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CDR, NDRN, NLIHCDisability Right is a Civil Right BUT has "ISM" Issues I am ALL Too Familiar with I am Saddened to say. But Hope for Positive Ways Foward.Dara Baldwin is a debut author with the book To Be A Problem: A Black Woman's Survival in the Racist Disability Rights Movement published by Beacon Press and released July 2024 in coordination with the 34th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA). She is a strategist, author, activist, instructor, project manager, connector, changemaker and policy wonk.Born in Torrejon, Spain to parents involved in serving their country, the desire to serve has continued through her education and current career journey. She is an activist, scholar and author. She started her first career in Healthcare Administration in executive positions. In 2004 she changed her career to public policy in the social justice/equity realm of work. Currently Ms. Baldwin the founder and Principal of DMadrina, LLC. A consultant company working with organizations around the world in the area of social impact, political strategy and policy agendas in multiple issue areas, with an emphasis on disability justice. She is also an adjunct professor at McCourt School of Public Policy and McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University teaching disability justice, equity and policy as well as Introduction to Advocacy and policy.She has held senior level positions in federal policy at multiple organizations. She was the Director of National Policy for the Center for Disability Rights, Inc. (CDR), Senior Policy Analyst at National Disability Rights Network (NDRN). She works within the Disability Justice movement and with an intentional strategy to end racism and systems of oppression.She is a fellow in the Women Transcending Collecti
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The Prime Minister has said he is saddened to hear of the death of Pope Francis, describing him as a man of humility. Reporter Soumya Bhamidipati spoke to Paddy Gower.
Dave Rubin of “The Rubin Report” talks about Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez facing criticism from the left and right for getting caught traveling in luxury to one of Bernie Sanders' “Fight the Oligarchy” rallies; Stephen A. Smith taking a direct shot at AOC and Bernie Sanders becoming the new leaders of the Democrat Party; Donald Trump's fiery NRCC Dinner speech where he announced what countries affected by his tariffs are saying to him behind closed doors; New Yorkers in skyscrapers figuring out creative ways to start fighting back against the constant pro-Palestine protests in their streets; Elon Musk clearly articulating the real dangers of unvetted mass migration that most choose to ignore; an unhinged protester who thinks it's ok to kill Donald Trump revealing how normalized political violence on the left has become; and much more. Dave also does a special “ask me anything” question-and-answer session on a wide-ranging host of topics, answering questions from the Rubin Report Locals community. WATCH the MEMBER-EXCLUSIVE segment of the show here: https://rubinreport.locals.com/ Check out the NEW RUBIN REPORT MERCH here: https://daverubin.store/ ---------- Today's Sponsors: Rumble Premium - Corporate America is fighting to remove speech, Rumble is fighting to keep it. If you really believe in this fight Rumble is offering $10 off with the promo code RUBIN when you purchase an annual subscription, Go to: https://Rumble.com/premium/RUBIN and use promo code RUBIN Fast Growing Trees - Don't let your yard look like a plant cemetery. Get your place looking like a resort, easy, with FastGrowingTrees.com. Rubin Report viewers will get 15% off of their first purchase. Go to https://www.fastgrowingtrees.com Use code: RUBIN Lumen.Me - Lumen is the world's first handheld metabolic coach that measures your metabolism through your breath. It lets you know if you're burning fat or carbs, and gives you tailored guidance to improve your nutrition, workouts, and sleep. Go to: https://lumen.me/rubin to get 15% OFF! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Fourteen-year-old Sam spoke to Tom Elliott on the new 'trans and gender diverse' signs outside of the change-rooms at the Oakleigh Recreation Centre. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Saddened by the recent loss of Cleveland sportscaster Jim Donovan, Bill & Alyssa discuss Cleveland Legends that have had an influence on their careers or inspired them in some way. (Spoiler alert: the top legend on their list is also a Kent State grad!)
Welcome to a Wide World of Sports update. A snapshot of the latest sport stories from the 9News team including: - IOC "saddened" by the abuse of two boxers whose gender is being questioned- Richmond hopes Dustin Martin plays out the rest of the season- Rabbitohs receive a blow ahead of must-win NRL clash with the Sharks. The biggest sport stories in less than 5 minutes delivered twice a day, with reports from the 9News team across Australia and overseas. Subscribe now to make it part of your daily news diet.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Welcome to a Wide World of Sports update. A snapshot of the latest sport stories from the 9News team including: - IOC "saddened" by the abuse of two boxers whose gender is being questioned- Richmond hopes Dustin Martin plays out the rest of the season- Rabbitohs receive a blow ahead of must-win NRL clash with the Sharks. The biggest sport stories in less than 5 minutes delivered twice a day, with reports from the 9News team across Australia and overseas. Subscribe now to make it part of your daily news diet.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Welcome to a Wide World of Sports update. A snapshot of the latest sport stories from the 9News team including: - IOC "saddened" by the abuse of two boxers whose gender is being questioned- Richmond hopes Dustin Martin plays out the rest of the season- Rabbitohs receive a blow ahead of must-win NRL clash with the Sharks. The biggest sport stories in less than 5 minutes delivered twice a day, with reports from the 9News team across Australia and overseas. Subscribe now to make it part of your daily news diet.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Be like Jesus and say yes to new friends! There are so many people out there who are hungry for companionship. -------- Thank you for listening! Your support of Joni and Friends helps make this show possible. Joni and Friends envisions a world where every person with a disability finds hope, dignity, and their place in the body of Christ. Become part of the global movement today at www.joniandfriends.org Find more encouragement on Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and YouTube.
Sermon April 07, 2024
Saddened by the death of Christ, Mary and his disciples discovered a risen Savior on the third morning.
NFL world STUNNED and SADDENED at the DEATH of ESPN NFL reporter Chris Mortensen!
Gardaí are investigating after a man in his 80s was found dead in Castlemaine yesterday morning, with reports that he had suffered gun-shot wounds. Fr Danny Broderick is moderator of Castlemaine parish and is also parish priest of Milltown. The man was later named locally as Patrick ‘Paddy’ O’Mahony. This afternoon gardaí said they had arrested a man in his 60s on suspicion of Mr O’Mahony’s murder.
As BAFTA host finished the quick mention of Taylor Swift and the camera cut to Tom Hiddleston, who was seen smiling. Matthew Perry, the beloved star of "Friends," was notably absent from the In Memoriam segment. Prince Harry has revealed that he has more trips planned to visit his family in the UK, indicating a willingness to see them as much as he can. Rob's best pal Delaina Dixon from DivaGalsDaily's joins him today. Don't forget to vote in today's poll on Twitter at @naughtynicerob or in our Facebook group.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Adam has strong reaction and we take your calls after a sad day in Burnsville.
Saddened by the news of legendary country music star, Toby Keith's passing, Sean and Gov. Mike Huckabee share the impact and influence that Toby had on both of their lives.Toby was an extraordinary performer and a brilliant songwriter whose music touched people's hearts and lives. As a Conservative, he practiced what he preached, serving his community faithfully. Our condolences go out to Toby's family, friends and loved ones. Sean and Gov. Huckabee dive into politics with the now defunct border bill that would have given $60 billion in aid to Ukraine. Gov. Huckabee share about his time seeking a presidential nomination and gives his take on the embarrassing result Nikki Haley suffered in Nevada. Finally, Sean asks Gov. Huckabee if his daughter Sarah, current Governor of Arkansas, has interest in being President Trump's VP. Featuring: Governor Mike Huckabee | @HuckabeeonTBN Toby Keith Foundation: The Mission of The Toby Keith Foundation is to encourage the health and happiness of pediatric cancer patients and to support OK Kids Korral, a home for children battling cancer. Visit the website here
Ross and Russ run through the biggest stories of the day. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Saddened by the death of Matthew Perry claimed actor, and general good deed person The podcast talks about other smaller news. The trio are further in Spider-Man 2 and love it. Craig finishes Alan Wake 2 in record time and it's one of the greatest of all time (for him)? Barry gushes about Scavenger Reign on HBO max and Craig watch Five Nights at Freddie's and the new Exorcist: Believer Movie
Here are the Headlines, - Israeli army releases footage of first operational use of "Iron Sting" munition destroying rocket launcher. -Israel to Iran: If Hezbollah Joins War, 'Head of the Snake ' will be cut off. -U.S. Students are clashing over the Israel-Hams war. What can colleges do? -Meet the Republicans Running for Speaker of the House. -Lost Michigan Toddler is found asleep in woods using a family dog as a pillow. -Arizona and Florida experience an increase in the number of ex-Californians. -Shocked, Saddened, Horrified' Funeral set for Detroit synagogue leader fatally stabbed. -Messaged Channeled from St. Gabriel to humanity. -Nancy will be at the 22nd annual Conscious Life Expo February 9-12 2024. Worship will be on the 11th the LAX Hilton in the City of Angels.
