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We got a really special episode of Anime Pulse for you this week. While Joseph is taking a well deserved break, veteran host RyoWei247 returns as a guest! We hear what she’s been up to recently before delving into the community and forum topic about favorite Male Tsunderes. The news segment is actually pretty shounen centric with light hearted, heavy and concerning stories. Of course to top it off there’s the reviews, with Ryo’s covering an anime about a skull faced bookseller and Andrew covers the anticipated sequel to SSSS.Gridman. (while drinking far too much…) Of course there’s some tangents and general banter as well given that this episode clocks … Continue reading "Episode 717: Skull-face Bookseller Dynazenon"

Follow The Trophy Room Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/BadBit​​ Discord: https://discord.gg/wPNp3kC​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/PSTrophyRoom PRIDE Merch: https://bit.ly/3fEz5aU ​​ ******  This week on The Trophy Room a PlayStation Show hosts Joseph and Kyle are joined by Player One Podcast host Chris Johnson to talk about how Blue Box Game Studios seemingly Abandoned their own Game reveal. While Joseph is convinced that they may be not be attached to Kojima Productions but its probably working on Silent Hill Remake or Reboot. Sony has acquired Crunchyroll for $1.7 billion dollars and rumor has it that PlayStation Plus Premium service a more expensive service that we'd like to see PS Now, PS Plus, and Crunchyroll to be rolled into. Take Two says they have more remakes coming. Activision Blizzard fires Diablo 4 directors and Jesse Mccree, and Idris Elba has been casted as Knuckles in Sonic Two.

On this week's episode of Industry Elites, Natalie and Vicki had the opportunity to chat with Shawn Joseph - a published author; his most recent book is Finding the Joseph Within: Lessons Learned Through A Life of Struggle, a memoir of faith and perseverance. While Joseph recently took a tenure track position at Howard University's Graduate School of Education, he manages Joseph & Associates, a consulting firm focusing on expanding equity within education. Together they discuss the shortcomings of the American education system pre and post Pandemic. Follow Shawn Joseph:Website - https://josephandassociatesllc.com/LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/joseph-and-associatesFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/Joseph-Associates-103670841726524Twitter - https://twitter.com/unchainedjoseph Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaxKaqWaatnp-6TMQzw4z6ABlog - https://drshawnjoseph.medium.com/To receive updates or to be featured on the podcast, check out www.industry-elites.com. Follow Industry Elites and like us on Facebook, Twitter & Instagram for the latest information!Instagram - www.instagram.com/industry.elitesFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/IndustryElitesTwitter - https://twitter.com/Industry_ElitesMedium - https://medium.com/@industryelitesCrunchbase - https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/industry-elites

St. Joseph: Not Your Average Joe! One can not speak about St. Joseph without also incorporating his beloved wife Mary. The chaste young spouses have a singular mission to bear Christ to the entire world. It is the same mission that we all have but they model it with great perfection. While Joseph is silent throughout sacred scripture, his actions speak volumes. His virtues of chastity, patience, and long-suffering win him a litany of wonderful and well-deserved titles. Let your imagination sore as you consider this dearly loved Saint, a man for all times and all seasons and a spiritual father for all.

St. Joseph: Not Your Average Joe! One can not speak about St. Joseph without also incorporating his beloved wife Mary. The chaste young spouses have a singular mission to bear Christ to the entire world. It is the same mission that we all have but they model it with great perfection. While Joseph is silent throughout sacred scripture, his actions speak volumes. His virtues of chastity, patience, and long-suffering win him a litany of wonderful and well-deserved titles. Let your imagination sore as you consider this dearly loved Saint, a man for all times and all seasons and a spiritual father for all.

To establish Himself as the strength of Israel, God required every firstborn male—which was considered the ‘strength’ of the herd or family—to be presented to Him (Ex. 13:2). As the firstborn son was set apart for God, the parents had to redeem or ‘buy back’ their son from service to the Lord with 5 shekels of silver (Num. 3:12; 18:15, 16). God set a precedent that the future leaders of the families and clans would belong to Him from the day they were born. God expects men to lead with humility and love for others. This presentation would be a perpetual reminder that the nation belonged to God and they would find peace in trusting Him not their own strength. Human peace comes through submission to God (John 16:33; 2 Thess. 3:16). As lovers of God, Joseph and Mary came from Bethlehem to Jerusalem forty-one days after Jesus’ birth to redeem him from service to the Lord at the Temple. Being poor, instead of a lamb, Mary gave two turtledoves; one for her purification and one for her sin offering (Lev. 12:6-8; Luke 1:47). While Joseph gave Jesus as his son of peace, as God’s Son, Jesus would become the Prince of Peace for the whole world (Is. 9:6; John 3:16)!

Time for part 4 and this weeks events section, taking a look at Music's illustrious past. John returns to 2006 when pop megadiva Mariah Carey sued the similarly-named pornstar Mary Carey in an attempt to stop fans getting confused between the two. While Joseph goes all the way back to 1978 for the success of Freak Out! by Chic and we obviously talk about the incident that inspired it. FACEBOOK - search 'Musical Taste Society' TWITTER - @MusicalTasteSoc

GREATER GLORY OF GOD Presents Advent Special JOURNEY TO BETHLEHEM Tenth Day in the company of Joseph – the Dreamer Two things: 1. Know the person 2. See the Birth of Jesus through the eyes of Joseph Let's know Joseph Son of Jacob and Rachel, his second wife – his love, second daughter of his uncle Joseph was born in the old age of Jacob as the 11thboy. He and Benjamin were born to Rachel. The favoured one of his father, Jacob. Joseph was very much loved by Jacob because he had been born to him in his old age. He was given a special gift by his father - a richly ornamented coat. This favouritism wasn't well-received by his brothers. Anthropologists today have found that this sibling rivalry is a common by-product of polygamous marriages. Children were often born by different wives, and each wife wanted the best for their child. The Bible tells us that Joseph and Benjamin are the sons of Jacob's second wife, while all the other sons are from different wives. Being given a special coat would have only fuelled the brothers' jealousy. Joseph was a dreamer and interpreter of the dreams. Joseph's brothers were also suspicious of the strange and vivid dreams he had and did not like the interpretations he told them. Joseph's brothers sold him as a slave His brothers eventually took their revenge by selling Joseph as a slave to passing merchants. While Joseph was being taken to Egypt, his brothers faked his death by rubbing goat's blood into the multi-coloured coat. In Egypt, Joseph became a house servant to a rich, high-ranking Egyptian, Potiphar. In the household he was noticed by Potiphar's wife who tried to seduce him, but he resisted her and was put in prison. Whilst in prison Joseph used his power to interpret the dreams of prison officials, and when the Pharaoh had two disturbing dreams Joseph was called to interpret them. According to Joseph's interpretation, there were to be seven years of plenty in Egypt, followed by seven years of famine. Joseph was able to advise the Pharaoh on how to prepare for the famine and as a result, gained the favour of the Pharaoh who promoted him to Prime Minister. During the famine, Joseph had to make key decisions. His acquisition of grain provisions enabled Egypt to withstand and survive the famine. Joseph advised the Pharaoh © Joseph and Jesus Jesus – second Joseph Brothers of both of them thought that they are getting rid of them, while in reality, God was using them to fulfil His plans. God wanted Joseph in Egypt and used his brothers to sell him off. The enemies, rather the brothers of Jesus put Him to death, thinking that they were destroying Him. God used both the events to save the brothers through Joseph and Jesus. Both said the same – their brothers did without knowing what they were doing. Lesson from Joseph for our journey to Bethlehem – ability to see God's hands in all that happens in our life and the willingness to surrender entirely to do the will of God. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/greatergloryofgod/message

This episode is part 39 in a study of the book of Genesis. While Joseph assumed he would not see his family again, they need food in the middle of this famine and end up bowing down to their brother who they no longer recognize.

