors/candy_apple.html Books: Fire & Heist by Sarah Best Durst- https://amzn.to/2UJqEyB Surviving Amber Springs by Siobhan Davis- https://amzn.to/2PEptga Stronger, Faster, and More Beautiful by Arwen Elys Dayton- https://amzn.to/2SMKbwi Riddles Tea Shoppe- https://www.riddlesteashoppe.com
A professor of African American studies, public affairs, and gender and sexuality studies at Princeton University, Dr. Imani Perry is the author of More Beautiful and More Terrible: The Embrace and Transcendence of Racial Inequality in the United States, May We Forever Stand: A History of the Black National Anthem, and Prophets of the Hood: Politics and Poetics in Hip Hop. Her latest book is a portrait of the short but extraordinary life of the writer of A Raisin in the Sun, whose network of friends, family, colleagues, and collaborators included the most prominent African American artists and activists of the 1960s. Watch the video here. (recorded 9/25/2018)
Today’s episode is perfect for cyberpunk and Sci-Fi fans – join us as we discuss Stronger, Faster, and More Beautiful by Arwen Elys Dayton. (Transcript) In today’s episode… Arwen Elys Dayton’s new book Stronger, Faster and More Beautiful is a collection of six stories spanning a couple hundred years of human experimentation with genetic modification. Six teens provide different perspectives on the social, emotional, and political implications of this brave new world. These Show Notes use Amazon Affiliate Links for your convenience. If you decide to purchase this book, please consider doing so through our affiliate links. Your support makes this podcast possible. Episode highlights… Spoiler-Free *1:20 We loved the premise and the narrative voices in this book *3:33 We nerd out about anagrams *5:45 We have a lengthy discussion regarding the […] The post Stronger, Faster, and More Beautiful by Arwen Elys Dayton appeared first on Nouvelle ELA Teaching Resources.
This week, Jenn and María Cristina discuss Revolution Sunday, Here Comes Jack Frost, Once Upon a River, A Loud Winter’s Nap, and more great books. This episode was sponsored by Book Riot Insiders, Riddance; or, The Sybil Joines Vocational School for Ghost Speakers & Hearing-Mouth Children by Shelley Jackson, and Third Love. BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW: The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats (video read aloud) Here Comes Jack Frost by Kazuno Kohara Revolution Sunday by Wendy Guerra, translated by Achy Obejas Goodbye Autumn, Hello Winter by Kenard Pak Hex Vet: Witches in Training by Sam Davies (Dec 18) Little Santa by Jon Agee Santa Duck by David Milgrim My Favorite Half-Night Stand by Christina Lauren A Loud Winter’s Nap by Katy Hudson Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield (tw: domestic violence, suicide, harm to children) WHAT WE'RE READING Guidebook to Relative Strangers by Camille T. Dungy (Persist Instagram Book Club!) MORE BOOKS OUT THIS WEEK The Dakota Winters by Tom Barbash Hong Kong Noir (Akashic Noir Series) by Jason Y. Ng and Susan Blumberg-Kason North of Dawn: A Novel by Nuruddin Farah Strange Days by Constantine J. Singer Hearts of the Missing by Carol Potenza The Songbird by Marcia Willett King of the Road by R. S. Belcher Milkman by Anna Burns Stronger, Faster, and More Beautiful by Arwen Elys Dayton At the End of the Century: The stories of Ruth Prawer Jhabvala by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala Fire & Heist by Sarah Beth Durst Queen of Air and Darkness (The Dark Artifices) by Cassandra Clare Once a King (Clash of Kingdoms) by Erin Summerill Radiant Shimmering Light by Sarah Selecky Unpresidented: A Biography of Donald Trump by Martha Brockenbrough How We Win: A Guide to Nonviolent Direct Action Campaigning by George Lakey The Accidental Beauty Queen by Teri Wilson The Mansion: A Novel by Ezekiel Boone The Great War in America: World War I and Its Aftermath by Garrett Peck King of the Dinosaur Hunters: The Life of John Bell Hatcherand the Discoveries that Shaped Paleontology by Lowell Dingus The Deadly Deep: The Definitive History of Submarine Warfare by Iain Ballantyne Victory City: A History of New York and New Yorkers during World War II by John Strausbaugh For the Sake of the Game: Stories Inspired by the Sherlock Holmes Canon by Laurie R. King (editor), Leslie S. Klinger (editor) Murder at the Mill: A Mystery (The Iris Grey Mysteries) by M. B. Shaw The Man Who Would Be Sherlock: The Real-Life Adventures of Arthur Conan Doyle by Christopher Sandford Theater of the World: The Maps that Made History by Thomas Reinertsen Berg
Eric and Kelly pack your gift-giving itineraries and your TBRs with YA books. Sponsored by Book Riot Insiders, Dragonshadow by Elle Katharine White, and So Done by Paula Chase. Hey YA is available on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Play, and right here on Book Riot. Show Notes: The Seven Torments of Amy and Craig by Don Zolidis Summer Bird Blue by Akemi Dawn Bowman Paperback Crush by Gabrielle Moss Need by Joelle Charbonneau A Conspiracy of Us by Maggie Hall Stronger, Faster, and More Beautiful by Arwen Elys Dayton The Princess and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang Black Wings Beating by Alex London The Astonishing Color of After by Emily XR Pan Replica by Lauren Oliver A Touch of Gold by Annie Sullivan Bad Taste in Boys by Carrie Harris Relativity by Cristin Bishara Deadly by Julie Chibbaro Chemistry Lessons by Meredith Goldstein Ivory and Bone by Julie Eshbaugh The Chronal Engine by Greg Leitich Smith A Conspiracy of Stars by Olivia A. Cole Anger Is A Gift by Mark Oshiro Tyler Johnson Was Here by Jay Coles I Am Alfonso Jones by Tony Medina Dear Martin by Nic Stone I Believe In A Thing Called Love by Maurene Goo The Only Thing Worse Than Me Is You by Lily Anderson The Summer of Jordi Perez (And The Best Burger in Los Angeles) by Amy Spalding Save The Date by Morgan Matson Mammoth by Jill Baguchinsky Undead Girl Gang by Lily Anderson The Apocalypse of Elena Mendoza by Shaun David Hutchinson Your Robot Dog Will Die by Arin Greenwood The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo The Serpent King by Jeff Zentner Heart of Iron by Ashley Poston Modern Herstory by Blair Imani
Welcome to the radio magazine that brings you news, commentary and analysis from a Black Left perspective. I’m Glen Ford, along with my co-host Nellie Bailey. Coming up: The civil rights movement shook American racial apartheid to its foundations, inflicting profound defeats on white supremacy, but the defenders of the old racial regime have turned that history into a feather in the cap of American exceptionalism; and, the Pennsylvania prison system is using a dubious alleged drug-induced health crisis to impose unprecedented restrictions on inmate mail and visitation. Israel is the only nuclear power on Earth that has not only refused to sign the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Agreement, but enforces a vow of silence on U.S. presidents from both political parties. The Washington DC-based Institute for Research on Middle Eastern Policy has filed suit in federal court to make public letters that the New Yorker magazine says every president since Bill Clinton has signed, promising to never publicly discuss Israel’s arsenal of nuclear weapons or to pressure Israel to sign the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. We spoke with Grant Smith, director of the Institute, and asked him, How could it be that, for two generations, all discussion of Israeli nukes has been forbidden in official Washington? The same people who fought the civil rights movement tooth and nail, defending discrimination and segregation, now use the movement’s victories as proof that the United States is an inherently good country, a nation that means well even when it is wrong. As proof, they point to the successes of the U.S. civil rights movement, two generations ago. Jeanne Theoharis is a professor of political science at Brooklyn College at the City University of New York, and author of the new book, “A More Beautiful and Terrible History: The Uses and Misuses of Civil Rights History.” Theoharis says the civil rights movement and its leaders have become props for American exceptionalism. Pennsylvania’s 25 state prisons all went on lockdown, last month, with no notification to inmates or the public. It eventually emerged that the state was claiming that prison guards and other employees had been poisoned by contraband drugs that were smuggled into prison. Medical experts and others questioned the state’s story. Among the most skeptical parties are the lawyers for the Abolitionist Law Center and the Amistad Law Project, who fight for prisoners’ rights in Pennsylvania. Kris Henderson is with the Amistad Law Project, in Philadelphia. Dr. Joseph Harris is a former member of the Black Panther Party, and currently the personal physician to Mumia Abu Jamal, the best known political prisoner in the Pennsylvania prison system. Dr. Harris has visited Mumia since the lockdown and shakeup of the state prison system. Harris played a key role in Mumia’s fight to be cured of hepatitis-C, for himself and thousands of other inmates.
