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Less is more. A whole lot more. The University of Nottingham launched the world's first micro-prospectus (aka mini-viewbook) last year. It may be tiny, but it is making a huge impact. It has allowed the university to reduce the time and complexities to produce this piece, create print pieces that better serve internal audiences and partners, deliver on the sustainability ambitions of their university, and reduce costs by 96%. Best of all, they have earned the praise of prospects, parents, and peers for their sustainable and innovative creation. Check out the University of Nottingham's 2023 micro-prospectus here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QHErnx36dIThis podcast is brought to you by Element451 — the next-generation AI student engagement platform. Learn more about how Element451 can enhance student engagement, boost enrollment, reduce expenses, and increase staff productivity.This Episode is Brought to You By Our Friends at OlogieIn higher education, it's almost impossible to truly stand out. Ologie gets it. As a branding and marketing agency that focuses on education, they understand that what makes you authentic, is also what makes you distinct. Ologie offers award-winning creative, smart strategy, innovative thinking, and expert digital marketing. Most of all, they'll help you connect with your audiences, bring your stakeholders together, and achieve the results that matter most to you.Want to find out more about how you can build a compelling brand or campaign? Visit ologie.com. About the Enrollify Podcast Network: Talking Tactics is a part of the Enrollify Podcast Network.  If you like this podcast, chances are you'll like other Enrollify shows too!  Our podcast network is growing by the month and we've got a plethora of marketing, admissions, and higher ed technology shows that are jam packed with stories, ideas, and frameworks all designed to empower you to be a better higher ed professional. Our shows feature a selection of the industry's best as your hosts. Learn from Jeremy Tiers, Zach Busekrus, Jaime Hunt, Allison Turcio, Jamie Gleason and many more. Learn more about The Enrollify Podcast Network at podcasts.enrollify.org. Our shows help higher ed marketers and admissions professionals find their next big idea — come and find yours! - - - -Connect With Our Host:Dayana Kibildshttps://www.linkedin.com/in/dayanakibilds/About The Enrollify Podcast Network:Talking Tactics is a part of the Enrollify Podcast Network. If you like this podcast, chances are you'll like other Enrollify shows too! Some of our favorites include Mission Admissions and Higher Ed Pulse.Enrollify is made possible by Element451 — the next-generation AI student engagement platform helping institutions create meaningful and personalized interactions with students. Learn more at element451.com. Connect with Us at the Engage Summit:Exciting news — many of your favorite Enrollify creators will be at the 2024 Engage Summit in Raleigh, NC, on June 25 and 26, and we'd love to meet you there! Sessions will focus on cutting-edge AI applications that are reshaping student outreach, enhancing staff productivity, and offering deep insights into ROI. Use the discount code Enrollify50 at checkout, and you can register for just $200! Learn more and register at engage.element451.com — we can't wait to see you there!

Series: All! Jesus has all authority, So that all nationsMight pledge all allegiance to him.Title: “How is God just and generous in salvation?”Scripture: Matthew 20:1-16Heavily indebted to Douglas Sean O'Donnell's commentary for this message. (See below)Bottom line: God's gift of salvation is both just and generous:It's just, so we don't grumble about God's mercy to anyone;It's equally gracious, so we don't begrudge his unequal generosity.Main point: God's gift of salvation is just and generous.A. God's gift of salvation is just, so don't grumble (complain) about God's undeserved grace (or mercy).B. God's gift of salvation is equally gracious (to all), so don't begrudge (look upon with disapproval) w/God's unequal generosity. (Envious or jealous)DISCUSSION QUESTIONSSERMON OUTLINE & NOTESMAIN REFERENCES USEDDISCUSSION QUESTIONSDiscussion questions for group and personal study. Reflect and Discuss1. What does the parable of the workers in a vinevard teach us aboutGod's grace?2. How does the misguided approach of the disciples beginning in Matthew 20:20 parallel your own approach to God and the Christian life?3. How does Jesus' healing of the blind men in Matthew 20:29-34 contrast with the request for privilege by James and John in the previous paragraph?4. Why can't grace and pride coexist? Can you think of other Scriptural passages that speak to this truth?Final Questions (optional or in place of above)What is God saying to you right now? What are you going to do about it?Find our sermons, podcasts, discussion questions and notes at https://www.gracetoday.net/podcastWeekly questions I answer in preparation for the sermon:Q. What do I want you to know? A. That God is just and generous in saving people.Q. Why? A. Because we tend to live as if we deserve it. And there's very little gratitude in that perspective. In fact, we do not deserve it.Q. What do I want you to do? A. Evaluate your relationship with God. Do you believe you deserve salvation? (You don't) Do you believe you can earn your salvation? (You cannot) Q. Why? A. Because salvation is a gift to the damned. None of us deserve it. All of us need it. OUTLINE & NOTESIntroductionJeffrey Lionel Dahmer (/ˈdɑːmər/; May 21, 1960 – November 28, 1994), also known as the Milwaukee Cannibal or the Milwaukee Monster, was an American serial killerand sex offender who killed and dismembered seventeen men and boys between 1978 and 1991.[4] Many of his later murders involved necrophilia,[5] cannibalism, and the permanent preservation of body parts—typically all or part of the skeleton.[6]Although he was diagnosed with borderline personality disorder,[7] schizotypal personality disorder,[8] and a psychotic disorder, Dahmer was found to be legally saneat his trial. He was convicted of fifteen of the sixteen homicides he had committed in Wisconsin and was sentenced to fifteen terms of life imprisonment on February 17, 1992.[9] Dahmer was later sentenced to a sixteenth term of life imprisonment for an additional homicide committed in Ohio in 1978.On November 28, 1994, Dahmer was beaten to death by Christopher Scarver, a fellow inmate at the Columbia Correctional Institution in Portage, Wisconsin.Jeffrey Dawlmer coming to Christ. Stone Phillips interviewed Dawlmer where he learned that Dawlmer, his father and his pastor all testify that Jeffrey believes we all will stand before Christ and answer to him. He trusted Jesus as Lord and savior according to all 3.Dateline NBC has also broadcast an interview with Dahmer. Conducted by Stone Phillips and first broadcast on March 8, 1994, this 90-minute episode—titled Confessions of a Serial Killer—features interviews with Dahmer and his father conducted at Columbia Correctional Institution. Dahmer's mother is also interviewed for this program.[363]Context:“The time had come for the owner of a vineyard to harvest his grapes. The permanent workers on his farm were not numerous enough to complete the harvest in time, so when harvest time came, as many farmers did in the ancient world and still do today, he went looking for day laborers he could hire. Such laborers customarily came to the marketplace in the hope that they would be chosen to labor that day and would gain the standard pay for a day's work in Israel, which was one denarius”Excerpt FromMatthew - An Expositional CommentaryR.C. Sproulhttps://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewBook?id=0This material may be protected by copyright.God's gift of salvation (eternal life; kingdom of God; kingdom of heaven) is generous in just, gracious, and merciful.The landowner wasJust—he paid them all what he agreed to pay them which was fair market value (one day laborers wages). And they all agreed to this up front. They all were paid the same amount. They were probably happy at the beginning of the day because someone hired them enabling them to gain a wage that day. While their circumstances did not change during the day, their expectations did.Perceived as unjust—the workers who were first hired perceived this generosity to be unfair because the last were paid for a full day when they worked < a full day. As a result, they grumbled/complained to the landowner.Grace—While some worked all day (earning their fair share of the wages), the rest worked less than a day and yet were generously paid more than they deserved.Mercy—Some did not get what they deserved (in their minds) which was more than what the latter workers received. Yet, none of them deserved the work. They were mercifully given the