Join us for our final week on our series about the life of Joseph, "Plot Twist". While Joseph ended up in a PIT, a PRISON and a PALACE at different points in his life, he was NEVER unfaithful. In fact, he’s one of the few in the Word that has a clean record. Living a CONSISTENTLY pure life sets you up for favor, no matter where you end up.

Join us for week 2 on our series about the life of Joseph, "Plot Twist". While Joseph ended up in a PIT, a PRISON and a PALACEat different points in his life, he was NEVER unfaithful. In fact, he’s one of the few in the Word that has a clean record. Living a CONSISTENTLY pure life sets you up for favor, no matter where you end up.

Join us as we begin a brand new series about the life of Joseph.While Joseph ended up in a PIT, a PRISON and a PALACE at different points in his life, he was NEVER unfaithful. In fact, he’s one of the few in the Word that has a clean record. Living a CONSISTENTLY pure life sets you up for favor, no matter where you end up.

Going Deeper DiscussionHow did Joseph’s glimpse of the Upper Story give him the ability to forgive his brothers? How might this help you forgive someone who has betrayed you? Describe a time in your life where in the Lower Story things looked bleak, but ultimately in the Upper Story it turned out for the good. If Michelangelo painted a scene of your life on the Sistine Chapel, what would it look like? Teaching NotesGod wants us to read the Bible as we would view a mural. There are two stories going on in the Bible at the same time:The Lower Story is our individual story and how we see life from our perspective. The Upper Story is the story God’s is writing The Story of Joseph (Beginning in Genesis 37)Age 17Betrayed - Promoted - Forgives - Dies “The Lord was with Joseph so that he prospered…” Genesis 38:2 While Joseph was there in prison, the Lord was with him; he showed him kindness and granted him favor in the eyes of the prison warden. Genesis 39:20-21 So Pharaoh sent for Joseph, and he was quickly brought from the dungeon. When he had shaved and changed his clothes, he came before Pharaoh. Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I had a dream, and no one can interpret it. But I have heard it said of you that when you hear a dream you can interpret it.” “I cannot do it,” Joseph replied to Pharaoh, “but God will give Pharaoh the answer he desires.”Genesis 41:14-16Joseph said to his brothers, “I am Joseph! Is my father still living?” But his brothers were not able to answer him, because they were terrified at his presence. Then Joseph said to his brothers, “Come close to me.” When they had done so, he said, “I am your brother Joseph, the one you sold into Egypt! And now, do not be distressed and do not be angry with yourselves for selling me here, because it was to save lives that God sent me ahead of you. For two years now there has been famine in the land, and for the next five years there will be no plowing and reaping. But God sent me ahead of you to preserve for you a remnant on earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance.“So then, it was not you who sent me here, but God. He made me father to Pharaoh, lord of his entire household and ruler of all Egypt. Genesis 45:3-8Joseph stayed in Egypt, along with all his father’s family. He lived a hundred and ten years and saw the third generation of Ephraim’s children. Also the children of Makir son of Manasseh were placed at birth on Joseph’s knees. Genesis 50:22-23 Application Have you ever been in a place where the Lower Story in your life looked one way, but in the end, you caught a glimpse of the Upper Story and it made sense of it and a good story emerged? And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. Romans 8:28If Michelangelo painted a scene of your life on the Sistine Chapel, what would it look like?

In this episode, we read Genesis chapter 42. The brothers of Joseph come down to Egypt to get grain. While Joseph recognizes his brothers, they do not yet recognize him. This is a huge prophecy in regards to the Messiah. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Can you imagine the emotional battle Joseph had when he saw his beautiful Mary ... pregnant. Back in his day he could've had her stoned, offered her a divorce decree which would have ostracized her, or stay with her. Scripture says he debated with himself. Sound familiar? On this episode of the Soul Gym Sisters, we discuss how things aren't always as they seem. While Joseph was looking at the circumstances, a pregnant belly, he fell asleep and the Holy Spirit spoke to him. When all we do is focus on our circumstances we can lose our joy and peace and are left feeling worried and weak. Learn to enter into God's rest, listen to His direction, and you will find a reason to rejoice. Merry Christmas! Check out soulgymsisters.com and subscribe for some fun freebies. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/crystal14/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/crystal14/support

Many people are lawful owners of firearms. And if you are the lucky inheritor of a firearm in the state of California, it is your responsibility to ensure the transfer is handled legally – within the scope of state and federal laws. Interestingly enough, rules regarding such transfers largely depend on your relationship to the testator and the type of firearm bequeathed. In today’s episode, we are excited to welcome associate attorney Joseph Fenton of Campbell Green LLP to the show. While Joseph represents clients in probate, trust administration and litigation, protected proceedings, and elder law, he also has unique expertise in the laws governing ownership and transfer of firearms. Unlike other assets you list in your estate plan, you might not be able to simply give a beneficiary a firearm, even if it’s been legally documented. Joseph and Kirsten discuss the specific rules that need to be followed to properly transfer firearms in the state of California and how firearms are included in an estate plan. Joseph also defines the many potential problems that could arise, and the careful consideration that needs to be made when the executor is handling the firearm. Whether you are a gun owner, a family member of someone who is, or the representative of an estate that involves a firearm, this podcast is the resource you need to make sure all processes and procedures remain compliant with the necessary laws. Big Three from Episode #031: If you have firearms and believe in the right of firearm ownership for whatever reason, and you want to pass your firearms on, it’s essential to understand that you must legally do so. And if you can’t legally do so, you shouldn’t try to work around the law. It’s to the benefit to all who enjoy firearm ownership to realize that we have to follow specific rules. Always have your Firearms Safety Certificate. If you don’t have one, take the test. It is a simple test that anyone can pass. Anyone and everyone who touches a firearm in California should already have this! If you don’t know how to handle or proceed with a firearm, seek help. Time-stamped Show Notes: 3:48 – What is the key difference in these terms – firearms vs. guns? 4:03 – What rules do you need to follow to transfer firearms in California? 4:21 – Where do firearms fall into an estate plan? How should it be included? 5:26 – Joseph recommends using this specific language as a “plan B” if a firearm can’t transfer as planned. 6:38 – What is a gun trust? What is the problem with gun trusts in California? 8:51 – So, what happens to firearms after someone passes away? 10:25 – As soon as you recognize a firearm is included in an estate, you should first do this before proceeding. 11:51 – How should one go about securing a firearm? NOTE: You CANNOT learn this on the Internet! 12:34 – Joseph discusses the importance of cataloging the firearms that are part of the estate. 13:57 – It’s important to recognize the places you cannot have firearms stored. 14:40 – Is a preowned gun worth less than a new one? 17:12 – What four things do you have to do to get rid of an assault weapon when someone passes away? 20:26 – These documents from the Bureau of Firearms will aid you in transferring firearms, other than assault weapons. 20:40 – What happens if you find evidence of firearms but you cannot locate them? 24:20 – How do you properly transfer firearms to another person? 26:30 – How do you transfer firearms specifically to the immediate family that has a right to own them? 29:04 – So, what happens to the gun after transfer? Episode #031 Freebie: Are you an executor of an estate that includes a firearm? While they do require special consideration, it is possible to safely and legally transfer possession. Normally the transfer of gun ownership is handled by a Federal Firearm Licensed (FFL) dealer. The gun is held by the dealer during the mandatory 10-day waiting period and the parties are required to complete a Dealer’s Record of Sale (DROS). That initiates a background check with the state Department of Justice. In addition, gun purchasers are required to secure a Firearm Safety Certificate before taking possession of the gun. However, those rules do not apply to the transfer of a firearm by gift, bequest, intestate succession, or other means if specific requirements are met. Click here to download your FREE copy of Stick to Your Guns: How to Handle Firearms in an Estate checklist to understand what these requirements are and to help get the process started. If you’re new or inexperienced with handling firearms, then you’ll definitely want to have this resource on hand. Resources/Tools/Links Mentioned in This Episode: CA Department of Justice: https://oag.ca.gov/firearms The Following Forms Mentioned in This Episode Can Be Found Here: https://oag.ca.gov/firearms/forms Bureau of Firearms Form 53 – Automated Firearms Request Form Bureau of Firearms Form 4546 – Notice of No longer in Possession Bureau of Firearms Form 116 – Personal Firearms Eligibility Form Bureau of Firearms Form 4544A – Interfamilial Transfer Form Firearms Safety Certificate Program FAQs: https://oag.ca.gov/firearms/fscpfaqs Blog Post: https://absolutetrustcounsel.com/california-regulates-the-inheritance-of-guns/

