Podcasts about OPA

Atenção (disclaimer): Os dados aqui apresentados representam minha opinião pessoal.Não são de forma alguma indicações de compra ou venda de ativos no mercado financeiro.Um parasita ameaça o rebanho bovino (já reduzido) dos EUAhttps://braziljournal.com/um-parasita-ameaca-o-rebanho-bovino-ja-reduzido-dos-eua/Raízen (RAIZ4) detalha plano de recuperação que passará por detentores de debêntures e CRAshttps://www.moneytimes.com.br/raizen-raiz4-detalha-plano-de-recuperacao-que-passara-por-detentores-de-debentures-e-cras-lmrs/Raízen acerta acordo com credores e bondholders entram na contahttps://pipelinevalor.globo.com/negocios/noticia/raizen-traz-bondholders-de-volta-a-mesa-de-negociacao.ghtmlCredores terão maioria no board da Raízen, incluindo cadeira de chairmanhttps://pipelinevalor.globo.com/negocios/noticia/credores-terao-maioria-no-board-da-raizen-incluindo-cadeira-de-chairman.ghtmlNeogrid (NGRD3) conclui liquidação da OPA e abre prazo final para saída de acionistashttps://www.moneytimes.com.br/neogrid-ngrd3-conclui-liquidacao-da-opa-e-abre-prazo-final-para-saida-de-acionistas-vtra/Minerva (BEE3) diz que não há definição sobre fechamento de capitalhttps://financenews.com.br/2026/06/minerva-bee3-diz-que-nao-ha-definicao-sobre-fechamento-de-capital/Log (LOGG3) anuncia pagamento de R$ 250 milhões em dividendohttps://financenews.com.br/2026/06/log-logg3-anuncia-pagamento-de-r-250-milhoes-em-dividendo/'Medida é mais política do que técnica', diz Durigan sobre investigação dos EUA contra o Brasilhttps://podcasts.apple.com/br/podcast/medida-%C3%A9-mais-pol%C3%ADtica-do-que-t%C3%A9cnica-diz-durigan-sobre/id203963267?i=1000770567930&l=en-GBA Repairable, No-Tech Tractorhttps://podcasts.apple.com/br/podcast/a-repairable-no-tech-tractor/id1703615331?i=1000770314504&l=en-GBProposta de novo tarifaço: ‘tem espaço ainda para uma negociação técnica'https://podcasts.apple.com/br/podcast/proposta-de-novo-tarifa%C3%A7o-tem-espa%C3%A7o-ainda-para-uma/id265071481?i=1000770766092&l=en-GBA nova suspeita de fraude no caso 'Dark Horse'https://podcasts.apple.com/br/podcast/a-nova-suspeita-de-fraude-no-caso-dark-horse/id1477406521?i=1000770698002&l=en-GBHow Elon Musk Engineered the World's Biggest I.P.O.https://podcasts.apple.com/br/podcast/how-elon-musk-engineered-the-worlds-biggest-i-p-o/id1200361736?i=1000770748940&l=en-GB'Problema de Flávio é o que ele mesmo disse no capítulo 1 do tarifaço'https://podcasts.apple.com/br/podcast/problema-de-fl%C3%A1vio-%C3%A9-o-que-ele-mesmo-disse-no/id203963267?i=1000770819052&l=en-GBWhy the Ebola Outbreak Has Been Nearly Impossible to Stophttps://podcasts.apple.com/br/podcast/why-the-ebola-outbreak-has-been-nearly-impossible-to-stop/id1200361736?i=1000770942268&l=en-GB

Fünf statt vier, null statt drei Niederlagen, und ein Gast mit Dialekt: Dougi von 9mm Headshot ist da – Sänger, Gitarrist, Schwarz-Gelb-Herz und damit sofort Müs neuer Lieblingsmensch. Sein WM-Song „Endlich wieder Weltmeister" tritt gegen Helene Fischer an („Marktbegleitung").   Biene Ritter Bär unterstützen:  Per Überweisung an: Hippo mit Horn e.K. IBAN IE07SUMU99036510368345 BIC SUMUIE22XXX Per Paypal    Erst die Trikot-Nachlese mit Community-Kommentaren: Henry sitzt natürlich im schwarzen Mexiko-Trikot, das weiße Japan-Hemd spaltet weiter die Nation (geliebt oder „Kind mit Wachsmalstift"), und Belgiens halbierte Lollipops bringen uns zur eigentlich wichtigsten Frage des Abends – warum sind Quallen Sabrinas Lieblingstiere? Antwort: Wildunfall mit Qualle, wer kennt's nicht. Streben verboten, T-Shirt verboten, Mankini erlaubt (sieht nur komischer aus). Das von Dougie im Podcast angesprochene (leider fiktive) schwarze Deutschlandtrikot: https://www.instagram.com/reels/DTNmsY-jEFP/    Dann der DFB-Pokal-Auslosungsschmerz: Hertha fährt nach Saarbrücken (Dennis' Frau hat Samstag Geburtstag – Prioritäten!), Dortmund muss zum HEBC (Henry hat die zufällig schon gescoutet, 13. der Oberliga Hamburg) und das echte Pulverfass heißt Waldhof Mannheim gegen Kaiserslautern – laut Dougi „vorne dran auf jeden Fall asozial".   Bei den Vereinen sonst dünn: Eichhorn will weiter jeder, keiner zahlt, Krabownik geht, drei Teenager debütieren beim BVB.   Großes WM-Quiz: Deschamps, das Leeds-United-Trainer-Trio, Dick Advocaats Länder-Sammelalbum und Richarlison als Name-ohne-Vornamen-Brasilianer. Danach das große Gruppen-Durchtippen von A bis L: Henry würde halbe Gruppen würfeln, Mü ist Serien-Partycrasher (Australien! Österreich!), Dennis erklärt die Niederlande zur Enttäuschung des Turniers und Brini knackt das Kicktipp-System so kreativ, dass sie als Erste Hausverbot riskiert.   Zum Schluss WM-Vibes pur: Dennis fliegt direkt ins Azteken-(nicht Theken-)Stadion zum Mexiko-Eröffnungsspiel, während sich vor der Küste ein „Harry Cane" zusammenbraut. Das US-Testspiel war ein Fiebertraum mit Düsenjets, Buffet am Spielfeldrand und Fans, denen das Abseits per Stadionmikro „präsentiert von Coca-Cola" erklärt wird. Dougies Auftrag an die Spieler: Ball volle Lotte ins Buffet! Tippspiel läuft (Schnaps, Rucksäcke, VIP-Tickets Deutschland–Niederlande), und Dennis packt für sieben Wochen seine Badelatschen ein. Ohne Socken. Versprochen.   Unser WM-Kicktipp für Euch zum Mitmachen und (Mampe)-Gewinnen: https://www.kicktipp.de/biene-ritter-baer   Unser Partnersong von 9mm Headshot - "Endlich wieder Weltmeister": https://youtu.be/R8d1OUnVr-E?si=sShJLiqEVI7qLQya   Unser Youtube Channel mit Trikots zum Sehen: https://www.youtube.com/@BieneRitterB%C3%A4r    Trikots zum Ansehen: https://www.footballkitarchive.com/world-cup-kits-2026-l308/ oder https://www.flashscore.co.uk/news/football-world-cup-which-teams-have-already-released-their-kits-for-the-2026-world-cup/4fQyMN7C/    Das Team:  Henry Spietweh ist Autor und Podcaster aus Berlin, Unioner seit den 90ern. Anderes Projekt: Podcast "Lieblingsspießer" Mü ist Keeper von SPM Schöneiche in der Union-Liga, Dortmunder seit Chapuisat und Riedle, Hörer und jetzt auch Mitmacher, der Dennis anliefern muss. Dennis ist der Herthaner "Biene Ritte Bär", Allesfahrer, Allesgucker, Spielverlaufvon1997auswendigwisser und unser Sprachrohr fürs Blau-Weiße. Vlog: https://youtube.com/@lafamiglia1892 Sabrina ist Ostwestfälin, von Oma und Opa zur Bielefelder Alm getrieben und hat auf deren Sofa mit Gerd Delling und Waldemar Hartmann alles über Fußball gelernt, was man nicht wissen muss. Und umgekehrt. Partnerband 9mm Headshot: https://www.youtube.com/@9mmHeadshot und https://www.9mmheadshot.de/    https://linktr.ee/bieneritterbaer https://www.instagram.com/bieneritterbaer/

Heute mit Ferien auf dem Land, einer Radtour mit Opa, einem etwas anderen Sonntag und natürlich mit der Maus. Ihr hört eine Wiederholung. Von WDR.

Paul macht Ferien bei Opa auf dem Land. Opa ist super - das Land nicht so sehr: kein Internet, kein Kino, und Opa hat noch nicht einmal ein Auto! Doch dann entdecken die beiden ein rotes Klapprad im Straßengraben - und los gehts mit dem Spaß! Nach dem Bilderbuch von Karsten Teich. Von Karsten Teich.

Die Maus zum Hören - Lach- und Sachgeschichten. Heute: mit Kindern und ihren Steckenpferden, U-Booten und ihren Guckrohren, einer Fahrradtour mit Opa, mit André und natürlich mit der Maus und dem Elefanten. Chartssongs und Tanz-Hypes (01:06) Erzähl mal (09:41) Hobby Horsing (14:53) Klingendes Bilderbuch - Paul und Opa fahren Rad (23: 32) Ella hat ein Handbike (33:59) Rate mal (42:58) Fragen des Tages: Warum ist das Guckrohr von einem U-Boot krumm? (47:57) Von André Gatzke.

Mahnoor Jamil prihaja iz pakistanske prestolnice Islamabad, že nekaj mesecev pa je pri nas mlada raziskovalka na Inštitutu Jožef Štefan. Ukvarja se s kibernetsko varnostjo in umetno inteligenco. Pravi, da se v Ljubljani počuti kot doma, čeprav pogreša družino in prijatelje, pa tudi začimbe. Pri nas uporabljamo včasih zgolj dve, sol in poper, v Pakistanu pa za posamezno jed kombinacijo tudi petnajstih začimb. Opaža, da je zato postala občutljivejša za pekoče okuse, ko se je nazadnje vrnila v domači Islamabad, se ji je vse zdelo pretirano pekoče. Bližnji so ji rekli, da se je poevropila!

In dieser Folge: Die Ritterburg droht einzustürzen und Junis soll helfen. Aber er kann doch keine Burg reparieren? Sowas kann nur sein Opa! Der reist im Halbschlaf auf Drachen Paffnirs Rücken ins Ritterland und hält das Ganze für einen spannenden Traum mit fremden Rittern, starken Drachen und Flöhen, die besser helfen als Juckpuilver. Warum? Das hörst du in der Geschichte ;-)

Atenção (disclaimer): Os dados aqui apresentados representam minha opinião pessoal.Não são de forma alguma indicações de compra ou venda de ativos no mercado financeiro.Colombiana Ecopetrol lança OPA por controle da Brava (BRAV3) a R$ 23 por açãohttps://www.moneytimes.com.br/colombiana-ecopetrol-lanca-opa-por-controle-da-brava-brav3-a-r-23-por-acao-fets/Privatização da Copasa: Equatorial e consórcio com sócios da Aegea apresentam propostashttps://exame.com/invest/mercados/privatizacao-da-copasa-equatorial-e-consorcio-com-socios-da-aegea-apresentam-propostas/JHSF (JHSF3) anuncia lançamento de frota de iates no hotel Fasano Al Mare, na Sardenhahttps://financenews.com.br/2026/05/jhsf-jhsf3-anuncia-lancamento-de-frota-de-iates-no-hotel-fasano-al-mare-na-sardenha/Neogrid diz que Dalpe adquiriu 54,03% da companhia por R$ 33,82 por açãohttps://www.infomoney.com.br/mercados/neogrid-diz-que-dalpe-adquiriu-5403-da-companhia-por-r-3382-por-acao/Minerva estuda fechar capital na B3, diz jornalhttps://exame.com/invest/mercados/minerva-estuda-fechar-capital-na-b3-diz-jornal-acao-sobe/O vale tudo do Congresso às vésperas da eleiçãohttps://podcasts.apple.com/br/podcast/o-vale-tudo-do-congresso-%C3%A0s-v%C3%A9speras-da-elei%C3%A7%C3%A3o/id1477406521?i=1000768846298&l=en-GBTrump's National Support Is Crateringhttps://podcasts.apple.com/br/podcast/trumps-national-support-is-cratering/id1200361736?i=1000769060899&l=en-GBCan Patreon Build a Better Internet?https://podcasts.apple.com/br/podcast/can-patreon-build-a-better-internet/id1302281912?i=1000769045339&l=en-GBUOL Prime #123: As engrenagens por trás do escândalo do Master e do filme sobre Bolsonarohttps://podcasts.apple.com/br/podcast/uol-prime-123-as-engrenagens-por-tr%C3%A1s-do-esc%C3%A2ndalo/id1574996957?i=1000768875197&l=en-GBPL enfrenta turbulência com controvérsia sobre Flávio Bolsonaro e ação da PF contra Cláudio Castrohttps://podcasts.apple.com/br/podcast/pl-enfrenta-turbul%C3%AAncia-com-controv%C3%A9rsia-sobre-fl%C3%A1vio/id203963267?i=1000769636205&l=en-GBA Flood of New, Deadlier Drugshttps://podcasts.apple.com/br/podcast/a-flood-of-new-deadlier-drugs/id1200361736?i=1000769621465&l=en-GBSe radicalizar, Lula perde voto e fortalece a direitahttps://podcasts.apple.com/br/podcast/se-radicalizar-lula-perde-voto-e-fortalece-a-direita/id203963267?i=1000769670109&l=en-GBEmpresariado volta a apoiar Flávio Bolsonaro após revelações envolvendo Daniel Vorcarohttps://podcasts.apple.com/br/podcast/empresariado-volta-a-apoiar-fl%C3%A1vio-bolsonaro-ap%C3%B3s/id203963267?i=1000769817678&l=en-GBCaso Master: ideia do Senado de ressarcir fundos de previdência com dinheiro do FGC é um 'desastre'https://podcasts.apple.com/br/podcast/caso-master-ideia-do-senado-de-ressarcir-fundos/id265071481?i=1000770001592&l=en-GBUnpacking Trump's $1.8 Billion Anti-Weaponization Fundhttps://podcasts.apple.com/br/podcast/unpacking-trumps-%241-8-billion-anti-weaponization-fund/id1578096201?i=1000769889077&l=en-GBIs Cuba Next?https://podcasts.apple.com/br/podcast/is-cuba-next/id1258635512?i=1000769984590&l=en-GBUOL Prime #124: O auxílio-saúde para as sogras e cunhados dos advogados da Uniãohttps://podcasts.apple.com/br/podcast/uol-prime-124-o-aux%C3%ADlio-sa%C3%BAde-para-as-sogras-e-cunhados/id1574996957?i=1000769961771&l=en-GBTrump stock trades fuel accusations of corruption and profiting off presidencyhttps://podcasts.apple.com/br/podcast/trump-stock-trades-fuel-accusations-of-corruption/id78304589?i=1000770079738&l=en-GB

Neue Titelmelodie, gute Laune, keiner hat verloren – muss an der Jahreszeit liegen. In Folge 160 startet Biene, Ritter, Bär offiziell in den WM-Modus: mit neuem Partnersong von 9mm Headshot („Endlich wieder Weltmeister"), der sich bei allen dreien als Dauerohrwurm festgesetzt hat, einer Trikot-Schlacht, die in Mode-Beleidigungen eskaliert, und einem Dennis, der in genau einer Woche in Richtung Mexiko abhebt – nach mexikanischer Zeit ist er schon da, nach deutscher noch nicht mal in Dallas.   Biene Ritter Bär unterstützen:  Per Überweisung an: Hippo mit Horn e.K. IBAN IE07SUMU99036510368345 BIC SUMUIE22XXX Per Paypal    Zwischen Breaking News (Thomas Müller hat sich getrennt – schöne Grüße an Brini) und 1860 München, das mangels Lizenz in die Regionalliga durchgereicht wird, gibt's die letzten Vereins-Splitter: Bei Union wackelt die Kaufoption für Nsoki und Stürmer Chris Bedia kehrt aus Bern zurück (22 Tore, kann ja eigentlich nichts schiefgehen). Bei Dortmund verbringt Alex Popp das nächste Jahr in der Regionalliga und Eichhorn verlangt neun Millionen Handgeld - Mü würde dem Berater eine Briefmarke auf den Hintern kleben.   Henrys Quiz beweist nebenbei, dass die halbe Premier League von Basken trainiert wird, und Edin Terzic landet ausgerechnet bei Bilbao.   Dann der Bildungsteil: Ein Punkt in der Premier League kostet 11 Millionen Euro – das Vierfache der Bundesliga. Schiedsrichter Siebert pfeift ein überragendes CL-Finale, fährt aber natürlich nicht zur WM. Und in Portugal gewinnt mit União Torreense tatsächlich ein Zweitligist den Pokal – live ergoogelt im „absoluten Bildungspodcast", inklusive Geständnis, dass nicht gegoogelt, sondern gekickert wurde.   Großes Thema: der deutsche WM-Kader. Mü würde Nagelsmann fast entlassen (Neuer, Sané und Rüdiger seien nur drei Best Buddies), Henry ist nach dem Sieg gegen die „Eishockey-Mannschaft aus Finnland" versöhnter. Und die Gretchenfrage Brown oder Raum eskaliert standesgemäß: Bist du Brown, kriegst du Frauen. Prognose Gruppe E: Henry und Dennis tippen sieben Punkte, Mü mutig nur vier.   Zum Schluss das große WM-Trikot-Ranking – drei Männer diskutieren über Mode, was bekanntlich herrlich ist. Henrys Nummer 1 ist Japan weiß (Dennis: „sieht aus, als hätten Kinder mit Bleistift draufgemalt"), Mü feiert Norwegen schwarz, Dennis schwört auf Uruguay (Stichwort: Nike-verrückt). Einig sind sich alle nur beim hässlichsten Trikot: USA Heim und das Schweizer Auswärtshemd.   Unser WM-Kicktipp für Euch zum Mitmachen und (Mampe)-Gewinnen: https://www.kicktipp.de/biene-ritter-baer   Unser Partnersong von 9mm Headshot - "Endlich wieder Weltmeister": https://youtu.be/R8d1OUnVr-E?si=sShJLiqEVI7qLQya   Unser Youtube Channel mit Trikots zum Sehen: https://www.youtube.com/@BieneRitterB%C3%A4r    Trikots zum Ansehen: https://www.footballkitarchive.com/world-cup-kits-2026-l308/ oder https://www.flashscore.co.uk/news/football-world-cup-which-teams-have-already-released-their-kits-for-the-2026-world-cup/4fQyMN7C/    Das Team:  Henry Spietweh ist Autor und Podcaster aus Berlin, Unioner seit den 90ern. Anderes Projekt: Podcast "Lieblingsspießer" Mü ist Keeper von SPM Schöneiche in der Union-Liga, Dortmunder seit Chapuisat und Riedle, Hörer und jetzt auch Mitmacher, der Dennis anliefern muss. Dennis ist der Herthaner "Biene Ritte Bär", Allesfahrer, Allesgucker, Spielverlaufvon1997auswendigwisser und unser Sprachrohr fürs Blau-Weiße. Vlog: https://youtube.com/@lafamiglia1892 Sabrina ist Ostwestfälin, von Oma und Opa zur Bielefelder Alm getrieben und hat auf deren Sofa mit Gerd Delling und Waldemar Hartmann alles über Fußball gelernt, was man nicht wissen muss. Und umgekehrt. Partnerband 9mm Headshot: https://www.youtube.com/@9mmHeadshot und https://www.9mmheadshot.de/    https://linktr.ee/bieneritterbaer https://www.instagram.com/bieneritterbaer/

If you'd like to get these episodes early AND ad-free, please go to https://www.patreon.com/unspoiled and become a patron, or just follow us as a free member for updates!Thank you very much to John for commissioning this episode! These are the chapters where Holden has a conversation with his crew abou thow they want to operate now that they're not employees of the OPA anymore. Meanwhile, Avasarala arrives to the Rocinante, and Prax gets questioned by Amos about the...allegations. Thanks so much to you all for listening, and I will see you soon with a new episode! Wanna talk spoilers? Join the Discord! https://discord.gg/rEF2KfZxfV  

Der Fritz besucht seinen Opa. Der wohnt mit einem jungen Waschbären, dem Wugg, in seinem alten Häuschen im Wald. Heute gehen die Drei zum Fischen. Und dem Fritz wird klar, warum die Waschbären Waschbären heißen. (Eine Geschichte von Joseph Berlinger, erzählt von Sepp Fischer in Oberpfälzer Mundart.)