Have you ever struggled with staying on the correct path? With seeing the forest amidst the trees? Keeping on the journey we know we need to be on to be happy? Well, we have the solution for you, and the happy news is we talk about it in this episode. PLEASE NOTE; There is a spoiler alert for the movie "Simon Birch" between 14:50 and 15:40 Thank you @JamesKocian, your music sure makes our podcast pop. Thanks for writing it for us, we so appreciate it and you! We went a little crazy on this episode. We used "Another Perfect Day", "Bumper 1", "More Beautiful" and "Personal Reflection". You can check out more of his talent (including his new CD) at www.JamesKocian.com or www.Facebook.com/JamesKocianMusic www.HappyLife.lol www.Facebook.com/HappyLifeStudios www.Instagram.com/HappyLife_Studios www.Twitter.com/HappyLifStudios www.PayPal.me/StevoHays Camp Daniels social media http://www.campdaniel.org/ www.facebook.com/camp.daniel.5 www.instagram.com/camp_daniel
We're so thrilled to get to talk to Keiko Agena, artist, actress, and author of No Mistakes: A Perfect Workbook for Imperfect Artists. Keiko is best known for her role as Lane Kim on the TV show Gilmore Girls, which just so happens to be a favorite show of ours! We loved diving into what makes this workbook/creative journal so special, and how Keiko Agena encourages people to put aside pressures of perfection to embrace beautifully flawed art! We talked about finding your "artist" voice when you don't feel creative, pushing creative boundaries, loving your process, and how learning to tap into your creativity without fear can bring a little more kindness into this world. Follow Keiko Agena on... Instagram Twitter Her website Buy Keiko's book here: https://amzn.to/2PbhE2O Other books mentioned: The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron The Little Book of Life Hacks: How to Make Your Life Happier, Healthier, and More Beautiful by Yumi Sakugawa Fool's Errand by Robin Hobb Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan The Ensemble by Aja Gabel Follow us all over the internet: Twitter: https://twitter.com/nothxwerebooked Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nothxwerebooked/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nothxwerebooked Website: nothankswerebooked.com
This week we're joined once again by John Ryan to discuss his pick, The Apartment. We also get into other stuff we watched as well as your feedback. Thanks for listening. Enjoy! 0:00 - Intro 8:38 - What We Watched: Trash Humpers, I, Tonya, Young Mr. Lincoln, Black Panther, Goodfellas, Double Indemnity, The Major and the Minor, Last Days, Andre the Giant, Tour de Pharmacy, My Nights are More Beautiful than Your Days, The Adventures of Robin Hood, On the Silver Globe 1:35:20 - Deep Dive: The Apartment (1960) d. Billy Wilder 2:09:14 - Feedback: Best Soundtracks, Most Expensive Movie Purchases 2:22:51 - Outro/Next Episode Feedback@filmyakpodcast.com
This week we're joined once again by John Ryan to discuss his pick, *The Apartment*. We also get into other stuff we watched as well as your feedback. Thanks for listening. Enjoy! 0:00 - Intro 8:38 - What We Watched: *Trash Humpers*, *I, Tonya*, *Young Mr. Lincoln*, *Black Panther*, *Goodfellas*, *Double Indemnity*, *The Major and the Minor*, *Last Days*, *Andre the Giant*, *Tour de Pharmacy*, *My Nights are More Beautiful than Your Days*, *The Adventures of Robin Hood*, *On the Silver Globe* 1:35:20 - Deep Dive: *The Apartment* (1960) d. Billy Wilder 2:09:14 - Feedback: Best Soundtracks, Most Expensive Movie Purchases 2:22:51 - Outro/Next Episode Feedback@filmyakpodcast.com
Professor Jeanne Theoharis joins me to discuss her new book, “A More Beautiful and Terrible History: The uses and misuses of civil rights history.
Dr. Imani Perry, Author of "More Beautiful and More Terrible" and Professor at Princeton University discusses racial inequality, the presidency of Barack Obama and the way forward.
