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Social Transformation in the Urban Context (a.k.a. PANAAWTM 2016) By Grace Yia-Hei Kao
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In a few days I'll be heading to Chicago to attend another conference—PANAAWTM to be exact. PANAAAWTM stands for "Pacific, Asian, and North American Asian Women in Theology and Ministry." As I've explained in a previous blog, PANAAWTM's deepest roots can be traced back to two groups of women: 1) Asian American women in theology and ministry in the West Coast who, with the help of Bishop Roy I. Sano, had begun meeting together in the late 1970s for mutual support and encouragement, (2) women on the East Coast who had come predominantly from Asia for graduate school in theology or to work in ministry who, through the assistance of trailblazing feminist theologian Letty Russell, also began to come together in 1984 to "explore common interests and the possibility of forming a network." Though I have only begun to attend PANAAWTM for the past five years, it has now become a part of my regular conference circuit. It's frankly so different from the other annual conferences I attend. How so? First, consider its more intimate size. In the past several years that I've attended, I've spent a long weekend in March with approximately just 50-70 other participants – a far cry from the hundreds that regularly turn up to the Society of Christian Ethics in January or the thousands that show up in droves for the American Academy of Religion in November (the two other guilds to which I belong and in which I actively participate). The small conference size facilitates the ability for us attendees to get to know one another in light of the more relaxed, "family feel," atmosphere. Second, consider its "niche" target audience—women academicians in theology and related fields (e.g., Bible, ethics) and women in ministry (whether ordained or lay) who are of Asian heritage. The all-women—and all Asian—constituency is really quite unique for conferences and unparalleled in my personal life that going to PANAAWTM has consistently felt to me like moments out of time. And to be clear, these are no ordinary women — the women who attend are bona-fide, groundbreaking leaders in their fields of study or other areas of influence. These are women who are or have been "the firsts," who are continuing to upend the status quo in accordance with feminist values, and who will not be content with any secondary class treatment or any attempt at marginalization they receive in whatever segment of society (viz., family, church, academy, nonprofit sector, business world). Third, consider its unusual format when judged from the standards of either an academic conference or a more standard, church-style retreat. PANAAWTM meetings in my judgment have always blended really creative and beautiful opening and closing rituals, sessions devoted to formal presentations (on research or community activism), informal sessions dedicated to personal or professional development, and then special fun times of celebration that usually involve a gift exchange, an auction, and either singing or dancing or some other form of merrymaking. PANAAWTM for me is the space in which I both serve – and am served – by others. It's where I can build more personal relationships with my colleagues and also learn from the example of our senior scholars of their tireless service and dedication to PANAAWTM (e.g., in the ways in which they keep PANAAWTM running even with our modest budget as they fundraise and contribute honoraria they receive from speaking engagements to provide scholarships for students to attend). It's also where I can do my part in helping to equip and train the next generation by leading workshops (n.b., past topics of mine include public speaking, work/life balance, publishing) or serving on panels in various capacities (presider, presenter, respondent). This year's conference theme...
A Prayer for our Troubled Times
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on Dec 8th, 2015 |
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A few days ago, I received a private message from an old friend who's now living and working in Taiwan. We hadn't corresponded in years, but he had heard about the recent shootings in San Bernardino and wanted to check-in after realizing that this was second set of mass shootings that I'd experienced so close to home (i.e., I live in a city just west of San Bernardino County and was faculty at Virginia Tech in 2007 during what became known as the deadliest shooting by a lone gunman in U.S history). As anyone keeping up with current events in the U.S. well knows, the news has been terrible of late. While liturgically speaking for me as a Christian, the season of Advent should inspire hope, it can be easy to grow despondent upon hearing about the latest act of global or domestic terrorism, the latest heartrending story of desperate refugees, the latest victim of U.S. police brutality, the latest occasion for heightened racial tensions on a college campus, or the latest sound bite of hatemongering by a politician or so-called "Christian" leader hoping to capitalize on the rising fears of an increasingly anxious American voting public. In such times, I find that I am at a loss of words. I feel like I can offer no critique of xenophobia (be it directed at Syrian refugees or at Muslims in general), no argument for greater gun control, or no commendation of nonviolent peacemaking initiatives over the recourse to violence to resolve conflict that has not already been offered by others. Though I'm much more a woman of action than of silent contemplation, it's strangely times like these that I find myself turning to the wise and thoughtful prayers of others for guidance on how to articulate my own thoughts. So I've turned once again to one of my favorite collection of prayers, Prayers for the New Social Awakening: Inspired by the New Social Creed (2008) as edited by Christian Iosso and Elizabeth Hinson-Hasty. The book commemorates the 100th anniversary of the 1908 Social Creed by featuring prayers with social justice themes from well-known Christian leaders. The following prayer by a fellow Presbyterian layperson and director of the Presbyterian Peace Fellowship, Rick Ufford-Chase, really resonated with me and I've reproduced (the majority of) it below. For Those Torn Apart by Violence O God, we confess that we are a fearful people. Each day we grow more afraid of those who are different rather than becoming more open to embracing that difference as the mysterious and marvelous gift you intend it to be. We assume the worst intentions in those whom we meet, and all too often we act in ways that fan further the flames of mistrust, causing the culture of fear to grow greater each day. …. We weep with you, O God, for countless families that have been torn apart by violence and war…. We confess our complicity in the vicious spiral of violence that grows steeper with each passing day…. We take what we want at the point of a gun or a missile. We misread the resistance to our tyranny by sisters and brothers around the world as an irrational hate that must be met by force. We turn to simple, foolish answers of violence as we feel more and more afraid. We are seduced by the ways in which we ourselves profit from our involvement in the vast military-industrial complex that drives us deeper and deeper into war. We confess, O God, that we are numbed by our media's unrelenting reports of irrational acts of terror. Even as we are repulsed, something inside of us continues to be drawn inexplicably toward the commodification of suffering. As...