Saddened to report that Elmer Bucta Trucking, an 85-year-old Indiana-based trucking company, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after being acquired by a private equity firm less than a year ago. Over 40 employees have already lost their jobs, with the fate of around 100 truck drivers uncertain. We stand with the trucking community during these challenging times.Links to the featured articles:https://www.freightwaves.com/news/85-year-old-indiana-trucking-company-files-for-chapter-11https://cdllife.com/2023/yet-another-trucking-company-files-for-bankruptcy-after-nearly-100-years-in-business/https://www.ctvnews.ca/business/trucking-giant-yellow-corp-declares-bankruptcy-after-years-of-financial-struggles-1.6509529Grab a copy of my book:https://partsmanagerpro.gumroad.com/l/qtqax"The Parts Manager Guide" - https://www.amazon.com/Parts-Manager-Guide-Strategies-Maximize-ebook/dp/B09S23HQ1P/ref=sr_1_4?crid=3UZYOGZJUNJ9K&keywords=parts+manager+guide&qid=1644443157&sprefix=parts+manager+guid%2Caps%2C244&sr=8-4Please remember to like, share and leave your comments.Videos are uploaded weekly.Visit my website for more! https://www.partsmanagerprof.com/ For the full video you can find it here on my YouTube channel: 85 Year Old Trucking Company Files For Bankruptcy | Breaking News!If you want me to continue making videos like these, please donate to our paypal account: paypal.me/partsmanagerpro Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use. No copyright infringement intended. ALL RIGHTS BELONG TO THEIR RESPECTIVE OWNERS* This video is for educational and entertainment purposes only.
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MISSION, Texas - Julie Saenz has been a member of Mission Historical Preservation Commission for many years.She said her group was never consulted by Mission City Council over a decision to cut the city's Historical District in half.In 2015 the Historical District was shrunk to make it easier for the City to grant planning permission to build. But a consequence of this action was the elimination of all the historic buildings south of the railroad tracks from protection by the City.As a result, the city's preservation ordinance did not apply to the nationally listed Roosevelt Auditorium. So, when Mission CISD sought a permit from the City of Mission to demolish the building there was no ordinance in place to prevent the school district doing so.Now, Mission City Council is revamping its preservation ordinance so that other nationally listed buildings south of the railroad tracks do not get demolished. It particularly wants to save the Rio Theater, La Lomita Mission, Our Lady of Guadalupe Church, and the Mission Pump House. Roosevelt Auditorium was built in 1929 as part of Roosevelt Elementary School on the “Mexican” side of Mission. It was placed on the U.S. Department of the Interior's National Register of Historic Places in 2002. Saenz was saddened to see Roosevelt Auditorium demolished. Here is an interview with Saenz. To read the new stories and watch the news videos of the Rio Grande Guardian International News Service go to www.riograndeguardian.com.
Saddened by hate mail and addled by a dingo-related health scare, Jonah's in an exceptionally frazzled state of mind on today's predictably excessive Ruminant. He begins his ramblings by addressing a crude spat between Lauren Boebert and Marjorie Taylor Green in the middle of the House floor before pivoting to some recent Russian war crimes in Ukraine. Then, it's nerdery all the way down as he revisits last week's G-File, which inspires a rant on the philosophical origins of liberalism, what defines American culture, and why there really is nothing new under the sun. Show Notes: - The Remnant with Stephanie Slade - The Remnant with Robert Kagan - “Critical Trump Theory” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
MISSION, Texas - Mission community and preservation activists Ester Salinas and Irma Flores Lopez utilized the public comment period of this week's Mission City Council meeting to once again criticize Mission CISD for demolishing a nationally-listed building.Built in 1929, Roosevelt auditorium was placed on the Department of Interior's National Register of Historic Places in 2002. That did not stop Mission school board leaders from tearing it down. They said the building had fallen into disrepair and would cost too much to fix.But, Salinas and Flores Lopez argue that if Mission CISD had provided minimum maintenance over the years the roof would not have fallen in. The community activists are also upset with Mission City Council for not having strong enough preservation ordinances in place to stop the demolition. Salinas and Flores Lopez say the school district could have secured grants to pay for the repairs.Here is an audio recording of the remarks Salinas and Flores Lope gave at the Mission City Council meeting of June 12, 2023.To read the new stories and watch the news videos of the Rio Grande Guardian International News Service go to www.riograndeguardian.com.
Phillip Scott reports on a Black little girl being passed over from a hug from Edu Karen after hugging several white classmates. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/africandiasporanews/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/africandiasporanews/support
Jack Arend joined the AWSP team in July 2019. He has served in education since 1989 as an elementary, middle and high school music teacher. He began his building leadership career in the fall of 2006 as the principal of Peter G. Schmidt Elementary in the Tumwater School District. After eleven years in the principalship, he served two years at the Central Office level overseeing multiple content areas and mentoring first year teachers. Jack and his wife are both graduates of Washington State University. Jack received his Masters Degree from Western Washington University and his Administrative credentials from Seattle Pacific University. Jack and his wife Brenda enjoy living in the Olympia area and love spending time with their three children, Amanda, Emily, and Thomas. The Move Up Workshop online version is now closed, but if you are interested, you can join the waitlist at my web site Move Up workshop Do you see your school vision in your classroom observations Professional Learning is self-care for the school leader. Self-care is how you get your power back. From aspiring to retiring School Leadership matters Are there systems set up that allow you to leave? Can you schedule an in-person event and not feel guilty. Distributive leadership Saddened when people can't go There's no “coverage for my building” so I can't go. Learning is a part of our job. Schools are big machines to keep running. It's no small job that schools run efficiently every day. Every moving part is not contingent on moving the wheel. It doesn't always have to be the school leader. I thought I was there to take things off their plates. Delegation Giving people opportunities for others enables me to do other things Trust can take so long to develop and take split second to break Trust is like walking on a glass tabletop. Start with honesty and clarity Not taking things off my plate that should be on my plate. Let it happen, and don't micromanage. “How'd it go?” Drafting a master schedule example What are their parameters, and what is out of bounds? Importance of understanding the task. People want to have a voice How to be a transformative principal? Get to know your people. It's 100% relational. Sponsors Transformative Principal Mastermind Lead a school everyone can be proud of. Being a principal is tough work. You're pulled in all kinds of directions. You never have the time to do the work that really matters. Join me as I help school leaders find the time to do the work they became principals to do. I help you stop putting out fires and start leading. Learn more at https://transformativeprincipal.com
This episode is part of our, "Candid Conversations About Education," series. enVision Together welcomes Demetrius Matthews, writer, director, and producer to our show. Mr. Matthews is known as a filmmaker for his documentary, Kling: A Teacher Who Defied The System. His film celebrates a remarkable educator who changed the lives of students in Chicago's West Side during the 1980s. This documentary depicts, a man by the name of Mr. Kling took Demetrius under his wing and transformed Douglass Middle School education.Mr. Kling so impacted Matthews academic performance that by his 8th-grade graduation, Demetrius tested beyond college-level curriculum in both reading and math. However, because Matthews faced hardships and danger growing up on the Westside of Chicago, his mother moved him out of that environment to Richfield, Minnesota. There Demetrius took advantage of his second chance at success and became a well-educated man. Years later he returned to Chicago and learned the harsh reality, he was different. His ex-girlfriend laughed at him for being well dressed and his former peers made fun of him for being well-spoken. But that didn't stop him. He began his career working as an intern working for a Minnesota-based corporation. Matthews held a series of corporate accounting positions including, database developer and programmer, IT Director, and many other project management responsibilities during the next 10 years. Then, realizing his worth, he branched off on his own and started an IT Distribution and Consulting Firm. He ran into complications and denials within America and started his journey in South Korea.With determination Matthews traveled throughout Asia alone, meeting electronic manufacturers, negotiating prices, and creating a supply chain. Soon enough Demetrius Matthews became one of the largest IT distributors and resellers in his sector to the present day.Furthermore, Matthews took on many other tasks. Saddened by how many black boys and men were killed and imprisoned he created his chain of music and recording studios in local shopping malls. These studios were set up with state-of-the-art recording equipment as well as high-end video cameras to create music and music videos. Today he endeavors to continue to make his mark in entertainment and business, as well as to spread the word about a teacher name Kling who changed his life. He wants the world to know how the power of one can make such a difference to many if they are willing. Demetrius is a speaker, discussing his life-changing experiences, from growing up in Chicago's troubled West Side, to the incredible impact a dedicated, caring teacher had. enVision Together presents Mr. Matthews and this delightfully informative conversation to our audience!Contact Info: legacymediallc.comPlease subscribe to the enVision Together podcast to be notified of each episode. To connect with Pamela online to discuss her weekly topics or to spread the word about the enVision Together: Going to Your Next Level of Best podcast, please follow her on social media or on her website:Facebook: @Pamela MshanaInstagram: @pamela.mshana.37Twitter: @PamelaMshanaWebsite: www.pamelamshana.com (Contact page).Support the Show: https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=TD6PCE7G83GNY
New ISBE superintendent Tony Sanders addresses mental health concerns, staff recruitment and retainment, criticism of the inclusion of diversity in lessons, and other public school issues.