Kindness in een meerjarenplan van een bedrijf met bijna 40.000 collega's? Ton Goedmakers, voorzitter van de raad van bestuur van Vebego en derde generatie van het familiebedrijf in schoon, groen, facilitair en zorg, laat zien dat het allesbehalve soft is. In deze aflevering hoor je hoe Vebego van veel losse bedrijven naar één merk ging, waarom kindness iets heel anders is dan aardig zijn, en wat de wetenschap erover zegt. Met concrete verhalen uit het ziekenhuis, de trein en de werkvloer, en een scherpe les over feedback voor iedereen die met leren en ontwikkeling bezig is.In deze aflevering•       Hoe het samenvoegen tot één merk Vebego's secret ingredient blootlegde•       Het verschil tussen niceness en kindness, en waarom dat verschil ertoe doet•       Feedback geven als act of kindness: waarom te aardig zijn juist unkind is•       Drie onderzoeken die laten zien dat kindness meetbaar gedrag is•       Waarom Vebego acts of kindness meet en benoemt•       Kindness als tegengif tegen polarisatieQuote uit de aflevering“Het vanzelfsprekende spreekt niet vanzelf.”Over de gastTon Goedmakers is voorzitter van de raad van bestuur van Vebego, het familiebedrijf dat in 1943 door zijn opa werd opgericht. Vebego biedt betekenisvol werk aan bijna 40.000 collega's in onder andere schoonmaak, groen, facilitymanagement en zorg, en heeft een movement of kindness tot een van de hoofdthema's van zijn strategie gemaakt.Lees hier het blog over deze podcast:https://www.brainbakery.com/brainsnacks/ton-goedmakers-over-vebegos-movement-of-kindnessSupport the showWij praten veel, maar luisteren nóg liever. Heb je een vraag, opmerking of briljant idee? Klik en spreek een berichtje voor ons in via Speakpipe!Mee lezen? Kijk op https://www.brainbakery.com/brainsnack/no-more-boring-learning 

Los analistas se dividen sobre el futuro bursátil de la entidad catalana tras la fallida OPA de BBVA y el reparto de un dividendo extraordinario de 0,50 euros

Die Bundesliga-Sommerpause ist da, aber "Biene Ritter Bär" macht natürlich keine! Stattdessen gibt es in Folge 159 WM-Quiz, Relegationsdrama, frische Trainernews, Saisonfazits mit Tiefgang und eine Ente, die sich offenbar in familiäre Auseinandersetzungen einmischen wollte und deshalb umgehend zurück in den Käfig musste.   Biene Ritter Bär unterstützen:  Per Überweisung an: Hippo mit Horn e.K. IBAN IE07SUMU99036510368345 BIC SUMUIE22XXX Per Paypal    Den Auftakt macht ein knackiges WM-Warm-up-Quiz: Welche Nation war bei der WM 2010 als einziges Team ungeschlagen? Wer hat als einzige CONCACAF-Nation jemals das Halbfinale erreicht? Und welches Land hat viermal Gold, viermal Silber und viermal Bronze geholt – also quasi das Podest zur Dauerpacht angemeldet? Henry triumphiert mit Neuseeland-Bauchgefühl, Dennis schätzt Topspeed-Rekorde auf sportwagenähnliche 39 km/h und Mü kennt Rafael Guerrero als 18-fachen Joker mit perfekter Siegquote. Sabrina macht tapfer mit und lernt, dass die USA tatsächlich mal im WM-Halbfinale war.   Sportlich das Highlight der Woche: Paderborn wirft Wolfsburg nach 30 Jahren aus der Bundesliga. Dennis freut sich – erstens, weil Hertha damit endlich nicht mehr der größte Favorit der Liga ist, und zweitens, weil die Auswärtsfahrt nach Wolfsburg eigentlich ganz angenehm ist (schönes Stadion, große Parkplätze) – wäre da nicht die berüchtigte Niedersächsische Polizei, die Unioner Fans schon mal den Kauf einer Ente im Fanshop verwehrt. Dieter Hecking hingegen schreibt Geschichte: Als erster Trainer, der zweimal hintereinander aus der Bundesliga absteigt. Nicht zu verwechseln mit Dieter Thomas Heck, der 30 Jahre älter und inzwischen verstorben ist, und der bürgerlich eigentlich Carl Dieter Heckscher hieß. Schlager-Podcast-Folge ist trotzdem angedacht!   Bei Union Berlin ist die große Trainerverpflichtung amtlich: Mauro Lustrinelli, Schweizer Meistertrainer mit Aufsteiger FC Thun, Co-Trainer-Vergangenheit bei Urs Fischer (aber das ist über zehn Jahre her, also bitte kein Zopf mehr), unterschreibt offiziell. Henry ist begeistert: kein abgehalftertes Trainerkarussell, kein Slomka, kein Lieberknecht – sondern jemand, den vor vier Wochen kaum jemand kannte. Lustrinelli gilt als Entwickler junger Spieler, als hochintensiver Pressingcoach und als Anti-Baumgart. Für die Saisonfazit-Tops nennt Henry die historische Frauen-Bundesligasaison von Union (über 100.000 Zuschauer, beste Aufsteiger aller Zeiten), den Matchwinner Matteo Raab mit gebrochener Hand in Freiburg und natürlich Carl Klaus als Drittkeeper mit Stammplatzniveau. Als Lowlight: die Trainerentlassung von Steffen Baumgart, das blutleere Heimspiel gegen Bremen und eine Saisonvorbereitung, die ein einziges Desaster war.   Bei Borussia Dortmund ist sportlich wenig neu – Mussa Kaba bekommt einen Profivertrag, mehr ist nicht zu vermelden. Dafür umso mehr beim Saisonfazit: Flops sind das frühe Aus gegen Atalanta Bergamo im europäischen Wettbewerb (Riesenloch in der Kasse), Jan Couto und Chukwuemeka als Fehleinkäufe der Saison sowie die anhaltende spielerische Unbeständigkeit. Tops: Gregor Kobel mit 15 Spielen ohne Gegentor (Vereinsrekord eingestellt), vier deutsche Nationalspieler im Kader und das Auftauchen von Felix Nmecha, der sich laut Mü am Ende der Saison für über 100 Millionen Euro verkaufen wird. Der BVB als Bayern-Besiegter muss außerdem den Franz-Beckenbauer-Cup (Supercup) bestreiten, statt gemütlich in die erste DFB-Pokal-Runde einzusteigen. Mü findet das eine Riesenfrechheit.   Bei Hertha BSC trudeln weiterhin die Konsequenzen einer bitteren Saison ein: Tops sind die starke Pokalsaison (Elversberg, Lautern, Freiburg ausgeschaltet), Torwart Tjark Ernst samt Trainer Andi Menger als Überraschungsgewinner der Spielzeit und das emotionale Spiel in Dresden. Flops: der erste Spieltag, das 6:1 gegen Bielefeld zum Abschluss – und Fabian Reese, dem Dennis trotz 16 Scorer-Punkten keine einzige Träne nachweinen würde. Und dann ist da noch Kenneth Eichhorn, angeblich begehrt von Liverpool, Real, Barça und Co. – für eine Ausstiegsklausel zwischen 10 und 12 Millionen Euro, was bei seinem Marktwert ungefähr einem Schnäppchen des Jahrhunderts entspricht.   Zum Abschluss der Folge: Dennis reist am 10. Juni für sieben Wochen zur WM nach Nordamerika. Mexiko-Eröffnungsspiel (erstmals!), danach Houston, Florida, Toronto, Niagara Falls, Pittsburgh, New York und Westküste. Inlandsflug Pittsburgh–New York: unter 100 Euro. Gesundes Essen in den USA: unbezahlbar.   Harry Kane hat sich übrigens das Haus angeschaut, in dem Bushido alias Anis Fashishi mit Frau Anna Maria und schätzungsweise 35 Kindern wohnt. Und das Mexiko-Trikot wurde zum schönsten WM-Trikot gewählt. Henry findet: zu viel Muster.     Das Team:  Henry Spietweh ist Autor und Podcaster aus Berlin, Unioner seit den 90ern. Anderes Projekt: Podcast "Lieblingsspießer" Mü ist Keeper von SPM Schöneiche in der Union-Liga, Dortmunder seit Chapuisat und Riedle, Hörer und jetzt auch Mitmacher, der Dennis anliefern muss. Dennis ist der Herthaner "Biene Ritte Bär", Allesfahrer, Allesgucker, Spielverlaufvon1997auswendigwisser und unser Sprachrohr fürs Blau-Weiße. Vlog: https://youtube.com/@lafamiglia1892 Sabrina ist Ostwestfälin, von Oma und Opa zur Bielefelder Alm getrieben und hat auf deren Sofa mit Gerd Delling und Waldemar Hartmann alles über Fußball gelernt, was man nicht wissen muss. Und umgekehrt.   https://linktr.ee/bieneritterbaer https://www.instagram.com/bieneritterbaer/   Biene Ritter Bär – Folge 159 | Union Berlin | Borussia Dortmund | Hertha BSC | WM 2026 | Relegation Wolfsburg | Bundesliga Sommerpause | Mauro Lustrinelli | Kenneth Eichhorn | Bundesliga Podcast

Nel giorno dell’enciclica “Magnifica Humanitas” di Papa Leone, cresce il dibattito sul potere delle Big Tech e delle oligarchie tecnologiche americane. Nel testo il Pontefice richiama il rischio di una nuova “torre di Babele” dominata dalla tecnologia senza giustizia e fraternità. Intanto al summit FutureProofSociety di Brescia Carlo Calenda attacca duramente le tecnopotenze Usa e Meta, accusando gli “oligarchi americani” di voler influenzare il futuro dell’Europa e criticando il rapporto tra le Big Tech e Donald Trump. Interviene Alessandro Plateroti, Direttore editoriale UCapital.comUe, 5 Paesi (tra cui l Italia) chiedono più protezione sui beni dalla CinaItalia, Francia, Spagna, Lituania e Olanda chiedono all’Unione europea di rafforzare gli strumenti di difesa del mercato unico contro protezionismo, dumping e sovraccapacità industriale, con un chiaro riferimento alla Cina. Nel documento circolato a Bruxelles i cinque Paesi denunciano la perdita di un milione di posti di lavoro industriali in Europa tra il 2019 e il 2025 e propongono più controlli, più indagini e modifiche normative per contrastare pratiche commerciali considerate elusive dei dazi europei. Il commento è di Fabio Scacciavillani, economista, editorialista Il Sole24 Ore.Cdp Equity, ok ad aumento della partecipazione in Nexi al 29,9%Il Cda di Cdp Equity ha deliberato la possibilità di incrementare la partecipazione in Nexi fino al 29,9%, escludendo però esplicitamente un’Opa. L’operazione prevede anche contratti derivati fino all’8% del capitale e punta, spiega Cdp, a sostenere l’evoluzione innovativa e industriale del gruppo dei pagamenti digitali, che processa 1.800 miliardi di euro di transazioni in oltre 25 Paesi. L’aumento della quota arriva in una fase delicata per Nexi, dopo il cambio di amministratore delegato e l’uscita dal capitale dei fondi Bain, Advent e Clessidra. Il commento è affidato a Celestina Dominelli, Il Sole 24Ore.Qualità della vita generazionale, la nuova mappa del benessere in Italia: a Firenze, Bolzano e Trieste i tre primatiPresentata al Festival dell’Economia di Trento la sesta edizione della Qualità della vita dei bambini, giovani e anziani del Sole 24 Ore, costruita su 60 indicatori territoriali. L’indagine misura servizi, opportunità, relazioni sociali e qualità della vita delle diverse fasce generazionali in un Paese segnato dalla crisi demografica e dalla desertificazione commerciale. Firenze guida la classifica dei bambini, Bolzano quella dei giovani e Trieste quella degli over 65. Dall’analisi emerge un’Italia ancora spaccata territorialmente, con il Sud spesso in coda alle graduatorie, mentre crescono il peso degli affitti, il consumo di antidepressivi e le difficoltà scolastiche rispetto al pre pandemia. Ne parliamo con Michela Finizio, Il Sole 24 Ore.

Magdeburg hat einen Flugplatz. Aber wissen die Magdeburger eigentlich, was der wirklich bedeutet? Tom Mensch ist auf dem Flugplatz Magdeburg aufgewachsen. Im Alter von drei Wochen wurde er von seinem Opa ins erste Flugzeug gesetzt, heute ist er Geschäftsführer des Platzes, der in diesem Jahr seinen 90. Geburtstag feiert.In Folge #128 geht es um 90 Jahre Fluggeschichte, um Agrarflieger und Businessjets, um Fallschirmspringer und Segelflieger, um den A400M der Bundeswehr und um die Frage, warum eine längere Landebahn vielleicht mehr für Magdeburg tun würde als mancher denkt.Jetzt reinhören in MAGDEpodcast #128 – und den Flugplatz mit neuen Augen sehen.

In Deutschland leben etwa 20 Millionen Großeltern. Etwa ein Drittel hilft bei der Kinderbetreuung - zum Beispiel in den Ferien oder wenn die Eltern länger arbeiten müssen, die Kita aber schon schließt, sagt die Pädagogin Alexandra Langmeyer. Im Gespräch mit SWR Aktuell-Moderator Andreas Fischer erläutert sie, warum Oma und Opa so angesagt sind.

Warum knallt es so oft zwischen Eltern und Großeltern? Dieser Frage sind Kristina Weber und Johannes Molz, bekannt aus dem ARD-Instagramkanal „Eltern ohne Filter“, in ihrem neuen Buch „Endgegner Großeltern?“ nachgegangen. In dieser Podcastfolge geben sie einen kleinen Vorgeschmack auf ihr gemeinsames Werk. Im Gespräch mit Florian von der Online-Community Echte Papas und Marco (www.menshealth.de/dad) erzählen Kristina und Johannes, was sich verändert, wenn aus den eigenen Eltern plötzlich Oma und Opa werden, welches die größten Missverständnisse zwischen den Generationen sind, wann man in Sachen Kindererziehung Grenzen setzen sollte und wie man am besten reagiert auf den Satz „Das hat dir ja auch nicht geschadet“. Zusätzlich gibt es natürlich auch dieses Mal wieder einen neuen Song auf der Spotify-Playlist der ECHTEN PAPAS: https://spoti.fi/2Zutj4H, natürlich ausgesucht von Kristina und Johannes. Am besten die Spotify-Playlist gleich downloaden, anhören und abonnieren wie auch den Podcast selbst. Ihr habt Feedback? Zu der Playlist? Zu dieser Folge? Oder eine allgemeine Frage? Dann schreibt gerne eine Mail an: podcast@echtepapas.de! Und jetzt: Viel Spaß beim Hören!

Die Saison ist vorbei – zumindest für unsere drei Vereine. Und trotzdem wird bei Biene Ritter Bär selbstverständlich weiter analysiert, diskutiert und gequizzt. In Folge 158 geht es um einen torhungrigen Abschied in Köpenick, Hertha-Zittern sowie einen vergleichsweise entspannten Dortmunder Saisonabschluss. Dazu gibt's wie immer Community-Talk, Abschiede, zweite-Liga-Wahnsinn und die Erkenntnis: Fußballpause gibt es eigentlich gar nicht.   Biene Ritter Bär unterstützen:  Per Überweisung an: Hippo mit Horn e.K. IBAN IE07SUMU99036510368345 BIC SUMUIE22XXX Per Paypal    ⚔️ Union Berlin – Eta verabschiedet sich mit Offensivfeuerwerk In Köpenick endet die Saison – und gleichzeitig auch die Ära von Marie-Louise Eta als Cheftrainerin – mit einem Statement. Union schlägt Augsburg 4:0 und zeigt dabei genau den mutigen Fußball, den Eta zuletzt installiert hat: wieder offensives 4-2-4, frühes Pressing und ein Team, das sichtbar Spaß am Fußball hat. Besonders auffällig: Carl Klaus als Spielmacher im Tor Ilic trifft doppelt, Schäfer erhöht und hinten raus macht Union den Deckel endgültig drauf. Die Stimmung? Gut. Sehr gut sogar. Social-Media-Humor inklusive Finch-Cameo und ein Team, das die letzten Wochen sichtbar unter Eta aufgelebt ist.

Enkelkinder können eine Freude sein! Doch wenn sich Oma und Opa in die Erziehung einmischen oder Absprachen ignorieren, drohen Konflikte in der Familie. Großeltern zu werden, bedeutet nämlich auch, die eigenen Überzeugungen zu hinterfragen - ohne sich um des Friedens willen total anzupassen. Ein Balanceakt! Ein Podcast von Justina Schreiber.

Donald Trump è arrivato a Pechino per il primo viaggio di un presidente americano in Cina dal 2017. Al centro del vertice con Xi Jinping ci saranno i dazi, le restrizioni sui semiconduttori, Taiwan e la tenuta dei rapporti commerciali tra le due superpotenze. Xi punta a prolungare la tregua commerciale e ad allentare le limitazioni tecnologiche americane, mentre Trump è accompagnato dai vertici di grandi aziende Usa come Tesla, Apple, BlackRock e Boeing. Secondo diversi analisti, il summit potrebbe portare a una tregua sui dazi non per fiducia reciproca, ma per necessità economica, in un contesto in cui la Cina domina filiere strategiche globali come terre rare, batterie e componentistica. Il commento è affidato a Giuliano Noci Professore ordinario in Ingegneria Economico-Gestionale, presso il Politecnico di Milano. Dal 2011 è Prorettore del Polo territoriale cinese del Politecnico di MilanoTensione fra i soci in vista dell'assemblea Ferretti, Kkg scrive al GovernoAlla vigilia dell’assemblea chiamata a rinnovare il board di Ferretti, si intensifica lo scontro tra il socio di maggioranza cinese Weichai e la holding ceca Kkcg Maritime. Quest’ultima ha scritto al Governo italiano segnalando possibili violazioni delle norme sul Golden Power dopo l’aumento delle quote detenute da soggetti riconducibili all’orbita cinese, tra cui Bank of China e AdTech Advanced Technologies. Sullo sfondo resta il tema della sicurezza nazionale e dell’influenza cinese in un gruppo considerato strategico. Domani gli azionisti dovranno scegliere tra la lista sostenuta da Weichai, azionista al 39%, e quella promossa da Kkcg, che dopo l’Opa è salita al 23,2% del capitale. Ne parliamo con Raoul de Forcade, Il Sole 24 OrePetrolio: Aie, shock offerta senza precedenti con blocco Hormuz, record calo scorteL’Agenzia Internazionale dell’Energia lancia l’allarme sull’impatto della guerra con l’Iran sul mercato energetico globale. Secondo l’Aie, nel 2026 la domanda mondiale di petrolio rallenterà, ma l’offerta non riuscirà comunque a soddisfare i consumi a causa delle pesanti perdite di approvvigionamento legate al blocco dello Stretto di Hormuz. Oltre 14 milioni di barili al giorno risultano attualmente bloccati e le scorte globali stanno diminuendo a ritmi record. L’Aie parla di uno “shock di offerta senza precedenti”. Intanto l’Ue, attraverso il commissario all’Energia Dan Jorgensen, rilancia sulla necessità di accelerare la transizione energetica per ridurre la dipendenza dai combustibili fossili. Interviene Sissi Bellomo, Il Sole 24 Ore.

