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It's easy to become discouraged these days as we're bombarded with disheartening news about our natural world. Climate change, polluted water, depleted water supplies, loss of habitat and the creatures that depend on it - the list of parts of the web of life under serious threat is depressingly long.
It makes one wonder if there's anything to be done, if there's anything a single person can do.
But gardeners can make a significant difference in restoring the health of the planet by adopting practices that protect habitat and encourage natural vigor and resiliency.
It's the healthy practices of millions who share this view, taken together, that can have a significant impact. And there are growing numbers of people all over the world who want to help make a difference.
Changes are already taking place – clean water programs, municipal restrictions on the overuse of fertilizers and pesticides, water company rebates helping people turn sterile lawns into lush paradises filled with the sights and sounds of life.
When you decide to take a more natural approach to gardening, you're taking a stand against pollution and destruction of habitat and for protection of the planet for generations to come. This speaks to the heart of sustainability – the current generation meeting its needs without sacrificing the needs of generations to come.
You don't have to do this all at once, and if you're wondering where to start, here are some suggestions:
-Stop using pesticides – today. The single most important thing you can do is to gather up all the pesticides you use in your garden and take them immediately to the hazardous waste facility – put that part of your gardening life behind you.
Pesticides can wreak more damage than the insects they purport to control by killing beneficial insects and polluting the soil and waterways. Insects have a remarkable ability to adapt, and survivors of a chemical assault will pass on a resistance to their many offspring, making the "bad actors" increasingly difficult to control. The alternative, Integrated Pest Management – starts with the least toxic method and using chemicals only as a last resort. With a balanced approach to gardening, it is rarely if ever necessary to use toxic chemicals.
-Use fertilizers sparingly. Replace synthetic, high-nitrogen fertilizers with natural, organic, slower acting soil amendments. Turn your attention to building healthy soil as the source of nourishment for plants. Feed your soil by mulching and composting and it will provide for the plants.
As long as there is organic matter feeding them from above, the soil in your garden is brimming with billions of microorganisms engaged in constant activity beneficial to soil and plants. With some attention to protecting and enhancing the quality of your soil, you help the good guys win.
High-nitrogen fertilizers also can promote excessive plant growth, requiring constant pruning and hauling of "waste" to overburdened landfills while making plants dependent on artificial support and often hastening their demise.
-Rethink your lawn. Lawn has its place, but there's just too much of it. By reducing the size of your lawn or even replacing it entirely with native or climate-adapted plants, you're accomplishing several things: reducing the amount of water used in your landscape, eliminating nitrogen residue from fertilizers that may be washed into the water supply, and doing away with the need for gasoline powered equipment to maintain the lawn.
If you replace the lawn with natural plantings, you'll also be offering a home to the beneficial insects and birds that are key to the vitality of the environment.
-Attract beneficial insects and birds by planting natives. Almost nothing else you do has as much impact as bringing pollinators and beneficial insects into your garden. Once you stop using chemicals and allow natural processes to take over, you may be surprised how many beneficial insects will come.
And what brings birds? Insects! What does that have to do with plants? Insects and plants have very specific and delicate relationships, and many native insects cannot survive on non-native plants.
-Plant a tree – or several trees. Providers of oxygen, shade, beauty, and food and sequesters of carbon, trees are much loved but we don't always give them the respect they deserve. One of their greatest values is as lodging and food for countless animals, mostly birds.
Birds, not chemicals, are the best insect control we have. Trees and large shrubs are the lynchpin of animal habitat. A healthy oak woodland, for example, can support as many as 450 species of animals.
-Use water wisely. Of the three elements of garden ecology - water, soil and plants – it is water that completes the circle. It's as crucial as the air we breathe. Water supplies are under assault, mostly by pollution, overuse and development.
By understanding how to irrigate efficiently, favoring plants that get along mostly with the water provided by nature, we can make a huge dent in this decline of fresh water supplies and water quality. Every positive step we take ensures that generations to come will enjoy the same abundance of clean water we have today.
