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21 Days of Focus: Restoring Rhythm2. Work, Rest and Restoring Identity Dan Bidwell, Senior Pastor 15 January 2023 Intro: Whats in the box? A member of church gave me this book early last year. Half Time by Bob Buford. A book by a Christian business man about how to make the most of the second half of your life. Bob Buford was a TV station owner from the early days of television. He was wildly successful from a business perspective. But somewhere around the middle of his life, he got to a point in his career where he asked himself: Is this all there is? And so in the book, he describes this pivotal conversation with his business mentor. His mentor, Mike Kami, had been a strategic planner with IBM and Xerox in the early days, and went to consult at Coca Cola a heavy hitter. And an atheist. And Buford finds himself asking his mentor: (quote on handout) What should I do? How could I be most useful? Where should I invest my own talents, time and treasure? What are the values that give purpose to my life? What is the overarching vision that shapes me? Who am I? Where am I? Where am I going? How do I get there? In this blizzard of wonderment, Mike Kami asked me a simple and penetrating question: Whats in the box? If you had to decide THE one thing thats the most important part of your life, the one non-negotiable, the puzzle piece that everything else is built off, the thing that defines and motivates you, what would it be? Whats in the box? Thats what were going to be thinking about today as we open the Bible. So why dont we pray and ask God to give us wisdom. Our heavenly Father, we pray today that you would give us clarity and focus as we think about what the most important thing in our life is. Give us wisdom as we read your word, and keep transforming us into the image of Christ. In his life-giving name we pray, Amen. Well we are in the middle of our 21 Days of Focus something we do every January to help us refocus our faith at the beginning of the New Year. This year were calling the series Restoring Rhythm how to find balance in a busy world. We started last week with the premise that, as a society, we have a busyness problem. Two cardiologists Meyer Friedman and Ray Rosenman have labeled our busyness problem as "hurry sickness." They noticed their patients in this continuous struggle [] to accomplish or achieve more and more things or participate in more and more events in less and less time." Taken to the extreme, hurry sickness can cause real health issues. But most of us dont even notice it happening to us, because busyness is such a normal part of modern life. Its the air we breathe. But its not how life is meant to be. Jesus said: 28 Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. (Matthew 11:28-29) Commentator F. Dale Bruner said that the rest Jesus is offering us is not a vacation or a mattress to lie down on. Jesus offers us equipment, a new way to carry life so that our work and our rest are part of a life-giving rhythm. So today I want to share the first piece of equipment that Jesus gives to help us restore rhythm, and to find balance in a busy world. And that equipment is to restore our understanding of work, rest and identity (because theyre all tied up together). 1. Order and Disorder To restore a right understanding of work, rest and identity, we need to go back to Creation. At creation, God made humans in his image. And he gave us a role to play bringing order to creation. God gave Adam and Eve a job: to rule over creation; to subdue it; and to fill it. They were to bring shape and creativity to the world. This is the original pattern for work. Work was good and purposeful and life-affirming. That was day 6 of creation. Then on Day 7 God rested from his work of creation. And he commanded all of creation to do likewise. Gods deliberate act of stopping, and resting, shows us that in his world, there is balance between work and rest. Both work and rest are part of the goodness of creation. Work is good. And rest is good. Together work and rest are how Gods people are to experience the fullness of life and purpose in Gods good creation. But once we get to chapter 3 of Genesis, we see a big disruption when sin enters the world, a big upheaval. Sin takes the good order of creation and turns it into disorder. That leaves us experiencing a disordered pattern of work and rest. Work is often fraught, and rest is not so restful. This is the result of the curse in Genesis 3: God says because of sin, we will have thorns and thistles in our work. Work will not always be life-giving and purpose-affirming. It will not always be good. Our work life may be filled with trouble. Thats not the only trouble that comes as a result of the curse. - Sin creates trouble in good things such as parenting and childbirth. - Sin creates trouble in human relationships. The man and the woman now fight with one another, and that spreads into every human relationship. Sin brings upheaval to the good order of creation; and everything good is brought into disorder. Sins corruption makes its way into every corner of creation, every corner of society. And ultimately, into every corner of our own hearts and desires and dreams. This is an important theological idea to understand. Because sometimes we dont recognize the disorder. The messiness just seems normal to us. Weve grown up with it and its just what we expect from the world. Like the two fish who were swimming in the ocean. And one fish says to the other, The waters lovely today! And the other fish says, Whats water? Sometimes we get so used to the way things are, that we forget that things are not the way they are supposed to be. Disorder is not how our lives are meant to be. And thats where the Christian message is such good news. The gospel of Jesus is all about restoring order to a world disordered by sin. Its all about undoing the curse of sin, and helping us to recover the purpose we were created for. So thats the first big point: we need to recognize the disorder that sin brings to life, so that we can start to allow Jesus to re-order us 2. Disordered Identity Theres a new documentary on Netflix about the lives of tennis players. The first episode is all about Nick Kyrgios, an Australian player who has been hailed the greatest talent of his generation. Hes one of only a handful of players to have beaten the Big 3 Federer, Djokovic and Nadal and he beat each of them the first time they played together. Kyrgios is a major talent, but he has never really achieved at the highest levels. Hes just too volatile. So you watch Kyrgios play, and sometimes he plays with absolute confidence, hits trick shots, get the crowd behind him. Kyrgios is one of the best players in the world when hes on. But then other times its like somebody flicks a switch, and he gets inside his own head. He starts to yell and curse and he implodes. Its like his whole identity depends on whether he is winning or losing. I think we often share that same disordered thinking when it comes to our identity. Particularly because our identity is often tied to our work. Our society often equates a persons work with their value or status as a person. The higher paying the job, the higher the prestige and personal value we assign to that person. Or the more public a role, the more kudos and status they receive. It also means that we assign less value to those in lowlier paid positions. We assign them less value as humans because in our society, personal value is tied up with work. And so is our identity. When we meet someone for the first time, we ask them: What do you do for a living? And whether we mean to or not, we assign them value as a person based on how they respond. We equate their identity with what they do. And we do the same for ourselves. When our identity is tied up with our work, then its good when were winning. But what if were not? What happens when we retire? If our identity is tied up with our work, then its like we lose a part of our identity, or were somehow lesser of a person. I talked about this on Tuesday at our Hymns and Communion service, the idea that when we retire, the world often looks at us differently because they dont know who we used to be. They dont know what we used to do. They dont see the former football player, the former head of a department, the former mom to six children. Nobody sees that. They just see a person of advancing years, and sadly, we assign them less value as people because they no longer have a job. Do you see the disorder with that way of thinking? It has implications for the way we think about people with dementia, or diminished mental abilities. We bind personal value and identity to the ability to produce. No wonder we have hurry sickness. No wonder we cant rest. Because if we stop, then what happens to our identity? What happens to our value as a person? This is the water we swim in everyday, but were like the fish that has never heard of water. So often we dont even recognize the disordered way of thinking that is so normalized in our world... 3. Restoring Identity So how do we fix our disordered thinking? How do we restore the right understanding of our identity, so that we can restore healthy rhythms of work and rest? I think thats the yoke that Jesus offers tools to retrain our thinking so that we see the world through his eyes. The answer starts in creation. First we need to remind ourselves that our identity is not derived from our work, but from our status as a beloved child of God. The creation story reminds us that we are each created in the image of God. And that means our innate value and worth as a person is not derived from what we produce in this world, but who produced us. We are loved because of who God made us, not what we have made of ourselves. And when we look at how Jesus treated the people he met, we see that principle in practice. Jesus loved everybody who came to him: the rich and the poor, women and children, the sick, the disabled, the outcast. Jesus offered them all equal dignity, regardless of social status. Their worth in his eyes had nothing to do with their earthly achievements. And the same is true when it comes to salvation. We are not saved because of our work, or our righteous acts, or the roles we played in a church. Salvation is the gift of God! And it is due solely to his love for us, and his merciful grace to pardon our sins through faith in Christ. We can learn a lot by looking at the way Jesus went about in the world. Like I said last week, Jesus is not just the truth, but the way and the life. We need to learn from him. Because Christ comes to restore order to a world disordered by sin. He comes to restore right thinking, and to renew our whole approach to the world as he removes the distorting effects of sin from our lives. He comes to make us a new creation, as it says in 2 Corinthians 5:17. If anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! (2 Corinthians 5:17) When our kids were little, we used to take them to a park that had funny mirrors. You know the sort of mirrors that make you look tall, or short, or fat, or skinny. Theyre great fun. But theyre all a distortion of reality. But when Christ recreates us, its like looking in a regular mirror for the first time. We start to see (understand/realize) that all the other mirrors were distorted, they all emphasized the wrong things, they all gave us the wrong perspective on the world. But now in Christ you can see clearly for the first time. And thats one of the ways that Jesus brings us rest. By giving us a renewed mind, and restored thinking (1 Corinthians 2:16). When we are weary of all the comparison, when were burdened from the pressure of the performance treadmill, when were exhausted from trying to create our own identity and legacy through our achievements, Jesus says: Come to me and Ill show you a better way. Come and Ill show you a new way to work and rest that is life-giving, and purposeful. I find it very freeing when the Apostle Paul says essentially that it doesnt matter what we do in life. What matters is how we do it: Whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him. (Colossians 3:17) Paul wants us to do whatever we do for the glory of Jesus. In Ephesians, he tells us that we have been created in Christ to do good works which God prepared in advance for us to do. God is part of your story, and whatever season of life you are in, you can work (and rest) to the glory of Jesus. You can do whatever your work is in a way that serves Jesus, and honors him. Whether youre in a corporate job, or in a hospital, whether youre retired or looking after a home, the way you work helps to bring Gods kingdom in whatever realm God has placed you in. ~ Come back to Bob Buford, the TV exec from the beginning of the sermon. He finds himself in this conversation with his atheist business mentor. Hes midway through a very successful career, but wondering how to make the most of the rest of his life. What should I do? How could I be most useful? Where should I invest my own talents, time and treasure? What are the values that give purpose to my life? What is the overarching vision that shapes me? Who am I? Where am I? Where am I going? How do I get there? In this blizzard of wonderment, Mike Kami asked me a simple and penetrating question: Whats in the box? What is the most important thing in your life? What is it that drives your identity, your hopes, your dreams? Where do you find meaning and purpose in life? And how do you know youve succeeded at life? Whats in the box? For Buford, he decided that he wanted to put Jesus in the box at the center of his life. He had a moment of clarity where he realized that all the business success, it meant nothing if it pushed Jesus into the background, if it pushed Jesus out of his life altogether. He had a moment of clarity that changed everything. What about you? What is in the box?

