text: The roles in a family. The Husband. The Father. The Wife. The Mother. The Son. The Daughter. 1 Introduction. I wrote this pamphlet out of a sincere desire to see more families revert to the roles that they are biblically called to play in a family unit. It scares me to see how far we as professing Christians have come in our mindset concerning how a family is supposed to be set up. The vast majority of Christians look exactly like their lost counter-parts, as I heard one preacher say, "We live in a society in which we fit all too well." What has happened to the verses in scripture that tell us not to be conformed to this world but to be transformed by the renewing of our minds? But what else can we expect when current polls show that less than one percent of all Southern Baptists (and I'm sure that that is fairly accurate interdenominationally) do not have family devotions even once a year? How are we to live by a model laid out in scripture, when we have no idea what scripture says except for a half hour message once a week? Can a half-hour every week overcome the other 167½ hours of the week that we spend on something else besides looking at the model in scripture? We are being pounded on all fronts by the world's idea of how a family is supposed to operate, and we don't even realize it most of the time. One of the fallacies that the world pushes at us concerning the family is the idea that there are no distinct roles within the family. The wife can be everything the husband is and the children can have equal say with the parents, however no unit can function without each member contributing a specific role to the mission of that organization. There is no organism more fundamental or important than that of the family, it is therefore critical that we get it right. I do not expect the lost world to act according to the scriptures, the scriptures themselves tell us that they will not, however I do expect professing Christians to act different than the world. I know that is an unpopular idea in most of our churches 2 today, because it demands a change in the life of the hearer and the majority of the hearers, even in the pews, are probably lost. But if every true christian would get a firm grasp in this biblical principle of roles in the family and then begin applying it, it would cause shock waves to ripple not only through our communities but ultimately throughout the world. Therefore I write this publication, not because I think I am specially experienced or qualified to do so, but because I think it is a subject that desperately needs to be broached. I write from the perspective of a young, single man with no children, yet not without any experience as I come from a family with nine children. I have seen children raised from infancy to adulthood, I have closely interacted with almost any family role possible and am firmly convinced that no matter how confused or messed up a situation may appear it can be biblically sorted out. Ultimately I write with confidence knowing that it is not experience or education that determines truth, but scripture. With this confidence I write, attempting to stay as close to scripture as possible and with the prayer that you, the reader, might be in some way blessed and encouraged to play the role in your family that God has specifically designed you for. The Husband Let us begin our examination with a look at the one on whom the most responsibility lays, the one who will give an answer to God not only for himself, but for his wife and his children. I write to you concerning your role as a husband even before that as a father because your primary responsibility in this life is to your wife. It is your care for her that 3 will illustrate Christ's love for the church, it is your relationship with her that will have the most impact on the godly raising of your children, and she comes before your hobbies, your job, your dreams, your parents, and even your children. If you fail as a husband you have failed as a man and no success in any other facet of your life will compensate for your abdication of the one duty that holds more relevance than all others combined. If my words seem strong or extreme consider what God says about the husband's role. Gen 2:22 And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. Gen 2:23 And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. Gen 2:24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. Eph 5:25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; Col 3:19 Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them. 1Pe 3:7 Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered. Leave your father and mother, cleave to your wife, love your wife as Christ loved the church, give honour to her… are you getting the picture here? Your wife is to be your ultimate treasure. 4 Your duty is to love her. Husbands, you have a command on your life that is perhaps only superseded in difficulty by "Be ye holy even as I am holy." You are commanded to love your wife in the same way that Christ loved the church! I find the weight of that to be staggering. You've probably sang this song in church before. Could we with ink, the oceans fill, and were the skies of parchment made, Were every stalk on earth a quill and every man a scribe by trade, To write the love of God above, would drain the oceans dry, Nor could the scroll contain the whole, though stretched from sky to sky. Oh love of God how rich and pure how measureless and strong, It shall forever more endure, the saints' and angels' song. The next time you sing that song, pull yourself out of the swell of emotions you feel at considering that anyone ever loved you that much, and consider that song as job description. Your emotion will quickly go from a lump in your throat from being loved so grandly, to a knot in your stomach at the enormity of the task at hand! Those who claim that the biblical description of roles within the family somehow lessens or degrades the wife, have no proper concept of what is expected of husbands in such a system. Do not lose sight of the fact that this is a command, rid your mind of the secular presuppositions that love is simply an emotion over which you have no control. We do not go into marriage crossing our fingers and hoping that we picked someone with whom we can stay in love with for the rest of our lives. We stand at the wedding alter and cement before God and witnesses our commitment to love our wife, come what may. We say "For richer or poorer" yet polls show that the leading cause for divorce is finances, we say "For better or worse", but then sit across from a marriage counselor and explain that 5 we've simply "fallen out of love". You must wake up every morning and remind yourself that today you are going to love your wife; not loving her is not an option! If your marriage is to reflect Christ's love for the church, than divorce is not an option, "falling out of love" is not an option, forsaking her is not an option, giving up on her is not an option; there is but one option after you've said "I do", and that is to love her with every fiber of your being, every second of every day. We have seen that she is to be your priority and you are to love her as Christ loved the church, let us now focus on our responsibility to dwell with her according to knowledge. What this means is that the day you met your wife you entered (insert your wife's name here) elementary school, when you began courting her you graduated to the more intense study of high school, day one of your marriage was Wife Study 101, and you never get to graduate. Your life is to be a constant study of every intricacy of your wife. On a very surface level it is a good practice to use a sheet of questions like Appendix A and see how many of her favorites you know, but it must be so much more than that. Pay attention to the way she thinks, why she thinks that way, how she forms her opinions, etc… The better you know your wife, the better equipped you are to love her as Christ loved the church, you will be able to know what it is you need to sacrifice for her, you will become tuned in to how and when you can best help her grow in grace. If you think you know enough about your wife, or if you are of the opinion that now that you've been hitched you can go on about your life without putting the effort into her that was required while you were wooing her, you are sorely mistaken and your marriage is not only in danger practically, but you are operating unbiblically and smearing the picture of Christ and his 6 church. Until you know your wife as well as Christ knows his church, you are a work in progress. 