We'll be discussing each of these steps in greater detail in weeks to come, and you'll begin to see how interrelated they all are and how much impact they have when taken as a whole. We'll also be talking about the wonderful organizations that foster healthy, sustainable gardening practices all over the world.
Imagine - accomplishing something so powerful while doing what all of us love – working in the garden!
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Susan Handjian is a garden educator in the San Francisco Bay Area. She was a contributing editor of Plants and Landscapes for Summer-Dry Climates.
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Are you still asking what is MSG, not to mention consuming it? Maybe I can help a little. Let's look at what it actually is and why it's used in our food and then you can make a choice about whether you consume it or not.
Monosodium glutamate, according to Wikipedia, (also known as MSG and sodium glutamate), "is a sodium salt of the non-essential amino acid glutamic acid. It is used as a food additive and is commonly marketed as a flavour enhancer." Ingesting this processed free glutamic acid (MSG), can produce a variety of reactions in many people. Some people have no immediate reactions to this enhancer, but does that mean it is not affecting them? These reactions can also be found as side effects from neurological drugs. It could be that MSG causes the reaction or aggravates an already existing condition.
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Academic Tutors: Touch the life of an inner-city child through helping with homework, reading books together, and playing educational games. You will work in a room that is staffed and supervised by a Head Academic Coach. The program runs Monday - Thursday with the following academic times: 3:15 - 4:00, 4:00 - 4:45, 4:45 - 5:50. Tutors are needed at all time periods and may come one to four times per week. We are looking for caring people who can make a consistent weekly commitment.
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Enrichment Leaders: Come share a special talent or skill with a group of 4-8 students, one hour a week for four weeks. This is a great way to become involved in the lives of our students and help open their world to new possibilities. Suggested ideas include (but are not limited to): specific sports skills, special exercise class, woodworking, Lego building, graphic design, pottery, hiking, poetry reading, cartoon drawing, karate, step dance, knitting, etc. Ask a friend to help you and double the pleasure. Times include: Monday - Thursdays, 4:00 or 5:00 PM.
Homework Coaches: Volunteer to support the children afterschool with your encouragement and time. Coaches are needed Mondays through Thursdays to speak positive words to the children and push them to be their very best. You do not need to have special academic knowledge or teaching experience to be a coach, you simply need to care for the children and help guide them to set acheive their goals.
Van Monitor: We need one van monitor per day for our after school program. The van monitor keeps attendance and keeps the children in line as they ride the van to our after school program. Hours are: Monday - Thursday, 2:30 - 4:30 PM.
Substitute Van Drivers: We are looking for a group of van drivers that would be willing to fill in for normal van driver. You would have to pass a background check and be willing to attend a training session.
Chaperone Field Trips: Responsible adults who want to be positive influences on the children at The Beth and can exhibit the Love of Christ are invited to join us on field trips as chaperones. Consider being a part of the lives of inner-city children who need positive role models, if you cannot commit to a weekly or daily commitment, serving the community as a chaperone is a perfect opportunity for you to make a difference.
UTC Basketball Players teach skills to Summer Participants
Fundraising Team: We need a team of skilled individuals who will help us to raise funds to sustain the life-changing programs offered at The Beth. As a faith-based 501(3)(c) nonprofit organization we do not engage in income earning activities; we are inner-city missionaries who must solicit support from our community to survive. The Beth needs people who can write grants, or organize fundraisers that will further our mission and vision of love. Please contact us if you know of available funds or would like to join a positive team "with VOICE with VISION and with VICTORY for the game of life."
Serving on The Board of Directors: The new year is approaching rapidly. The Beth needs Board Members for the 2009 year. We are looking for Community leaders that are interested in The Beth's program areas and willing to devote their skills and abilities to The Beth as Board Members.