While Joseph is away, nepotism will rear its ugly head. Jake and his nephew Jackson discuss the big Marvel Studios Hall H announcements!

Don't Limit Athletic PerformanceBen Askren kicks off this week's podcast by getting Matt Dernlan's take on Certainty vs Truth which was Askren's Mental Mondays topic. Dernlan agrees that if you're telling a wrestler exactly what to do in a match, you're limiting them. You should encourage your wrestler to be able to think for themselves. If you don't learn to think for yourself when you’re in the middle of a match, you will not succeed. If a coach tells a wrestler exactly what to do, they're only setting themselves up to be questioned later if that technique does not work.Penn State vs MichiganNo. 1 Penn State defeated No. 5 Michigan 25-11 in front of nearly 16,000 fans in the sold-out Bryce Jordan Center. Askren would like to see the average attendance numbers from this season compared to 10 years ago. It seems like many big teams are selling out their venues this season.Nolf, Next Topic?At 157 lbs, Penn State's No. 1 Jason Nolf took out No. 5 Alec Pantaleo 9-2. What Askren read online and social media was that Nolf utterly dominated Pantaleo but Askren didn't feel that way when he watched the match. Starting the 2nd period, Nolf had two escapes and Pantaleo had a takedown. Dernlan thinks Pantaleo spent the match attempting to keep Nolf at bay and Nolf was more the aggressor. Askren believes this was a very winnable match for Pantaleo. He didn't think he'd be saying that about any Nolf matchup this season but he's excited about a possible rematch.Vincenzo Joseph vs Logan MassaAnother No. 1 vs No. 5 matchup took place at 165 lbs. No. 1 Vincenzo Joseph beat No. 5 Logan Massa, 4-2 with a last-second takedown in sudden victory. Askren says every time these two meet it will be close. While Joseph brought the pressure Massa was actively attacking. Dernlan believes because Joseph was putting the pressure with his snap-downs Massa found the way to get out of that was to attack.Mark Hall vs Myles AmineNo. 1 Mark Hall defeated No. 3 Myles Amine in a close 3-2 victory. Askren thinks Amine held his own in the scramble. That being said he doesn't see Hall losing in a future match and thinks he has Amine's number.Mason Parris vs Anthony CassarAnthony Cassar had a dominating win over Mason Parris with a 19-8 major decision. Both Askren and Dernlan were extremely impressed with the power Parris showed as he flipped Cassar off of him in the first period. Overall, Askren believes in a year or two Mason Parris will improve technically and be really hard to beat. Cassar and Penn State have been working on attaining a sixth season via a medical redshirt. Askren talks about how heavyweight is only going to get tougher next year with new up and coming heavyweights including Parris and Gable Steveson. Parris never gave up during his match against Cassar. Dernlan is of the mindset that you should never fall down and take the rest of a match off even if you know it's technically out of reach. Making your opponent wrestle you is the only way you can close the gap and figure them out for the next time you meet.Rutgers vs PrincetonRutgers' No. 2 Anthony Ashnault got a major decision to win the dual over No. 1 Matthew Kolodzik. Dernlan and Askren talk about the Rutgers Athletic Center (Rac) and the energy it contained at that moment. Ashnault was able to control the match in every single aspect. Dernlan can't recall a time where Kolodzik got dominated in that fashion.

2018/11/25 Ps Luke Kennedy ルーク　ケネディ牧師 Categories: Video: https://osaka.mylifehouse.com/tv/message/make-room-for-jesus Make room for Jesus Luke 2:4-7 ERV [4] So Joseph left Nazareth, a town in Galilee, and went to the town of Bethlehem in Judea. It was known as the town of David. Joseph went there because he was from the family of David. [5] Joseph registered with Mary because she was engaged to marry him. (She was now pregnant.) [6] While Joseph and Mary were in Bethlehem, the time came for her to have the baby. [7] She gave birth to her first son. She wrapped him up well and laid him in a box where cattle are fed. She put him there because the guest room was full. 1.A room with a purpose. 2.Someone else in Jesus’ bed? 3.I know Jesus is a priority but, someone else came up. Matthew 6:33 ERV What you should want most is God's kingdom and doing what he wants you to do. Then he will give you all these other things you need. Matthew 6:34 ERV So don't worry about tomorrow. Each day has enough trouble of its own. Tomorrow will have its own worries. 4.When we make room for Jesus. Isaiah 61:1-3 ERV [1] The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on me. The LORD has chosen me to tell good news to the poor and to comfort those who are sad.He sent me to tell the captives and prisoners that they have been set free.[2] He sent me to announce that the time has come for the LORD to show his kindness, when our God will also punish evil people. He has sent me to comfort those who are sad, [3] those in Zion who mourn.I will take away the ashes on their head, and I will give them a crown. I will take away their sadness, and I will give them the oil of happiness. I will take away their sorrow, and I will give them celebration clothes. He sent me to name them 'Good Trees' and 'The LORD's Wonderful Plant.' イエスのために部屋を作る ルカによる福音書 2:4-7 ( 口語訳) “[4]ヨセフもダビデの家系であり、またその血統であったので、ガリラヤの町ナザレを出 て、ユダヤのベツレヘムというダビデの町へ上って行った。 [5]それは、(すでに身重になっ ていた)いいなづけの妻マリヤと共に、登録をするためであった。[6] ところが、彼らがベツ レヘムに滞在している間に、マリヤは月が満ちて、 [7]初子を産み、布にくるんで、飼葉お けの中に寝かせた。客間には彼らのいる余地がなかったからである。” 1.目的を持った部屋 2.イエスのベッドに誰かいる? 3.イエスが1番なのはわかってるけど、誰かがやって来る。 マタイの福音書 6:33 ( JCB) “神を第一とし、神が望まれるとおりの生活をしなさい。そうすれば、必要なものは、神が 与えてくださいます。” マタイの福音書 6:34 ( JCB) “明日のことを心配するのはやめなさい。神は明日のことも心にかけてくださるのですか ら、一日一日を力いっぱい生きなさい。” 4.私たちがイエスのために部屋を作るとき イザヤ書 61:1-3 ( 口語訳) “[1]主なる神の霊がわたしに臨んだ。これは主がわたしに油を注いで、貧しい者に福音を宣 べ伝えることをゆだね、わたしをつかわして心のいためる者をいやし、 捕われ人に放免を告げ、縛られている者に解放を告げ、 [2]主の恵みの年とわれわれの神の報復の日とを告げさせ、 また、すべての悲しむ者を慰め、 [3]シオンの中の悲しむ者に喜びを与え、 灰にかえて冠を与え、悲しみにかえて喜びの油を与え、憂いの心にかえて、さんびの衣を与えさせるためである。こうして、彼らは義のかしの木ととなえられ、主がその栄光をあらわすために植えられた者ととなえられる。”