21 Days of Focus: Restoring Rhythm2. Work, Rest and Restoring Identity Dan Bidwell, Senior Pastor 15 January 2023 Intro: Whats in the box? A member of church gave me this book early last year. Half Time by Bob Buford. A book by a Christian business man about how to make the most of the second half of your life. Bob Buford was a TV station owner from the early days of television. He was wildly successful from a business perspective. But somewhere around the middle of his life, he got to a point in his career where he asked himself: Is this all there is? And so in the book, he describes this pivotal conversation with his business mentor. His mentor, Mike Kami, had been a strategic planner with IBM and Xerox in the early days, and went to consult at Coca Cola a heavy hitter. And an atheist. And Buford finds himself asking his mentor: (quote on handout) What should I do? How could I be most useful? Where should I invest my own talents, time and treasure? What are the values that give purpose to my life? What is the overarching vision that shapes me? Who am I? Where am I? Where am I going? How do I get there? In this blizzard of wonderment, Mike Kami asked me a simple and penetrating question: Whats in the box? If you had to decide THE one thing thats the most important part of your life, the one non-negotiable, the puzzle piece that everything else is built off, the thing that defines and motivates you, what would it be? Whats in the box? Thats what were going to be thinking about today as we open the Bible. So why dont we pray and ask God to give us wisdom. Our heavenly Father, we pray today that you would give us clarity and focus as we think about what the most important thing in our life is. Give us wisdom as we read your word, and keep transforming us into the image of Christ. In his life-giving name we pray, Amen. Well we are in the middle of our 21 Days of Focus something we do every January to help us refocus our faith at the beginning of the New Year. This year were calling the series Restoring Rhythm how to find balance in a busy world. We started last week with the premise that, as a society, we have a busyness problem. Two cardiologists Meyer Friedman and Ray Rosenman have labeled our busyness problem as "hurry sickness." They noticed their patients in this continuous struggle [] to accomplish or achieve more and more things or participate in more and more events in less and less time." Taken to the extreme, hurry sickness can cause real health issues. But most of us dont even notice it happening to us, because busyness is such a normal part of modern life. Its the air we breathe. But its not how life is meant to be. Jesus said: 28 Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. (Matthew 11:28-29) Commentator F. Dale Bruner said that the rest Jesus is offering us is not a vacation or a mattress to lie down on. Jesus offers us equipment, a new way to carry life so that our work and our rest are part of a life-giving rhythm. So today I want to share the first piece of equipment that Jesus gives to help us restore rhythm, and to find balance in a busy world. And that equipment is to restore our understanding of work, rest and identity (because theyre all tied up together). 1. Order and Disorder To restore a right understanding of work, rest and identity, we need to go back to Creation. At creation, God made humans in his image. And he gave us a role to play bringing order to creation. God gave Adam and Eve a job: to rule over creation; to subdue it; and to fill it. They were to bring shape and creativity to the world. This is the original pattern for work. Work was good and purposeful and life-affirming. That was day 6 of creation. Then on Day 7 God rested from his work of creation. And he commanded all of creation to do likewise. Gods deliberate act of stopping, and resting, shows us that in his world, there is balance between work and rest. Both work and rest are part of the goodness of creation. Work is good. And rest is good. Together work and rest are how Gods people are to experience the fullness of life and purpose in Gods good creation. But once we get to chapter 3 of Genesis, we see a big disruption when sin enters the world, a big upheaval. Sin takes the good order of creation and turns it into disorder. That leaves us experiencing a disordered pattern of work and rest. Work is often fraught, and rest is not so restful. This is the result of the curse in Genesis 3: God says because of sin, we will have thorns and thistles in our work. Work will not always be life-giving and purpose-affirming. It will not always be good. Our work life may be filled with trouble. Thats not the only trouble that comes as a result of the curse. - Sin creates trouble in good things such as parenting and childbirth. - Sin creates trouble in human relationships. The man and the woman now fight with one another, and that spreads into every human relationship. Sin brings upheaval to the good order of creation; and everything good is brought into disorder. Sins corruption makes its way into every corner of creation, every corner of society. And ultimately, into every corner of our own hearts and desires and dreams. This is an important theological idea to understand. Because sometimes we dont recognize the disorder. The messiness just seems normal to us. Weve grown up with it and its just what we expect from the world. Like the two fish who were swimming in the ocean. And one fish says to the other, The waters lovely today! And the other fish says, Whats water? Sometimes we get so used to the way things are, that we forget that things are not the way they are supposed to be. Disorder is not how our lives are meant to be. And thats where the Christian message is such good news. The gospel of Jesus is all about restoring order to a world disordered by sin. Its all about undoing the curse of sin, and helping us to recover the purpose we were created for. So thats the first big point: we need to recognize the disorder that sin brings to life, so that we can start to allow Jesus to re-order us 2. Disordered Identity Theres a new documentary on Netflix about the lives of tennis players. The first episode is all about Nick Kyrgios, an Australian player who has been hailed the greatest talent of his generation. Hes one of only a handful of players to have beaten the Big 3 Federer, Djokovic and Nadal and he beat each of them the first time they played together. Kyrgios is a major talent, but he has never really achieved at the highest levels. Hes just too volatile. So you watch Kyrgios play, and sometimes he plays with absolute confidence, hits trick shots, get the crowd behind him. Kyrgios is one of the best players in the world when hes on. But then other times its like somebody flicks a switch, and he gets inside his own head. He starts to yell and curse and he implodes. Its like his whole identity depends on whether he is winning or losing. I think we often share that same disordered thinking when it comes to our identity. Particularly because our identity is often tied to our work. Our society often equates a persons work with their value or status as a person. The higher paying the job, the higher the prestige and personal value we assign to that person. Or the more public a role, the more kudos and status they receive. It also means that we assign less value to those in lowlier paid positions. We assign them less value as humans because in our society, personal value is tied up with work. And so is our identity. When we meet someone for the first time, we ask them: What do you do for a living? And whether we mean to or not, we assign them value as a person based on how they respond. We equate their identity with what they do. And we do the same for ourselves. When our identity is tied up with our work, then its good when were winning. But what if were not? What happens when we retire? If our identity is tied up with our work, then its like we lose a part of our identity, or were somehow lesser of a person. I talked about this on Tuesday at our Hymns and Communion service, the idea that when we retire, the world often looks at us differently because they dont know who we used to be. They dont know what we used to do. They dont see the former football player, the former head of a department, the former mom to six children. Nobody sees that. They just see a person of advancing years, and sadly, we assign them less value as people because they no longer have a job. Do you see the disorder with that way of thinking? It has implications for the way we think about people with dementia, or diminished mental abilities. We bind personal value and identity to the ability to produce. No wonder we have hurry sickness. No wonder we cant rest. Because if we stop, then what happens to our identity? What happens to our value as a person? This is the water we swim in everyday, but were like the fish that has never heard of water. So often we dont even recognize the disordered way of thinking that is so normalized in our world... 3. Restoring Identity So how do we fix our disordered thinking? How do we restore the right understanding of our identity, so that we can restore healthy rhythms of work and rest? I think thats the yoke that Jesus offers tools to retrain our thinking so that we see the world through his eyes. The answer starts in creation. First we need to remind ourselves that our identity is not derived from our work, but from our status as a beloved child of God. The creation story reminds us that we are each created in the image of God. And that means our innate value and worth as a person is not derived from what we produce in this world, but who produced us. We are loved because of who God made us, not what we have made of ourselves. And when we look at how Jesus treated the people he met, we see that principle in practice. Jesus loved everybody who came to him: the rich and the poor, women and children, the sick, the disabled, the outcast. Jesus offered them all equal dignity, regardless of social status. Their worth in his eyes had nothing to do with their earthly achievements. And the same is true when it comes to salvation. We are not saved because of our work, or our righteous acts, or the roles we played in a church. Salvation is the gift of God! And it is due solely to his love for us, and his merciful grace to pardon our sins through faith in Christ. We can learn a lot by looking at the way Jesus went about in the world. Like I said last week, Jesus is not just the truth, but the way and the life. We need to learn from him. Because Christ comes to restore order to a world disordered by sin. He comes to restore right thinking, and to renew our whole approach to the world as he removes the distorting effects of sin from our lives. He comes to make us a new creation, as it says in 2 Corinthians 5:17. If anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! (2 Corinthians 5:17) When our kids were little, we used to take them to a park that had funny mirrors. You know the sort of mirrors that make you look tall, or short, or fat, or skinny. Theyre great fun. But theyre all a distortion of reality. But when Christ recreates us, its like looking in a regular mirror for the first time. We start to see (understand/realize) that all the other mirrors were distorted, they all emphasized the wrong things, they all gave us the wrong perspective on the world. But now in Christ you can see clearly for the first time. And thats one of the ways that Jesus brings us rest. By giving us a renewed mind, and restored thinking (1 Corinthians 2:16). When we are weary of all the comparison, when were burdened from the pressure of the performance treadmill, when were exhausted from trying to create our own identity and legacy through our achievements, Jesus says: Come to me and Ill show you a better way. Come and Ill show you a new way to work and rest that is life-giving, and purposeful. I find it very freeing when the Apostle Paul says essentially that it doesnt matter what we do in life. What matters is how we do it: Whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him. (Colossians 3:17) Paul wants us to do whatever we do for the glory of Jesus. In Ephesians, he tells us that we have been created in Christ to do good works which God prepared in advance for us to do. God is part of your story, and whatever season of life you are in, you can work (and rest) to the glory of Jesus. You can do whatever your work is in a way that serves Jesus, and honors him. Whether youre in a corporate job, or in a hospital, whether youre retired or looking after a home, the way you work helps to bring Gods kingdom in whatever realm God has placed you in. ~ Come back to Bob Buford, the TV exec from the beginning of the sermon. He finds himself in this conversation with his atheist business mentor. Hes midway through a very successful career, but wondering how to make the most of the rest of his life. What should I do? How could I be most useful? Where should I invest my own talents, time and treasure? What are the values that give purpose to my life? What is the overarching vision that shapes me? Who am I? Where am I? Where am I going? How do I get there? In this blizzard of wonderment, Mike Kami asked me a simple and penetrating question: Whats in the box? What is the most important thing in your life? What is it that drives your identity, your hopes, your dreams? Where do you find meaning and purpose in life? And how do you know youve succeeded at life? Whats in the box? For Buford, he decided that he wanted to put Jesus in the box at the center of his life. He had a moment of clarity where he realized that all the business success, it meant nothing if it pushed Jesus into the background, if it pushed Jesus out of his life altogether. He had a moment of clarity that changed everything. What about you? What is in the box?