Maintenance & Repairs Team: Able bodied people are all encouraged to give their time on a regular basis or as one time commitment to improve The Beth's building and facilities. We know that The Beth is home to many of the children that come here and we always want to make sure that they have a clean, well-maintained home. We feel that The Bath is the Shining Star of our community. In many instances The Beth is where people discover the love of Christ and so it is of the utmost importance that we portray His character not only in our actions, but also in our appearance. If you are not comfortable volunteering in any other area, please be part of teh Maintenance and Repairs Team.
Coach Athletic Teams: Our basketball teams need coaches. This is a fun and fantastic way to give guidance and support to the children and adults who come to The Beth. Come by and meet some of the community and make new friends in a safe, healthy, and structured environment.
Speakers Bureau- The Friends of The Beth: As a Friend of The Beth you agree to be a speaker and tell people about what we do at The Beth. You will be trained by the V-TEAM to speak on behalf of The Beth at community events and occasions when staff are unavailable.
Be A Mentor in the MVP Program: MVP Mentors are extremely important people in the lives of the children at The Beth. Each MVP Mentor is matched with a student in the academy to be a life coach and help that student as they make difficult academic decisions and overcome everyday life challenges.
Become A V-TEAM Leadership Coach: We will train you to be a member of the V-TEAM leadership team. V-TEAM leaders teach the V-TEAM curriculum in schools, churches, and community settings.
Computer Data Entry: Help us catalogue our library books. Special library software has been purchased and most information can be downloaded from the Library of Congress. A training video is available and you can set your own hours.
Count Campbell Soup Labels: This is a great opportunity for those who want to help from their homes. We need people to count, bag, and label boxes of Campbell Soup Labels that have been collected for the past few years.
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Life behind the gates of cloistered wealthy communities is full of drama and intrigue.
Not too long ago in Calabasas, Keyshawn Johnson chased down a speeding Ferrari killer Justin Bieber in his Prius, and now neighbor Paris Jackson is telling reporters she "detests" Justin Bieber.
This is over the fact he wouldn't speak up about teenage girls cutting themselves, TMZ reports.
Paris is still at UCLA Medical Center after cutting herself with a knife and downing 20 Motrin.
TMZ reports the daughter of Michael Jackson and Debbie Rowe says Justin is a terrible role model for young girls. She was reportedly "enraged" after some of Justin's fans talked about cutting themselves to show their affection, and he allegedly said nothing.
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Wake named Pro Bowl starter
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Miami Dolphins defensive lineman Cameron Wake has been named a Pro Bowl starter.
The game will be played Jan. 27 in Hawaii.
This will be Wake's second trip to the Pro Bowl.
Wake has 15 sacks in 15 games.
"It's really an honor, I couldn't do it obviously without the guys around me," said Wake.
The Dolphins close out the season on Sunday against the Patriots.
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The Political Economy of Grand Strategy (Cornell Studies in Security Affairs)
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A nation's grand strategy rarely serves the best interests of all its citizens. Instead, every strategic choice benefits some domestic groups at the expense of others. When groups with different interests separate into opposing coalitions, societal debates over foreign policy become polarized along party lines. Parties then select leaders who share the priorities of their principal electoral and financial backers. As a result, the overarching goals and guiding principles of grand strategy, as formulated at the highest levels of government, derive from domestic coalitional interests. In The Political Economy of Grand Strategy, Kevin Narizny develops these insights into a comprehensive theoretical framework for understanding the dynamics of security policy.The focus of this analysis is the puzzle of partisanship. The conventional view of grand strategy, in which state leaders act as neutral arbiters of the "national interest," cannot explain why political turnover in the executive office often leads to dramatic shifts in state behavior. Narizny, in contrast, shows how domestic politics structured foreign policymaking in the United States and Great Britain from 1865 to 1941. In so doing, he sheds light on long-standing debates over the revival of British imperialism, the rise of American expansionism, the creation of the League of Nations, American isolationism in the interwar period, British appeasement in the 1930s, and both countries' decisions to enter World War I and World War II.
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Egypt : Can oppressed Christian minority find freedom, too?