We are back for episode 72, and we kick off living up to our 'Unashamedly Unprofessional' motto before actually talking about anything worthwhile. This week we talk about carbon fibre conrods unveiled at SEMA 2018, then we talk a bit about SEMA in general and some of our favourite builds from the show. We then talk about class restrictions for some local racing series that Joseph competes in, we then talk a bit more about Joseph's racing. Then Mitch triggers Matt with a bit of a hot take about turbos, and not-so-gracefully transition to Subaru's (and Toyota's) recall on MY12 to MY13 vehicles fitted with the FA20 engine. Subaru says that the valve springs may fail and cause complete engine failure. We then talk about Chevrolet making a 1-off electric Camaro drag car, and segway onto talking about the differences between the used car markets in Australia and America. Joseph then brings up Toyota Japan wanting to introduce a subscription model where people can drive whatever Toyota they want depending on their needs at the time. No word on when that's actually happening, or if it'll ever happen in Australia. We then play the six-cylinder edition of the new game we've been playing the last few episodes. Joseph and Mitch are tasked with finding 4 cars each, for 4 separate categories: Track Car, Drag Car, Daily-Driver, and All The Money In The World. While Joseph and Mitch find their cars, Matt and Joel talk about Motorcycle Minute, the carbon fibre conrods we mentioned earlier, and the recent work Joel has put into his Z32. Then, we had to cut the end, because even for us, what was said, should not be heard by anyone.... :P Find us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and everywhere else by Googling Gears and Beers Media! www.gearsandbeersmedia.com

This week, we start off by talking about ourselves. Then we outline what we plan to talk about this week, and our Rent-A-Crowd Joel talks about his new car... A Nissan Z32. We then argue, again, over what's better; Mk4 Supra or a Soarer, which then gets us talking about popular automotive YouTubers. We then discuss a topic raised by one of our listeners Seth, asking us what our thoughts are on the 400Z concept. We then continue to Nissan discussion by talking about Nissan's Clubsport 23 370Z at SEMA 2018... And once again we somehow get onto talking about dual cab utes. We then move on to talk about the McLaren Speedtail, an incredible machine that boggles the mind with the numbers it produces. We then get talking about rich people and their car collections. We then congratulate Matt on getting engaged... Finally. Then we talk about one of our mates getting his third Nissan Patrol... Before selling the other 2. We then segway onto talking about the paint on Joel's new Z32, and our opinions on colour-shift (pearlescent) paint. We then play the 3 cylinder version of the game we played last week, in which we need to find 4 different 3 cylinders cars; Track car, drag car, all the money in the world, best value for money. While Joseph and Mitch find their cars, Matt and Joel talk about the work Joel's done to his Z32. Don't forget to follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and you can find us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, TuneIn, and damn-near every other podcast platform! www.gearsandbeersmedia.com

This week’s parsha recounts the tale of how after decades of separation, Jacob is finally reunited with Joseph. But when they finally meet something odd happens. While Joseph responds to the moment emotionally, by falling on his father’s shoulder and weeping, Jacob is stoic. Our sages tell us that he was reciting the Shema prayer […]

In this episode we talk about financial crisis, and how our faith and our spirituality can help us prepare for and survive such crisis. As we go through our lives most of us encounter financial ups and downs, sometimes very serious ones. This is true for both individuals and societies. And in the interconnected world of today, the global economy as a whole can move through a series of simultaneous economic expansions and contractions, sometimes improving human well being, sometimes causing hardship. We will discuss the Biblical story of Joseph and Pharaoh and how this story might provide us with some important insights into how we can weather these financial storms. As we will see in the story, Egypt faced seven years of prosperity followed by seven years of agricultural depression that could have led to a great famine. Joseph prevented the famine by storing food in storehouses during the good years so that it would be available during the bad years. Unfortunately the human tendency is to do exactly the opposite of what Joseph did. While Joseph aggressively stored grain during the good times, we humans have a tendency to do the opposite – to behave as though the good times will last forever, in some cases making commitments and taking on debt which will be difficult to repay during the slow times. This does not mean that we should not make commitments or take on debt, but rather that we should not overdo it. We need to recognize that neither the good times nor the bad times last forever. Our cycle might not actually be seven years up and seven years down, but the wheel does turn. In the good times we need to behave prudently so that we will be ready, and in the bad times we need to have the courage and persistence to get through the difficulties and to anticipate the better times. Our faith can certainly help by helping us develop a longer term perspective, develop the character and courage it takes to stay grounded during both parts of the cycle, and behave wisely. Our churches can play an important role. This does not mean that a church should give us economic advice, any more than it should take political positions. But it can help us develop the foundation necessary to for us to act with wisdom.

It is Friday. Not only does that mean you are mere hours away from making poor life choices, but the Relatively Speaking Podcast is here to help you make them! This week's edition of the podcast is all the flame emojis. Not just one or two. All. Of. Them. Don't believe us? You will just have to listen to hear how wrong you are. To start the show, Jared forces Joseph to discuss NBA All-Star starter snubs. While Joseph continuously tells him that he does not care (as long as we find out who Joel Embiid's mystery woman is), Jared discusses this entire situation in earnest and without irony. After that, the guys talk about the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame. Mostly, that it is a joke for letting in guys with steroid scandal clouds of their heads, but won't allow the greatest baseball player to ever put his foot on a blade of grass, Barry Bonds, to get inducted. Boo, newspaper writers! TNT is doing a player-only broadcast thing every Monday for a month. Jared thinks it is bad. So does Joseph, but once again, he appears indifferent on the matter. Ask Me Anything is lit this week. So lit, in fact, the podcast nearly caught on fire with all the hot-takes, lava cakes and boom-shaka-laka makes -- or something. Likely something, but who cares about the semantics, as we've clearly reached the filler portion of this post-before-the-actual-podcast section of this post. PSA: Be kind to one another... unless you really hate that other person. Then don't be kind.

It is Friday. Not only does that mean you are mere hours away from making poor life choices, but the Relatively Speaking Podcast is here to help you make them! This week's edition of the podcast is all the flame emojis. Not just one or two. All. Of. Them. Don't believe us? You will just have to listen to hear how wrong you are. To start the show, Jared forces Joseph to discuss NBA All-Star starter snubs. While Joseph continuously tells him that he does not care (as long as we find out who Joel Embiid's mystery woman is), Jared discusses this entire situation in earnest and without irony. After that, the guys talk about the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame. Mostly, that it is a joke for letting in guys with steroid scandal clouds of their heads, but won't allow the greatest baseball player to ever put his foot on a blade of grass, Barry Bonds, to get inducted. Boo, newspaper writers! TNT is doing a player-only broadcast thing every Monday for a month. Jared thinks it is bad. So does Joseph, but once again, he appears indifferent on the matter. Ask Me Anything is lit this week. So lit, in fact, the podcast nearly caught on fire with all the hot-takes, lava cakes and boom-shaka-laka makes -- or something. Likely something, but who cares about the semantics, as we've clearly reached the filler portion of this post-before-the-actual-podcast section of this post. PSA: Be kind to one another... unless you really hate that other person. Then don't be kind.

