Podcasts about shoeboxes

Clair and Wesley, students from First Assembly Christian School in Memphis, TN, provide details on their service with Operation Christmas Child of Samaritan's Purse. FACS broke their record by collecting over “500 Shoeboxes” this year through a joint effort among student's Pre-K-12 grades! Recently, Clair and Wesley joined a team of hundreds of volunteers at the Processing Center in Atlanta to ship the boxes to children around the world. The mission of Operation Christmas Child is to demonstrate God's love in a tangible way to children in need around the world. Through this project, Samaritan's Purse partners with the local church worldwide to share the Good News of Jesus Christ and make disciples of the nations. This show originally aired 12/11/24

Clair and Wesley, students from First Assembly Christian School in Memphis, TN, provide details on their service with Operation Christmas Child of Samaritan's Purse. FACS broke their record by collecting over “500 Shoeboxes” this year through a joint effort among student Pre-K-12 grades! Recently, Clair and Wesley joined a team of hundreds of volunteers at the Processing Center in Atlanta to ship the boxes to children around the world. The mission of Operation Christmas Child is to demonstrate God's love in a tangible way to children in need around the world. Through this project, Samaritan's Purse partners with the local church worldwide to share the Good News of Jesus Christ and make disciples of the nations.

I love filling shoeboxes with gifts for Operation Christmas Child. My kids fill a box for a child their age, and we have the best time filling these boxes! My son, Jonny joins me on this episode to discuss some of his favorite things to put in the shoeboxes.  Kids who receive these boxes also hear the gospel message, and this is a great way to partner in sharing the love of Jesus with others!    https://www.samaritanspurse.org/   Training Them Wisely: https://www.trainingthemwisely.com/ Scripture quotations are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. The ESV text may not be quoted in any publication made available to the public by a Creative Commons license. The ESV may not be translated in whole or in part into any other language. Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/mood-maze/trendsetter License code: QG9F8BI91PJEEH5D

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 A Nashville, Tennessee-based investment firm has purchased the Town Center Commons shopping center for $13 million. The deal for 615 Ventures to purchase the 72,000-square-foot property at 725 Barrett Parkway from Atlanta-based investment firm Ardent was announced Tuesday by Franklin Street, the real estate firm that brokered the deal. Town Center Commons is south of Barrett Parkway and west of Interstate 75. It is anchored by Public Lands, a new outdoor and sporting goods concept from Dick's Sporting Goods. Other retailers at the property include Five Below, The Original Mattress Factory, Affordable Dentures & Implants, Town Center Nails, K-Town Vapor Lounge, Automation Personnel Services and Pinch of Spice. The property also includes a vacant 2,880-square-foot “end-cap unit,” a storefront at one end of the shopping center. Amazon will close its Kennesaw warehouse in April, according to a filing the company made with the Georgia Department of Labor last week. The warehouse employs 219 workers. The online retailer is set to close its ATL5 facility at 4190 Jiles Road on April 1 of next year, Tonya Hallet, Amazon's vice president of people experience and technology solutions, said in a letter to the labor department and Kennesaw Mayor Derek Easterling. Hallet said 219 employees will lose their jobs as a result of the closure, with four waves of layoffs set to begin December 27 and continue until the April 1 closing date. The letter from Hallet, sent in accordance with the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, said employees impacted by the closure “have been offered internal transfer opportunities at Amazon.” Amazon spokeswoman Betsy Harden confirmed Amazon's filing with the labor department was related to the closure of Fabric.com. The online fabric retailer, purchased by Amazon in 2008, moved from a Marietta warehouse off Northwest Parkway to the Jiles Road location in 2012. Harden said that, in addition to internal transfer opportunities, Amazon is providing all affected employees with severance pay. Amazon closed Fabric.com on October 20, with the trade group Craft Industry Alliance first reporting news of the closure on October 19.   Among the questions elementary school students have about Atlanta Braves outfielder Michael Harris II: Does he have a girlfriend? What is his favorite video game? Is he famous? The answers are yes, “Call of Duty” and maybe, depending on who you ask. On Wednesday, more than 50 Braves employees, including Harris, the National League Rookie of the Year, visited Green Acres Elementary school in Smyrna. Harris visited three classrooms, fielding questions from students. Meanwhile, volunteers from the Braves did landscaping work, painted, and packed bags with food and snacks for kids to take home over the holiday break. One hundred students across first, second and third grades were chosen by their teachers to receive a free bike from Academy Sports and Outdoors, based on their attendance, behavior and hard work. The gestures came after Green Acres was adopted by the Atlanta Braves Foundation for the 2022-23 school year as its inaugural “Hank Aaron All-Star School.” Through the program, the foundation looks to provide the school with teacher and classroom support, facility improvements and student engagement. Braves foundation executive director Danielle Bedassee estimated the Braves Foundation has put around $30,000 toward the school. The foundation contributes to Green Acres' food pantry, is designing a break room for teachers and plans to add a projector screen in the school cafeteria. Corporate partners of the Braves have also chipped in. RaceTrac donated $25 gift cards to all of the teachers, and Omni Hotel at The Battery Atlanta gave a free two-night stay to fourth-grade teacher Monica Brooks, who was chosen for the honor by Green Acres Principal Ashley Mize. Marietta​​​​​​​​​-area volunteers are celebrating the collection of gift-filled shoeboxes that will send the message to children around the world: God loves you, and you're not forgotten! Thousands of volunteers contributed to Operation Christmas Child, a project of Samaritan's Purse by packing shoeboxes filled with toys, school supplies and hygiene items. The global Christmas project will deliver these gifts to children in need. Although drop-off locations have closed, there is still time to share hope and love with children overseas by packing a gift-filled shoebox online. Shoeboxes built online go to some of the hardest-to-reach areas in the world. Those who prefer the convenience of online shopping can browse samaritanspurse.org/buildonline to select gifts matched to a child's specific age and gender, then finish packing the virtual shoebox by adding a photo and personal note of encouragement. Operation Christmas Child, a project of Samaritan's Purse, seeks to demonstrate God's love in a tangible way to children in need around the world. Since 1993, they have collected and delivered more than 198 million gift-filled shoeboxes to children in more than 170 countries and territories. This year, Operation Christmas Child will collect its 200-millionth shoebox. Elections for the new city of Mableton's mayor and six-member city council are scheduled for March 21, 2023, according to Cobb Elections Director Janine Eveler. Eveler said the special election will be officially called on December 30 by the Cobb Board of Elections. Candidate qualifying will be held over three days at the main elections office at in Marietta. It will begin Wednesday, January 18, at 8:30 a.m. and end Friday, Jan. 20, at 4:30 p.m. The hours for qualifying are set for 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. each day. Qualifying fees will be $900 for mayoral candidates and $600 for council candidates, to be paid by cash, personal check, money order or cashier's check made out to Cobb County Board of Elections and Registration. Candidates must meet the qualifications laid out in the bill signed by Gov. Brian Kemp in April that put the Mableton cityhood referendum on November's general election ballot. Candidates for both mayor and city council must be at least 21 years old and have lived within the city's boundaries for at least 12 months immediately prior to the election. City council candidates must have lived in the council district in which they are running for at least 12 months immediately prior to the election. Terms for the first council will be staggered, per the city charter, with three members serving from March 2023-December 2025, while the other three will serve from March 2023-December 2027. All members of successive councils will serve four-year terms, and no elected officials in Mableton will be permitted to serve more than three consecutive terms. Council members will be elected by the residents of the district they are running to represent, while the mayor will be elected citywide. The deadline to register to vote before the Mableton elections is February 21. Early voting will start February 27. An early voting schedule will be published on the Cobb elections website. As national signing day approaches, three more Cobb County athletes made their commitments to where they will continue their college careers. Kennesaw Mountain offensive lineman Connor Lew switched his commitment from Miami to Auburn, Hillgrove linebacker Zion Rutledge chose Chattanooga and McEachern basketball standout Jamichael Davis will play for Rutgers. Lew, a 6-foot-3, 280-pound center had 25 Division I offers when the four-star recruit selected Miami in August over Auburn, Georgia and Clemson. On Tuesday, he changed his mind. Lew's long-term goals include going into the aviation field, and Auburn's program has ties with Atlanta-based Delta. Rutledge chose Chattanooga, a regular leader of the Southern Conference, over Wofford and South Carolina State, among others. The 6-foot, 220-pound Region 3AAAAAAA Defensive Player of the Year led Class AAAAAAA in tackles during the regular season and finished the year with 160 tackles, 11 tackles for loss, 3½ sacks and two forced fumbles. Chattanooga traditionally has one of the best wrestling programs in the South and is a consistent contender to win the SoCon championship, and Rutledge could add to that success. He won the Class AAAAAAA state title at 220 pounds last season and went 45-2. Davis, a three-star recruit, is in his first season with McEachern after transferring from Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe, where he averaged 22 points and 12 rebounds per game as a junior. The 6-foot-2, 160-pound point guard has helped McEachern get off to a 7-4 start this season, playing one of the most difficult schedules in the state. Rutgers found Davis when Scarlet Knights coach Steve Pikiell and assistant coach Brandin Knight were scouting McEachern teammate Ace Bailey at an AAU tournament over the summer. They liked Davis' competitiveness and effort at both ends of the floor, as well as his ability to drive and finish in the lane. #CobbCounty #Georgia #LocalNews      -            -            -            -            -            The Marietta Daily Journal Podcast is local news for Marietta, Kennesaw, Smyrna, and all of Cobb County.             Subscribe today, so you don't miss an episode! MDJOnline            Register Here for your essential digital news.            https://www.chattahoocheetech.edu/  https://cuofga.org/ https://www.esogrepair.com/ https://www.drakerealty.com/           Find additional episodes of the MDJ Podcast here.             This Podcast was produced and published for the Marietta Daily Journal and MDJ Online by BG Ad Group   For more information be sure to visit https://www.bgpodcastnetwork.com      See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Thomas Blount and Elena Nicholson from Operation Christmas Child stop by to discuss Shoeboxes.  Copyright WGNR Radio 2022See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jim Kelly and his family from the Ottawa region share their history & contribution to Shoeboxes.