Description: Today's story, Tree of Blossoms, is a folktale from Japan. It's a story about how being kind is rewarding and being unkind eventually leads to your downfall.Free activity sheet available at https://www.rituvaish.com/the-tree-of-blossoms-archiveSend your artwork to rituvaish@gmail.com.TranscriptLong, long ago there lived an old man and his wife who cultivated a small plot of land. They were satisfied, but unfortunately, they did not have a child.They had a pet dog called ‘Shiro'. ‘Shiro' means white, and he was so-called because of his colour.They showered all their affection on their dog to the extent that if they had something nice to eat, they always gave it to Shiro, denying themselves of it.Children, do you have any pets? If so, what have you named them, and why?The happiest time for the couple was when they returned from the fields and had their frugal dinner of rice and some vegetable and then went to the veranda and sure enough, Shiro was waiting for his master. The old man would say, “Chin, chin!” and the dog sat up and asked for food, his master gave it to him. After that, they played with Shiro.Children, what games do you think the old couple played with Shiro?Their next-door neighbor was very wicked and cruel, who hated good neighbors and the dog Shiro with all their might. Whenever Shiro happened to look into their kitchen, he was rudely kicked out.One day, Shiro was heard barking for a long time in the field at the back of his master's house. The old man ran to check what was wrong. Then Shiro dragged him seizing the end of his kimono to a large Cherry Blossom tree. There he started digging with his paws, jumping with joy. The old man understood that the dog was telling him about something that was buried under the tree. So, the old man dug and was pleasantly surprised to find a heap of coins, gold coins!The old man ran to call his wife, and together they carried home the treasure. In one day the poor couple became rich. His gratitude to the faithful dog knew no bounds, and he loved and petted him even more than ever.Now, the neighbor found out about how the old couple became so rich and he became more envious after seeing the treasure. So, a few days later the neighbor called the old man's home and asked to borrow the dog saying they wanted to show that they no longer hated the dog. Shiro's master was too kindhearted to refuse their request and lent the dog on the condition that they should take good care of him.Children, why does the wicked neighbor want the dog?Let's find out.The wicked man returned home with an evil smile on his face. He took the spade and dragged Shiro by his collar to the Cherry Blossom tree and yelled at him,” Find the treasure! Find the treasure!” Scared, Shiro began to dig the earth under the tree. Then excitedly the neighbor started digging, only to find a heap of trash. The angry neighbor took his spade and killed Shiro. He buried Shiro there in the same hole where he found the trash. In his anger, he even cut the tree and got the tree trunk back home.After waiting for several days, the old man went to the neighbor and asked him to return his dog. The neighbor told him that because of the dog's bad behavior he had killed him and buried him under the Cherry Blossom tree. He said he cut the tree and got the trunk home to sell the log. Saddened, and with tears rolling, he pleaded for the tree trunk as a remembrance of his dog. Luckily, the neighbor agreed.The old man carried the trunk of the tree and at home made a big mortar. In this, his wife put some rice and pounded it. A strange thing happened! The wife put rice into the mortar and no sooner had she begun to pound the rice to make cakes, it began to increase in quantity till it was about five times the original amount. It was indeed the reward from Shiro for their faithful love to him. From then onwards they were never troubled for food.Again, the greedy neighbor, hearing about their new good luck was filled with envy. Soon they called in to borrow the mortar. Shiro's master was too kind-hearted to refuse their request and lent the mortar on the condition that they should take good care of it.When the neighbor pounded rice, only horrid-smelling stuff came out.Children, why do you think the mortar gave rice to the good old couple and some bad stuff to the mean neighbour?Yes, that's because the old couple was kind whereas the neighbour was mean and unkind.After a few days the old man went to the neighbour's house to get his mortar back, but to his disappointment saw it being burnt. Very disappointed, the old man said sadly, “May I take back the ashes as a remembrance of Shiro?” “Yes, sure,” the neighbor agreed.It was late autumn and all the trees had shed their leaves. The old man decided to scatter some ash on them. Lo and behold, the cherry trees, the plum trees, and all the blossoming shrubs burst into a bloom. The old couple was delighted and saved the rest of the ash.The story of the old couple's garden spread far and wide, and people from far and near came to see the wonderful sight.One day, the old man heard a knock at his door. He opened it and to his surprise, saw a knight standing there. The knight said, “I am a messenger of the king. Unfortunately, the king's favourite cherry tree has withered, and no one is able to revive it. The King heard about you who could make the withered tree to blossom, and so he wants you to help him revive his favourite tree.”“Yes, certainly! I'll try to see what I can do,” said the old man humbly.The old man respectfully followed the knight with the ashes of the mortar tucked in his kimono. Once he reached the garden, he scattered some ash on the tree and indeed the tree burst into full bloom.The king rewarded him with silver and gold and many other precious things. The King further gave him the name-The Old Man who makes the trees to blossom.'Hearing about the story of the old couple being invited and then being rewarded by the king, the wicked neighbor was more jealous than ever now. So he set to work and gathered the ashes which remained in the fireplace after burning the mortar. He then went towards the palace yelling, “Here comes the wonderful man who makes the withered cherry trees blossom!”The King asked him if he was the same person whom he had named ‘The Old man who makes the trees to blossom?”The evil neighbor lied and said, “Yes indeed!”Children, is telling a lie a good thing?No, let's see what happens to the mean and now also a liar neighbour?He followed the King to the garden and scattered some ash on one of the cherry trees, but with no effect. The King understood that the man was a fraud. He was caught and put behind bars. Thus, he met with punishment at last for all his evil doings.The good old man became rich and prosperous and lived happily ever after with his wife
March 6, 2023 II Chron. 34:14-33; Ps. 27:2-3; Prov. 10:27-28; Rom. 16:21-27
Yesterday, we heard about the recent death of Bonavista man Charles Marsh. He died in an ambulance that was heading to Clarenville when the Bonavista emergency room was closed. We also heard about Marsh's daughter- who said she believes that if the Bonavista emergency room had been open, her father would still be alive. Of course, this is a very distressing series of events--especially for Bonavista residents, who've been organizing weekly protests about health care in their region. And yesterday, Bonavista MHA Craig Pardy weighed in on the situation. He spoke with the CBC's Darrell Roberts.
Paris Hilton revealed she had an uncomfortable incident with Harvey Weinstein at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival when she was only 19 years old. Pink is frustrated over the ongoing narrative surrounding her feud with Christina Aguilera. Prince Harry may pen a bonus chapter to be included in his book's paperback release.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
After that WILD battle with the Oriq Society, our first years forget that they have exams in 30 minutes! Come watch the final episode as we say farewell because of DnD Beyond.We also post another D&D campaign on our off week on Fridays called - The Realm of Bism: The Green Cloak Adventures - for a more mature and crazy campaign! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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With the passing of Pope Benedict XVI many Christians find themselves asking "How should I feel about this?" They are torn between joy that he can no longer teach falsely, but also saddened knowing that ultimately he will be in Hell for eternity suffering for his sin. What does the Bible counsel us to do in this situation? Should we be joyful? Saddened? Both? Find out on this episode of Bible Bashed. Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMxYyDEvMCq5MzDN36shY3g Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/BibleBashed Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BibleBashed Twitter: https://twitter.com/BibleBashed --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/biblebashed/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/biblebashed/support
Shannon Heritage workers say they're 'shocked, saddened and disappointed' at a breakdown in talks aimed at transferring the sites' management to the local authority. SIPTU Shop Steward for Shannon Heritage workers, Dolores Marren, says the news has come as a desperate blow to staff.
Welcome to the "Spurs Chat" podcast, hosted by Chris Cowlin. Discussing all things Tottenham Hotspur: from club news to transfer news, interviews and features. The DAILY Tottenham/Spurs Podcast.+ THANKS FOR LISTENING! Please FOLLOW, SHARE and leave a REVIEW.* Watch on YouTube* Enquiries: tottenhamfanchris@gmail.com* This is a Tottenham fan channel, providing breaking club news, fan interviews, legend interviews, following Spurs home and away, all around the world, including U23, U19, U18 and Spurs Women matches. Chris Cowlin likes to present, with passion, the latest Spurs news and facts to Tottenham fans all around the world and to share his experiences of following this wonderful club. Also covering the England national team. Chris is a regular on TV and radio shows talking about all things Tottenham; he has appeared on BBC1, Sky Sports, BBC Radio 5 Live and talkSPORT. Chris has also appeared on the recent documentaries on Tottenham: "Sonsational: The Making of Heung-Min Son" (Korea's tvN, 2019), "All or Nothing: Tottenham Hotspur" (Amazon, 2020) and "Pochettino: le Film" (RMC Sport, 2021). Chris also presented two official videos for Tottenham Hotspur FC (2019) based on the opening of the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. In May 2022 Chris fulfilled a lifelong dream - he played at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium!+ SPONSORS:* Getir: https://getir.uk* Live Football On TV: https://www.live-footballontv.com/?utm_source=instagram&utm_medium=chris-cowlin* Nord VPN: https://nordvpn.com/tottenhamfans* talkSport: https://www.talksport.com: This Podcast has been created and uploaded by Spurs Chat. The views in this Podcast are not necessarily the views of talkSPORT.* Zouch Converters: https://www.zouchconverters.co.uk+ AWARDS & NOMINATIONS:* Football Blogging Awards Winner 2019: "Best Club Content Creator" and “Best Vlogger”* Football Content Awards Finalist 2020: “Best Club Content Creator"* Football Content Awards Finalist 2021: “Best Club Content Creator" and “Best Content Creator" and “Best In Video"* Football Content Awards Finalist 2022: “Best Podcast"+ LINKS:* Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriscowlin* Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriscowlin* Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TottenhamFanChrisCowlin* Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@chriscowlin* Purchase Books: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Chris-Cowlin/e/B002I7M0VA+ MUSIC:* "The Trophies Are Coming" by Gui Moraes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Whanganui District Councillor Josh Chandulal-Mackay describes himself as a young monarchist and was deeply saddened by the death of the Queen. The 27-year-old told Joe Porter he believes New Zealand shouldn't become a republic and should remain with monarchy and spoke about his first and most enduring memories of Queen Elizabeth.