1Co 14:35 And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church. Eph 5:25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; Eph 5:26 That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, Eph 5:27 That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish. The last obligation we will speak of in this role is that of teaching your wives. You have been given to your wife as part of her sanctifying process, it is explicitly commanded that a women should not publicly voice questions or comments in the church services, but that they would ask their husbands at home. This presupposes that the husbands will be so immersed in scripture and learning that they would be able to teach their wives. Paul says that Christ's reason for giving himself for the church was that he might wash it in the water of the word and sanctify it. The immediate and implied context is that husbands would have this same view towards their wives, the families in which the mother is the spiritual leader and dad just comes along for the ride, is a reversal of God-ordained positions in the family. The Father. The central role in the home should be the father; he is the one that has both the authority as well as the responsibility in the household, as we will shortly see. Let us start 7 by looking at a few bible verses and examining what the practical application in today's world would be. Luke 11:11 If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? Or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent? Luke 11:12 Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion? Luke 11:13 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him? The first principle I want to look at is the most basic duty of a father, that of providing and caring for those of your household. It is and always has been the responsibility of the father to provide for the physical necessities of the house. In this passage Jesus calls his own disciples "evil", yet the assumption is that even the evil men take care of their households. As it is written in I Tim. 5:8, "But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel." It is not the responsibility of the wife or the children or the state to care for your family, it is yours and you need to do everything in your power to fulfill that obligation. The scriptures do not say that it is your responsibility to make sure they are provided for, but rather it is your responsibility to provide for them. It has always been Satan's goal to reverse the decrees of God, he calls good evil and evil good, and he is attempting to reverse the roles in our families as well. Fathers, provide for your families and if you turn even a part of that over to another party, you are letting the proverbial camel's nose into the tent. Many ask, "What about the families that need the wife to work?" The situations where that is actually a necessity are few and far between, if the father is willing to work hard 8 there will be no reason for anyone else to have to care for that man's family. I'm not promising that they will have the same standard of living as the Jones, but no one else needs to work in the vast and overwhelming majority of American families in order for them to survive. The only exceptions I can think of might be if the father has a physical handicap that keeps him from working. I can say this with a fair amount of assurance, because I grew up in a family of eleven, my father was the only one in the family that worked until I, as the oldest boy, got old enough to get a job. Even then my father continued to provide me with all the things he had always provided me with until I moved out of his house, all I had to take care of were the extra things such as my car and cell phone. My father didn't have a high paying job, yet somehow I always had food in my belly and a dry place to sleep, we had gas in our cars and our house was heated and air-conditioned. Now admittedly we lived in a trailer, our cars were at least ten years old most of the time, and we didn't have the newest gadgets, but that was a conscious decision my parents made in order to properly fulfill their biblical roles as much as possible. The idea that there has to be two incomes to support a family is a myth that is being propagated by the devil through our modern culture, and thousands of Christians have bought it hook, line and sinker and now go so far as to mock those who refute it. The scriptures always refer to the father as the one who cares for the physical provision of the family, and calls those who abandon it deniers of the faith and worse than infidels, or unbelievers. Fathers, husbands, it is time for us to reclaim our biblical role in our houses and that has to start with the most basic of duties, that of caring for our family's needs. 9 Now that we have dealt with the most basic duty of caring for your family's physical needs, let us discuss our most important duty, providing for our family's spiritual needs. Eph. 6:4 And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. While the first part of that verse is very good and has a lot of practical applications, I want us to focus more on the second part of that verse where it commands us to bring our children up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. We live in a day and age in which the fathers play little to no role in the teaching of their children. The words nurture and admonition are not often used in today's English so let me define them so that we might have a clearer understanding of what Paul is commanding here. Below are the definitions of the words according to Webster's 1828 Dictionary of the English Language. Nurture - To educate; to bring or train up. Admonition - Gentle reproof; counseling against a fault; instruction in duties; caution; direction. So we see then, that what Paul is saying is "Fathers bring up your children in the education and training of the Lord, gently reprove them when they have made a mistake so that they might more clearly understand their duties." Yet today a father involved with his children's education, spiritual or secular, is virtually non-existent. We turn our children over to the school system (whether public, private or Christian, they all handle our children outside of our direct oversight) for their secular education, then on Sundays we turn them over to their Sunday school teachers and youth ministers for their training in godliness. The problem is that the bible does not say to make sure your children are raised in the nurture and admonition of the Lord, it says for us, as fathers, to do it. Do not 10 think that just because the end result is achieved, that God will look over our rebellion, sin, and the shirking of our duties. He has given you, as the father, a direct command to raise your children and educate your children, and to do it with God at the center of it all. It is your biblical duty to be the direct overseer of your children's education, not a general overseer that simply "okays" which school they attend. God has given you a helper fit for you and your tasks, this is one of the most important tasks you will undertake your entire life; she should be helping you with all of this. It is also your duty to raise your children in godliness. The first step you take in this is making sure your walk with God is as it ought to be. If you are not having a secret time for study, meditation and prayer each day, there will be no way for you to adequately lead your family spiritually. The second step is establishing a time of daily, family worship in the home; every member of your family should participate. It does not have to be long or elaborate, but it should not be hard for you to carve a half hour slot out of your evening to read a couple of chapters of scripture, discuss the main theme or some significant truths, pray and sing a hymn. Make this a time that is mandatory for everyone to attend and take part, make it strictly a daily thing, and do not let other excuses or activities pull you away. Satan does not like a family alter and he will make it hard for you to be consistent, but work through it and make it a priority in your life. Thirdly, make sure your children are under sound preaching each week, they do not need activities and fun events on the Lord's Day, they can have those all throughout the week. Their primary need is to hear the preaching of the gospel, for outside of that there is no salvation (Rom. 10:13-15). Even if they are too young to fully understand everything that is being said, it will be a good exercise in obedience and self control on their part. After the services you can 11 explain the gist of the message and discuss any questions or comments they might have, you will be surprised how much they pick up on. Do not give in to the temptation to simply hand them over to a nursery attendant or Sunday school teacher, let me say again, God has given you a once in a lifetime opportunity, that of raising your own children and instructing them in righteousness. If forsaking the provision of your family's physical needs, makes you worse than an infidel, than failing to provide for their spiritual needs makes you the same as the infidels, who gladly sacrifice their children's souls for their own gain. Next let's look at the father's duty to meet each child where they are at. Your children are not all the same and you cannot expect them to be, nor can you treat them as if they are. Look at the example of the father of the prodigal (as well as the faithful) son. Luke 15:20 And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him. Luke 15:28 And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his father out, and intreated him. Another role the father plays is to care for all of his children and meet them where they are individually. We are all familiar with the story of the prodigal son, demanding his inheritance, leaving home to blow it, and then returning in utter humility only to be welcomed joyfully by the father. We all look at this and wonder at the love of the father to take back a son as quickly as he did and with as much forgiveness as the he showed; but let us not miss his interaction with his other son as well. Here is a father that loves