Enraged Muslims betrayed the Christian hope for unity in several violent attacks during the final weeks of June in Egypt. Despite all this, Christians hope the fight for democracy will unite them with the Muslims. Paul Estabrooks with Open Doors says others aren't so sure. "The church is, I think, far more optimistic about opportunities and positive change in the future than we on the outside looking in." Christians in Egypt have found some unity with Muslims as they protest government oppression, but Muslims will be the majority in the new regime. With the power shift, Muslims may be more likely to oppress the Christian minority. "They trust that minorities are going to be involved in any democratic constitution that'll be established and be protected," says Estabrooks. "However, there doesn't seem to be a history of protection of minorities in new democracies." How can Christians help? "Pray that their optimism will be honored and that they will be able to have the freedom that they desire to share the Gospel."
Source: Mission Network News, 29 June, 2011. Full story: http://www.mnnonline.org/article/15906
Middle East: One man's trust
"For Real?!" by Rachel Fields, who has lived in the Middle East since 2003 and is assistant director of an English center there. How one Muslim man's faith in Jesus has led increasing numbers of fellow Muslims in his community to also put their trust in Jesus as Savior and Lord. www.lausanneworldpulse.com/themedarticles.php/1402/05-2011
Global Leaders Share Concerns
Christian leaders in the Global South think evangelism will be easier in five years, while those in the North think it will become more difficult.
Cuba: Severe government pressure against Churches
"Cuban Baptist pastor prevented from attending church service as pressure on all denominations intensifies" dynamic.csw.org.uk/article.asp?t=press&id=1193 (Christian Solidarity Worldwide).
South Sudan: Beginning of Independence
South Sudan marked independence Saturday, July 9, with the jubilation of a people group freed from oppression. Days later, the big question is: Now what? Lawmakers formed a caretaker government and announced a new currency yesterday. But freedom begins with a solid foundation. Lorella Rouster with Every Child Ministries says they're part of that solution. "I was there just a few days before Independence, training church and orphanage workers in Southern Sudan in more effective ways of children's ministry." As refugees return to the South in droves, groups like ECM are preparing for the influx by partnering with the local church. "We would like people to pray that people would use the teaching that we have given them and be effective in reaching the new generation," says Rouster. "The techniques that we've given are good for large groups, so I think that's good for the influx of new children." Pray for a peaceful transition.
Source: Mission Network News, 12 July, 2011. Full story: http://www.mnnonline.org/article/15958
Survey: Religion, Faith Still Important to Most People
A global survey of more than 18,000 people across 24 nations finds that religious faith is still important to most people.
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New Christian Magazine from India
John Lathrop, a regular contributor to Pneuma Foundation publications, writes to tell us about a new publication that will be of interest to Informer readers:
There is a new Christian magazine that is being published in India called Christian Trends (it is published in English). One of the founders is Dr. Finny Philip. He is a Pentecostal, I met him in the Philadelphia area in 2005. Dr. Philip is the Principal of Filadelphia Bible College in Udaipur, Rajasthan India. You can see the college's website at: fbcudaipur.com/index.html
You can see the first issue of the magazine on their website at: http://ctrendsmag.com
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Introducing Philip Mantofa: Pastor Philip Mantofa graduated from Columbia Bible College, in British Columbia, Canada, with a degree in theology. Since 1998, he has been serving Mawar Sharon Church, a growing church of 30,000 in Indonesia. Currently, he is one of the leaders of the Mawar Sharon denomination, which has a network of 70 local churches. He has brought more than 100,000 souls to Christ. His passion is to see nations encounter and experience the love of Jesus Christ and ignite fire in the younger generation to become pastors and spiritual leaders all over Asia. He and his wife have three children.
Pneuma: Please tell our readers how you came to know Jesus.