Hosted by Jonathan Sayre & Logan Sayre New episodes every week! Donate at: patreon.com/accidentaldads or go to paypal.com and use our email: themidnighttrainpodcast@gmail.com Go to www.themidnighttrainpodcast.com for all things related to the train! When you die and are brought back as a cowboy, call that reintarnation. That's right folks, we are gonna get pun-iful in today's episode as we dive deep into the life and times of Reincarnation. We've all heard about the tales, myths, pseudo-science factuals, testimonials, and first hand accounts of reincarnation. Is it real? Is this tabloid conjecture? Are we stuck in an everlasting cycle until we break free and reach enlightenment? Do we need to join the Flatliners in order to find out? Well, let's go over everything we know and maybe, some things you don't know. For those of you who don't know what Reincarnation is, or maybe, just don't understand what it is; the Latin root of the word "reincarnation" literally translates to "entering the flesh again." Reincarnation is the idea that a part of every person—or, in certain cultures, every living thing—continues to exist after death. The transmigration belief varies by culture and is imagined to take the form of a newly born human being, animal, plant, spirit, or as a being in some other non-human realm of existence. This aspect may be the soul, mind, consciousness, or something transcendent that is reborn in an interconnected cycle of existence. So reincarnation is the transfer of the soul, right? What is your soul? I feel that not everyone has a soul, or at the very least deserves one, but what is your soul? Where does it reside? Is it just an idea we give to help us cope with the nothingness that happens after the lights go out? Or is there more to the equation? According to the religion of the ancient Egyptians, a person is composed of both bodily and spiritual components. Ancient Assyrian and Babylonian religion both contained concepts that are similar. The Kuttamuwa stele, a funeral stele for a royal official from Sam'al who died in the eighth century BCE, records Kuttamuwa asking his mourners to celebrate his life and his death with feasts "for my spirit that is in this stele." One of the oldest mentions of the soul existing independently of the body can be found here. The basalt stele, which weighs 800 pounds (360 kg), is 2 feet (0.61 m) wide and 3 feet (0.91 m) tall. It was found during the third season of excavations by the Oriental Institute's Neubauer Expedition in Chicago, Illinois. The Baháʼí Faith affirms that "the soul is a sign of God, a heavenly gem whose reality the most learned of men hath failed to grasp, and whose mystery no mind, however acute, can ever hope to unravel". Bahá'u'lláh stated that the soul not only continues to live after the physical death of the human body, but is, in fact, immortal. Heaven can be seen partly as the soul's state of nearness to God; and hell as a state of remoteness from God. Each state follows as a natural consequence of individual efforts, or the lack thereof, to develop spiritually. Bahá'u'lláh taught that individuals have no existence prior to their life here on earth and the soul's evolution is always towards God and away from the material world. Christian eschatology holds that after death, God will evaluate each person's soul and determine whether they will spend eternity in Heaven or Hell before being raised to life. This viewpoint is shared by the majority of Protestant denominations as well as the oldest branches of Christianity, including the Catholic Church and the Eastern and Oriental Orthodox churches. Some Protestant Christians think the soul is just "life," and they think the dead don't have conscious existence until the resurrection (Christian conditionalism). Some Protestant Christians think that rather than suffering for all eternity, the sinful' souls and bodies will be destroyed in Hell (annihilationism). Either in Heaven or in a Kingdom of God on earth, believers will receive eternal life and experience everlasting communion with God. The present Catechism of the Catholic Church states that the term soul “refers to the innermost aspect of [persons], that which is of greatest value in [them], that by which [they are] most especially in God's image: ‘soul' signifies the spiritual principle in [humanity]”. All souls living and dead will be judged by Jesus Christ when he comes back to earth. The Catholic Church teaches that the existence of each individual soul is dependent wholly upon God: "The doctrine of the faith affirms that the spiritual and immortal soul is created immediately by God." Protestants usually hold to the idea that the soul is real and eternal, but there are two main schools of thought regarding what this implies in terms of a hereafter. Some, following Jean Calvin, believe that the soul persists as consciousness after death. Some people, including those who follow Martin Luther, think that the soul passes away with the body and remains asleep (or "sleeps") until the time of the dead. Various new religious movements deriving from Adventism(Adventism is a branch of Protestant Christianity that believes in the imminent Second Coming (or the "Second Advent") of Jesus Christ.) — including Christadelphians, Seventh-day Adventists, and Jehovah's Witnesses — similarly believe that the dead do not possess a soul separate from the body and are unconscious until the resurrection. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints teaches that the spirit and body together constitute the Soul of Man (Mankind). "The spirit and the body are the soul of man." Latter-day Saints believe that the soul is the union of a pre-existing, God-made spirit and a temporal body, which is formed by physical conception on earth. After death, the spirit continues to live and progress in the Spirit world until the resurrection, when it is reunited with the body that once housed it. This reuniting of body and spirit results in a perfect soul that is immortal, and eternal, and capable of receiving a fulness of joy. Latter-day Saint cosmology also describes "intelligences" as the essence of consciousness or agency. These are co-eternal with God, and animate the spirits. The union of a newly-created spirit body with an eternally-existing intelligence constitutes a "spirit birth"[citation needed] and justifies God's title "Father of our spirits". Some Confucian traditions draw a distinction between a spiritual soul and a physical soul. Ātman is a Sanskrit word that means inner self or soul. In Hindu philosophy, especially in the Vedanta school of Hinduism, Ātman is the first principle, the true self of an individual beyond identification with phenomena, the essence of an individual. In order to attain liberation (moksha), a human being must acquire self-knowledge (atma jnana), which is to realize that one's true self (Ātman) is identical with the transcendent self. The Quran, the holy book of Islam, uses two words to refer to the soul: rūḥ (translated as spirit, consciousness, pneuma or "soul") and nafs (translated as self, ego, psyche or "soul"), cognates of the Hebrew nefesh and ruach. The two terms are frequently used interchangeably, though rūḥ is more often used to denote the divine spirit or "the breath of life", while nafs designates one's disposition or characteristics. In Islamic philosophy, the immortal rūḥ "drives" the mortal nafs, which comprises temporal desires and perceptions necessary for living. In Jainism, every living being, from plant or bacterium to human, has a soul and the concept forms the very basis of Jainism. According to Jainism, there is no beginning or end to the existence of the soul. It is eternal in nature and changes its form until it attains liberation. Jiva is the immortal essence or soul of a living organism (human, animal, fish or plant etc.) which survives physical death. The concept of Ajiva in Jainism means "not soul", and represents matter (including body), time, space, non-motion and motion. In Jainism, a Jiva is either samsari (mundane, caught in cycle of rebirths) or mukta (liberated). According to this belief until the time the soul is liberated from the saṃsāra (cycle of repeated birth and death), it gets attached to one of these bodies based on the karma (actions) of the individual soul. Irrespective of which state the soul is in, it has got the same attributes and qualities. The difference between the liberated and non-liberated souls is that the qualities and attributes are manifested completely in case of siddha (liberated soul) as they have overcome all the karmic bondages whereas in case of non-liberated souls they are partially exhibited. Souls who rise victorious over wicked emotions while still remaining within physical bodies are referred to as arihants. Judaism relates the quality of one's soul to one's performance of the commandments (mitzvot) and reaching higher levels of understanding, and thus closeness to God. The Scientology view is that a person does not have a soul, it is a soul. It is the belief of the religion that they do not have the power to force adherents' conclusions. Therefore, a person is immortal, and may be reincarnated if they wish. Scientologists view that one's future happiness and immortality, as guided by their spirituality, is influenced by how they live and act during their time on earth. The Scientology term for the soul is "thetan", derived from the Greek word "theta", symbolizing thought. Scientology counselling (called auditing) addresses the soul to improve abilities, both worldly and spiritual. The ideologies surrounding this understanding align with those of the five major world religions. A popular belief in Shamanism is soul dualism, which is also known as "many souls" or "dualistic pluralism" and is crucial to the fundamental and vital idea of "soul flight" (also called "soul journey", "out-of-body experience", "ecstasy", or "astral projection"). The idea that there are two or more souls in each human being is known as the dualistic theory of the "free soul" and the "body soul." While awake, the former is connected to physiological processes and awareness, but the latter is free to roam when asleep or in trance states. There are numerous soul types with various purposes in some circumstances. Shinto distinguishes between the souls of living persons (tamashii) and those of dead persons (mitama), each of which may have different aspects or sub-souls. Sikhism considers the soul (atma) to be part of God (Waheguru). Various hymns are cited from the holy book Guru Granth Sahib (SGGS) that suggests this belief. "God is in the Soul and the Soul is in the God." According to Chinese traditions, every person has two types of soul called hun and po, which are respectively yang and yin. Taoism believes in ten souls, sanhunqipo "three hun and seven po". A living being that loses any of them is said to have mental illness or unconsciousness, while a dead soul may reincarnate to a disability, lower desire realms, or may even be unable to reincarnate. Damn, we're getting deep here on the Train! Well, we did say we wanted to do this episode and to do it right, well, this is “da wey”. Now it seems as though the soul is prevalent in just about every religion. Why? Is this just a way of putting a forced answer to a question that we cant solve? Like the creation of our existence or the so-called plan laid before us? Too deep? Anyways, in everything we hear there is usually some truth to what is said. The real strategy is finding out what is true and what is not. While there has been no scientific confirmation of the physical reality of reincarnation, where the subject has been discussed, there are questions of whether and how such beliefs may be justified within the discourse of science and religion. Some champions of academic parapsychology have argued that they have scientific evidence even while their detractors have accused them of practicing a form of pseudoscience. Skeptic Carl Sagan asked the Dalai Lama what he would do if a fundamental tenet of his religion (reincarnation) were definitively disproved by science. The Dalai Lama answered, "If science can disprove reincarnation, Tibetan Buddhism would abandon reincarnation…but it's going to be mighty hard to disprove reincarnation." Sagan considered claims of memories of past lives to be worthy of research, although he considered reincarnation to be an unlikely explanation for these. Over the course of 40 years, University of Virginia psychiatrist Ian Stevenson studied more than 2,500 cases of young children who claimed to remember previous lives. Twelve volumes were written by him, including Where Reincarnation and Biology Intersect, Reincarnation and Biology: A Contribution to the Etiology of Birthmarks and Birth Defects, and Twenty Cases Suggestive of Reincarnation. He documented the child's statements and the evidence of family members and other witnesses in his instances, frequently coupled with what he thought to be connections