both of his sons with fervor; we see this in all of his actions toward his sons. From all we can tell he raised them right, when the first son demanded his inheritance the father gave 12 it to him early. Although we are not told of all his motives we might read between the lines here and guess that the father was still hoping against hope that he could do something to retain a correct relationship with his son. Then when the son did leave to spend his inheritance on riotous living, the father waited anxiously for his return, and while the son was yet afar off he ran to his son and hugged and kissed him and forgave all and rejoiced in having his son back. I probably just repeated everything you already knew about this story, but so often we tend to read right over verse 28, where the father shows immense amounts of love, caring, and understanding toward his second son. The father went out and entreated his son, to entreat means to make an earnest petition or request, he was earnestly requesting that his son would be a part of the celebrations over his brother's return. Does it strike you that in the midst of all the reveling and rejoicing that the father not only noticed the absence of his second son, but went and found him and right then and there talked to him about what he was feeling and then discussed the proper biblical response to what was going on? The father did not have a favorite son, even at a time when he had every right to be focusing on this his son who had so unexpectedly returned home, he took time for his other son. If you have more than one child remember several things, they all need your attention and affection and they all need it in different ways and on different levels. It is your God- given responsibility to find out the nuances of your children and treat them accordingly; of course discernment must be used, you will have selfish children that want all of your attention and they must learn to be patient and to share you. Something else we can take from this passage is the way the father showed such patience and understanding with this second son. It is so tempting to get caught up in whatever we are doing and think to 13 ourselves or even say to our children, that we will deal with this later and then later never comes. When you are faced with such a decision ask yourself this, "If I finish this project without interruption, but in the process crush my child's spirit or breed contempt in their heart, have I really gained anything?" I'm sure the father in his flesh would much rather have just continued with all of his oversight of the feast and spending time with his long lost son and just dealt with his second son's issues at a later time. But he dropped everything and didn't just go out there and fix all his son's problems, but lovingly entreated him, listened to the son's point of view and then responded logically and biblically. Fathers, we have no greater chore or task than raising our children aright and one of the quickest ways to gain their hearts, admiration and trust is to treat them as individuals. As individuals their needs and situations will change and therefore the way we interact with them must change as well, you will treat your son different than your daughter and your five year old different than your sixteen year old. Part of being a father is knowing where your children are at and interacting with them on that level, when you fail at that you can do irreparable harm. Next let us look at the father's responsibility to chasten and correct his children. Heb. 12:7 If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not? It has become the trend of our day to cease correcting, or at least change the way in which we correct our children, the psychologists tell us that it does much more harm than good to punish our children when they do wrong. They tell us that punishment hurts our child's self-esteem and ability to function with self-assurance, besides all this the vast majority of people in our culture (including so-called "christians") no longer believe in 14 absolute truth. If truth is relative, then who are we to try to enforce our beliefs on our children? I have heard this very argument from the mouth of a mother, she never taught her child right from wrong, because according to her there was no such thing and the child just had to figure out what was right for him. What absurdity have we bought into? How has America survived the past two hundred years, when all our leaders believed in absolutes in morality? (I write that tongue in cheek) The truth is that our country has survived this long because we did hold to absolute right and absolute wrong, the only thing we have yet to see is if America can last with a generation of leaders that claim not to believe in such absolutes. If history is our guide, it cannot, for every civilization that has taken the road of subjectivism has soon fallen. Therefore, as was stated at the beginning of this work, it is imperative that the fathers raise their children in the nurture and admonition of the Lord, part of doing this is discipline. When your children are doing something that is wrong, your approach is to be twofold, you are to punish them for doing that which is wrong and you are to teach them why you punished them and what specifically about what they were doing is wrong. It is so easy to punish our children for a wrongdoing or even just because they made us angry and never explain to them why they were punished. Do not ever assume that your children know all right from wrong, just because you do. It is tempting after punishing a child, as fathers to say, "They knew what they were doing was wrong" when in fact they have no idea why they have just been punished. Someone (probably your parents) taught you what was right and what was wrong; it is your duty to do that for your children in turn. This passage in Hebrews uses two words frequently, "chastening" and "correcting", chastening has to do with punishment, but correction in and of itself has nothing to do with punishment. If you find 15 a problem in your car you correct it, you don't chasten or punish it. So as you find problems in your children, punishment is often necessary, but only if it is for the greater good of correcting the problem so that it is no longer a recurring one. Chastening by itself may suppress wrong actions, but it will never correct them, only loving guidance and council coupled with that chastening will permanently correct a problem, which is what we are trying to do. The wife. Now let us move on to the second in the line of command in the household, the one who is made to be the right arm of the father, his wife. I write of your role in relation to your husband first, because he is to be your main priority! A mother's love for her children is the stuff of which legends are made, still your love for your husband must supersede even that. The picture we are given for a proper marriage is the union between Christ and his church (Eph. 5:32) and there can be no denial that the church's greatest loyalty is to be to Christ, even above that of their physical families. The first point I want to look at is that of submission, not because I'm a chauvinist and sexist, but because it is the one trait spoken of more than any other in scripture. Look at these verses. 1Pe 3:1 Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives; Col 3:18 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord. Eph 5:24 Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing. 16 Eph 5:22 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. Why is it so widely accepted that there must be a chain of command in every organization, from a business to the government to the military, but when it comes to the family, we fight tooth and nail against the husband being the final authority and the wife being in submission to him? The reason is found in God's word. Gen 3:16 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee. Part of the curse that was put on the woman as a result of her sin was that she would desire to have her husband's position! The chain of command was not part of the curse, (the scriptures tell us that is derived from the order of creation, I Cor. 11:8) but before the fall Eve rightly rejoiced in her role of submission to her husband and now she desires to have it for herself. You would think the clear and multiple commands for the wife to submit to her husband would be enough, however there is a single scripture verse that many women love to quote as though it erases all of the others. Eph 5:21 Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God. This verse they triumphantly trumpet as proof that the husband is to submit himself to his wife in the same manner that she is to submit to him. There are two problems with this, neither the English word submit nor the Greek word used here , can ever be used in a bilateral way. To submit is always a one way street, to claim that two parties must equally submit to each other is to redefine the term. The second problem is that it is 17 inconsistent with the immediate context as the very next verse commands wives to submit to their husbands without mention being made of the husband's duty to submit to his wife. What then is the meaning of this verse? The answer is found in the contextual reading of the passage. Verse 18 commands us to be filled with the Spirit; we are then given three graces with