Finding My Voice
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on Oct 13th, 2015 |
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In my work with doctoral students, I've noticed that what often sets apart "good" graduate students from "good" junior scholars is the ability for the latter to say something important and distinctive. That is, while it may be sufficient during coursework and qualifying exams to master the canon of whatever counts as good scholarship in one's field, success beyond graduate school will require academic hopefuls to make a bona-fide scholarly contribution to her field of study. For this reason, I am frequently asked by the graduate students I mentor, particularly those who are women, about the process by which I came to find–or claim–my scholarly voice. What follows bellow is a version of a talk I gave at the annual conference of the Pacific, Asian, and North American Asian Women in Theology and Ministry (PANAAWTM) in 2014 on this very question. The year was 2001. As an ABD, I was delivering a paper at my first academic conference (one for theology graduate students). There were four of us presenters, one from each of the schools represented in the Northeast (Harvard, Boston College, Yale, Brown). Naturally I was equal parts honored and nervous about making my debut. I remember stumbling over a few phrases, but being pleased overall with my performance. The Q&A that followed also generally went well. As it turned out, however, I had mentally prepared for nearly every question save one, which in hindsight had been the most important. In a nutshell, it was this—what say you? A senior white male faculty had noticed that I had let other thinkers do the talking for me. He observed that my paper had mostly been about advancing a theoretical paradigm of a particular scholar for a certain purpose and that I had responded to questions mostly by referencing what this same scholar or others would say. But that gentle soul kindly pressed to hear my authentic voice: he told me that those 50 or so assembled there were eager to hear me and that someday if he or others were to buy my books(!), it wouldn't be because I had mastered the literature on any given topic, but because I had something unique to say about it. That exchange is one of my earliest and clearest memories of being invited to find and claim my own scholarly voice. Post-conference, I wish I could tell you that I experienced a Saul-to-Paul conversion and no longer deferred to the views of others. The truth is that the process of emerging as a scholar in my own right took longer than that. As I see it, I only started to grow comfortably into that new role in my second or third year as an Assistant Professor. Though certainty about our own motives ultimately remains inscrutable even to ourselves, my best guess of what initially kept me from speaking in my own voice was a fear of being wrong. I had always done well in school and had long grown accustomed to a conception of myself as a good student. And while I continued in grad school to succeed in absorbing and critically interrogating difficult material, the prospect of offering something constructive, something to take the place of what I had in whole or in part undermined, was much more daunting. Who was I to stake my claim on a weighty theological or philosophical question, particularly when some of the brightest thinkers throughout history had yet to resolve or reach a consensus on the matter? What I now interpret as enabling me to overcome this fear of being wrong was a combination of several factors: (1) a few "wins" or occasions where I took a decisive stand...
Does the Term "Women of Color" Bother You?
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on Aug 11th, 2015 |
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I recently came back from a weeklong camping retreat for Christian faculty and their families in beautiful Catalina (an island an hour's boat ride away from the Southern Californian mainland). This year's conference theme was "Power Revealed: Gifts, Dangers, and Possibilities." Not surprisingly, the topics of race, race relations, and institutional racism came-up repeatedly in sessions and informal conversations. As they had last year, the conference organizers again provided an optional time/space for faculty women of color to gather together for a luncheon. Last year's meeting (which I also attended) had been so successful that an assemblage of faculty women of color in the greater LA-area have been getting together periodically ever since for networking, mutual encouragement, and fun. Without betraying the confidentiality of what was disclosed in our luncheon, something that surprised me was the ambivalence that a few attendees expressed about the very term "women of color." I also became privy to some confusion—and even discomfort—that some other folks (outside of the luncheon) felt about the term. For example, one Asian American woman had not thought that the term "women of color" included her since she had assumed that the phrase was simply the newest (perhaps politically correct?) way of referring to black or African American women. And one white guy told me that he had long found the phrase "[X] of color" (e.g., "communities of color," "people of color") odd, because wasn't it simply a reversal of the antiquated and maligned term "colored people"? The ambivalence, confusion, and discomfort I encountered at the conference about "women of color" was something I hadn't anticipated. For in the academic and professor circles I frequent, the descriptor "[X] of color" is commonly used without comment (e.g., I'm on the steering committee of the Women of Color Scholarship, Teaching, and Activism group of my professional organization and arguably the most-respected leadership/professional development organization for Christian ministers and scholars in my field provides substantial grant and fellowship opportunities for students "of color," by which they mean persons of African, Latino/a, Asian, and First Nations descent.) I have since done a quick internet search to see if the hints of dissonance I heard at the conference were echoed elsewhere. Sure enough, questioning the purpose, scope, and desirability of the term is a "thing." Here are three examples: DiversityInc's popular "Ask the White Guy" column has provided a response to the question "Is 'People of Color' Offensive?" (Short answer: no, "it's a respectful-sounding phrase…in common use" that is reminiscent of "Dr. Martin Luther King['s] us[e] [of] the phrase 'citizens of color' in his 1963 'I Have a Dream' Speech"). The NPR program "Code Switch" did a piece a few years back entitled "Feminism and Race: Just Who Counts as a 'Woman of Color'"? (Short answer: the term is inclusive of Asians and Latinas, among others). The feminist digital media site Everyday Feminism recently introduced a video clip (reproduced below) about the origins of "women of color" with this lead-in: "Have you ever wondered where the term 'women of color' came from? Have you mistakenly assumed that it was created by white people? Are you unsure about how you feel about it?" I was heartened to see several sites pointing to well-known human rights and feminist activist Loretta Ross's mini-history lesson of how the term came to be. Methinks the three minutes it'll take to watch it will be well worth your time. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82vl34mi4Iw&w=420&h=315] For those wanting these ideas to simmer, gratefully Andrea (AJ) Plaid of Racialicious, has provided a transcript: Loretta Ross: Y'all know where the term "women of color" came from? Who can say that? See, we're bad at transmitting history. In 1977, a group of Black women from Washington, DC, went to the National Women's Conference, that [former President] Jimmy Carter gave $5 million to have...
Dreaming of Sabbatical
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on Dec 24th, 2014 |
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In the midst of doing last-minute shopping, decorating, and entertaining for the holidays, I find myself on the eves of Christmas and New Year furiously trying to meet several important work deadlines. While burning the candle at both ends writing and grading, I also find myself from time to time breaking out in a wry smile. The reason? I get to start out the New Year with a one-semester sabbatical leave. Here's the deal at my school: we tenured or tenure-track faculty work six full semesters and then, pending approval of our application (which nearly always happens), get to take a break from regular teaching and service commitments in our seventh semester. We get to spend our sabbatical time in any way that we wish so long as we return refreshed and provide a satisfactory account for the work we did (i.e., we submit a report to the Board of Trustees of how we advanced in our teaching, research, and service). Since we are paid our full salaries during sabbatical, such policies can be understood as recognition/additional compensation for prior service and as forward-looking investment into our and our institution's future. (Yes, I know how privileged I am. With adjuncts now constituting 76.4% of all faculty in institutions of all types according to a recent report by the American Association of University Professors and with educational institutions clamping down (or at least threatening to tighten up) on sabbaticals for tenure-stream faculty as a cost-saving measure, I am incredibly grateful that my institution has retained its generous sabbatical leave policy.) The heart of the word "sabbatical" should conjure for anyone familiar with the Bible the notion of "rest" – either for a day, as in the case of God resting on the seventh day of creation and later commanding the Israelites to do likewise (Gen 2:2, Exodus 23:12) or for an entire year, where no work (sowing, pruning, reaping, gathering) was to be done on the land. Regardless of the length of time (day or year), the point has never been to "do nothing" for its own sake, but to spend time honoring God without the distractions of ordinary life as well as to provide much-needed rest for humans, other animals, and the lands so as to enhance all of our ability to "produce" in quality ways for the long haul. Apparently the origins of the modern sabbatical for professors dates back to the last two decades of the nineteenth century, when ten colleges and universities (beginning with Harvard in 1880) established sabbatical leave programs in the U.S. By 1920, some 40 other institutions had followed suit. Of course the translation of the religious concept of "sabbatical" into any modern educational institution (secular or otherwise) will never be wholesale, but it seems appropriate that academic institutions today retain the heart of the biblical notion, which I understand to be spiritual regeneration and the reconnection as well as righting of relationships with all creation (especially when one factors into one's understanding of sabbatical the "Jubilee" tradition, see, e.g., Leviticus 25, Luke 4:16-30). Practically speaking for me, the origins of sabbatical means that I must resist filling my sabbatical time in nearly exactly the same way I do in my regular life. (For faculty like me whose life circumstances–young children in my case–preclude me from jetting off to some foreign locale for a sabbatical stint, sabbatical life mirroring ordinary life, minus teaching and service, is a real temptation). In short, I shouldn't think of my sabbatical as merely an ability to churn out more of the same, but to bear different kinds of fruit. I need to plan my time so that the quality, not just quantity, of the work I do improves in the aftermath. So on...