to a deceased person who in some ways seemed to match the child's memories. Stevenson also looked at instances in which he believed that birthmarks and birth abnormalities matched the wounds and scars on the deceased. Medical records, such as images from an autopsy, were occasionally included in his documentation. Stevenson anticipated criticism and mistrust of his beliefs since claims of former life memories are always open to accusations of fraudulent recollections and the simplicity with which such claims can be faked. He did look for contradictory information and other reasons for the claims, but as the Washington Post wrote, he frequently came to the conclusion that no regular explanation was enough. Jim B. Tucker, Antonia Mills, Satwant Pasricha, Godwin Samararatne, and Erlendur Haraldsson are a few other academic scholars who have engaged in comparable study, although Stevenson's works continue to be the most well-known. Carl Sagan found Stevenson's work in this area to be so impressive that he used what were apparently Stevenson's investigations as an example of meticulously gathered empirical data in his book The Demon-Haunted World. Though he rejected reincarnation as a reasonable explanation for the stories, he wrote that the phenomenon of purported past-life memories should be further studied. In his book The End of Faith, Sam Harris mentioned Stevenson's writings as a component of a collection of evidence that appears to support the reality of psychic phenomena but only draws on arbitrary human experience. Paul Edwards, a philosopher, called Ian Stevenson's reincarnation tales "purely anecdotal and cherry-picked," refuting Stevenson's assertions. The stories, according to Edwards, are the products of selective thinking, suggestion, and false recollections that arise from the researcher's or the family's belief systems and cannot be taken into account as empirical proof. The philosopher Keith Augustine wrote in critique that the fact that "the vast majority of Stevenson's cases come from countries where a religious belief in reincarnation is strong, and rarely elsewhere, seems to indicate that cultural conditioning (rather than reincarnation) generates claims of spontaneous past-life memories." Further, Ian Wilson pointed out that a large number of Stevenson's cases consisted of poor children remembering wealthy lives or belonging to a higher caste. In these societies, claims of reincarnation are sometimes used as schemes to obtain money from the richer families of alleged former incarnations. Later, Stevenson wrote a book titled European Cases of the Reincarnation Type that collected cases from societies where reincarnation is not widely accepted. Robert Baker said that despite this, all of the past-life experiences examined by Stevenson and other parapsychologists are explicable in terms of well-known psychological characteristics, such as a combination of confabulation and cryptomnesia. Reincarnation conjures assumptions, according to Edwards, that are at odds with contemporary science. Reincarnation is subject to the rule that "extraordinary claims deserve extraordinary evidence" due to the fact that the vast majority of individuals have no memory of former lifetimes and that no mechanism has been empirically proven to allow a personality to escape death and move to another body. Researchers like Stevenson were aware of these restrictions. Confabulation is a memory error in psychology that is described as the creation of false, distorted, or misconstrued memories about oneself or the outside environment. It is typically linked to a particular subset of dementias or certain types of brain injury, particularly aneurysms in the anterior communicating artery. Confabulation is a behavior that the basal forebrain is thought to be involved with, while research into this topic is currently ongoing. When someone confabulates, their memories are distorted or confused in terms of their temporal framing (such as timing, sequence, or duration), and these distortions can range from small mistakes to outright fabrications. They generally have a high degree of confidence in their memories, even when they are contradicted by other pieces of information. When a forgotten memory resurfaces but is not recognized by the person as such, they think it to be something brand-new and unique. This condition is known as cryptomnesia. A person could mistakenly believe they came up with a joke, a music, a name, or a thought when they didn't mean to copy anything; instead, they were simply experiencing a memory as if it were a fresh source of inspiration. This is a memory bias. Stevenson also asserted that there were a few instances that might have provided proof of xenoglossy, including two in which a subject was said to have engaged in conversation with speakers of the other language rather than just memorizing its terms. Reexamining these cases, University of Michigan linguist and skeptic Sarah Thomason came to the conclusion that "the linguistic evidence is too poor to provide support for the assertions of xenoglossy." The paranormal phenomena of a person being able to speak, write, or understand a foreign language that they could not have learned naturally is called xenoglossy, also known as xenolalia. French parapsychologist Charles Richet coined the term "xenoglossy" in 1905. In addition to modern assertions made by parapsychologists and reincarnation researchers like Ian Stevenson, the New Testament contains claims of xenoglossy. The existence of xenoglossy as a real phenomenon is not supported by science. In xenoglossy, there are two distinct categories. Incomprehensible use of an unlearned language is known as repetitious xenoglossy, while comprehensively using an unlearned language as if it had already been learnt is known as responsive xenoglossy. Some reincarnationists—Stevenson notoriously not included—place great emphasis on purported past-life memories that are regained while hypnotized during past-life regressions. The technique, which was made popular by psychiatrist Brian Weiss, who claims to have taken patients back in time more than 4,000 times since 1980, is sometimes referred to as a form of pseudoscience. These so-called memories have been shown to include historical mistakes derived from historical texts, popular historical myths, or contemporary popular culture. Studies on people who had past-life regressions found that the two most significant influences on the reported details of recollections were the individuals' reincarnation beliefs and the hypnotist's suggestions. The use of hypnosis and provocative inquiries may make a subject more prone to have false or distorted recollections. The source of the recollections is most likely cryptomnesia and confabulations, which mix experiences, knowledge, imagination, and suggestion or instruction from the hypnotist, as opposed to recall of a prior existence. Once they are formed, the memories become identical to memories based on actual life occurrences for the person. Because it offers no proof for its assertions and makes people more susceptible to false recollections, past-life regression has been criticized as immoral. According to Luis Cordón, this can be harmful because it breeds delusions while passing itself off as therapy. Due to the fact that the memories are perceived as being equally vivid and impossible to distinguish from authentic recollections of actual occurrences, any damage may be challenging to repair. The use of past-life regressions as a treatment technique has been contested by APA recognized groups as unethical. Furthermore, the hypnotic technique used to support past-life regression has come under fire for leaving the subject open to the implantation of false memories. Gabriel Andrade contends that past-life regression violates the Hippocratic Oath's first, do no harm (non-maleficence) tenet since the implantation of false memories may be damaging. Now that we have a phenomenal understanding of reincarnation and the simplified version of the soul, we would like to share some examples of first hand accounts where reincarnation shows itself. All we ask of you, the listeners, is to give us your honest opinions and maybe share your own stories or beliefs. Thank you to Listverse.com for some of the first hand accounts of reincarnation Edward Austrian A four-year-old boy called Edward Austrian had been complaining of a sore throat since his mother can remember. He also can't stand grey, drizzly days, apparently. Around this time, the little boy began referring to his sore throat as his “shot”. His mother thought nothing of it. After all, kids mix up their words all the time. Doctor after doctor led to an unnecessary tonsil removal, which then led to an unexplained cyst developing in Edward's throat. His parents were understandably worried. But then something strange happened. Edward started telling his mum detailed stories from WWI – things a four-year-old wouldn't be able to absorb and remember from a TV show or movie. He spoke of life on the trenches and the day-to-day goings on of the war. And then… one day… he told his mother a graphic story of being shot in the throat and killed. “My name was James. I was 18 years old, in France,” he told his parents. “We were walking along through the mud. It was damp. It was cold. My rifle is heavy. I remember looking out and seeing trees and then there was desolation. I heard a shot come from behind. It went through someone else, hit me square in the back of the neck and I felt my throat fill with blood.” Let's remember this kid is FOUR YEARS OLD. So that's not the kind of thing he would learn from the Wiggles, right? Bruce Whittier Bruce Whittier had recurring dreams of being a Jewish man hiding in a house with his family. His name had been Stefan Horowitz, a Dutch Jew who was discovered in his hiding place along with his family and taken to Auschwitz, where he died. During and after the dreams, he felt panicked and restless. He began to record his dreams, and one night he dreamed about a clock, which he was able to draw in great detail upon waking.Whittier dreamed about the location of the clock in an antiques shop and went to look. The clock was visible in the shop window and looked exactly like the one in his dreams. Whittier asked the dealer where it had come from. It transpired that the dealer had bought the clock from among the property of a retired German major in The Netherlands. This convinced Whittier that he really had led a past life. Peter Hume Peter Hume, a bingo caller from Birmingham, England, started having very specific dreams about life on guard duty at the Scottish border in 1646. He was a foot soldier of Cromwell's army and his name was John Raphael. When put under hypnosis, Hume remembered more details and locations. He started to visit places he remembered with his brother and even found small items that appeared to have come from the era in which he had lived, such as horse spurs.With the help of a village historian in Culmstock, South England, he even managed to positively identify details about a church that he had known—he was able to tell her that the church used to have a tower with a yew tree growing from it. This was not a published fact, and it startled her that Hume knew it—the church tower had been taken down in 1676. In local registers, John Raphael was discovered to have been married in the church. A civil war historian, Ronald Hutton, investigated the case and asked Hume very era-specific questions while under hypnosis. Hutton was not satisfied that Hume was totally in tune with the era of his past life, as he could not answer all his questions in a satisfactory way. Gus Taylor Gus Taylor was 18 months old when he started to say that he was his own grandfather. Young children can be confused about their own identity and those of their family members, but this was different. His grandfather had died a year before Gus was born and the boy totally believed they were the same person. When shown some family photographs, Gus identified “Grandpa Augie” when he was four years old.There was a family secret that nobody had ever spoken about in front of or around Gus—Augie's sister had been murdered and dumped in the San Francisco Bay. The family were perplexed when the four-year-old child started to talk about his dead sister. According to Gus, God gave him a ticket after he died. With this ticket he was able to travel through a hole, after which he came back to life as Gus. Imad Elawar Five-year-old Imad Elawar from Lebanon started talking about his life in a nearby village. The first two words he spoke as a child were the names “Jamileh” and “Mahmoud,” and at the age of two he stopped a stranger outside and told him they had been neighbors. The child and his parents were investigated by Dr Ian Stevenson. Imad made over 55 different claims about his previous life.The family visited the village that the boy had been spoken of, together with Stevenson, and found the