In this powerful episode of The Reformed Brotherhood, Tony and Jesse dive deep into Matthew 21:33-46, examining Jesus's parable of the wicked tenants. The hosts unpack how Christ masterfully draws the Pharisees into pronouncing their own condemnation, revealing not merely theological error but intentional usurpation of God's authority. Through careful exegesis, they explore the shocking setup of the parable—where the landowner does all the work while the tenants contribute nothing—and how this mirrors God's sovereign initiative in salvation. The discussion touches on confession, the value of full-time ministry, and the scandal of rejecting the Messiah despite recognizing His authority. This episode challenges listeners to examine whether they, like the Pharisees, attempt to claim God's work as their own. Key Takeaways God Does All the Verbs: The parable emphasizes that the landowner planted, built, protected, and prepared everything—the tenants contributed nothing yet claimed ownership of the fruit. Self-Pronounced Condemnation: Jesus draws the Pharisees into declaring their own judgment, demonstrating that even the unregenerate conscience bears witness to divine justice (Romans 2). Intentional Usurpation, Not Mere Error: The Pharisees weren't well-intentioned but misguided; they recognized Christ's authority as the heir and deliberately murdered Him to seize His inheritance. The Scandal of Grace: The parable's shocking element is that the landowner prepared everything before leasing the land—far exceeding normal agricultural arrangements and illustrating God's unmerited favor. Ecclesial Support for Ministry: The OPC presbytery's decision to fund a full-time call demonstrates how church structure can honor the ministry of Word and sacrament by freeing ministers from worldly distractions. Particular Repentance Matters: Westminster Confession 15.5 teaches that believers should not content themselves with general repentance but "endeavor to repent of his particular sins, particularly." The Stone Rejected Becomes Chief: Christ's citation of Psalm 118 reveals that the very rejection by the builders (religious leaders) was God's plan to establish the cornerstone of salvation. Key Concepts God Does All the Verbs The concentration of action verbs attributed solely to the landowner in Matthew 21:33 is theologically significant. The landowner plants, builds, digs, and rents—creating a fully functional, productive vineyard before the tenants ever arrive. This arrangement differs radically from typical first-century agricultural practices, where tenants would lease raw land and develop it themselves, sharing profits with the landowner. Jesus deliberately presents an extraordinary scenario where the tenants receive everything prepared and ready, requiring only stewardship of what already exists. This parallels God's sovereign initiative in election and salvation: believers contribute nothing to their standing before God, receiving instead a fully accomplished redemption. The Pharisees' rebellion wasn't against burdensome requirements but against simply acknowledging God's rightful ownership of what He alone created. Intentional Usurpation, Not Mere Error The hosts challenge the common sympathetic reading of the Pharisees as well-intentioned legalists who simply got sidetracked. Instead, verse 38 reveals the tenants explicitly recognize the son as heir and plot to murder him to "seize his inheritance." This isn't accidental rejection but calculated rebellion. The Pharisees weren't confused about Jesus's identity or authority—they understood precisely who He claimed to be and deliberately chose to destroy Him rather than submit. This interpretation carries significant weight for understanding the nature of unbelief: it's not primarily intellectual confusion but volitional rebellion. The religious leaders didn't need more evidence or clearer teaching; they needed transformed hearts. This same dynamic appears whenever humans recognize divine truth yet choose self-sovereignty over submission to God's rightful claim on their lives. The Scandal of Grace The parable begins with a scandalous premise that would have startled Jesus's original audience. Unlike normal tenant farming arrangements where landowners simply provided land in exchange for a share of whatever the tenants produced through their own labor, this landowner invests everything. He doesn't just own the property—he plants the vineyard, constructs the protective wall, digs the wine press for production, and builds the watchtower for defense. The tenants receive a turnkey operation requiring minimal effort. This extravagant preparation mirrors God's unmerited favor toward Israel and, by extension, the church. God didn't merely create humanity and wait to see what we would produce; He established covenants, sent prophets, preserved His Word, and ultimately sent His Son—all before requiring any response. The only "payment" demanded is acknowledging His ownership of what He created. The parable thus exposes the absurdity and ingratitude of claiming God's work as our own achievement. Memorable Quotes God does all the verbs. All of the verbs are done by the landowner. There is nothing expected of these tenants—they really add nothing to the landowner's land. Christ is not painting the Pharisees as well-intentioned but ultimately wrong. He's painting them as usurpers who recognize the proper authority and rather than submitting to it, they're going to reject that authority and try to take it for their own. Men ought not to content themselves with a general repentance, but it is every man's duty to endeavor to repent of his particular sins, particularly. (Westminster Confession 15.5) Transcript Welcome to episode 491 of the Reformed Brotherhood. I'm Jesse.  [00:01:12] Tony Arsenal: And I'm Tony. And this is the podcast with ears to hear. Hey brother.  [00:01:17] Jesse Schwamb: Hey brother.  [00:01:18] Parable of Tenants [00:01:18] Jesse Schwamb: So picture this, Tony, your landlord. You've built the perfect vineyard. We're talking wall watchtower, wine, press, the works like what everybody says. Everybody knows you need all those things. You've got it all set up, and then you hand the keys to some tenants. You take a long trip, you go enjoy yourself. And when the harvest rolls around, you send your servants to collect the rent. And shockingly, your tenants, they beat. Stone. Another, the kill a third. So naturally you think, you know what? I'll fix this. Lemme just send more people. That's obviously the problem. There's some kind of just profound misunderstanding about what's going on here and about our relationship in this business. And then when that doesn't work, you send your son now loved ones. If this were a business strategy, we would already be calling hr. But of course it's not a business strategy, it's a parable. And Jesus is telling it to the very people about to prove the parable true. So welcome back to the Reformed Brotherhood because we're in Matthew Chapter 21 and we're gonna be actually getting all the way into the parable of the Vine growers where the patience of God looks, I would say, to almost anybody else, to humanize at least almost reckless until you realize that's exactly the point. So yeah, grab your beverage of choice, grab your Bible, pull the car over, will you? Because this is gonna get real and we're going to reason together. But before we do all of that, let's do a little affirming with or denying against, what do you got?  [00:02:41] Inside Baseball Affirmation [00:02:41] Tony Arsenal: So this is a sort of inside baseball, uh, affirmation. Um, I'm not sharing anything, although it may feel like I'm sharing something that is private and like, uh, like confidential. It's not No, this is good. Um, so I had the opportunity to visit. Um, my presbytery, um, for those who are listeners of the show or people who like, have been with us a long time, um, I was part of a Baptist church. Uh, I've always kind of been a Presbyterian at heart, but, um, our church closed, uh, a little over a year and a half ago now. And, um, uh, I've joined an OPC congregation in membership now. We've been members there for about a year. And, um, so I've been visiting Presbytery, which is the, the meeting of all of the leadership of all of the churches. So we won't do a polity breakdown here, but basically like, it's, it's the regional meeting. It's the regional business meeting or church meeting for a group of churches in the OPC, the Orthodox Presbyterian Church. And so a lot of the meetings, you know, have the normal kind of business type stuff. You have reports from different committee committees and stuff. Um.  [00:03:48] Presbytery Call Debate [00:03:48] Tony Arsenal: Where this is affirmation is coming in here is at this most recent presbytery meeting, um, was pretty heavy on, um, licensing or, or, uh, not licensing on approving men who had received a call to formal ministry within the presbytery. And so in the OPC, and I would imagine that other Presbyterian bodies are not like super different, although I'm sure there's some variation in the OPC. Um, when a church intends to extend a call to a pastor, to a teaching elder, um, to a minister, they must have the call, which is. Is both theological but is also eminently practical. Like the call is a physical piece of paper that details, you know, what the pay is, how much vacation time. So it's kind of a combination between like a theological call and also a contract. Um, the presbytery has to approve that call. And so at this most recent one, there was a couple calls that were more or less uncontroversial. There was no question about them, and they were approved pretty quickly. But there was one call, um, one call to ministry that took, I, I, I didn't time it, but it was probably like four or five hours of debate and discussion in various fashion in order to get to a point where the presbytery could approve the call. So this was a call to a minister who is being called part-time, which is unusual in the Orthodox Presbyterian Church. Um, the OPC uh, acknowledges the fact that bivocational tent making ministry is sometimes a necessity, but really views the ministry of the word in sacrament as something that should not have. Distractions. And actually our book of church order talks about, doesn't use the word distraction, I think, but it talks about a, a properly ordered call to a full-time minister includes phrasing that the congregation promises to compensate them in a way that allows them to be free of worldly burdens and cares. And I might have not, not have gotten that wording exactly right. But that's the idea. And so this call was. Explicitly, um, not a full-time call it, they actually took the language out of promising to pay him in a way that he's able to ignore or to not be distracted by worldly care. And that was intentional, but there was a lot of question in discussion at presbytery level about the fact that the call did not include the phrase or the wording of part-time or bivocational. So the conversation started out of like, can this call be modified to include that? So it's explicitly known in this man's call that his calling is part-time, which is both theological, to make sure that the call is properly formatted, but also like very practical that the congregation should acknowledge explicitly that they recognize that this person is not, not going to be putting, you know, 40 hours a week or 50 hours a week towards this position. [00:06:34] Jesse Schwamb: Right.  [00:06:34] Tony Arsenal: Um. What I'm affirming is where it got to, right? So there was lots of discussion about that. There was some finagling about the retirement package. The OPC recommends that a, a minister be given a retirement contribution of no less than 5% a year of his salaried package. Um, which there's a couple line items that go into that, but 5%, and this was a little bit less than that. And this is what I'm affirming and this, I, I don't know that this is a super widespread thing that would happen all across the, um, the OPC, but it happened in the presbytery of New York and New England this past week, and it's just amazing. And I just, I just want to lay it out there and then I want to hear your reaction. [00:07:13] Funding Full Time Ministry [00:07:13] Tony Arsenal: And I, I wanna hear your reaction as the son of a minister who labored his entire adult, more or less, his entire adult career in ministry, working two or three additional jobs on top of his ministry, the presbytery decided. That because it did not like the idea of a part-time minister. They didn't think that was appropriate. They didn't think that that was good or that that was really the right goal. The presbytery allocated, I'm not gonna say the figures 'cause they're not super germane, but allocated a significant amount of money to be dis to be dispersed to the church for the next three years in order to take what was a part-time call and enable it to become a full-time call. [00:07:54] Jesse Schwamb: Wow.  [00:07:54] Tony Arsenal: And so there are a lot of, there are a lot of church bodies that would say, yeah, we don't love the idea of bi-vocational ministry. You know, we really think it's ideal that a minister could be full-time. Um, they may even put some, some theological freight behind that. Um, I have never encountered a body, um. That was willing to put a sizable amount of money towards essentially supplementing a part-time call to make it full-time. Um, this was just amazing to me, and the candidate was there. I didn't get a chance to talk to him, but I would love to talk to him about what he felt. I, I can just imagine the phone call to his wife who was not, not at presbytery, but to his wife, following the outcome of this to be like, you are never gonna believe what just happened. Right? This is a family who was intending to move across country. Right. He's currently a student at Westminster, California in seminary, uh, California, Westminster Seminary in California, finishing his M Div. They're planning a cross country move into a part-time position where she's probably gonna have to find a job, and then also he's gonna have to find a part-time job. He had the ability to call her on the break and be like, you're never gonna guess what just happened? You're never gonna,  [00:09:09] Jesse Schwamb: it's wild.  [00:09:09] Tony Arsenal: Uh, sorry, I'm getting a little emotional here. You're never going to. Believe how faithful God is in this. Right. So I'm interested to hear your reaction to that as the son of a, of a try and quad at times Quad vocational. Yeah,  [00:09:23] Jesse Schwamb: for sure.  [00:09:23] Tony Arsenal: Minister who labored his entire, more or less, his entire adult career, um, working full-time in a call as a part-time, part-time minister. You know, like that's a, that's a crazy situation. So I'm just affirming that again, I don't know how common that kind of thing is in the OPC. I don't wanna make it seem like that's the norm. Um, I actually get the sense that this is probably not the norm, but it was amazing to see and it made me in intensely like. Proud in the right way of being a part of this broader body that would, would so emphasize and so value the ministry of the word and the sacrament, and the importance of a man being able to dedicate himself to that without distraction. That they would put forward this amount of money and this kind of money. They had no reason to do so. And there's no real direct benefit to the presbytery for doing this. I mean, there's an indirect benefit of like not having a church with a part-time minister, but like there's no direct benefit to this. There's no direct return on investments that's gonna come out of this. Um, it was pretty amazing to see. It was, it was, it was super encouraging.  [00:10:28] Jesse Schwamb: That is really encouraging. I, I think it's, there's no doubt that for the called pastor, their heart is in the ministry of the word. That's what they want to be doing. They wanna be doing it all the time and as much time as they possibly can, and they wanna be able to have all of their intentional focus on it. So I. I'm excited for that guy. I mean, that's just an incredible blessing to go in hoping for funding, essentially for a part-time role and to basically be told, no, no, no, no, that's, that's not enough. We want you to be committed to this fully as we know your heart is committed. As we validated that call.  [00:11:00] Why Structure Matters [00:11:00] Jesse Schwamb: I do love being a part of churches, well, lemme say it this way. There is, I think, a benefit of being part of congregations that have like a wide resource network that has like appropriate hierarchy and structure and that can be one of them. I've seen something similar in the Christian Missionary Alliance, which is the church that I'm in, not exactly the same, but I've seen some surprising allocations of resources where they basically said, you know, this is important. Like, it even trumps we're, we're gonna. Allocate or resource something so that this can move forward because it is important in a way that was like better than the person who was bringing it before them could have hoped for. Yeah. And uh, suddenly it's as if everything aligned. And it was really in part because there was this structure to come alongside, to validate as you're saying, and then to authenticate and then again to resource assets that could be used. There's, there's something to be said for that interdependency where there is kind of this hierarchical structure in which all that's happening at a level where things are codified. And again, like there's a structure and a way in which we move through those decisions to make sure that they suit the objective of the entire movement. So I guess there's nothing I'll say, but that's a beautiful thing, isn't it?  [00:12:14] Tony Arsenal: Yeah. Yeah.  [00:12:15] Generosity in Action [00:12:15] Tony Arsenal: It was, it was, it was cool because it was like this, it was like this real. Actualization of the principle of outdoing one another and showing honor. Yeah, sure. Because you know, like the initial debate was like, Hey, you know, I'm not sure we can approve this call because the, the OPCs guidelines tell us not to approve a call that has less than 5% of the retirement benefit. And there was a lot of discussion of like, well, the presbytery can't modify the call, but we don't wanna delay this guy coming in and like, we don't wanna delay his ordination, his installation. And so the initial proposal was a, a. What feels like a large amount of money to me. But after I understood more about the, the budget of what's going on in, in the presbytery was actually a very small amount of money. Started with a very tiny, very modest proposal of basically like supplementing the retirement fund to make sure that like we could, they, I say we, like, I was part of this, I was just observing, but to supplement the retirement fund in a way that allowed the church to still proceed with the call as written, but still also make sure that this person had the appropriate retirement fund. And then that just basically was like, there would be some instruction given to the church that like, you've gotta bump this up in the next budget cycle. Like you've gotta get to the 5%. That's, that's the expectation. It went from that. And like I said, I won't give you the specific numbers, but one of the presbyters and I, I'm, I, um, I, I've known this presbyter from a distance for quite a long time and, and I have an immense amount of respect for him. He stood up and he's like, well, if we're gonna give X, why don't we just give 10 times X instead? And then actually, like the discussion was like, well, is, are we sure that 10 times X is even the right amount? Why don't we have this particular group meet over the lunch break and figure out whether that's the right number and then come back after lunch and we'll vote on it. And then they came back after lunch and it was actually a number that was even greater than 10 times X. So it was like this exercise in like. This very small proposal that was still imminently generous, right? The presbytery has no obligation to do this. There's no obligation from any of the presbyters to stand up and say like, we should. We should supplement this fund. They would've been well within their right, and no one would've looked, I think. I think some people would've been frustrated by it, but I don't think anyone would've looked sideways at it or thought it was sinful. If the presbytery just said like, we can't approve this call. You guys are gonna have to come back with it and we'll vote on it at the next presbytery. Like that would've been problematic. This, this kind of poor guy who's coming outta seminary, his call and his beginning of employment would've been delayed, but like. That would've been good and orderly, but instead they were like, one, we don't want this pulpit to stay empty longer. We don't wanna disadvantage this guy who's just getting done with seminary. We want him to get started. We don't wanna discourage him. So here's a small proposal, a very modest amount of money that we can put forward for this purpose. And then it was like, let's just keep seeing how much closer to a real full-time call we can get. And they finally came back and said like, we're gonna do this. We're gonna do this in a wise fashion. They structured it. So like the first year he gets more, the second year he gets a little bit less. The third year the church gets a little bit less with the idea that like each year the church should be adjusting their budget to compensate and get this guy to that with the, the hope that like with a full-time minister, they're able to grow their congregation to the point where they can support a full-time minister. So it was just this really cool, super encouraging exercise. And what I loved about it is the only real debate that was going on was about do we need to do more? There was no one being like, wait a second, why are we, why are we putting more money to this? The whole thing was like, is this actually enough to accomplish what we think God wants to do with this person's call? Because if, if God is truly calling this man to this, this particular church, and we believe that he is. Then what do we as a, as a people of God need to do to enable that call to look like what we actually believe calls to ministry are supposed to look like, which is a full-time call to ministry that is undistracted by the cares of the world. What do we need to do? The answer in this case was like, I think we need to put a sizable amount of money to it. Um, it's a, I mean, and again. I'm not gonna say it on the air. It was not a small chunk of change. Um, it was, it was a, it was a large amount of money that was devoted to this cause and that just goes to show how much this body values the importance of a full-time minister of the word, so. [00:16:50] Jesse Schwamb: Right.  [00:16:51] OPC Love and Recommendation [00:16:51] Tony Arsenal: That's enough about that. I, I could gush about how proud I am to be a part of this body and how encouraged I am and how amazing it was and how awesome this, this guy, how, how much this guy must be thanking God for the providence and like, this is the last thing. I'll say this, this young man younger than me, I think he's graduating seminary. I saw him across the room. He looks like he's probably in his mid twenties, right? Young guy. He's got a wife doesn't have kids yet coming into this ministry, not only is he coming into this ministry, but as a Presbyterian minister, when he's installed as the minister of this church. He will be joining this body of presbyters as the, as his brothers like. He is not a member of the local church. He's a member of the presbytery, which is the regional church. So now he's coming into this fully supported by his brothers in the presbytery that he saw go to the mat to make sure he was properly taken care of, that the congregation was not unintentionally taking advantage of his labor, but also that he knows that all of these men are willing to do what they need to do to make sure that his ministry is successful and edifies the church like that is. Uh, I don't want to gush on Presbyterianism too much, but like that is Presbyterianism at peak form, right? This is the body of elders making sure that every church in the region, even the ones they're not directly ministering in, has what it needs to succeed and to honor God and to do what needs to happen. So I'm affirming the presbytery of New York and New England and the Orthodox Presbyterian Church. Um, I have been so blessed by knowing many of these presbyters. I've been so blessed by being a part of the congregation that I am. There are lots of really great churches and really great denominations out there. If you are looking for a church and there is an OPC congregation in your area, absolutely go check it out. I know it feels stuffy sometimes, and I will admit, like sometimes it feels a little bit overly traditional in terms of like just the vibe of the congregation,  [00:18:52] Jesse Schwamb: right?  [00:18:52] Tony Arsenal: But press past that because I don't think, I don't think you will find, um. You may find lots of congregations that are as faithful. I don't think you're gonna find many that are more faithful than your average OPC congregation. So I could be wrong. I just, I just love the OPC. I just really, really love it. So that's my affirmation. What do you got for us, Jesse?  [00:19:18] Denial Catholic Confession Math [00:19:18] Jesse Schwamb: I think I got denial, which is maybe a little bit unusual for me. [00:19:21] Tony Arsenal: As long as you're not denying the OPCI think we're fine.  [00:19:23] Jesse Schwamb: No, it's, it's not, it is church related and I, I'll try to keep it short 'cause I think I can make this way longer than it, it probably should be, but lemme think how to phrase this. So, I don't know with a devil negative, I guess when I'm a denying against is maybe not enough confession by your own standard. So the, I'm gonna try to make this so brief. I, I just happened to be out with my wife this afternoon and we had to run errands. We got stuck in traffic and this gave me longer than usual to sit in front of our. Very local and very large Catholic church. So I happen to be looking at their sign. It's a very large congregation. I've been actually been in this one on a couple of occasions for funerals. So not only do I know its size and scope, but again, if you get, if you get on this road at the wrong time on the Lord's day, you're gonna be stuck for a long time because there are so many people that attend. I say that because I noticed on the sign that there were three times for mass on the Lord's Day. So that also says something about the number of people coming through. And then on the sign though, underneath it said for confessions, go to our website. Mm-hmm. So I was like, man, I gotta lick this up because I can't tell if they're telling me I can confess on the website or if it's go to the website for the times. And I said to my wife, only half jokingly, if I can confess online, I'm gonna confess something. So I went to, I went to the website and, and sure enough it was almost disappointingly. It was just the times.  [00:20:45] Tony Arsenal: Yeah.  [00:20:46] Jesse Schwamb: Here's what I've found interesting, which just launched me into this like deep rabbit hole. There were three times for confession. Two of those times were just a half an hour, and the third time was an hour. So, uh, what I did was I went through, actually, I think what they had on there was, was three full hours a week. It was a little bit confusing, but I think it was three full hours. Now I think about it. So I went back, I just couldn't help myself, Tony. So I started to think, alright, let's say. I think it's fair to assume  [00:21:15] Tony Arsenal: math, Jesse is kicking in right now. Yes. You're gonna calculate how many minutes per, per person is what you're doing. I'm thinking, ah,  [00:21:22] Jesse Schwamb: yeah, it's something like that. So what I thought was, I don't think it's, uh, I was gonna be conservative. I wanna be fair. I wanna be fair. So, and now we should say like, I think most people realize that the Catholic understanding of confession and the Protestant one is, is very different. The Catholic sacrament of confession is the right through which Catholics are gonna confess their sins to a priest receive absolution, and it's gonna restore the relationship with God in the church. And, and they're gonna believe that the priest acts as a person of Christ and is bound by the seal of confession and an absolute kind of obligation. Uh, of course never to reveal what was disclosed during that process. So, by the way, the website that I went to, lovely instructions. I mean, I was like, wow. I was reading it to my wife who was, uh, not familiar with this at all, and she was like, they can make you do stuff. And I was like, well, yeah. I mean, obviously like there's, there's a portion of this where there's contrition or penant penance. It could be a prayer, it could be act of charity, like all kinds of stuff. So I went back and I thought. I don't think it's unreasonable that there's 350 persons that would say, let's say an average, uh, that would wanna take part of confession. Now, let's say that they did that at, at least monthly, just once a month. And, and I don't know how people's conviction is on that, but I'm gonna say conservatively once a month. Let's say that, and I don't think this is unreasonable, Tony, but you tell me. Let's say you're, you're trucking, you're moving through confession. Let's say it's five minutes a piece. So we're up to 1,750 minutes, uh, per month. That's the demand on the priest because I was, I was looking at this time and I was thinking something is strange here to me, so. That was the demand then, and I'll spare you the other math, which could be very long and un uninteresting. I'm coming up with, you'd need 2.24, two and a quarter priests, which of course you can't have a quarter priests or a quarter person for any reason. So you'd hire, you'd hire three priests, which satisfy the demand if, and the major assumptions here, that is like everybody can't show up at the same time. Obviously, I'm assuming that like everybody has their own time, they're spreading it out. So everybody gets the confession, but it's just five minutes. And I, I have no idea. I mean, if you're a Luther, that's certainly not sufficient time.  [00:23:20] Tony Arsenal: Yeah.  [00:23:20] Jesse Schwamb: And you would need three priests. Now here's the thing that I just kind of backed into that, besides like three being like, okay, that, that's, you would need three priests just to satisfy this congregation. If they're confessing for five minutes, once per month. Uh, by the way, if you said, well, half the congregation is going to go weekly, uh, then you, you would double the number of priests you need to 5.98 or six. But here's, here's the bottom line for me. This is why the denial comes in about maybe not enough, is. If you were just to distill that down to like, if you could have one priest cover that time, that there's a demand for like 779.4 hours, or excuse me, minutes of confession, that priest would only be allocating approximately like seven and a half percent of their working hours, their work toward handling confession. This seems like not enough confession given the standards of confession in the Catholic church. And again, I know that I'm, I'm now allocating that to one priest and I just told everybody you need three. That's true. So if you had these three now, if you hired three just to meet the demand, that would only be about like three and a half or a little under three and a half percent of their combined time. So the denial is Catholics, I think, unless I'm way off in some of my assumptions here, you might not be confessing enough by your own standards because  [00:24:33] Tony Arsenal: Yeah.  [00:24:34] Jesse Schwamb: Uh, that seems like not enough time.  [00:24:38] Tony Arsenal: Yeah. Yeah.  [00:24:39] Ritual Faithfulness Explained [00:24:39] Tony Arsenal: I mean, I think, um. I don't want to be too bombastic here, but I think,  [00:24:46] Jesse Schwamb: I think I already started this on this  [00:24:48] Tony Arsenal: path. Maybe this, maybe this isn't all that bombastic. Um, because this is so much about ritual and actually I say this is gonna sound really, we, we go, but trying to think from the Roman Catholic perspective, it's actually not, and I'll I'll tell you a brief story, uh, to explain it. Um, a lot of Roman Catholics are just going through the motions. [00:25:13] Jesse Schwamb: That's true.  [00:25:14] Tony Arsenal: But the point, the, the, the point of contention actually is that going through the motions is valuable for the Roman Catholic, right? So I, I knew this, uh, this young woman when I was in college who was a Roman Catholic, and we had many discussions about, about the differences between Protestantism and and Roman Catholicism. And what I came to understand is that going to mass for her. Itself was an act of faith. And so for the Roman Catholic, the concept of, of faith is different than the concept that Protestants operate under. So for the Roman Catholic who, um, goes to mass, even when they feel like they're, like, when they think they're just going through the motions, going through the motions is itself the act of faith. And that's because for most of Roman Catholics, most of Roman Catholicism, faith really equals faithfulness, right? So, so doing the act is the act of faithfulness. Doing the act is faith. Where for the Protestant, like faith is about belief and trust and knowledge. Like it's, it's an. Not entirely intellectual, but it's, it's an inward thing for the Roman Catholic faith is an out is primarily an outward thing. It's what you do, it's how you act. It's faith formed in love. It's faith formed in charity.  [00:26:36] Jesse Schwamb: Right.  [00:26:37] Tony Arsenal: So I think most Roman Catholics going to obligatory confession first. I think once a month is probably like, probably more frequent than most Roman Catholics go to mass or go to confession. Um, I thought I read a stat that it was like every six months is, is pretty average and I think that's what's required by the church maybe even once a year is, is required by the church. Um, I think like most Roman Catholics go into the, the confessional booth and like father forgive me for I've sinned. It's been such and such a number of days since my last confession. Right. And they may bring up a couple particular things that they've done and, and then I think the priest commonly absolves them of all of their sins. Like, almost like in an omnibus fashion and then prescribes their acts of penance, which is it, it like, honestly, it's probably things they should already be doing as a faithful Catholic saying Hail Marys and doing our fathers and acts of charity and things like that. So I think your math is probably right. [00:27:39] Protestant Repentance Particular [00:27:39] Tony Arsenal: I think your, your theory that more confession is probably like, I'm gonna read this from, uh, the Westminster confession, just to, just to say it here, is, this is chapter 15, which is titled of Repentance Under Life. And this is, uh, this is section five or paragraph five. It says, men ought not to content themselves with a general repentance, but is every man's duty to endeavor, to repent of his particular sins, particularly. And I think that's just such a beautifully phrased sentence like. Not only is it like potent theologically, but like, it just, it just feels good, like in terms of like the English language to repent of your particular sins, particularly. And like the idea is yes, Protestant reform, Christians affirm a general repentance from sin, right? We repent of our sin before the father, uh, as a result of our, of our coming to faith in Christ. And as part of our sanctification, we mortify our sin and we, Viv we are vivified by the spirit and repentance falls in that ongoing sanctification process. And there is this general repentance of like, I repent of the fact that I'm a sinner and that I commit sins, but there is this element in the reformed faith of like, I should be confessing to God. And I think by extension, like we should be confessing to our fellow Christians, our particular sins, our individual sins, and we should be doing that on particular occasion. And I think like. The Luther style confession of like going into the confessor and confessing like every particular sin. Particularly I think most Roman Catholic priests would, priests. Priests would probably have the same reaction Tobits did where he was like, get outta here. Like, come on dude. Like just go live your life and like deal with it. I think that's probably the reaction most Catholic priests would have. But yeah, I think you're right. Like if we're really talking about like. Five, five minutes of confession once a month and that somehow having some sort of spiritual efficacy. I'm not sure I buy that math. Like I think you're, you're probably spot on.  [00:29:47] Jesse Schwamb: Yeah.  [00:29:47] Confession Hours Oddities [00:29:47] Jesse Schwamb: I just was curious about how many priests would be required and then the allocation of the duties. By the way, you are right. So I, because I had to check on this, the, the fourth letter in council of 1215 does say that the church requires confession of any grave or mortal sins at least once a year. But the church, yeah, strongly encourages more frequent confession as a spiritual practice, even for, of course, like the venial or the less serious sins in their eyes. So yeah, my thought here was just that. I think it's actually undervalued by way of the math. Like the, as the kids say, the math just isn't math thing for me on this one. But I was more curious about, since this is one of the seven sacraments, even if you just said like, well, it should have at least one seven of the allocation. That's like, what? Like something like 14%. And so this is, um, almost half of that. I just found it a little bit, a little bit odd and yeah, I think you'd have to be, uh, so in other words, when I looked at the, basically, here's the bottom line. When I looked at the hours for confession one, there were weird times and uh, two, I was like, that doesn't seem like enough hours. Like, it was just more like that. Like how that's like saying like, Hey, the post office is open three hours a week, and by the way, one of those hours is from seven to eight o'clock on Friday. Like they had some hours. One hour just on Friday was like, I guess that's the way you wanna start your weekend is like, let's get all of this off my chest. Yeah. And, and do it. Right. And the last thing I'll say by the way, is you're correct. When you look at the instruction they give you, and this is common of course, toward the end, when they say like, here's how you like wrap up your part. Actually everybody should go read, go to the local, local Catholic church website and read the instructions. 'cause in some ways they're just interesting and kind of, um, I don't wanna say funny 'cause I'm not making fun. I'm just saying like, they have to give you instruction if you've never done it before. And so most of us are not really probably familiar with the process and they give you explicit instruction and toward the end it's like, here's how you kinda like hang up the call with the priest. And it's like you said, you know, these are my sins and all others, would you be willing to forgive? So you're right. Right. They just kinda wrap them all up because it's sins of omission, sense of commission, it's all to be together. But I, I wonder, you gotta think there's people in there that are like. The priests are like, okay, man, just yeah. Wrap, come on, wrap, wrap it up.  [00:31:55] Confession Timing Talk [00:31:55] Jesse Schwamb: And other people that come in are just like, you know, forgive me father. And uh, lastly to your point, when they give you instruction about how you should start, of course you're always to signify how long it's been since your last confession. Right. Confession. And they say parenthetically, like, reference the days, weeks, months, or years. So you're right. There are gonna be people that probably do it very frequently and probably people who do it infrequently still, I would say I just couldn't believe for a church this large, that there was just three hours a week.  [00:32:21] Tony Arsenal: Yeah.  [00:32:21] Jesse Schwamb: For everybody else.  [00:32:22] Tony Arsenal: Yeah.  [00:32:23] Vance and Papal Authority [00:32:23] Tony Arsenal: This leads me to two very brief sub, uh, denials slash affirmations. Uh, I don't know if you saw this, um, this is not a political statement, right? I, I have lots of feelings and thoughts about the current administration and I think most of my feelings and thoughts would surprise. Everybody. But I thought it was hilarious because JD Vance, who is a Roman Catholic, uh, confessed Roman Catholic part of the Roman Catholic Church, uh, he ha I, I'm not sure if I'm affirming or denying this, there was this funny, uh, funny exchange. I think he was at doing like a, doing like a TPU, I don't know, speech. He was doing a speech at some conservative event and he said something like, I think that the Pope should be more careful when he makes theological statements. I'm wanna be like, do you understand what the pope is in your religion? That was one of my sub denials. Uh, I don't remember what the other one is, so it must not have been that important. It'll come back to me at the worst possible moment and I will try very hard not to interrupt our show for it, but I probably will fail.  [00:33:25] Jesse Schwamb: Yeah.  [00:33:25] Reading Matthew 21 [00:33:25] Jesse Schwamb: Listen, we, we gotta get to some scripture because. We're, we're doing this old school style where we take like half the time and just talk about affirmations. It's true in house. It's true. Which is great fun. But let's, let's get back to Matthew 21. And I, I know we did this last time, but I am gonna rock through the passage 'cause of course, that's the best part of any of our discussion, is actually hearing from, from the Holy Spirit through the scripture, uh, which he's given to us. So this is, uh, Matthew 21, starting in verse 33. And you're gonna hear the, the whole thing right here. Uh, this is Jesus speaking. Listen to another parable. There was a landowner who planted a vineyard and put a wall around it and dug a wine press in it and built a tower and rented it out to vine growers and went on a journey. Now, when the high risk time approached, he sent his slaves to the vine growers to receive his fruit, and the vine growers took his slaves and beat one, killed another, and stoned a third. Again, he sent another group of slaves larger than the first, and they did the same thing to them. But afterward he sent his son to them saying they will respect my son. But when the vine growers saw the sun, they said among themselves, this is the heir. Come let us kill him and seize his inheritance, and they took him and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those vine growers? They said to him, he will bring those wretches to a wretched end and will rent out the vineyard to other vine growers who will pay him the proceeds at the proper seasons. Jesus said to them, did you ever read in the scriptures the stone, which the builders rejected? This has become the chief cornerstone. This came about from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes. Therefore, I say to you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a nation producing the fruit of it. And he who falls in the stone will be broken to pieces, but on whomever it falls, it will scatter him like dust. And when the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they understood that he was speaking about them. And although they were seeking to seize him, they feared the crowds because they're regarding him to be a prophet. [00:35:28] Tony Arsenal: Yeah. Yeah.  [00:35:30] Pharisees Condemn Themselves [00:35:30] Tony Arsenal: This is like a super heavy parable. Right. And we talked a lot last week about how like the point of this parable is not necessarily to try to instruct the Pharisees or the Sadducees. Like it's not to instruct the people who were going to reject Christ, uh, the, the builders who would reject the cornerstone. It's really a parable to teach those. Who are observing this process happening. But I think it's, I, I think it's really interesting just listening to you read this and reading through it, and I guess this is a question I haven't asked and I, I need to study a little bit more. It's crazy to me in verse 41, um, Christ seems the, the, the, um, Matthew seems to say here, and maybe I need to do a little bit more Greek study, so bear with me and, and have grace if I'm wrong here. Matthew seems to say that like Christ asks the people he's speaking to, the Pharisees he's speaking to, what is he gonna do to these people? And the Pharisees answer, he's gonna put those wretches to a miserable death.  [00:36:36] Jesse Schwamb: Right?  [00:36:37] Tony Arsenal: Like the people listening to this parable understand the outcome, like they understand the. The consequence that the, the, the vineyard owner or the vineyard tenant tenants are facing based on their lack of faithfulness to the covenant. To me, that is like a really striking part of this parable. And, and it's not even like the parable proper, but like the striking element of the context of this is that nobody listening to this parable, including the Pharisees that this parable has basically spoken against, nobody fails to see the gravity of the consequence of rejecting God's emissary, like rejecting the Messiah. That to me is like a really, I dunno, paradigmatic. Portion of this that I think we need to grapple with. This is not an unclear, an unclear outcome. This is not, this is not masked or vague or OPA opaque. Like everybody understands, the people who reject the Messiah are going to face dire and eternal consequences for that act. [00:37:48] Jesse Schwamb: That does make this really interesting, doesn't it? Because it's not just entirely like Romans one adventures or even Romans two. It's that this is what Jesus does and he does it in a profound way that's not trickery like I think kinda like you're saying like the lead up to this isn't as if he's even leading the witness. He's making it very clear, all like the parameters of the story and the characters involved and what should be the proper judgment. And it's not as if like they start saying, they're like, oh, we shouldn't say anything more like we, we plead the fifth because it's gonna condemn ourselves. He draws his audience in to producing and pronouncing like their own sentence. It's very much like, I think I mentioned this last time, the prophet Nathan and David, isn't it? It's the exact same. Yeah. And the verdict is unanswerable, like even in its own terms. These other, like these other vine growers, prefigures of course like the inclusion of the Gentiles and the apostolic office. But I like that what Jesus does here, even before he gets to that point, is he extorts from them an acknowledgement of the punishment which awaited them. And so in this way there's like, I think the Puritans use this passage a lot actually to demonstrate that the natural conscience even of like the unregenerate, still bears witness to divine justice. That's Romans two. Like they, they can't get out from underneath it and Jesus isn't using any trickery on them to get them to say this thing. They are compelled in their own way, even being unregenerate to, like you said, even as they're rejecting the Messiah to recognize that punishment is due these characters in the story, even as they perceive at the end that they are those characters. [00:39:21] Tony Arsenal: Yeah.  [00:39:22] Jesse Schwamb: Saying we'll receive the judgment.  [00:39:24] Tony Arsenal: Yeah.  [00:39:25] Usurpers Not Misguided [00:39:25] Tony Arsenal: And I think too, like, um, this is kind of one of those chicken or the egg scenarios, right? Like Christ is both recognizing the intention of their heart as well as prophesying. And, and not just prophesying, but like inception level prophesying the, the outcome of the intention of their heart. And so like, again, like we've, we spent a whole week kind of like leading into the parable and now we spent a whole week, we're gonna spend a whole week again kind of leading into the parable. This is such a deep parable, and that like Christ is not just laying bare. The fact that the, the people who were going to reject him were doing so out of this sort of like attempt and intention of usurping the kingdom of God for their own purposes. I think that brings a layer to this that we don't often appreciate in. Christ's interaction with the Pharisees. I think sometimes, and maybe this is because I just listened to an episode of where Matt Whitman on the 10 minute Bible hour talked about this. I think sometimes we actually have a tendency to sort of be sympathetic to the Pharisees where we think, you know, they were, they were just trying to obey God's law and they got a little sideways on it and you know, they were putting these boundaries in place, but they were doing it in this sort of like misguided attempt to protect the people. Christ actually here seems to contradict that in that the comparison he's making is not to a, a well-intentioned group of people who just get it wrong, but he's painting the Pharisees, the, the religious leaders, the Sadducees, the chief priests. He's painting them as these usurpers who recognize the proper authority of right. The master and his emissaries and ultimately of his son, they recognize this proper authority and rather than submitting to it and submitting to the covenant obligations that they, they already actually agreed to, instead of doing that, they're going to reject that authority and try to take it for their own right. It's not just that they do the wrong thing, it's that they recognize the heir, which is Christ. They recognize this heir and they kill him to try to take his place. That is a really heavy element of this parable. Christ is not painting. Um, the, the, the Pharisees here, the, the religious leaders. He's not painting them as um, well-intentioned, but ultimately wrong, which is I think a lot of times, and I think there's reason to do this right. I'm not being overly critical and I've done this, I've actually done this myself, and I think there's some. Space for it. Like the Pharisees were wrong, but they were wrong, kind of in the right direction sometimes. Um, Christ is not really on board with that, at least in this parable. Right. This isn't about them thinking that the heir was a threat, and so killing the threat in, you know, inadvertently this is them absolutely seeing who the hair, who the heir is, and intentionally deciding to reject that heir and to murder him and to try to take his inheritance. Mm-hmm. That's an affront to not only the heir who they murder, but an affront to the owner of the vineyard himself, which of course in this parable is figured to be God the father primarily. But God in sort of general terms, like the whole Godhead, um, with Christ as the second Adam has, as his representative, as his heir. This is a really heavy parable and I think where this comes into play for us in our own Christian life is. Are there times where we. Sort of do the same thing in refusing to, maybe it's tie into your denial a little bit. Like refusing to acknowledge our own sinfulness, refusing to acknowledge the ways that God has provided for us. Um, do we at times look at what we have and lay claim to it as though it is our own inheritance that we've taken? Um, right. Do we kind of crucify the son of God anew in, in refusing to repent of our sins particularly? I dunno. I think those are some open questions for us to kind of explore as we dig into this a bit more. [00:43:54] Jesse Schwamb: And that may relate as well to, well eventually at some point, I dunno, like 2040, get to like the parable of the talents. There's some similarity there with a little bit, right? You're saying? I think you're right.  [00:44:06] God Does All the Verbs [00:44:06] Jesse Schwamb: And where I think we can anchor some of that is in those first couple of verses. I'm really always impressed by really the number of action verbs that are packed within, like that just initial statement of Jesus explaining the situation. [00:44:19] Tony Arsenal: Yeah.  [00:44:19] Jesse Schwamb: So he sets it all up and he's saying there's a planting that goes on, this landowner puts up a wall, digs a wine press. Builds a tower and then RINs it. So there's all these like amazing things being done, all this action verb. And I, I think in part why he comes against the Pharisees so hard in the same way that we're looking at like the parable that, uh, the, uh, talents for instance of saying like, what did you do with that was entrusted to you was like this great treasure which Christ has entrusted or God has entrusted to his people, which is, is the gospel essentially is, is all a prophetic witness, is like the truth of who God is and his revelation of himself. And so I think. The first thing we gotta see in those verbs is that there's this emphasis that the vineyard was God's sovereign creation. You know, he plants it, he chose it, he established it. Israel didn't plant herself. She was planted. And that sovereign initiative is foundational, I think in, like you're saying, the parables indictment, because these vine growers, they don't possess anything that they did not receive. Right. You know, they did not find a vineyard already planted, but God himself made it from the wilderness that all his glory, all the glory might be his. So. I think it's helpful for us to observe that the church is always the planting of the Lord and that no congregation flourishes that is not first planted by God. And so there is a major offense here when those who are to care for it, who know, like you're saying, that they ought to care for it, who understand something about the hierarchy and the way it has been entrusted to them. Not to only break that covenant, but then seek to try to usurp the power in the roles of those whom they should be, quite frankly, in our own language, like under shepherds too. And so it starts with all, all those verbs. Like I think we could probably spend a. A lot of times just speaking about what does it mean? Why? Why is there all this explicit in particular language about the fact that there's a hedge and there's a press besides just these are part in piece mail or part and parcel of what it means to have a vineyard, apparently, but that they're all part of this narrative of God talking about how he protects and cares for his people and sets them in a place and chooses them and is particular about the construction and does so with great volition and authority and care and concern and creative ability. And then again, you have those who are meant there to do the very job that he's entrusted them with. And not only are they not doing that, and of course you're right. Jesus elsewhere, comes in, comes in hot, right, with a Pharisees saying like, listen, you set burdens on people's backs that you yourselves cannot lift. You're twice as in the hell as anybody else, and that's who you are. Yeah. It's not just hypocrisy, but you're literally setting people up to fail in this. So you can see how you're right. It's not just like, guys, I appreciate that. Like you wanted to set up some additional boundaries and maybe you took it a little bit too far. This parable is just scorched earth. It's, it's nuclear. Yeah.  [00:47:10] Tony Arsenal: Yeah.  [00:47:11] Scandalous Vineyard Setup [00:47:11] Tony Arsenal: And you know, I think, um, we are obviously gonna spend another week on this 'cause we still have not really addressed a single verse in this parable. I, I think like a lot of ink has been spilled on explaining sort of like the feal agricultural arrangements of this passage. What it represents. M my understanding is. A typical arrangement would be that a, a landowner would basically just lease out land and the tenants would be responsible for the planting, for the development. Right. And the, the, the landowner would essentially just collect a portion of whatever they produce. Right. This parable is actually taking this a step further. Exactly. That it's not as though the landowner just says like, all right, you can use this land. Right. And I own the land, so I get a portion of the pro, the profit. He's actually done all the work. Yes. And all that. The, all that the, the tenants need to do essentially is reap the harvest and then provide the portion of the harvest that belongs to the landowner, and so there is a greater investment. Of the landowner into this land than would be expected. We've commented in the past about how a lot of times the, the parables start on sort of a premise of shock. Like there's a, there's an element of the setup of the, of the parable where the audience would kind of like sit back and gasp or kind of be like, wait a second. Like that's not normal. Right. In the parable of the, the, um, lost son, it was the idea that like the son demanded his inheritance. And that wasn't the shocking part. The shocking part was that the father just granted it. Right. Or, um, the lost sheep, like the, there's actually a sort of a shocking element to the fact that like the, the land, the like sheep owner would just go get this other sheep. So we've, we've commented on there's kind of like. There's sort of like a scandalous setup. The scandalous setup in this is not that the land has been leased to tenants, right? It's that the land has been prepared for the tenants before it was leased out in the first place. And I think that's something we might miss if we read over this too quickly, is. The landowner has prepared everything for these, these tenants.  [00:49:30] Jesse Schwamb: That's right.  [00:49:31] Tony Arsenal: So the, the, at the, the punchline of the parable where they refuse to acknowledge the sovereignty of, um, sovereignty and maybe a lowercase s in the, in the context of the parable, they refuse to acknowledge the sovereignty and the rightful claim of the tenant or of the landowner on the, the profit of the land. And sort of like highlighter emphasized by the fact that they actually didn't do any of the work. There's a certain kind of like Amer, like American rugged individualism where we're kind of like, yeah, like if I planted all the crops, then it's kind of lame that this guy's coming in expecting to take a portion of it, right? Like, yeah, I guess he owns the land, so maybe he gets a little piece of it, but like, who does he think he is? All of that already is already short circuited. Like I. The, these tenants are not actually, um, portrayed as doing anything in this parable. That's right. Like they just lease the land. They, they, um, and leased is not really like the right. The right word, the, the Greek word is omi, which is like he gave over the land to them. Um, when we say leased, we have this idea that like the tenants pay to use the land and then like part of their contract is that whatever profits they reap, uh, off the land goes back to the, to the landowner. This is really more like the landowner graciously allowed them to live on this land, and the only payment he required was that they would eventually provide him part of the profit back. Like he's planted the land, he's put up the fence around it. He dug the wine press so that they could make a product out of it. He built the tower so it would be defended. Yes. And he gave it over to them essentially just to like live on until it was time for the harvest. And all he is asking for is basically like, alright, so this is my land. I've planted the vineyards, the profit is mine to have. And so when the time came for him to come claim that that's where they have now rejected him. Yes. That's where they've now said like, I know you did all the work and really graciously allowed us to live in this land, but we're gonna keep all of it for ourselves. That's the scandal of this. That's what I think like the original audience would've set up and like, wait a second here. Like, hold on. They didn't even plant the vineyards themselves. They didn't even build the tower themselves. That's really the force of this that I think we miss when we, when we overemphasize, trying to think through like what the original agricultural arrangements were. 'cause this is painted. Very different than what the original arrangements would've been typical for. Like this is a different scenario and I think intentionally so,  [00:52:09] Jesse Schwamb: and we need those words like rented, at least in English, to help us understand that it didn't belong to them. It wasn't a gift, right? It wasn't as if like it was just turned over in the sense that it belongs to you now do with it what you will. And it's very clear in the passage one, like you said, that the landowner does all those things. So it was a, you know, he completely set it up. I mean, this is just such a beautiful, I think, depiction of the hold of prophetic, you know, understanding of God's word here, but it's very clear that says the, he sent his slaves to the vine growers to receive his fruit. So you're right. The scandal is that they're like, well, obviously. They need to give him his fruits, like  [00:52:48] Tony Arsenal: right.  [00:52:48] Jesse Schwamb: It was all set up before he left on this long journey. He then turned it over to them to care for, and that was really all that they were supposed to do. They had no role in this. And so it does like lead us in into this weird space where it's like, well, well what, what did the Pharisees think they were trying to do themselves? What does actually Jesus commenting on, on their own, like licit on their own initiative here, is he basically saying that not only are they not respecting his sovereignty, but they were trying to claim for themselves what only rightly belongs to God that even their position right. Society in culture as their representatives, God himself, they wanted to take that over for themselves, which he does bring that condemnation upon them in other parts of the scripture. So again, this is really hot. I think it's a, it's both heat and light, but there's no doubt that there's fire to this, right? Because it's a direct indictment that God the father set all of this up. You yourselves are on rented property, but guess what? Even the property that you've rented, I'm not exacting a tax from you as if like you have put forward and grown or supplied or created some kind of profitable outcome here. And I just want a piece of that. He's not even talking about tithing in that sense. What he's basically saying is, none of this belongs to you. Like how? Right? How dare you? None of this is yours. I set all of this up and in fact, because you've done so poor poorly at this, I'm gonna take it away from you and give it to those who actually produce fruit and guess what's gonna be the Gentiles? So it's, there's a wild. Amounts of condemnation packed into a very small story.  [00:54:19] Tony Arsenal: Yeah. Yeah. It really is.  [00:54:22] Tenants Add Nothing [00:54:22] Tony Arsenal: Um, there is nothing expected of these tenants. Right. There's no contract, like there's no terms, they, they really add nothing to the, the landowner's land, except I guess maybe they're the ones harvesting these, this fruit. Right. But even that's not explicit in the parable.  [00:54:43] Jesse Schwamb: Exactly.  [00:54:43] Tony Arsenal: Right. Right. He, he does all just to steal your thunder, like he does all the verbs. Yes. All of the ves are done by the landowner.  [00:54:50] Jesse Schwamb: Yes. Right  [00:54:51] Tony Arsenal: on. There is an implication that the, the tenants are somehow like the ones harvesting this, or they're the ones producing the wine, I guess, in the wine vat or the wine press. But at the end of the day. A normal tenant landowner agreement would be, I'm, you're, first of all, you're probably gonna pay me to use this land, right? You're paying me to use this land, and the way you pay me is you're gonna plant the, the gr the crop. You're gonna harvest it. You're gonna make the produce, and all I'm gonna do is let you live on this land. I'm gonna take the pro, like the profit, you're gonna pay me outta that profit. There is nothing asked or expected of these, th