Ecofeminism is in the House (at the AAR)
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on Nov 21st, 2014 |
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My social media accounts have recently been ablaze with announcements of meetings, sessions, and receptions to attend for those of us who study or work in religion/theology in the U.S. Some 12,000-15,000 scholars and students will descend upon San Diego this weekend for the annual American Academy of Religion/Society of Biblical Literature (AAR/SBL) conference. While as a theological and philosophical ethicist I attend this gathering every year regardless of venue or conference theme, I'm particularly excited about this year's focus on climate change. Sessions devoted to the topic include a panel on the release of the Public Religion Research Institute/AAR National Survey on Religion, Values, and Climate Change (Sat, 9-11:30am, CC-20D) presentations by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) (Sat, 11:45-12:45, CC-20D), a talk by environmentalist Bil McKibben (Sat, 7:30-8:30pm, CC-20D), the AAR Presidential Address by Laurie Zoloth (an eminent bioethics and Jewish Studies scholar; Sun 11:45-12:45,CC-20D), and remarks by former president Jimmy Carter on "The Role of Religion in Mediating Conflicts and Imagining Futures: The Cases of Climate Change and Equality for Women" (Mon, 4-5:30pm, CC-20) among others. Beyond that, I'm especially excited about the number of sessions I see devoted to discussing ecofeminism–the scholarly and activist movement that takes seriously the interconnections between the oppression of women and the exploitation of nature. Let me enumerate a few of these (n.b. the following is a non-exhaustive list): – On Friday, 1:30-3:30pm (CC-14A), the Women's Lounge Roundtable will entail a pre-conference luncheon on "Ecofeminism and Earth Healing" featuring emerging scholars from Claremont Graduate University. – On Sunday, 9-11:30am (CC-3), the Feminist Theory and Religious Reflection Group will feature a panel of papers on "ecological, epistemological, and ethical habitations." – On Sunday, 1-2:30pm (CC-30A), the Feminist Theory & Religious Reflection Group will sponsor another session tied to the conference theme: "Strategic Negotiations with Feminism on the Borders: Rhetoric in American Homiletics, 'On the Move' Ethics in Ecofeminism." – On Sunday, 3-4:30pm (CC-26), the Womanist Approaches to Religion and Society Group will convene a session entitled "Ecowomanism 101: A Roundtable Discussing Vital Themes and Trajectories." I'm looking forward to this conference and wish all AAR/SBL attendees an enriching and eventful time as well! Grace Yia-Hei Kao is Associate Professor of Ethics and co-director of the Center for Sexuality, Gender, and Religion at Claremont School of Theology. She is the author of Grounding Human Rights in a Pluralist World (Georgetown University Press, 2011), has a forthcoming co-edited anthology with Ilsup Ahn on Asian American Christian Ethics (Baylor University Press), and is working with Rebecca Todd Peters on anthology of women's theological lives. This blog was originally posted at the "feminism and religion"...
My Take On "Feminist Theology: Four Perspectives"
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on Sep 19th, 2014 |
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I recently had the honor of serving on a panel entitled "Feminist Theology: Four Perspectives" with three of my faculty colleagues: Rosemary Radford Ruether, Monica A. Coleman, and Najeeba Syeed. It had been organized by the Claremont School of Theology Alumni/ae Association in partnership with the La Plaza United Methodist Church and the Los Angeles United Methodist Museum of Social Justice (where the event had taken place). We had an incredible time. La Plaza UMC, led by CST alum Rev. Vilma Cruz-Baez ('07), graciously hosted a reception before our panel discussion. As we feasted on hearty Mexican food (my favorite was the watermelon agua fresca), we perused the Exodus exhibition in the Museum of Social Justice, which featured dramatic black and white photographs of migrants and others who had made their lives in Los Angeles (n.b., the Museum is located in the basement of the Church, which is itself located on historic Olvera Street). I was grateful for the warm welcome and short history of the Museum that Director Leonara Barron provided. After further introductions and words of welcome, moderator Thea Mateu Zayas (CST '14) cued us panelists to begin our presentations. Our esteemed colleague, Rosemary, went first. In her typically erudite manner, she explained what ecofeminism is, particularly to what exactly ecofeminism is serves as a corrective. I was especially grateful to hear her denounce any simplistic identifications between women and nature as well as tease out what ecofeminism implies for ethics and theology. Professor Monica A. Coleman went third. She spoke beautifully about the ways in which her entrance into religious studies had been shaped from the start by black women's scholarship–the writings of Zora Neale Hurston, Alice Walker, Katie Geneva Cannon, Delores Williams, Renita Weems, and others. She then explained what "third wave womanism" is, the impetus behind her widely-anthologized "Must I Be a Womanist" article, and the many ways that she and others will continue to "wade in the water" by "troubling" conventional wisdom. Our fourth panelist, Professor Najeeba Syeed, brought down the house! She opened with an original poem and then, with the commanding presence and passion of a scholar-activist-preacher, enumerated in eight different ways the difference that a critical feminist perspective can make to interreligious encounters or studies and transnational politics. I can't possibly do justice to her many points (e.g., she encouraged the audience to consider who has access to sacred space, interrogated the supposed link between women's liberation and particular expressions of public piety, delimited the ways in which feminism "busts up" traditional categories of analysis in religion), though one tweet I read later about her presentation captured what I suspect was a widespread reaction among the students in the audience: "Friend turns to me after @NajeebaSyeed finishes: 'Holy shit.' Me: 'Yeah, she's awesome.' @CST_News feminist theology panel." What about my remarks? I spoke second. I began by offering my understanding of feminism–one that I named as having been influenced by the work of Judith Butler, bell hooks, and Sister Margaret Farley (among others). I also stressed how the best feminist scholarship today is intersectional. I next described how feminist theo-ethical commitments inform my current research projects. I spent most of the time talking about an anthology I am co-editing with Rebecca Todd Peters ("Toddie") that is tentatively entitled Encountering the Sacred: A Theological Exploration of Women's Lives. But I also took the opportunity to acknowledge how the work of Carol Adams and others had led me to develop scholarly and activist interests in nonhuman animals, given the parallel ways that women and nonhuman animals can be exploited and commodified under patriarchy. In the final segment of my talk, I spoke of the ways in which I remain in the debt of flesh-and-blood feminist theologians, particularly those I am fortunate enough to count as mentors, colleagues, and friends. I named fellow...