house where he claimed he had lived. Imad and his family were able to positively identify thirteen facts and memories that were confirmed as being accurate. Imad recognized his previous uncle, Mahmoud, and his mistress from a former life, Jamileh, from photographs. He was able to remember where he had kept his gun, a fact verified by others, and was able to have a chat with a stranger about their experiences during their army days. In total, 51 out of 57 of the experiences and places mentioned by Imad were verified during the visit. James Leininger At a very young age, James Leininger started to remember his life as a navy fighter pilot. Airplanes were the only toys he would play with, and after a time his plane obsession turned into a nightmare. He lost a lot of sleep and kept talking about flying planes, about the weapons, and the scary accident with his plane. James, who only watched kids' programs on TV, showed his mother what a fighter plane drop tank was, and was able to check a plane over as a pilot would during a preflight check when he was just three years old.The child was able to tell his father that he used to take off from a boat called the Natoma and knew the name of a co-pilot, Jack Larson. The Natoma was indeed a Pacific ship and Larson was still alive. After James told his father that he had been killed in his plane at Iwo Jima, his father discovered a pilot called James M. Huston Jr. who had died there. This was especially strange, as James had started to sign his drawings “ ‘James 3' ”. James' family contacted Huston's sister, and she sent James a bust and a model airplane that had been returned to her by the navy after her brother's death. Ruth Simmons One of the best-known reincarnation stories is that of Ruth Simmons. In 1952, she underwent a series of hypnosis sessions during which her therapist, Morey Bernstein, regressed her back to her birth. She suddenly started to speak with a heavy Irish accent and remembered many specific details from her life as Bridey Murphy, who had lived in Belfast, Ireland in the 19th century. Not many of the things she mentioned could be verified. However, she recalled two people from whom she used to buy her food—a Mr. John Carrigan and a Mr. Farr. The town directory for 1865–66 lists the two individuals as grocers. The story is shown in a film from 1956 called The Search for Bridey Murphy. Cameron Macauley Cameron Macauley was born in Glasgow, Scotland. Since the age of two he told his mother he was from an island called Barra, off the west coast of Scotland. He talked about a white house and a beach on which planes landed. He had a black-and-white dog and his dad's name was Shane Robertson—he was killed by a car. He drew the white house by the beach and complained of missing his other mother. As the child got more and more upset about missing Barra, his mother took him on a visit the the island, which was an hour-long flight away. The plane landed on the beach.The family found a white house owned by the Robertsons, and the black-and-white dog was in one of their family photographs, along with a car that Cameron had remembered. However, nobody recalled Shane. Cameron knew his way around the white house and was able to point out all its peculiarities.As he grew older, Cameron slowly lost his memories, but he is still convinced that death is not the end. Like Gus Taylor, he stated that he ended up in his mother's tummy after he fell through a hole. The story was picked up by British television, making the Barra case one of the best-documented reincarnation stories. Parmod Sharma Parmod Sharma was born in India in 1944. When he reached the age of two, he told his mother that his wife in Moradabad could cook for him, so she did not have to. Morabad was 145 kilometers (90 mi) away from his birthplace, Bisauli. Between the ages of three and four, Parmod described a business venture called “Mohan Brothers,” where he had worked with family members, selling cookies and water. He built miniature shops and served his family mud cookies and water. He had been a well-off tradesman and complained about the financially less rosy situation of his current family. He advised his parents against eating curd, and would not touch it himself. He said that he had become very ill after eating it in his old life. Parmod hated being submerged in a bath and told his parents that he had died in a bathtub. Pramod's parents promised to take him to Moradabad once he had learned to read. It turned out that there was a family by the name of Mehra that had run a soda and cookie shop called “Mohan Brothers.” Manager Parmanand Mehra had died in 1943 after gorging on curd and suffering from a gastrointestinal illness and peritonitis, from which he had eventually died. Parmanand had tried medicinal baths as a cure and had been given a bath very shortly before his death. Steve Jobs A software engineer called Tony Tseung, an employee of Apple, sent an email to a Buddhist group in Thailand, asking if they could tell him what had happened to Apple founder Steve Jobs after he died. The answer was that Jobs is now a celestial philosopher, in a glass palace that hovers over the Apple headquarters in Cupertino, California.In Malaysia, a group of Jobs' admirers performed a religious ceremony after his funeral. During the ceremony, the group each took a bite from an apple before throwing it into the sea to speed up the process of reincarnation. Phra Chaibul Dhammajayo, one of the abbots at the Dhammakaya Temple, is convinced that Jobs has already been reborn. He is now a divine presence with a specific interest in science and art. Followers have received this information through a special message that was broadcast worldwide. Apparently, more specific details will be communicated when Jobs feels the need to pass on any knowledge or messages. Ok… one last person who claims they were reincarnated! Born on Dec. 11, 1926, Shanti Devi appeared to be a perfectly normal baby, until around the age of four when she began to ramble on about a past life in a town called Mathura, nearly 75 miles away.. Shortly after she learned to speak, Devi regaled her parents with stories of her past life in a town neither she nor her parents had ever been to. Simple events would trigger memories of this life, like eating a meal that reminded her of foods she used to enjoy in her old days, or while getting dressed she'd tell her mother about the clothes she used to wear. Devi eventually informed her parents that her previous name was Lugdi and that she died shortly after bearing a son in October of 1925. She added uncanny details about her labor pains and the surgical procedures she underwent. Such facts, it seemed, couldn't have been conjured up by even the most imaginative child. When she revealed the name of her former husband, Devi's family was shocked to discover that he was still alive and lived precisely where Devi had said she was from. A historic meeting was arranged between them ⏤ that not even science could quite explain. Devi recalled in startling detail all the shops and streets in the town. She also began to speak of her husband, a merchant whose name she refused to reveal until she was about nine years old. But she did tell her parents that he was fair, had a wart on his left cheek, and wore reading glasses. Despite the unusual specificity of her memories, Devi's parents dismissed her recollections as mere childishness. But when Devi revealed that her husband's name was Pandit Kedarnath Chaube, sometimes referred to as Kedar Nath, a friend of the family decided to find out if there was any truth to what she'd been saying. The friend sent a letter to a merchant named Kedar Nath in Mathura to inquire about Devi's unusual memories. To the friend's surprise, Nath wrote back confirming all the details. Nath also agreed to send a relative to Devi's home to gauge the situation. In an effort to test her knowledge, the relative was brought before Devi first and introduced as her husband. Devi was not fooled and said that no, this was her husband's cousin. Shocked, Nath and the child he had with Lugdi, now ten years old, entered the home themselves. Upon seeing them, Devi reportedly burst into tears. Nath requested to speak with Devi on his own, and by his own admission, claimed that each response she gave to his questions was entirely accurate. “He found the replies to be quite correct and was moved to tears!” Read an account by an investigator on the case in 1937. “It was as though his dead wife was speaking.” Shanti spent several days with Kedar Nath and his son before they had to return to Mathura. Saddened by their departure, she pleaded with her parents to let her take a trip to her former home. She promised she could lead them directly to her old house and, perhaps to persuade them further, explained that she had a box of money buried there. Devi's parents relented — though considering the story had captured the attention of Mahatma Gandhi, they hardly had a choice. The famed Indian leader set up a commission to investigate the astonishing case, and in November of 1935, a dozen researchers joined Devi and her parents on the three-hour train ride to Mathura. As one of the investigators recounted, “Once getting out of the railway station… the girl was put in the front seat and our carriage went ahead of all others. Necessary precautions were taken that no pedestrians should be allowed to lead the way. The driver was instructed to follow the route indicated only by the girl, without caring as to where he went.” Sure enough, Devi had no problem directing the group to what she claimed was her former home. Along the way, she noted various streets that hadn't been paved earlier and buildings that weren't there during her previous life. The driver confirmed these observations were correct. While exploring the house with Kedar Nath, a member of the commission asked about the buried treasure she mentioned. Shanti Devi promptly ran upstairs and headed straight to a corner of a room, declaring the box was hidden beneath the floorboard. Kedar Nath opened up the flooring and indeed found a small coffer. It was empty. Shocked, Shanti Devi began looking inside the hole, certain the money was there. Kedar Nath then admitted that he had taken the cash after his wife's death. Devi's reunion tour of Mathura continued to her former parents' house. “She not only recognized it but was also able to identify her old ‘father' and ‘mother' in a crowd of more than 50 persons,” one of the investigators wrote. “The girl embraced her ‘parents' who wept bitterly at her sight.” Though she wished to stay in Mathura longer, Devi's current parents and the investigators were soon headed back to Delhi. In their report, the commission found “no rational explanation” for what they witnessed. Not only was Devi able to recall her life before, it seemed, but she also had an explanation for the afterlife. In 1936 and 1939, she relayed her experience in death to skeptics and hypnotists alike. She claimed that at the time of her death, she felt dizzy and enveloped in a “profound darkness” before a flash of light revealed four men in yellow underwear before her. “All the four seemed to be in their teens and their appearance and dress were very bright,” she once said while under hypnosis. “They put me in a cup and carried me.” Devi said she saw the Hindu god Krishna showing each person a record of their good and bad activities on earth and telling them what would happen to them next. Then, Devi said she was taken to a golden staircase from which she could see a river as “clean and pure as milk.” She said she saw souls there and they appeared like flames in lamps. Years later, a 1958 newspaper interview followed up with her. At the time, Shanti Devi was 32 years old and had never married. She was living a quiet, spiritual life in Delhi. She also said she'd planned to form an organization “devoted to the idea of living our lives according to the dictates of the inner voice.” Shanti Devi passed away in 1987 at the age of 61. However, her story lives on courtesy of a book written by Swedish author Sture Lonnerstrand in 1994, which was translated to English in 1998. Okay so that last one definitely seems a little… off kilter to say the least. One recurring theme with a lot of these stories though, is that the prior life that's experienced was cut short during a traumatic event. Now as we all know, most hauntings seem to be along the same lines. So are hauntings just reincarnation of the life lost with unfinished business? Stuck in Purgatory? I guess after this long ass episode we still don't have any answers. Hopefully, though, we have put you closer on the track to figuring it out for yourselves. Hey! If you figure something out, make sure to drop a line. After all, if we can't figure it out in this life, maybe we will be around to talk about it in the next. The Best Movies About Reincarnation And Coming Back To Life (ranker.com) Why isn't The Mummy on this list?!?!?!