opportunity to work when they had no way to create payable work on their own. They were literally at the mercy of a landowner hiring them that day.8A little bit more…Also, keep in mind that this was a time of harvest requiring extra workers. Therefore, in addition to his normal crew, he was bringing other day laborers who needed any kind of work they could get. Therefore, it's safe to assume that they were harvesting grapes—not just tending to the fields. This matters because it reminds us that this imagery is about more than grace, mercy and justice. It's about the harvest. God doesn't just graciously save people to save them. He saves them to serve…in the harvest. This is part of what is referred to as the “Lordship debate”. Does Jesus save, end of sentence. Or does Jesus save that we might join him in saving others? I believe it's both—and. I believe that we demonstrate that our faith is genuine and our salvation real when we join him in the harvest. Otherwise, I think it's safe to say there's evidence to the contrary. When someone saves your life, you feel like you could do anything for them. When you are forgiven a great debt, you live your life grateful for what you don't deserve—more life. When Jesus saves you from sin and death, shame and guilt, hell itself, and you understand this, you find yourself eager to serve God and serve people to this end.Do you?“In the parable, a large group of the workers received grace. One group received justice. However, no one received injustice. But the workers who labored all day thought they received injustice. They thought the owner owed them something”Excerpt FromMatthew - An Expositional CommentaryR.C. Sproulhttps://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewBook?id=0This material may be protected by copyright.“If we were to try to list everything God owes us, it would be the easiest task we were ever assigned, one we could complete in record time. The truth is, He owes us nothing except His wrath as punishment for all our sins”Excerpt FromMatthew - An Expositional CommentaryR.C. Sproulhttps://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewBook?id=0This material may be protected by copyright.Yet, we owe God an infinite debt—our sins are debts against a holy God. Like the servant who owed the king a gazillion dollars, we owe God way more than we could ever pay back. Excerpt from David Platt:Main point: God's gift of salvation is just and generous.A. God's gift of salvation is just, so don't grumble (complain) about God's undeserved grace (or mercy).B. God's gift of salvation is equally gracious (to all), so don't begrudge (look upon with w/God's unequal generosity. (Envious or jealous)Symbolism:Landowner/Master = God the Father; the Lord GodWorkers = Christians; some more and some less in the eyes of the world (and the church)Harvest = Work of the gospel in the worldMatthew 9:37-38 says, “Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.””‭‭Matthew‬ ‭9‬:‭37‬-‭38‬ ‭NIV‬‬ https://bible.com/bible/111/mat.9.37-38.NIVJUSTICE - getting what you deserveGRACE - getting what you DON'T deserveMERCY - NOT getting what you deserve“Whenever Jesus teaches on grace…he teaches lordship salvation.” -O'Donnell“The traditional Protestant position is that salvation is by grace alone in Christ alone through faith alone, but such faith is never alone—it produces fruit. Faith loves. Faith works. Faith obeys. If such fruit is not found, then the assurance of salvation cannot (should not) be offered. Jesus must be both Savior AND Lord.” -O‘DonnellA last point:2 rules to the grace game:Grace and works. Jesus calls us laborers and workers in his kingdom harvest work. Everyone of them in this parable works in the vineyard, presumably for the harvest. The master goes and puts the idlers to work because grace by faith WORKS!Grace and rewards. These workers were GIVEN a job to work. Jesus rewards every worker who works (gives evidence he's a worker (Christian)). And they're doing a specific work too. They are working in the kingdom harvest. Are we?ConclusionBottom line: Q. What do I want you to do? A. Stop grumbling and begrudging God and people who are just and generous.Q. Why? A. Because he tells us to. Because you know that God is just and generous and that's enough.Notes“20:1-16 Different hours, same wages?Christ told a parable about a landowner who paid the same wages to all his workers even though they had done vastly different amounts of work. God has the sovereign right to reward us for our work as he sees fit.Anything he gives us, whether small or great, is a gift of grace and is more than we deserve.” -Wilmington's Bible HandbookMAIN REFERENCES USED“Preaching the Word” Commentary, Douglas Sean O'Donnell, Edited by Kent Hughes“Matthew” by RC Sproul“The Bible Knowledge Commentary” by Walvoord, Zuck (BKC)“The Bible Exposition Commentary” by Warren Wiersbe (BEC)“Exalting Jesus in Matthew” by David Platt (CCE)Outline Bible, D WillmingtonNIV Study Bible (NIVSB)ESV Study Bible (ESVSB)

Drink HRW sponsors this podcast A company which focuses on the health and longevity of people. www.drinkhrw.com use code: SNIPES10 for 10% off Today I have a discussion with a US music artist Amun Starr. @amunstarr is a singer and composer who has won awards for her incredible works. Although she is talented in her craft, we discuss more on her divine interest in modern and ancient Egypt. Most people who have visited Egypt recollect a feeling of familiarity or peace. The seraphic and tranquil energy is something which can't be denied. We discuss her experiences and thoughts and comparisons on some religious texts, and vibrational frequencies and touch on her book The Ka Method which is available on Apple Books. please support Amun in purchasing her digital book by downloading here. https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewBook?id=1557184466

Series: All! Jesus has all authority, So that all nationsMight pledge all allegiance to him.Scripture: Matthew 17:1-13Cross references: Luke 9:31; 2 Cor 3:18; 4:4-6; Romans 5:8, 12:1-2; Malachi 4:1-6; 2 Tim 3:16-17Title: “How does worshiping Jesus Christ affect my daily life?” (Darien Gabriel)A lot of help came through David Platt's commentary this week (see below)Bottom line: Worshiping Jesus Christ affects my daily life by transforming your affections. This affects your daily decisions and the motivations behind them.Discussion questions for group and personal study. Reflect and Discuss1. What hobbies, activities, and people do you spend most of your time with? How do these things affect your thinking and your behavior?2. If we become like what we behold, then what does it look like to behold Christ today while He is not physically present?3. List five attributes of Jesus Christ in Matthew 17.4. How does this passage speak to the superiority of Jesus Christ over well-known Old Testament figures?5. Describe the relationship between Elijah and John the Baptist in verses 9-13.6. Does this passage speak to Jesus' divinity? Explain.Final Questions (optional or in place of above)What is God saying to you right now? What are you going to do about it?Find our sermons, podcasts, discussion questions and notes at https://www.gracetoday.net/podcastQ. What do I want you to know? A. That we are transformed by what we treasure; we live our lives based on what we worship.Q. Why? A. Because you are changed by what you value—what you truly love. This drives your motivations and decisions.Q. What do I want you to do? A. Treasure Christ above all so that you'll become more like Christ in character and competency.Q. Why? A. Because there is no better way to please God than to “Listen to him.” INTROI am who I am today because of one key relationship—my wife, Anita. (We celebrated our 35 anniversary this month)From the day I met her, my desire has been to be with, around and even like her. Our friendship started in 9th grade. She snagged my heart that early. Overtime, as we've grown closer to God and each other, I've oriented my life around her (often in concern with Christ, but not always) and this has changed me into who I have become. And it's still happening. I went from friend, to boyfriend to fiancée to husband to fellow parent and grandparent. I also went from a lost, self-centered, self-absorbed young man to a found, somewhat self-centered, somewhat self-absorbed older man. I have become what I beheld. What have I beheld? What have I set my affections on? Her. Jesus. And by God's grace we've both moved up our marriage triangle towards Christ and, as a result, each other. This is what it means that we become what we behold. We behold or become beholden to or set our affections on that which we value. The more we value it, the more of a hold it has on us. And the more the hold, the more it transforms us into it's image. If that is godly, we become more like Christ. If it's not, we become less like him. This foundational to