Here's a breakdown of the articles we've featured in this podcast: (1) Our feature spotlight today is from Minidoka County where Mike Wilkins farms with his family. Of all the jobs on the farm, Wilkins says his favorite is operating the sugarbeet digger. Freelancer Julia McCarthy tells us his story. (2) As water becomes ever more valuable to Idaho, a group of ag producers consistently evaluate proposed increases to help legislators, the public and the Public Utilities Commission understand what's at stake for irrigators. Learn more about the Idaho Irrigation Pumpers Association.  (3) Our next guest knows all things market related – Clark Johnston. Well, he'd probably argue that he doesn't know ALL things, but studying historical trends can certainly inform tomorrows choices – in any market. The real difficulty, Clark says, is remaining calm through turbulent times. (4) “Shoeboxes and coffee cans” pretty well sums up humorist Michele Coleman's column. Where else would you find a pinewood derby car pushed up against two gift cards to the local farm supply store and business cards from tractor salesmen but a farmer's pocket and keepsake cleanout?

To learn more about Jaime and her book, Sunroofs and Shoeboxes, visithttps://thesweetlife.cohttps://www.instagram.com/jaimeleemathewsJaime L. Mathews is the author of Sunroofs and Shoeboxes, a collection of the little nuggets of wisdom she has found in the little things of everyday life. Educated as a journalist and a holistic health educator, Jaime has had an eclectic career path that gave her the tool kit to become a mother. The journey of writing Sunroofs and Shoeboxes prepared Jaime for motherhood and helped her find the little nuggets of happiness when she was in the throes of having twin newborns. Jaime, her husband, and their five children live on a farm in California.

To learn more about Jaime and her book, Sunroofs and Shoeboxes, visithttps://thesweetlife.cohttps://www.instagram.com/jaimeleemathewsJaime L. Mathews is the author of Sunroofs and Shoeboxes, a collection of the little nuggets of wisdom she has found in the little things of everyday life. Educated as a journalist and a holistic health educator, Jaime has had an eclectic career path that gave her the tool kit to become a mother. The journey of writing Sunroofs and Shoeboxes prepared Jaime for motherhood and helped her find the little nuggets of happiness when she was in the throes of having twin newborns. Jaime, her husband, and their five children live on a farm in California.

The Encouragement Engineering podcast offers listeners the ability to combat the negativity that inundates our daily lives with a positive perspective and positive actions. Our guest today is Jaime Mathews. Jaime L. Mathews is the author of Sunroofs and Shoeboxes, a collection of the little nuggets of wisdom she has found in the little things of everyday life. Educated as a journalist and a holistic health educator, Jaime has had an eclectic career path that gave her the tool kit to become a mother. The journey of writing Sunroofs and Shoeboxes prepared Jaime for motherhood and helped her find the little nuggets of happiness when she was in the throes of having twin newborns. Jaime, her husband, and their five children live on a farm in California. Listen as we discuss: Gratitude Life Challenges Perspective Parenting Websites: https://thesweetlife.co/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jaimeleemathews/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jaimeleemathews Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1737559412 Be sure to follow The Encouragement Engineering podcast at https://encouragementengineer.com or https://bobbrummspeaks.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

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In today's episode, Janice welcomes Jaime L. Mathews, author of https://amzn.to/3nh2r2Y (Sunroofs & Shoeboxes), on the podcast. Tune in for a conversation about finding gratitude in life's little moments—from a simple walk and lovely weather to parenting, purpose, and more! Connect with Jaime on her https://thesweetlife.co (Website). Follow Janice on https://www.facebook.com/janice.alpert (Facebook) and https://www.instagram.com/jjalpert/ (Instagram) Email Janice: stopdiets@aol.com Janice's Website: http://stopdiets.com/ (http://stopdiets.com) If you enjoy the podcast, please leave a positive rating and review!

Jaime is a journalist, holistic health educator and mother of 5. She is also the author of the book Sunroofs and Shoeboxes, a collection of the little nuggets of wisdom she has found in the little things of everyday life.  In this episode we talk about nutrition for kids, how to explain nutrition to your kids, how to help train and develop their pallet for healthier foods and so much more. Check Out Jaime: Book: https://www.amazon.com/Sunroofs-Shoeboxes-Journey-Unexpected-Gratitude/dp/B08YQM3X6Z ]Official website: https://thesweetlife.co/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jaimeleemathews Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jaimeleemathews Pinterest: https://www.facebook.com/jaimeleemathews Thrive Global: https://thriveglobal.com/authors/jaime-mathews/ Sass Magazine: https://sassmagazine.com/contributor/sass-contributor-jaime-mathews/ Sponsored By: Paleo Valley https://paleovalley.com/promos/realfoodology Code REALFOODOLOGY gets you 15% OFF your first order Organifi www.organifi.com/realfoodology Code REALFOODOLOGY gets you 20% Off Magic Mind http://www.magicmind.co  Code REALFOODOLOGY gets you 20% off 

Nehemiah: Confession and Intercession (1:1-11)For handouts from today's message click hereFor bulletin in PDF form click here.For today's slides click here.Introduction – Hanani's Report (1:1-3) Nehemiah's Response (1:4-10) • Weep, Mourn, Fast, and Pray (4) • Prayer • Belief that God is able (5) • Belief that God keeps His Covenant (5) • Belief that God listens and cares (6) • Belief that God forgives (6-7) • Belief that God remembers and will act (8-10) • Belief that God uses unlikely means (11)Nehemiah's Reveal (1:11) God's faithfulness drives His people to repentance and prayer.Next Steps 1. Proclaim God is faithful and praise God for His faithfulness daily.2. Confess your sins and unfaithfulness in real-time daily.3. Pray for three specific people all week. This Week's Growth GuideGod's Word is both central and critical to your spiritual growth. We invite you to utilize the Growth Guide during the week to further your application of the Truth from the message.• Monday - Nehemiah 2 • Tuesday - Nehemiah 3 • Wednesday - Nehemiah 8 • Thursday - Nehemiah 9 • Friday - Judges 5Home ChurchOur Home Churches meet weekly to facilitate quicker relational depth, study the same passage taught Sunday to help apply Scripture in the context of community, and pray with one another. Home Church helps our body seek God's best for one another. Home Church Questions• Read Nehemiah 1:1-11.• What resonates with you from the passage?• Discuss a time recently when you were “knocked off your feet” by the news you heard. What was your immediate response?• Nehemiah confesses sins for himself, his household, and his people. Is confession common in your walk with the Lord?• What is repentance? How is repentance different from crying out?• Share something you are currently asking God to “remember and act” on for yourself or for others.FinancesWeekly Budget 28,846Giving For 10/17 30,730Giving For 10/24 30,816YTD Budget 490,385YTD Giving 485,114 over (5,272) Generations CampaignTotal Pledge 1,535,065Received-to-date 1,614,317 Our 2021 Operation Christmas Child Season is in Full Swing! Your involvement in Operation Christmas Child is one of the easiest ways to place your fingerprints or the fingerprints of your children, on the great things God is doing across the world. Shoeboxes are Gospel opportunities God uses in church planting, multi-generation discipleship, and changing the lives of entire villages across the world. Would you consider how many boxes you and your family might be called to pack? Visit our website at http://www.fellowshipconway.org/occ for more information about how to get involved.New to Fellowship?We are so glad that you joined the Fellowship Family to worship this morning. If you are joining us for the first time or have been checking us out for a few weeks, we are excited you are here and would love to meet you. Please fill out the “Connect” section of your bulletin, tear it off, and bring it to the Connection Center in the Atrium, we would love to say “hi” and give you a gift. Griefshare - Surviving the HolidaysWondering how you will survive the weeks surrounding Thanksgiving and Christmas? Are you dreading these holidays, knowing that everything has changed and that happy memories from past years can't be recreated? The Surviving the Holidays seminar is especially for people who are grieving a loved one's death. Saturday, November 6, from 10 a.m. to noon, followed by lunch. For more information, contact Joe and Mary Garner at 469-556-8962. The cost is $5, register at www.fellowshipconway.org/register. Fellowship Family HikeFellowship Kids Families, put on your hiking clothes, pack a lunch, and join us at Woolly Hollow on Saturday, November 13, starting at 10:00 a.m. This is an event for kids of all ages. We will meet at the playground and pick a trail to go explore. Come join in the fun! Fellowship 101We invite you to join us Sunday morning, November 14, to learn more about Fellowship. This is a great opportunity to learn about our mission, values, and ministries. If you're new to Fellowship, mark your calendars for Sunday, November 14, 9:00 a.m. (conference room) to hear what God is doing and where He is taking us. During this time you will get to meet some of our ministry leaders and ask questions that will help you in your search for a home church. We're excited to meet you! Register at fellowshipconway.org/register. A Place For YouFinding just the right area to serve can sometimes be intimidating, but knowing what opportunities are available and the time commitment is to fulfill the role could help you make the right connection. Go to fellowshipconway.org/serve to see current and ongoing service opportunities for a good fit and try out what interests you. Daylight Saving TimeRemember to set your clock back one hour next Saturday, November 6, and join us for worship at 9:00 and 10:45 a.m. We will have the coffee on!