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Were still on Twitter… but not talking about it today, as todays episode is all about new TV! Well… we get to that after Seth shares some good recent Twitter experiences (and bad recent electric vehicle experiences) hes had, and Shelly talks about “The Twitter Files” and Elon as Twitters new ringleader and cheerleader. Then, with the holiday season in full swing, Shelly and Seth share some picks for the best shows (new and old) and streaming services theyve discovered (or re-discovered) recently. There are so many good shows out there and its so easy to fall behind. Weve got some shows to help keep you glued to your TV this month… as well as things you should definitely avoid.

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Weve all felt the disappointment as weve witnessed political, business, sports or religious leaders “sell out” their core values and beliefs in compromise. Yet, if were honest, were guilty of compromise too. In this message, we look at the virtue of faithfulness as an expression of our love for God and others: what does it mean and how do we practice it in our daily lives?

30 Days of Thankfulness2. Thankful for Who We Are Dan Bidwell, Senior Pastor Psalm 100 Sunday 13 November, 2022 In last weeks sermon, I spoke about a song that goes: I Raise A Hallelujah. Its such a good song, that Ive had it going around in my head for about a week now. Around and around. You know what they call that? When a song goes round and round in your head and you cant seem to shake it off? An earworm. Its like the song burrows its way into your brain, and you cant get rid of it. I did a little Googling and I found out it was the Germans who first coined the phrase earworm about a 100 years ago. Scientists have a much more boring word to describe the phenomenon Involuntary Musical Imagery. Apparently all kinds of things can trigger an earworm. A particular word, a phrase, hearing some notes from the song, or even feeling an emotion that you associate with the song. They trigger a memory in your brain, without you even thinking about it voluntarily. They call that involuntary cognition. Thats your science lesson for the morning. Apparently it happens more with people who are musically inclined. I think Im musically inclined, because ever since I was a kid I remember humming tunes. Its pretty cute when little children hum out loud, or sing songs to themselves. They have this unself-conscious way of doing it, they dont care if anyone is listening, they are probably not even aware of it. Its just their little hearts expressing the joy that music can bring, as they sing their happy song. I remember some time not long into elementary school, where I was told that its not really OK to sing out loud in public. I dont remember who said it maybe another kid, maybe the teacher, or it might have been my mom wanting to protect me. From that moment on, I learned to hide my happy song, at least on the outside... But on the inside? I think thats what my earworms are. My happy song. Whats your happy song? What is the song that plays inside your head when things are going well? What fills you with joy and brings singing to your heart? Perhaps not literal singing, but that same kind of unrestrained joy that little children have? What makes your heart sing? That is what were thinking about as we open the Bible today, so why dont we pray that God would teach our hearts to sing. Our heavenly Father, we thank you for speaking to us in the Bible, for revealing truth to us, for teaching us. Will you do that today will you speak and reveal truth and teach us to take joy in you, as you remind us of who we are in Christ. We pray in his saving name, Amen So all this month we are working on the practice of thankfulness growing in gratitude as we deliberately focus ourselves on all the things that we have to be thankful for. Were calling it 30 Days of Thankfulness, and to help we have our 30 Days of Thankfulness Prayer Guide. (Observation from today) 1. ShoutingForJoy Our family is a rollercoaster family. Ever since the kids were little, weve loved going to theme parks to ride the rollercoasters, as well as all the other rides. The bigger and the faster, the better. It wasnt always that way. One of our children was a bit nervous about rollercoasters when they were really little. But with time, theyve both ended up as thrill-seekers. One of the things I love the most about going to the theme park with my family is that they love to scream on the rides. All of them. There is a ride called the Tower of Terror back in Australia. - Feet dangling, high up in the air, waiting for them to drop you... - Screams! When my family screams, theyre the kind of screams that make people turn their heads and look up to smile, because they know were having such a great time! You can hear it. The screams of terror arent really screams of terror. (Well kind of...) Theyre also shouts of joy. Psalm 100 begins with a shout of joy. The kind of noise that makes you look over, and pay attention: 1 Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth. When I read this, it sounds like the beginning of a song which lots of Psalms were, of course. But the words arent just hollow. The songwriter, the Psalmist, is actually painting a picture of an alternate reality. A reality where all the earth, every creature, pours out a song to the Lord. A song of joy. A song of gladness. A song of worship. - A picture of heaven: (Revelation 5:13) 13 Then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all that is in them, saying: To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be praise and honor and glory and power, for ever and ever! This is an image of all the earth worshiping around the throne of Jesus. (Repeated in Rev 7, 14). A picture not of an alternate reality, but an eternal reality.One day, all of the earth and everything in it will shout for joy to the Lord. And if you are friends with Jesus, that is the eternal reality for you. What does joy in the Lord look like for you right now? How does your life sing a song of praise and worship to the Lord? What makes your heart sing? 2. IdentityWho we are I was a child of the 80s, and one of the best parts about the 80s were the mustaches. The best mustache of course belonged to Tom Selleck from Magnum PI. My dad also had the most amazing mustache in the 80s. Just like Magnum PI. And so I decided when I grow up, I am going to grow a mustache just like Magnum PI and just like my dad. Because thats what real men do. Thats part of the identity of a real man. Sadly the Lord has not blessed me with a Magnum PI mustache. Or at least not the last time I tried, about 15 years ago. And so Ive had to deal with not achieving the identity that I thought I would. Im not who I thought I would be when I grew up. Now of course Im joking around. But actually, when you think about what you wanted to be when you grew up, have you achieved everything you thought you would? Have you become the person you wanted to be? Have you done all the things you wanted to do? Have you grown into the identity that you pictured as a child? Because the reality is, many of us dont become the person we wanted to become. We might not have the life we expected to have. We might not have the job we expected to have. We might not have the family we expected to have. We might have made mistakes that we didnt want to make. And we fall short of the identity that we created in our minds. We might even be disappointed with who weve become. What has formed your identity? What makes you who you are at your core? But Psalm 100 reminds us that our identity is not caught up in our achievements, or our life choices. Psalm 100 reminds us that our identity is formed in our relationship to God. 3 Know that the Lord is God.It is he who made us, and we are his;we are his people, the sheep of his pasture. (Psalm 100:3) Psalm 100 teaches us that no matter what our life has brought us, we have an identity that is unshakeable. Unchangeable. We belong to God... we are his So today as we focus ourselves on thankfulness, I want us to thank God for who he has made us to be. I want us to be thankful to God for the identity that he has given us. I want us to: 3 Know that the Lord is God.It is he who made us, and we are his;we are his people, the sheep of his pasture. So to help us be reminded of the depth of these words, I have four (or five?) Bible verses that remind us of how