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Show Topic: Tips for Making Life a Little Easier with Guest Yumi Sakugawa Co-Hosts: Judy Gaman, Walter Gaman, MD Mark Anderson, MD Guest: Yumi Sakugawa Segment 1 Intro – 30 sec. In this busy world, it can be hard to stay happy and healthy. Sometimes it seems like a lot of work. Later this hour we have a special guest Yumi Sakugawa the author of new book The Little Book of Life Hacks. Share tips we use in our daily life To get enough sleep To manage our time To stay happily married To get in a little “me time” To stay up on the news To reduce stress or manage a busy schedule Anything that we feel would be useful to our listeners MUSIC FOR DOC SHOCK (JIM) THAT MUSIC MEANS ITS TIME FOR DOC SHOC. A TIME WHEN WE FIND SOMETHING SHOCKING IN THE NEWS OR WE'RE SHOCKED IT MADE THE NEWS. New study lead by Kathryn C. Fitzgerald at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Took a closer look at the effects of a healthy diet on people who suffer from MS. Out of the nearly 7,000 patients who were studied, those with a healthy diet were 20 percent less likely to have more severe physical disability than people with poor dietary habits. Add in other positive lifestyle attributes like not smoking and getting exercise and overall healthy lifestyle and they became 50 % less likely to have depression, 30% less likely to have severe fatigue, and more than 40% less likely to have pain. See the study here TAKE THE SURVEY!!!! Stay Young America .com Facebook (Stay Young Media Group), website (Stayyoungamerica.com, and iTunes, call us 844-well 100 Follow us on Twitter @StayYoungMedia. When we come back, our special guest Yumi Sakugawa about her new book The Little Book of Life Hacks Segment 2 Intro – 10 sec. About tease – 1 min. –Download the podcasts of the show and Daily Medical Minutes to stayyoungamerica.com or just searching StayingYoungShow 2.0. Coming up, our special guest Yumi Sakugawa about her new book the Little Book of Life Hacjs: How to Make Your life Happier, Healthier, and More Beautiful ANDERSON - Immortal minute – 2 min. Yumi – tell us about your background What inspired you to write this book With all the long hours, we all tend to fight dark circles. Lets talk about some of your tips for this You say that if we rub a banana peel on our teeth daily before brushing, it will whiten our teeth – how does that work? What about the pantry remedies for dry skin? Tease 20 sec. – TAKE THE SURVEY!!!! www.stayyoungamerica.com SHOUT OUT TO MILITARY, Facebook (stay young media group) , download podcasts – follow us on twitter @StayYoungMedia Segment 3 Intro – 15 sec. Judy – Tease the upcoming Dementia Defender 844-WELL100 Today we're visiting with Yumi Sakugawa about her latest book The Little Book of Life Hacks: How to Make Your Life Happier, Healthier, and More Beautiful You even tackle things like how to organize the cables and cords There is a section on how to clean every room in your house with white vinegar – why do you frown upon commercial cleaners? I love the 12 house plants chapter. Why have we moved away from plants in our home? I remember when everyone had lots of indoor plants. Talk about the importance of different plants and how they can improve air quality in your home Share with us some of your tips for remembering people's names Colors and appetite – red increases and blue decreases Tips to increase focus – you list 9 in the book. Give our listeners a few Judy tease DD – grab a pen! 844-well100. Podcasts itunes, www.stayyoungamerica.com – 45 sec. Segment 4 – Tease DD 844-Well100 – If you're just tuning in, catch this and every episode on iTunes under Staying Young Show 2.0 or follow us on TWITTTER @StayYoungMedia Medical Mania Trivia – Guest Tracey from NYC How many internal organs do we have? 5, 12, or 22 22 What percent of the population is left handed? 10% Which finger is the most sensitive? Index finger The body is divided into 11 systems. Name 2 of those systems Circulatory, Respiratory, Immune, Skeletal, Digestive, Excretory, Urinary, Muscular, Endocrine, Nervous, Reproductive In addition to the respiratory system, the lungs fall into which other system: Immune, Excretory, or Circulatory Excretory Open discussion DEMENTIA DEFENDER Thank you for listening to the Staying Young Show! With all the mixed messages on health, you need information that you can use and that you can trust. Listen in as the experts discuss all topics health related. It's time to STAY YOUNG and stay healthy! Each week we tackle a topic and often with leading scientists, best-selling authors, and even your favorite celebrities! As a listener of our show, your input is important to us. Please take a moment to fill out this quick survey so we can serve you better - Survey For more information on The Staying Young Show, please visit our website, and subscribe to the show in iTunes, Stitcher, or your favorite podcast app. You can also reach out to our host, Judy Gaman, here for book purchasing, and speaking opportunities in your area!
What happens when a person who has supported others through their hardest times faces his own hardest time? In Rabbi Steve Leder's case, a crisis in his own life led to a deepening understanding of what it takes to come through such a time and what helps when you are the one facing something so life changing. Surviving, healing and growing forever holds the possibility of finding a more profound meaning. Rabbi Leder found that in his own suffering, his understanding of suffering itself deepened. Inevitably, he felt a call to share his new understandings and encourage others to make the most of their hardest times. We'll discuss the book that came out of his experience, More Beautiful than Before.
What happens when a person who has supported others through their hardest times faces his own hardest time? In Rabbi Steve Leder's case, a crisis in his own life led to a deepening understanding of what it takes to come through such a time and what helps when you are the one facing something so life changing. Surviving, healing and growing forever holds the possibility of finding a more profound meaning. Rabbi Leder found that in his own suffering, his understanding of suffering itself deepened. Inevitably, he felt a call to share his new understandings and encourage others to make the most of their hardest times. We'll discuss the book that came out of his experience, More Beautiful than Before.
Happy Labor Day everyone! Here is something you should celebrate, even though not many think about celebrating it. Special thanks to James Kocian for the use of his original music "More Beautiful" Check out more of his music here https://soundcloud.com/james-kocian) www.HappyLife.lol www.Facebook.com/HappyLifeStudios www.Instagram.com/HappyLife_Studios www.Twitter.com/HappyLifStudios www.PayPal.me/StevoHays
Today I’m chatting with comic book artist and author, Yumi Sakugawa. I personally have several of Yumi’s books, including I Think I Am In Friend – Love With You, Your Illustrated Guide To Becoming One With The Universe, There Is No Right Way To Meditate, and her latest …The Little Book Of Life Hacks, How to Make Your Life Happier, Healthier, and More Beautiful. And her comics! Yumi writes and draws feelings…feelings that we’ve all experienced. Her stories spring up around these deep truths, and I think that’s why, at least for me, once I started reading her work, I craved more. It’s like Yumi just gets me. :) She puts the human experience on paper. And in talking with her here on the show, and getting a glimpse into how she creates, I understand why her words and drawings evoke that sense of familiarity wrapped up in something that is just so magical. We talk books, comics, zines, traditional publishing, self publishing, tools of the trade, inspiration, and really, so much more! I’m super excited to share with you, my chat with Yumi Sakugawa. For photos and fun facts about Yumi that aren't mentioned on the sho, pop on over to www.herprocess.com Connect with Her Process and host, Jo Bozarth: Instagram: https://instagram.com/jobozarth/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/jobozarth Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thejobozarth https://www.facebook.com/HerProcess/