Finding joy in the littlest things throughout your day can make a huge impact on your overall attitude. Jaime Mathews, a journalist, author, and mom of five put together all of her joys into her upcoming book, Sunroofs and Shoeboxes. She explains how the smallest things that we take for granted each day, could be the things that we are grateful for day in and day out. About the Guest: Jaime L. Mathews is the author of Sunroofs and Shoeboxes, a collection of the little nuggets of wisdom she has found in the little things of everyday life. Educated as a journalist and a holistic health educator, Jaime has had an eclectic career path that gave her the tool kit to become a mother. The journey of writing Sunroofs and Shoeboxes prepared Jaime for motherhood and helped her find the little nuggets of happiness when she was in the throes of having twin newborns. Jaime, her husband, and their five children live on a farm in California. thesweetlife.co/ www.facebook.com/jaimeleemathews www.facebook.com/The-Sweet-Life-Co-101522212135126 www.instagram.com/jaimeleemathews/?hl=en www.pinterest.ca/jaimeleemathews/_saved/ thriveglobal.com/authors/jaime-mathews/ sassmagazine.com/nervous-about-the-return-to-school/ thriveglobal.com/stories/5-ways-to-manifest-your-goals-in-the-midst-of-your-kids-soccer-season/ About the Host: Following the crumbs in the chaos is a full time job. As a busy mom of three, a wife to a traveling hubby, and keeping it weird in Austin, Texas, it's safe to say that my life is never boring. In addition to running my coaching business as C'N'C's CEO, I'm a certified coach for a premier virtual fitness and nutrition program helping others feel better while sustaining a healthy lifestyle. My mom and dad are thrilled that I'm putting my Exercise Science degree to good use. Along with my experience training pro athletes, S.W.A.T. members, and a high school football team, I gained 10+ years experience as the Director of Marketing building multiple court reporting companies. Lastly, I am a published writer, Content Coordinator, and Account Executive for a publication by Best Version Media. They even gave me a monthly “How to” column where I teach others how to be more self-sufficient with common household tasks. Every woman should know how their home functions and what to do if something malfunctions, man or no man. With my husband on the road, searching “How To” on the internet has transformed me into a “Mommy MacGyver”. “I don't know how you have the time.” “You're like a Supermom!” These are common things that people say, but the truth is that life hasn't always been easy or pretty. Even with the bumps, I always try to find the humor in everything because laughter is good for the soul and you should never take life too seriously….where's the fun in that? www.chaosncookies.com https://www.instagram.com/heathersteinker https://www.facebook.com/heathersteinker https://linktr.ee/hsteinker https://chaosncookies.com/shop Thanks for listening! Thanks so much for listening to our podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and think that others could benefit from listening, please share it using the social media buttons on this page. Do you have some feedback or questions about this episode? Leave a comment in the section below! Subscribe to the podcast If you would like to get automatic updates of new podcast episodes, you can subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts or Stitcher. You can also subscribe in your favorite podcast app. Leave us an Apple Podcasts review Ratings and reviews from our listeners are extremely valuable to us and greatly appreciated. They help our podcast rank higher on Apple Podcasts, which exposes our show to more awesome listeners like you. If you have a minute, please leave an honest review on Apple Podcasts.

Jaime L. Mathews is the author of Sunroofs and Shoeboxes, a collection of the little nuggets of wisdom she has found in the little things of everyday life. Educated as a journalist and a holistic health educator, Jaime has had an eclectic career path that gave her the tool kit to become a mother. The journey of writing Sunroofs and Shoeboxes prepared Jaime for motherhood and helped her find the little nuggets of happiness when she was in the throes of having twin newborns. Jaime, her husband, and their five children live on a farm in California.website: https://thesweetlife.co/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jaimeleemathewsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/jaimeleemathewsSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/bravingthejourney/membership)

Learn more about Operation Christmas Child and our participation in their Shoebox Project.

Shoeboxes full of invoices and receipts ignited the idea of Service Titan for Ara Mahdessian, the company’s CEO and cofounder. An Armenian immigrant from Iran, Ara came to the U.S. with his family as a young boy. He watched his parents assimilate to their new country while toiling into late hours of the night in order to give their family a good life. Their hard work paid off. Ara attended Stanford where he studied software engineering. He and his cofounder, Vahe Kuzoyan, also a software engineer, applied their knowledge to create automated software for home and commercial service businesses like plumbing and electrical. This includes scheduling, dispatching, payroll, recording, payments, invoicing, etc. Hear why Ara feels having an engineering background makes him a better leader, what to look for in investment partners and the values he emphasizes at Service Titan to ensure a high-quality, supportive and productive company culture.

"I agree. But not with a lot of passion." A Christmas Eve spectactular! Join us as we dive into Christmas Mumsnet and discuss the lack of realism of flying reindeers, paying Dr. Christmas to decorate your house for the holidays and the 2018 masterpiece, CHRISTMAS MADE TO ORDER, Christmas "virtue signalling" and propping up charities through shoeboxes, putting Christmas jammies into a Christmas Room 101 Hell-dimension, and our holiday gift guide for 30 year-old vegan hipster men.

WRMB's very own News Director, Jill Duquette joins Mornings with Eric and Brigitte on Monday to give us a report on what happens to our Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes when they are collected and sent to the official OCC Packing Center in Atlanta, Georgia.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In our culture, we often take so much for granted. For one elementary age boy growing up in the Ukraine the gift of an Operation Christmas Child Shoe Box meant the world to he and his siblings! Can you imagine sharing a toothbrush between your siblings? The matchbox car that your child has a whole bag of was a rare treasure when Vlad was growing up. Even a bar of Dove soap can become invaluable to someone who has never seen soap so white before! Pop that bag of popcorn and listen in as Rebecca Poisson, Manger of Corporate Partnerships, and Vladimir, an Operation Christmas Child recipient, share about the impact a simple shoe box has when packed with school supplies, toothbrushes and other special toys for boys and girls around the world. You can find out more about Operation Christmas Child and how to pack a shoe box at Samaritanspurse.org.Interested in checking out Vladimir's business in the US? It's Ukramedia. He and his twin brother launched this motion graphics business and have great tools, resources and mentoring opportunities for those interested in Motion Video Graphics. Ready to create meaningful faith based memories each month? Check out Faith and Family Box at www.faithandfamilybox.com.

This week, we chat with Daniel Delgado from Trade Space. Our conversation dives into starting up a new business, supporting others, and the importance of having the right attitude. Daniel also tells us about his experiences with past failures and what he's learned, and let's us in on where Trade Space is headed in the years ahead. Then on The Podium (now with a more appropriate introduction!), your two favourite hosts talk about their top 3 inventions before their time. Napster even gets an honourable (somewhat) mention. Beep boop chhrsssshhhh! (That's the sound of your internet downloading this episode). Check it out today on our website at www.thebizdojo.com, Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. Don't forget to check out our Insta: @bizdojopodcast and on Facebook (www.facebook.com/thebizdojo).  Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/thebizdojo)

Shoeboxes were important to us youngsters growing up in Kilcullen in the early 1950s. For their original purpose they had no interest to us at all. It was what they could become. Produced by Brian Byrne. Graphic by Don Davis, courtesy NASA and JPL.