A Clare community are said to deeply saddenend, following the death of an Ennis resident in tragic accident at Ballyalla lake. 49-year-old Samir Kaul, who's originally from India, but has been living in the town, died after getting into difficulty while diving at the Old Pier on Saturday night. It's understood a number of young men managed to bring him ashore, while the local lifeguard also assisted, with Gardaí, the National Ambulance Service and Irish Coast Guard all alerted. He was later pronounced dead. Mayor of Ennis, Councillor Clare Colleran Molloy has been telling Clare FM's Fiona Cahill that it's heartbreaking to hear of such a tragedy in your home town.
Israel's Shepherds part 2: Human TraffickingLast week we focused on Zechariah chapter 10. It revealed two things… first, the passive failures of the shepherd leaders in Judah, and the result. And it revealed, second, the overwhelming active leadership of the Lord… all the ways that he cares for and protects his sheep.Zechariah 11 returns to the failures of the shepherds. But it's focus has shifted to their active failures… the ways in which they have harmed their sheep. It also includes the Lord's judgment on them.Instead of the whole chapter, we'll take the beginning through verse 6 and end… the last 3 verses. Next week we'll cover the middle. Zechariah 11 can be found on page 949. Zechariah 11, verses 1-6 and 15-17.As we come to God Word, please stand, as you are able, in reverence. This is God's holy inspired Word.Reading of Zechariah 11:1-6, 15-17PrayerLike many of you, my heart has been heavy. Last month's report of widespread sexual abuse in another denomination has made me sad and angry at the same time. Saddened by the hurt and pain that so many people have experienced – lifelong pain. Angered by the so-called pastors who have inflicted this suffering, who were doing the very opposite of what they were called to do. Part of me is also fearful. There is no denomination or church whose leaders are exempt from temptations to fail their sheep. The last couple of decades have revealed scandal after scandal. Worldwide church bodies overcome by report s of abuse by their spiritual leaders. And it hasn't just been pastors, it's included leaders of Christian movements, cross-denominational networks, and other ministries. They used their power to spiritually, verbally, and physically oppress people made in God's image.The heaviest damages have been done to the victims. But these scandals have also inflicted a serious toll on the church. A place that is supposed to be seen as a harbor and refuge is now often seen as a place to be wary.How can this happen? How can a man called to pastor sheep entrusted into his care, turn on them? As I've reflected on the reasons, a few have come to mind.The first and most obvious reason is sin. That's the root cause. More specifically it's the internal heart sin of pride and coveting and lust which led to external sinful and hurtful actions. As the apostle James puts it, it begins with temptations that lead to desires, which give birth to sin.Second, there has been a failure of accountability. Because of the first reason, sin, there needs to be thoughtful and consistent accountability for any church leader. That includes policies to protect and recurring questions to ask and confirm. But when pride controls a man's heart, he will either run from accountability or fight against it.Third is a failure stemming from our culture. We exalt people. We look for and latch on to big personalities. In the church, we focus on a man's gifting and forget his character. I heard someone say that recently and it's true. In other words, if he is persuasive and winsome and gregarious, we think that must mean he is qualified and called to lead, but we overlook his character. And so, we prop him up; we focus on him and not on the Lord. And sadly, that fosters pride and unchecked power. It starts a downward cycle. It leads to the failure of that shepherd and worse… to abuse of the sheep.Of course, none of this is new. The sinful heart motivations for control and power are not new. And the failure of God's shepherds is not new. No, it's all through Scripture and in the history of the church… the failure of judges and kings and priests… the failure of ministers and elders. I'm not saying that it's the prevailing narrative. No, but it's common enough that we all need to pay attention. We need to seek shepherds in the church that conform to God's pattern, and we need to reject shepherds who do not.The reason that we're taking the first and last sections of chapter 11 together is that both focus on what unfaithful shepherds look like and God's judgment against them. Instead of working through these verses in sequential order, we'll begin with the active failures of the shepherds and then God's judgment against them.I haven't said this yet, but the book of Zechariah has gone from a very positive tone to now including some negative tones. If you remember, the beginning of the book was positive. In chapter 1, the people were called to repent! And we're told their leaders did. Zechariah's night visions were also positive. They pointed to God's faithfulness, and they pointed to a faithful response by Joshua the High Priest and Zerubbabel the governor. But these last chapters have included some warnings. It hasn't all been negative. No, chapter 9 was about the coming king and how God would save his people, but now there's a clear call out to the failed leaders. As a reminder, this second half was written by Zechariah several years after the first half of the book. More people have returned from Babylon. And included in the newly returned exiles were likely priests and other leaders. So, what we may be witnessing in these 2 chapters is an influx of bad leaders into Judah. After all, they were the ones who didn't return earlier. But it could also be that some of the existing shepherds were failing in their roles… just like the shepherds from their parents' and grandparents' generation.Before we look at the description of these bad shepherds and God's judgment, let me try to orient you to the chapter as a whole. If you look at the first 3 verses, they are written as poetry. You see that? That connects them to chapter 10… last week's focus. The passive failure of Israel's shepherds and the active shepherding of the Lord, who is the true Shepherd. These first 3 verses of chapter 11 return to the theme of the failed shepherds, but this time focusing on God's judgment. If you look at the end of chapter 11, you'll see more poetry. And it's a continuation of God's judgment on the shepherds. So, chapter 11 begins and ends with God's judgment on Judah's failed shepherds.And notice that the middle section of chapter 11. It's all narrative. In it, God asked Zechariah to act out a drama for the people. It's a live illustration of the failed shepherds and the result. Next week, we're going to dive into the role play. This morning, I included some of the middle section because it describes the evil of the unfaithful shepherds. It helps us to understand why God was so angry.Hopefully that gives you a helpful overview. 1. The Active Failure of Judah's Shepherds (Zechariah 11:5, 15-16)Ok, let's consider the active failure of Judah's shepherds. What were they doing and why? …As we get into it, it's pretty bad. Look at how verses 5 describe the shepherds. “Those who buy them slaughter them and go unpunished.” These shepherds were figuratively buying sheep to slaughter them… to kill them. They didn't care about the sheep. No, they cared about themselves. The failed shepherds were in the business of human trafficking. Metaphorically, I mean. They were buying and selling sheep, using and abusing them all for their own gain. To build up their power and money. In that way, they were slowly killing the sheep.If you jump down to verse 16, we get even more details about what these shepherds were doing and not doing. By the way, this is the end of the role play section. God had asked Zechariah to role play one of the failed shepherds. This shepherd, it says, “…does not care for those being destroyed, or seek the young or heal the maimed or nourish the healthy, but devours the flesh of the fat ones, tearing off even their hoofs.”It's a horrible description. This example shepherd was not loving his sheep. He was not caring for them, or seeking to heal them, or nourishing his sheep, but instead, it says devouring their flesh – tearing off their hoofs. It's awful. But what makes it worse is their hypocrisy. Back up to verse 6. It says, “those who sell them say, ‘Blessed be the Lord, I have become rich,' and their own shepherds have no pity on them” In their depraved minds, they had the audacity to thank God for the results of their detestable actions.One commentator I read put it this way: “The leadership in Israel had become predatory and self-serving, exploiting others for their own benefit. They were like self-absorbed shepherds who callously raised and slaughtered their sheep for monetary gain and then praised the Lord for his generosity!” It's so egregious and damnable.At our denomination's annual assembly this year, just over two weeks ago, we received a new study report. Its focus is on domestic abuse and sexual assault. It's not an analysis of whether abuse is happing in our churches. Rather its guidance to the church on how to care for and minister to those who have experienced abuse. For pastors and elders, how to faithfully shepherd and protect those who are actively experiencing abuse. And how to confront and respond to the abusers. It's very helpful. In the report, there's an entire section titled “the misuse of spiritual authority.” It covers how to recognize spiritual abuse in the church and respond.To quote the report: “Spiritual abuse is an attempt to exert power and control over someone using religion, faith, or beliefs.... Spiritual abuse aims to solidify the power, prestige, and gratification of the abuser.”And the report gets specific. It lists ways that spiritual abuse may be manifested:• Emotional or psychological manipulation based on Scripture,• Physical and sexual assault, • Financial exploitation, • Haughty, manipulative, demeaning, humiliating, accusatory, belittling, or shaming speech and/or behavior, • Intimidation, coercion, and demand for conformity to non-biblical standards. When a pastor or elder in the church uses his position of authority to do any of these things, he's failing his sheep and worse, spiritually, emotionally, or physically killing them.It's detestable and God hates it.2. God's Judgment on them (Zechariah 11:1-3, 17)That's why God was so furious at Israel's shepherds. They were using and abusing God's sheep for their own appetites and selfish glory. Their slaughter of God's sheep deserves his full wrath. It defames his name. That's why