important we are in Gods eyes. (i) First, the idea that we are fearfully and wonderfully made. Who knows where that Bible verse is from? Psalm 139. Psalm 139 talks about the way that God was intricately involved in creating you to be the way that you are, even before you were born. 13 For you created my inmost being;you knit me together in my mothers womb. 14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful,I know that full well. 15 My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth. 16 Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book (Psalm 139:13-16) Psalm 139 reminds us that God knows everything about us. Because he made us. Down to weaving together your genetics in your mothers womb. Bringing cells together to create you made in his image, made as Gods handiwork. Knit together by him, just the way he wanted to make you. You are a perfect creation of God. Isnt that something? God himself made you, and he knows you. You are his. You were created with intention, and you were created for a purpose. (ii) And thats where we come to our second Bible verse. Colossians 1:16 tells us that all things were created by Jesus and for him. 16 For in him [v13 says that this is talking about the Son Jesus] all things werecreated: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him. (Colossians 1:16) That means when God saw your unformed body, when he knit you together in your mothers womb, he did it for a purpose. He made you for Jesus. In fact Jesus himself had a part in your creation, as the Father, Son and Holy Spirit all worked together to bring creation into being. They did that for each of us, just like in the beginning. And if we were made through Jesus and for Jesus, then it means our life will find its ultimate meaning only when we know Jesus. Do you know Jesus? He knows you... PAUSE Most of the world doesnt know Jesus. Most people live their lives without reference to God. They dont know that God created them for a purpose. And so they try to find their purpose in other things, in other achievements, in other relationships. I think thats where our identity gets so messed up. We compare ourselves with others, and there is always someone richer, or smarter, more beautiful, more accomplished than us. The identity game is a trap you can never win... But when we find our identity in Jesus, we find out that no matter who we are, no matter what weve achieved, we are deeply loved. (iii) Thats the third idea that we are deeply loved. 5 The first Bible verse I ever learned was John 3:16. Do you know how it goes? 16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. (John 3:16) God loves us... And he loves us so much that even our sin wont get in the way of his fierce love for us. God loves us so much that he gave his only Son to deal with our sin, so that we wouldnt have to deal with the consequences of our sin in ourselves. Jesus died to make us right with God. And thats what Colossians 1 goes on to say, a few verses after the part we read before. You see we were created for Jesus, but our sin led to separation from God. 21 Once you were alienated from God and were enemies in your minds because of your evil behavior. (Colossians 1:21) God takes our sin seriously. He calls it evil behavior. And it alienates us from God. But did you see what v22 says? 22 But now he has reconciled you by Christs physical body through death to present you holy in his sight, without blemish and free from accusation... (Colossians 1:22) We have been reconciled to God by Christs physical body. When Jesus died, he died so that we could be presented to God: holy in his sight, without blemish and free from accusation... (Colossians 1:22) Can you imagine what it must feel like to find out that you are holy in the sight of God? Without blemish and free from accusation? Weve all done thing we wish we didnt do. There are sins Ive committed that I wish I didnt do. And it might feel like our sins are hanging over us, and that God is waiting to punish us for them... What would it be like to know that you are holy in his sight, without blemish and free from accusation... There is a true story of a priest in the Philippines, a much-loved man of God who carried the burden of a secret sin he had committed many years before. He had repented but still had no peace, no sense of God's forgiveness. 6 In his parish was a woman who deeply loved God and who claimed to have visions in which she spoke with Christ and he with her. The priest, however, was skeptical. To test her he said, "The next time you speak with Christ, I want you to ask him what sin your priest committed while he was in seminary." The woman agreed. A few days later the priest asked., "Well, did Christ visit you in your dreams?" "Yes, he did," she replied."And did you ask him what sin I committed in seminary?" "Yes," she replied"Well, what did he say?""He said, 'I don't remember'" Jesus doesnt see us as the sum total of our mistakes. He doesnt hold up a record of our sin, and wave it in our face. No, instead he says, I love you. And because of the cross, I see you as holy, without blemish and free from accusation... That is your identity in Christ, if you belong to him.To go back to the words of Psalm 100, we belong to God. We are his. We are his people, the sheep of his pasture.And thats why Jesus said in John 10:14... 14 I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me15 just as the Father knows me and I know the Fatherand I lay down my life for the sheep. (John 10:14-15) Do you know the good shepherd? The one who has laid down his life for the sheep? Because he knows you. And he loves you. And he wants you to be secure in that identity, no matter who you are, no matter what youve done. And so that just leaves the question of how we respond to Jesus. 7 3. EnterwithThanksgiving Our son Jamie volunteers down at Jameson Animal Rescue Ranch. He goes down everyday to feed the pigs and the goats and the sheep. He loves it, and he especially loves how the goats and the pigs know who he is. Theyre smart animals, and they know that he is going to feed them. And they know hes going to scratch their ears and look after them. Last week two of the goats got out of the pen. They climbed out, I think. Anyway these goats escape and they go off to explore the farm. And so my Jamie has to catch them. How do you catch a runaway goat? You get his favorite food. And you lure him back until you can catch him. Sure enough, Jamie gets a little bowl full of goat food. These little pellets that they love. And he calls the goats and they see the food and they come running to Jamie. He opens the gate and the goats go back into the pen. Because they know who feeds them. They know who looks after them. And thats how Psalm 100 finishes. With Gods people, the sheep of his pasture entering his gates with thanksgiving. 4 Enter his gates with thanksgivingand his courts with praise;give thanks to him and praise his name. 5 For the Lord is good and his love endures forever;his faithfulness continues through all generations. (Psalm 100:4-5) When we know Gods voice, and when we recognize his goodness, we will want to come back to him. Well want to enter into his presence to say thank you to him. Well want to enter into his presence to praise him. Thats what we do every Sunday here at church. We run with joy into the presence of God. We worship him with gladness (v1-2). We enjoy God with our church family, as we pray and sing together, as we hear Gods promises spoken through the pages of the Bible, as we remember Jesus sacrifice for us, as we pray for his kingdom to come. Coming to church is actually (in a little way) a preview of that day when all of Gods creatures will shout for joy to the Lord. This is a preview of whats to come for all of eternity. Because the Lord is good. And his love endures forever (v5). That word for love in v5, its that Hebrew word hesed. It means faithful love. Gods enduring, faithful, unchangeable, never-stopping, never giving up love. Love that doesnt quit. Gods love is forever. And his faithfulness continues through all generations. 8 And thats why we need to keep singing the song of Gods love in our lives. We need to keep entering his courts with thanksgiving, and praising his name because thats how the next generation will hear about what Jesus has done. When God makes our heart sing, people sit up and take notice. So what makes your heart sing? And what song are you singing to the next generation? Shall we pray? 9