which the Spirit fills us. One comes through learning doctrine by Psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs. Another is in giving thanks to all things. The third is found in our submission to our authorities. This verse is an umbrella covering all the ways in which we submit to each other, children to their parents, wives to their husbands, congregations to their pastors, and all to civil authority. This verse is not operating within the strict confines of a marital relationship, but of Christianity as a whole. So the next time a feminist proclaims this verse as evidence for her claim that the wife is on an equal authoritative level with her husband, you can have her read the verses in context and show her the foolishness of that argument. Gen 2:18 And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him. As God gave Eve to Adam with specific traits to help him in all his duties - from caring for the garden to multiplying the earth- so you have been given to your husband by God with a particular view in mind; that of helping him in all his duties and visions. We have bought into a cultural idea that husbands and wives should have their separate careers, separate visions and plans, separate bank accounts and bills to pay, and it's a good thing that each has the other for support after a hard day, but we certainly wouldn't expect the wife to "sacrifice" all her goals and ambitions "just to be a housewife"! Our culture mocks, scorns, and pities the woman who proudly takes up her mantle of a help meet for 18 her husband. However, it is part of your job description as a wife to study your husband's job, goals, and dreams and become the wheels that move them forward. Wives, it is not an abandonment of your identity, but a embracing of it. This man is to be flesh of your flesh and bone of your bone, his triumphs, successes and mountain-tops are equally your own and his failures, disappointments, and valleys are yours to bear as well. Again, we consider a man successful if he plays a critical part in the success of his company, a soldier is a hero because he fulfilled his role to a T, a football player is a champion because he didn't hog the ball but played his role to the best of his abilities, but a wife who throws herself entirely behind her husband's vision for the family is deemed a failure because she helped her husband. How successful Satan has been in getting us to buy his twisted logic, to such an extent that even within the church, a woman whose supreme goal in life is to help her husband, is looked down upon for "furthering the old- fashioned stereotype of an oppressed woman". Women, this is the reason for which you were created, to help your husbands, when that becomes despicable in your eyes, you are telling God he didn't know what he was doing in creation. Everything God created up to that point was in God's estimation, very good, only one thing was not good; that man did not have a helper, so God fixed that and gave man a helper, and he called her woman. The Mother. The wife and the mother are the same person, yet you carry two distinct roles. While they overlap in many places (part of being a help right for your husband, is being a godly mother to his children and one of the best gifts you can give your children is to show them what a godly wife looks like), yet in many places they differ. The role of the mother 19 in a household is a critical one, so often she is the one that keeps everything running smoothly, that keeps all the gears clicking. Her role, alongside her husband, is one of authority over the children, as clearly evidenced in scripture. (Eph 6:1) Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. (Pro 1:8) My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother: Her role is first and foremost to her husband; he comes even before the children. It is extremely damaging to the structure of a household when the mother openly sides with the children against the father. This is not to say that the father is always right or to say that the mother will never side with the children; but the children must always see the parents as a unified force. If the mother happens to disagree with her husband on an issue, the wisest and most biblical action is for her to uphold the father's decision in public, in submission to him, and discuss it with him in private at a convenient time. Make it clear to your children that the father's decision goes for the mother and vice versa, never tolerate a child going first to one parent then to the other, looking for the answer he desires. If dad says no, the child cannot then go and ask mom looking for a yes, it divides the parents and undermines their unified authority. Such actions must be punished quickly and severely, so as to emphasize the importance of the mother's submission to the father and the father's support of the mother. Your role as a mother often leaves you with the care of the children while your husband is at work, it is then incumbent upon you to be both gentle and firm, showing your love both through compliments and discipline. I know of households to where the discipline was always left up to the father, I disagree with this method for a couple of different 20 reasons. One, it tends to portray the father as the bad guy, contrasting him to mom who never has to deal with that "dirty work". Secondly, there are many situations that almost demand immediate discipline, and when dad cannot correct the child until he gets home from work, it cuts down on the effectiveness and impact of the punishment. The timing of discipline is so important and demands a very precise balance; on the one hand it must never be carried out when you are in the heat of your anger. As I stated earlier, we must keep in mind that we are correcting this child not simply punishing them; it is not something we do to vent our anger or frustration. With this in mind it is wise to take a few seconds to catch your breath, put the situation in perspective and pray, before proceeding to discipline the child. On the other hand it is rarely wise to send the child to their room until you have time to punish them; this makes the punishment less effective for several reasons. Especially for young children, even if they consciously understand what they are being punished for, it still does not have the subconscious impact applied in immediate punishment. Another reason I do not recommend delaying punishment until it is convenient for you, is because you are sending a message that the discipline is not as important whatever project you are engaged with at the moment. A third and more perceivable element to delayed punishment is the possibility that you will become distracted and completely forget about them. I remember more than one occasion , where if I would just lay low for a few hours I could slip out of my room and the ensuing punishment. Now I admit that that was probably easier for me with eight siblings, than for a single child or a child with only a couple of siblings, but the fact remains that we are human and it is very easy for us to forget something when we procrastinate. So I 21 encourage mothers to correct and discipline their children as the situations warrant throughout the day. (Pro 31:15) She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens. (Pro 31:27) She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness. These verses are talking about your role in caring for the entire household. She rises early enough to give her family sustenance before they have to go out and begin their daily routine. I know of families where the father is the first to rise and others where the mother rises first, I will not say that one is wrong or even better than the other is. However, I do have a problem with households where the mother is up so late that either she is not able to feed her family in the morning or she inconveniences them because of how late she is in preparing it. The virtuous woman rises while it is still dark in order to ensure that her family is well fed before the day began, the entire chapter sings of this woman's diligence, a lazy mother is lacking virtue. (Pro 31:26) She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness. Mothers, learn to hold your tongue and control your temper; the virtuous woman has a tongue that speaks the beautiful law of kindness! How quick we are to cut and burn our children with our tongues, yet it is with our family that our true character is shown. What good is it if you are known as a kind and compassionate person to everyone except those of your own house? I do not disagree that it is those of your own house that will try your temper the worst, they will bring out the worst in you, and they will know all the buttons 22 to push. But again I ask what good is it if we are only able to be kind when it is easy to be kind? Christ is seen clearest in us when we persevere against sin even to the shedding of blood; when we are kind even though that is last thing we want to be, God is glorified. Lead by example mothers, show your children the worth and value of kindness by practicing it yourself on a regular basis. Another danger that mothers are subject to is favoritism among children, while fathers are risk her also, I write to mothers because of their emotional nature as well as their closer interaction day-in and day-out with the children. In Genesis 27 we read of Rebekah's act of favoritism between her sons, in the end it divided the family for the rest of their lives and while Jacob and Esau eventually restored, their relationship was never the same. I know it is easy and even natural to favor one child over the others, either because of their disposition or some other reason we tend to feel closer to one in particular. We read of it happening in a few places in the scripture, the problem is that every time it did more harm than good, (speaking of course outside of God's providential working). You need to take special notice and care to make sure that such feelings are never outwardly shown; it can cause rifts between the siblings, between the other child(ren) and yourself, and even between you and your husband. You will never be able to give every child every thing and opportunity you gave every other child, but there must be a careful balance meted out, Jacob giving Joseph an obvious distinction of a colorful coat was probably not a wise parenting choice. Nor would I say was Rebekah's choice to steal Esau's blessing for Jacob (obviously this was recurring problem in this family's lineage). Ultimately what I am saying is watch and guard yourself against allowing prejudice and favoritism to divide your household. 