In the final deep-dive of the “going paperless” topic, the Brothers some workflow options for scanning, storing, and organizing your digital information. Services/applications mentioned: Evernote Dropbox IFTTT Scanbot CamScanner BiTs (Brothers in Tech Suggestions) Brian: Genius Scan, a great scanning app including automatic capture, automatic export (with paid + level), and tagging. Alan: Shoeboxed, a service in which you send off your paper (e.g., receipts) to be scanned and organized Have any feedback for the Brothers regarding this topic (or future topics)? Email info@themesh.tv

In the final deep-dive of the “going paperless” topic, the Brothers some workflow options for scanning, storing, and organizing your digital information. Services/applications mentioned: Evernote Dropbox IFTTT Scanbot CamScanner BiTs (Brothers in Tech Suggestions) Brian: Genius Scan, a great scanning app including automatic capture, automatic export (with paid + level), and tagging. Alan: Shoeboxed, a service in which you send off your paper (e.g., receipts) to be scanned and organized Have any feedback for the Brothers regarding this topic (or future topics)? Email info@themesh.tv

Kimberley Woodhouse, volunteers in the role of Media Support, with Operation Christmas Child. She reminds us that National Shoebox Collection Week is November 18-25, and lets us know how and where our Shoeboxes will be collected for world-wide distribution to children in need. You can also find more information on OCC at www.samaritanspurse.com

Do you have an item or two (or seven) in your closet that you’ve held on to for a long time and you’re not sure why? It doesn’t fit or it’s out of style but it holds some type of significant meaning to you… whether we realize it or not… a lot of our identity, personal history, and even sometimes our self-esteem can have a significant connection to what’s hanging in our closet… we hold onto things that maybe… just maybe we should let go of. 3:50 – The Essense 101 As a child, Essense wanted to rebel against being dressed in the same outfits as her sister. Once she found her first job in retail she took full advantage of her 30% employee discount and she began to cultivate her own style. In college, Essense started to define and explore her own style, but worried people would only know her for clothing. She wanted to be known for her personality as well. Today, Essense fully embraces her personal style as a way to show others who she is. While working as a paralegal, Essense’s style would attract attention from her coworkers who requested help with shopping on lunch breaks. Sometimes the best way to start is by jumping in the deep end: Essense changed her Instagram profile to say “Paralegal by day, personal stylist by night” before she ever had her first client.   9:32 – More Than Just Hangers and Shoeboxes   Essense realized her skills could help others when her first closet organization client found healing in cleaning out a closet after a hot water heater disaster and a dramatic weight loss journey. So many of us look for control in the midst of loss and life-altering events. Often when we feel out of control, we spend our time and energy controlling our belongings or letting them control us.  Closets are a metaphor for the things in our lives that we keep hidden. When we clean out our homes, we are forced to face the things we’ve been holding onto. Essense helps transform lives by cleaning up the literal and figurative mess in people’s lives and provides structure to help her clients overcome personal obstacles.    18:40 – God and The Door in the Dining Room   Essense has a close relationship to her mother and believes there’s a very specific reason she didn’t leave home until she was 25. Through a shared dream, Essense finds confirmation of where her mom is now and where her mom will be eternally. (This part will give you chills – the good kind).   26:04 – Legacy Through Faith   Essense’s mom left a beautiful legacy of faith, and Essense honors her mom’s legacy by giving glory back to God with every step of her career. After finding her mom’s old business cards, Essense carries on her mom’s boutique with D.E.F.Y. Fashion and a unique take on camo jackets.   29: 47- Winning the Super Bowl   Without any connection to the NFL, Essense’s jackets show up at the Super Bowl two years in a row. You can attract the market you want with clientele who understand the value of what you have to offer. “They could wear anything, but they chose to honor my work at a legendary moment.” Our outer appearance can be a reflection of how we feel on the inside, and Essense gives glory to God by reminding others to celebrate what makes their story unique.    

It’s the time of year where I just get MAD at one thing in my life: receipts. They just suck - they're crinkly, they pile up, but theoretically you need to save them for tax purposes for 7 years. And theoretically “scan receipts” is a thing you can do, but what if you just end up with pictures of hundreds of receipts on your phone? So I used EVERY SINGLE receipt scanning app to find out which one is best for you. Enjoy. Things we discuss on this show - When you need to save receipts and when you can throw them away- The quick hack you can use on your email to create filters for digital receipts- How to use your email for paper receipt scanning- And all the apps: Evernote, Freshbooks, Waves Receipts Scanner, Shoeboxed, and Expensify Ask us a question! We love hearing from you! Email us your financial worries or receipt victories at questions@ohmydollar.com or tweet us at @anomalily or @ohmydollar This show is made paw-sible by listeners like you We absolutely love our Purrsonal Finance Society Members who generously support Oh My Dollar with $1 or more a month on Patreon – This episode was underwritten by patron Tamsen G Association and Stephanie Powers. To learn more, you can visit ohmydollar.com/support Other Episodes You Might Like - What money goals should you focus on? - How to Conference Travel on the Cheap - How to quit your job and be freelance (Listener Questions) - What kind of employee are you? 1099 or W2? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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“Shoeboxes are a gospel opportunity.”  In this episode, Lee is joined by Gracie O’Loughlin and Yulia Shubina to discuss the power of prayer, the gift of a shoebox and the sharing of the gospel. Today, you’ll hear the girls discuss how shoeboxes and prayer transform both the giver and the children who receive them, and Yulia’s shares two sentences in her shoebox letter that changed her life.     About our Guests:  Gracie O’Loughlin serves within the Operation Christmas Child, a project of Samaritan’s Purse, where she has been for five years. She currently works as the Assistant Director of Promotions and Partnerships, where she has the opportunity to invest in the wonderful relationships between OCC and its partners. Gracie holds a passion in her heart for prayer and loves her wonderful husband of 13 years, Sean, who also serves with Samaritan’s Purse.    Yuliya Shubina received a shoebox gift in Central Asia when she was 9 years old. There were many beautiful gifts inside, but the most important item was a letter from the girl who had packed the shoebox. Yuliya and the girl exchanged letters for many years afterward, and when Yuliya came to the United States to finish high school, she was able to meet her pen pal in person. During this time, the seeds planted through a shoebox gift many years before led Yuliya to accept Christ. Today Yuliya serves with Operation Christmas Child to tell the story of God’s faithfulness in her life.    Collection Week for Operation Christmas Child is November 12-19,2018. Read more about Moms in Prayer’s relationship with Operation Christmas Child and packing recommendations;- https://momsinprayer.org/occ/ Download the MIP letter to pack in your box- https://momsinprayer.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/OCCPrayerSheet2up.pdf Operation Christmas Child- https://www.samaritanspurse.org/what-we-do/operation-christmas-child/ Samaritan’s Purse- https://www.samaritanspurse.org/ Moms in Prayer International- www.MomsInPrayer.org

We were blessed to host Pastor Mark Brumbelow and his wife Cherry from Grace Baptist Church in Brazoria Texas to share how God has used their small rural church to do some incredible things with Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes. In 2015 their church of 40 members collected 5321 shoeboxes! Their goal this year was 6975 to bring their 3 year total to 15,000 shoeboxes which is an incredible amount, then Hurricane Harvey hit their area. All but one of their church families lost their homes in the flooding from the Hurricane and yet while many of them sheltered and lived at the church, they continued to collect and pack shoeboxes. Even in the midst of the devastation they were able to surpass their goal and this year packed 8031 shoeboxes to be distributed to needy children around the world. This is their testimony from our service on November 5, 2017. At the end we were able to surprise the Brumbelow's by presenting their church a gift of $5000. from the Hurricane Relief Offering we raised on Harvest Day. Listen and be amazed and blessed by God's vision, providence and ability to still do miraculous things in and through our churches.