At one time I harbored a lot of hatred toward the Lord and toward myself. I was disappointed in my family, friends, and church. My days seemed dark. On one occasion I cursed the Lord, I challenged Him, and blasphemed Him. When I did this my heart began to beat fast and I collapsed. My heart was racing and I thought that I would die. My breathing became tight and I felt the presence of the Lord. He spoke to me and said "I love you." When He said that my heartbeat became stable again and I stood up. Then I blasphemed Him again. This time I was thrown to the floor and my heart again began to beat frantically. Once again I felt the Lord's presence and I cried like a baby because I heard Him again say that He loved me. I was on the floor screaming, "Why do you love me? I do not love You! Kill me now! Do it now while I hate You! Punish me now!" I rejected God's love. I blasphemed a third time, again my breath was constricted and I was thrown to the floor. Once again His presence came to me and I heard a voice in my heart say as though crying "I love you." After this my heartbeat once again became normal.
After these experiences I decided that if the Lord would not kill me then I would kill myself. No one knew of my plans to kill myself. Twice I planned to take my life but I could not do it because I thought of my family and how they would handle it. The third time I planned to kill myself I was interrupted by a phone call from my pastor's wife and so I did not go through with it.
Two weeks later I went to church. I had a sense that there was going to be an altar call to receive Christ and I prepared to leave the service. I stood and started moving toward the exit. As I was reaching for the door knob I heard a man's voice in my ear, it was very firm and loud. It was an audible voice. The voice said, "Philip, if you are not saved today, you will be lost forever." There was no one standing near me, I then realized that it was the voice of God. I immediately ran to the front of the church and lifted my hands. I cried and cried. I also saw a very bright light. At this time I heard an audible voice speaking to me in English. The voice said, "I am Jesus and I love you." I asked the Lord to let me die for Him. He told me to live for Him. That day He touched me and I was changed.
Pneuma: When did you sense the Lord's call to ministry, and what is the specific calling that He has placed on your life?
When I was six years old I had a vision. I was not born-again at this time but I had a vision nonetheless. I believe that this vision was the first indication that there was a call of God on my life. I saw a large stone in front of me. The stone looked like it was rolling toward me. It was very close and was going to crush me. I did not know what the vision meant. Right before the stone got to me my mama slapped my cheeks and asked me what was wrong. Suddenly the vision was gone.
I forgot about that vision until the Lord Himself reminded me of it after I had repented (at the age of eighteen). I asked one pastor the meaning of the vision. He said: "That was a solid hard rock which would crush your life. But after the rock crushed your life, it was no longer you who lived but Christ who lived in you!"
When I repented the Holy Spirit spoke to me: "I called you! Follow Him just like when He called His disciples and said: 'Follow Me!'" Since that day I have abandoned all of my hopes, desires, and aspirations and have followed Jesus. At the time, I quibbled a little with the Lord because I was not certain if that was from the Lord or not. "You do not have the right to quibble with Me!" the Lord said. "Your mother has already surrendered you to me. Your mother gave you to me in a vow when you were sick." I asked my mama about this and found out that it was so. At first my mother forgot; but finally she remembered her vow; she had never told me about it. She was surprised when I asked her about it. My father did not know my mama had dedicated my life to the Lord. It was a secret promise between the Lord and my mama. No one else knew because my mama had said it in her heart. When I asked her about it, she said, "How did you know about that?" I answered, "The Lord told me I could not run away from Him because I had already been dedicated to Him by a vow."
Early in 2003, I had a supernatural experience while I was alone in my bedroom; I met the Lord Jesus. I felt a strong urge from the Holy Spirit to pray and I obeyed Him. The presence of God was very powerful in that place. I felt unworthy to receive such a great honor. At that time I uttered one sentence that today has become the vision for Mawar Sharon Church."We will build You 1,000 strong local churches with 1,000,000 disciples!"After I finished that sentence, the visitation ended.