What Feminists of Color Taught Me In the Wake of the Michael Brown Shooting
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Like many others, I've been following the aftermath of the recent shooting death of an 18-year old black teenager by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri with a mixture of shock and horror. Mainstream news coverage and my Facebook newsfeed have been appropriately flooded with commentary about systemic racism, racial profiling, civil unrest, and the militarization of the police. As several African American thought leaders have noted, Brown's death was not an aberration but "just the most recent example of police officers killing unarmed black men." I probably would have only continued to think about these horrific black-male-deaths-by-white-police accounts through these familiar lenses of racism, police brutality, parental grief, and communal protest had I not stumbled upon several reflections explicitly identifying Michael Brown's shooting as a feminist issue. Xochitl Alvizo, for one, analogized between the "everyday existence of young black men, of boys in this country, and that of women" (viz., "the lack of safety in public places; the need to always be aware of one's surroundings; the lack of trust in the intentions of another; living with the knowledge that people like you experience violence at much higher rates than others"). While any astute observer could have made this comparison, I'm not surprised that it was a queer feminist of color (Latina) who did so in this case. Other feminists of color, including Dani McClain of The Nation, senior legal analyst Imani Gandy as quoted in Feminist Newswire, and Emma Akpan of RH Reality Check, explicitly named police violence against black and brown male youth as a "reproductive justice" concern in a way that I had not heretofore considered. According to Loretta Ross, co-founder and National Coordinator of the SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective from 2005-2012, the term "reproductive justice" was coined by African American women in 1994 after the International Conference on Population and Development in Cairo, Egypt. While widely adopted and used by activists, academics, funders and others alike, the term is "not merely a substitute for the terms 'pro-choice,' 'reproductive rights,' or even 'sexual rights.'" Instead, the framework is at once intersectional and holistic in seeking to go beyond the narrow "it's my body, it's my choice" language in attending to the harsh realities that disproportionately block underprivileged women of color from self-determination in crucial aspects of their lives. As black feminist activist Jasmine Burnett explains, "We look at the right to have a child, to not have a child, and to parent your child in a safe and sustainable community free from violence….If you aren't safe in your community because you're racially profiled by the police, and you can't walk from your home to a clinic or to a hospital to access the services you need, then that's not really a full articulation of reproductive justice." More specifically, the shooting death of Michael Brown (and others) violates the third of the three core reproductive justice principles for which SisterSong has stood since their founding in 1997: Decide if and when she will have a baby and the conditions under which she will give birth Decide if she will not have a baby and her options for preventing or ending a pregnancy Parent the children she already has with the necessary social supports in safe environments and healthy communities, and without fear of violence from individuals or the government This lesser emphasized third principle among those committed to reproductive rights seems entirely appropriate to me—a helpful corrective to the mistaken view that all that is needed on this front is legal, safe, and affordable access to reproductive healthcare for women. It both angers and saddens me to read of accounts from black feminists like Akpan that they "grew up listening...
A Prayer for our Broken World
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on Jul 18th, 2014 |
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The news of late has been terrible. I read about the following headlines yesterday (July 17, 2014): 1. A Malaysian Airlines passenger plane was shot down by a surface-to-air missile in Ukraine, killing all 298 passengers aboard. Both the Ukrainian government and the pro-Russia separatists have denied responsibility and it is still (at the time of this post) too early to assess blame. I feel for the families and loved ones of those lost, the people in the war-torn region of eastern Ukraine, and Malaysian Airlines for the tragic year they have already undergone. 2. Israel begun a ground offensive in Gaza "after 10 days of aerial bombardment failed to stop Palestinian militants from showering Israeli cities with rockets." I had been following reports of Palestinian and Israeli children being caught up in the cycle of violence and my heart has been heavy with sadness. 3. Closer to home, I've been reading about escalating protests by both sides of the immigration debate as throngs of "unaccompanied alien children" (to use official parlance) from Central America who have been apprehended at our southwest border await their fate. As a Christian, parent of young children, and an American, I am totally baffled about what to think about this humanitarian crisis and political-legal quandary. So it is days like these where I find myself speechless. I have no witty analyses to provide, solutions to propose, or words of comfort to offer. Instead, I find myself turning to the eloquently written prayers of others to see if their words can help me form my own. I found myself thumbing through my copy of Prayers for the New Social Awakening: Inspired by the New Social Creed (2008) edited by Christian Iosso and Elizabeth Hinson-Hasty. The book commemorates the 100th anniversary of the 1908 Social Creed by featuring prayers with social justice themes from well-known Christian leaders. I was especially moved by eminent process theologian Marjorie Hewitt Suchocki's prayer entitled "For Peace." Beloved God, you have shown us through the crucifixion of Jesus Christ that you feel the pain of the world, the sins of the world, the griefs of the world. You have shown us that our relentless turn to violence is ever more gall, more nails, more spears. And our hearts cry out in sorrowful confession that we crucify you anew through every pain we inflict upon our world. Beloved God, you have shown us through the resurrection of Jesus Christ that you receive our ills for the sake of transforming our ills, that you experience our deaths for the sake of renewing our lives, that you feel our many forms of violence for the sake of impelling us to join in your own loving will toward reconciliation and peace. Beloved God, upon us to sharing more deeply your own love for this our world. Pull us into your will toward reconciliation and peace. Transform these agonies of war into agonies for peace, until we yearn for peace so profoundly that we become your channels for its accomplishment. Through Jesus Christ our crucified and resurrected Lord, Amen. May Suchocki's prayer, or that of another (including your own), bring us peace. Grace Yia-Hei Kao is Associate Professor of Ethics at Claremont School of Theology. She is the author of Grounding Human Rights in a Pluralist World (Georgetown University Press, 2011) and her co-edited anthology with Ilsup Ahn on Asian American Christian Ethics is forthcoming (with Baylor University Press). She is also co-editing a volume with Rebecca Todd Peters that is tentatively entitled "Encountering the Sacred: A Theological Exploration of Women's Lives." This blog was originally posted on the feminism and religion...