The Relatively Speaking Podcast is here to help you start your Turkey Week off on the right foot. Luckily for you, those who celebrate by eating plenty of turkey, the guys are going to help you out in that area. More on that later. Jared was dying to discuss how awesome the NFC East is. While Joseph tentatively agrees, listen as the former waxes poetic about the greatness of the New York Giants all while the latter is trying to point to the close wins as evidence that maybe they aren't that good. The Dallas Cowboys remain awesome. The Washington football team is also playing well. Does this, in turn, make the division the best in all of the NFL? Bad Tweets is broken up into two different parts this week. The first one is concerning some Aaron Rodgers hot-takes. The second is about the idea of Carmelo Anthony being selfish. For both, everyone needs to R-E-L-A-X, though Jared goes rather hard at Melo. James Harden is gnarly at the game of basketball this season. So, too, is Joel Embiid. More discussions are had involving both men. Both Absurd Questions this week revolve around Thanksgiving. Jared's is about food, and Joseph's has to deal with a murder mystery because of course it has to do with something not relevant at all to the subject matter being discussed. You can follow Jared on the mean, cold, dark streets of Twitter @JMintzHoops. A similar thing can be done for the far less articulate, savvy, and wise host @JosephNardone. Enjoy the holiday, America.

The Relatively Speaking Podcast is here to help you start your Turkey Week off on the right foot. Luckily for you, those who celebrate by eating plenty of turkey, the guys are going to help you out in that area. More on that later. Jared was dying to discuss how awesome the NFC East is. While Joseph tentatively agrees, listen as the former waxes poetic about the greatness of the New York Giants all while the latter is trying to point to the close wins as evidence that maybe they aren't that good. The Dallas Cowboys remain awesome. The Washington football team is also playing well. Does this, in turn, make the division the best in all of the NFL? Bad Tweets is broken up into two different parts this week. The first one is concerning some Aaron Rodgers hot-takes. The second is about the idea of Carmelo Anthony being selfish. For both, everyone needs to R-E-L-A-X, though Jared goes rather hard at Melo. James Harden is gnarly at the game of basketball this season. So, too, is Joel Embiid. More discussions are had involving both men. Both Absurd Questions this week revolve around Thanksgiving. Jared's is about food, and Joseph's has to deal with a murder mystery because of course it has to do with something not relevant at all to the subject matter being discussed. You can follow Jared on the mean, cold, dark streets of Twitter @JMintzHoops. A similar thing can be done for the far less articulate, savvy, and wise host @JosephNardone. Enjoy the holiday, America.

The Echo Chamber podcast series, now in its third year, returns for 2015 with a new show that features Cohn & Wolfe's Jim Joseph breaking down key marketing lessons from the recent Superbowl. While Joseph notes that Superbowl advertising in isolation is typically ineffective, well-rounded digital strategies are helping marketers use the sporting event to their advantage. He also points to the rise of dads as a key marketing trend to watch in 2015. Meanwhile, CCgroup MD Richard Fogg joins the show to explain why his UK PR firm is attempting to help international marketers understand the US media. And last, but not least, M Booth digital head Amber Roussel talks to me about her experience supporting digital engagement for President Obama's State of the Union speech. The White House, she notes, is keen to broaden social media outreach as it attempts to connect with a younger audience. The Echo Chamber podcast is produced by Markettiers4DC.