A “luminous novel” set in corrupt, war-torn, violent Pakistan guides us through a story of love, hope and beauty by a recently widowed Muslim architect and her Christian neighbors. That’s the latest story line from author Nadeem Aslam, who joins Just the Right Book Podcast to talk about his fifth novel, The Golden Legend. Aslam was born in Pakistan, fled to the UK with his family as a teenager and published his first short story at 13. And later in this episode, we hear from Mary Williams, General Manager for Skylight Books in Los Angeles, who gives us some recommendations for the Dads and Grads in your life! Be sure to like us on Facebook and join our mailing list to hear more news about Just the Right Book Podcast We’re trying to get a better demographic handle on the people like yourself who listen to Just The Right Book Podcast. Just go to our website, www.BookPodcast.com, and click on the “Listener Survey,” it should take you about 30 seconds and be most helpful to us. Thank you in advance for this! Books in this episode: The Golden Legend by Nadeem Aslam The Wasted Vigil by Nadeem Aslam East of Eden by John Steinbeck Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Nothing Remains the Same: Rereading and Remembering by Wendy Lesser 1984 by George Orwell Fahrenheit 451 by Ray D. Bradbury Men Without Women: Stories by Haruki Murakami Are You Anybody?: A Memoir by Jeffrey Tambor No Is Not Enough: Resisting Trump's Shock Politic's and Winning the World We Need by Naomi Klein Books for Grads: Make Trouble by John Waters The Little Book of Life Hacks: How to Make Your Life Happier, Healthier and More Beautiful by Yumi Sakugawa Your Inner Critic is a Big Jerk: And Other Truths about Being Creative by Danielle Krysa The Art of Possibility: Transforming Professional and Personal Life by Rosamund Stone Zander, Benjamin Zander Books for Dads: Theft by Finding: Diaries (1977-2002) by David Sedaris My Dad Used to Be So Cool by Keith Negley The Refugees by Viet Thanh Nguyen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Disillusioned by the "Holy” City Well, we come to Isaiah 60, this morning to one of my favorite chapters in the Bible. So I'm smiling because I say that just about every week, I know. I mean, I love the book of Isaiah, but this chapter, Isaiah 60, gives us such an incredible vision of The Radiant City of God that we're moving toward through faith in Christ, that I can't wait to preach it to you. Now I love church history, I love looking back at moments of church history and there's so many illustrative moments that come along the way. And I want to choose a moment from the life of Martin Luther before, years before he was converted. He was an Augustinian monk, and he was sent from Nuremberg to Rome to an important conference to do some business for his monastic order. He went with a brother Monk and they traveled for 700, almost 700 miles by foot, through Southern Germany, into Switzerland then through the Alps, the snow-covered Alps in the winter, finally making it through into the plains of Northern Italy. They moved on down the Italian boot and they came to a little rise. A hill Where for the first time in his life, Martin Luther was able to see Rome, what some people wrongly call the eternal city. What Luther called the holy city. And as he... When he first saw it, he first caught a glimpse of it, he fell down prostrate on the ground. Overwhelmed with religious zeal. And he cried out, "Oh Holy City! Oh Rome! The city sanctified by the blood of martyrs. I come at last to you." Then he got up off the ground and he walked into Rome, and he discovered what that city was really like. And he was disillusioned by the wickedness and the immorality, and the false religion that he saw there. He was disheartened by it and disillusioned by it. And he went back to his order and was silent for a long time because of his disappointment at that city that had been the focus of his pilgrimage. Now, that whole story, it really happened in history, but it's a kind of a parable, of what's going on in the hearts of people around us all the time. To some degree, we're all making our way through this world, as if on pilgrimage and we're going to some destination, some city of our dreams and our hopes. And how often does it happen that whenever we arrive we find ourselves bitterly disillusioned by what's there? The whole thing is disappointing. Does not satisfy. It's filled with wickedness and immorality, and disappointments, and we're turned off and we don't know what we have now to live for. That's where Luther was at. Now, praise God, a few years later, he found the gospel and when he read in the Book of Romans, that the righteous will live by faith, he said "The gates of paradise were open," and he went through so he still has this sense of entering into a city, but it was a different kind of city. It was a heavenly city, a city of glory and radiance, and beauty. In the timeless allegory of the Christian life, Pilgrim's Progress Christian and Hopeful, are making their way also toward a city. A destination, called in that parable by John Bunyan, the celestial city, the heavenly city. And at one point in their pilgrimage, they meet a group of men, godly men called shepherds. And the shepherds had them to a high mountain and gave them a telescope, which was a relatively new invention in Bunyan's lifetime interesting, but they had these two pilgrims looking through, with shaking hands, through a telescope, whereby they could see for the first time the celestial city, see what it actually looked like. So friends, this right here is the telescope. This is what we get to look through this morning to see the city where we're going to. And can I tell you it's a joyful glorious radiant place we're going toward. We will not be in any way disappointed when we get there. And I think the more that our hearts are filled with visions of the new Jerusalem, to which we are going, if we are Christians, we are going there, the better it is. For us, for our families and for even lost people who are around us who desperately need the message of hope, that's locked up in our hearts. They desperately need to hear the nature of our hope in that heavenly city, to which we are going. The book of Hebrew speaks of this city, in Hebrews 11:10, it speaks of Abraham was. It says "…he was looking forward to a city with foundations whose architect and builder is God." I think that's the faith-filled life that we should be... We're looking forward to a city. That's what faith is about, it's... Another word for it is hope. We are filled with hope as we look ahead to that city that is to come. It says later, a few verses later, in Hebrews 11:16, it says that these faith-filled men and women "were longing for a better country--a heavenly one. Therefore, God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them." Isaiah 60 in Context Well, this morning, in Isaiah 60, we get to look at that city. We get to understand some of the nature and the beauty of that radiant spiritual city to which we're going. And we get to look at it through the telescope of the text. So really I would urge that you take your Bibles and look with me as I'm just going to walk through the 22 verses of Isaiah 60. I'm going to try to understand the phrases here. It's not easy to interpret this book. Isaiah was a prophet, a Jewish man who lived about seven centuries before Christ was born. He lived one century before the Jews were exiled to Babylon, and he has a vision here, of the building, or we could say The glory of Zion. And so the stunning glory of Zion, whatever that means, we're going to talk about the glory of Zion, the city of God is revealed in this chapter in words that I believe, and this is the key to my interpretation of the chapter, words that soar vastly beyond the rebuilding of the city of Jerusalem physically after the exile to Babylon. Isaiah the prophet saw the exile to Babylon a century before it happened, but he looked beyond that in some way to the rebuilding of the city of Jerusalem after the exile. But these words just go far beyond that. And I would urge you also to keep your finger here in Isaiah 6. We're going to move through it is our home base, but also to look with me at Revelation chapter 21. And we're going to see in Revelation 21:23 and following, verbiage language, that's almost identical to that of Isaiah 60. So the Apostle John in the Island of Patmos, as he sees the new Jerusalem that's yet to come is using language from the chapter we're looking at today. And so, friends, we are not talking about the mere rebuilding of Jerusalem after the exile to Babylon. We're talking about something vastly more glorious than that. A vision of a city that's in construction. Now, it's beautiful right now but it's getting more and more beautiful every day. And that God calls on you if you're a Christian to serve that city and to get involved in building it for the rest of your lives. It's a vision that should consume the rest of your life. It's worth your life to give it to the building, and the glorification of this city. And so in this chapter we're going to see displayed Zion, the city of God, the people of God in glorious prophetic perspective. We're going to see the diversities, the beautiful diversity of worship that's going to flow into this God, into this city from people all over the Earth. And for me, I'm going to see that in light of the spread of the Gospel to the ends of the Earth, where elect from every tribe and language, and people, and nation are coming over into faith in Christ, and are going to beautify that city with their unique patterns of worship." That's what we're going to see in this chapter. It's a beautiful, beautiful thing. The Idea of Zion Now we got to begin by understanding the word Zion. So we're talking about Zion here. The first time the word Zion appears in 2 Samuel 7 when it speaks of a literal physical city that David conquered from the Jebusites and the word Zion then appears in the text there as the