No Parenting Anxieties (Yet?) About Passing Down the Faith
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I've recently read Jim Belcher's In Search of Deep Faith: A Pilgrimage into the Beauty, Goodness, and Heart of Christianity (2013). Even though I had several issues with the book, I couldn't put it down once I started reading and finished it in the space of one day. What's the book about? After spending a decade planting and leading a church, raising four children, writing his first book, and fixing up an old house, the author found himself totally worn out and in deep need of spiritual rest. So, too, did his wife Michelle who desperately craved "some time away from the bubble that was pastoral ministry, where every decision or action was open to scrutiny, where private life was difficult to maintain." So the couple took their four school-aged children and embarked on a yearlong sabbatical across Europe. In addition to recharging and recuperating, the plan was for them all to explore the biographies and places of some of the great heroes of Christian faith. Their pilgrimage sites included C.S. Lewis's Oxford University, Dietrich Bonhoeffer's underground seminary and place of imprisonment, Vincent Von Gogh's asylum in Saint-Rémy, the French village of Le Chambon that served as a haven for 5000 or so Jews fleeing the Nazis and their French collaborators, and the key places in the life of Maria von Trapp (of Sound of Music fame), among others. The book was an inspiring read. I found myself entertaining thoughts of how some day in the distant future I, too, might manage to take an extended family trip that would also be rejuvenating, educational, and spiritually uplifting. What I had (and still have) a hard time identifying with, however, is a parental fear explicitly named by the author that served as another part of the rationale for the pilgrimage. In his own words, "we worried about [our children's] faith—would they grow strong in their trust of God or would they fall away?" Belcher was especially concerned about what would happen when his kids went to college "and faced all the temptations of university life, both morally and intellectually": would they "abandon the faith because it did not mean much to them…[because it would get] in the way of their happiness and success?" I can't say that I share this fear, let alone concern. Granted, my kids are only 4 and 6 and so perhaps my time to worry will come later. (At this stage, my husband and I are preoccupied with much more basic concerns than spiritual maters, such as getting our 4 year-old to be less picky of an eater and teaching our 6 year-old how to have better impulse control.) On deeper reflection, however, my inability to relate to this apparently widespread concern about passing down the faith is probably tied to my own baggage. When I majored in philosophy and religious studies in college, countless individuals from my evangelical Christian community (though fortunately not my parents) expressed worries that I would "lose my faith." I remember being warned away from taking academic courses on Christianity or the Bible because they weren't taught by "believers." These fears of others only grew when I pursued a doctorate in theology and philosophy in graduate school. I resented their paternalistic interventions and wanted to pursue "the truth"—wherever that led me. [It would be appropriate here to note an important contrast: the Belchers tackled their fears for their children by providing them with more knowledge and experiences while members of my home community wanted to prevent me from having either.] Sure enough, one doesn't emerge from a serious study of philosophy, theology, and religion unscathed and the faith that I had prior to these studies is...
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Berklee to Present Honorary Doctorate To Ricky Skaggs on Grand Ole Opry
By Mitzi Dorbu, Berklee Office of Public Information
March 12, 2008 - 3:30 pm
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Boston, Mass. — Ricky Skaggs, known as an ambassador of bluegrass music, will be awarded a Berklee honorary doctorate of music on the Grand Ole Opry stage on March 18, 2008.
Berklee senior vice president for Academic Affairs Larry Simpson will bestow the honor as part of Skaggs's performance on the Tuesday night Opry.
Among other performers scheduled for the Opry that evening are Country Musc Hall of Famers Bill Anderson and Jimmy Dickens, the Del McCoury Band, and the Whites, with whom Skaggs won a Grammy Award last month. Also present will be 120 Berklee students who will have the special privilege of a private Q&A session with Skaggs after the ceremony as part of their spring break trip.
"At Berklee, we admire musicians of extraordinary talent who follow their artistic inclinations fearlessly," said Berklee College of Music president Roger Brown. "Ricky Skaggs is a master musician with sky-high standards who achieved mainstream success his own way, on his own terms. By honoring Ricky Skaggs, we shine a light on the present and future of bluegrass; its heritage and its infinite potential. And besides all that, the man can pick."
Skaggs's virtuosity, his rich musicality, and his commitment to the deep roots of American music make him a deserving recipient of a Berklee honorary doctorate. Berklee has also bestowed this honor upon country music legends Loretta Lynn and Earl Scruggs. This award places them in prestigious company, with such fellow recipients as Duke Ellington, Sting, B.B. King, Bonnie Raitt, Billy Joel, Sarah Vaughan, John Williams, Dizzy Gillespie, Nancy Wilson, Paul Simon, Patti LaBelle, and David Bowie among others.
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More than 100 Berklee students—including some from Malaysia, Indonesia, Switzerland, and the U.K.—will be in Nashville for spring break and will join local alumni, members of Berklee's Boston community, and friends of Skaggs for the presentation and performance. For more than 20 years, students have come to Nashville to gain an insider's knowledge of the music industry by meeting and learning from top performers, songwriters, publishers, producers, and engineers.
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Last month, HarperCollins attended the 29th Annual First Year Experience Conference in Denver. Though the conference lasted only three days, we got the opportunity to meet many first-year coordinators and enjoyed speaking with everyone about our books and the FYE title selection process. We even gave out nearly 500 copies of our FYE catalog on USB drives.
On the first night of the conference we co-hosted a dinner with Penguin. Harper authors Adam Shepard and Amanda Little spoke about issues and themes related to their books, touching on many topics that would spark provocative discussions in courses across a variety of disciplines.
Adam explained the motivation behind his experiment that served as the basis for his memoir, Scratch Beginnings. After he graduated from college, Adam moved to Charleston, South Carolina with $25 and the goal of earning $2500, a car, and a place to live by the end of the year. Adam's book is great for freshmen because, much like Barbara Ehrenreich's Nickel and Dimed, it's the kind of book that invites debate about what it means to be working poor in the United States and whether or not the American Dream is still viable.
Amanda spoke about Power Trip, recounting several anecdotes from the time she spent researching and writing her book about America's relationship with energy and fossil fuels. This book has the unique distinction of being both thoroughly researched and academic in scope, while also being accessible and optimistic – Amanda refers to Power Trip as, "Guns, Germs and Steel meets Eat Pray Love." She highlighted the importance of her book by quoting President Obama who, in a recent interview, stressed the importance of green jobs in tomorrow's job economy. Those students who possess an understanding of green technologies, Amanda insisted, will have a distinct advantage when they are seeking employment in the job market.
On Monday we co-hosted a luncheon with Knopf, Penguin, and Macmillan. Though Kevin Michael Connolly (author of Double Take) was scheduled to speak, he was unfortunately unable to attend due to sudden illness.
Some other popular titles that are being considered or have been adopted for first year programs include:
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On behalf of HarperCollins we'd like to thank everyone who attended the conference and stopped by our booth. We enjoyed meeting all of you and look forward to working with you in the future.
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What I liked
very little...... there a couple of midwifes who care and are thorougher in what they do. I found my midwives to be very good.. they worked on ADU and you will be lucky to see them.