The Early Childhood of Jesus (1355.1) 123:0.1 OWING to the uncertainties and anxieties of their sojourn in Bethlehem, Mary did not wean the babe until they had arrived safely in Alexandria, where the family was able to settle down to a normal life. They lived with kinsfolk, and Joseph was well able to support his family as he secured work shortly after their arrival. He was employed as a carpenter for several months and then elevated to the position of foreman of a large group of workmen employed on one of the public buildings then in process of construction. This new experience gave him the idea of becoming a contractor and builder after their return to Nazareth. (1355.2) 123:0.2 All through these early years of Jesus’ helpless infancy, Mary maintained one long and constant vigil lest anything befall her child which might jeopardize his welfare or in any way interfere with his future mission on earth; no mother was ever more devoted to her child. In the home where Jesus chanced to be there were two other children about his age, and among the near neighbors there were six others whose ages were sufficiently near his own to make them acceptable play-fellows. At first Mary was disposed to keep Jesus close by her side. She feared something might happen to him if he were allowed to play in the garden with the other children, but Joseph, with the assistance of his kinsfolk, was able to convince her that such a course would deprive Jesus of the helpful experience of learning how to adjust himself to children of his own age. And Mary, realizing that such a program of undue sheltering and unusual protection might tend to make him self-conscious and somewhat self-centered, finally gave assent to the plan of permitting the child of promise to grow up just like any other child; and though she was obedient to this decision, she made it her business always to be on watch while the little folks were at play about the house or in the garden. Only an affectionate mother can know the burden that Mary carried in her heart for the safety of her son during these years of his infancy and early childhood. (1355.3) 123:0.3 Throughout the two years of their sojourn at Alexandria, Jesus enjoyed good health and continued to grow normally. Aside from a few friends and relatives no one was told about Jesus’ being a “child of promise.” One of Joseph’s relatives revealed this to a few friends in Memphis, descendants of the distant Ikhnaton, and they, with a small group of Alexandrian believers, assembled at the palatial home of Joseph’s relative-benefactor a short time before the return to Palestine to wish the Nazareth family well and to pay their respects to the child. On this occasion the assembled friends presented Jesus with a complete copy of the Greek translation of the Hebrew scriptures. But this copy of the Jewish sacred writings was not placed in Joseph’s hands until both he and Mary had finally declined the invitation of their Memphis and Alexandrian friends to remain in Egypt. These believers insisted that the child of destiny would be able to exert a far greater world influence as a resident of Alexandria than of any designated place in Palestine. These persuasions delayed their departure for Palestine for some time after they received the news of Herod’s death. (1356.1) 123:0.4 Joseph and Mary finally took leave of Alexandria on a boat belonging to their friend Ezraeon, bound for Joppa, arriving at that port late in August of the year 4 B.C. They went directly to Bethlehem, where they spent the entire month of September in counsel with their friends and relatives concerning whether they should remain there or return to Nazareth. (1356.2) 123:0.5 Mary had never fully given up the idea that Jesus ought to grow up in Bethlehem, the City of David. Joseph did not really believe that their son was to become a kingly deliverer of Israel. Besides, he knew that he himself was not really a descendant of David; that his being reckoned among the offspring of David was due to the adoption of one of his ancestors into the Davidic line of descent. Mary, of course, thought the City of David the most appropriate place in which the new candidate for David’s throne could be reared, but Joseph preferred to take chances with Herod Antipas rather than with his brother Archelaus. He entertained great fears for the child’s safety in Bethlehem or in any other city in Judea, and surmised that Archelaus would be more likely to pursue the menacing policies of his father, Herod, than would Antipas in Galilee. And besides all these reasons, Joseph was outspoken in his preference for Galilee as a better place in which to rear and educate the child, but it required three weeks to overcome Mary’s objections. (1356.3) 123:0.6 By the first of October Joseph had convinced Mary and all their friends that it was best for them to return to Nazareth. Accordingly, early in October, 4 B.C., they departed from Bethlehem for Nazareth, going by way of Lydda and Scythopolis. They started out early one Sunday morning, Mary and the child riding on their newly acquired beast of burden, while Joseph and five accompanying kinsmen proceeded on foot; Joseph’s relatives refused to permit them to make the trip to Nazareth alone. They feared to go to Galilee by Jerusalem and the Jordan valley, and the western routes were not altogether safe for two lone travelers with a child of tender years. 1. Back in Nazareth (1356.4) 123:1.1 On the fourth day of the journey the party reached its destination in safety. They arrived unannounced at the Nazareth home, which had been occupied for more than three years by one of Joseph’s married brothers, who was indeed surprised to see them; so quietly had they gone about their business that neither the family of Joseph nor that of Mary knew they had even left Alexandria. The next day Joseph’s brother moved his family, and Mary, for the first time since Jesus’ birth, settled down with her little family to enjoy life in their own home. In less than a week Joseph secured work as a carpenter, and they were supremely happy. (1356.5) 123:1.2 Jesus was about three years and two months old at the time of their return to Nazareth. He had stood all these travels very well and was in excellent health and full of childish glee and excitement at having premises of his own to run about in and to enjoy. But he greatly missed the association of his Alexandrian playmates. (1356.6) 123:1.3 On the way to Nazareth Joseph had persuaded Mary that it would be unwise to spread the word among their Galilean friends and relatives that Jesus was a child of promise. They agreed to refrain from all mention of these matters to anyone. And they were both very faithful in keeping this promise. (1357.1) 123:1.4 Jesus’ entire fourth year was a period of normal physical development and of unusual mental activity. Meantime he had formed a very close attachment for a neighbor boy about his own age named Jacob. Jesus and Jacob were always happy in their play, and they grew up to be great friends and loyal companions. (1357.2) 123:1.5 The next important event in the life of this Nazareth family was the birth of the second child, James, in the early morning hours of April 2, 3 B.C. Jesus was thrilled by the thought of having a baby brother, and he would stand around by the hour just to observe the baby’s early activities. (1357.3) 123:1.6 It was midsummer of this same year that Joseph built a small workshop close to the village spring and near the caravan tarrying lot. After this he did very little carpenter work by the day. He had as associates two of his brothers and several other mechanics, whom he sent out to work while he remained at the shop making yokes and plows and doing other woodwork. He also did some work in leather and with rope and canvas. And Jesus, as he grew up, when not at school, spent his time about equally between helping his mother with home duties and watching his father work at the shop, meanwhile listening to the conversation and gossip of the caravan conductors and passengers from the four corners of the earth. (1357.4) 123:1.7 In July of this year, one month before Jesus was four years old, an outbreak of malignant intestinal trouble spread over all Nazareth from contact with the caravan travelers. Mary became so alarmed by the danger of Jesus being exposed to this epidemic of disease that she bundled up both her children and fled to the country home of her brother, several miles south of Nazareth on the Megiddo road near Sarid. They did not return to Nazareth for more than two months; Jesus greatly enjoyed this, his first experience on a farm. 2. The Fifth Year (2 B.C.) (1357.5) 123:2.1 In something more than a year after the return to Nazareth the boy Jesus arrived at the age of his first personal and wholehearted moral decision; and there came to abide with him a Thought Adjuster, a divine gift of the Paradise Father, which had aforetime served with Machiventa Melchizedek, thus gaining the experience of functioning in connection with the incarnation of a supermortal being living in the likeness of mortal flesh. This event occurred on February 11, 2 B.C. Jesus was no more aware of the coming of the divine Monitor than are the millions upon millions of other children who, before and since that day, have likewise received these Thought Adjusters to indwell their minds and work for the ultimate spiritualization of these minds and the eternal survival of their evolving immortal souls. (1357.6) 123:2.2 On this day in February the direct and personal supervision of the Universe Rulers, as it was related to the integrity of the childlike incarnation of Michael, terminated. From that time on throughout the human unfolding of the incarnation, the guardianship of Jesus was destined to rest in the keeping of this indwelling Adjuster and the associated seraphic guardians, supplemented from time to time by the ministry of midway creatures assigned for the performance of certain definite duties in accordance with the instruction of their planetary superiors. (1357.7) 123:2.3 Jesus was five years old in August of this year, and we will, therefore, refer to this as his fifth (calendar) year of life. In this year, 2 B.C., a little more than one month before his fifth birthday anniversary, Jesus was made very happy by the coming of his sister Miriam, who was born on the night of July 11. During the evening of the following day Jesus had a long talk with his father concerning the manner in which various groups of living things are born into the world as separate individuals. The most valuable part of Jesus’ early education was secured from his parents in answer to his thoughtful and searching inquiries. Joseph never failed to do his full duty in taking pains and spending time answering the boy’s numerous questions. From the time Jesus was five years old until he was ten, he was one continuous question mark. While Joseph and Mary could not always answer his questions, they never failed fully to discuss his inquiries and in every other possible way to assist him in his efforts to reach a satisfactory solution of the problem which his alert mind had suggested.* (1358.1) 123:2.4 Since returning to Nazareth, theirs had been a busy household, and Joseph had been unusually occupied building his new shop and getting his business started again. So fully was he occupied that he had found no time to build a cradle for James, but this was corrected long before Miriam came, so that she had a very comfortable crib in which to nestle while the family admired her. And the child Jesus heartily entered into all these natural and normal home experiences. He greatly enjoyed his little brother and his baby sister and was of great help to Mary in their care. (1358.2) 123:2.5 There were few homes in the gentile world of those days that could give a child a better intellectual, moral, and religious training than the Jewish homes of Galilee. These Jews had a systematic program for rearing and educating their children. They divided a child’s life into seven stages: (1358.3) 123:2.6 1. The newborn child, the first to the eighth day. (1358.4) 123:2.7 2. The suckling child. (1358.5) 123:2.8 3. The weaned child. (1358.6) 123:2.9 4. The period of dependence on the mother, lasting up to the end of the fifth year. (1358.7) 123:2.10 5. The beginning independence of the child and, with sons, the father assuming responsibility for their education. (1358.8) 123:2.11 6. The adolescent youths and maidens. (1358.9) 123:2.12 7. The young men and the young women. (1358.10) 123:2.13 It was the custom of the Galilean Jews for the mother to bear the responsibility for a child’s training until the fifth birthday, and then, if the child were a boy, to hold the father responsible for the lad’s education from that time on. This year, therefore, Jesus entered upon the fifth stage of a Galilean Jewish child’s career, and accordingly on August 21, 2 B.C., Mary formally turned him over to Joseph for further instruction. (1358.11) 123:2.14 Though Joseph was now assuming the direct responsibility for Jesus’ intellectual and religious education, his mother still interested herself in his home training. She taught him to know and care for the vines and flowers growing about the garden walls which completely surrounded the home plot. She also provided on the roof of the house (the summer bedroom) shallow boxes of sand in which Jesus worked out maps and did much of his early practice at writing Aramaic, Greek, and later on, Hebrew, for in time he learned to read, write, and speak, fluently, all three languages. (1358.12) 123:2.15 Jesus appeared to be a well-nigh perfect child physically and continued to make normal progress mentally and emotionally. He experienced a mild digestive upset, his first minor illness, in the latter part of this, his fifth (calendar) year. (1359.1) 123:2.16 Though Joseph and Mary often talked about the future of their eldest child, had you been there, you would only have observed the growing up of a normal, healthy, carefree, but exceedingly inquisitive child of that time and place. 