physical city of Jerusalem in Palestine, Zion, the City of David. And then, it's used in the historical books like when Solomon built the temple there in Jerusalem, the word Zion was used there. It's used again and again in the Psalms and the prophets. The word Zion means immediately Jerusalem, but more specifically the city where God chose to put his name, for His dwelling, where he would dwell with his people together, Zion, the city where God dwells together with his people. So His glory cloud descended into Solomon's temple, and it remained there, and that was a sense of God's presence in the city of Zion. However, as the prophets continue to prophesy the word expanded to take on a bigger, fuller meaning, and so it refers more in prophetic perspective to the city of God where God will dwell with His people forever, and takes on a more of a heavenly sense at that point, because the physical city of Jerusalem became defiled like Rome in my opening illustration, became defiled with idolatry and wickedness. And so in the book of Ezekiel, the glory cloud departs from the physical city, the temple, and the Physical City of Jerusalem and goes away from that place. The Jews were exiled to Babylon and the Babylonians destroyed the temple. They destroyed the city and the Jews are living there in exile and they're pining for the day when they can return, and they can read the scroll of Isaiah, the prophecy of Isaiah that speaks very clearly about the rebuilding of the city. And they would have seen it in that light, but the language here just goes so far beyond, it just soars vastly higher than the mere rebuilding of the city in Palestine. It's bigger than that. So then the city of Jerusalem, becomes a type and a shadow of something bigger that's coming, a spiritual reality, a type and a shadow. This heavenly Zion, this heavenly Jerusalem, the eternal City of the Living God, where God and His people will dwell together in face-to-face fellowship. That's what's prefigured by the word Zion. Now, the Apostle Paul in the New Testament speaks in Galatians Chapter 4 of the "Jerusalem that is above…" He uses that language "The Jerusalem that is above" He says in Galatians 4:25:26, "the present city of Jerusalem… is in slavery with her children." That's the physical lower earthly city. That present physical city of Jerusalem is in slavery like the woman Hagar and her son Ishmael. They are slaves, okay? In slavery. But Galatians 4:26, "the Jerusalem that is above is free and she is our mother." So, the restoration of the Jews back to the rubble-filled streets of Jerusalem under Ezra and Nehemiah is merely the re-establishment of a physical type and shadow of a heavenly reality. The rebuilding of the walls of Jerusalem show that the perfect glory of Jerusalem had not yet come. For the Gentile nations that surrounded that rebuilding project were hostile to the Jews. They were a threat to them and a danger to them. And this chapter speaks of perfect peace in which the gate stand to open all the time and there's no threat, but only peace and prosperity. So the prophetic vision of Isaiah 60 is of a radiant, glorious, majestic, perfect city in which the wealth of nations is going to stream in to that city and beautify it, and make it wealthy and prosperous. It is the city of God. Look at Isaiah 60:14. There it speaks of "The City of the Lord, Zion of the Holy One of Israel." So that's that word Zion, the City of the Lord. And in this verse and throughout, we're going to see the themes of military victory over enemies and peace with former enemies and the ownership of the Lord, it's called the City of the Lord. So, we have a beautiful picture here, not just of the rebuilding of Jerusalem, but something far greater than that... And not just the enriching of a physical city of Jerusalem, where a Jewish king would sit and physical wealth is being sent as tribute from distant lands, but something far better than that. Actual spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. And so, the animals and lambs and all that that are offered in this language of the Old Testament are really just types and shadows of a true worship that's coming from people all over the world. And it speaks ultimately of mission. So, that's the preamble, you're thinking, "How long is this sermon going to be?" Friends, as long as it needs to be, it's a glorious chapter. So, let's take it like a gift and let's just unwrap it line by line. I. Zion Commanded to Arise and Be Glorious (vs. 1-2) Let's look at verses 1 and 2, Zion here is commanded by God to arise and be glorious. Look at verse one, "Arise and shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord rises upon you." So God speaks, I would say with resurrecting power to Zion. Rise up out of the dust, rise up out of the ashes, rise up and be glorious. Now, as I said, the physical city of Jerusalem immediate context, the Babylonians would destroy that city. They would level it, they would rush through the breach in the wall, and they would kill all the Jewish soldiers there and they would destroy it, they would go to the temple and they'd strip off all the gold from the wood and they would steal the gold and then they would burn the wood. And they destroyed the temple, they destroyed the walls, they destroyed the city, they razed it to the ground. It was burned with fire, and the people would mostly die by the sword, famine, and plague. A small remnant would be preserved, but they would go off in chains as slaves to Babylon. They were exiled to Babylon and there they lived for 70 years. At the end of that time, a small remnant of them would be allowed to go back to Jerusalem and rebuild it. Here, I believe Isaiah predicts at least that but far greater than that. He commands this city to rise up, as if out of the dust of the ground and be glorious. I believe that the 42,000 Jews that would return under Ezra at the command of Cyrus the Great to rebuild Jerusalem are somewhat in view here, but the language is greater than anything like that. The real glory of Zion is the saving work of Jesus Christ on the cross, and His resurrection. And the fact that, He can speak into our degradation, into our sin, even into our death and entombment and call on us to rise up out of the grave and be glorious. And that's awesome. The final glory of Zion will be in her people, redeemed by the blood of Jesus, redeemed from death, risen from the grave. Listen what Jesus said in John Chapter 5, he said, "Do not be amazed at this for a time is coming when all who are in their graves will hear His voice and come out. Those who have done good will rise to live." And, what will they be like when they come up out of their graves? Well, friends, they will be glorious. It says in Matthew 13, "Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father." We're going to shine like the angels that announced the birth of Jesus, remember how the glory of the Lord shown around. You're going to be radiant, you're going to be shiny, radiant in Christ. It says in 1 Corinthians 15, speaking of the resurrection of the dead, the body that is sown is perishable, it is raised imperishable. It is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory. [Ponder that.] It is sown in weakness, it is raised in power, it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body." So, Isaiah 60:1 in which God commands Zion. Rise and shine and be glorious is ultimately fulfilled in our resurrection. Zion’s Glory a Contrast to the Darkness of the Nations Now, Zion's glory is a contrast to the darkness of the nations. Look at Verse 2. "For behold, darkness covers the earth and thick darkness is over the peoples but the Lord rises upon you and His glory appears over you." So here we have a clear contrast darkness, even thick darkness, that covers the whole planet, and there's this one city, that's radiant and glorious, a light shining in a dark place. How beautiful is this? You know how it says in Isaiah 9, the people walking in darkness have seen a great light, and those who live in the land of the shadow of death, a light has dawned… For to us, a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders." That's the light in the dark place, but the whole world here in 60:2, is shrouded in thick darkness, and there's this one shining light. This Zion. Recently, I was reading about a terrible mining accident that happened in Russia, in October of 2003 and an underground lake was unleashed, broken through and started to flood in where the miners were and many of them were killed, some escaped but then there were some that were trapped in an air pocket and they were there for almost six days. And after a little while their batteries on their helmets went out, flickered out, and they were in total darkness without very much hope of survival. They had no food, they only had the water that was flooding in and threatening their lives. After almost six days they heard sounds of explosions as other miners were blasting through 60 yards of rock to eventually get where they were. And they did get where they were. And the wall got broken through and the first light, they had