23 (Pro 31:16) She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard. (Pro 31:18) She perceiveth that her merchandise is good: her candle goeth not out by night. (Pro 31:19) She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff. (Pro 31:21) She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household are clothed with scarlet. As it is the father's role to be the breadwinner in the family, so the mother has an equal role in caring for the family's physical needs. I strongly believe that the mother has a domain in caring for both the feeding and clothing of her household. This is not a usurpation of her husband's authority, but an area where he has given her the liberty to use her experience and discretion to care for the physical needs of the family. Unfortunately, I am afraid that many mothers have bought into the lie that the cooking, baking, cleaning, shopping, gardening, laundry, etc. are demeaning tasks placed on women. I find such tasks no more demeaning to a woman than going out and making the money to provide for his family to be a demeaning task for a man! They are the proper roles carried out respectively by the wife and husband and when carried out in this manner there is beautiful unity and a proper flow to the care of the household. I have heard women make the argument that because they work a 9-5 job plus everything else a housewife needs to do that they are better mothers than the stay at home mom. That makes about as much sense as the man who claims to be more athletic because he spent 12 minutes running the same mile that the other man only ran in six! 24 The logic is twisted and roles are being skewered, when the father does his part and leaves the mother free to do hers, they both have the time and mental stamina (as a rule) to sit down in the evening and cognizantly participate in the family devotions, because neither one has been trying to fulfill both roles by oneself. I'm all for husbands pitching in and helping lighten the wife's load by grilling out, loading the dishwasher, folding clothes, etc. as situations dictate, but this is primarily the mother's duty and her proper way of helping the household run smoothly. The son The son is a father and husband in training. It is his role to learn first to submit to his father and mother, as a man and leader one day he must be fully cognizant that there is always authority to which he will be submitted, be it God, pastors, or civil authorities. This training begins as an infant as he learns that he is not the center of the universe and there are rules and laws that are absolute. As he grows and matures, it is of the utmost importance that he is taught why rules and decisions are made the way they are, for in the not-too-distant future he will be making the laws and decisions and he will need a firm foundation of biblical reasoning on which to build them. That being said, I am tired of watching parents sit and reason with their four year old as to why he should put the toy down and come get in the car. As much danger as there is in a young man who has only followed orders his whole life without ever hearing the process that went into the orders, there is equal if not greater danger in a young man who has never learned to immediately and unquestioningly obey orders from his superiors. As men, we are regularly required to follow standards (whether at work, by the government or in scripture) that we do not 25 understand at the moment, and until a child has learned to obey immediately and without question on a consistent basis, I would not begin explaining said commands as a rule. Along with the most basic obedience training, the role of a son is to operate within the family structure, helping as he is able to further the goals and visions of his parents. When I was a child most of my friends got some kind of allowance if they did their basic chores, my parents always told me that those chores were just part of pulling my weight in the family and that if I wanted to make extra money I would have to do something above and beyond the regular upkeep of the house. Now that I am grown, I can see the wisdom in that, what message are we sending our children when there is no contribution demanded but for which they get paid? I'm all for teaching your children money management skills and principle of a workman being worthy of his wages, but being a father isn't a paid position, nor is husband, mother, or wife, yet we are raising a generation of men who have no concept of pulling their weight in a family structure, to the glory of God alone. For thousands of years, it has been an accepted practice that a young man would work under a tradesman as an apprentice for several years without pay, so that he might learn the trade for himself . That concept has become foreign to us and we are offended that we might be asked to get out of bed in the morning without being paid. Teach your sons to work hard within the family unit without any other motivation than that in doing so they are contributing to the picture of a godly family operating out love for each other and the glory of God. So the son's role consists of obedience to his parents and hard work contributing to the family's upkeep, it also involves learning to be a man. We are raising a generation of boys that never grow out of childhood, it is now stereotypical for a male to be in his mid 26 to late twenties with no idea of what he wants to do with his life, working a dead-end job that pays enough to maintain his party lifestyle and gaming addiction. We have a dearth of real men in this country because they were never taught the necessity or even the way to grow up. We put our sons in an education system that instructs them cookie-cutter style, we place more importance on getting into a good college than we do on what they have been gifted by the Lord to do with their life, we're so thankful they're not in a gang or doing drugs that we've convinced ourselves that it's a good thing that they spend the vast majority of their life in front of a monitor, we've told them marriage is best put off until they've experienced some single life for themselves and we wonder out loud when they are going to grow up. I encourage you to begin examining with your sons early on what their interests are, what specific talents, gifts, and traits they have, how their experiences might prepare them for a God-honoring career. There can be no doubt that all of those will change as they grow and change, but you will be developing in them a mindset that is constantly looking toward a long term goal for their life. One of the great blessings of educating your sons yourself is that you can build a curriculum around their strengths and eventual career plans. Instead of every child getting exactly the same amount of every subject, the son who wants to be a doctor can focus on biology and chemistry, the one who wants to be an accountant can work extra on math, and the one who wants to be a plumber can incorporate that into his school workload. Don't misunderstand me, the world in which we live requires that at least an eighth-grade education be achieved in all subjects by all children. But why are we forcing our son who wants to be plumber and the one who wants to be an accountant to take the same calculus course? Or why should the accountant-in-training have to take the science as the Doctor- 27 in-training? As you raise your sons develop in them a view toward growing up, being a man, starting a family and educating their sons. A son who is operating in obedience to his parents, working hard to further his parents' vision for the family, and actively preparing to be a man, is well on his way to fulfilling his role within a biblical family. The daughter We now come to the last, but certainly not the least of the family members. Her role is very similar to that of the son in the early stages of her life. She is to be taught obedience to her parents and as she matures and learns quick and unquestioning obedience she too must be taught the whys behind rules and regulations. She too must learn that being part of a family unit requires work that is not necessarily compensated except in the