In this powerful episode of The Reformed Brotherhood, Tony and Jesse dive deep into Matthew 21:33-46, examining Jesus's parable of the wicked tenants. The hosts unpack how Christ masterfully draws the Pharisees into pronouncing their own condemnation, revealing not merely theological error but intentional usurpation of God's authority. Through careful exegesis, they explore the shocking setup of the parable—where the landowner does all the work while the tenants contribute nothing—and how this mirrors God's sovereign initiative in salvation. The discussion touches on confession, the value of full-time ministry, and the scandal of rejecting the Messiah despite recognizing His authority. This episode challenges listeners to examine whether they, like the Pharisees, attempt to claim God's work as their own. Key Takeaways God Does All the Verbs: The parable emphasizes that the landowner planted, built, protected, and prepared everything—the tenants contributed nothing yet claimed ownership of the fruit. Self-Pronounced Condemnation: Jesus draws the Pharisees into declaring their own judgment, demonstrating that even the unregenerate conscience bears witness to divine justice (Romans 2). Intentional Usurpation, Not Mere Error: The Pharisees weren't well-intentioned but misguided; they recognized Christ's authority as the heir and deliberately murdered Him to seize His inheritance. The Scandal of Grace: The parable's shocking element is that the landowner prepared everything before leasing the land—far exceeding normal agricultural arrangements and illustrating God's unmerited favor. Ecclesial Support for Ministry: The OPC presbytery's decision to fund a full-time call demonstrates how church structure can honor the ministry of Word and sacrament by freeing ministers from worldly distractions. Particular Repentance Matters: Westminster Confession 15.5 teaches that believers should not content themselves with general repentance but "endeavor to repent of his particular sins, particularly." The Stone Rejected Becomes Chief: Christ's citation of Psalm 118 reveals that the very rejection by the builders (religious leaders) was God's plan to establish the cornerstone of salvation. Key Concepts God Does All the Verbs The concentration of action verbs attributed solely to the landowner in Matthew 21:33 is theologically significant. The landowner plants, builds, digs, and rents—creating a fully functional, productive vineyard before the tenants ever arrive. This arrangement differs radically from typical first-century agricultural practices, where tenants would lease raw land and develop it themselves, sharing profits with the landowner. Jesus deliberately presents an extraordinary scenario where the tenants receive everything prepared and ready, requiring only stewardship of what already exists. This parallels God's sovereign initiative in election and salvation: believers contribute nothing to their standing before God, receiving instead a fully accomplished redemption. The Pharisees' rebellion wasn't against burdensome requirements but against simply acknowledging God's rightful ownership of what He alone created. Intentional Usurpation, Not Mere Error The hosts challenge the common sympathetic reading of the Pharisees as well-intentioned legalists who simply got sidetracked. Instead, verse 38 reveals the tenants explicitly recognize the son as heir and plot to murder him to "seize his inheritance." This isn't accidental rejection but calculated rebellion. The Pharisees weren't confused about Jesus's identity or authority—they understood precisely who He claimed to be and deliberately chose to destroy Him rather than submit. This interpretation carries significant weight for understanding the nature of unbelief: it's not primarily intellectual confusion but volitional rebellion. The religious leaders didn't need more evidence or clearer teaching; they needed transformed hearts. This same dynamic appears whenever humans recognize divine truth yet choose self-sovereignty over submission to God's rightful claim on their lives. The Scandal of Grace The parable begins with a scandalous premise that would have startled Jesus's original audience. Unlike normal tenant farming arrangements where landowners simply provided land in exchange for a share of whatever the tenants produced through their own labor, this landowner invests everything. He doesn't just own the property—he plants the vineyard, constructs the protective wall, digs the wine press for production, and builds the watchtower for defense. The tenants receive a turnkey operation requiring minimal effort. This extravagant preparation mirrors God's unmerited favor toward Israel and, by extension, the church. God didn't merely create humanity and wait to see what we would produce; He established covenants, sent prophets, preserved His Word, and ultimately sent His Son—all before requiring any response. The only "payment" demanded is acknowledging His ownership of what He created. The parable thus exposes the absurdity and ingratitude of claiming God's work as our own achievement. Memorable Quotes God does all the verbs. All of the verbs are done by the landowner. There is nothing expected of these tenants—they really add nothing to the landowner's land. Christ is not painting the Pharisees as well-intentioned but ultimately wrong. He's painting them as usurpers who recognize the proper authority and rather than submitting to it, they're going to reject that authority and try to take it for their own. Men ought not to content themselves with a general repentance, but it is every man's duty to endeavor to repent of his particular sins, particularly. (Westminster Confession 15.5) Transcript Welcome to episode 491 of the Reformed Brotherhood. I'm Jesse.  [00:01:12] Tony Arsenal: And I'm Tony. And this is the podcast with ears to hear. Hey brother.  [00:01:17] Jesse Schwamb: Hey brother.  [00:01:18] Parable of Tenants [00:01:18] Jesse Schwamb: So picture this, Tony, your landlord. You've built the perfect vineyard. We're talking wall watchtower, wine, press, the works like what everybody says. Everybody knows you need all those things. You've got it all set up, and then you hand the keys to some tenants. You take a long trip, you go enjoy yourself. And when the harvest rolls around, you send your servants to collect the rent. And shockingly, your tenants, they beat. Stone. Another, the kill a third. So naturally you think, you know what? I'll fix this. Lemme just send more people. That's obviously the problem. There's some kind of just profound misunderstanding about what's going on here and about our relationship in this business. And then when that doesn't work, you send your son now loved ones. If this were a business strategy, we would already be calling hr. But of course it's not a business strategy, it's a parable. And Jesus is telling it to the very people about to prove the parable true. So welcome back to the Reformed Brotherhood because we're in Matthew Chapter 21 and we're gonna be actually getting all the way into the parable of the Vine growers where the patience of God looks, I would say, to almost anybody else, to humanize at least almost reckless until you realize that's exactly the point. So yeah, grab your beverage of choice, grab your Bible, pull the car over, will you? Because this is gonna get real and we're going to reason together. But before we do all of that, let's do a little affirming with or denying against, what do you got?  [00:02:41] Inside Baseball Affirmation [00:02:41] Tony Arsenal: So this is a sort of inside baseball, uh, affirmation. Um, I'm not sharing anything, although it may feel like I'm sharing something that is private and like, uh, like confidential. It's not No, this is good. Um, so I had the opportunity to visit. Um, my presbytery, um, for those who are listeners of the show or people who like, have been with us a long time, um, I was part of a Baptist church. Uh, I've always kind of been a Presbyterian at heart, but, um, our church closed, uh, a little over a year and a half ago now. And, um, uh, I've joined an OPC congregation in membership now. We've been members there for about a year. And, um, so I've been visiting Presbytery, which is the, the meeting of all of the leadership of all of the churches. So we won't do a polity breakdown here, but basically like, it's, it's the regional meeting. It's the regional business meeting or church meeting for a group of churches in the OPC, the Orthodox Presbyterian Church. And so a lot of the meetings, you know, have the normal kind of business type stuff. You have reports from different committee committees and stuff. Um.  [00:03:48] Presbytery Call Debate [00:03:48] Tony Arsenal: Where this is affirmation is coming in here is at this most recent presbytery meeting, um, was pretty heavy on, um, licensing or, or, uh, not licensing on approving men who had received a call to formal ministry within the presbytery. And so in the OPC, and I would imagine that other Presbyterian bodies are not like super different, although I'm sure there's some variation in the OPC. Um, when a church intends to extend a call to a pastor, to a teaching elder, um, to a minister, they must have the call, which is. Is both theological but is also eminently practical. Like the call is a physical piece of paper that details, you know, what the pay is, how much vacation time. So it's kind of a combination between like a theological call and also a contract. Um, the presbytery has to approve that call. And so at this most recent one, there was a couple calls that were more or less uncontroversial. There was no question about them, and they were approved pretty quickly. But there was one call, um, one call to ministry that took, I, I, I didn't time it, but it was probably like four or five hours of debate and discussion in various fashion in order to get to a point where the presbytery could approve the call. So this was a call to a minister who is being called part-time, which is unusual in the Orthodox Presbyterian Church. Um, the OPC uh, acknowledges the fact that bivocational tent making ministry is sometimes a necessity, but really views the ministry of the word in sacrament as something that should not have. Distractions. And actually our book of church order talks about, doesn't use the word distraction, I think, but it talks about a, a properly ordered call to a full-time minister includes phrasing that the congregation promises to compensate them in a way that allows them to be free of worldly burdens and cares. And I might have not, not have gotten that wording exactly right. But that's the idea. And so this call was. Explicitly, um, not a full-time call it, they actually took the language out of promising to pay him in a way that he's able to ignore or to not be distracted by worldly care. And that was intentional, but there was a lot of question in discussion at presbytery level about the fact that the call did not include the phrase or the wording of part-time or bivocational. So the conversation started out of like, can this call be modified to include that? So it's explicitly known in this man's call that his calling is part-time, which is both theological, to make sure that the call is properly formatted, but also like very practical that the congregation should acknowledge explicitly that they recognize that this person is not, not going to be putting, you know, 40 hours a week or 50 hours a week towards this position. [00:06:34] Jesse Schwamb: Right.  [00:06:34] Tony Arsenal: Um. What I'm affirming is where it got to, right? So there was lots of discussion about that. There was some finagling about the retirement package. The OPC recommends that a, a minister be given a retirement contribution of no less than 5% a year of his salaried package. Um, which there's a couple line items that go into that, but 5%, and this was a little bit less than that. And this is what I'm affirming and this, I, I don't know that this is a super widespread thing that would happen all across the, um, the OPC, but it happened in the presbytery of New York and New England this past week, and it's just amazing. And I just, I just want to lay it out there and then I want to hear your reaction. [00:07:13] Funding Full Time Ministry [00:07:13] Tony Arsenal: And I, I wanna hear your reaction as the son of a minister who labored his entire adult, more or less, his entire adult career in ministry, working two or three additional jobs on top of his ministry, the presbytery decided. That because it did not like the idea of a part-time minister. They didn't think that was appropriate. They didn't think that that was good or that that was really the right goal. The presbytery allocated, I'm not gonna say the figures 'cause they're not super germane, but allocated a significant amount of money to be dis to be dispersed to the church for the next three years in order to take what was a part-time call and enable it to become a full-time call. [00:07:54] Jesse Schwamb: Wow.  [00:07:54] Tony Arsenal: And so there are a lot of, there are a lot of church bodies that would say, yeah, we don't love the idea of bi-vocational ministry. You know, we really think it's ideal that a minister could be full-time. Um, they may even put some, some theological freight behind that. Um, I have never encountered a body, um. That was willing to put a sizable amount of money towards essentially supplementing a part-time call to make it full-time. Um, this was just amazing to me, and the candidate was there. I didn't get a chance to talk to him, but I would love to talk to him about what he felt. I, I can just imagine the phone call to his wife who was not, not at presbytery, but to his wife, following the outcome of this to be like, you are never gonna believe what just happened. Right? This is a family who was intending to move across country. Right. He's currently a student at Westminster, California in seminary, uh, California, Westminster Seminary in California, finishing his M Div. They're planning a cross country move into a part-time position where she's probably gonna have to find a job, and then also he's gonna have to find a part-time job. He had the ability to call her on the break and be like, you're never gonna guess what just happened? You're never gonna,  [00:09:09] Jesse Schwamb: it's wild.  [00:09:09] Tony Arsenal: Uh, sorry, I'm getting a little emotional here. You're never going to. Believe how faithful God is in this. Right. So I'm interested to hear your reaction to that as the son of a, of a try and quad at times Quad vocational. Yeah,  [00:09:23] Jesse Schwamb: for sure.  [00:09:23] Tony Arsenal: Minister who labored his entire, more or less, his entire adult career, um, working full-time in a call as a part-time, part-time minister. You know, like that's a, that's a crazy situation. So I'm just affirming that again, I don't know how common that kind of thing is in the OPC. I don't wanna make it seem like that's the norm. Um, I actually get the sense that this is probably not the norm, but it was amazing to see and it made me in intensely like. Proud in the right way of being a part of this broader body that would, would so emphasize and so value the ministry of the word and the sacrament, and the importance of a man being able to dedicate himself to that without distraction. That they would put forward this amount of money and this kind of money. They had no reason to do so. And there's no real direct benefit to the presbytery for doing this. I mean, there's an indirect benefit of like not having a church with a part-time minister, but like there's no direct benefit to this. There's no direct return on investments that's gonna come out of this. Um, it was pretty amazing to see. It was, it was, it was super encouraging.  [00:10:28] Jesse Schwamb: That is really encouraging. I, I think it's, there's no doubt that for the called pastor, their heart is in the ministry of the word. That's what they want to be doing. They wanna be doing it all the time and as much time as they possibly can, and they wanna be able to have all of their intentional focus on it. So I. I'm excited for that guy. I mean, that's just an incredible blessing to go in hoping for funding, essentially for a part-time role and to basically be told, no, no, no, no, that's, that's not enough. We want you to be committed to this fully as we know your heart is committed. As we validated that call.  [00:11:00] Why Structure Matters [00:11:00] Jesse Schwamb: I do love being a part of churches, well, lemme say it this way. There is, I think, a benefit of being part of congregations that have like a wide resource network that has like appropriate hierarchy and structure and that can be one of them. I've seen something similar in the Christian Missionary Alliance, which is the church that I'm in, not exactly the same, but I've seen some surprising allocations of resources where they basically said, you know, this is important. Like, it even trumps we're, we're gonna. Allocate or resource something so that this can move forward because it is important in a way that was like better than the person who was bringing it before them could have hoped for. Yeah. And uh, suddenly it's as if everything aligned. And it was really in part because there was this structure to come alongside, to validate as you're saying, and then to authenticate and then again to resource assets that could be used. There's, there's something to be said for that interdependency where there is kind of this hierarchical structure in which all that's happening at a level where things are codified. And again, like there's a structure and a way in which we move through those decisions to make sure that they suit the objective of the entire movement. So I guess there's nothing I'll say, but that's a beautiful thing, isn't it?  [00:12:14] Tony Arsenal: Yeah. Yeah.  [00:12:15] Generosity in Action [00:12:15] Tony Arsenal: It was, it was, it was cool because it was like this, it was like this real. Actualization of the principle of outdoing one another and showing honor. Yeah, sure. Because you know, like the initial debate was like, Hey, you know, I'm not sure we can approve this call because the, the OPCs guidelines tell us not to approve a call that has less than 5% of the retirement benefit. And there was a lot of discussion of like, well, the presbytery can't modify the call, but we don't wanna delay this guy coming in and like, we don't wanna delay his ordination, his installation. And so the initial proposal was a, a. What feels like a large amount of money to me. But after I understood more about the, the budget of what's going on in, in the presbytery was actually a very small amount of money. Started with a very tiny, very modest proposal of basically like supplementing the retirement fund to make sure that like we could, they, I say we, like, I was part of this, I was just observing, but to supplement the retirement fund in a way that allowed the church to still proceed with the call as written, but still also make sure that this person had the appropriate retirement fund. And then that just basically was like, there would be some instruction given to the church that like, you've gotta bump this up in the next budget cycle. Like you've gotta get to the 5%. That's, that's the expectation. It went from that. And like I said, I won't give you the specific numbers, but one of the presbyters and I, I'm, I, um, I, I've known this presbyter from a distance for quite a long time and, and I have an immense amount of respect for him. He stood up and he's like, well, if we're gonna give X, why don't we just give 10 times X instead? And then actually, like the discussion was like, well, is, are we sure that 10 times X is even the right amount? Why don't we have this particular group meet over the lunch break and figure out whether that's the right number and then come back after lunch and we'll vote on it. And then they came back after lunch and it was actually a number that was even greater than 10 times X. So it was like this exercise in like. This very small proposal that was still imminently generous, right? The presbytery has no obligation to do this. There's no obligation from any of the presbyters to stand up and say like, we should. We should supplement this fund. They would've been well within their right, and no one would've looked, I think. I think some people would've been frustrated by it, but I don't think anyone would've looked sideways at it or thought it was sinful. If the presbytery just said like, we can't approve this call. You guys are gonna have to come back with it and we'll vote on it at the next presbytery. Like that would've been problematic. This, this kind of poor guy who's coming outta seminary, his call and his beginning of employment would've been delayed, but like. That would've been good and orderly, but instead they were like, one, we don't want this pulpit to stay empty longer. We don't wanna disadvantage this guy who's just getting done with seminary. We want him to get started. We don't wanna discourage him. So here's a small proposal, a very modest amount of money that we can put forward for this purpose. And then it was like, let's just keep seeing how much closer to a real full-time call we can get. And they finally came back and said like, we're gonna do this. We're gonna do this in a wise fashion. They structured it. So like the first year he gets more, the second year he gets a little bit less. The third year the church gets a little bit less with the idea that like each year the church should be adjusting their budget to compensate and get this guy to that with the, the hope that like with a full-time minister, they're able to grow their congregation to the point where they can support a full-time minister. So it was just this really cool, super encouraging exercise. And what I loved about it is the only real debate that was going on was about do we need to do more? There was no one being like, wait a second, why are we, why are we putting more money to this? The whole thing was like, is this actually enough to accomplish what we think God wants to do with this person's call? Because if, if God is truly calling this man to this, this particular church, and we believe that he is. Then what do we as a, as a people of God need to do to enable that call to look like what we actually believe calls to ministry are supposed to look like, which is a full-time call to ministry that is undistracted by the cares of the world. What do we need to do? The answer in this case was like, I think we need to put a sizable amount of money to it. Um, it's a, I mean, and again. I'm not gonna say it on the air. It was not a small chunk of change. Um, it was, it was a, it was a large amount of money that was devoted to this cause and that just goes to show how much this body values the importance of a full-time minister of the word, so. [00:16:50] Jesse Schwamb: Right.  [00:16:51] OPC Love and Recommendation [00:16:51] Tony Arsenal: That's enough about that. I, I could gush about how proud I am to be a part of this body and how encouraged I am and how amazing it was and how awesome this, this guy, how, how much this guy must be thanking God for the providence and like, this is the last thing. I'll say this, this young man younger than me, I think he's graduating seminary. I saw him across the room. He looks like he's probably in his mid twenties, right? Young guy. He's got a wife doesn't have kids yet coming into this ministry, not only is he coming into this ministry, but as a Presbyterian minister, when he's installed as the minister of this church. He will be joining this body of presbyters as the, as his brothers like. He is not a member of the local church. He's a member of the presbytery, which is the regional church. So now he's coming into this fully supported by his brothers in the presbytery that he saw go to the mat to make sure he was properly taken care of, that the congregation was not unintentionally taking advantage of his labor, but also that he knows that all of these men are willing to do what they need to do to make sure that his ministry is successful and edifies the church like that is. Uh, I don't want to gush on Presbyterianism too much, but like that is Presbyterianism at peak form, right? This is the body of elders making sure that every church in the region, even the ones they're not directly ministering in, has what it needs to succeed and to honor God and to do what needs to happen. So I'm affirming the presbytery of New York and New England and the Orthodox Presbyterian Church. Um, I have been so blessed by knowing many of these presbyters. I've been so blessed by being a part of the congregation that I am. There are lots of really great churches and really great denominations out there. If you are looking for a church and there is an OPC congregation in your area, absolutely go check it out. I know it feels stuffy sometimes, and I will admit, like sometimes it feels a little bit overly traditional in terms of like just the vibe of the congregation,  [00:18:52] Jesse Schwamb: right?  [00:18:52] Tony Arsenal: But press past that because I don't think, I don't think you will find, um. You may find lots of congregations that are as faithful. I don't think you're gonna find many that are more faithful than your average OPC congregation. So I could be wrong. I just, I just love the OPC. I just really, really love it. So that's my affirmation. What do you got for us, Jesse?  [00:19:18] Denial Catholic Confession Math [00:19:18] Jesse Schwamb: I think I got denial, which is maybe a little bit unusual for me. [00:19:21] Tony Arsenal: As long as you're not denying the OPCI think we're fine.  [00:19:23] Jesse Schwamb: No, it's, it's not, it is church related and I, I'll try to keep it short 'cause I think I can make this way longer than it, it probably should be, but lemme think how to phrase this. So, I don't know with a devil negative, I guess when I'm a denying against is maybe not enough confession by your own standard. So the, I'm gonna try to make this so brief. I, I just happened to be out with my wife this afternoon and we had to run errands. We got stuck in traffic and this gave me longer than usual to sit in front of our. Very local and very large Catholic church. So I happen to be looking at their sign. It's a very large congregation. I've been actually been in this one on a couple of occasions for funerals. So not only do I know its size and scope, but again, if you get, if you get on this road at the wrong time on the Lord's day, you're gonna be stuck for a long time because there are so many people that attend. I say that because I noticed on the sign that there were three times for mass on the Lord's Day. So that also says something about the number of people coming through. And then on the sign though, underneath it said for confessions, go to our website. Mm-hmm. So I was like, man, I gotta lick this up because I can't tell if they're telling me I can confess on the website or if it's go to the website for the times. And I said to my wife, only half jokingly, if I can confess online, I'm gonna confess something. So I went to, I went to the website and, and sure enough it was almost disappointingly. It was just the times.  [00:20:45] Tony Arsenal: Yeah.  [00:20:46] Jesse Schwamb: Here's what I've found interesting, which just launched me into this like deep rabbit hole. There were three times for confession. Two of those times were just a half an hour, and the third time was an hour. So, uh, what I did was I went through, actually, I think what they had on there was, was three full hours a week. It was a little bit confusing, but I think it was three full hours. Now I think about it. So I went back, I just couldn't help myself, Tony. So I started to think, alright, let's say. I think it's fair to assume  [00:21:15] Tony Arsenal: math, Jesse is kicking in right now. Yes. You're gonna calculate how many minutes per, per person is what you're doing. I'm thinking, ah,  [00:21:22] Jesse Schwamb: yeah, it's something like that. So what I thought was, I don't think it's, uh, I was gonna be conservative. I wanna be fair. I wanna be fair. So, and now we should say like, I think most people realize that the Catholic understanding of confession and the Protestant one is, is very different. The Catholic sacrament of confession is the right through which Catholics are gonna confess their sins to a priest receive absolution, and it's gonna restore the relationship with God in the church. And, and they're gonna believe that the priest acts as a person of Christ and is bound by the seal of confession and an absolute kind of obligation. Uh, of course never to reveal what was disclosed during that process. So, by the way, the website that I went to, lovely instructions. I mean, I was like, wow. I was reading it to my wife who was, uh, not familiar with this at all, and she was like, they can make you do stuff. And I was like, well, yeah. I mean, obviously like there's, there's a portion of this where there's contrition or penant penance. It could be a prayer, it could be act of charity, like all kinds of stuff. So I went back and I thought. I don't think it's unreasonable that there's 350 persons that would say, let's say an average, uh, that would wanna take part of confession. Now, let's say that they did that at, at least monthly, just once a month. And, and I don't know how people's conviction is on that, but I'm gonna say conservatively once a month. Let's say that, and I don't think this is unreasonable, Tony, but you tell me. Let's say you're, you're trucking, you're moving through confession. Let's say it's five minutes a piece. So we're up to 1,750 minutes, uh, per month. That's the demand on the priest because I was, I was looking at this time and I was thinking something is strange here to me, so. That was the demand then, and I'll spare you the other math, which could be very long and un uninteresting. I'm coming up with, you'd need 2.24, two and a quarter priests, which of course you can't have a quarter priests or a quarter person for any reason. So you'd hire, you'd hire three priests, which satisfy the demand if, and the major assumptions here, that is like everybody can't show up at the same time. Obviously, I'm assuming that like everybody has their own time, they're spreading it out. So everybody gets the confession, but it's just five minutes. And I, I have no idea. I mean, if you're a Luther, that's certainly not sufficient time.  [00:23:20] Tony Arsenal: Yeah.  [00:23:20] Jesse Schwamb: And you would need three priests. Now here's the thing that I just kind of backed into that, besides like three being like, okay, that, that's, you would need three priests just to satisfy this congregation. If they're confessing for five minutes, once per month. Uh, by the way, if you said, well, half the congregation is going to go weekly, uh, then you, you would double the number of priests you need to 5.98 or six. But here's, here's the bottom line for me. This is why the denial comes in about maybe not enough, is. If you were just to distill that down to like, if you could have one priest cover that time, that there's a demand for like 779.4 hours, or excuse me, minutes of confession, that priest would only be allocating approximately like seven and a half percent of their working hours, their work toward handling confession. This seems like not enough confession given the standards of confession in the Catholic church. And again, I know that I'm, I'm now allocating that to one priest and I just told everybody you need three. That's true. So if you had these three now, if you hired three just to meet the demand, that would only be about like three and a half or a little under three and a half percent of their combined time. So the denial is Catholics, I think, unless I'm way off in some of my assumptions here, you might not be confessing enough by your own standards because  [00:24:33] Tony Arsenal: Yeah.  [00:24:34] Jesse Schwamb: Uh, that seems like not enough time.  [00:24:38] Tony Arsenal: Yeah. Yeah.  [00:24:39] Ritual Faithfulness Explained [00:24:39] Tony Arsenal: I mean, I think, um. I don't want to be too bombastic here, but I think,  [00:24:46] Jesse Schwamb: I think I already started this on this  [00:24:48] Tony Arsenal: path. Maybe this, maybe this isn't all that bombastic. Um, because this is so much about ritual and actually I say this is gonna sound really, we, we go, but trying to think from the Roman Catholic perspective, it's actually not, and I'll I'll tell you a brief story, uh, to explain it. Um, a lot of Roman Catholics are just going through the motions. [00:25:13] Jesse Schwamb: That's true.  [00:25:14] Tony Arsenal: But the point, the, the, the point of contention actually is that going through the motions is valuable for the Roman Catholic, right? So I, I knew this, uh, this young woman when I was in college who was a Roman Catholic, and we had many discussions about, about the differences between Protestantism and and Roman Catholicism. And what I came to understand is that going to mass for her. Itself was an act of faith. And so for the Roman Catholic, the concept of, of faith is different than the concept that Protestants operate under. So for the Roman Catholic who, um, goes to mass, even when they feel like they're, like, when they think they're just going through the motions, going through the motions is itself the act of faith. And that's because for most of Roman Catholics, most of Roman Catholicism, faith really equals faithfulness, right? So, so doing the act is the act of faithfulness. Doing the act is faith. Where for the Protestant, like faith is about belief and trust and knowledge. Like it's, it's an. Not entirely intellectual, but it's, it's an inward thing for the Roman Catholic faith is an out is primarily an outward thing. It's what you do, it's how you act. It's faith formed in love. It's faith formed in charity.  [00:26:36] Jesse Schwamb: Right.  [00:26:37] Tony Arsenal: So I think most Roman Catholics going to obligatory confession first. I think once a month is probably like, probably more frequent than most Roman Catholics go to mass or go to confession. Um, I thought I read a stat that it was like every six months is, is pretty average and I think that's what's required by the church maybe even once a year is, is required by the church. Um, I think like most Roman Catholics go into the, the confessional booth and like father forgive me for I've sinned. It's been such and such a number of days since my last confession. Right. And they may bring up a couple particular things that they've done and, and then I think the priest commonly absolves them of all of their sins. Like, almost like in an omnibus fashion and then prescribes their acts of penance, which is it, it like, honestly, it's probably things they should already be doing as a faithful Catholic saying Hail Marys and doing our fathers and acts of charity and things like that. So I think your math is probably right. [00:27:39] Protestant Repentance Particular [00:27:39] Tony Arsenal: I think your, your theory that more confession is probably like, I'm gonna read this from, uh, the Westminster confession, just to, just to say it here, is, this is chapter 15, which is titled of Repentance Under Life. And this is, uh, this is section five or paragraph five. It says, men ought not to content themselves with a general repentance, but is every man's duty to endeavor, to repent of his particular sins, particularly. And I think that's just such a beautifully phrased sentence like. Not only is it like potent theologically, but like, it just, it just feels good, like in terms of like the English language to repent of your particular sins, particularly. And like the idea is yes, Protestant reform, Christians affirm a general repentance from sin, right? We repent of our sin before the father, uh, as a result of our, of our coming to faith in Christ. And as part of our sanctification, we mortify our sin and we, Viv we are vivified by the spirit and repentance falls in that ongoing sanctification process. And there is this general repentance of like, I repent of the fact that I'm a sinner and that I commit sins, but there is this element in the reformed faith of like, I should be confessing to God. And I think by extension, like we should be confessing to our fellow Christians, our particular sins, our individual sins, and we should be doing that on particular occasion. And I think like. The Luther style confession of like going into the confessor and confessing like every particular sin. Particularly I think most Roman Catholic priests would, priests. Priests would probably have the same reaction Tobits did where he was like, get outta here. Like, come on dude. Like just go live your life and like deal with it. I think that's probably the reaction most Catholic priests would have. But yeah, I think you're right. Like if we're really talking about like. Five, five minutes of confession once a month and that somehow having some sort of spiritual efficacy. I'm not sure I buy that math. Like I think you're, you're probably spot on.  [00:29:47] Jesse Schwamb: Yeah.  [00:29:47] Confession Hours Oddities [00:29:47] Jesse Schwamb: I just was curious about how many priests would be required and then the allocation of the duties. By the way, you are right. So I, because I had to check on this, the, the fourth letter in council of 1215 does say that the church requires confession of any grave or mortal sins at least once a year. But the church, yeah, strongly encourages more frequent confession as a spiritual practice, even for, of course, like the venial or the less serious sins in their eyes. So yeah, my thought here was just that. I think it's actually undervalued by way of the math. Like the, as the kids say, the math just isn't math thing for me on this one. But I was more curious about, since this is one of the seven sacraments, even if you just said like, well, it should have at least one seven of the allocation. That's like, what? Like something like 14%. And so this is, um, almost half of that. I just found it a little bit, a little bit odd and yeah, I think you'd have to be, uh, so in other words, when I looked at the, basically, here's the bottom line. When I looked at the hours for confession one, there were weird times and uh, two, I was like, that doesn't seem like enough hours. Like, it was just more like that. Like how that's like saying like, Hey, the post office is open three hours a week, and by the way, one of those hours is from seven to eight o'clock on Friday. Like they had some hours. One hour just on Friday was like, I guess that's the way you wanna start your weekend is like, let's get all of this off my chest. Yeah. And, and do it. Right. And the last thing I'll say by the way, is you're correct. When you look at the instruction they give you, and this is common of course, toward the end, when they say like, here's how you like wrap up your part. Actually everybody should go read, go to the local, local Catholic church website and read the instructions. 'cause in some ways they're just interesting and kind of, um, I don't wanna say funny 'cause I'm not making fun. I'm just saying like, they have to give you instruction if you've never done it before. And so most of us are not really probably familiar with the process and they give you explicit instruction and toward the end it's like, here's how you kinda like hang up the call with the priest. And it's like you said, you know, these are my sins and all others, would you be willing to forgive? So you're right. Right. They just kinda wrap them all up because it's sins of omission, sense of commission, it's all to be together. But I, I wonder, you gotta think there's people in there that are like. The priests are like, okay, man, just yeah. Wrap, come on, wrap, wrap it up.  [00:31:55] Confession Timing Talk [00:31:55] Jesse Schwamb: And other people that come in are just like, you know, forgive me father. And uh, lastly to your point, when they give you instruction about how you should start, of course you're always to signify how long it's been since your last confession. Right. Confession. And they say parenthetically, like, reference the days, weeks, months, or years. So you're right. There are gonna be people that probably do it very frequently and probably people who do it infrequently still, I would say I just couldn't believe for a church this large, that there was just three hours a week.  [00:32:21] Tony Arsenal: Yeah.  [00:32:21] Jesse Schwamb: For everybody else.  [00:32:22] Tony Arsenal: Yeah.  [00:32:23] Vance and Papal Authority [00:32:23] Tony Arsenal: This leads me to two very brief sub, uh, denials slash affirmations. Uh, I don't know if you saw this, um, this is not a political statement, right? I, I have lots of feelings and thoughts about the current administration and I think most of my feelings and thoughts would surprise. Everybody. But I thought it was hilarious because JD Vance, who is a Roman Catholic, uh, confessed Roman Catholic part of the Roman Catholic Church, uh, he ha I, I'm not sure if I'm affirming or denying this, there was this funny, uh, funny exchange. I think he was at doing like a, doing like a TPU, I don't know, speech. He was doing a speech at some conservative event and he said something like, I think that the Pope should be more careful when he makes theological statements. I'm wanna be like, do you understand what the pope is in your religion? That was one of my sub denials. Uh, I don't remember what the other one is, so it must not have been that important. It'll come back to me at the worst possible moment and I will try very hard not to interrupt our show for it, but I probably will fail.  [00:33:25] Jesse Schwamb: Yeah.  [00:33:25] Reading Matthew 21 [00:33:25] Jesse Schwamb: Listen, we, we gotta get to some scripture because. We're, we're doing this old school style where we take like half the time and just talk about affirmations. It's true in house. It's true. Which is great fun. But let's, let's get back to Matthew 21. And I, I know we did this last time, but I am gonna rock through the passage 'cause of course, that's the best part of any of our discussion, is actually hearing from, from the Holy Spirit through the scripture, uh, which he's given to us. So this is, uh, Matthew 21, starting in verse 33. And you're gonna hear the, the whole thing right here. Uh, this is Jesus speaking. Listen to another parable. There was a landowner who planted a vineyard and put a wall around it and dug a wine press in it and built a tower and rented it out to vine growers and went on a journey. Now, when the high risk time approached, he sent his slaves to the vine growers to receive his fruit, and the vine growers took his slaves and beat one, killed another, and stoned a third. Again, he sent another group of slaves larger than the first, and they did the same thing to them. But afterward he sent his son to them saying they will respect my son. But when the vine growers saw the sun, they said among themselves, this is the heir. Come let us kill him and seize his inheritance, and they took him and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those vine growers? They said to him, he will bring those wretches to a wretched end and will rent out the vineyard to other vine growers who will pay him the proceeds at the proper seasons. Jesus said to them, did you ever read in the scriptures the stone, which the builders rejected? This has become the chief cornerstone. This came about from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes. Therefore, I say to you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a nation producing the fruit of it. And he who falls in the stone will be broken to pieces, but on whomever it falls, it will scatter him like dust. And when the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they understood that he was speaking about them. And although they were seeking to seize him, they feared the crowds because they're regarding him to be a prophet. [00:35:28] Tony Arsenal: Yeah. Yeah.  [00:35:30] Pharisees Condemn Themselves [00:35:30] Tony Arsenal: This is like a super heavy parable. Right. And we talked a lot last week about how like the point of this parable is not necessarily to try to instruct the Pharisees or the Sadducees. Like it's not to instruct the people who were going to reject Christ, uh, the, the builders who would reject the cornerstone. It's really a parable to teach those. Who are observing this process happening. But I think it's, I, I think it's really interesting just listening to you read this and reading through it, and I guess this is a question I haven't asked and I, I need to study a little bit more. It's crazy to me in verse 41, um, Christ seems the, the, the, um, Matthew seems to say here, and maybe I need to do a little bit more Greek study, so bear with me and, and have grace if I'm wrong here. Matthew seems to say that like Christ asks the people he's speaking to, the Pharisees he's speaking to, what is he gonna do to these people? And the Pharisees answer, he's gonna put those wretches to a miserable death.  [00:36:36] Jesse Schwamb: Right?  [00:36:37] Tony Arsenal: Like the people listening to this parable understand the outcome, like they understand the. The consequence that the, the, the vineyard owner or the vineyard tenant tenants are facing based on their lack of faithfulness to the covenant. To me, that is like a really striking part of this parable. And, and it's not even like the parable proper, but like the striking element of the context of this is that nobody listening to this parable, including the Pharisees that this parable has basically spoken against, nobody fails to see the gravity of the consequence of rejecting God's emissary, like rejecting the Messiah. That to me is like a really, I dunno, paradigmatic. Portion of this that I think we need to grapple with. This is not an unclear, an unclear outcome. This is not, this is not masked or vague or OPA opaque. Like everybody understands, the people who reject the Messiah are going to face dire and eternal consequences for that act. [00:37:48] Jesse Schwamb: That does make this really interesting, doesn't it? Because it's not just entirely like Romans one adventures or even Romans two. It's that this is what Jesus does and he does it in a profound way that's not trickery like I think kinda like you're saying like the lead up to this isn't as if he's even leading the witness. He's making it very clear, all like the parameters of the story and the characters involved and what should be the proper judgment. And it's not as if like they start saying, they're like, oh, we shouldn't say anything more like we, we plead the fifth because it's gonna condemn ourselves. He draws his audience in to producing and pronouncing like their own sentence. It's very much like, I think I mentioned this last time, the prophet Nathan and David, isn't it? It's the exact same. Yeah. And the verdict is unanswerable, like even in its own terms. These other, like these other vine growers, prefigures of course like the inclusion of the Gentiles and the apostolic office. But I like that what Jesus does here, even before he gets to that point, is he extorts from them an acknowledgement of the punishment which awaited them. And so in this way there's like, I think the Puritans use this passage a lot actually to demonstrate that the natural conscience even of like the unregenerate, still bears witness to divine justice. That's Romans two. Like they, they can't get out from underneath it and Jesus isn't using any trickery on them to get them to say this thing. They are compelled in their own way, even being unregenerate to, like you said, even as they're rejecting the Messiah to recognize that punishment is due these characters in the story, even as they perceive at the end that they are those characters. [00:39:21] Tony Arsenal: Yeah.  [00:39:22] Jesse Schwamb: Saying we'll receive the judgment.  [00:39:24] Tony Arsenal: Yeah.  [00:39:25] Usurpers Not Misguided [00:39:25] Tony Arsenal: And I think too, like, um, this is kind of one of those chicken or the egg scenarios, right? Like Christ is both recognizing the intention of their heart as well as prophesying. And, and not just prophesying, but like inception level prophesying the, the outcome of the intention of their heart. And so like, again, like we've, we spent a whole week kind of like leading into the parable and now we spent a whole week, we're gonna spend a whole week again kind of leading into the parable. This is such a deep parable, and that like Christ is not just laying bare. The fact that the, the people who were going to reject him were doing so out of this sort of like attempt and intention of usurping the kingdom of God for their own purposes. I think that brings a layer to this that we don't often appreciate in. Christ's interaction with the Pharisees. I think sometimes, and maybe this is because I just listened to an episode of where Matt Whitman on the 10 minute Bible hour talked about this. I think sometimes we actually have a tendency to sort of be sympathetic to the Pharisees where we think, you know, they were, they were just trying to obey God's law and they got a little sideways on it and you know, they were putting these boundaries in place, but they were doing it in this sort of like misguided attempt to protect the people. Christ actually here seems to contradict that in that the comparison he's making is not to a, a well-intentioned group of people who just get it wrong, but he's painting the Pharisees, the, the religious leaders, the Sadducees, the chief priests. He's painting them as these usurpers who recognize the proper authority of right. The master and his emissaries and ultimately of his son, they recognize this proper authority and rather than submitting to it and submitting to the covenant obligations that they, they already actually agreed to, instead of doing that, they're going to reject that authority and try to take it for their own right. It's not just that they do the wrong thing, it's that they recognize the heir, which is Christ. They recognize this heir and they kill him to try to take his place. That is a really heavy element of this parable. Christ is not painting. Um, the, the, the Pharisees here, the, the religious leaders. He's not painting them as um, well-intentioned, but ultimately wrong, which is I think a lot of times, and I think there's reason to do this right. I'm not being overly critical and I've done this, I've actually done this myself, and I think there's some. Space for it. Like the Pharisees were wrong, but they were wrong, kind of in the right direction sometimes. Um, Christ is not really on board with that, at least in this parable. Right. This isn't about them thinking that the heir was a threat, and so killing the threat in, you know, inadvertently this is them absolutely seeing who the hair, who the heir is, and intentionally deciding to reject that heir and to murder him and to try to take his inheritance. Mm-hmm. That's an affront to not only the heir who they murder, but an affront to the owner of the vineyard himself, which of course in this parable is figured to be God the father primarily. But God in sort of general terms, like the whole Godhead, um, with Christ as the second Adam has, as his representative, as his heir. This is a really heavy parable and I think where this comes into play for us in our own Christian life is. Are there times where we. Sort of do the same thing in refusing to, maybe it's tie into your denial a little bit. Like refusing to acknowledge our own sinfulness, refusing to acknowledge the ways that God has provided for us. Um, do we at times look at what we have and lay claim to it as though it is our own inheritance that we've taken? Um, right. Do we kind of crucify the son of God anew in, in refusing to repent of our sins particularly? I dunno. I think those are some open questions for us to kind of explore as we dig into this a bit more. [00:43:54] Jesse Schwamb: And that may relate as well to, well eventually at some point, I dunno, like 2040, get to like the parable of the talents. There's some similarity there with a little bit, right? You're saying? I think you're right.  [00:44:06] God Does All the Verbs [00:44:06] Jesse Schwamb: And where I think we can anchor some of that is in those first couple of verses. I'm really always impressed by really the number of action verbs that are packed within, like that just initial statement of Jesus explaining the situation. [00:44:19] Tony Arsenal: Yeah.  [00:44:19] Jesse Schwamb: So he sets it all up and he's saying there's a planting that goes on, this landowner puts up a wall, digs a wine press. Builds a tower and then RINs it. So there's all these like amazing things being done, all this action verb. And I, I think in part why he comes against the Pharisees so hard in the same way that we're looking at like the parable that, uh, the, uh, talents for instance of saying like, what did you do with that was entrusted to you was like this great treasure which Christ has entrusted or God has entrusted to his people, which is, is the gospel essentially is, is all a prophetic witness, is like the truth of who God is and his revelation of himself. And so I think. The first thing we gotta see in those verbs is that there's this emphasis that the vineyard was God's sovereign creation. You know, he plants it, he chose it, he established it. Israel didn't plant herself. She was planted. And that sovereign initiative is foundational, I think in, like you're saying, the parables indictment, because these vine growers, they don't possess anything that they did not receive. Right. You know, they did not find a vineyard already planted, but God himself made it from the wilderness that all his glory, all the glory might be his. So. I think it's helpful for us to observe that the church is always the planting of the Lord and that no congregation flourishes that is not first planted by God. And so there is a major offense here when those who are to care for it, who know, like you're saying, that they ought to care for it, who understand something about the hierarchy and the way it has been entrusted to them. Not to only break that covenant, but then seek to try to usurp the power in the roles of those whom they should be, quite frankly, in our own language, like under shepherds too. And so it starts with all, all those verbs. Like I think we could probably spend a. A lot of times just speaking about what does it mean? Why? Why is there all this explicit in particular language about the fact that there's a hedge and there's a press besides just these are part in piece mail or part and parcel of what it means to have a vineyard, apparently, but that they're all part of this narrative of God talking about how he protects and cares for his people and sets them in a place and chooses them and is particular about the construction and does so with great volition and authority and care and concern and creative ability. And then again, you have those who are meant there to do the very job that he's entrusted them with. And not only are they not doing that, and of course you're right. Jesus elsewhere, comes in, comes in hot, right, with a Pharisees saying like, listen, you set burdens on people's backs that you yourselves cannot lift. You're twice as in the hell as anybody else, and that's who you are. Yeah. It's not just hypocrisy, but you're literally setting people up to fail in this. So you can see how you're right. It's not just like, guys, I appreciate that. Like you wanted to set up some additional boundaries and maybe you took it a little bit too far. This parable is just scorched earth. It's, it's nuclear. Yeah.  [00:47:10] Tony Arsenal: Yeah.  [00:47:11] Scandalous Vineyard Setup [00:47:11] Tony Arsenal: And you know, I think, um, we are obviously gonna spend another week on this 'cause we still have not really addressed a single verse in this parable. I, I think like a lot of ink has been spilled on explaining sort of like the feal agricultural arrangements of this passage. What it represents. M my understanding is. A typical arrangement would be that a, a landowner would basically just lease out land and the tenants would be responsible for the planting, for the development. Right. And the, the, the landowner would essentially just collect a portion of whatever they produce. Right. This parable is actually taking this a step further. Exactly. That it's not as though the landowner just says like, all right, you can use this land. Right. And I own the land, so I get a portion of the pro, the profit. He's actually done all the work. Yes. And all that. The, all that the, the tenants need to do essentially is reap the harvest and then provide the portion of the harvest that belongs to the landowner, and so there is a greater investment. Of the landowner into this land than would be expected. We've commented in the past about how a lot of times the, the parables start on sort of a premise of shock. Like there's a, there's an element of the setup of the, of the parable where the audience would kind of like sit back and gasp or kind of be like, wait a second. Like that's not normal. Right. In the parable of the, the, um, lost son, it was the idea that like the son demanded his inheritance. And that wasn't the shocking part. The shocking part was that the father just granted it. Right. Or, um, the lost sheep, like the, there's actually a sort of a shocking element to the fact that like the, the land, the like sheep owner would just go get this other sheep. So we've, we've commented on there's kind of like. There's sort of like a scandalous setup. The scandalous setup in this is not that the land has been leased to tenants, right? It's that the land has been prepared for the tenants before it was leased out in the first place. And I think that's something we might miss if we read over this too quickly, is. The landowner has prepared everything for these, these tenants.  [00:49:30] Jesse Schwamb: That's right.  [00:49:31] Tony Arsenal: So the, the, at the, the punchline of the parable where they refuse to acknowledge the sovereignty of, um, sovereignty and maybe a lowercase s in the, in the context of the parable, they refuse to acknowledge the sovereignty and the rightful claim of the tenant or of the landowner on the, the profit of the land. And sort of like highlighter emphasized by the fact that they actually didn't do any of the work. There's a certain kind of like Amer, like American rugged individualism where we're kind of like, yeah, like if I planted all the crops, then it's kind of lame that this guy's coming in expecting to take a portion of it, right? Like, yeah, I guess he owns the land, so maybe he gets a little piece of it, but like, who does he think he is? All of that already is already short circuited. Like I. The, these tenants are not actually, um, portrayed as doing anything in this parable. That's right. Like they just lease the land. They, they, um, and leased is not really like the right. The right word, the, the Greek word is omi, which is like he gave over the land to them. Um, when we say leased, we have this idea that like the tenants pay to use the land and then like part of their contract is that whatever profits they reap, uh, off the land goes back to the, to the landowner. This is really more like the landowner graciously allowed them to live on this land, and the only payment he required was that they would eventually provide him part of the profit back. Like he's planted the land, he's put up the fence around it. He dug the wine press so that they could make a product out of it. He built the tower so it would be defended. Yes. And he gave it over to them essentially just to like live on until it was time for the harvest. And all he is asking for is basically like, alright, so this is my land. I've planted the vineyards, the profit is mine to have. And so when the time came for him to come claim that that's where they have now rejected him. Yes. That's where they've now said like, I know you did all the work and really graciously allowed us to live in this land, but we're gonna keep all of it for ourselves. That's the scandal of this. That's what I think like the original audience would've set up and like, wait a second here. Like, hold on. They didn't even plant the vineyards themselves. They didn't even build the tower themselves. That's really the force of this that I think we miss when we, when we overemphasize, trying to think through like what the original agricultural arrangements were. 'cause this is painted. Very different than what the original arrangements would've been typical for. Like this is a different scenario and I think intentionally so,  [00:52:09] Jesse Schwamb: and we need those words like rented, at least in English, to help us understand that it didn't belong to them. It wasn't a gift, right? It wasn't as if like it was just turned over in the sense that it belongs to you now do with it what you will. And it's very clear in the passage one, like you said, that the landowner does all those things. So it was a, you know, he completely set it up. I mean, this is just such a beautiful, I think, depiction of the hold of prophetic, you know, understanding of God's word here, but it's very clear that says the, he sent his slaves to the vine growers to receive his fruit. So you're right. The scandal is that they're like, well, obviously. They need to give him his fruits, like  [00:52:48] Tony Arsenal: right.  [00:52:48] Jesse Schwamb: It was all set up before he left on this long journey. He then turned it over to them to care for, and that was really all that they were supposed to do. They had no role in this. And so it does like lead us in into this weird space where it's like, well, well what, what did the Pharisees think they were trying to do themselves? What does actually Jesus commenting on, on their own, like licit on their own initiative here, is he basically saying that not only are they not respecting his sovereignty, but they were trying to claim for themselves what only rightly belongs to God that even their position right. Society in culture as their representatives, God himself, they wanted to take that over for themselves, which he does bring that condemnation upon them in other parts of the scripture. So again, this is really hot. I think it's a, it's both heat and light, but there's no doubt that there's fire to this, right? Because it's a direct indictment that God the father set all of this up. You yourselves are on rented property, but guess what? Even the property that you've rented, I'm not exacting a tax from you as if like you have put forward and grown or supplied or created some kind of profitable outcome here. And I just want a piece of that. He's not even talking about tithing in that sense. What he's basically saying is, none of this belongs to you. Like how? Right? How dare you? None of this is yours. I set all of this up and in fact, because you've done so poor poorly at this, I'm gonna take it away from you and give it to those who actually produce fruit and guess what's gonna be the Gentiles? So it's, there's a wild. Amounts of condemnation packed into a very small story.  [00:54:19] Tony Arsenal: Yeah. Yeah. It really is.  [00:54:22] Tenants Add Nothing [00:54:22] Tony Arsenal: Um, there is nothing expected of these tenants. Right. There's no contract, like there's no terms, they, they really add nothing to the, the landowner's land, except I guess maybe they're the ones harvesting these, this fruit. Right. But even that's not explicit in the parable.  [00:54:43] Jesse Schwamb: Exactly.  [00:54:43] Tony Arsenal: Right. Right. He, he does all just to steal your thunder, like he does all the verbs. Yes. All of the ves are done by the landowner.  [00:54:50] Jesse Schwamb: Yes. Right  [00:54:51] Tony Arsenal: on. There is an implication that the, the tenants are somehow like the ones harvesting this, or they're the ones producing the wine, I guess, in the wine vat or the wine press. But at the end of the day. A normal tenant landowner agreement would be, I'm, you're, first of all, you're probably gonna pay me to use this land, right? You're paying me to use this land, and the way you pay me is you're gonna plant the, the gr the crop. You're gonna harvest it. You're gonna make the produce, and all I'm gonna do is let you live on this land. I'm gonna take the pro, like the profit, you're gonna pay me outta that profit. There is nothing asked or expected of these, th