what the Lord is teaching us in Matthew 17 today. It starts with this question:How does worshipping Jesus Christ affect my daily life? I submit it does so in 5 ways (with some help from David Platt). Today we'll focus just on the first one.I. It transforms me from what I value to what Jesus Christ values. (17:1-13; cf. 16:23)Why? Because we become what we behold.Ex. My pursuit of Anita has transformed me over the years into a more mature person, a husband (we're one), a father and a follower of Jesus Christ.How? Through glad obedience. II. It helps me suffer long. (17:14-21) Longo-suffering = patience. Love is patient (1 Cor 13:4)Why? Putting others first is hard but it's what love does.How? By the power of faith (prayer)Rick Warren says he can tell a person's faith by their prayersIII. It helps me surrender my life. (17:22)Why? Because of his merciful example. Romans 5:8; 12:1How? Buy the renewing of your mind. Romans 12:2; 2 Tim 3:16-17IV. It helps me with my perspective. (17:23)Why? It reminds me that Jesus Christ won at the cross.How? By grace through faith.V. It helps me live humbly and confidently. (17:24-27)Why? Because I know who's authority I have and live under already.How? By forsaking/surrendering my rights in this world.CONCLUSIONSo my bottom line today is worshipping Jesus Christ affects my daily life by transforming my affections which affects my daily decisions my motivations behind them.Who are you becoming?What are you beholding? What are you setting your affections on?Anything less than Jesus Christ and his kingdom means you're settling for something so inferior to what you could have. And you'll never become who God created you to be until you get this right.My prayer for you today is that you'll repent of pursuing any and everything in your life that doesn't deserve your affections and reorient your life around your merciful Creator and Savior.Let's pray.Bottom line: Worshiping Jesus Christ affects my daily life by transforming your affections. This affects your daily decisions and the motivations behind them.“17:1-9 The transfiguration was: (1) a revelation of the glory of the Son of God, a glory hidden now but to be fully revealed when he returns; (2) a confirmation of the difficult teaching given to the disciples at Caesarea Philippi(16:13-20); and (3) a beneficial experience for the disciples, who were discouraged after having been reminded so recently of Jesus' impending suffering and death (16:21). See notes on Mk 9:2-7; Lk 9:28-35.” NIV Study Bible “Transfigured is a weak word, but perhaps it is the best available English word to translate the Greek word Matthew uses here, which is the passive form of the verb metamorphoō. The verb literally means “a change of form.” It comes over into the English language as the word metamorphosis. We use it to describe the amazing transformation of a caterpillar into a butterfly. But transfiguration includes the prefix trans-, which means “across.” What was crossed in the transfiguration? We might say Jesus crossed the line from the natural to the supernatural, from the human to the divine, as the cloak of humanity that veiled His true glory was removed and His glory became visible.” —RC SproulExcerpt FromMatthew - An Expositional CommentaryR.C. Sproulhttps://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewBook?id=0This material may be protected by copyright.BIOY, Jan 24, 2023By Nicky Gumbel …On the other hand, if you follow Jesus and surrender your life to him, you find the very purpose of life. The words of Jesus are extraordinarily powerful. There has never been a time when it is more important to ‘listen to him' than now!Jesus took Peter, James and John up a high mountain. Jesus' appearance changed right before their eyes. ‘Sunlight poured from his face. His clothes were filled with light. Then they realised that Moses and Elijah were also there in deep conversation with him' (17:1–3, MSG). They heard God say, ‘This is my Son, marked by my love, focus of my delight. Listen to him' (v.5, MSG).As Moses and Elijah talked with Jesus, so you too can live a life ‘talking with Jesus'. Your experience may not be as visual or auditory as that of the disciples on the Mount of Transfiguration, but you too can know the presence of Jesus in your life. Through reading his words and meditating on them, you can experience a conversation with Jesus through the Holy Spirit.You can, in a sense, look into his face, which shines ‘like the sun' (v.2). You can fall down in worship (v.6). It can feel as if Jesus is actually touching you and saying to you ‘do not be afraid' (v.7). And there are times when you may look up and see ‘no one except Jesus' (v.8).Lord, thank you that when I lose my life for you, I find it. Help me to *listen* to your voice and to follow you, daily.SECTION OUTLINE SIXTEEN (MATTHEW 17)God confirms Peter's earlier acknowledgment of the deity of Christ by transfiguring Jesus on the mountaintop. Jesus heals a demon-possessed boy, predicts his own death, and instructs Peter to pay the Temple tax with a coin found in the mouth of a fish.I. THE SPLENDOR OF THE SAVIOR (17:1-13)A. The confirmation on top of the mountain (17:1-8): Jesus takes Peter, James, and John with him.1. What they see (17:1-3)a. The appearance of God's Messiah (17:1-2): His face and clothing shine like the noonday sun!b. The arrival of God's messengers (17:3): Moses and Elijah appear and speak to Jesus.2. What they say (17:4): Peter wants to build three shelters, one each for Jesus, Moses, and Elijah.3. What they hear (17:5): The Father speaks from heaven, attesting to the love he has for his Son.4. What they do (17:6-8): They fall to the ground, terrified, but are reassured by Jesus.B. The conversation coming down the mountain (17:9-13)1. The command (17:9): Jesus instructs the three to say nothing concerning what they saw until his resurrection.2. The confusion (17:10): They want to know if Elijah will come before the return of the Messiah.3. The clarification (17:11-13)a. His answer (17:11-12)(1) Elijah will indeed come (17:11).(2) Elijah has already come (17:12).b. Their assumption (17:13): By this they understand that he is referring to John the Baptist.II. THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE SAVIOR (17:14-21, 24-27): Jesus demonstrates his deity through two miracles.A. The boy with a demon (17:14-21)1. The desperation of the father (17:14-16): He begs Jesus to heal his son.2. The exorcism by the Lord (17:17-18: Jesus quickly drives the demon from the lad.3. The frustration of the disciples (17:19-21)a. They say, "Why couldn't we cast out that demon?" (17:19).b. He says, "You didn't have enough faith" (17:21).B. The fish with a coin (17:24-27)1. The who (17:24b): Some tax collectors approach Peter.2. The what (17:24c): They demand to know if Jesus will pay the Temple tax.3. The where (17:24a): This takes place upon Jesus' arrival in Capernaum.4. The why (17:25-26): Jesus informs Peter of two things.a. Why he should not have to pay this tax (17:25): Kings tax the conquered, not their own people.b. Why he should pay the tax anyway (17:26): Though he is free, he should try not to offend anyone.5. The how (17:27): Jesus tells Peter to throw a line in the lake, open the mouth of the first fish he catches, and use the coin he will find there to pay the tax!III. THE SUFFERING OF THE SAVIOR (17:22-23)A. His revelation (17:22-23a): He tells the disciples of his coming betrayal, death, and resurrection. B. Their reaction (17:23b): The disciples are filled with grief.References/Bibliography:“Preaching the Word” Commentary, Douglas Sean O'Donnell, Edited by Kent Hughes“Matthew” by RC Sproul“CSB Christ Chronological,” Holman“The Bible Knowledge Commentary” by Walvoord, Zuck (BKC)“The Bible Exposition Commentary” by Warren Wiersbe (BEC)“Exalting Jesus in Matthew” by David Platt (CCE)Outline Bible, D WillmingtonNIV Study Bible (NIVSB)ESV Study Bible