3. Events of the Sixth Year (1 B.C.) (1359.2) 123:3.1 Already, with his mother’s help, Jesus had mastered the Galilean dialect of the Aramaic tongue; and now his father began teaching him Greek. Mary spoke little Greek, but Joseph was a fluent speaker of both Aramaic and Greek. The textbook for the study of the Greek language was the copy of the Hebrew scriptures — a complete version of the law and the prophets, including the Psalms — which had been presented to them on leaving Egypt. There were only two complete copies of the Scriptures in Greek in all Nazareth, and the possession of one of them by the carpenter’s family made Joseph’s home a much-sought place and enabled Jesus, as he grew up, to meet an almost endless procession of earnest students and sincere truth seekers. Before this year ended, Jesus had assumed custody of this priceless manuscript, having been told on his sixth birthday that the sacred book had been presented to him by Alexandrian friends and relatives. And in a very short time he could read it readily. (1359.3) 123:3.2 The first great shock of Jesus’ young life occurred when he was not quite six years old. It had seemed to the lad that his father — at least his father and mother together — knew everything. Imagine, therefore, the surprise of this inquiring child, when he asked his father the cause of a mild earthquake which had just occurred, to hear Joseph say, “My son, I really do not know.” Thus began that long and disconcerting disillusionment in the course of which Jesus found out that his earthly parents were not all-wise and all-knowing. (1359.4) 123:3.3 Joseph’s first thought was to tell Jesus that the earthquake had been caused by God, but a moment’s reflection admonished him that such an answer would immediately be provocative of further and still more embarrassing inquiries. Even at an early age it was very difficult to answer Jesus’ questions about physical or social phenomena by thoughtlessly telling him that either God or the devil was responsible. In harmony with the prevailing belief of the Jewish people, Jesus was long willing to accept the doctrine of good spirits and evil spirits as the possible explanation of mental and spiritual phenomena, but he very early became doubtful that such unseen influences were responsible for the physical happenings of the natural world. (1359.5) 123:3.4 Before Jesus was six years of age, in the early summer of 1 B.C., Zacharias and Elizabeth and their son John came to visit the Nazareth family. Jesus and John had a happy time during this, their first visit within their memories. Although the visitors could remain only a few days, the parents talked over many things, including the future plans for their sons. While they were thus engaged, the lads played with blocks in the sand on top of the house and in many other ways enjoyed themselves in true boyish fashion. (1359.6) 123:3.5 Having met John, who came from near Jerusalem, Jesus began to evince an unusual interest in the history of Israel and to inquire in great detail as to the meaning of the Sabbath rites, the synagogue sermons, and the recurring feasts of commemoration. His father explained to him the meaning of all these seasons. The first was the midwinter festive illumination, lasting eight days, starting out with one candle the first night and adding one each successive night; this commemorated the dedication of the temple after the restoration of the Mosaic services by Judas Maccabee. Next came the early springtime celebration of Purim, the feast of Esther and Israel’s deliverance through her. Then followed the solemn Passover, which the adults celebrated in Jerusalem whenever possible, while at home the children would remember that no leavened bread was to be eaten for the whole week. Later came the feast of the first-fruits, the harvest ingathering; and last, the most solemn of all, the feast of the new year, the day of atonement. While some of these celebrations and observances were difficult for Jesus’ young mind to understand, he pondered them seriously and then entered fully into the joy of the feast of tabernacles, the annual vacation season of the whole Jewish people, the time when they camped out in leafy booths and gave themselves up to mirth and pleasure. (1360.1) 123:3.6 During this year Joseph and Mary had trouble with Jesus about his prayers. He insisted on talking to his heavenly Father much as he would talk to Joseph, his earthly father. This departure from the more solemn and reverent modes of communication with Deity was a bit disconcerting to his parents, especially to his mother, but there was no persuading him to change; he would say his prayers just as he had been taught, after which he insisted on having “just a little talk with my Father in heaven.” (1360.2) 123:3.7 In June of this year Joseph turned the shop in Nazareth over to his brothers and formally entered upon his work as a builder. Before the year was over, the family income had more than trebled. Never again, until after Joseph’s death, did the Nazareth family feel the pinch of poverty. The family grew larger and larger, and they spent much money on extra education and travel, but always Joseph’s increasing income kept pace with the growing expenses. (1360.3) 123:3.8 The next few years Joseph did considerable work at Cana, Bethlehem (of Galilee), Magdala, Nain, Sepphoris, Capernaum, and Endor, as well as much building in and near Nazareth. As James grew up to be old enough to help his mother with the housework and care of the younger children, Jesus made frequent trips away from home with his father to these surrounding towns and villages. Jesus was a keen observer and gained much practical knowledge from these trips away from home; he was assiduously storing up knowledge regarding man and the way he lived on earth. (1360.4) 123:3.9 This year Jesus made great progress in adjusting his strong feelings and vigorous impulses to the demands of family co-operation and home discipline. Mary was a loving mother but a fairly strict disciplinarian. In many ways, however, Joseph exerted the greater control over Jesus as it was his practice to sit down with the boy and fully explain the real and underlying reasons for the necessity of disciplinary curtailment of personal desires in deference to the welfare and tranquillity of the entire family. When the situation had been explained to Jesus, he was always intelligently and willingly co-operative with parental wishes and family regulations. (1360.5) 123:3.10 Much of his spare time — when his mother did not require his help about the house — was spent studying the flowers and plants by day and the stars by night. He evinced a troublesome penchant for lying on his back and gazing wonderingly up into the starry heavens long after his usual bedtime in this well-ordered Nazareth household. 4. The Seventh Year (A.D. 1) (1361.1) 123:4.1 This was, indeed, an eventful year in Jesus’ life. Early in January a great snowstorm occurred in Galilee. Snow fell two feet deep, the heaviest snowfall Jesus saw during his lifetime and one of the deepest at Nazareth in a hundred years. (1361.2) 123:4.2 The play life of Jewish children in the times of Jesus was rather circumscribed; all too often the children played at the more serious things they observed their elders doing. They played much at weddings and funerals, ceremonies which they so frequently saw and which were so spectacular. They danced and sang but had few organized games, such as children of later days so much enjoy. (1361.3) 123:4.3 Jesus, in company with a neighbor boy and later his brother James, delighted to play in the far corner of the family carpenter shop, where they had great fun with the shavings and the blocks of wood. It was always difficult for Jesus to comprehend the harm of certain sorts of play which were forbidden on the Sabbath, but he never failed to conform to his parents’ wishes. He had a capacity for humor and play which was afforded little opportunity for expression in the environment of his day and generation, but up to the age of fourteen he was cheerful and lighthearted most of the time. (1361.4) 123:4.4 Mary maintained a dovecote on top of the animal house adjoining the home, and they used the profits from the sale of doves as a special charity fund, which Jesus administered after he deducted the tithe and turned it over to the officer of the synagogue. (1361.5) 123:4.5 The only real accident Jesus had up to this time was a fall down the back-yard stone stairs which led up to the canvas-roofed bedroom. It happened during an unexpected July sandstorm from the east. The hot winds, carrying blasts of fine sand, usually blew during the rainy season, especially in March and April. It was extraordinary to have such a storm in July. When the storm came up, Jesus was on the housetop playing, as was his habit, for during much of the dry season this was his accustomed playroom. He was blinded by the sand when descending the stairs and fell. After this accident Joseph built a balustrade up both sides of the stairway. (1361.6) 123:4.6 There was no way in which this accident could have been prevented. It was not chargeable to neglect by the midway temporal guardians, one primary and one secondary midwayer having been assigned to the watchcare of the lad; neither was it chargeable to the guardian seraphim. It simply could not have been avoided. But this slight accident, occurring while Joseph was absent in Endor, caused such great anxiety to develop in Mary’s mind that she unwisely tried to keep Jesus very close to her side for some months. (1361.7) 123:4.7 Material accidents, commonplace occurrences of a physical nature, are not arbitrarily interfered with by celestial personalities. Under ordinary circumstances only midway creatures can intervene in material conditions to safeguard the persons of men and women of destiny, and even in special situations these beings can so act only in obedience to the specific mandates of their superiors. (1361.8) 123:4.8 And this was but one of a number of such minor accidents which subsequently befell this inquisitive and adventurous youth. If you envisage the average childhood and youth of an aggressive boy, you will have a fairly good idea of the youthful career of Jesus, and you will be able to imagine just about how much anxiety he caused his parents, particularly his mother. (1362.1) 123:4.9 The fourth member of the Nazareth family, Joseph, was born Wednesday morning, March 16, A.D. 1. 5. School Days in Nazareth (1362.2) 123:5.1 Jesus was now seven years old, the age when Jewish children were supposed to begin their formal education in the synagogue schools. Accordingly, in August of this year he entered upon his eventful school life at Nazareth. Already this lad was a fluent reader, writer, and speaker of two languages, Aramaic and Greek. He was now to acquaint himself with the task of learning to read, write, and speak the Hebrew language. And he was truly eager for the new school life which was ahead of him. (1362.3) 123:5.2 For three years — until he was ten — he attended the elementary school of the Nazareth synagogue. For these three years he studied the rudiments of the Book of the Law as it was recorded in the Hebrew tongue. For the following three years he studied in the advanced school and committed to memory, by the method of repeating aloud, the deeper teachings of the sacred law. He graduated from this school of the synagogue during his thirteenth year and was turned over to his parents by the synagogue rulers as an educated “son of the commandment” — henceforth a responsible citizen of the commonwealth of Israel, all of which entailed his attendance at the Passovers in Jerusalem; accordingly, he attended his first Passover that year in company with his father and mother. (1362.4) 123:5.3 At Nazareth the pupils sat on the floor in a semicircle, while their teacher, the chazan, an officer of the synagogue, sat facing them. Beginning with the Book of Leviticus, they passed on to the study of the other books of the law, followed by the study of the Prophets and the Psalms. The Nazareth synagogue possessed a complete copy of the Scriptures in Hebrew. Nothing but the Scriptures was studied prior to the twelfth year. In the summer months the hours for school were greatly shortened. (1362.5) 123:5.4 Jesus early became a master of Hebrew, and as a young man, when no visitor of prominence happened to be sojourning in Nazareth, he would often be asked to read the Hebrew scriptures to the faithful assembled in the synagogue at the regular Sabbath services. (1362.6) 123:5.5 These synagogue schools, of course, had no textbooks. In teaching, the chazan would utter a statement while the pupils would in unison repeat it after him. When having access to the written books of the law, the student learned his lesson by reading aloud and by constant repetition. (1362.7) 123:5.6 Next, in addition to his more formal schooling, Jesus began to make contact with human nature from the four quarters of the earth as men from many lands passed in and out of his father’s repair shop. When he grew older, he mingled freely with the caravans as they tarried near the spring for rest and nourishment. Being a fluent speaker of Greek, he had little trouble in conversing with the majority of the caravan travelers and conductors. (1362.8) 123:5.7 Nazareth was a caravan way station and crossroads of travel and largely gentile in population; at the same time it was widely known as a center of liberal interpretation of Jewish traditional law. In Galilee the Jews mingled more freely with the gentiles than was their practice in Judea. And of all the cities of Galilee, the Jews of Nazareth were most liberal in their interpretation of the social restrictions based on the fears of contamination as a result of contact with the gentiles. And these conditions gave rise to the common saying in Jerusalem, “Can any good thing come out of Nazareth?” (1363.1) 123:5.8 Jesus received his moral training and spiritual culture chiefly in his own home. He secured much of his intellectual and theological education from the chazan. But his real education — that equipment of mind and heart for the actual test of grappling with the difficult problems of life — he obtained by mingling with his fellow men. It was this close association with his fellow men, young and old, Jew and gentile, that afforded him the opportunity to know the human race. Jesus was highly educated in that he thoroughly understood men and devotedly loved them. (1363.2) 123:5.9 Throughout his years at the synagogue he was a brilliant student, possessing a great advantage since he was conversant with three languages. The Nazareth chazan, on the occasion of Jesus’ finishing the course in his school, remarked to Joseph that he feared he “had learned more from Jesus’ searching questions” than he had “been able to teach the lad.” (1363.3) 123:5.10 Throughout his course of study Jesus learned much and derived great inspiration from the regular Sabbath sermons in the synagogue. It was customary to ask distinguished visitors, stopping over the Sabbath in Nazareth, to address the synagogue. As Jesus grew up, he heard many great thinkers of the entire Jewish world expound their views, and many also who were hardly orthodox Jews since the synagogue of Nazareth was an advanced and liberal center of Hebrew thought and culture. (1363.4) 123:5.11 When entering school at seven years (at this time the Jews had just inaugurated a compulsory education law), it was customary for the pupils to choose their “birthday text,” a sort of golden rule to guide them throughout their studies, one upon which they often expatiated at their graduation when thirteen years old. The text which Jesus chose was from the Prophet Isaiah: “The spirit of the Lord God is upon me, for the Lord has anointed me; he has sent me to bring good news to the meek, to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and to set the spiritual prisoners free.” (1363.5) 123:5.12 Nazareth was one of the twenty-four priest centers of the Hebrew nation. But the Galilean priesthood was more liberal in the interpretation of the traditional laws than were the Judean scribes and rabbis. And at Nazareth they were also more liberal regarding the observance of the Sabbath. It was therefore the custom for Joseph to take Jesus out for walks on Sabbath afternoons, one of their favorite jaunts being to climb the high hill near their home, from which they could obtain a panoramic view of all Galilee. To the northwest, on clear days, they could see the long ridge of Mount Carmel running down to the sea; and many times Jesus heard his father relate the story of Elijah, one of the first of that long line of Hebrew prophets, who reproved Ahab and exposed the priests of Baal. To the north Mount Hermon raised its snowy peak in majestic splendor and monopolized the skyline, almost 3,000 feet of the upper slopes glistening white with perpetual snow. Far to the east they could discern the Jordan valley and, far beyond, the rocky hills of Moab. Also to the south and the east, when the sun shone upon their marble walls, they could see the Greco-Roman cities of the Decapolis, with their amphitheaters and pretentious temples. And when they lingered toward the going down of the sun, to the west they could make out the sailing vessels on the distant Mediterranean.* (1364.1) 123:5.13 From four directions Jesus could observe the caravan trains as they wended their way in and out of Nazareth, and to the south he could overlook the broad and fertile plain country of Esdraelon, stretching off toward Mount Gilboa and Samaria. (1364.2) 123:5.14 When they did not climb the heights to view the distant landscape, they strolled through the countryside and studied nature in her various moods in accordance with the seasons. Jesus’ earliest training, aside from that of the home hearth, had to do with a reverent and sympathetic contact with nature. (1364.3) 123:5.15 Before he was eight years of age, he was known to all the mothers and young women of Nazareth, who had met him and talked with him at the spring, which was not far from his home, and which was one of the social centers of contact and gossip for the entire town. This year Jesus learned to milk the family cow