In this high-yield, no-fluff episode, Dennis is joined by Dr. Michael Falk, a pediatric emergency medicine physician, former academic, and combat-experienced relief worker who has run airways in Haiti post-earthquake, Mosul during the ISIS fight, Ukraine, and Gaza. They break down exactly why pediatric airways are a completely different beast in prolonged field care and give you field-proven tactics that actually work when you're the only one there with a BVM and a prayer.Key Takeaways You Can Use TomorrowPositioning is everything: One to two inches under the shoulders (or whole body) prevents automatic obstruction from the massive occiput.Adjuncts > early tube: NPA or OPA + side-lying (gravity is your friend) can keep you from tubing in the field.Tube sizing rule: Child's pinky ≈ ET tube diameter. Depth = 3× tube size. Always go smaller — you can ventilate, you can't un-damage a ripped airway.Intubation mindset: Kid airway is more anterior and cephalad. Slow down, work your way in, or you'll be in the esophagus.GCS decision:

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 JOIN SHERI HORN HASAN FOR THIS WEEK'S PODCAST @ https://www.karmicevolution.com/astrologically-speaking which drops today May 1!CH-CH-CH-CH-CHANGES, TURN & FACE THE STRANGE CH-CH-CHANGES We know all Full Moons are when the Moon casts the light of the Sun directly back onto itself, thus revealing to the Sun its archetypal shadow side. In this case, today's May 1 Scorpio Full Moon, which occurs when the 11'21” Scorpio Moon exact opposes the 11'21” Taurus Sun at 10:23 am PT & 1:23 pm ET on May 1, we're being advised to let go of Taurus's archetypal shadows. And those revolve around our tendency to stay stuck in the past, as the Venus-ruled Taurus's shadow is known to be its stubborn resistance to change, & its attachment to its creature comforts—especially related to its value of physical & material resources.However, let's remember first that this Scorpio Full Moon is part of this month's longer lunar cycle which began with the Aries New Moon on April 17. And that at that time both the Moon & Sun were conjoined in Aries with wounded healer Chiron & dwarf planet of chaos, strife, & discord, Eris.This told us that our monthly mission was to plant seeds that lead to healing our wounded Aries energy. This podcast touches on how a wounded Mars-ruled Aries shadow is that it looks a lot like Libra archetypal energy: Indecisive &/or passive aggressive.This has clearly played out in American politics given the fact that by the first quarter lunar square of the Leo Moon to the Taurus Sun on April 23--just after the Venus/Uranus conjunction at 29'59” Taurus—Congress was still in limbo concerning funding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS.)No surprise then, that as we approached this Scorpio Full Moon, the House finally let go of its stubborn resistance & passed the Senate's March version of this funding bill—which excludes funding ICE & CBP—on April 30. It was the stubbornness of both sides of the aisle that left TSA, FEMA, the U.S. Coast Guard, the Secret Service, and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) unfunded for 76 days since February 14. Perhaps it's no coincidence that Saturn had reentered Mars-ruled Aries February 13, indicating the kind of “banging one's head against the wall” frustration felt by both Congressional Democrats & Republicans since. Now the GOP majority-ruled Congress still has to take up a separate reconciliation bill to pass any funding for ICE & CBP, which Democrats vehemently oppose without some major changes to those agencies. This is one example of the Scorpio Full Moon's waxing influence on moving the nation out of limbo and into some kind of motivated action--the wound highlighted at the Aries New Moon conjunct Chiron & Eris. However, we've still got a long way to go when it comes to the U.S./Israeli waged war on Iran, as Congress continues to waffle on passing the War Powers Resolution Act codifying President Trump's ability to wage war without Congressional consent. This Act, passed in 1973 as a direct result of then President Richard Nixon's U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War without congressional approval—& despite many Americans' opposition—illustrates the resistance of this Administration to adhering to both past law & the will of the people.SUPREME COURT GUTS VOTING RIGHTS ACT, RETURNING US TO VALUES OF THE PAST But first, America has an even bigger internal problem that's related to its elections. On April 29, the Supreme Court took a step backward leaving us stuck in values of the past (Taurus Sun) that have already been proven not only unfair but that also position the U.S. even more firmly against the natural evolutionary process (Scorpio Moon.)And the latter is exactly what this Scorpio Full Moon is trying to tell us: That resisting change—by returning us to the values of the past such as the days of Jim Crow—is directly anathema to adapting to society's more evolved values now.The negative side of Taurus doesn't like change because it values its creature comforts. This archetype sees no benefit in changing its current way of life—where the American population is majority white—to accept adapting to the evolutionary trajectory it's on now given the more recent changes in population statistics.This podcast explores how the U.S. Census Bureau—between 2010 & now—has changed its definition of “white” & thus relegated a shift in categorizing more of the Hispanic & Latino population as “non-white.”A large part of what this Scorpio Full Moon is trying to tell us here—given that the Supreme Court has now struck down any state electoral maps that insure that black & minority majority districts have fair representation—is that this impedes U.S. adaptation to Pluto-ruled Scorpio's desire for change.PLUTO'S STATION RETROGRADE MAY 6 DREDGES UP ESSENTIAL TRUTHS THAT PRESERVE THE INTEGRITY OF THE SOULPluto's retrograde station occurs at 5'31” Aquarius on May 6 when the god of the underworld will plumb the depths of our subconscious from then until he's once again direct at 3'04” Aquarius on October 15.Pluto transits make it impossible not to be honest, as Jungian astrologer Erin Sullivan explains in her book “Planetary Retrogrades, Traversing the Inner Landscape.” It's there she notes that “Plutonian veracity has little to do with day-to-day honesty, but deals only with essential truth, life & death matters, the kind of truth that preserves the integrity of the soul. “It is part of the contract with Pluto, it seems” Sullivan continues, “that if one faces oneself willingly & unflinchingly, the reward is an unshakable integrity.“When Pluto undergoes its retrograde cycles”—particularly if it repeats its contact with a natal planet or angle—“it dredges deeper & deeper into the resources of the unconscious, bringing to light the most secluded aspects of one's inner nature. “The process of loosening firmly entrenched & potentially annihilating characteristics in the depth of the psyche is active primarily during the retrograde period,” says Sullivan. It's in the “rest phase of the transit [that] we relax the hold on the repressive function & allow transformation to occur,” she explains. When Pluto's retrograde is part of a transit to a specific point in the natal chart, “poisonous aspects of oneself gather together silently & secretly, to emerge for elimination at the direct cycles,” she concludes.That makes this next six month period the perfect time to take Sullivan's advice as the U.S. undergoes the longer-term evolutionary changes inherent in the already triggered U.S. Pluto return.PLUTO RETROGRADE PLUS URANUS NOW IN GEMINI UNTIL 2033: RESISTANCE TO CHANGE IS FUTILEWhat's become clear now at this Scorpio Full Moon lunation, which is the apex of the Aries New Moon monthly cycle begun on April 17, is that there can be no indecisiveness when it comes to the evolutionary process of adaptation to long-term change.This podcast quotes astrologer Lynn Bell's OPA article titled “The Wake Up Call” which describes the longer term potential for change given Uranus's recent reentrance into Gemini from April 25 until 2033.Given the recent Supreme Court mandated shift in policy related to U.S. voting rights, it seems clear that what we need to wake up to now is how we must fight the overturning & denial of changes made by this nation since its inception. Uranus (change) in Gemini—which represents “siblings” & local neighborhood & community environment, among other things--has already brought sudden change to our local areas through the Trump Administration's harsh racist tactics designed to purge this nation of those it deems “foreigners.” Many of whom are our family members, neighbors, employees, & coworkers.This is on top of the fact that the Supreme Court already ruled that women are not equal to men in terms of bodily autonomy in its infamous Dobbs decision four years ago already since June 24, 2022. This thus returned us to the misogyny of the original Constitution's “all men”—but not all women—are created equal, in clear disregard for society's gladly accepted changed values since.Meanwhile, Pluto's shorter retrograde in Aquarius now until October asks us to explore the deeper more unconscious nature of topics like prejudice in this country—including racism against anyone who's not white, male, or Christian, at least the way things are going now…Together, they ask us to awaken to the sad truth that the U.S.—rather than evolving in a forward thinking, all inclusive, progressively humanitarian direction--prefers to keep in power those wedded to America's racist, misogynist, & gender discriminatory past. We're already seeing glimmers of the answer to questions like: “How's that been workin' for you so far?” through the current policies of an Administration that takes us to war for inexplicable reasons & that ignores its negative impact on the daily decline in health & well-being of its own citizens.Resistance to this may well awaken another Uranus in Gemini historical association, which is to that of war. As American states become increasingly gerrymandered now due to this week's Supreme Court decision--as is already happening in places like Louisiana & Florida--the pending political, ethical, & moral split in values will become increasingly obvious.The upshot is the message that it's now up to us. Meaning the people who--when we work together in groups exhibit much greater power than those who currently hold those reigns—can achieve the kind of evolutionary progress the heavenly bodies are waking us up to now...Join us for more Astro News You Can Use on all this & more today at https://www.karmicevoluti