Series: All!Scripture: Matthew 13:1-23 (Main); Acts 1:6-8, Matt 1-23, Acts 28:28Title: “Why Did Jesus Teach with Parables?” (Darien Gabriel)Main source of commentary: David PlattBottom line: Jesus taught in parables to reveal to some and to conceal from others the good news that the kingdom of God is near.Discussion questions for group and personal study. Reflect and Discuss1. How did Jesus' parables both reveal and conceal truth?2. Explain how the kingdom can be both present and future.3. How would you sum up the parable of the Sower in one or two sentences? How might the parable of the Sower help us avoid being manipulative in our preaching, teaching, and evangelizing?4. What are some signs that the cares and riches of the world are choking out saving faith as the Bible describes it?5. How is persevering faith different from works-righteousness?6. What would you say to someone whose only evidence of salvation was a momentary decision?7. What encouragement might come to persecuted believers from the parables of the Mustard Seed and Yeast?8. What do the parables of the Weeds and the Net have to teach us about the final judgment? Why is it sometimes difficult to discern who is and who is not part of the kingdom?9. How could you use the parables of the Treasure and the Pearl of Great Price to respond to someone who said, "I want to follow Jesus, but I don't want to make drastic changes in my life"?10. What wrong conceptions of the kingdom has Matthew 13 corrected for you?Final Questions (optional or in place of above)What is God saying to you right now? What are you going to do about it?Find our sermons, podcasts, discussion questions and notes at https://www.gracetoday.net/podcastIntrohttps://www.bible.com/reading-plans/17704/day/196?segment=0Soften Your Heart and Harden Your FeetA twenty-one-year-old music college student took the cheapest ship she could find, calling at the greatest number of countries, and prayed to know where to disembark. She arrived in Hong Kong in 1966 and came to a place called the Walled City. It was a small, densely populated, lawless area controlled neither by China nor Hong Kong. It was a high-rise slum for drug addicts, gangs and prostitutes. She wrote:I loved this dark place. I hated what was happening in it but I wanted to be nowhere else. It was almost as if I could already see another city in its place and that city was ablaze with light. It was my dream. There was no more crying, no more death or pain. The sick were healed, addicts set free, the hungry filled. There were families for orphans, homes for the homeless, and new dignity for those who had lived in shame. I had no idea of how to bring this about but with ‘visionary zeal' imagined introducing the Walled City people to the one who could change it all: Jesus.Jackie Pullinger has spent over half a century working with prostitutes, heroin addicts and gang members. I remember so well a talk she gave some years ago. She began by saying, ‘God wants us to have soft hearts and hard feet. The trouble with so many of us is that we have hard hearts and soft feet.'Jackie is a glowing example of this; going without sleep, food and comfort to serve others. God wants us to have soft hearts – hearts of love and compassion. But if we are to make any difference to the world, this will lead to hard feet as we travel along tough paths and face challenges.Context:Where he was:“We have a tendency to think that parables were merely illustrations Jesus employed to help make His points. There is a sense in which that is true, but it is a vast over-simplification of the actual function of parables. The word parable is made up of a prefix, para, and a root, the verb ballō. Para means “alongside.” A paralegal is someone who comes alongside a lawyer to provide legal help. A parachurch ministry comes alongside the church to aid it in its mission. Baleo means “to throw or hurl.” So literally, a parable is something that is thrown alongside of something else. In the case of Jesus, a parable was an illustration or a restatement of a truth that He “threw in” with His teaching.”In reference to Isaiah 6:1-8…“God was sending Isaiah as a prophet of judgment, because God had had enough of people who did not want to hear or see the truth”“…He was explaining to Isaiah that He had kept for Himself a remnant, “a tenth,” from which He would raise up His people again. But Isaiah's mission was to the rest, to clog their ears and blind their eyes.”“So, in answer to the disciples' question, Jesus explained that He used parables both to reveal and to conceal. To those who had “ears to hear,” the parables were words of life. To those whose hearts were hardened and who could not hear so as to understand, the parables were indecipherable stories, impenetrable mysteries. The first of them was the parable of the sower.”Excerpt FromMatthew - An Expositional CommentaryR.C. Sproulhttps://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewBook?id=0This material may be protected by copyright.Excerpt FromMatthew - An Expositional CommentaryR.C. Sproulhttps://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewBook?id=0This material may be protected by copyright.““Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and in your name drive out demons and in your name perform many miracles?' Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!'”‭‭Matthew‬ ‭7‬:‭21‬-‭23‬ ‭NIV‬‬https://bible.com/bible/111/mat.7.21-23.NIVBottom line: Q. What do I want you to know? A. That the condition of your heart determines whether you receive mercy or judgment.Q. Why? A. Because it's a measure of your level of trust of the Lord.Q. What do I want you to do? A. Humble yourself and repent and believe the good news.Q. Why? A. Because your quality of life depends on it—here and now, and hereafter. Bottom line: Jesus taught in parables to reveal to some and to conceal from others the good news that the kingdom of God is near.Context: Jesus is talking to the crowd and the religious leaders intent on discrediting him. He continues to show them portraits of himself through his direct teachings. He'll move to parables in the next chapter making his truths less obvious to some and even incomprehensible to others.Outline (David Platt's outline)I. Four QuestionsA. What is a parable?1. A practical story2. Often framed as a metaphor3. Illustrates a spiritual truthB. How do we understand parables? 3 Principles1. Listen from the hearer's perspective. Put yourself in their shoes. 1st c. Jews vs. 21st c. Americans.What would they hear? How would they respond? How would they feel?2. Look for the main point. Usually 1–2 or 3 max.3. Let the truth change your perception. I.e. Let it change the way you think about something through story.C. Why do we have parables?1. Jesus was revealing truth to those who were believing the mysterious (secrets)--this was evidence of God's mercy.Why do we have parables?“Because the secrets of the kingdom of heaven have been given to you to know, but it has not been given to them.”Secrets or mysteries in the OT revealed in the NT.What's not secret: God would send the Messiah to usher in a kingdom.Secret: What kind of Messiah God would send, how that Messiah would conquerNot through political struggle (political scheming)Not through brute force (military)but through sacrificial love (cross)Therefore, for those who were trusting that Jesus was promised King/Messiah, the parables helped them understand what kind of king he was and what kind of kingdom he was ushering in. HEARING/BELIEVING WAS EVIDENCE OF GOD'S GRACE AND MERCY.2. Jesus was concealing truth from those who were denying the obvious-this was evidence of God's judgment.JESUS WAS CONCEALING THE OBVIOUSDespite the many miracles (not to mention the signs).Despite the many teachings.NOT HEARING/BELIEVING WAS EVIDENCE OF GOD'S JUDGMENT.3. 2 Purposes based on 2 kinds of audiencesFirst 4 parables told to the crowds.Last 4 parables told to the disciples.D. What is the kingdom of heaven?1. The redemptive rule or reign of God in Christ2. A present reality: The King is here, and His kingdom is advancing.3. A future realization: The King is coming back, and His kingdom will one day be complete.Acts 1:6-8 “Then they gathered around him and asked him, ‘Lord, are you at this time going to restore the kingdom to Israel?' He said to them, ‘It is not for you to know the times or dates the Father has set by his own authority. But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.'”II. Eight ParablesA. The parable of the Sower (aka Soils) (13:1-9, 18-23)The sower is the son of man and the seed is the message of salvation (aka good news of the kingdom).The soil is the human heart.Some in Jesus' day rejected/rebelled.Others casually responded to him.The problem of rejection is not the seed nor the sower but the human heart.Jesus points to 4 different heart-responses to the message of salvation:Pathway/Packed soil = hard heart = seed sits on top and never enters the soil; birds eat. This is a lack of understanding prevents reception of the message. No fruit.Rocky/Hard-pan soil = shallow/superficial heart = seed hits the soil, takes root and sprouts but due to the layer of rock beneath, the roots can't go deep. When the sun comes out the plant withers. This is how a person falls away when the troubles of life test their faith. It withers. No fruit.George Whitefield, 18th c. Evangelist during the first great awakening when asked how many were saved at one of his sermons would say, “We'll see in a few years.”Emma - we waited years after she professed Christ as VBS (4 yrs old) to see the fruit over time.Good soil surrounded by thorn bushes = distracted/divided heart = The person falls away after hearing and responding due to the deceitfulness of wealth and worries in this life. Result is, once again, no fruit.Good soil = Fruitful heart - Hears the wordUnderstands the wordBelieves the wordObeys the word bearing fruit that will last (John 15:16). 