Sermon delivered at All Saints Kingsway on October 15, 2017

This Podcast Is Episode Number 0228, And It Will Be About Unique Ways Highly Profitable Contractors Reduce Taxes Contractors Reflect On This Year's Results As The Last Quarter Begins Going into the last Quarter of the year. Time for some basic reflection about taxes. Officers in S-Corps tend to take payroll later in the year. Now is the time if you have not already been taking payroll. Don't wait until it is time to prepare your Construction Company tax return. Next review your Estimated personal Taxes paid to the IRS. How much did you pay in taxes for the current year? Internal Revenue expects that you have paid a percentage Federal Taxes before the end of the year.   Reviewing Federal Withholding for yourself and your employees to avoid surprises when your annual taxes are filed. Contractors who file as a Sole Prop or as an LLC fining as a Sole Prop tend to forget that payroll taxes on their net income is due. I call this “Chef’s Surprise” as it is based on Net Income. Everyone wants the last few jobs to pay before the end of the year. As the Sole Prop or 1099 Contractor, the amount due will be both the employer and employee portions (combined is 15.3% + federal income taxes) Refer to your Tax Accountant about the ability to claim the employer portion as a deduction on your taxes. Time for some basic reflection about your bookkeeping methods How are you keeping track of your income and expenses? Do you use software or on a paper system? Many Contractors use Shoeboxes, Cardboard Boxes and paper bags The issue comes when your Banker, Liability Insurance Company, Worker’s Comp Insurance Company, Bonding Company or State Agency or Internal Revenue want reports. I have seen some manual systems that are quite good. I remember the days pre-computer days where I used an oversized 13 Column Pad. It worked, not a great as the multiple ledgers and from there that first version of Quicken was wonderful. Now using QuickBooks which can be customized is fantastic. Being in Washington State where sales tax is destination based – customization is the key to easy reporting.  Other states have different reporting requirements. Additional reflection is needed when multiple partners are involved Is it an active partner or someone who is behind the scenes (investment versus day-to-day activities)?  Is each partner doing what you expect them to do?  There are additional challenges when multiple partners are not actively engaged.  The net profit is divided based on the percentage of ownership. Many times, partners have different visions for the company. Growth Of The Company (How Big, How Fast) How Much Money To Take Out of Company Reinvestment Of Profits Into The Company Should They Add A Vehicle (new or used) What Tools And Equipment To Purchase Compensation For Employees Compensation For Owners Decisions Happen Every Minute For Working Construction Contractors The most frustrating situation happens when one partner is actively working in the day-to-day activities, and the other partner is a “Manager” and is practicing “Seagull Management” but is never there for the day-to-day activities. It is easy to say I’m working on the business.  Reality is that it may not have the same meaning to all partners.  Working on the business is Planning, Marketing, Doing Active Things in the business.  I have heard many stories where One Partner tells the other partner (while managing from afar) You need to be doing [fill in the blank] The sales are not that high you have plenty of time The paperwork is not that much; it will only take you 10 -15 minutes [a week, a month] to do it Or saying “After The Fact: that decisions you made were not the ones I would have made. It is easy for the person Not Doing The Work - to say, we (Meaning YOU) what should or should not have done [fill in the blank]. This happens a lot when partners are not in the same city. Or to say I can’t because you are better at [fill in the blank]. The last thing you need is for someone else to assign you a task to do. As a Construction Contractor, there is no shortage of “tasks to do” in running your Contracting Business.   These sort of challenges is one of the reasons we recommend being an S-Corp. It is easier to have a business relationship with someone that is something other than a 50-50%. It is by EXCEPTION that multiple partners will be equally invested in the company. (Time, Money and Effort). Usually, the Construction Company is weighted with one partner doing more, spending additional hours in the Construction Side of the Work to bring in the money or save on employee hours. Many times, that same partner is asking their spouse to pitch in and do the bookkeeping without pay because it will benefit them in the long run. Then it becomes two people actively working in the business for the financial benefit of one. If spouses are paid on payroll – they are valued. (It can be the gesture more than the money) As an S-Corp owner’s payroll will better reflect activity in the business. Life Happens! If one of the owners is working fewer hours due to personal reasons; there is compensation that can be more easily given to the other working owners above and beyond the net profit of the company. Easier to facilitate a Loan To Shareholder as needed. When you discuss in the beginning, it Saves “White Noise” and “Hard Feelings.” later. Years ago; I read a book that described how one partner was very upfront in saying. Why should I work so hard when I know you will? I can just sit back and get my share of the profits without doing much of anything! (not an exact quote) It was just a story, but a few times when meeting with Construction Partners that attitude has come through. Not all partnerships have problems. I know of several who have been friends and partners for decades. Partners discussed their roles and how to work together. It is awesome! I am always glad to talk to them and catch up. 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Jonathan Jackson: @rondale_sc | Ember Weekend | 201 Created Show Notes: 01:01 - 201 Created 03:09 - 2017 Ember Community Survey 14:06 - Handling Changes and Churn 27:53 - FastBoot Resources: Boots and Shoeboxes [SlideShare] Typeform EmberConf JSX Isomorphic JavaScript Ember Weekend Episode #66: Bug Integrat (with Charles Lowell) Transcript: CHARLES: Hello, everybody. Welcome to The Frontside Podcast Episode 60. My name is Charles Lowell. I'm a developer here at The Frontside. With me is Robert De Luca, also a developer. Hello, Robert. ROBERT: Hello, hello. CHARLES: Today, we actually have a meeting of the podcast minds. We have with us a very special guest, Jonathan Jackson. You probably know him from the Ember Weekend Podcast. If that's your thing, it's a great podcast. I listen to it, you should definitely check it out. Hello, Jonathan. JONATHAN: Hey, how are you doing? I'm really excited to be on the podcast. I am an occasional listener. It's similar to my own podcast where if I don't edit it, I tend not to listen to it. It's when I have long trips you guys are number one, number two right behind The Adventure Zone which is a D&D podcast. CHARLES: You worked at 201 Created. Why don't you tell us a little bit about that? It's an interesting company. JONATHAN: Actually, when we book to this podcast, I was not at 201 Created. This is a very new thing for me. I think I started right around the time of Ember Conference out in San Diego and I'm just realizing that this is not exclusively an Ember podcast. This is the first podcast I've been on where I can't just assume blanket knowledge of Ember stuff. But it's an Ember conference out in San Diego. I actually gave a talk there about FastBoot which is a server side rendering technology. Right after that, the entire 201 company which I think is four. It's very small. The entire thing, the whole crew went to do a company event and basically camped out in the mountains for a few days, which was really, really fun. But I started working there and 201 is a consultancy based out of New York but I think it's more than half is remote. I think Matt's on the West Coast, two of them are in New York and I'm in Jacksonville right now. We do a lot of really cool stuff. We worked in a lot of different companies. You can actually see the website at 201-Created.com and you can see the different clientele we worked with. But we specialized in consulting, training as well. As well as a couple of other services that we offer. It's been a real great experience. It's been very fun and also I'm learning a ton which is really cool to be in a different environment. I have done consulting for a little over four years, previously at Hashrocket. I got to tell you, consulting will get your wheels turning. It's been nice to see how different consultancy takes a stab at things. It's been super fun. CHARLES: Yeah, it's a fantastic company. I've definitely known them for a while, certainly through my involvement in the Ember community and one of the things that always struck me is just how seriously they take the community aspect of it. We were talking about just a little bit ago, it was 201 that sponsors -- well, sponsor isn't really the right word for it. It does the Ember Community Survey which I think is a practice that we're now used to in the Ember community but I think it's something that I would love to see wider communities do. Maybe you could talk a little bit about that and explain what this community survey is, why it exists and what's the knowledge that's derived from it and how do we take action on that? JONATHAN: 201 also does contribute workshops and things like that. The idea is to make Ember a more inclusive space, a place where people feel comfortable being a part of our community and a big part of that is self-reflection and realizing where you have weak points and how you can actually mend areas that are being neglected or whatever. Basically, shining a light to figure out where we need to improve and a big part of that is the community survey so figuring out what technologies are being used, figuring out what demographics are represented or under-represented and trying to figure that out. It's actually been really cool. I think this is the third community survey and it's live right now. I feel like we could probably shed a little bit about some of the questions. This year, they did a really cool thing where they actually put all of the questions before they put the survey up live. They actually asked for a comment period which is very, very Ember thing to do. CHARLES: Because I was actually going to ask about that. Who is the final arbiter of the questions that get in because part of the survey is determining you're trying to get hard metrics on a set of questions but it's the questions that you don't know that you should be asking which are really the tricky ones. JONATHAN: It was really interesting to watch the document change over time. There was a committee discussion between some of the people in core team and Matt Beale and Tom Zalman who's been doing the organizational stuff as an intern at 201 and he's been doing a fantastic job of really staying on top of it. It's a surprising amount of work to get a survey together, especially when you have a comment period so there's tons of little adjustments here and there need to be made, to wording and phrasing and also like responses. Surprisingly enough, you can actually have biases in your