seen in almost six days was the light on the helmets of their rescuers. I'm thinking, if you're in that inky black darkness, you're going to move toward the light. You're going to move toward the lights, your only hope. And I get the picture here in this text that Jesus as the glory of Zion is humanity's only hope. We walk apart from Jesus, we walk in darkness. We are enslaved in a kingdom of darkness. Ephesians 2 says that, Ephesians 6 says that "Our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this present darkness." So we're in this darkness, a Satanic darkness apart from Christ. And that darkness that covers the earth now of those apart from Christ will be eternally completed in hell, a place of utter darkness, where people who do not know the forgiveness of the Lord, who do not come into the light of the city of Zion by faith in Jesus, will be relegated or cast out into utter darkness. The darkness represents the absence of the blessing of God, the absence of God in every respect except as the just condemner of them in their sin. So that's light and darkness. And we are called on to call people out of the darkness into the light. We are presently, by faith in Christ, already citizens of Zion. We're already living in the light. We're walking in the light as He is in the light. And we're told in the Sermon on the Mount to let our light shine before men that they may see our good deeds and glorify God who is in heaven. The reason is that they are without hope and without God in the world, and we are called on to do the works of the kingdom, works of mercy ministry to the poor and needy in the city and in other places, works of evangelism, reaching out in the office place, works of righteousness that attract people to know God. II. The Nations Drawn to the Glory of Zion, and Glorify it More (vs. 3-9) Now in verses 3-9, that's the very theme, that the light is magnetic and attracts people out of the darkness to it. Look what it says in verse 3, "And nations will come to your light and kings to the brightness of your dawn." Zion is shining with a supernatural glory, the nations are attracted to that light. Now, obviously under Ezra and Nehemiah, there was a small amount of light. When Nehemiah rebuilt the wall in 52 days, it was said that all the surrounding nations trembled with fear because they knew it was only possible through the power of God. So that's a small light, but it's not as glorious as the light of Christ. And so verse 3, "Nations come to your light and kings to the brightness of your dawn." This must be Jesus Christ. The gospel of Christ is appealing, it's attractive, it calls on people to come, to leave their darkness and to follow Christ. Zion’s Sons and Daughters Carried Home Now, in verse 4 and 9, Zion's sons and daughters are carried home, they're carried to the city. Look at verse 4, "Lift up your eyes and look about you. All assemble and come to you. Your sons come from afar and your daughters are carried on the arm." Look again down at verse 9, "Surely the islands look to me. In the lead are ships of Tarshish bringing your sons from afar with their silver and gold to the honor of the Lord your God, the holy one of Israel, for He has endowed you with splendor." So here's the idea. The splendor, the glory of the place, is attractive and brings the sons and daughters from afar, even from distant places. And they're coming from as far away as Tarshish, that's Gibraltar. I mean, you think about living in Palestine, and the Mediterranean Sea was the ocean. They didn't know all of the earth and the Atlantic Ocean and all that. So you're thinking Gibraltar, that's like the ends of the earth. And from that distant place, Zion's sons and daughters will be carried and brought home to the city. Now, for me, this must be a picture of missions. It's a picture of evangelism, a picture of the gathering of the scattered people of God. It says in John 11:51-52, it says here that "Jesus would die for the Jewish nation and not only for that nation [listen to this] but also for the scattered children of God to gather them together and bring them and make them one." So that's the work of Christ and the work of missions. He is there to gather the scattered people of God worldwide and bring them together. They are the sons and daughters of Zion. The Diverse Glories of the Nations Beautify God’s House Now look at the diverse glories of the nations as they beautify God's house. Verses 5-9, "Then you will look and be radiant," speaking again to Zion. O Zion, you're going to look and be radiant. And "…your heart will throb and swell with joy. The wealth on the seas will be brought to you. To you the riches of the nations will come. Herds of camels will cover your land, young camels of Midian and Ephah. All from Sheba will come bearing gold and incense and proclaiming the praise of the Lord. All Kedar's flocks will be gathered to you. The rams of Nebaioth will serve you. They will be accepted as offerings on my altar, and I will adorn my glorious temple. Who are these that fly along like clouds, like doves to their nest? Surely the islands look to me. In the lead are the ships of Tarshish, bringing your sons from afar with their silver and gold to the honor of the Lord your God, the holy one of Israel, who he has endowed you with splendor." So here God is speaking to Zion of her radiance in glory, but the glory comes from the wealth of the nations. Do you see it? These caravans of camels. Now, this is what makes Isaiah so wonderful, caravans of camels. Not a major feature in the 21st century, I know. We're not really looking for the camel caravans. And so you have to take this language and kind of expand it to say, look, there is a movement, a bringing of wealth and riches toward Zion, but we're going to lift it above the physicality of caravans of camels. Sorry, that's a hard thing to say. Yeah, lift it up and say, the real treasure are the people and their worship as they come to Christ. That's what's going on here. So yeah, look, the Gentile nations are going to be involved in beautifying the city. So Cyrus and Darius, these pagan kings, Artaxerxes, paid for, at a low level, the rebuilding of Jerusalem. They paid for the rebuilding of the temple, they paid for the rebuilding of the walls of Jerusalem. Artaxerxes helped Nehemiah with money. Friends, that's not what Isaiah 60's talking about. At a low level it is. But these kings and distant lands are going to beautify Zion spiritually. That's the work that's going on here. Honestly, the Jews that lived in those days were so disappointed with the small temple that was built under Haggai, do you remember, that they wept. The old timers, you know? It's like, "Ugh, if only you could have seen Solomon's temple. This is nothing." It was depressing. And so you remember how in Haggai the cries of anguish were mixed with cries of joy. That's not what Isaiah 60 is talking about here, the language here is of a vast beauty and wealth that goes beyond anything that they'd ever seen. Now it's spiritual, the building is spiritual, the sacrifices are spiritual. This is the building of the church of Jesus Christ out of living stones from every nation on earth. 1 Peter 2:5 says, "You also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood offering spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ." That is a spiritual approach to this. We are offering spiritual sacrifices every time we serve God. So these verses in Isaiah predict the amazing success of the gospel, the Gospel of Jesus Christ in winning a multitude from every nation on earth, even the most distant. So the streaming of wealth carried by the camels from Midian, Ephah and Sheba, that refers to tribute paid to the Lord Jesus by hearts of faith from Gentile converts. Who Are Nebaioth and Kedar? Now in verse 7, take a look at verse 7, it's really interesting. Isaiah singles out Nebaioth and Kedar. Now Nebaioth and Kedar were, we're told in Genesis 25:13, the first two sons of Ishmael. These are Ishmaelites. Friends, these are Arabs. Descendants of Ishmael are the Arabs who live in the Arabian boot and in the Horn of Africa and in North Africa, in the Middle East and spread out. Almost universally, Muslims today, some of the most hostile militant opposition to the Gospel of Jesus Christ comes from descendants of Ishmael. And yet, Isaiah 60:7 gives me hope that there are elect from among those Arab people that are going to be won to Christ, and that's awesome. So we need to pray for the spread of the gospel among Arab people, descendants of Ishmael, so that not literal animals, the rams of Nebaioth are brought, but their heart of worship is brought to Jesus through faith in Christ. They are offering sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus. I was reading recently off an account from YWAM, Youth With A Mission, they're doing work in the Middle East and this YWAM director told of an ISIS jihadist who came to faith in Christ in the beginning of the year 2015, it's an incredible story. I couldn't believe it when I read it. Now, this jihadist was in the process of executing Christians, but he had repeated