food she eats and bed she sleeps in. However, she is being raised with a view of one day becoming a wife and mother, therefore the way we approach her education must differ in many ways from the way we educate our sons. With the popularization of feminism, we no longer even give it a second thought, but much like the carelessness that is shown when we attempt to educate our sons all exactly the same through 12th grade regardless of their visions for life, is it not equally preposterous to claim that we are raising our daughters for a role and position in life that will be entirely different than that of our sons and yet educate them exactly the same way? Again, I can already hear the claims, "He thinks girls shouldn't have equal opportunity in education as boys do." That is not what I am recommending at all, if your daughter has an obvious talent to write, give her the tools and education to use that to its fullest potential to God's glory, and if she's a whiz at math find ways to allow her to continue to study and apply those gifts, perhaps she is being 28 prepared to be a help fit for a computer programmer. But would it be more to our daughter's benefit to demand they finish pre-trigonometry or to allow them to pursue and hone those traits that will best equip them to help their husbands and teach their children one day? There is a no denying that real men are becoming scarcer by the day in our culture, and I've heard several sermons and read several books on why that is and how to reverse it. But as a single young man, I can tell you there is an equal dearth of godly young women, who are willing to follow their husband and fulfill their role as keepers at home, and educators of their children. Conclusion I close this with a prayer that I have not come about as harsh, condemning or uncaring, but rather that you would see how much trash we have allowed our culture to push down our throats and to what extent Satan has succeeded in twisting our worldview. If anything written here causes you to become angry or bitter because of the way in which it was presented I beg you and God to forgive me. But if the source of your anger stems from a refusal to let go of your fleshly desires, conveniences, and pride, I remind you that our Lord has said that following him does not come without a cost, and I call you to repent and allow his word to shape every facet of your life, starting with your biblical role within your family. 29 Appendix A Questions to ask your wife 1. What are your five favorite foods, with the most favorite first? 2. What are your five favorite kinds of meals, with the most favorite first? 3. What are your five favorite desserts, with the most favorite first? 4. What are your five favorite restaurants, with the most favorite first? 5. What is your favorite color? 6. What are your five favorite hobbies, with the most favorite first? 7. What are your five favorite recreations, with the most favorite first? 8. What are your five favorite sources of reading with the most favorite first? 9. What gifts do you like? 10. What is your favorite book(s) of the Bible? Why? 11. What is your favorite verse(s) of the Bible? Why? 12. What is your favorite song? 13. What makes you feel the most fulfilled or happiest as a woman? 14. What makes you feel the most fulfilled or happiest as a wife? 15. What makes you feel the most fulfilled or happiest as a mother? 16. What makes you saddest as a woman? 17. What makes you saddest as a wife? 18. What makes you saddest as a mother? 30 19. What do you fear the most? 20. What other fears do you have? 21. What do you look forward to the most? 22. How much sleep do you need? 23. What are your skills? 24. What are your spiritual gifts? 25. What are your weaknesses? 26. What things (personal, home, car, etc…) need repairing? 27. With what chores and responsibilities do you like my help? 28. What caresses do you enjoy the most? 29. What caresses do you enjoy the least? 30. What action of mine provides you the greatest sexual pleasure? 31. What other things stimulate you sexually? 32. At what times do you need assurance of my love the most? 33. How can that love be shown? 34. Are there any interests, hobbies, studies, etc… that you wish I was more involved/learned in? 35. What can I do that will make it easier to discuss and work on areas or problems that are uncomfortable to you? 36. What concerns do you have that I do not seem to be interested in? 37. What things do I do that irritate you? 38. What desires do you have that we haven't discussed? 39. What do you enjoy doing with me, with the most enjoyable first? 31 40. What things can I do to show my appreciation for you? 41. What varying desires (spiritual, physical, emotional, intellectual, social, recreational, etc.) would you like me to provide? 42. In what ways would you like me to protect you (physically, spiritually, socially, emotionally, etc.)? 43. In what ways would you like me to sacrifice for you? 44. What things are first in my life? As you look at me, what do you see? What is your perception of me? 45. What concerns and interests of yours would you like me to support? 46. How much time would be good for us to spend together each day? 47. In helping family members to use their skills and develop their abilities, what motivating factors would be helpful for me to use? 48. What can I do that provides the greatest comfort and encouragement for you when you are hurt, fearful, anxious, or worried? 49. What personal habits do I have that you would like changed? 50. What ways demonstrate to you that you are a very important person who is as important or more important than I am? 32


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Andrea Walker entered the not guilty plea in court Tuesday. Prosecutors charged her with first-degree murder, child neglect, and aggravated child abuse.
She told police her 7-week-old daughter Aniston disappeared in early January after she left the baby at home with her 3-year-old child. Police never found the baby.
On Sunday - more than five weeks after she went missing - a motorcyclist found the baby's body in a ditch.
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Anyone know how or where i can get info on how to fix TS run out i gues it's called? I power up my saw and get a some what clean cut but then as the blade runs down u can see it almost wobbleing, I looked at the saw at work and that blade as it slows is perfectly straight. I don't know if it's the blade or the arbor or what I guess I have to study up and see what i got.
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Organic Mucuna Pruriens Herbs
Mucuna pruriens is the Latin name for a creeping vine that grows all over India ŌĆō particularly in the tropics ŌĆō and is also found in tropical regions of Africa and the Caribbean (1, 2).┬Ā Even across different languages, many names for Mucuna pruriens refer to a velvet coating of hairs that cover its seedpods and that, if touched, can cause severe itching and irritation of the skin.┬Ā Mucuna pruriens is well known by two Sanskrit names, Kapikacchu, which means ŌĆśone starts itching like a monkeyŌĆÖ and Atmagupta, which means ŌĆśsecret self,ŌĆÖ and hints at the therapeutic value of the seed concealed within the allergenic seedpod (3, 1).┬Ā In English, the common name for this plant is Cowhage. Banyan offers Mucuna pruriens as Kapikacchu.
Mucuna pruriens has been used in Ayurvedic medicine for over two thousand years.┬Ā There are traditional uses for the root and the trichomes (the irritating hairs themselves), but it is the seed of Mucuna pruriens that is most often employed therapeutically (3).┬Ā There are actually two varieties of seeds ŌĆō one black and one white (1).
Benefits of Mucuna pruriens
- Supports a healthy central & peripheral nervous system*
- Maximizes the bodyŌĆÖs ability to handle stress*
- Is a natural source of levodopa (L-dopa)*
- Supports physical balance & posture*
- Promotes healthy motor skills & coordination*
- Improves energy & endurance*
- Supports the intellect*
- Bolsters libido*
- Revitalizes both the male & female reproductive systems*
Mucuna pruriens is useful in disorders of a tridoshic origin ŌĆō those that involve vata, pitta, and kapha ŌĆō but it is most balancing to vata and pitta.┬Ā It is a very building herb, one that promotes muscle mass, body weight and can increase kapha (3, 1).┬Ā Mucuna pruriens is primarily sweet and bitter, and is quite warming.┬Ā It has an affinity for all of the tissues in the body, but is especially suited to balance the nervous, reproductive, and digestive systems (1).
Mucuna pruriens for the Nervous System
Mucuna pruriens has a profoundly balancing and restorative effect on the entire nervous system, particularly when excess vata has accumulated in majja dhatu (the nervous tissue) (1).┬Ā The heavy, oily qualities of the seeds speak directly to the nervous system, and lend strength to any weakened areas of the body, even enhancing the intellect (1).┬Ā In fact, the seeds of Mucuna pruriens are considered a tonic specific to neurons (3).┬Ā Energizing, revitalizing, and nourishing, Mucuna pruriens is often taken with milk and honey to enhance its restorative nature (1).┬Ā Mucuna pruriens can minimize the effects of stress while supporting the bodyŌĆÖs natural physical balance and good posture, a healthy gait, as well as fluid muscular movements, proper sensation, coordination, and keen motor skills.