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WREDS #876 – Das Hagelkorn! Dennis und Nico tauchen tief ein in die (Wrestling-)Welt der letzten Tage. Wir sprechen über die aktuellen Entwicklungen bei AEW rund um den Titelgewinn von Darby Allin und seine wöchentlichen Titelverteidigungen, die Storyline rund um die Death Riders und Will Ospreay sowie den Ende Mai anstehenden PPV Double or Nothing. Bei der WWE ist es bereits nächste Woche so weit: WWE Backlash hat bereits drei (von fünf?) Matches auf der Card, und in den letzten Tagen gab es eine große Entlassungswelle rund um Aleister Black, Zelina Vega, die Motor City Machine Guns u. v. m. Und wir hören von unserem Opa! Viel Spaß! :) WWE PPV Tippspiel – Hier anmelden (KLICK) AEW PPV Tippspiel – Hier anmelden (KLICK) // (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); // ]]> Download: (Rechtsklick -> „Ziel speichern unter“) WREDS #876 – Das Hagelkorn

Longevity ist im Trend, viele wollen möglichst lange leben – aber wie würde unsere Gesellschaft aussehen, wenn wir im Schnitt über 100 werden? Wie lange müssten wir arbeiten? Wie finanzieren wir die zusätzlichen Jahre? Würden wir unser Leben ganz anders einteilen? // Alle Hintergründe von uns findest Du hier: www.quarks.de. Hast du selbst ein Szenario, das wir prüfen sollen oder Feedback? Schreib uns gerne an: malangenommen@ard.de Eure Hosts: Julia Nestlen und Matthis Dierkes Unsere wichtigsten Quellen: Sebastian Grönke: Max Planck-Institut für die Biologie des Alterns Prof. Dr. Martin Werding: u.a. Mitglied des Sachverständigenrates Wirtschaft (die „Wirtschaftsweisen“) Prof. Dr. Silke Übelmesser: u.a. Ifo-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Prof. Dr. Martina Brandt: u.a. Leiterin der neunten Kommission des Altenberichts der Bundesregierung Studie zur Persönlichkeit von Über-100-jährigen: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10902-023-00700-z#Sec14 Faktoren für sehr hohes Alter: https://natuerlich.thieme.de/blog/detail/wie-alt-koennen-menschen-werden-4161 2-zu-1-Regel zum Renteneintrittsalter: https://www.sachverstaendigenrat-wirtschaft.de/fileadmin/dateiablage/gutachten/jg202324/JG202324_Kapitel_5.pdf (S. 314-317) Buch über eine mögliche neue Einteilung des Lebens: “The 100 year life” von Lynda Gratton und Andrew J. Scott Einfluss eines höheren Renteneintrittsalters aufs BIP: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5a7b82f840f0b62826a040d6/WP95.pdf Mütter kleiner Kinder sind zufriedener, wenn die Großeltern mitbetreuen: https://www.bib.bund.de/Publikation/2022/pdf/Oma-und-Opa-gefragt-Veraenderungen-in-der-Enkelbetreuung-Wohlbefinden-von-Eltern-Wohlergehen-von-Kindern.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&v=6 Zusammenhang zwischen Einsamkeit und (psychischen) Krankheiten: https://bmcgeriatr.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12877-025-05846-4 https://www.nature.com/articles/s44220-024-00328-9?fromPaywallRec=false Können Medikamente den Alterungsprozess verlangsamen? https://www.age.mpg.de/laesst-sich-das-altern-bremsen

Keine einzige Zigi, kein Tabakdunst. Das britische Parlament hat ein drastisches Rauchgesetz auf den Weg gebracht. Personen mit Jahrgang 2009 und jünger sollen, niemals die Möglichkeit bekommen, Zigaretten zu kaufen. Auslandredaktorin Fiona Endres mit den Einzelheiten. · Von Schweizer Influencerinnen sind über längere Zeit so genannte Deepfake-Pornos hergestellt worden. Solche Bilder oder Videos lassen relativ einfach herstellen – und es lässt viel Geld damit verdienen. Digitalredaktor Guido Berger erklärt, wie dieses System funktioniert. · Die Rohingya werden in Myanmar seit Jahren brutal verfolgt. Viele flüchten deshalb übers Meer nach Bangladesch oder in andere Nachbarländer. Dabei kommt es immer wieder zu Unfällen. Südostasien-Korrespondent Martin Aldrovandi über die prekären Fluchtumstände der Rohingya. · «War mein Opa ein Nazi?» – dieser Frage gehen derzeit zahlreiche Menschen nach. Millionen Datensätze zu ehemaligen NSDAP-Mitgliedern sind seit Kurzem über das US-Nationalarchiv öffentlich abrufbar. Was früher aufwendige Recherchen im Archiv bedurfte, geht heute bequem von zu Hause aus. Wie geht man mit dieser neuen Transparenz in Bezug auf die NS-Vergangenheit um? Wir haben bei Ulrich Herbert, emeritierter Professor an der Universität Freiburg im Breisgau, nachgefragt.

Le producteur franco-ivoirien Jacques Bizollon, qui a contribué au succès international de la musique ouest-africaine, fait l'objet d'un documentaire en cours de production sur son parcours et celui de son studio, JBZ, fondé à Abidjan au début des années 1980. Un lieu mythique aujourd'hui fermé, que Jacques Bizollon espère voir devenir un musée. De notre correspondant à Abidjan, Face aux caméras et aux projecteurs, Jacques Bizollon raconte son histoire – celle d'un comptable d'Abidjan devenu disquaire au milieu des années 1970 par amour de la musique. « En 1980, je me suis dit qu'il y avait pas de studio d'enregistrement à Abidjan. C'est quand même curieux, y a trop de grands artistes ici. J'avais un appartement en France, à côté de Cannes, j'ai vendu l'appartement pour acheter le matériel et j'ai construit un grand studio », se souvient-il. Le studio JBZ démarre dans le garage de Jacques Bizollon. Parmi les tout premiers enregistrements, celui d'un inconnu : Alpha Blondy, et un futur tube, « Brigadier Sabari ». « Personne ne le connaissait. Georges Benson - qui était à la RTI - est venu me voir pour me demander “Que penses-tu de ce jeune homme ?” Je lui dis “Y a pas de rasta ici, il faut en faire un rasta !” On a fait l'album "Jah Glory" et cela a été un succès immense », se rémemore le producteur. Le premier d'une longue série à JBZ, qui accueille bientôt les stars du continent : Youssou Ndour, Ismaël Lô, Franco, Pepe Kalle, Tiken Jah Fakoly… « Mon pays va mal », l'un des titres emblématiques enregistrés dans ce studio, résonne encore aujourd'hui comme un symbole de cette époque. En plus d'être une pépinière de la musique africaine, JBZ devient aussi une école de producteurs. Parmi eux, Wompy, le père de DJ Arafat, ou encore le maestro malien Boncana Maïga, récemment décédé. Un héritage que la documentariste Agnès Ribouton veut immortaliser : « La world music est née dans ce studio, puisque c'est là que tel artiste a rencontré tel autre, et finalement celui qui est de passage va aider le groupe en train d'enregistrer. C'est toute cette toile de fond qu'il faut raconter au-delà du travail de Jacques Bizollon et ce que représente le studio JBZ dans cette période-là. » JBZ a fermé ses portes en 2018, victime de la concurrence des home studios et de problèmes d'argent. Aujourd'hui ruiné, Jacques Bizollon rêve de voir son ancien studio transformé en musée : « Quand vous parlez à certaines personnes, qui sont plus ou moins âgées, quarante, cinquante ans, ils ont tous connu JBZ. Si ça devient un musée de la musique à Abidjan, ça serait vraiment bien. J'ai quand même 86 ans, donc je pense qu'un jour, je vais aller au paradis. Je voudrais laisser quelque chose ici. » À lire aussiMASA à Abidjan: réécoutez la grande soirée concert avec OPA, Awadi & Josey  

8,5 Millionen Deutsche waren NSDAP-Mitglieder. Weil sie klar davon profitiert haben, sagt der Historiker Götz Aly.

Raised in a bilingual household, Lucas developed a deep connection to his German heritage, inspired by his Opa, a renowned opera singer, and guided by his mom, a music teacher and clarinetist, who helped him explore piano, trombone, jazz, classical and musical theater. Lucas discovered pop and rock through his dad's iPod, absorbing artists from Aerosmith to Elton John, which shaped his love for storytelling and performance. A jazz studies major at SUNY Fredonia, Lucas performs in multiple ensembles, fronts his own band and shares his music online. His performances blend classical training with pop sensibility, emphasizing powerhouse vocals and engaging piano-driven shows. Beyond music, he balances work at his dad's brewery at home and the fitness center at school, using bodybuilding and discipline to support his focus and mental health. For Lucas, "The Voice" is a chance to honor his family's legacy, showcase his unique sound and share his lifelong passion for music with the world.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/arroe-collins-like-it-s-live--4113802/support.