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Kingdom People7. Wealth in the Kingdom Dan Bidwell, Senior Pastor Matthew 19:16-30 16 October 2022 In this passage we watch a young man walk away from Jesus because he chooses his earthly possessions over eternal life. Jesus warns us how difficult it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of heaven. As a church, how are we preventing one another from stumbling (18:6) in this area? A businessman man stops his sports car to get some money out of the ATM. He withdraws a large sum, puts it away in his wallet, then he turns to go back to his car. Out of the shadows, a large and imposing man appears. Pointing a gun at the business-man he says in a gruff voice, Your money or your life! The business-man instinctively puts his hand to his back pocket, where he has just put his full wallet. He looks left. He looks right. He says nothing. The mugger speaks louder. I said, your money or your life. Whats it going to be? The business man says, Give me a moment, Im still trying to decide. In our Bible passage today, a rich man comes to Jesus. And Jesus asks him that same question your money or your life. This morning were going to be thinking about what it means for us as rich people to follow Jesus without anything else getting in the way. Our passage says its a difficult thing for a rich person to enter the kingdom of heaven, so we need to ask God to help us listen and learn from this passage. So why dont we pray and then well open the passage in detail. Our loving heavenly Father, as we open your word today, help us listen carefully to your Son. Help us to do what is right when it comes to the wealth you have given us. Help us grow in this area as a church, to have kingdom priorities as we look forward to the treasure of eternal life with you. In Jesus name we pray. Amen. 1 Its good to remember where were up to in our Teaching Series in Matthew. Its our pattern here at Yountville Community Church to spend most of the year working our way carefully through sections of the Bible, sometimes whole books. That means we get a balanced diet of Old and New Testament, and it also means we allow God to set the agenda with the topics that are raised as we work methodically through books of the Bible. In our section of Matthew that were working our way through this fall, ch17-21, weve had some confronting topics. Sin, hell, forgiveness, divorce. And this week money, and the cost of following Jesus. It would have been much easier to preach the three verses just before our passage when Jesus blesses some little children, and says the kingdom belongs to such as these. But Im saving them for another day ;-) Just so you know, I think there are three big ideas from the passage today. Riches. Risk. Reward. Riches First one... Riches Our story happens as Jesus is on his way to Jerusalem. Hes on his way to fulfil what he had predicted back in chapter 16. That is, that the Messiah must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things, that he must be killed and on the third day to be raised to life. Jesus is now on his way to Jerusalem, crowds of people are still following him. Hes healing and teaching. And this young man comes to Jesus with a question. Verse 16Teacher, what good thing must I do to get eternal life? (Matthew 19:16) Ive been wondering all week about the mans motives in asking the question. In the first half of the chapter, somebody had come to Jesus with a question to test him. And so we wonder with this young man. Is he testing Jesus as well? When you read Marks account of the same moment, the young man falls at Jesus feet, as if he is desperate to know what he has to do to be saved (Mark 10:17). 2 Its not as clear here in Matthew. The young man asks: Teacher, what good thing must I do to get eternal life?Jesus plays with him a bit, and says Why do you ask me about what is good? There is only one who is good. (i.e. God) Of course, we know that Jesus is the Son of God, but the young man obviously didnt. He calls Jesus, Teacher, as if he is just one of the rabbis. Maybe the young man asked all the rabbis the same question. But its a serious question how can I be sure that Ive done enough? How can I be certain Ive done enough good things to get eternal life? Jesus asks him about his religious law-keeping. And in v20 the young man says he has kept all the commandments that Jesus named. (reading from v17) [Jesus says:] If you want to enter life, keep the commandments. 18 Which ones? [the young man] inquired. Jesus replied, You shall not murder, you shall not commit adultery, you shall not steal, you shall not give false testimony, 19 honor your father and mother, and love your neighbor as yourself. 20 All these I have kept, the young man said. What do I still lack? (Matthew 19:17-20) He is a religious young man. He knows the commandments, hes morally upright as far as the law is concerned.But he knows there is something he still lacks. What do I still lack? he asks Jesus. What more do I need to do to get eternal life? PAUSE There might be some people here today asking Jesus the same question. What do I need to do to be saved? Tell me, and Ill do it! 3 Well Jesus tells this guy something he didnt expect to hear. (v21) 21 Jesus answered, If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me. (Matthew 19:21) Jesus says, its your money or your life. He says to this man: you can choose your earthly wealth, but you wont find eternal life. Or you can give it all away, sell all your possessions, give the money to the poor and youll have eternal life. What will you choose treasure here on earth in this lifetime, or treasure in heaven for all eternity? Its a tricky verse, isnt it? Because if its a command for all of us, then we all need to go out and sell everything before we can follow Jesus. Is it saying that all Christians need to take a vow of poverty? It makes me think of my friends who are missionaries. We have close friends who are missionaries in Cambodia, and Chile, and one who used to be in a predominantly Muslim country. When you go as a missionary with the company the belong to, the company takes this verse very seriously. My friends each had to sell all their worldly possessions except what would fit into their car. Can you imagine?For them, that was part of following Jesus wherever he would send them, and not being tied down by the things of this world. Which I think was the problem for the rich young man in the passage. Jesus literally called him to come, and follow him on the journey to Jerusalem, which would later be followed by the journey of the apostles to take the gospel to Judea and Samaria and the ends of the earth. Following Jesus on that particular day probably would have changed what this young man did for the rest of his life. But he was too tied down by his wealth. He was too invested in this world, in this life, to see the clear pathway to eternal life opening up before him. No, he looked at his stuff and said, thats too much for me. Too great a cost. I could never give up... my things. And he walked away from Jesus sad. Presumably he walked away from eternal life. 4 PAUSE Risk So is this a command for all of us? A vow of poverty?I dont think so. But I do think its a warning.Theres a risk for all of us that our wealth can get in the way of our relationship with God. Interestingly when Jesus questioned the young man about keeping the commandments, Jesus didnt ask whether he had kept the first and second commandments you shall have no other gods before me, and you shall not to make idols and bow down to them. It seems the rich young man had allowed his wealth to become a rival god. He probably didnt intend it that way. He was morally upright, a religious man. But it was like Jesus had warned in the Sermon on the Mount: 24 No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money. (Matthew 6:24) PAUSE This passage warns us about our own relationship with our wealth. Most of us here have great wealth, especially compared with the developing world. But even in American terms we are very well off. And so I think we are to see ourselves in the rich young man, or at least the risk of us being like him. Religious and rich. Caught between two rival gods where there is only room for one. Jesus says (v23) Truly I tell you, it is hard for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of heaven. (Matthew 19:23) It would be easier, Jesus says, to fit a camel through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God. How easy is it for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle? Impossible.Jesus is saying that it is hard, if not impossible, for rich people to enter the kingdom of God. 5 People like us.And so we have to examine our hearts when we read a passage like this. For me I was brought up worshiping the god of money. Ive been a Christian more than half my life, but it is a constant tension for me. I imagine it is for you too.So how do we live as rich disciples of Jesus?Well I dont think this passage is telling us to take a vow of poverty.Although one of the best ways to loosen moneys grip on you is to give some of it away. Some years ago we had other friends who were about to leave as missionaries to South America. I had left my job to go to Bible college, to Moore College. We had kids and a mortgage, and no income, and we were paying inner city rent. I was stressed about money. And these missionaries showed up at our door with an envelope with $100 in it. The husband said, we want you to have this. We know that God always looks after us, and we want you to remember it too. I was so thankful for the money it really did help. But more than that, I realised that these people who had sold everything were still able to give out of the little they had left. Because they trusted that God would provide for them. I learned a valuable lesson that day. Its not that God promises to rain money down on us if we give some of it away thats the lie of prosperity preachers. Rather it is that we can trust him, like little children trust their parents to provide their daily meals. My missionary friends are ok financially, even though they gave me that money. And we can trust God that he will provide what we need, when we need it. Book: Beyond Greed In the back of this very helpful book about Christians and money, Broughton Knox, a former Moore College principal writes about the two reasons we dont share our money. The first is greed, and the second is fear, because of a lack of trust in God. The other obstacle to sharing our money is fear. We are frightened that we will leave ourselves short if we give it away; not short perhaps in the present, because we can estimate that, but in the future with all its uncertainties. The answer to this sort of fear is faith in Gods faithfulness in the future. It is he who has given us our present 6 possessions and he has promised that, if we seek to do his will, he will give us what we need when we need it. I think thats what Jesus is getting at in v29, when he says everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or fields for my sake will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life. Ill come back to that verse if we have time, but Jesus says we can trust him to look after us if we follow him... Thats one way to loosen moneys grip on you, to give some of it away. Another way is to learn contentment. The Apostle Paul talks in Philippians 4 about learning to be content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. (Phil 4:12) Another chapter at the back of this book (Beyond Greed) is by Sandra King, former missionary to France. She talks about taking deliberate steps to practice contentedness, including the idea of not keeping up with the Joneses, and not buying anything new for a period of time. Just in case youre not familiar with the expression, keeping up with the Joneses means constantly comparing yourself with your neighbours, and making sure that your standard of living matches theirs, so that you dont feel socially inferior. The metaphorical Joneses might not be your neighbours, but people at work, or at the school gate, or perhaps even here at church, that you feel you have to keep up with to fit in socially. It might mean making sure your house looks like the others in the street, or the clothes you wear, the car you drive, the places you go for vacation. But you feel like you have to keep up, or youll be socially inferior. Is that a Christian way to view possessions? Was that Pauls way when he said he had learned the secret of being content in any and every circumstance? The advertising world is based on making us feel discontent with what we have. That way well always want to upgrade, update, go bigger, better, faster, shinier. For lots of us, there is a huge pressure to upgrade when the newest shiny thing is released. The other one still works fine, but... 7 I think a lot of us become slaves to the shiny screens in our pockets. Slaves to the expensive plans and repayments. Slaves to the shiny world they launch us into. I think there is a big discussion to be had about devices in the life of Christians, maybe something you can discuss in your Small Group this week. As rich followers of Jesus, I think we need to be careful not to be pulled into the shiny world of upgrades... the world of keeping up with the Joneses. An alternative to always upgrading is to decide not buy anything new for a time. A couple of years ago our friend decided not to buy anything new for a year, that is, no new clothes or toys or books or furniture. They would just stick with what they had, and if it broke, theyd make do. They survived the year, and in fact, like other people whove tried the experiment, it has changed the way they think. It might change your relationship to consumerism. It might just give you some space away from the noise of advertising to find contentment in simple things. Jesus says it is very hard for the rich to enter the kingdom of heaven... And so as a church, as a rich church, we need to be careful not to cause one another to stumble in this area, nor to let anyone wander away from the flock because of their great wealth. We need to find ways to talk helpfully about money. Because its not impossible, Jesus says, for the rich to be saved. Hard, yes, but v26, with God all things are possible. Reward And it will be worth it, Jesus says. Peter asks a question about whether there will be any reward for those who have done what Jesus asked the rich man to do. Peter says (v27), Weve left everything to follow you! What then will there be for us? So Jesus paints a picture for them, of the new heavens and the new earth, and he calls it the renewal. The Son of Man, that is, Jesus, is seated on his glorious throne, and around him the twelve apostles will somehow share in his judgment. For the apostles this is their reward. But look at v29. There is a reward more broadly for all who have followed Jesus faithfully. 8 And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or fields for my sake will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life. What does that actually mean? Well Mark says we will receive those blessings in the present age. But Matthew just leaves us with what we read in v29. In the context, hes talking about treasure in heaven, which fits with what he promised the rich young man back in v21. Heaven will be so amazing that it outweighs any cost we might feel on earth to follow Jesus. The message for rich people, then? Could you imagine it better than what you already have? A life so fulfilling that it makes your current wealth look pitiful by comparison. Weigh the two, your treasure on earth and your treasure in heaven. Which is more impressive? Which should you seek after? And for those of us trying to squeeze a camel through the eye of a needle that is struggling with the lure of wealth and the loving call of Jesus, what do you need to do to make sure you choose Jesus? 26 Jesus looked at them and said, With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible. (Matthew 19:26) Shall we ask for Gods help? 9