It is also widely known that Mucuna pruriens contains naturally occurring levodopa (L-dopa), which is an essential precursor of the neurotransmitter dopamine (2).┬Ā Dopamine has many functions in the brain and in the nervous system as a whole; it plays an important role in behavior, cognition, voluntary movement, sleep, mood, working memory, and learning (4). And, even though dopamine has been synthesized and can be administered directly, L-dopa reaches the central nervous system more readily and is actually more effective in supporting a body with already healthy dopamine levels (4). It is because of these functions of dopamine that people who cannot produce dopamine develop symptoms of various disorders, including ParkinsonŌĆÖs disease (4).
Mucuna pruriens for the Reproductive System
In Ayurveda, different parts of plants are seen to work on different tissues in the body.┬Ā Not surprisingly, fruits and seeds correlate with the reproductive system and the seeds of Mucuna pruriens are revered as one of the best reproductive tonics for men and women alike (1).┬Ā Mucuna pruriens is an aphrodisiac, bolstering healthy sexual energy and libido (1).┬Ā It also supports normal fertility, healthy sperm and ova, proper functioning of the reproductive organs, and appropriate genital secretions (1, 3).┬Ā In truth, Mucuna pruriens supports every aspect of shukra dhatu (the reproductive tissue) ŌĆō in this case, referring to both men and women (1).
Mucuna pruriens for the Digestive System
Because it promotes smooth muscle contractions and ushers in a spreading quality, Mucuna pruriens can help foster healthy digestive function and promote proper elimination (1).┬Ā Mucuna pruriens is also thought to support healthy blood sugar levels (5).┬Ā In addition, the seeds are considered to be highly nutritive, with qualities similar to other commonly consumed legumes (6, 7).
How to Use Mucuna pruriens
Because taste plays such an important role in the digestive process and signals the body to initiate its own supportive mechanisms, Ayurveda traditionally recommends tasting herbs.┬Ā Banyan Botanicals makes Mucuna pruriens available in a powdered form and it is also a key ingredient in a several herbal tablets:
Mucuna pruriens Powder
Mucuna pruriens powder offers the full experience of tasting the herb and also provides the most economical option for purchasing it.┬Ā A typical dose of the powder is ┬╝ – ┬Į teaspoon, once or twice daily, or as directed by your healthcare practitioner.┬Ā Mucuna pruriens powder can be taken with water, milk, ghee, honey or another anupan (carrier substance), which acts as a medium for delivering the herb to its intended destination and can enhance its effect (1).
Herbal Tablets
Several of BanyanŌĆÖs herbal tablets combine Mucuna pruriens with a blend of equally supportive herbs.┬Ā Herbal tablets offer a more convenient way to take Mucuna pruriens, especially for those who are frequently traveling or on the go.┬Ā The tablets also provide a nice alternative for those who find the taste of a particular herb a deterrent to taking it.┬Ā Banyan provides herbs in a tablet form (rather than a capsule) because tablets offer a sample of the taste, allowing the digestive process to receive appropriate signals about what you are about to ingest and inviting the body to initiate other healing mechanisms.┬Ā A typical dose is 1-2 tablets, once or twice daily, or as directed by your healthcare practitioner.┬Ā Tablets including Mucuna pruriens are Healthy Vata, MenŌĆÖs Support and Stress Ease.
Modern Research on Mucuna pruriens
There has been a fair amount of scientific research evaluating the benefits of Mucuna pruriens (6). For educational reading, below are links to a few articles that illustrate some of these research studies:
- ŌĆ£Mucuna pruriens in ParkinsonŌĆÖs Disease:┬Ā A Double Blind Clinical and Pharmacological Study.ŌĆØ┬Ā PubMed Abstract.┬Ā Dec 2004 (8)
- ŌĆ£An Alternative Medicine Treatment for ParkinsonŌĆÖs Disease:┬Ā Results of a Multicenter Clinical Trial.┬Ā HP-200 in ParkinsonŌĆÖs Disease Study Group.ŌĆØ┬Ā PubMed Abstract.┬Ā Fall 1995. (9)
- ŌĆ£Medicinal Plants of India With Anti-Diabetic Potential.ŌĆØ┬Ā PubMed Abstract.┬Ā Jun 2003. (5)
Side Effects
Few adverse effects have been reported in clinical studies involving Mucuna pruriens seed powder (6).┬Ā In one open study involving a derivative of Mucuna pruriens, mild adverse effects ŌĆō primarily of a gastrointestinal nature ŌĆō were reported (6).┬Ā In combination with monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs), levodopa (a constituent of Mucuna pruriens) may cause high blood pressure (6).┬Ā Contact with the hairs on Mucuna pruriens flowers and seedpods can cause severe itching (6).
Mucuna pruriens should be avoided in cases of high ama (toxicity), congestion, or in acute conditions (1). It should be used with care during pregnancy and while breast-feeding because it may affect the secretion of prolactin (6).┬Ā Avoid if there are known allergies to Mucuna pruriens, its constituents, or other members of the Fabaceae (pea) family (6).┬Ā Mucuna pruriens should also be avoided in patients with psychosis, or schizophrenia (6). ┬ĀBecause of the potential for additive effects or interaction, use caution in patients who are diabetic and on medication or who are taking anticoagulants, antiplatelets, antidepressant agents, levodopa, dopamine, dopamine agonists, dopamine antagonists, or dopamine reuptake inhibitors (6).
If you are taking prescription medication of any kind, it is always best to check with your doctor before introducing an herbal regimen.
Buying Mucuna pruriens
When purchasing Mucuna pruriens and products containing this herb, there are a number of questions to consider that will help you to evaluate the quality of the herbs, the values upheld by the company that produced them, and the price of the product in relation to its quality.
Is the supplier able to trace the ingredients of their product back to the fields in which they were grown?
Being able to trace the herbs from field to shelf allows knowledge of where and how the herbs were grown.
Banyan is able to follow records of where each ingredient was grown and can trace them back from your shelf to the field.
Are the ingredients sustainably harvested?
Where and how an herb is harvested can impact sustainability.┬Ā It can be cultivated and harvested on private farms where sustainability can be managed, or it may be wild-harvested in a legal way.┬Ā Sometimes, it is wild-harvested illegally, threatening the long-term sustainability of valuable herbs.
Banyan ensures sustainability by sourcing the herbs used in its products from privately owned farms where it has been cultivated, or from legal wild-craft sourcing.┬Ā The herb is harvested at optimal times, using environmentally sustainable practices that are sensitive to the long-term health of the plants.
Are the farmers looked after for their labor?
Harvesting and processing Mucuna pruriens is both delicate and labor intensive.
Banyan strongly believes in maintaining socially responsible relationships with farmers and is committed to following fair trade principles which include paying above-market wages, investing in the education of the farmers, and giving back to their communities.
Are the ingredients organic?