questions based off of the responses that are allowed because multiple choice. It's been a really interesting effort and I think trying to weigh and balance that side of things, where you want things to be worded in a way to where people can answer more honestly and without a bias coming into the question. Because the questions change year over year, trying to get data that is historically relevant so we can see what versions were being used last year and versus this year, what was your experience level with Ember last year and this year. But still make those changes that are recommended. It's an interesting balancing act. I was very interested in the process. I was trying to stay as involved as possible but I think also, Isaac was working on that as well. It's been a team effort. The survey is a very interesting aspect of the Ember community and it's only been three years but it feels like longer. CHARLES: What I love is the work. Once you actually get the survey up, the work has just begun, which clearly a lot of thought went into it, not just the questions that is very beautifully presented -- ROBERT: But the survey, what's the software that you're using to do that? JONATHAN: I think Typeform is the thing that they're using. I feel like it actually works on mobile and I have a great analytics tools. If you're doing a survey, you should come talk to me. ROBERT: Does that like track people that half-fill out a survey and exit? JONATHAN: Yeah, it does. It actually does track like -- what's the word for that -- there's a word for that. Basically, the main metric that we're looking for is people who open the form then complete it and the percentage there, that's the respondent percentage. I've actually haven't seen the metrics yet. I think I might just wait until the conference. You're exactly right, this is only the first step so once everyone fills it out, then there's a bunch of data extraction because some of these questions are open-ended and allow users to directly input their own feedback and trying to sort that and make that useful information as a lot of work and a lot of effort. It's interesting to see, of course there's some obvious graphs that are going to happen like we see transitions. It's easy to graph out the number of people using things on a time axes or the X-axis or whatever. There's some kind that are obvious but I'm actually looking forward to seeing the results. I was only really involved in the actual administration of the survey in as far as I provided some feedback before the main feedback period. But it's been really a community effort which is great because it's a community survey. That's pretty neat. CHARLES: One of the questions that I have is how do you ensure, because the only people who hear about the survey are the people who are already involved. In order to get -- I don't want to say statistically valid -- a broad and more informative data set, how do you try and balance the concern of we want to make, maybe half people exposed to this who aren't inside my community or maybe sitting on the boundary somewhere or slightly over somewhere versus at some point, if someone's an attorney for example, then we don't really care if they hear about or participate in the survey. Certainly within the developer community, which is ill defined to begin with, how do you try and draw those lines to make sure that you get the best knowledgeable dataset possible? JONATHAN: You know, I don't really know. I guess, it's the meta point that I should probably make but it will prevent me from giving my opinion. Basically, I think that since this is a community survey, it makes quite a bit of sense for the community avenues for learning about Ember to be used to actually distribute the survey itself. For instance, these podcasts, like my podcast as mentioned in the survey and now, this podcast is going to mention in the survey. I want to say, "It's going to be in Ember Weekly." That's just a guess, I don't know. But there's really avenues: Reddit, Twitter, etcetera and then the Ember blog itself. Those are the means for dispersal within the Ember community. The one metric that we get from that is what can we reach or who can we reach? How many people can be reached through the normal means? That in itself a metrics. But I think it's kind of valuable to test that every once in a while. I believe over the first two, we saw 100% increase in respondents from Year 1 to Year 2 so it'll be interesting to see from two to three to see if that number continues to increase at a really rapid clip or if we're seeing some other trend there. It is an Ember survey so we are going to assume a lot of Ember-related things. We're trying to gain insight into the Ember community so it's probably not great to put it on JavaScript Weekly, for instance and get a bunch of React developers in that. They're going to be like, "I don't use this." Why are you using Redux, they don't understand. Oh, wait, Ember Redux, what's that? That sounds up my alley. ROBERT: I did feel that form out at the survey with my experience that I've had with React recently, things that I would like to see come over to Ember. I don't know... That'd be interesting to see or I wouldn't want them to fill it out because they would, obviously ruin the data set but I think another survey with more information from other communities to see like, "What's preventing you from utilizing Ember or what are the barriers to learning it?" Maybe from other communities might be interesting. That would be cool to do cross-pollinated surveys where you can be like, "We'll do it, if you do it and then React can provide us something and vice versa. I feel like the word homogenization is bad, usually but sharing ideas is good, I think. CHARLES: If you've never experienced this in your development community, the amount of work that goes into actually analyzing the survey and trying to draw and make inferences from it is just astounding. Who does that? Is that like Matt sitting up in an ivory tower? That's was just the wrong term. Basically, he can sequester himself for a month and put on his thinking cap and just come out with these mind-blowing deductions? JONATHAN: To be honest, I wasn't here last year at 201. My suspicion is that Tom will do quite a bit of the data munging, I think is the word. Then we'll go through phases where I think Isaac and Matt are working pretty closely with the survey stuff so they'll probably do feedback loops, then eventually before anything happens, I think with EmberConf, there's usually a survey blog that comes right alongside the EmberConf thing, where you share some of the results. I think that those things will go out to core and then core will start to pick it apart, toss that around exactly and then come back and basically, you're going to try to get as many people who are pretty smart, looking at it and trying to make sure the data makes sense and honest and doing the right things the survey needs to do, in relevant, I guess is the other metric. CHARLES: Now, as part of the survey, one of the things that you mentioned was the purpose is to surface weaknesses and gaps that need to be filled. When you think about your experience and the way that you filled out the survey, obviously it's anonymous, share what you're comfortable sharing but what were some of the things that you perceived as maybe holes that need to be filled and you're hoping that the survey will bring to light. JONATHAN: That's a very interesting question. I think, the thing that I'm interested in seeing is maybe different than what I've seen. One of the things I'd really like to see the survey that bring to light -- it's probably the most important metric in my mind -- is where people are at in the upgrade process because the cadence of releases an Ember is such a big facet of what makes Ember really powerful, especially for large companies and stuff like that. But I've personally seen people get stranded in certain spaces. Usually by the time they call a consultant to help them get un-stranded, they're at a point where they're going to try to work towards pushing past it. I think this is felt primarily around the 1.13 switch. People did get stranded there and some people are still working on very large apps to push past that and I would really like to see just where the community is at right now, in general. Especially as a consultant because you come into a project and I don't necessarily know what to expect. I think on certain teams, I am always shocked I see like, "Oh, you're using beta and everything. You guys are on top of this. That's really cool. Let's do some feature [inaudible]," and you're really excited. But then other times, you get called in and they're like, "We're still using 1.13 and we have bind others in our source and could you please help us?" CHARLES: Right and it's just that mountain is just too big to cross. That's something that you see in software development as the tools that you use tend to change and for lack of a better word, rot over time. In comparison to what's more newly available, it's the phenomenon of JavaScript churn, which is known in the community at large, scope down to just one framework where you've got different versions of the framework and you've got this churn. It's been somatic for Ember to try and it has been very aggressive attacking this problem and yet still, it manages to happen. How does that work, just given the amount of attention? JONATHAN: Ember, hands down handles this better than most other JavaScript projects that I've seen. I've gone to old backbone apps throughout my career and knock out in Angular one, etcetera. I've seen the rot that we're talking about here and usually, once it gets too bad, the authors of the JavaScript libraries are unable to push it forward at all. Either band in it or end of life it and you're going to have to invest your own time to get pushed past this point. In Ember, it really strenuously disagrees with that philosophy. They try super hard. All the people in core and really the community at large, the philosophy is like, "No, we're not going to break Ember. Ember is very serious here. We're not going to leave people stranded," yet it still happens. The reason I'm curious about seeing it is really about how do we make that story like a solved problem. Is it possible to do? Is it possible for us to basically make it to where the Ember community can very honestly say, "If you choose us if you choose this framework, it will be around. There will be a path forward for you for five to ten years and that's not something you can get a promise from anywhere else." I just want to see what are the ways that we can make that promise more strong. I think, the LTS was a big step in that direction. I think that was actually last EmberConf which the LTS was announced? ROBERT: Yeah, absolutely. Definitely all of our clients have moved to LTS as rather than trying to do every six weeks because they find that much easier to upgrade in between and they're more stable. JONATHAN: They're more stable and I think it's such an easier sell like if you actually start talking about going up the pipeline and you're like, "I have to talk to my boss and my boss just to clear money. We have to clear time, etcetera." We're going to put a [inaudible] aside every six weeks to upgrade seems a little untenable for a lot of companies. I think for larger companies, it's sometimes okay because they're actually utilizing