visions of a man in white who told him, "You are killing my people, and you must stop." Finally it came to one particular Christian man who was just about to be beheaded, and he said to this man, this jihadist, he said, "I know you're going to kill me, but I want to give you my Bible so that after I'm dead you may read it." And then the man was killed, but this ISIS man took the Bible and secretly began reading it. He had more intense dreams ultimately of Jesus calling him to follow him as a disciple, he sought out and found the YWAM field worker and is in the process of being discipled right now. Now, I've thought a lot about that story, I thought about the rams of Nebaioth and of Kedar coming to faith in Christ and I thought with tears of the price tag of that man's conversion. You know how Paul said, "I fill up in my body what is still lacking in regard to the afflictions of Christ." It took the blood of Jesus infinitely above anything else, but then it took the blood of a martyr to save that man. And that man who died, beautified the temple of God, made it more beautiful. Look again at verse 7, doesn't it say to some degree, "I will beautify my beautiful place"? In other words, it's already beautiful, it's beautiful before you were born, it's beautiful before you did any good works, but you can beautify it a little more by your cheerful sacrificial service to the Great Commission. III. Zion More and More Beautiful as the Riches of the Nations Stream In (vs. 10-18) Now, in verses 10-18, Zion becomes more and more beautiful as the riches of the nations stream in, it's going to get more and more radiant more and more beautiful. Verse 10, "foreigners will rebuild your walls and their kings will serve you." Obviously, the rebuilding of Jerusalem under various pagan kings is at least somewhat in view here, but it goes far beyond that. Evangelists and missionaries are building the heavenly Zion right now all over the world, and some tribal leaders and chieftains and rulers will come to faith in Christ and then themselves will use their positions of influence to lead others to Christ, and God's wrath is atoned for in all of this, verse 10, "Though in anger I struck you in favor I will show you compassion." Jerusalem didn't happen to be accidentally destroyed by the Babylonians. It was an act of God's wrath, it was an act of his justice brought down on that city for their idolatry, and God could say to Jerusalem, "Though in anger I struck you, now in my favor I will build you up, in my favor I will show you compassion." But let's be honest, the Gentile convert from all over the world were storing up wrath themselves before they were converted; every one of them were children of wrath, every one of them deserved to be struck dead. All of us are like that. We all, like the rest, we're by nature objects of wrath. And in anger, God didn't strike us, his wrath was poured out on the substitute, on Jesus who died in our place that we might live forever. It is by those who have been rescued out of the wrath of God into his compassion and favor that this city is built. Zion’s Gates Eternally Open: Security and Prosperity And so in verse 11, "Your gates will always stand open, they'll never be shut day or night so that men may bring you the wealth of the nations, their kings led in triumphal procession." And look again at verse 17 and 18, "Instead of bronze, I will bring you gold and silver in the place of iron, instead of wood, I will bring you bronze and iron in the place of stones. I will make peace your governor and righteousness your ruler. No longer will violence be heard in your land nor ruin or destruction within your borders but you will call your wall salvation and your gates praise." So, we have here a clear prediction of peace and prosperity. Gates never shut, day or night. Now, honestly, this is the clearest indication to me in terms of exegesis, that this text is not talking about the rebuilding of Jerusalem. Why did Nehemiah build the wall? Let me just take a step before that and say, "What did Nehemiah build?" He built the wall. Why? because Jerusalem's in danger. And you remember as things went on, the danger got greater not less. And they had to build that wall with a sword in one hand and a trowel in the other. And Nehemiah commanded that the gates be shut at night. So this is not talking about that, dear friends, the rebuilding of Jerusalem. This is talking about something else. So look at Revelation 21:23 and following. There, it speaks of the new Jerusalem that's going to descend from heaven in the future at the end of the world, the new Jerusalem that's getting built right now by missions. "The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light and the Lamb is its lamp, and the nations will walk by its light and the kings of the earth will bring their splendor into it. On no day will its gates ever be shut." So this is definitely the language of Isaiah 60. But then he goes beyond that, John goes beyond that to say, "For there will be no night there." So you don't need to wonder about day or night because there is no night. So I go back to verse 2 in Isaiah 60 and see, "Darkness covers the earth." Well, now what's going to happen, light will cover the earth, there won't be any darkness left. Only believers in Christ, only those brought in as sons and daughters of Zion will be left. Those are the only ones that will be left to enter the city, no darkness left, no rebellion, no wickedness at all. So look what it says, "On no day will its gates ever be shut, for there will be no night there. The glory and honor of the nations will be brought into it, nothing impure will ever enter it nor will anyone who does what is shameful or deceitful but only those whose names are written in the Lamb's Book of Life." Now the text in Isaiah speaks of glorious building materials, because... I mean, we don't know what glory looks like so he uses language of materials that are wealthy, like precious stones, like gates of pearl in Revelation. But here it says that instead of poor building materials, bronze, and iron, and wood, and stones, everything's going to get upgraded, there'll be gold instead of bronze, and silver instead of iron, and bronze instead of wood, and iron instead of stones. In other words, I can't tell you how much better it's going to be, it is just going to be vastly better than anything you ever experienced. Now, you remember Solomon made all of the... They had so much gold flowing into Jerusalem during Solomon's reign, they don't know what to do with it. Remember? So they made golden shields. I'm thinking like an engineer, what did they do that for? It's heavy and soft, it's not incredibly helpful, but I'm sure they look spectacular. They also were the desire of other nations, like Shishak from Egypt, who came after Solomon's foolish son, Rehoboam, lost the kingdom. Shishak invades and takes the gold. Shields, takes them all, brings them back to Egypt. And so, Rehoboam made bronze shields instead of the gold, a definite downgrade. Because of sin. Well, what's this text is saying is everything is going to go the opposite direction, everything will be better. Everything improved, everything more glorious, in every way. A Warning to All Nations Who Refuse to Serve Zion There is a warning here in verse 12 to the nations that will not serve Zion, will not serve the king of Zion. Look at it, verse 12, "For the nation or kingdom that will not serve you will perish, it will be utterly ruined." That's a direct warning to the nations of the earth. It's not much different than Psalm 2, when God the Father speaks to his son, Jesus, in Psalm 2 and this is what he said, "I will proclaim the decree of the Lord. He said to me," that's like basically Jesus saying, "God the Father said to me…" "You are my son, today I have begotten you. Ask of me, and I'll make the nations your inheritance, the ends of the earth your possession. You'll rule them with an iron sword. You'll dash them to pieces like pottery. Therefore, you kings, be wise. Be warned, you rulers of the earth. Serve the Lord with fear and rejoice with trembling." Psalm 2:12, "Kiss the Son, lest he be angry with you, and you'll be destroyed in your way, for his wrath can flare up in a moment. Blessed are all who take refuge in him." It's the same thing. Look again at Isaiah 60:12, "For the nation or kingdom that will not serve you will perish, it will be utterly destroyed." It's a warning. "Flee to Christ." Now, in verses 13-16, Zion is beloved and served, no longer hated. "The glory of Lebanon will come to you, the pine, and the fir, and the cypress together, to adorn the place of my sanctuary, and I will glorify the place at my feet. The sons of your oppressors will come bowing before you, all who despise you will bow down at your feet and will call you the City of the Lord, Zion of the Holy One of Israel." Verse 15, "Although you have been forsaken and hated, with no one traveling through, I will make you the everlasting pride and the joy of all nations. You will drink the milk of nations and be nursed at royal breasts. Then you will know that I, the Lord, am your