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Weve probably all seen and be entertained by TV shows on Extreme Frugality those people who do insane things to save money, dumpster diving, etc. They are obsessed with not spending money. On this episode I want to talk about balanced frugality. How you can do amazing things to save money, yet not be some oddball that others laugh at as you quest towards being unconstrained.

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Why do women who display the same behaviors as men get diagnosed with BPD at a 3:1 ratio? What behaviors are allowed by which gender? In this episode Dr. Morris discuss with Psychotherapist Harriet Fraad and Substance Abuse Councillor Ikoi Hiroe about the assumptions made of the human subject, whether the BPD label helps or hurts, living up to inhumane ideals, liminal spaces, self harm and a metaphorical take on penis envy! Dr. Morris is an assistant professor of psychology at Point Park University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where she teaches and does theoretical and qualitative research. She is a transdisciplinary scholar whose work bridges critical psychology, literature, philosophy, history, psychoanalysis, and film studies. Part 2 of this conversation is a patron only episode. Become a patron at patreon.com/itsnotjustinyourhead to gain early access to episodes, our discord server, and monthly reading/discussion groups. References: Dr. Morris' interview with Mad In America: https://www.madinamerica.com/2021/03/feminism-psychoanalysis-critical-psychology-interview-bethany-morris/ We've always been borderline: https://www.academia.edu/en/35890259/Weve_always_been_borderline Sexual Difference, Abjection and Liminal Spaces: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57497638-sexual-difference-abjection-and-liminal-spaces (Chapter 7 Borderline, jouissance and capitalist enjoyment) -- Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/itsnotjustinyourhead Email us with feedback, questions, suggestions at itsnotjustinyourhead@gmail.com. -- Harriet's other shows: WBAI Interpersonal Update (Wednesdays): https://wbai.org/program.php?program=431 Capitalism Hits Home: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPJpiw1WYdTNYvke-gNRdml1Z2lwz0iEH -- ATTENTION! This is a Boring Dystopia/Obligatory 'don't sue us' message: This podcast provides numerous different perspectives and criticisms of the mental health space, however, it should not be considered medical advice. Please consult your medical professional with regards to any health decisions or management. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/itsnotjustinyourhead/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/itsnotjustinyourhead/support