Joseph was a dreamer. Literally. While Joseph slept God gave him two dreams that gave him a peek into his own bright future. Unfortunately what God didn’t tell him was that the path to those dreams was a really rough road. Special Topic / Guest Speaker April 28 – The Twinkle – Tim Jones* *Tim is one of Dan’s best friends, an insightful speaker, and a creative genius. Trust us – you do not wanna miss Tim’s message. In the words of Mr. T: “Be there, sucka!”

Joseph was a dreamer. Literally. While Joseph slept God gave him two dreams that gave him a peek into his own bright future. Unfortunately what God didn’t tell him was that the path to those dreams was a really rough road.

Joseph was a dreamer. Literally. While Joseph slept God gave him two dreams that gave him a peek into his own bright future. Unfortunately what God didn’t tell him was that the path to those dreams was a really rough road.

Joseph was a dreamer. Literally. While Joseph slept God gave him two dreams that gave him a peek into his own bright future. Unfortunately what God didn’t tell him was that the path to those dreams was a really rough road.

While Joseph and Miriam were at Jerusalem to present Yeshua to Yahweh, Yahweh provided two witnesses in Israel of the promised Messiah. These witnesses were both righteous and devout, and they confirmed that great things were in store for this little baby boy.

The story of God's plan for Joseph and how He uses him. God redeems and restores in His sovereignty. While Joseph's brothers made plans for destruction and evil, God was using and redeeming those plans for their own good and the good of their people.