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What if the secret to scaling your business had nothing to do with paid ads - and everything to do with relationships? In this episode of ClickFunnels Radio, Chris and Dante sit down with Paul Counts and Shreya Banerjee, a business duo who've generated over $100 million in revenue for their clients using a strategy called OPA - Other People's Audiences. Paul started selling pencils at 8 years old and was running email campaigns on dial-up at 13. Shreya left a stable corporate career chasing time freedom. Together they built an agency around one core belief: serve first, scale second. They break down the OPA method from scratch, walk through a real $1M funnel they built with Russell Brunson, and share exactly how they find, vet, and build partnerships that actually last - without spending a dollar on ads. If you're an entrepreneur looking to grow smarter, not just bigger, this one is for you. 00:00 Intro Bumper 00:26 Meet Paul & Shreya + Background 07:16 Personal Branding That Actually Sticks 09:11 Paul's Entrepreneur Journey (Early Hustles → Online) 14:19 Shreya's Shift (Corporate → Time Freedom) 18:53 How They Met + Built Their Agency 21:32 Why Live Events Matter More Than You Think 24:58 Visionary vs Operator (How They Work Together) 27:59 Building Authority First (DECA + Playing the Long Game) 32:19 Long-Term ROI vs Short-Term Thinking 35:01 OPA Strategy (Other People's Audiences Explained) 42:24 Real Examples of OPA Working 50:20 How to Start OPA From Scratch (No Audience Needed) 56:47 Choosing the Right Partners (And Avoiding Bad Ones) 58:52 PLR Funnels + Funnel Breakdown 01:09:25 What PLR Is + Why It Works 01:13:52 Starting With Nothing (Scrappy Strategy) 01:20:30 Overcoming Fear + Taking Action 01:27:06 AI, SEO & Staying Human 01:29:17 Where to Find Paul & Shreya Get 3 months of ClickFunnels for only $99 at the link below, that's an 83% discount to get started! https://www.clickfunnels.com/cfradio

Lucas West, 20 Team LegendHometown: Rochester, NYResident: Fairport, NYRaised in a bilingual household, Lucas developed a deep connection to his German heritage, inspired by his Opa, a renowned opera singer, and guided by his mom, a music teacher and clarinetist, who helped him explore piano, trombone, jazz, classical and musical theater. Lucas discovered pop and rock through his dad's iPod, absorbing artists from Aerosmith to Elton John, which shaped his love for storytelling and performance. A jazz studies major at SUNY Fredonia, Lucas performs in multiple ensembles, fronts his own band and shares his music online. His performances blend classical training with pop sensibility, emphasizing powerhouse vocals and engaging piano-driven shows. Beyond music, he balances work at his dad's brewery at home and the fitness center at school, using bodybuilding and discipline to support his focus and mental health. For Lucas, "The Voice" is a chance to honor his family's legacy, showcase his unique sound and share his lifelong passion for music with the world.Blind Audition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQCrXpx-HTU Battle Performance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRuRue3rOjM  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/i-am-refocused-radio--2671113/support.Subscribe now at YouTube.com/@RefocusedNetworkThank you for your time. 

Atenção (disclaimer): Os dados aqui apresentados representam minha opinião pessoal.Não são de forma alguma indicações de compra ou venda de ativos no mercado financeiro.https://financenews.com.br/2026/03/sabesp-sbsp3-propoe-desdobrar-acoes/T4F anuncia OPA para fechar capital por R5,59 açãohttps://br.investing.com/news/stock-market-news/t4f-anuncia-opa-para-fechar-capital-por-r559-por-acao-1886858Oncoclínicas convoca assembleia para discutir pedido da MAK Capital sobre destituição do conselhohttps://valor.globo.com/empresas/noticia/2026/04/01/oncoclnicas-convoca-assembleia-para-discutir-pedido-da-mak-capital-sobre-destituio-do-conselho.ghtmlPetrobras reduz efeitos do reajuste do preço do QAVhttps://www.moneytimes.com.br/petrobras-reduz-efeitos-do-reajuste-do-preco-do-qav-vtra/Braskem planeja pedir proteção judicial contra credores, diz agênciahttps://www1.folha.uol.com.br/mercado/2026/04/braskem-planeja-pedir-protecao-judicial-contra-credores-diz-agencia.shtmlJustiça aprova venda para o BTG da fatia da Oi na V.talhttps://braziljournal.com/breaking-justica-aprova-venda-para-o-btg-da-fatia-da-oi-na-v-tal/Lupatech apresenta à CVM minuta de plano de recuperação extrajudicialhttps://valor.globo.com/empresas/noticia/2026/04/02/lupatech-apresenta-a-cvm-minuta-de-plano-de-recuperacao-extrajudicial.ghtmlMotiva compra concessionária Autopista Fernão Dias da Arteris por R$ 381,4 milhõeshttps://www.infomoney.com.br/business/motiva-compra-concessionaria-autopista-fernao-dias-da-arteris-por-r-3814-milhoes/MRV (MRVE3) conclui venda de empreendimento nos EUAhttps://financenews.com.br/2026/03/mrv-mrve3-conclui-venda-de-empreendimento-nos-eua/Ukraine's drone defense tech reshapes combat as warfare evolveshttps://podcasts.apple.com/br/podcast/ukraines-drone-defense-tech-reshapes-combat-as-warfare/id78304589?i=1000757804366&l=en-GBTrump Says He's Ready for Diplomacy. Iran? Not So Much.https://podcasts.apple.com/br/podcast/trump-says-hes-ready-for-diplomacy-iran-not-so-much/id1200361736?i=1000758187643&l=en-GBHow US Troops Could Go About Taking Hormuzhttps://podcasts.apple.com/br/podcast/how-us-troops-could-go-about-taking-hormuz/id1578096201?i=1000757784221&l=en-GBLeilão do Galeão sinaliza virada pragmática nas privatizações no Brasilhttps://podcasts.apple.com/br/podcast/leil%C3%A3o-do-gale%C3%A3o-sinaliza-virada-pragm%C3%A1tica-nas-privatiza%C3%A7%C3%B5es/id265071481?i=1000758423631&l=en-GBDrone wolf: Ukraine's missile mastermindhttps://podcasts.apple.com/br/podcast/drone-wolf-ukraines-missile-mastermind/id151230264?i=1000758620067&l=en-GBIs male birth control finally here?https://podcasts.apple.com/br/podcast/is-male-birth-control-finally-here/id1554578197?i=1000758608826&l=en-GBMoraes e esposa fizeram ao menos oito viagens em aviões ligados a Vorcaro, diz jornalhttps://podcasts.apple.com/br/podcast/moraes-e-esposa-fizeram-ao-menos-oito-viagens-em-avi%C3%B5es/id203963267?i=1000758655003&l=en-GBEpisode 5: Winners Winhttps://podcasts.apple.com/br/podcast/episode-5-winners-win/id1753117762?i=1000740637228&l=en-GBBonus Episode: Kyle vs. the Worldhttps://podcasts.apple.com/br/podcast/bonus-episode-kyle-vs-the-world/id1753117762?i=1000749231957&l=en-GBSpecial Report: President Trump's Prime Time Addresshttps://podcasts.apple.com/br/podcast/special-report-president-trumps-prime-time-address/id1578096201?i=1000758770462&l=en-GBMoody's rebaixa nota do BRB e aponta alto risco financeirohttps://podcasts.apple.com/br/podcast/moodys-rebaixa-nota-do-brb-e-aponta-alto-risco-financeiro/id265071481?i=1000758897855&l=en-GBToffoli viajou ao Tayayá em aeronave de empresa de Vorcaro, aponta jornalhttps://podcasts.apple.com/br/podcast/toffoli-viajou-ao-tayay%C3%A1-em-aeronave-de-empresa/id203963267?i=1000758921235&l=en-GBRussian corruption fuels massive casualties in Ukrainehttps://podcasts.apple.com/br/podcast/russian-corruption-fuels-massive-casualties-in-ukraine/id78304589?i=1000758939181&l=en-GB

Der Fritz besucht seinen Opa. Der wohnt mit einem jungen Waschbären, dem Wugg, in seinem alten Häuschen im Wald. Am Morgen ist der Wugg nicht zu finden. Auch das Handy vom Opa ist weg. Puuuuh...(Eine Geschichte von Joseph Berlinger, erzählt von Sepp Fischer in oberpfälzischer Mundart.)

Muss man wirklich muxmäuschenstill sein, um Regenwürmer zu beobachten? Braucht man ein Nachtsicht-Fernglas um beim Nachbarn im Wohnzimmer den Wäscheständer zu erspechten? Und was hat ein Opa mit einem Trampeltier zu tun? (Von und mit Stefan Murr und Heinz-Josef Braun)

If you want to understand what it actually takes to win at the highest level in rodeo, THIS episode is it. We sit down with Rodeo Houston Champion and Elite Steer Wrestler Holden Meyers to break down the real work behind the scenes: how he prepares, how he trains around injury, and how his faith shapes everything from competition to life decisions. What You'll Learn in This Episode Why high-quality reps beat high-volume practice for elite rodeo performance How Holden trains and competes while managing chronic elbow pain The advantage of building your own personal practice setup What it means to develop as a multi-sport athlete (and why it matters) How faith, prayer, and surrender influence performance under pressure The mental shift from chasing results → trusting the process and purpose Why your identity must go beyond rodeo if you want longevity Inside the Houston win and what separates top athletes in big moments How modern rodeo athletes need to train like complete professionals Details on the Optimal Performance Academy Steer Wrestling Event (Van, TX) Episode Breakdown 00:00 – Rodeo Now App (FREE performance tool for rodeo athletes) 00:42 – Welcome + introducing Holden Meyers 01:12 – Growing up in a rodeo family 03:25 – Multi-sport athlete development 04:39 – Pro rodeo prep: quality reps vs volume 05:29 – Training around elbow injuries 10:46 – Building a faith-driven mental game 13:55 – Traveling, discernment & surrender 18:27 – Obedience over outcomes 23:53 – Daily mindset: staying grounded 26:14 – The legacy of rope schools & mentorship 27:58 – Handling nerves on first runs 29:23 – Bringing prayer into coaching & clinics 31:26 – Mentorship, faith & community 34:03 – Identity beyond rodeo 34:56 – Why Holden partnered with OPA 35:43 – The demands of the modern rodeo athlete 37:26 – Breaking down the Houston win 40:40 – Upgrading the OPA curriculum 43:54 – Event registration + details 45:04 – Sponsors + Rodeo Now app 46:14 – Final thoughts Featured Athlete: Holden Meyers Holden Meyers is a Rodeo Houston Champion steer wrestler known for his disciplined preparation, technical precision, and strong faith. Raised in a rodeo family, Holden developed his skills early and continues to evolve as a professional by combining intentional practice, athletic development, and mental resilience. Upcoming Event: Steer Wrestling Clinic (OPA) We're bringing it all together in person.

Episode 81:  In this episode, Timalyn talks about how to set up a payment arrangement with the IRS. Specifically, how to set up an online payment plan. What is an IRS Payment Plan?An IRS payment plan is an arrangement between a taxpayer and the IRS that allows the taxpayer to pay their tax debt down over time. The IRS refers to these as installment agreements. Timalyn discusses different types of Installment Agreements in Episode 10 of Tax Relief with Timalyn Bowens: IRS Installment Agreements. What is an Online IRS Payment Plan?An Online IRS payment plan is one that can be set up using the IRS online payment agreement application also known as OPA. If your debt plus penalties and interest is $50,000 or less and you can pay it off in 72 months or less you may be able to set up a payment arrangement through the IRS website. You'll need an IRS account to do this. If you don't already have one Timalyn wrote an article about how to get your IRS transcripts that will also walk you through setting up an account. You can find it here: How to Get an IRS Transcript Online in 3 Steps . Once logged into your account, you will be able to see your repayment options. Technology is great until it is not. Even though you may qualify, the option to set up the arrangement online may not be showing up on your account. If this is the case, then you'll need to call the IRS ACS department to set up your payment arrangement. Timalyn reminds taxpayers that she never judges anyone's tax competency. If you have listened to this episode and you still don't want to set this up yourself, you can hire a professional to take care of it for you. A tax professional with Form 2848, Power of Attorney, and Declaration of Representative on file with the IRS can do this for you. Only an Enrolled Agent, such as Timalyn, Certified Public Accountant, or Tax Attorney, can have a Form 2848 and be your tax power of attorney. Need Tax Help Now?If you need answers to your tax debt questions, book a consultation with Timalyn via her Bowens Tax Solutions website.  Click this link to book a call.Please consider sharing this episode with your friends and family.  There are many people dealing with tax issues, and you may not know about it.  This information might be helpful to someone who really needs it.  As we conclude Episode 81, we encourage you to connect with Timalyn on social media. You'll be able to subscribe to this podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, and many other podcast platforms.  Remember, Timalyn Bowens is America's Favorite EA, and she's here to fill the tax literacy gap, one taxpayer at a time.  Thanks for listening to today's episode.For more information about tax relief options or filing your taxes, visit https://www.Bowenstaxsolutions.com/ .If you have any feedback or suggestions for an upcoming episode topic, please submit them here:  https://www.americasfavoriteea.com/contact.Disclaimer:  This podcast is for informational and educational purposes only.  It provides a framework and possible solutions for solving your tax problems, but it is not legally binding.  Please consult your tax professional regarding your specific tax situation.

In this episode of For The Dads with Former NFL Linebacker Will Compton, hosts Will and Sherm discuss Rue absolutely KILLING it on the monkey bars, chat through another PT6 certified hater, and chat through an AMAZING lesson of the week from Sherman — all while keeping the episode fun, fresh and of course, under an hour. The episode kicks off with an honest and real apology to our friend Austin* Miller before they dive into some hilarious conversations, including: Rue has begun to learn swear words The Compton Household has a RAT An INSANE Call In From A Previous Episode Other highlights include: An FTD Internal Meeting On Air Sherm Met A PT6ICKO In The Wild

Dental teams are feeling the hygienist shortage, and many practices are reacting with shortcuts instead of fixing what's actually driving clinicians away. In this episode, Kirk Behrendt sits down with Katrina Sanders, a dental hygienist, educator, and clinician with AZ Perio, to unpack what's behind the shortage, why “oral preventive assistant” roles miss the point, and what leaders can change right now to attract (and keep) high-performing hygienists. You'll learn what the data says, what “respect from leadership” really looks like in day-to-day practice, and how core values and humility shape the culture that determines who you can hire. Listen to Episode 1025 of The Best Practices Show!Main Takeaways:The hygienist shortage is tied to training pipeline shifts: dental school graduations rising while hygiene graduations decline, creating a sustainability gap for practices staffed with multiple hygienists per doctor.Many hygienists cite leaving for reasons that practices can influence directly: limited growth opportunities, toxic work environments, inflexible scheduling, and lack of respect from leadership.Creating “oral preventive assistant” roles can further devalue hygienists and distract from fixing the actual causes of turnover.Leaders who feel threatened by clinical pushback often create cultures that repel proactive hygienists and attract clinicians who won't challenge outdated protocols.A sustainable hygiene model requires clarity on expectations and systems that support diagnosis support, perio protocols, utilization, and production—not just filling chairs.Practices that retain top talent invest in development, collaboration, and shared learning rather than relying on ego or “this is the way we've always done it.”The future of independent dentistry requires intentional choices about culture, values, and team development rather than letting external forces dictate direction.Snippets:00:00 Podcast cold open01:20 Meet Katrina Sanders03:25 Panel story setup05:48 Hygienist shortage data10:19 OPA debate and applause12:02 Would you hire her16:36 Ego and leadership respect24:47 Silver tsunami and workforce trends28:04 Building growth and flexibility30:17 Ego Versus Growth31:03 Core Values Alignment32:53 Prophy Princess Problem33:51 Hygiene Metrics Math37:38 You Attract Your Team39:11 Building Values Nucleus40:09 Why She Stays42:40 Pick Your Direction45:08 Max Bet Contrarian48:49 Curiosity Over Ego50:55 Would You Hire Her51:27 Hire Thought Leaders53:42 Where To Find Katrina54:11 Exchange Perio Workshop56:26 Team Learning Together59:45 Final SendoffGuest Bio/Guest Resources:In the ever-changing world of dental science where research, technology, and techniques for patient care are constantly evolving, dental professionals look to continuing education to provide insight, deliver actionable steps, empower, and create a dramatic impact within their clinical practice.With wit, charm, and a dash of humor, Katrina Sanders enchants dental professionals with her course deliverables, insightful content, and delightful inspiration. Her message of empowerment rings mighty throughout her lectures and stirs a deep sense of motivation amongst course participants.Katrina is the Clinical Liaison for AZPerio, the country's largest periodontal practice. She performs clinically, working alongside Diplomates to the American Board of Periodontology in the surgical operatory. Katrina perfected techniques during L.A.N.A.P. surgery, suture placement, IV therapy, and blood draws. She instructs on collaborative professionalism and standard-of-care protocols while delivering education through hygiene boot camps and study clubs.Resources mentioned:Website: www.katrinasanders.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedentalwinegenist/Program: https://katrinasanders.com/speaking/https://smilesource.com/exchangeMore Helpful Links for a Better Practice & a Better Life:The Best Practices Show: https://www.actdental.com/podcast/Best Practices Association: https://www.actdental.com/bpaUpcoming Events & Workshops: https://www.actdental.com/events/Smile Source: https://www.smilesource.com/Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.comSubscribe on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com

Ep 157: Jack Nicholson & Anjelica Huston | Hollywood Astrology & Karmic Relationships Description: In episode 157 of It's a Sign! The Art of Alignment, astrologers Kristina Martin and Tara Redfield are joined for a second visit by Heart Astrology's Dorje Kirsten to conduct a deep dive natal chart analysis of two of Hollywood's most iconic legends: Jack Nicholson and Anjelica Huston. If you love celebrity astrology, synastry readings, and exploring the karmic astrology behind famous relationships, this episode is for you. We explore how their birth charts reveal the intense chemistry, creative genius, and emotional complexities that defined their bond.

What does truly integrated care look like – and what role should dental hygienists play in it? As National Children's Dental Health Month comes to a close, host Matt Crespin sits down with two speakers from ADHA's first-ever Integrated Care Summit to explore how medical-dental integration is reshaping patient care. Nevada hygienist Jessica Woods shares real-world cases – from cardiologist referrals to coordinating airway care for her own daughter – that prove integration isn't just for public health settings. Pediatrician Dr. Connie Gundacker offers a medical perspective, revealing why most physicians receive little to no oral health training and how hygienists can bridge that gap. Together, they make a compelling case: dental hygienists are uniquely positioned to lead integration efforts, if the profession seizes the opportunity. Matt also covers ADHA award nominations, OPA legislative updates and upcoming events. Join these speakers and more at the Integrated Care Summit, May 15–17 in Broomfield, Colorado.Guests: Constance Gundacker, MD, MPH, FAAP, Section Chief of General and Community Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin and Jessica L. Woods, MPH, RDH, FADHA, Chief Executive Officer, Executive RDHHost: Matt Crespin, MPH, RDH, FADHA

Do you really need social media to grow a product business? I told a client to stop using social media as their growth plan. Not in a dramatic “delete everything” way, but as a strategic decision rooted in alignment, clarity, and real sales. I'm breaking down why social media is a tool, not a strategy. I talk about how one artist's brand went from scattered creation to a focused, profitable plan by choosing the right product, the right customer, and the right distribution path without chasing an algorithm. You're going to learn all about my OPA method to put your products where your customers already are!In This Episode, You'll Learn:00:00 I told a client to stop doing social media.03:15 Why performing online creates a “performance tax” that drains your energy.07:00 Why social media is not a marketing plan for product-based businesses.09:00 What can you be known for?13:00 How to stop waiting for customers to “find you”.16:15 Why most people skip focus and fix and rush straight to scaling.19:30 How my students double and triple revenue without new customers.21:00 The biggest lie product business owners believe about social media.24:45 Why you must own your website and your email list.26:45 How to build visibility without depending on an algorithm.28:15 Proof that followers do not equal revenue.33:00 What is the OPA Method?35:15 How to get support inside the Sales Accelerator.Resources + LinksJoin the Waitlist of The Product Boss Sales Accelerator HERE!Ready to stop guessing and follow a proven system? Book your strategy call.Get business tips sent right to your inbox - join the newsletter!Watch on YouTubeFollowJacqueline on IG: @theproductbosstheproductboss.com

September 24, 1963. Opa-locka, Florida. 29-year old pilot Geoffrey Sullivan takes off in a twin-engine Beechcraft Travel Air plane from Opa-locka Airport and is accompanied by 37-year old freelance journalist Alex Rorke, as well as a passenger believed to be a Cuban exile named Enrique Molina Garcia. Over the next several hours, Sullivan flies through the Caribbean and changes his flight plan several times, but after stopping to refuel on the island of Cozumel, the plane and its passengers vanish without a trace. Since Sullivan and Rorke were heavily involved in anti-communist missions against Fidel Castro, it is rumoured that they may have been captured and held prisoner in Cuba for years. Even though Sullivan's daughter eventually files a wrongful death lawsuit against the Cuban government, she receives no conclusive answers about what happened. On this week's episode, we explore a Cold War era mystery about a missing aircraft and two American men. Additional Reading: https://unsolved.com/gallery/geoffrey-sullivan/ https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Geoffrey_Sullivan https://www.newspapers.com/image/664216557/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/938207406/ https://www.nytimes.com/1964/02/11/archives/25000-offered-for-lost-fliers-2-us-men-and-passenger-vanished-over.html https://www.newspapers.com/image/664065457 https://latinamericanstudies.org/belligerence/sherry-sullivan.htm https://www.newspapers.com/image/850157644/ https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna19946668#.XafOjehKhPY https://www.click2houston.com/news/2012/01/16/a-daughters-mission/ https://www.bangordailynews.com/2012/04/22/news/waldo-county-woman-suing-cuba-for-nonpayment-of-21-million-wrongful-death-suit/ https://www.bangordailynews.com/2016/07/21/news/maine-woman-seeking-closure-for-dad-she-believes-was-shot-down-over-cuba/ https://fox23maine.com/news/local/after-a-30-year-search-will-new-relations-with-cuba-help-mainer-find-her-missing-father https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCOURTS-med-1_16-cv-00310/pdf/USCOURTS-med-1_16-cv-00310-0.pdf https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/us-1st-circuit/1934306.html “The Trail Went Cold” is on Patreon. Visit www.patreon.com/thetrailwentcold to become a patron and gain access to our exclusive bonus content. The Trail Went Cold is produced and edited by Magill Foote. All music is composed by Vince Nitro.