30, 60 & 100X.LOLListen to the word.Obey the word. (Bearing fruit)Leading others to listen to and obey the word. (Bearing fruit)B. The parables of the Weeds and the NetC. The parables of the Mustard Seed and YeastD. The parables of the Treasure and the PearlE. The parable of the HomeownerII. Two Primary ApplicationsA. Humbly and joyfully receive the message of the kingdom.B. Confidently and urgently spread the message of the kingdom.C. The Lord's supper is where we Look back at when we received the message.Look up to the one who gave us a message worth hearing.Look ahead to sharing this message with others until he returns.Conclusion:Bottom line: Jesus taught in parables to reveal to some and to conceal from others the good news that the kingdom of God is near.Who is Lord of Your Life?Polycarp (AD70–156) was a bishop during a time of bitter attack against the Christians. At the age of eighty-six, he was arrested for no other crime than being a Christian. All he had to do to avoid torture and death was to proclaim, ‘Caesar is Lord.' Polycarp responded, ‘Eighty-six years I have served Christ, and he never did me any wrong. How can I blaspheme my King who saved me?' For Polycarp, the fact that ‘Jesus is Lord' meant that he could not say, ‘Caesar is Lord.' Steadfast in his stand for Christ, Polycarp refused to compromise his beliefs and was burnt alive at the stake on 22 February AD156.How is your heart? Is it tender towards God or have you allowed it to be hard towards God? Are you feet hard from kingdom work or tender from taking care of yourself?What is God saying to you? What are you going to do about it?PrayReferences/Bibliography:“Preaching the Word” Commentary, Douglas Sean O'Donnell, Edited by Kent Hughes“Matthew” by RC Sproul“CSB Christ Chronological,” Holman“The Bible Knowledge Commentary” by Walvoord, Zuck (BKC)“The Bible Exposition Commentary” by Warren Wiersbe (BEC)“Exalting Jesus in Matthew” by David Platt (CCE)Outline Bible, D WillmingtonNIV Study Bible (NIVSB)ESV Study Bible

It is officially Spooky Season, our favorite time of year! All month long, we are dedicating our episodes to Halloween. In today's episode, we do some Halloween Trivia. We also discuss the Halloween mystery of Nima Louise Carter, who disappeared from her locked home while she and her parents were sleeping. Please follow us on Instagram @itsastrangeworldpodcast,Twitter@PodStrangeWorld, and on Facebook and TikTok @ It's A Strange World After All! If you love the show, give us a 5 star rating and write a review. We would love to hear from you! What did you think of this week's episode? If there is anything in the world of strange or true crime cases that you would like us to cover, let us know. If you have any personal stories involving true crime or the supernatural, we want you on the show. We are introducing movie reviews of the horror, thriller, slasher, and true crime genre. If you have any movies or documentaries and you'e like us to review, let us know. You can email those submissions to itsastrangeworldafterall@gmail.com or DM us at any other social media platforms. Sources: https://www.ranker.com/list/halloween-baby-case-1977/april-a-taylor https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/halloween-mystery-baby-found-dead-20722601.amp https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewBook?id=1286575723 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/its-a-strange-world-after-all/support

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An Ascended Master is a great teacher, healer or prophet who has lived a human life and who is now in the realm of spirit. Siddhartha Gautama, the founder of Buddhism who later became known as “the Buddha,” lived during the 5th century B.C. Gautama was born into a wealthy family as a prince in present-day Nepal. Although he had an easy life, Gautama was moved by suffering in the world. •Contact: agentk21podcast@gmail.com -Music: agentk21music@gmail.com -Counseling: Fullcirclecounselingservice@gmail.com •Linktree- https://linktr.ee/agentk21podcast •Music Linktree - https://linktr.ee/Agentk21music?utm_source=linktree_profile_share •Counseling - https://www.keandranesmith.com/ •Donations - https://linktr.ee/agentk21podcast •Music Lessons Website - https://agentk21music.wixsite.com/mysite •”NEW” - Merchandise Store - https://1111-podcast.creator-spring.com •Social Media: @agentk21podcast (IG); @agentk21 (Twitter) •YouTube Channel: https://youtube.com/channel/UCVMPPFBImTwvXpbx-ndg-ZQ •Introduction music: https://soundcloud.com/agentk21/interlude - Interlude by @Agentk21music (IG).

This week on The Op-Ed Page with Elisa Camahort Page: Available anywhere you listen to podcasts, so please share, subscribe, rate and review!! 1. From #HotVaxSummer to DeltaDont 2. Just Say #NototheRepublicanRecall of Governor Newsom in California California's COVID web site: https://covid19.ca.gov/ FAQs on the gubernatorial recall election in California, including how many signatures it requires: https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/upcoming-elections/2021-ca-gov-recall/newsom-recall-faqs California's Proposition Process: https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/ballot-measures/how-qualify-initiative 3. Quick Takes The Right Word Escapes Me: Last week's newsletter on the right word for walking the world as a woman (or other under-represented person): https://elisacp.substack.com/p/the-right-word-escapes-me My articles in the Kinder Beauty Blog in July: Here's Why I Love the Curly Girl Method: https://kinderbeauty.com/blogs/beauty-news/i-have-a-beauty-confession 5 Quick Ways to Enhance Any Vegan Dish: https://kinderbeauty.com/blogs/veganism-inclusivity/5-quick-ways-to-enhance-any-vegan-dish Why I Use Three Make-Up Products on My Eyebrows: https://kinderbeauty.com/blogs/life-hacks/why-i-use-just-three-products-on-my-eyebrows Dr. Jen Gunter on Samantha Bee's podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/full-release-with-samantha-bee/id1522072002?i=1000529426700 The Menopause Manifesto by Dr. Jen Gunter: https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewBook?id=1548565724 In the Bubble podcast with Andy Slavitt and Frank Luntz: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/in-the-bubble-from-the-frontlines/id1504128553?i=1000528582480 Shows mentioned: Loki and Wandavision on Disney+ Ted Lasso and Schmigadoon on Apple TV+ Full Blown on HBO Max Making the Cut with Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn on Amazon Prime Feel Good on Netflix Plus Feel Good star Mae Martin on Jameela Jamil's podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i-weigh-with-jameela-jamil/id1498855031?i=1000522606607 Where to find me: My website: https://elisacp.com Sign up for my new newsletter, This Week-ish with Elisa Camahort Page: https://elisacp.substack.com New Calendly: schedule a session with me!: https://calendly.com/elisacp Thanks to Ryan Cristopher for my podcast music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/ryan-cristopher/1479898729 Road Map for Revolutionaries by me, Carolyn Gerin and Jamia Wilson: https://roadmapforrevolutionaries.com Social media handles: Twitter: @ElisaC @OpEdPagePodcast Insta: @ElisaCP TikTok: @ElisaCP Please share, subscribe, rate and review!

I back for real this time. Lots of painter stories and a new book coming out. Also don't forget to pick up my first book Painter Files https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewBook?id=1412300309

Welcome to Season 3 of Choose UCalgary, the University of Calgary’s prospective student podcast. The Choose UCalgary podcast is intended for any prospective student who is hoping to learn more about the University of Calgary. We will chat with key representatives from the UCalgary community to help keep you updated and informed about all things UCalgary. Episode 4: In this episode, season 3 host Virginia Harvey chats with Elizabeth Venton-Parnell, a co-op student Project Assistant, and Di Honorio, a Program Assistant, from UCalgary’s Women’s Resource Centre. Learn more about the Women’s Resource Centre: ucalgary.ca/student-services/womens-centre/homeRequest a 2020-21 Viewbook here: survey.ucalgary.ca/jfe/form/SV_6Liw7kRxivagOwJStart your UCalgary application today: ucalgary.ca/future-students/undergraduate/applyFollow us on Instagram @choose.ucalgary and like the University of Calgary Future Students Facebook page!

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Ashley Etchison, Director of Strong Workforce Strategic Communications and Marketing for the Inland Empire Desert Region Consortium, joins Interact President Cheryl Broom for an in-depth discussion about the development of their highly-successful “Ready” brand and viewbook, and how Etchison calculates ROI to drive stakeholder buy-in across the Inland Empire’s 12 different community colleges.