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Kingdom People1. A Taste of the Kingdom Dan Bidwell, Senior PastorMatthew 17:1-13 28 August 2022 When people find out Im from Australia, they often ask: What are some of the differences between Australia and here? There is a lot that is similar and most of the time I feel right at home. Until something happens that makes me remember this is a second culture for me. That happened at our sons High School graduation a couple of months ago. Our youngest, Jamie, went to Vintage High School in Napa, and we were excited to go to the graduation. My wife and I both worked as teachers back in Australia, so we have been to graduations before. And every American high school movie has as scene where the students walk onto the stage and receive their diploma. How different could it be? Back in Australia, every school child wears a uniform. And the graduation ceremony or Speech Day as we call it is a very formal affair. The school where I taught held Speech Day right in the center of Sydney, in the Town Hall an ornate marble building from the 1800s. All the parents and students would come in and take their seats, and then when it was time to start, the teachers would walk in procession, wearing our academic robes and the hoods signifying which university and which degrees we held. If you cant picture it, think of Hogwarts in Harry Potter. Thats basically what education is like in Australia. The graduation here was a bit different. Walking into stadium, it felt more like we were going to a football game than a graduation. There were people in baseball caps and cowboy hats and woollen hats. There were air horns, and air balloons and life-sized cutouts of graduates. As the ceremony started, two soldiers in uniform marched onto the football field with the flag. The crowd rose and with hands on hearts and hats removed, they joined in singing The Star Spangled Banner. As the sun began to set, the words of the Pledge of Allegiance echoed through the bleachers. I loved it. I didnt know all the words, and I didnt expect it. But I could see what was happening, as this magical moment unfolded and I felt part of something bigger. America. Now what does that have to do with our Bible passage today? Our passage today comes out of a different culture. And we might not recognize all the cultural references at first. But when we immerse ourselves in the moment, well see that this passage is about something much bigger. A magic moment that is part of our story Thats what Im hoping to show you today. So why dont we pray and ask God to help us experience that magic moment. Our heavenly Father, as we open the Bible today, will you open our eyes and our ears and our hearts to understand the magic moment that happened on the hillside that day. Will you remind us of your plans and promises and leave us with the feeling that we are part of something bigger. Will you speak to us today through your word. In Jesus name we pray. Amen Well, we are back in the gospel of Matthew. We have been working our way through Matthew section by section for the last 3 years. Over the next 10 weeks or so we will work our way through chapters 17-21 in a series Im calling Kingdom People. These chapters are all about the culture and values of the Kingdom of Heaven. But they are not just cultures and values for when we die Jesus wants us start living the kingdom on earth as it is in heaven. As the church, as Jesuss followers, we are to be Kingdom People. And when we live as Kingdom People, God willing, the world around us will see the difference. Theyll experience the goodness of God through us. And our prayer is that many of our friends and neighbors and colleagues will want to know more about Jesus kingdom because of what they see in us, and ultimately find life and hope in Jesus for themselves. So thats where were going. But it all begins with a life-changing experience, the kind of experience that alters your perception forever. And thats what we have in Matthew 17:1-13, with a story we call the transfiguration. What does that word mean? Transfiguration Let me start with a little story. A couple of years ago a young photographer in Chicago decided she wanted to capture beauty on film. The photographers name is Shea Glover. She would approach people on the street and ask if she could take their photograph. She would take the first photo, and then tell the subject, The reason I wanted to take your photo is that you are beautiful. [SLIDE] You can see the faces of the people light up, and completely change, cant you? And this portrait gallery contains the two pictures of each person, the before and the after. Isnt that great! The power of a simple compliment Well in our Bible passage, we see Jesus face completely change. Thats the meaning of transfiguration. His appearance is completely transformed as something very special happens. Lets read from v1: 1 After six days Jesus took with him Peter, James and John the brother of James, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. 2 There he was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and his clothes became as white as the light. 3 Just then there appeared before them Moses and Elijah, talking with Jesus. (Matthew 17:1-3) Just to remind you of some of the backstory, Jesus has been on the road now for almost 3 years. He has spoken to crowds of thousands, astounding them with his teaching about the kingdom of heaven. Hes performed miracles, he has healed the sick and raised the dead. He is this massive celebrity, very much in the public eye. But on this day, Jesus takes only his three closest friends his inner circle up onto the mountaintop with him. Peter, James, and James brother John. And when they reach the top, Jesus is changed before their very eyes transfigured. His face shone like the sun, and his clothes became as white as the light. I want you to picture this in your mind. If you were Peter, James or John, what would you think was going on? Its kind of like the pictures of angels we see in the Bible, isnt it? Angels always appear like a figure shining with bright white light. That would be a good guess, that Jesus is like an angel. But every other angelic messenger comes and goes. They never stick around like Jesus did for 33 years. Nobody ever saw an angel born of a human mother, and grow up like a regular kid. Jesus was not an angel. We have to dig deeper into our Old Testament cultural references. There are a bunch of clues that tell us what is happening here. First, Jesus and his companions are on a mountaintop. The mountaintop was often a place where God met with key OT figures, like Moses on Mount Sinai. That was where God gave Moses the stone tablets with the 10 Commandments, and the rest of the law for Gods people. And when Moses came down from Mount Sinai, do you remember what was different about him? His face was radiant, presumably shining like Jesus face was at this very moment. Exodus 34 says that Moses face became like that whenever he entered the Lords presence to speak with him (Exodus 34:34). The prophet Elijah also met God on a mountaintop on Mount Horeb. That story is in 1 Kings 19. It was there that God spoke to Elijah in a still, small voice almost a whisper. Coming back to our story in the NT, who is there on the mountaintop with Jesus and his 3 disciples? Moses and Elijah, men who had been dead more than 1000 years. So we have the shining face of Jesus, the mountaintop location, the OT prophets Moses and Elijah. The scene is set for a theophany, an appearance of God. Thats exactly what happens. Skip down with me to v5: 5 While he was still speaking, a bright cloud covered them, and a voice from the cloud said, This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased. Listen to him! (Matthew 17:5) We have another OT reference here. The cloud. This is the same as the cloud that went before the Israelites as they escaped from Egypt. The same cloud descended on Mount Sinai when God was speaking to Moses. This cloud represents the presence of God with his people, his glory descending to earth, and his voice speaking to his people (Exodus 24:16). With Moses and Elijah there, its almost like God was rebooting the OT prophets, getting ready to recommission them, and relaunch the vision of the Promised Land that was the center of the OT promises of God. That was what the Jews expected to happen in the last days. They expected Moses and Elijah to return. The very last words of the OT from the book of Malachi say: 5 See, I will send the prophet Elijah to you before that great and dreadful day of the Lord comes. (Malachi 4:5) God had given Moses a similar prophecy for the people in his day: 15 The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your fellow Israelites. You must listen to him. (Deuteronomy 18:15) Do you see what is happening here? All the weight of prophetic expectation from the OT is piling up on this moment on the mount of transfiguration. Something big is about to happen. God speaks from the cloud. This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased. Listen to him! (Matthew 17:5) These are the same words that God spoke to Jesus at his baptism. But probably only Jesus heard them back then. Now Gods voice is plain to everybody listening. Jesus is the prophet Moses was pointing ahead towards. The prophet who would bring his people into the promises of God, and into the promised land. And all of them were to listen to him. Moses and Elijah, as great as they were, were just precursors. Humans with a very important job, but just people nonetheless. Not Jesus. Jesus, we learn, is Gods own Son. God himself declares it from the cloud. To the great prophets of the OT, and to the messengers of the NT the apostles who would take this truth to the ends of the earth. And Gods glory is no longer just a reflection in the face of the prophets. Jesus radiant appearance tells us that he himself is the glory of God , he himself is the presence of God among his people. Jesus himself will speak the words of God to his people, calling them back into repentance and back into fellowship with God. Jesus is God in human flesh. Recognition Have you ever had one of those moments when the penny drops? (Do you all know that expression when the penny drops? It means when you finally understand or realize something in a new way.) [SLIDE] In literature, Aristotle gave this device the name anagnorisis (a Greek word which means the moment of recognition). The classic example is in Oedipus Rex, when Oedipus finally learns his true identity and realizes that he has murdered his father and married his mother. Thats a fairly high brow example. Perhaps a more accessible example is in The Wizard of Oz. Dorothy spends the whole film trying to find the Wizard, so that he can help her get back to Kansas. But in the end she learns that she had the ability the whole time because of the ruby slippers she just needed to tap them together three times and say Theres no place like home In our passage, the disciples have their moment of anagnorisis, their own moment of recognizing something that was there all along. They had been traveling with Jesus for three years, but somehow they hadnt truly recognized him for who he was. But in this moment, with Jesus shining with the glory of the Lord, with Gods voice booming from heaven, this is the moment that they finally see Jesus. Their eyes are opened to see not Jesus the man, but Jesus as God incarnate, standing in front of them. And like everyone who comes face to face with the living God, they fall to the floor terrified6 When the disciples heard this, they fell facedown to the ground, terrified.7 But Jesus came and touched them. Get up, he said. Dont be afraid. 8 When they looked up, they saw no one except Jesus. (Matthew 17:6-8) I think there are many of us who spend our lives like Peter and James and John. Weve known Jesus for a long time. But have you had that moment of anagnorisis, that moment of recognition, when you understood that Jesus is more than just a moral teacher. He is not just one voice amongst all the philosophers and psychologists and leadership podcasts of our generation. He is the definitive voice, the voice of God. God himself says (in v5): Listen to him! You see, Peter and James and John had a life changing moment with Jesus. A moment when their physical eyes were opened to see what only the eyes of faith can see. They were given a moment of spiritual clarity. At that moment, Jesus was revealed as God to them. Not just their friend, not just their teacher, but God himself. Have you had that moment of spiritual clarity? Have you recognized Jesus as this passage reveals him? Because one day you will. Whether youre prepared for it or not. The Bible says that on the day that Jesus returns, every knee will bow before him, and every tongue will acknowledge that Jesus is Lord. (Philippians 2:10-11) And for those who have lived as enemies of Jesus, and those who have not paid him any heed, that day will be terrifying. But not for those who have recognized Jesus, and aligned their lives with him. I love the way that Jesus responds to the terrified disciples in v7. Get up, he says. Dont be afraid. Jesus does not want to terrify us. He wants to bring us into the presence of God, where all the goodness of creation is restored for all of eternity. We see that idea in the last few verses of our passage. Jesus wants what is best for us, what is best for our families, what is best for our community. Jesus wants to give us life to the full (as he says in John 10:10). That all begins when you recognize Jesus. I know that many of us here know Jesus as Lord. But if you are someone who hasnt had that moment of recognition for yourself, can I encourage you to join us at Alpha this Fall.[SLIDE] Alpha is a 6 week course designed to help you find out about life and faith and meaning, and how Jesus fits into it all. Its a free course, theres good food and discussion, and the chance to really interrogate the Christian faith and whether it is for you. If youre interested, grab one of these brochures at the front of church or click on the link on the homepage at yountvillechurch.org. Wed love to have you along for the ride. In the moment Now there is a little part of this passage that I skipped over. Back in v4. The three disciples are up on the mountainside and the transfiguration happens. Jesus is shining, and the two greatest prophetic figures in the OT show up, and theyre talking to Jesus. Did you notice what Peter was doing? He was loving it. 4 Peter said to Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here. If you wish, I will put up three sheltersone for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah. (Matthew 17:4) Peter was a fisherman, a salt of the earth guy, practical and hands-on. And I love the way he offers to build shelters for Jesus and Moses and Elijah. Maybe its because Moses spent 40 days and nights on Mount Sinai Peter wanted to make sure they were comfortable if they were camping out. Or maybe it was going to rain. Or maybe Peter had his mind on the things of this world, like Jesus had said to him in the previous chapter. It's a kind of odd interaction, but there is something profound in what Peter says, and I dont want to miss it in the awkwardness. Look again at the first thing Peter says there: 4 Peter said to Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here. Peter realized the goodness of being in the presence of Jesus, and in the presence of God. He didnt want it to end. He wanted to camp out with Jesus, and stay with Jesus. He wanted to hang out with Moses and Elijah. It is good for us to be here, Peter said. Do you think about church the same way? It is good for us to be here. As we spend time together, asking God to speak to us, trusting that he is present here by his Holy Spirit. It is good to be here. What about your small group? Do you get together and think, it is good to be here! What about when youre getting coffee with someone from church, or praying with them over the phone, or serving on a roster together here at church, or handing out food at our monthly food pantry. Do you stop and think, it is good to be here! There is something very special about being the church. God has put his Holy Spirit in each of our hearts, so we dont need to be church for God to show up in our lives. But were not made to do this alone. We are made for church. And when were together, we get a foretaste of what heaven will be like. We get a foretaste of the kingdom of God, and a foretaste of the heavenly family and the heavenly banquet table and the heavenly worship. It is good to be here! And I hope you want to be here, because this is the most important couple of hours of your week. In a moment were going to stand and sing our final song, and when we do, I want you to say to yourself, it is good to be here! This is what I was made for. And this is a taste of eternity Lets pray