some of the edge features which is cool and I think that's a big thing. I feel like I have no real insight here but I feel like that's what LinkedIn kind of does, where they're usually pushing the boundaries because they're utilizing features like engines were first brought into LinkedIn. I think it kind of pushing it at the edge. ROBERT: If you have the new LinkedIn Ember app, if you will crack open the inspector, when I last looked, I think the beginning of this week, they had two beta versions deployed. The Ember data version, that was beta and actual Ember, it was beta. CHARLES: Usually large companies are associated with big lumbering end piece that are in terrible condition. That's actually a breath of fresh air. Shout out to LinkedIn. ROBERT: Ember Data is 2.12 canary and Ember is 2.10 Beta 2 patch so it looks like they have a patch version. JONATHAN: It doesn't surprise me that Data is being pushed. I think last I spoke to [inaudible] right around December, he was doing a lot of perf work on there so I think he's really pushing that pretty hard. There's a lot of really cool stuff like that and I feel like it kind of runs the game. You see the smaller teams who choose Ember for stability, they sometimes get stranded so I want to see if some survey data can probably correlate. You could correlate the size of your company to the version of Ember you're on. Maybe, we'll see some trends around if it does it mean that smaller companies have more difficult time pushing forward. That would actually be a little counterintuitive. I would expect that smaller companies would be able to push forward at a faster clip because they usually have to support fewer browsers, etcetera. It'd be interesting to see information like that because I think that promise for ease of upgrade and there will be a path forward, that's a big part of what makes Ember really appealing to me. Especially as a consultant for four years, you see so many projects. I don't ever really want to advocate a rewrite but we're going to have to spend a significant amount of time fixing this and it's because you went with Mootools or something. Everybody guess Mootools wasn't so bad. CHARLES: But the point is that you didn't go with a holistic solution so you basically had to write your own framework. JONATHAN: Yeah. ROBERT: Yeah, in Ember, it is a feature that you will not be left behind and you can upgrade. That is something that is really nice. I have upgraded a lot of Ember apps. JONATHAN: I think Mike North calls that the patchwork app application. It's not just like React apps where you have React-Redux and Preact and all of this other stuff that you kind of piece together and make your own little quilt and that's your application. But this also happened in Backbone. It happened in jQuery before that and it was just like take this thing, take that thing, then I have this custom quilt, which is not bad. There are some advantages -- pros and cons. CHARLES: Ember is giving you a blanket. JONATHAN: And it's going to be a comforter. It's going to probably all look the same and be right. ROBERT: My experience is I love Ember and I love the convention over configuration but whenever you hit that wall of the convention is actually getting in the way now, that is a very tall wall to scale in Ember. CHARLES: Yeah, I think the flip side of it is like you say, Rob because everything does have to mesh, because that blanket has to be one solid weave, it means that you've got a hole in the blanket, the surgery required to excise that hole and then patch it -- ROBERT: I love his metaphor. His metaphor is -- [Laughter] ROBERT: It's so good. CHARLES: It takes a lot of effort. ROBERT: Today, I'm quilting daily. CHARLES: That's right. Next topic, crochet. [Laughter] CHARLES: But, yeah in order to make that surgery on the blanket to mix metaphors, which I love to do so freely, you have to make that cut and then make sure that the weave is again, seamless. I think that takes a lot of thought, it takes a lot of effort and it takes a lot of time. It means that there are shiny things out there that you might not be able to have. I think, one of the ways that the community and the technology is mitigated is with the add-on ecosystem, which is very, very strong and allows you to riff and experiment and push those boundaries. But there are core pieces, things like the rendering engine, which can't really be modified or hooked with an add-on. They can but not in deeply fundamental ways or the templating. We saw that happened. There was a big kind of shift from first, the old handlebars to -- ROBERT: HTMLbars? CHARLES: HTMLbars and then Glimmer 2, which there's been a flurry of activity around there but that was definitely one area where there was a hard wall right now. I feel like for me it's around the handlebars itself. I would like to see that environment become more powerful because certainly, with the React Native work that we've been doing around here, you get to see just how simple like the JSX model is, React aside because like Vue, you can do with JSX. I think JSX is a separate technology. It's certainly integral to React but there are a lot of other frameworks now that are using just the JSX part for the templating. Seeing that there is real power in being able to have the functional programming aspects of JavaScript right there inside your templates. From my perspective, I think that in Ember, there's a wall there that needs to be scaled. ROBERT: To be clear to the Ember developers that are listening like us kind of advocating JSX, if you are having like, "No, that's a terrible idea. I hate JSX," I had that very exact reaction about a year and a half ago. If you go look at my Twitter feed, you would see me ranting about how much JSX is a bad idea. After I actually played with it, I'm on the opposite side. I think JSX is really awesome and I think there are things to learn from it. CHARLES: I definitely love having templates. I love having the separation. I like having it in a different file but at the same time, I don't want to lose sacrifice the power that comes. I think that for people who are kind of sitting on the fence or have played with it, if you actually are strict about not having side effects and things in your templates, it really is a great experience. I think there's a lot of people who have scars from doing ERB or liquid templates, where you can have all kinds of crazy side effects -- ROBERT: That's where my scars came from -- ERB. CHARLES: Yeah, I can show. I can roll up my sleeves. I will be like, "You see this? I got that back in aught-seven with an ERB app, where they were calling out to a service from inside the template." ROBERT: Setting the variable and modifying everything. CHARLES: Yeah. There's definitely that tradeoff. One of the things that is great about the Ember community in particular is when there is, it takes a while to generate the will to recognize that this is a major problem but then the solution that you do get does, eventually match the weave of the entire blanket, which is really, really nice. But it can be frustrating when you have those core pieces of infrastructure that are presenting those walls to you. ROBERT: I'm excited for Angle Bracket components because that's actually a lot of the gripes that I had with handlebars. Whenever I got a bunch of the curlies next to each other, like a bunch of components around each other, they all kind of just mold together and seeing the brackets and just looking like HTML, it makes it so much easier to grip. CHARLES: Yeah, it's weird because you think that small things won't have big impact and you think that big changes ought to have a big impact. An example of this, I was kind of derisive of the whole Angle Brackets syntax. I was like, "Urgh! Angle Brackets, dah-dah-dah..." Then we started doing more JSX and you start seeing like, "I want to have my templating construct separate from my JavaScript and scripting constructs," and it actually makes a huge difference in clarity there. Obviously, the change to make all that happen is big but it's a small difference in the syntax. Tiny but I think it has a huge impact in the readability and the clarity of the templates and by the same token, all the performance increases. At this point, I couldn't even give a flip. It's nice. It's great but there's a barrier, there's a threshold that has been crossed, actually some time ago. Performance of rendering is -- I can't even remember the last time it was a problem. What about you? Have you run up against performance issues in your Ember apps? JONATHAN: Some performance issues but usually, they're a result of some rather inefficient rendering. Basically, a combination between user and keyboard or whatever. I wrote something really bad. It's not Ember getting in my way. I don't particularly mind the curly braces within my template but I think a big part of that is just editor choice. If your editor syntax highlights then it also knows how to indent handlebars correctly, that makes a huge difference. ROBERT: Are we about to start an Emacs versus Vim war here? [Laughter] JONATHAN: No, as a matter of fact, I suspect you would win that when the Vim -- there's no good solution for indentation in handlebar templates that I found in Vim. If anyone knows that [inaudible], "Oh, there's one plugin," please ping me on Twitter because that would be nice. CHARLES: Well, yeah. It's true. I can deal with it. I don't think it bothers me quite as much as it does Rob but I think what has been interesting is in our hypothetical code, you always like pay snippets in Slack. We started using Angle Bracket syntax just because it's so much clearer. Even though, none of us actually use it in any of our apps, when we're actually exchanging ideas, that's what we use. JONATHAN: Yeah, there's some cool things that come with Angle Brackets that aren't just aesthetic. The container element is like you don't have to deal with the tag lists stuff anymore. I feel like there's a few tradeoffs that are going to be really interesting to see when those start becoming the norm. CHARLES: Yeah, I like also the separation of what they did from JavaScript attributes to HTML attributes. It's really clear. JONATHAN: Totally. I think it's [inaudible] cool stuff. CHARLES: It's exciting. I remember being derisive of it -- not divisive, that's not the right word -- but I'm thinking like, "Why are they spending so much time on this," but I actually think it is going to have a big impact, small change. JONATHAN: Totally. CHARLES: No dis to the people who are working on it. I know it doesn't feel like a small change at all. ROBERT: Yeah, it only took a year and a lot of really hard work. [Laughter] ROBERT: Like I peek in there and I'm like, "Hmmm... Nope, not smart enough yet." CHARLES: One of the things that I want to ask you, you mentioned that at SO Ember, you gave a talk on FastBoot. You've actually got a lot of experience around the subject so I'm just curious. First of all, what were you talking about? JONATHAN: I think my talk was actually called Boots and Shoeboxes, which there's a little library function into the FastBoot suite called the Shoebox where you can communicate between node and the browser. It's not like well-known enough to where that title resonated with people. I got up on stage and I was like, "You know, we don't have any descriptions on the speaker note like website. He just talks about FastBoot. I hope that I don't