I am 37 + 3 days pregant with my 2nd child
What could be improved
Everything... they treat you as if you are nothing, the level of care is so minimal. I wanted to go to Stepping Hill because i thought that the Mat department was meant to be good, on my booking in appointment i was advised that i would see the same midwife as much as possible (i have seen her twice, three times at the most) you get passed round to different midwifes who advise different information and there are very few consultants that you will ever meet its all their juniors so you can imagine how info is never really accurate.
Instead of me going on i will summarise my experiences for one of the times i was admitted to Mat Ward 2 from ADU on Friday 23rd April 2010. I was admitted to suspected pre eclampsia i had raised BP, protein in urine (which had been collected with the 24hr), excessive swelling and visual probs, this was a concern to the midwife who i had seen prior in ADU. I saw the consultant who wasnt mine at about 3pm who advised i was to be monitored regularly and i would be reviewed again on Monday by my named consultant. Care by the midwifes was minimal they are short staffed and have the ladies who have had C sections to look after....
The on the Monday i was advised by my consultant that i needed to do another 24hr urine collection and this would finish on the Tuesday and i would be able to go once this was done, then would be reviewed again by ADU on Thursday and if all ok by him the Wednesday after... FINE. The midwife on Tuesday was terrible, the time was about 12pm and i had been across to the room infront where a friend had just had her baby (also very unimpressed with the care shown at Mat 2) to return to my bed to see my discharge papers and notes left on my bed hmmm ok, so what was i to do with the 24 hr collection that was supposed to be handed in at 2:45pm?? I went to find the midwife and they were in a meeting which went on for about an hr, so i walk up and down trying to find out whether i can go or not. ..
Anything else?
On sitting there i decided to read my discharge notes, and noticed that the time of discharge was 1:50pm (urine didnt finish until 2:45pm). I had had enough by this point and was on my way out when i bumped into another midwfie who was lovely, i advised her of the 'show' i had just had and she advised i should be going no where and i should inform the midwife & she would also. Well, the comment was ive discharged you now what do you want me to do, i can re admit you if thats what you want? I said to her you havent even collected by urine, she said oh i didnt know you had finished it!! Pathetic, uncaring and wrong.... i said you know what just forget it and left the hospital.... I hope someone in authority reads this and sees that care like this is not nice or deserved, my motto for hospital is everyone is equally important, remember how you would like to be treated if it was you...
Response from Stepping Hill Hospital 7 years ago
Thank you for taking the time and trouble to submit your comments on your experience at Stepping Hill Hospital.
I was very pleased to note the positive points you made about a few midwives you came into contact with but am disappointed to learn that overall your experience was not as good as you expected. I am sorry our Maternity Services have not lived up to your expectations.
Your comments have been passed to the appropriate staff within the Maternity Department to share within their teams to ensure that, where appropriate, improvements can be made.
Should you require any further information, or if you would like to receive a formal written response to your concerns from the Chief Executive, please contact our Patient and Customer Services Department on 0161 419 5678; staff in this department will be able to advise you of the Complaint Procedure.
Once again I am very sorry to hear about your experiences; thank you for advising us about what has happened - staff have been made aware of what's happened which will improve the service provided to future patients.
Yours faithfully
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Drug Price Controls Lead To Rationing
August 23, 2000
Leftists want to add a drug benefit to Medicare, but the program is already going broke faster than Social Security. The only want to pay for the drug benefit, says former Gov. Pete du Pont (R-Del.), policy chairman of the National Center for Policy Analysis, is to control drug costs.
Thus an essential component of the plan is for the federal government to set the price companies are allowed to charge pharmacies -- possibly at a 40 percent discount. Yet every past government effort to control costs through price controls has backfired -- whether it be oil, rents, products or services. For example, Medicaid's effort in 1990 to require that they receive the lowest prices led to higher prices and smaller discounts in the private sector.
When other countries slapped price controls on drugs the result was rationing.
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Random Thought #1: Can You Feel Constant Motion?
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I like physics a lot and while I do venture to read about it every once in a while, it seems much more fun to speculate and sound things out in my head- the theories that are unproven but flooded with popular suggestions. So I had a thought... (please suppress the laughing till I explain this phenomenon) I was wondering if it was possible to feel constant motion?
You can feel the change in speed when you are in motion due to the drag and vault of speeding up or slowing down, but when you are in constant motion, do you know you are in motion.
I can feel motion because I feel the wind in my face. I hear the whoosh of things passed or passing by. I feel the rumble of the road through the tires, the work of the engine, and I can see things moving as I am moving. But without being able to feel or see or hear these things, would I feel motion itself? I doubt it. Like being in one of those really quiet, really smooth elevators, the sense of motion becomes lost as the those externalities are dramatically reduced. I imagine driving without these things would be unsettling and very disorienting also- like driving in complete silence.
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Ratings for Thursday's Game 2 of the World Series between the San Francisco Giants and the Texas Rangers were again far behind last year's Game 2 between the New York Yankees and the Philadelphia Phillies. The game averaged just 11.71 million viewers, versus 18.90 for Game 2 of the 2009 Series. The final half-hour of Thursday night's game attracted just 10.65 million viewers. Still, that was a whole lot more than the 3.81 million who tuned in for NBC's The Apprentice during the same time period. The ratings champ at 10 00 p.m. was CBS's The Mentalist with 14.61 million viewers.


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An abortion clinic doctor, who is protected by the laws of his state and country, is killed for being a "baby butcher" by a pro-lifer who believes he is also doing mankind a good deed. I would like to know why the pro-lifers aren't targeting the people who need to be targeted in this sad state of affairs: the human animal. What happened to personal responsibility in taking steps to ensure that a baby that isn't wanted isn't created in the first place? Why aren't pro-lifers taking their message to the ones who need it -- all boys and girls and men and women of child-bearing age who want to have sex but don't want the consequences of children? It's called birth control, and if that is also considered murder by these folks, then preach abstinence. Murdering one abortionist doctor is not the answer to solving the problem of irresponsible sexual behavior. In fact, if these people are so against murder in the first place, what is it they call this recent abomination in a church?
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As promised, the first pattern for the Seven Skeins Club arrived on Friday night. I was stoked to see that Kate Davies had sent us a pattern for sneaker liners. She thinks these are house socks, but i know the squishy goodness is going to be so comfortable in my bike shoes.
They have a really interesting construction, and knit up ridiculously quickly.
The club actually included two separate patterns, one for colourwork socks, which i chose to make in the same colours and yarn and the club yarn. But there is also another pattern included, for two colour ones with stripes rather than colourwork. It wouldn't be difficult to do the maths and knit these with regular sock wool... watch this space.


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Today I thought I would share the best homemade shower cleaner as one our frugal House Cleaning tips and tricks, because it works amazing and you only need two ingredients! My friend told me about how much she loves her shower cleaner and I thought she was a tad crazy. I mean… could Dawn and vinegar really work that good?