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My guest today is Ian Fraser Ian is the Co-Founder and CEO at WEVE. Think about these sorts of team-building games, outdoor adventures, and trust-building exercises, but also in Ian's background is in automated how do you digitize that experience? And then how do you bring in the remote teams.  In the world now companies are trying to figure out loyalty and how people stay in touch and stay valued, and it's not about money and compensation and benefit. It's about how you feel about the company. For HR leaders, understanding that remote is okay, but you can go anywhere now and be remote, but valuing the work you do, the products you create, and the environment that you create are very important now, and companies are trying to figure that out. While many  C-Suite in the life science industry people have had to learn to communicate in a different way, it's not because their industry is dying or people can't come to work, or everybody has COVID it's because we still have a mission. So that the industry, pharmaceutical has a mission to create life-changing or life-saving products for the public or for the patient. Ian says communication that leaders have focused on in this post-Covid world is about sharing the message, sharing the mission, staying on target while also protecting your health and protecting your family, and trying to balance everything. So the actual communication statements have been different. In our HR practice, about 40% of our practices are with private equity, hedge funds, and those kinds of investors people. It turns out that whether it's a byproduct or whether it's just why we do this for a living, there is still really, really interesting cutting edge kind of work being done, whether it's in cell therapy or certain kinds of rare diseases or biologics that investors at various levels are funding. Their mission hasn't changed but they're very focused on their return. So they do what they need to do to keep people engaged. And, there is a great deal of money still flowing into life sciences, whether it's diagnostics because of COVID and other kinds of vaccine issues.  In summary, Ian thinks that it's a generational thing as more women and minorities move up. Some of that will become a little easier, but I think that it's a hard slog for the next 10 years in lots of different industries.  Company website: https://www.thegogame.com/ (The go game) LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ian-fraser-a1020a2/ (Ian Fraser) Ian Fraser Ian Fraser is the co-founder and chief executive officer of The Go Game, the leader in team-building and culture-driving games. Ian and chief technology officer, Finn Kelly, co-founded The Go Game in 2000 to bring fun to work through interactive games, events, and experiences that make employees feel connected and engaged. In 2020, The Go Game launched Go Remote which creates dynamic digital environments that enable real engagement that goes beyond the market standard video conferencing tool. As the CEO, Ian is responsible for The Go Game's overarching business strategy and day to day profitability. He is also responsible for setting the general tone of the products and is deeply involved in the creative output. Ian also oversees the partnership and sales teams as they introduce Go Remote to the marketplace securing clients such as Google, LinkedIn, Spotify, and Amazon. https://www.weve.co (Ian's Website) Copyright 2022 Mark Stinson

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We're over two years into the global pandemic which has changed so much about the way we live and work. Many of us have experienced Zoom fatigue and feelings of isolation as a result of the transition to remote work. As a result, a whole industry that focuses on virtual team-building has developed, and today's guest is one of the early entrants into the space.Ian Fraser is the co-founder and CEO of The Go Game and Weve. The Go Game focuses on in-person (and hybrid, since the pandemic) team building, while Weve caters to team building in remote work environments. During this episode, Ian shares how he and his team are bringing the magic from the real world into the virtual world, and how they are navigating the complex dynamics of hybrid work environments.If you're cringing at the thought of another awkward team-building event, this episode will give you a whole new perspective on the concept, and the value that it can bring to your company! What you'll learn about in this episode:Ian explains where the idea for The Go Game originated. The Go Game's first client.How The Go Game grew over the years and the impact that the pandemic had on the company.Weve: The pivot that The Go Game made in March 2020.The desire that people have for in-person interactions.Examples of how Ian and his team cater for hybrid work dynamics.Mechanisms that ensure all team members are participating in a Weve online game.Some of the challenges that Ian and his team are facing.How Ian approaches the hiring process.A Value that The Go Game and Weve can bring to your company.The high amount of competition in the virtual space.Ian's experience working for Outward Bound, and the influence it had on his career path.How Weve and The Go Game differ from traditional team-building events.Feedback that Ian and his team have received from clients.

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Hello! And welcome back! Weve got another great episode were we talk about what Dumbledore's real motives are and splitting out DNA to live longer and what the side effects could be. We hope you enjoy!

Go follow John @weve_readSUPPORT COJAC@COJACpodcast (twitter/insta)patreon: conspiracy or just a coincidencevenmo: @conspiracyorjacThanks for listening and we got a few big shows coming up. Stay tuned!

Billy Ray Valentine @ob1unome and John @weve_read join me for an amazing discussion, debate, and moreNYC, Science, Babylon and YOGA SUPPORT COJAC@cojacpodcast (twitter,insta)patreon: @conspiracyorjac (conspiracy or just a coincidence)venmo @conspiracyorjacGod bless!

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This week's Torah Reading touches upon a number of spiritual themes: covenant; God's sovereign providence; and the elect/chosen/predestined status of God's people. So, we seek to answer the question: How do we know if we have been chosen to be in covenant with God?

WELCOME BACK to the SECOND SEASONof The Cursewords in Cursive PODCAST! Welcoming New Cohost Kerleigh! Ryan and Kerleigh talk Cats Dogs Mosh Pits and Concerts! Thank you for joining and listening in. Weve got much to show you on this New Season! Sit back relax or work.....you can listen at work if u want, no biggie,  but Enjoy!