God's judgment at the beginning and end of the chapter is so intense.If you look at the first three verses, it may not make sense at first. It speaks of cedars, and cypress, and oaks. Those are all types of trees. Lebanon is mentioned in verse 1. Lebanon was known for its cypress and cedar trees. Bashan is mentioned in verse 2. Bashan was known for its oak trees.As a comparison, think of the giant redwoods of the pacific northwest. Tall, and large, each with its own glory, and towering over the forest. But look what happens to the majestic trees in verses 1 and 2. They were consumed by fire, they fell, and they were felled, meaning cut down. They were all burned or fallen. This is God's judgment on the unfaithful shepherds. Verse 3 tells us that. “The sound of the wail of the shepherds, for their glory is ruined.” The second half of 3 is similar. This time it's the lush vegetation and trees near the Jordan river. That's what the “thicket” refers to. It has all come to ruin and destruction.God will harshly judge these corrupt shepherds. And if you didn't get it the first time, God gets quite explicit down in verse 17. “Woe to my worthless shepherd, who deserts the flock! May the sword strike his arm and his right eye! Let his arm be wholly withered, his right eye utterly blinded!”That word “woe” in the Hebrew is a grave warning. It implies impending doom and condemnation. Woe to them, the worthless shepherds.One of the things we've seen over and over in Zechariah is how it points to Jesus and salvation. In fact, the second half of Zechariah parallels the week leading up to Jesus' death on the cross. In chapter 9, we read and considered the prophecy of Jesus riding into Jerusalem on a donkey. We call that the triumphal entry. Next week, we'll consider the prophecy of Judas betrayal with 30 pieces of silver. The week after, chapter 12, how Jesus would be pierced.Well, the parallel of the failed shepherds in these chapters is fulfilled in the failure of the Pharisees and scribes. They were the religious leaders in Jesus' day. And they were doing the very thing that Zechariah prophesied against and warned. We read part of Matthew chapter 23 earlier in the service. And actually, turn there. It's page 984 in the church Bible.We didn't read the whole chapter because of the length. But notice it uses that same warning, “woe.” 7 times! “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!” And Jesus language is so condemning. He called them blind fools, serpents, brood of vipers, whitewashed tombs. He said that their proselytes are twice as much a child of hell as they are. Over and over he spelled out the ways in which they degraded the people for their own self-indulgence, and all the ways that they killed God's righteous ones and his prophets.Let's take a brief tangent. Jump down to Matthew 23 verse 35. It talks about the blood that they shed. It goes all the way back to Abel in Genesis 4. But then look who it includes. Again, verse 35. “…the blood of Zechariah the son of Barachiah, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar.” That reference to Zechariah son of Barachiah is a reference to our Zechariah. The one who wrote the book of Zechariah.Now, it's possible that this is a transcription error. Some of your Bibles note that. It may say in the margin that not all manuscripts include “son of Barachiah.” We don't have the original manuscript to confirm whether it's there or not. The reason this may be a transcription error is that in 2 Chronicles 24, a different Zechariah was killed in the temple. That Zechariah was a priest, son of Jehoida. So, a scribe may have incorrectly added “son of Berechiah” to a later manuscript. To be sure, it's possible that our Zechariah was also killed in the temple, just like the earlier Zechairah. I think that is very feasible. The reason I wanted to mention it is because it's a question that comes up in the study of Zechariah.Ok, back to Matthew 23 as a whole. The parallel is clear. Israel's shepherds failed in the past. In Zechariah 11, God pronounced a “woe” upon them. And in Matthew 23, Jesus reveals their continued failures and pronounced his “woes” upon them. What is really clear in both is how God hates religious hypocrisy. It's in the top tier of things that God hates. God's warning for leaders in the church is clear. It's all throughout Scripture. Look back at our confession of faith this morning. The catechism question is, “what are the sins of superiors?” In other words, what are the sins of leaders? The list is long and the supporting scripture references are even longer. God desires all who lead to lead with faithfulness to the call, and to forgo all the temptations of sin.That's a warning for us. Certainly, it's a warning for all pastors and elders in the church. But we can also extrapolate that out beyond just the shepherds. We can include teachers and leaders in the church. In the book of James, God warns all teachers in the church. It says, “Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness.” That judgment will be based on whether teachers are faithful to teach and care for the souls of those whom they are teaching. The judgment for leaders in the church will be on how they care for and protect their sheep.But this is also a broad warning for the church. It is the church who raises up shepherds to lead and guide. So, when her shepherds fail, the church is partly to blame. Notice back in Zechariah 11, verse 6, it wasn't just the failed shepherds who were judged. No, it says, “For I will no longer have pity on the inhabitants of this land, declares the Lord.” In other words, the failure of the leaders were in part due to the failure of the people. That means we are broadly responsible to raise up qualified shepherds. And one qualification is having hearts tuned in the spiritual needs of the body… and whose character matches his gifts. That means it's not just the outward ability to lead and teach that qualifies someone to shepherd, but it's also the inward heart to care and serve and love and protect. We need to raise up shepherds who love the Lord, who are committed to Christ, and who are motivated by the Gospel. And to be clear, the Gospel is believing in God's work of salvation which has been accomplished through Jesus' life, death, and resurrection. To say it in a different way, the very center of a shepherd should not be himself. No, the very center of a shepherd should be the hope that he has in Jesus, his desire to give God the glory, and serve his people.Last week, we considered Jesus. We considered how he fulfilled the chapter 10 picture of the good shepherd. How he followed through on all those things to protect, and guide, and care for his sheep. And how he ultimately gave his life for his sheep. I don't want to be redundant but that certainly applies to this chapter as well. What a striking contrast. Foolish shepherds who were killing their sheep contrasted with the good shepherd, our Lord, who laid down his life for his sheep, so that his sheep may live.Let me connect that directly to our text. Even though Jesus was a perfectly faithful shepherd who cared for his sheep, he's the one who underwent the judgment that the faithless shepherds deserved. Furthermore, he himself was the lamb who was slaughtered, in the place of the sheep who were being slaughtered. The worthless shepherds were feeding on their sheep… but Jesus fed his sheep. He gave his life so that they may feed upon him and live.ConclusionAs we come to a conclusion, I want to go back to our denomination's study report. It uses a phrase over and over in the ministry to those suffering. It's the phrase “Redemptive Shepherding.” The report is clear in how it defines that phrase. It is to “bring redemption and light to circumstances, and to display the gospel to those who hurt.” To be sure, the report gives helpful and practical steps to minister to needs and to protect the abused, but it also emphasizes the ministry of the Gospel in the work of shepherding. Even though the report focuses on abuse and assault, the idea of redemptive shepherding is a broader shepherding tasks for all in the church… • It includes shepherding people into the family of God… into the church, which gives people true belonging and identity because we are unified by the Gospel.• It means shepherding with the Gospel promise that we are without condemnation. There is no more condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. • Redemptive shepherding includes the hope of Gospel. The Gospel is more than just our reconciliation to God, it's also lasting hope. It's future grace in eternity with God. The hope and peace that sustains us in life.• And redemptive shepherding points to our status before God because of Jesus. Our shame and the weight of sin have been replaced with honor and forgiveness. A good shepherd will lift up his sheep in this truth.A shepherd who focuses in on these Gospel promises, while caring for and protecting his sheep, is a shepherd who is faithfully fulfilling God's call. In fact, he's doing the opposite of what the unfaithful shepherds were doing. These redemptive promises lead to life and not death. They give us a sure foundation so that the sheep are not scattered. And they point to God and the Gospel, and are not self-serving.So for our church, and really, the broader community in Christ, may we seek out faithful shepherds who serve and love the flock in the name of Christ and for the sake of the Gospel, and may we reject unfaithful shepherds whom God rejects.
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My guest today is Anne Macksoud. Anne is an educator, documentary filmmaker and by my accounts, an inspiring activist. My Aunt Hilly (Hilary Carr Jones), who was thrilled to recently reconnect with her high school friend, Anne, after 62 years, knew I would also feel a kindred spirit connection with Anne and her meaningful work. Saddened by the suffering they saw around them, Anne and her business partner, John Anckel created a film production company in 1985 called ‘Old Dog Documentaries', which is still thriving. “Their films are about the subtleties of the human experience and the complexities of our collective challenges.” Woven through education and activism, Anne and John's documentaries cover social justice, climate change, spirituality and aging. Check out the show notes to find links to Anne's website, films, and trailers. I am confident you too, will resonate with Anne's vitality, humility, wisdom and her compassionate, courageous heart so clearly infused in all her films. Enjoy the podcast! Links: Old Dog Documentaries Link to an 8 minute film Anne made about a BLM vigil in her hometown of Woodstock, VT Link to trailer “Grow Old Along With Me” Joanna Macy, "The Work That Reconnects" @AniPemaChodron (IG)
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