I was honestly shocked at how well it works! It really does the job. It's the best homemade shower cleaner ever and so cheap to make!
All you need is Dawn (I use the blue kind) and then white vinegar to make your homemade shower cleaner.
In a spray bottle combine the dawn and vinegar. Mix thoroughly and spray. Allow it to sit for a few minutes and then clean.
Now, my number one tip to keeping my shower clean is to use a dish soap dispenser and sponge. Several brands make them and even Amazon has them for sale for cheap.
I put a little bit of Dawn and then fill the rest up with Vinegar. I keep this in the shower. Then when I am showering I am able to do a quick scrub down. The steam form the shower helps break down the dirt and grime so it makes the scrub even easier.
I do this probably once every two weeks and it works great to keep my shower clean. I normally have to refill my dispenser about once every other month so a little goes a long way.
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Forceofnature1 says... #1
I like the life drain! I had one of these that mutated into a CoCo allies but that sorta fizzled with the new release and other cards coming out.
Have you played this competitively at all?
May 19, 2016 12:15 p.m.
Forceofnature1 I haven't played it competitively yet, I'm still in need of another Gideon, Ally of Zendikar and another Sorin, Grim Nemesis, as well as a few other cards. I should be getting what I need pretty soon, so I'll be taking it to FNM ASAP to see how it fares.
May 19, 2016 2:11 p.m.
Forceofnature1 says... #3
I have both of those cards lemme know if you wanna borrow them ;)
May 19, 2016 4:50 p.m.
You seem to be about half way to the standard B/W Vampire ally deck that a lot of people are playing currently. If you drop Read the Bones and Gideon, Ally of Zendikar for Alms of the Vein and some instant life gain/drain you will almost be there. Accursed Witch Flip instead of Essence Depleter gives you a creature that can either attack unopposed, at will, or be killed and transform to give more life gain/drain. In my own version of this deck, I drop Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim and March from the Tomb for Always Watching (or Immolating Glare in the side-board).
May 21, 2016 3:27 p.m.
Murphy77 I hadn't considered adding Accursed Witch Flip to the deck, I definitely think I'll switch her out for Essence Depleter. I'm still debating whether to put in Alms of the Vein, and in an earlier version of this deck I made I had Always Watching , so I'll probably end up adding that back in. Still don't really know if I need March from the Tomb, so it might be dropped in favor of something else.
May 21, 2016 4:21 p.m.
check this one BW Allies - life gain/drain FTW
May 23, 2016 5:29 p.m.
People are probably gonna hate, but I love this card in lifegain decks...
June 1, 2016 12:42 p.m.
I would drop Sorin completely and add more Gideon. Gideon's 0 ability synergises so much with kalastria healer and lantern scout (see below). Since most of your cards are 2/3 mana the lifedrain is not much more on Sorin.
I would also consider changing serene steward for lantern scout. The lifelink synergises well with cliffhaven vampire and ayli.
I would swap anguished unmaking for retreat to emeria. In this deck you are not bothered about losing creatures via chump blocking, you either trigger zulaport or are able to sac them to ayli. Also, after turn 4 or 5 your hand is going to be empty and top decking lands is bad. However, with retreat to emeria, it turns another top decked land into an ally (and triggers rally) or a +1/+1 counter. If your plan for anguished unmaking was to deal with ormendahl / avacyn then your side decked stasis snares should be ok. If they were for planeswalkers I would perhaps side deck some ruinous paths.
I would perhaps consider cutting always watching for either avacyn or make a stand, something that grants indestructible so you don't get blown out by removal or bigger creatures etc.
June 7, 2016 9:16 p.m.
BioProfDude says... #9
I get why you have Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim in the deck (because it's an awesome card for a 2 drop!), but I think Pious Evangel Flip would be a better fit. I get it-- deathtouch, she has abilities if you manage to get 30+ life, etc..., but how often do you actually get to 30+ life? If it's like my deck (B/W Ally life gain/drain), not as often as you would like.
While it costs a lot of mana to cast, Felidar Sovereign might also be a good addition.
The problem with both of my suggestions thus far is that they're not allies, and that's what you want most. Vampire Envoy and Ondu War Cleric are both allies and provide a couple of different ways to boost life. Vampire Envoy is just a good card as it is a 1/4 with flying.
Hope these few ideas help!
June 16, 2016 2:58 p.m.
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Okay, dear readers, its the holiday season and things are going crazy in my little siheyuan on this side of the world. Soon you'll see both the 2nd part of "One Night in Beijing" as well as the first mp3 posting (as soon as I can figure out how to do that), but for now, I found this story too good to pass up.
always the purveyor of good news, the People's Daily reports Wal Mart is setting up a Communist Party branch (link can be found here: http://english.people.com.cn/200612/18/eng20061218_333487.html)
So maybe they're waiting until 2007 to change that blue star in their logo to a red one?
In reality, it makes sense for all sides: those employees interested in joining the Party will now have the opportunity to do so, while the Party is able to expand into a huge foreign company. If they can set up a branch with Wal Mart, it should be easier to do so in smaller foreign companies. I also think its a brave move by both sides knowing the PR hit they'd take from this. Think about it, for those Wal Mart haters in the US, could there be any better way to attack the big boxer? The headline/soundbite is enough to embarass the company, despite the good it will do for (some) of its employees in China. At the same time, is there anything more oxymoronic than a Communist Party branch being set up in the 2nd richest company in the US, owned by some of the richest people in the world?
At the end of the day, its really a non-story, except for those willing to make cheap points off it. Beyond that, looking at it optimistically, it shows how much the Party has changed and that a return to the bad old days is highly unlikely.
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Cornerstone hoping to give area families a church to call home
By Kate Howes
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Cornerstone Baptist Church in Eldridge is growing - so much so that it is expanding to include a second location in DeWitt.
The first official service will be held Sunday, Oct. 20, inside the media center at Central Community High School. Sunday school and adult Bible school will take place at 8:45 a.m., followed by the worship service at 10 a.m.
Mark Zevenbergen, who was the associate pastor in Eldridge and will be the campus pastor in DeWitt, says there are several factors that led to the development of a second site in DeWitt.
"First, we have 21 families that attend Cornerstone from areas like DeWitt, Grand Mound, Calamus, Clinton, Delmar and Charlotte," Zevenbergen explains. "We wanted to provide a church in their area to invite people they know who don't have a church to call home. Second, it has been on our hearts to start a new church either with our denomination or by ourselves. Third, our senior pastor attended a denominational conference in Los Angeles in January and through that conference, there was strong agreement from the leadership of our denomination and strong prayer we should start a church in DeWitt."
Zevenbergen also notes, spiritual demographics show there are a lot of people in DeWitt and the surrounding communities who don't have a church to call home. Cornerstone Baptist Church wants to give these people an opportunity to be part of a loving family; something, he says, the church is great at doing.