Finding a job can take a lot of work. But what if you could get in front of a recruiter--someone who is paid to find great employees? Like a fairy godmother, couldn't a recruiter make your wish for a dream job come true? And by doing so, save you a lot of time and effort? The truth is, recruiters can make a big difference in your job search, but they can't do it all. In this 32-minute episode you will learn: What recruiters do, who they work for, and how they get paid How to find the right recruiter for you and your industry How to start a relationship with a recruiter or recruiting firm What you should (and shouldn’t) expect from a recruiter This week’s guest: Steve Potestio (@Potestio)Partner and CEO, Mathys+PotestioPortland, OR       Listener question of the week: How can I keep up with new media jobs? Do you have a question you’d like us to answer on a future episode? Please send your questions to Cecilia Bianco, Mac’s List Community Manager, at cecilia@macslist.org. Resources referenced on this week’s show: Mashable.com - 20 Tools to Show Off Your Portfolio The Deeply Graphic Design Podcast Social Media Examiner Mashable.com Inc. Magazine Forbes Technology SnapChat Canva Free Online Photo Editor Hootsuite Social Media Management Edgar Social Media Management The Business of Strangers (2001) Mathys+Potestio Find Your Dream Job in Portland (and Beyond): The Complete Mac’s List Guide If you have a job-hunting or career development resource resource you’d like to share, please contact Ben Forstag, Mac’s List Managing Director, at ben@macslist.org. -- Thank you for listening to Find Your Dream Job. If you like this show, please help us by rating and reviewing our podcast on iTunes. We appreciate your support! Opening and closing music for “Find Your Dream Job” provided by Freddy Trujillo, www.freddytrujillo.com.   FULL TRANSCRIPT BELOW:  Mac Prichard: Welcome to Find Your Dream Job. We're the podcast that helps you get hired and have the career you want, and make a difference in life. I'm Mac Prichard, your host. I'm the publisher of Mac's List. On today's show, we're discussing how to work with an executive recruiter. Looking for a job is hard work. You know that. We've all been there. Before you set on to your first application or you go to an interview, you need to confirm your career goals, and you have to update your online profiles. You need to network. You need to do lots and lots of networking. Again, that's a lot of hard work. Not surprisingly, many of us, including me, have wondered, "Isn't there another way--an easier way--that lets you cut to the front of the application line?" What if you could get in front of a recruiter, somebody who is paid to find great employees? Like a fairy godmother, couldn't a recruiter make your wish for a dream job come true, and by doing so save you a lot of time and effort? Recruiters can make a big difference in your job search, but they can't do it all. This week, we're talking to a recruiter, Steve Potestio. He's one of the best in the business. He works with digital firms and writers, graphic designers, and other creative workers all across the country. Steve is going to share with us what recruiters can do and what they can't do, and how you can make the most of that experience. First, let's check in with the Mac's List team. Joining me as always in our downtown studio here in Portland, Oregon are Ben Forstag, our management director, and Cecilia Bianco, our community manager. Hello Ben and Cecilia. Cecilia Bianco: Hi Mac, how are you? Ben Forstag: Hi Mac. Mac Prichard: Good, I'm doing well. Confess, have you had that fantasy that the phone is going to ring one day, and it will be a recruiter offering you your dream job? Ben Forstag: During my last unemployment stint, which was about four months long, I had that fantasy every day, or that hope at least. Mac Prichard: How about you Cecilia? Cecilia Bianco: I actually really haven't, but I've talked to a lot of recruiters through my job at Mac's List, and I think it's a dream a lot of people have. Mac Prichard: There is real value when working with a recruiter. They can make a huge difference, but like anything, you don't want to rely in just one strategy alone. I've never actually been approached by a recruiter about a job, though I have been contacted by different recruiters looking for candidates. Cecilia, you're out there in the community a lot. What's been your experience working with recruiters? Cecilia Bianco: They're always just looking for it seems very specific people to their agency. Anytime I get an email from one of them, they have almost an exact person in mind with certain experience. Mac Prichard: I find that too. I also find that they contact people like us, because they're looking for recommendations about trusted candidates, people who fit that criteria. Even if the phone rings, and they're not offering a job, but if it's a recruiter at the other end of the line, I think there's a real value in building that relationship. We'll talk more to Steve about that later in the show. Before we do that, let's check in with Ben, because when it comes to online career resources, Wikipedia has nothing on Ben Forstag. Every week, he explores the internet looking for blogs, podcasts, and other tools you could use in your job search. Ben, what have you uncovered for us this week? Ben Forstag: Mac, given the theme of today's show, I wanted to share two different resources that I thought might be particularly useful to anyone exploring a career in creative services, so graphic designers, writers, anyone who does creative things for a living. The first one is a blog post I found on the mashable.com website. Cecilia, I know you go to Mashable every day. Cecilia Bianco: Often. Ben Forstag: This is a site that's about all things digital and media. It's a great tool. This blog post comes from 2013. It's 20 Tools to Show Off Your Portfolio. If you're going to be working in the creative industry, that really means you need to present your work on the web so that everyone could see what you do. The online platform you use to show off your work might be just as important as the material you're showcasing. As you can imagine, it doesn't matter how good the work you put on it is if your website looks dated, or if it doesn't work. That's going to not reflect well on you as a professional. This blog, the 20 Tools to Showcase Your Portfolio, it outlines 20 different platforms you could use to showcase your art, your writing, whatever creative output you have. I'll admit, I don't have a portfolio myself. Cecilia, I know that you do. What platform do you use? Cecilia Bianco: I actually have a customized WordPress platform, but I think about every single journalism school student at University of Oregon all used this Cargo Collective. It's definitely one of the easiest tools to make one. Ben Forstag: Mac, when you're looking at candidates for contract work or vendors, is there a given platform that you prefer, or is it just whatever you find? Mac Prichard: One feature I like about LinkedIn is there is portfolio section. I don't think it's on your list. LinkedIn is always a stop for an employer who is checking on the candidate. In addition to the good ideas on your list, I would encourage candidates to think about using the portfolio section of LinkedIn. Ben Forstag: On LinkedIn, you can add projects now. I know I uploaded some magazines that I edited in my previous job there. That's a great tool as well. There are 20 different platforms here that they suggest. Some that are more known, some that might be new on the scene, tools like Carbonmade, Behance, Dribbble, that's with three Bs, Dunked to Viewbook, and Cargo Collective. Again, this is post is on Mashable. It's 20 tools to showcase your portfolio. It's another blog with a really long URL. We'll include this in the show notes, or you can Google it on Mashable. The other resource I want to share with you is a podcast I discovered recently. Mac Prichard: Another podcast, you're listening to other podcasts. Ben Forstag: I'm cheating on the podcast. When you're done with this podcast, when you've downloaded them all, and listened to them all and rated us positively, you can go check out this other podcast. It's called the Deeply Graphic DesignCast. This is a podcast for graphic designers, web designers, and visual designers. It's produced by a graphic design studio in LA called The Deep End. The episodes explore different design-related topics from finding better clients to online portfolios, hot trends in design, and making sure you get paid for your work, things like that. I've always had a fantasy of monetizing my hobby of painting, and so I like hearing these things on how other people are doing stuff in the creative arts. Don't worry Mac, I'm not going anywhere. I'd get to sell a single painting in five years. Like our podcast, they answer listener questions. The nice thing about this podcast is it's been around since 2011, and they regularly produce episodes. They've got 95 episodes. It's about one every week. It's a great resource, a fun little podcast, entertaining. I suggest you check it out. Again, the Deeply Graphic DesignCast, and we'll have the link to that in the show notes. Mac Prichard: Those are great suggestions. I didn't know that you painted. I look forward to seeing some of your paintings one day. Ben Forstag: I'll bring you over to the studio someday. Mac Prichard: Do you have an idea for Ben? Just write him. You can reach him at ben@macslist.org. We may share your idea on the show. Now, we want to hear from you our listeners. Let's turn it over to Cecilia, our community manager. Cecilia, what's the question of the week? Cecilia Bianco: Our question this week is, "How can I keep up with new media jobs?" To get a new media job, the most important skill you can have is knowing how to tell a visual story. New media has largely turned into visual communication. As we all know, in this office, we've done presentations about this. Being able to use the tools and platforms available to tell a visual story is the key thing. You want to be comfortable with video editing tools, even if it's just a simple as iMovie on your Mac computer. I know Ben is a pro at iMovie. Also