This is an especially important consideration when choosing your herbs.┬Ā When an herb contains genetic alterations or toxic residues from chemical pesticides, the very substance that was intended to support health and healing can be harmful.┬Ā Buying organic herbs is the safest way to protect your body from these potentially dangerous toxins.
The Mucuna pruriens in all of BanyanŌĆÖs products is USDA certified organic.┬Ā Banyan is able to ensure that organic farming practices are adhered to because we receive the ingredients from trusted sources whose methods have been verified and monitored.┬Ā You can rest assured that Mucuna pruriens sourced through Banyan Botanicals will be free of pesticides and other harmful chemicals.
You can find Mucuna pruriens in a several Banyan products:
- Kapikacchu Powder (powdered Mucuna pruriens)
- Healthy Vata
- MenŌĆÖs Support
- Stress Ease
About Banyan Botanicals
Banyan Botanicals was established in 1996 as your reliable and knowledgeable source for Ayurvedic herbs and products.┬Ā To support the planet and your health, we are committed to products that are pure, USDA certified organic, vegetarian, sustainably sourced and fairly traded.┬Ā Let us know how we can support you on the path of Ayurveda.
If you would like to purchase Mucuna and are new to Banyan Botanicals click here to receive a 10% discount on your first purchase.
1.┬Ā Pole, Sebastian.┬Ā Ayurvedic Medicine:┬Ā The Principles of Traditional Practice.┬Ā Churchill Livingston Elsevier, 2006.┬Ā 77, 206.
2.┬Ā ŌĆ£Mucuna pruriens.ŌĆØ┬Ā Wikipedia.┬Ā Online.┬Ā 5 Apr. 2012.┬Ā┬Ā┬Ā┬Ā┬Ā┬Ā┬Ā┬Ā┬Ā┬Ā http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mucuna_pruriens
3.┬Ā Gogte, Vaidya V. M.┬Ā Ayurvedic Pharmacology & Therapeutic Uses of Medicinal Plants.┬Ā Reprint.┬Ā Chaukhambha Publications, 2009.┬Ā 329-330.
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With only six hours left in the 2010-11 fiscal year, the Kershaw County Board of School Trustees passed its 2011-12 budget during a special-called meeting Thursday evening.
Clemson University awarded a record 2,713 degrees at its May 13 commencement ceremonies. Local graduates included the following:
A number of Kershaw County students were named to the spring 2011 Dean's List at Coastal Carolina University.
Since 2009, Camp BDK has provided summer academic enrichment activities to as many as 94 local elementary school students.
The Kershaw County School District (KCSD) has removed a book from one of its summer reading lists, after a Camden High School parent expressed concern about profanity used in the book recommended for high school students.
Blaney Elementary School has announced its honor rolls for the fourth nine-week period
In a letter to Lugoff-Elgin High School parents Mike and Marti Gogan, Kershaw County School District (KCSD) Superintendent Dr. Frank Morgan said there is no money missing from the high school's cheerleading account.
With no official word on the state budget before Tuesday's Kershaw County Board of School Trustees meeting, school board members were still unable to pass the school district's 2011-12 fiscal year budget.
Did you know that the 2011-2012 school year will mark the 10th anniversary of the opening of Doby's Mill Elementary School?
Lugoff-Elgin High School (L-EHS) parent Mike Gogan filed an incident report against L-EHS last week, in an effort to recover what he believes is missing money from the school's cheerleading account. According to the incident report, Gogan estimated there is about $6,000 to $9,000 missing.
Camden High School has announced its fourth quarter honor rolls for the 2010-11 academic year.
Justin Johnson of Camden, a recent graduate of the Divison for the Deaf at the S.C. School for the Deaf and the Blind (SCSDB), entertains the crowd in the school's production of "Swing…the Musical." Accompanying him is classmate Jane Enabore. Johnson plans to attend college or travel overseas. While at SCSDB, Johnson participated in basketball, football and track. He won Most Valuable Player in basketball and was a student assistant coach. He excelled in academics while showing off his talents dancing in the school's fine arts performances.
Camden Elementary School has announced its honor rolls for the fourth-week period.
Kershaw County students recorded outstanding academic accomplishments during the 2011 spring semester at Clemson University and earned inclusion on the President's List or Dean's List at Clemson University.
Camden High and Lugoff-Elgin High students used the week leading up to their rival football game to raise money for the United Way of Kershaw County. As announced at halftime of the football game, Lugoff-Elgin High raised $40,748.20 and Camden High raised $24,825.81, new all-time high amounts for both schools and over $26,000 more than last year's total. Over the past six years, the two schools have brought in over $182,000 to help the local community. Pictured are students and staff from both schools and United Way officials joining midfield of the Lugoff-Elgin ...
Kershaw County citizens age 65 years or older can receive lifetime Golden Circle passes that allow them to attend school-sponsored activities or athletic events free of charge.
A year ago, a colorful banner saying "Have a successful school year!" appeared at Boykin Park, donated by the Boykin Park Neighborhood Group (BPNG) in August 2013. At that time, the BPNG had planned a special back-to-school program for children in the neighborhood, but weather conditions forced the group to cancel the program.
An Elgin resident expressed displeasure with Lugoff-Elgin High School's "Demon" nickname and the appearance of the school's cheerleaders and basketball players during Tuesday night's Kershaw County Board of School Trustees' meeting. In return, trustees later expressed displeasure with the words the woman used during the meeting's public comment time.
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SCHROON LAKE — Four candidates are seeking two open seats on the Schroon Lake School Board.
Incumbent Robert Claus, along with Eric Welch, Bruce Murdock and Terry Wisser are running for open terms of five and three years.
The highest vote-getter will serve the five-year term, and the next highest, the three-year post.
Claus was appointed to the board earlier this year and is serving out an unexpired term. Board member Dianne Tyrrell isn't running for re-election.
The Press-Republican asked the candidates what they'd like to accomplish if elected and whether there are specific local issues they would like to address. These are their answers:
Claus: "I'm all about the arts. I want to preserve that in these difficult times. Small schools like Schroon Lake are having great difficulties with the (state) tax cap. I'd like to keep the school viable and the programs strong for the kids."
Schroon Lake Central Superintendent Bonnie Finnessey recently announced her resignation for health reasons, and Claus said he'd like to help choose her successor.
"I'd like to be involved in the search for a new superintendent. One of the most important functions a board has is finding a superintendent."
Murdock: "We're looking for a new school leader. Between BOCES and our local district, I've done six superintendent searches. That experience may be helpful."
Murdock said he believes Schroon Lake students could benefit from some tech training.
"I'm a strong supporter of technical education. That's why I've been on the BOCES Board for so many years. I want to make sure we use the resources we get wisely and provide as many programs as we can for kids."
Welch: "My goal would be to have all board decision-making through the lens of student success. Meeting that goal does require responsible spending of our district budget. We talk about continuing our solvency in our small district and maintaining a competitive edge."


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