Savior, your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob." Now it's remarkable for Isaiah to speak of Lebanon here. It was Hiram, King of Tyre, King of Lebanon, who sent massive trees, cedars of Lebanon, floated them down to a port city in Israel where they would be used to build the temple. It seems now that God is not so interested in the actual trees of Lebanon as in the Lebanese people themselves. And so, "Lebanon will beautify this spiritual sanctuary by repentance and faith in Christ." That's what God wants, he wants the Lebanese people, and they, by coming to faith in Christ, will beautify or adorn the place of God's sanctuary. IV. The Eternal Glory of Zion (vs. 19-22) We end up in verses 19-22 of the eternal glory of the city of Zion. It says, "The sun will no more be your light by day, nor will the brightness of the moonshine on you, for the Lord will be your everlasting light and your God will be your glory." Verse 20, "You sun will never set again. Your moon will wane no more. The Lord will be your everlasting light and your days of sorrow will end." This is the clear language of the new Jerusalem. There's no doubt about it, not anything earthly like this has ever been seen. The light of the sun and the moon become obsolete. God, when he began creating said, "Let there be light," and there was light. And then on the fourth day, God created the sun and the moon and the stars. I had some clever postdoc student at Duke, unbeliever, from an oriental nation say that this is proof that the Bible is just metaphorical and all that because there's all this light, but the sun, moon, and stars weren't even created until the fourth day. I said, "Do you have lights down in the basement of your lab there in Duke?" He said, "Yeah." I said, "Are there any windows down?" He said, "No." "So it's in total darkness?" He said, "No, we have lights down there." I said, "Oh, so you're able to do light where there's no windows at all, but you think God can't? God is able to do light. He's actually really good at it. He can shine radiantly long before there's a sun or moon or star. He just delegated the job on the fourth day to the sun, moon, and stars." Well, guess what? At the end, he's going to take it back. We don't need the sun anymore, don't need the moon anymore, don't need the stars anymore, I'll take it from here. And the glory of this city is going to be God's glory and Jesus will be the lamp of God's glory and the entire place will be radiant with that glorious light. Look at Revelation 21:23-24, "The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it for the glory of God gives it light and the Lamb is its lamp and the nations will walk by its light. Now he also says, "The Lord will be everlasting light and your days of sorrow will end." This is well known to be fulfilled only in heaven. No more sorrow, no more pain. Revelation 21, "I saw the new Jerusalem coming down like a bride, beautifully dressed for her husband and now at last, God is dwelling with man and God will be with them and be their God and there'll be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away." Final two verses it says, "Then will all your people be righteous and they will possess the land forever. They are the shoot I have planted, the work of my hands for the display of my splendor. The least of you will become a thousand, the smallest a mighty nation. I am the Lord and in its time, I will do this swiftly." So that's our future, dear friends, our future in Christ. V. Applications Applications, first, just brothers and sisters, renew your hope by looking at this heavenly city. Look at it. Look through the telescope that we talked about. You're not going to be disappointed. It's not like, "Yeah, but don't look too closely." No, look closely. Look really closely. Look at the details. I've walked very quickly through this chapter. Go back and look at the details of what this beautiful Zion is going to be like. Celebrate this. It says in Colossians 3, "Set your minds on things above where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. For you died and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is your life appears, you will appear with him in glory." This is your future glory. Set your heart on that. Why should you do that? I want you to be filled with hope. I want you to be like radiantly, energetically hopeful at work or at school or wherever you go tomorrow. I want you to be kind of like a light bulb tomorrow. Why? So that people who are presently lost, who are without hope and without God in the world may ask you to give a reason for the hope that you have, and you can tell them about Jesus. So smile. See? There you go. Smile. It's glorious. It's radiant. You're going to a happy place and nothing can stop it. Be filled with joy and let your hope, your light of hope shine to hopeless people. They don't have this hope that you have, and especially let your light shine when you are afflicted, when you have physical pain, when you have a bad diagnosis, when things are going poorly for you economically in life, shine with hope because at that point it shines even the more brightly. Let's see also and embrace the missionary thrust of this whole chapter. It's all about this light shining to the ends of the earth. Sons and daughters brought from afar. Ron was talking about the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering. We are Southern Baptist. We are in voluntary cooperation with other Baptist churches just like ours. We pool our money together and out of that pool of money, we send out people to distant lands to share the gospel. That's a good work. Our church's goal is $150,000 for Lottie Moon Christmas Offering. We will not make it without sacrifice. We'll not make it without cheerful giving. So pray about what God would have you to do financially in terms of that offering, but just embrace missions. Find out more and more about unreached people groups. I would suggest that each one of you goes to Joshua Project or to some other website. Find an unreached people group and pray for them everyday. Pray that God would raise up missionaries to go reach them with the gospel. I also want you to notice that God delights in a vast array of diverse worship. As I said years ago, and I continue to say, God loves more forms of worship than you do. And so there's this vast diversity of worship from every tribe and language and people and nation, and God loves it. I'm not talking about the kind of diversity that people talk about these days. I'm talking about amoral, beautiful diversity that God created in different cultures and languages. It's a beautiful thing. And I want to finish by just urging any of you that are here that have not yet trusted in Christ, trust in him. I want to see you there. I want you to be there. I would love for it to be the case that you walk up to me in the streets of the new Jerusalem and say, "I don't know what it was, but it was that sermon in Isaiah 60 that showed me how much I needed Christ. And I repented of my sins and I looked at Christ crucified alone. I stopped trusting in my works and I believed in him and now I'm here. Praise God." Close with me in prayer.
I met Steve Siler, founder of Music for the Soul, years ago when he released the first issue-oriented project titled More Beautiful, about all aspects of the breast cancer journey. I knew he was a special guy back then. He was a Dove Award-winning songwriter, well-connected in the field of... The post Episode 33 Music for the Soul appeared first on Anita Lustrea.
Imani Perry is a professor of African-American Studies at Princeton University. Her scholarly books include “Prophets of the Hood: Politics and Poetics in Hip Hop” and “More Beautiful and More Terrible: The Embrace and Transcendence of Racial Inequality in the United States.” This interview is edited and produced with music and other features in the On Being episode “Imani Perry — The Fabric of Our Identity.” Find more at onbeing.org.
In this episode of Left of Black host Mark Anthony Neal is joined by activist and author Randall Robinson in a conversation about the legacy of Black activism, reparations for African-Americans and growing up in Richmond, VA with his bother, the late television journalist Max Robinson. Neal also talks with Princeton University Professor Imani Perry, author of the new book More Beautiful and More Terrible: The Embrace and Transcendence of Racial Inequality in the United States (NYU Press) →Randall Robinson is the author of An Unbroken Agony and the national bestsellers The Debt, The Reckoning, and Defending the Spirit. He is also founder and past president of TransAfrica, the African-American organization he established to promote enlightened, constructive U.S. policies toward Africa and the Caribbean. →Imani Perry is is a Professor in the Center for African American Studies at Princeton University. She is the author of More Terrible, More Beautiful, The Embrace and Transcendence of Racial Inequality in the U.S. and Prophets of the Hood: Politics and Poetics in Hip Hop (Duke Press).
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