photo editing tools such as the Adobe suite with InDesign and Photoshop. There's also a lot of online tools that are free and easier to manage than Adobe. Overall, the more skills and tools you master, the better off you're going to be. Mac and Ben, I'm sure you both have some go-to resources to keep up with new media. Do you have any favorites? Ben Forstag: To be honest, my resource for all thing social media are probably my teenage nieces and nephews. They know about these things well before I do certainly. I remember a few years ago when my nieces were trying to show me about Snapchat. At that time, I thought, "Well, this is the silliest thing I've ever seen. Why would you ever need to know this?" From what I've been told, this is now a platform that lots of professionals are using. I know my favorite baseball team has a Snapchat account. I know several serious journalists do Snapchat accounts. It's a serious thing. I guess what I'm saying is I should be listening more to my nieces and nephews, take what they say seriously. Cecilia Bianco: Definitely, Snapchat has become important along with a lot of other platforms. With new media, there is always a new platform that people are jumping on and using. To stay up to date with those, you need to have some go-to resources beyond your nieces and nephews probably. I would suggest a few E newsletters such as the Social Media Examiner. Ben mentioned I'm a big fan of Mashable, Ink Magazine. The Forbes technology section is also great. Mac, do you have any to add? Mac Prichard: I just want to support your point that it's so important to keep improving our skills. One trend I see in social media platforms is tools that used to be standalone applications increasingly are being incorporated into Facebook, Instagram, and the other big popular apps. As we reach out to people online, taking advantage of those tools gets a lot easier, because they're much more intuitive, and simpler, and easier to use than say Photoshop even three to five years ago. Cecilia Bianco: I agree. With some of the platforms like Canva is basically Photoshop, but it's free. It's very easy to use. You can teach yourself in an hour. It can be really intimidating to try and learn those tools, but I think if you set small goals like signing up for new newsletters, or mastering a new skill every month, it becomes a lot more manageable. Mac Prichard: That's excellent advice, breaking tasks down into smaller achievable pieces, whether it's mastering a new skill or taking the next step in your job search. Ben Forstag: I know we've talked about social media tools in previous episodes, but let me just ask you Cecilia. If you had to pick the top three that someone should be comfortable using, what would those top three social media tools be? Cecilia Bianco: I would definitely pick at least one photo editing, one video editing, and then probably one management tool. Canva for photos, iMovie for videos, and maybe HootSuite or the new Edgar social media management tool would be key. Ben Forstag: Thanks. Mac Prichard: Great advice. It's very telling and right on target that two of the three you mentioned were visual tools, because so much online communication and so much media work now is all about visuals except of course this podcast. There is that. These segments by Ben and Cecilia are sponsored by the Mac's List guides. We're the publisher of a new book, here at Mac's List. It's called land Your Dream Job in Portland and Beyond. You'll find in our guides, the tools you need to get the job you want. We tackle the questions that are on your mind. How do I find about hidden jobs? What can I do to standout when I'm competing against dozens of other people for the same position? What do I need to do next to manage my career? In our book, there are eight chapters. You'll find experts who share insight or knowledge about how they learn about jobs that are never posted, and what you can do to interview and negotiate like a pro. Check it out for yourself. You can download the first chapter of the book for free. Just go to our website. The address is macslist.org/macslistguides. Steve Potestio co-owns Mathys and Potestio. It's a recruitment firm for the creative and digital industries. His company has offices in Portland, Austin, and Los Angeles. Steve knows how recruiters work. He's worked with more than 100 agencies, and he's helped place thousands of professionals into jobs. He's also been a copywriter, a graphic designer, a project manager, an account manager, and he was the director of operations for a large digital agency during the dot-com era. Steve, that's quite a background. Steve Potestio: Thank you. Mac Prichard: Thank you for joining us. Let me start with one example I think people have in their heads when they think about recruiters. I'm going to into the way back machine. There is a wonderful movie starring Stockard Channing. It's called the Business of Strangers. It came out in the early 1990's. It's about corporate intrigue, and it reflects popular ideas about corporate culture in those years. In the plot, Channing is a high-powered executive. She hears rumors that she's about to lose her job. The first thing she does is she picks up the phone, and she calls a recruiter. They both traveled to an airport. They have a meeting in the lounge. He brings his briefcase, and he reaches into it. There he has job openings that pay six-figure salaries. They talk about what position she might take next if she indeed loses her position inside the company. That's one way people think of recruiters. What would you say to that popular image, Steve? Steve Potestio: I'm laughing because if that was the case, that would be cool that we just have a briefcase full of jobs. That's cool. That is I think a common misperception of our industry. We are actually out there beating the bushes every day trying to build relationships with companies so that we do in fact have opportunities. We're not walking around with briefcases full of them. We're not having any clandestine meetings. Actually, a good recruiter would probably do a little bit more than the recruiter in the movie. That is really establishing a relationship with the individual, and talking about their needs and what they're looking for, and what's a good fit for them prior to opening up that briefcase, and just start trotting out a bunch of jobs. Mac Prichard: Let's put aside the Hollywood image. Let's talk about how the business really works. Tell us about the recruitment business and how you look for candidates, and what you're looking for. Steve Potestio: One thing about a recruiter to realize is the recruiter serves two masters. On one side is the individual, the candidate that is looking for a job. On the other side is the hiring company, the business client. A good recruiter is trying to build relationships, and understand both equally so that they are able to put the two together successfully. Generally, the client company, the hiring company is the firm that pays our bills if you will. It is natural that recruiters could lean toward that side, and really focus more on servicing that side. I think the best recruiters really walk right down the middle of the street. Mac Prichard: You talked about the firms that you work for. They're the ones who are paying you. How do you get paid? I know there are different forms of compensation for recruiters. Steve Potestio: There are different types of recruitment. There is different types of, I guess, logistical types of jobs. You're going to see recruiters that work on full-time salary positions only. You're going to see recruiters that will also work on contract type assignments, and then recruiters that will work on both. Some of it is what situation are you looking for as an individual, and then finding the recruiter that works within those situations. If you're looking for a full-time job, the recruiter is paid if a candidate that they have introduced is selected and hired by that client company. That client company will pay that recruiter or recruiting firm a fee for having found that individual. Recruiters work on what's called contingency placements. They do not get paid until they have successfully placed someone into a job. Mac Prichard: I think the other approach is called the retainer. Can you talk about the differences between a firm that works on retainer versus contingency? Is there any advantage to a job seeker to work with one firm over another? Steve Potestio: Being a good recruiter, the candidate probably won't necessarily know the difference if that recruiter is on a retainer or on a contingency. That should be something that they don't really necessarily even have insight into. A retained search generally is limited to executive level, C level types of positions. Most companies will not pay for a retained search if they are looking for staff level or management level unless again it's an executive suite level position. For example, in my business, we haven't had a retained search in probably five years. Mac Prichard: I'm often asked when I meet with people informational interviews, and this is a question Cecilia who talks to our community all the time also receives: how do you approach a recruiter? Getting back to that image of the fellow with the briefcase, even if that's not the reality, there are advantages in having a relationship with the recruiter. Walk us through how someone should find someone in their field, and how they might approach a recruiter. Steve Potestio: One of the most important things is finding someone in your field. The reason that is so important is because the recruiter should understand you, and your background, and your experience better than someone who may be has not been exposed to the type of work that you do. Finding someone that understands the type of work that you do is pretty key. They should then also have a client business hiring company relationships in that same industry. They're going to be potentially more equipped to be able to assist you. Then it's just a matter of reaching out to that person, whether it's LinkedIn or email or a phone call. Again, I reference maybe good recruiters and maybe not so good recruiters, but I think a good recruiter is somebody