Plans to start a second church and provide another ministry in DeWitt have been in the works for over a year.
Choosing its location wasn't a difficult decision.
"DeWitt is a wonderful community," Zevenbergen relates. "Many or our families reside in DeWitt. It's centrally-located and it's growing."
In January, Zevenbergen will have been the associate pastor in Eldridge for 16 years. Cornerstone was his first church following his graduation from seminary. He says while he was very happy in Eldridge, God worked in his heart to take this step of obedience and he felt he was led to take on the campus pastor role in DeWitt.
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Zevenbergen says Cornerstone is a church that desires to be strong in spirit, scripture and service.
"Cornerstone emphasizes knowing Jesus Christ personally, growing in our understanding of God's word, allowing God's spirit to empower us in our daily lives and put into practice our beliefs by serving in our community and world," he explains. "We love to serve. Twice a year we have a short worship service and go to into the community on those Sundays and do various projects for the schools and other organizations. But it's not just on Sundays that you'll see us serving. It's part of our DNA."
Zevenbergen says he understands people today are busy - many working as many as six days a week with Sunday being their only day off.
That is why Cornerstone strives to make the most of each service and make it well worth the parishioners' time.
"That is why Cornerstone's worship is exciting, the Sunday school, the adult Bible fellowships and messages are relevant, encouraging and empowering," Zevenbergen relates. "Our people come to Cornerstone regularly because there is an added value to their lives. Church fulfills them because they grow in Christ and are being used by Christ. As a result, they are happier employees, spouses, parents, grandparents, neighbors and citizens."
Zevenbergen and his wife, Andrea, and their three children, Jackson, a high school freshman; Mac, a fifth-grader; and Lynden, a third-grader, have been enjoying getting to know DeWitt and all it has to offer. He says they are impressed with the friendliness of the clergy, the chamber of commerce, police department and school administration.
"We love the DeWitt community," he shares. "People are friendly. There are a lot of fun activities, restaurants and places to be. My three kids were taught to swim at the DeWitt pool. I just love driving or walking down Sixth Avenue and hearing the music playing. It's so positive."
Zevenbergen says he believes there are excellent churches in the DeWitt area and encourages anyone who doesn't attend a church to go to one.
For anyone who is interested and is without a church home, he invites them to come and check out Cornerstone and to connect to God through Jesus Christ.
"I have personally found loving relationships with the Cornerstone people," Zevenbergen relates. "I have found opportunities to connect with God, grow in my relationship with Jesus and celebrate through worthwhile worship. But my family is just one of many families and singles who have found a place at Cornerstone.
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The funeral business of the future could be assisted with the concept of the Aeternal, a driverless hearse.
The Aeternal is a futuristic hearse created to give the lucky dead a luxurious and high-tech burial. This driverless vehicle is mounted on mecanum wheels and features a multimedia projector, and a surround sound system. Coffins transported by the Aeternal would be sold separately and they could be raised (exposed) or lowered within the vehicle. The body can be displayed and the Aeternal can play their favourite music or display videos.
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Davydenko can hail his finest hour
Maybe people will start asking for Nikolay Davydenko's autograph now.
The top 10 player with the lowest profile in tennis admitted that he had not been troubled once for his autograph since arriving for the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, but after beating Juan Martin del Potro to claim the biggest win of his career Davydenko said he was looking forward to being "just a little bit famous here".
The final was one of the poorest matches of the week, but that was of no concern to the new world No 6, who won 6-3, 6-4 to earn $1.51m (about £916,000), the largest cheque of his life. He is only the third winner in the 40-year history of these end-of-season championships without a Grand slam title to his name.
Although 28-year-old Davydenko reached a career-high No 3 in the world rankings three years ago, he has spent almost his whole career flying beneath the media radar.
When the press met the players before the tournament started there were huge throngs around Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray, while Davydenko was hardly troubled. Even when the table he was sitting at collapsed barely anybody noticed.
Until now almost the only occasion when Davydenko did attract the media's attention was when a betting exchange voided all wagers on one of his matches at a tournament in Poland two summers ago.
The Russian retired hurt against the unfancied Martin Vassallo Arguello, who had been heavily backed by punters. After an investigation no charges were brought against either player.
If the Russian lacks charisma, there can be no doubting his talent. At only 5ft 10in tall and less than 11 stone, he is comparatively small, particularly in comparison to a 6ft 6in giant like Del Potro.
He relies on his consistently aggressive ball —striking, speed around the court and eagle eye — he takes the ball earlier than almost anyone — to wear down opponents. "He's very fast," Del Potro said. "He plays like PlayStation, running everywhere. It's very difficult to make winners against him."
The crowd was again a 17,500 sell-out, although there were a number of empty seats.
Some who had bought tickets in advance were no doubt hoping to see at least one of the world's top four players in action.
One enterprising fan brought a placard saying 'Come on Del Potro!' on which the names of Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic had been crossed out.
The only break in the first set came in the fourth game. At deuce, having already saved one break point, Del Potro was foot-faulted on his first serve.
After the first of three staring contests with the line judge and a discussion with the umpire — you wondered for a moment whether he was a going to take a leaf out of the Serena Williams guidebook to handling match officials — the Argentinian lost the next two points with unforced errors.
A baby crying in the crowd — Del Potro wondered afterwards whether the child had "got bored watching the match" — did not seem to help his concentration and Davydenko served out for the set.
The Russian made the only break of the second set — to love — in the ninth game. After completing his collection of 2009 Grand Slam champions' scalps — he had already beaten Federer (for the first time at the 13th attempt) and Nadal earlier in the tournament — Davydenko threw his racket to the floor and thrust his arms skywards in celebration.
If Davydenko was not the winner that organisers had hoped for, the event has, nevertheless, been a huge success, drawing the biggest crowds ever to watch tennis in Britain and the highest aggregate attendance (256,830) for a tournament other than Wimbledon.
The championships are here until 2013 and their future success looks guaranteed.
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House Majority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) reiterated his call to prevent a House vote on the Senate approved supplemental bill in a recent meeting with state GOP chairmen.
If you look back over the last 50 years, in 45 of them we spent more than we took in, building debt that our kids and their kids get to pay...We are going to win (the fight over spending) because there are enough members of Congress, enough Republicans, that will stand up and say, `We're not going to spend more than what needs to be spent at this time.
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|ADR - Average Daily Rate
What is the meaning / definition of ADR in the hospitality industry?
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It is a KPI to calculate the average price or rate for each hotel room sold for a specific day.
|ADS - Alternative Distribution System
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It is a Hotel KPI that measures the performance of their ADR compared to their comp set during the same period (competitive set: a group of other hotel brands and competitor that have similar target market and concept).
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Next Class & Milonga: Thursday July 16, 2015
Milonguero Luigi Rognoni is back from Argentina. Let's give him a warm welcome back.
He will be teaching us all his milonguero secrets, specially the turns (giros).
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