disappoint you," because they had no idea what I was talking about. Actually, I feel like the problem that's the FastBoot solves is a persistent thorn in people sides. CHARLES: So what is the problem just to give full context? I think is it called like Isomorphic JavaScript for something -- JONATHAN: Yeah, I don't like using that word. CHARLES: Yeah, there's like server side, SSR -- JONATHAN: Yeah, SSR, you'll see that a lot. CHARLES: I guess the question is why would you even? JONATHAN: That's a multi-faceted question. I think the first section of it would be what's the problem? I think for a lot of people, the biggest problem is SEO. A lot of JavaScript frameworks are not search engine friendly, then that affects a lot of different things. It means that they're not archivable either so it's not like you can have this on archive. They're not very crawable. This is becoming less of an issue because Google Crawler, for instance will actually parse JavaScript now. But I feel like that's still limited. Also you have to then think about how the Crawler is going to like actually execute your JavaScript. You're like, "Wait a second, so now I have to have a compatibility table for Google Crawler? That sounds madness." I think that's a big component. There's also the idea of speed downloading as low as poor connectivity devices or locations, I guess. Having to download all the JavaScript before you see the first meaningful thing is not a very good experience. Especially for a huge swaths of different types of sites like Discourse, I think is a big Ember forum software. Forums are mostly just static text, like you just want to read the text so time in First Meaningful Paint could be like as soon as you get text onto the page, that's could be really fast. Some sites that doesn't make sense for it like if you're posting a video game or something like that, like you need interaction for that site to be meaningful. There's still tradeoffs there but there's a whole host so I guess that's the need. Then the solution for a lot of people is to start rendering JavaScript on their backend software and presenting full HTML along with a JavaScript source tag so that you get a Meaningful Paint first and then you get the JavaScript a little afterwards. The whole point of my talk, which I was basically like -- CHARLES: That's a hard problem. JONATHAN: Oh, it's a very difficult problem. CHARLES: Unlike anyone who says they have a solution, you should look at them with extreme mistrust. JONATHAN: Yeah and there's a whole bunch of different solutions that people have tried. You could actually have prerender.io, I think is the service that will actually render it for you and you put it in front of your CDN and they'll actually do that and create static files for you, which is a solution or no script tags. You basically render all of your stuff as much as you can on the server side and you put everything into no script tags and that will presents its own problems. There's a bunch of different solutions that people have tried. In FastBoot, the solution that Ember went with and I think that it's really cool because server side rendering and this is the big reveal of my talk. I think it's recorded so you can check it out. But the bigger reveal is that the server side rendering is not just about rendering. It's also about routing and data fetching and authentication and etcetera. There's a whole bevy of things that you also have to handle very well. It's not just taking a component, the view layer to component and rendering it to HTML and then serving that. It's much more than that. You want your app to basically run in node. FastBoot does that remarkably well. There are some spots where it's a little fuzzy but does it remarkably well. CHARLES: What's an example of how you would might need to handle authentication? That sounds terrible. ROBERT: One of the problems for a lot -- JONATHAN: That's exactly the problem. You actually have access to headers and stuff and FastBoot land so you can do authentication by using traditional token off, which is pretty cool. There's a lot of really cool things and routing is obviously handled quite well so the request comes in and it does the normal Ember router. The Ember app instance itself is running in node so all of the things you expect to work in the browser, work in Ember and node, with the exception of any time you need to access the DOM because the DOM is expensive like very, very, very oddly expensive. Like JSDOM is just expensive and unreliable, then you have to deal with compatibility tables for that. Anyone who has written tests for Phantom and tried to bind a function or something, they know the pain. I think it's fix now but I was always bitten by that so many times. It doesn't even give you the right error. Forget about it. CHARLES: You have all these things. It's basically authentication. It's data. It's making sure that you have in your, so to speak, headless environment as an authentic replica of your application running in the user's browser, as you can possibly retain. JONATHAN: Yeah. CHARLES: How feasible is that? Like what you're saying is that Ember takes that whole approach and says, "Okay, we're going to make sure we handle all of these cases?" JONATHAN: Yeah, I think Ember has done a phenomenal job of this. It's still alpha software, although I believe that the path to 1.0 is basically paved. It just needs some documentation. I think FastBoot hits the nail right on the head and gets a lot of the stuff really in a good place. It's also a big part of FastBoot's call to action where this stuff is possible elsewhere. You can do all of these things. You can make all of the stuff work in the React ecosystem or Vue ecosystem, etcetera. But in Ember, it's Ember install, Ember FastBoot, I think or Ember CLI FastBoot which is a really compelling sell because I've looked at some of the alternative approaches and in other ecosystems, they're very complicated. It's not possible. It's just their ad hoc -- ROBERT: And it's usually a 10,000 line medium posts that you have to follow line by line -- [Laughter] CHARLES: Right so instead of giving you actually a working code, what you get is a treasure map. JONATHAN: Yeah, exactly. It's like you just shop at Ikea. Here you go, build it. There's some really cool stuff that it unlocks and the fact that it's so low-hanging fruit, for instance Ember Weekend, which by all accounts does not need to be on FastBoot, isn't on FastBoot because it's ostensibly free and it's a good testing ground for me to learn about FastBoot. But the future -- ROBERT: It's interesting in handling audio on a FastBoot, how was that? JONATHAN: Since the user doesn't actually can't listen in node land, the user can only listen in a browser, we don't do anything with the player in FastBoot land, which is fine. There are some weird things like you have to basically have guards around like key events, for instance. Because Mousetrap relies on, I believe in jQuery to bind its events, you have to basically say, "In node land, we're not going to bind any of these Mousetrap events because they will not work," but there are some things you have to learn about the ecosystem but by and large, it's a solution that you just drop in and you just get for free. I think that's a huge sell. That's another thing with the convention over configuration argument, the model is that eventually, once the solution arrives, most of the people who are using Ember can just use it right away. It really does help with [inaudible] activity devices. There are some really interesting things about how time to first paint, I think Martin [inaudible] just released an add-on that basically says, "I'm going to take all of your JavaScript files and mark them as async and then when you download, the time to first paint becomes almost immediate," because it's just going to say, "I have HTML. Here's the HTML and serve it." Then in the background, because of script tags or whatever, it just goes and fetches the stuff in the background and you end up like time to First Meaningful Paint is really cool so it'll perform software that is super neat. If Discourse wanted to say, "Here's the stuff and we're going to make it work later," like as soon as the JavaScript has download, that's a really cool sell too. There's a lot of weird edge cases and describing the interactions is I think the hardest part about FastBoot. It's just like describing why this might be really good for you is the hardest part because a lot of people don't have these problems. If you're doing a marketing site, you're probably going to use Squarespace or something. ROBERT: Yeah, like a static site generator or something? JONATHAN: Yeah, exactly. ROBERT: Something that will give you great SEO results. JONATHAN: Exactly. ROBERT: You want to play around with that. JONATHAN: This dovetails into something Edward Faulkner was talking about eight or nine months ago when he was working on the inline content editor for Ember. It's really, really neat. I actually like to see where that's at now. I think it was Cardstack that funded a lot of the stuff for it. But if you combine things like that, then also FastBoot, you're starting to talk about something that could do what WordPress does, which is a really interesting thing like the really, really low hanging fruit. Type these few commands and you're point clicking your way to a website which is really, really cool. CHARLES: All right everybody, thank you so much for listening. Thank you, Jonathan for coming on by and talking with us today. JONATHAN: Yeah, thank you so much for having me on. This podcast is super awesome. I'm really excited to actually be able to be a part of it. I feel like you are at Ember Weekend that one time and you were in Norway? CHARLES: Finland. JONATHAN: Yeah, Finland and we weren't able to actually have a video open at the same time because of the data problem. It's been actually kind of cool to actually have a real conversation. That's been really great. CHARLES: Yeah, that has been awesome. That was a good conversation and that, your podcast obviously is EmberWeekend.com. Everybody go and check it out. Thanks for listening.

Samaritan's Purse project encourages folks to fill-up boxes with special gifts for needy kids around the world. Listen to Air1's Rafael Sierra's report.

Chase and Jonathan discuss some of their work on Ember Weekend's site, including work using shoebox.

An experimental podcast of little bundles of love. I'd love you to submit your own love letter, and you can do so at http://www.loveletterspodcast.tumblr.com/ Written and narrated by @lizduckchong

It may only be October, but it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas in the Commons as our Operation Christmas Child ministry kicks off their month long, church-wide shoebox packing for families and individuals! Sheri Baker, an OCC volunteer, shares that our OCC ladies hope to have five thousand boxes ready to send out all over the world because for every box, there is a child at the other end. While OCC boxes provide enjoyment and fun for the children receiving them, there is eternal benefit as children are able to hear and experience the gospel. Sheri reminds us that we are all called to share Christ with others, and packing or sponsoring boxes allows us all to play a part in providing a way for so many children to meet Jesus - possibly for the first time! Be sure to grab a box starting this Sunday!