who is looking out for your best interest, and maybe willing to talk to you even if they don't have something immediate that potentially fits their needs or your needs, an immediate potential job opportunity fit. A recruiter should invest the time to meet with you, get to know you, because they may have that opportunity for you in one week, or one month, or three months. Some recruiters fall into the trap of only working on what's in their immediate workload, and not looking down the road. Mac Prichard: Look for a way to establish a long-term relationship with the recruiter. Let's back up Steve. I'm just thinking of our listeners. They love actionable ideas. They want practical instruction about concrete steps they can take next. Imagine that one of our listeners is sitting in front of a computer. They want to find the recruiter in their field. What do they do next? Do they go to Google? Do they go to LinkedIn? Walk us through how you would actually identify say a recruiter in your field? I know you work with digital creatives, designers, writers, and similar professions. Steve Potestio: On my LinkedIn account, I have an ability to do advance searches. If you don't have that ability, I think you have to pay for that. I would go to Google, and I would Google and find out the companies. Then I would go to LinkedIn, and I would look at the company profiles, and I would look at the recruiter profiles, and again, trying to find individuals or recruitment firms that specialize in your area. Mac Prichard: I'm a writer. I sit down, and I Google executive recruiters, or recruiters, writers, the community where I live in, whether it's Portland, Oregon, Chicago. I know you have offices in Austin and Las Vegas as well. Up pops the name of several firms and recruiters, how do I approach these people? Do I send an email? Do I make a phone call? What's the practical way of doing that? Steve Potestio: I'll back up again too. The first thing that you should be doing is looking at your own toolbox, and making sure you're ready to contact the recruiter. That recruiter, one of the first things they're going to do is they're going to examine your resume. They're going to examine your background. They're going to go on to your LinkedIn profile. If they see things that are a mess, or they're not seeing the type of professional that they feel that they can comfortably represent, they may be less inclined to respond to your inquiry. Again, a good recruiter and a good recruitment firm will respond to every single person that reaches out to them, but many don't. Mac Prichard: What is helpful to you as a recruiter? What kind of requests do you like to receive? After people have paid attention to the basics, and they put their LinkedIn profile in order, do you like to get a phone call, an email? What works best? Steve Potestio: An email works best because that enables the recruiter or the recruitment firm to take a closer look at the individual's background, and to really assess their ability to help that person. A phone call, they're still going to ask for some time to dig a little deeper into the individual's background. I don't want to discourage people from not picking up the phone, but the recruitment firm really needs to evaluate their ability to assist the individual. If they don't feel like the individual has the right background, and they in turn don't have the right client base to assist that individual, they should hopefully be pointing them in a different direction. A lot of it is really evaluating their ability to help that person. Mac Prichard: That's the best way to approach you. What mistakes do you see people make when they attempt to work with recruiters? Steve Potestio: I don't know the mistakes that they make when they initially reach out, but I think people need to have realistic expectations of what a recruiter or a recruitment firm can do for them. We cannot manufacture job opportunities for them. We may have that briefcase full of job openings, but if none of those job openings match that individuals' background and what they're looking for, then it doesn't matter that we have a briefcase full of job openings. They're not the ones for you. People just need to be realistic that yes, we are out there doing everything we can to build relationships with clients so that chances are greater that we may have opportunities for you, but it's never a given. Mac Prichard: A number of possibilities, people can approach you all, begin to build a relationship. There might be a suitable opening, and it might actually lead to a job offer. In other instances, people may go down that path, and not get an offer, or there may not be openings at the moment. For those who don't get a job out of this process, what's the best way to build and maintain a long-term relationship with the recruiter? Steve Potestio: I'm glad you asked that. I've been doing this, gee, longer than I've carried a [inaudible 00:27:29] over close to 20 years. Smart candidates and smart recruiters do look at it as a long-term ongoing proposition. There are many people that I have placed into jobs. They have in turn called me and asked me for new hires for their department or their company. In turn a couple of years down the road, they may be a candidate again. A good recruiter would want to invest that time and would want to keep tabs on your career. I think being a good candidate working with the recruiter, you keep that recruiter up to date in terms of what you're doing on your own. Again, a recruiter or a recruiting firm is one avenue that you should be pursuing. It's definitely something to pursue, but it's only one avenue in your job search. Mac Prichard: I'm glad you made that point, because I think sometimes people tend to put all of their eggs in one basket, whether it's focusing on a recruiter or one opportunity at one organization, which could be attractive, but you'd never know what might work out. It's always good to be pursuing how to find several different opportunities. Steve Potestio: What happens when you don't is it's the old image of the person at home waiting for the phone to ring on Friday night to see if they're going to get that one date that they've been after. That one person doesn't call. Will stay home for the night? Maybe that's a bad analogy, because then that means that person is pursuing many, many, many potential suitors. Maybe that's a bad analogy, but at the same time, the job seeker does need to pursue many different avenues unless they want to just be in a long and prolong job search. Mac Prichard: That's an excellent point to stop at. Steve, how can people learn more about you and find you online? Steve Potestio: Our website is a great way to connect with us. We actually are also very active on social media. We have a very vibrant Facebook page. We do a lot of tweets. Our website actually posts a lot of information that is similar to Mac's List geared toward professional development and helping people. Really, that's the best way to connect with all of the various channels that we are trying to put information and content out to. Mac Prichard: That's terrific. Thank you for your time Steve. Steve Potestio: Thank you Mac. I appreciate it. Mac Prichard: We're back in the studio with Ben and Cecilia. There's a lot of food for thought there from Steve, wasn't there? Ben Forstag: There was. Cecilia Bianco: Definitely a lot of questions I had about recruiters, he covered it all. Mac Prichard: I just want to thank you all for nodding knowingly. I expect you don't know who Stockard Channing is. Ben Forstag: No idea. Cecilia Bianco: I have no idea. Mac Prichard: You had to be there back in the 1990's. She was huge. Ben Forstag: I was there just, I guess, not paying attention to movies. Mac Prichard: I went too far too many movies. Actually, I was looking up this movie. I couldn't find it in the Wikipedia. I had to find it elsewhere. It's obscure, but well worth the watch. It does underscore a popular image we have of recruiters. I think Steve has helped us understand that working with the recruiter can be valuable, but you don't want to rely just on recruiters. Ben Forstag: I thought the most interesting was how recruiters get paid. I didn't really know that much about recruiting. I always had this vague idea that they would take a percentage of my salary. I don't know where I got that notion, but it's good to know that the job seeker is not the person who's paying for that service. It's usually the employer. Cecilia Bianco: I agree. I have that question too. I've always wondered what the actual breakdown was. It was interesting to hear exactly where the money goes and how they make their money, because it seems in my opinion that recruiters usually cater a lot to the job seeker, but really, their paying customer is the employer. Mac Prichard: One thing to keep in mind if you're contacted by a recruiter. Steve talked about this. The recruiters that are hired on contingency, a company may work with two or three recruiters for the same position, so a recruiter can be an advocate for you. If however you don't get hired or one of the candidates doesn't get hired, they don't get paid. It can be a tough business. Again, working with the recruiters can be rewarding, and we encourage our listeners to explore that. Steve had some very practical ideas about next steps you could take if you want to do that. Thank you for listening. We'll be back next week with more tools and tips you can use to find your dream job. 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In this episode host Ian Lawton had the opportunity to sit for an hour with Theravada Buddhist monk Bhante Bodhidhamma where they discuss among other things The Dharma, Atheism & Science. This episode has no sponsor. Below are links to the two books mentioned by Bhanti in this episode: http://forestsanghapublications.org/viewBook.php?id=10&ref=deb http://www.dhammatalks.org/Archive/Writings/TheMindLikeFireUnbound2010Edition.pdf Here is a link to an archive of some of Bhanti's many Dharma Talks: http://dharmaseed.org/teacher/245/ Bhanti's own website: http://www.satipanya.org.uk/ For more info visit http://www.workshedpod.com/    

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