On October 14th 2003, I once again had a supernatural experience in my room, this time I wasn't alone. I was relaxing with my wife and daughter when the Holy Spirit spoke to me. "Stay awake later, after your wife and daughter are asleep." I obeyed. After my wife and daughter were sound asleep, I gave myself to prayer and the Holy Spirit spoke to me for five hours without stopping. The Lord revealed to me the coming of a great spiritual revival. I saw a tsunami, enormous waves that were tens of meters high in front of me. The unbroken waves were extremely large. From behind the waves I heard a voice. "I have sent you a greater spiritual revival. It is very great and you do not know it. In one sweep many souls will be saved." After I received that promise from the Lord, I went straight to bed. It was 4 o'clock in the morning.
Pneuma: Your homeland of Indonesia is predominantly Muslim. How receptive are the people of Indonesia to the gospel, and what are some of the reasons?
Indonesians at large are thirsty and hungry for a visitation from the Living God. The main reason is because the Bible says that the field is white unto harvest, and the Bible never lies! God knows the hearts of men and He speaks the truth. Indonesia is not exempt from His Word. A small and vocal minority of Muslim radicals would lead us to believe that Muslims are not a ready harvest. It is Satan's lie! Worse yet, if Christians hearts are filled with the fear of man and fear for their own lives, lies enter in and kill faith. Another reason for the great reception of the gospel in predominantly Muslim Indonesia is the willingness of a few to believe God's Word and obey the great commission against all odds. There are heroes of faith in this part of the world!
Pneuma: How is Indonesia different than other countries you have ministered in?
As far as God is concerned, it is not different than other countries on earth in the sense that God can work anywhere in the world. As far as I'm concerned, it is a place of two births in my life. Firstly, I was born here and I call this country "home." But more importantly, Indonesia has been born in my heart by choice. After living most of my life overseas, in the year of 1998 - during one of the darkest times in the history of the nation, when Chinese minorities and Christians were persecuted, robbed, raped and murdered in broad day light - I returned to my homeland by faith for the sake of revival and the Gospel. I could almost say that, that day I went to hell to bring down the Kingdom of Heaven. Now that's unforgettable for me! That's my bonding with Indonesia.
Pneuma: What are some of the things you have seen God doing as Jesus is being proclaimed?
Many miracles and healings have been reported. For example in "The Festival of God's Power" meetings held in Surabaya, Indonesia on October 8th and 9th 2010, a seventeen year old man was healed of deafness. On the first day of the crusade the Lord opened one of his ears and on the second day he was completely healed. Also, during this crusade a thirty-five year old woman who could not see very well was totally healed. These are just a couple of examples but these healings have been confirmed by doctors.
The Pneuma Informer would like to thank Mulyadi B. (Pastor Mantofa's assistant) and John Lathrop for helping to prepare this interview for publication.
THE PNEUMA REVIEW is a quarterly printed journal of ministry resources and theology for Pentecostal and charismatic ministries and leaders. For more information about THE PNEUMA REVIEW, and to learn how to subscribe, please visit: Introducing THE PNEUMA REVIEW. www.pneumafoundation.org/intro_pr.jsp
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From the Summer 2011 issue
Everett L. Worthington, Jr., A Just Forgiveness: Responsible Healing without Excusing Injustice (Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 2009) 252 pages, ISBN 9780830337014.
Since this reviewer has sat under Worthington in a seminar setting in an American Association of Christian Counselors (AACC) national meeting, it is a personal pleasure to review this book of his which seeks to "titrate" justice and forgiveness in order to either foster reconciliation or restore lives where reconciliation may be impossible to attain. "Just forgiveness" is one where both justice and forgiveness is served. Worthington identifies that humility is what brings justice and forgiveness together. Such an interconnection is accomplished "by a Trinitarian God who understands such interconnections" and is able to lead individuals, groups, and societies "to humble just forgiveness and peace" (p.230).
Worthington, who received his Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Missouri (Columbia), is professor of Psychology at Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond), and also an active member of the AACC, and is known for his work in marriage counseling. This reviewer owns one of his works in that area. In his A Just Forgiveness, Worthington starts off by discussing the place of forgiveness in marital and family relationships before continuing to show how forgiveness and responsible healing can take place in church, business, community and society, and the world at large where "injury has occurred" while also upholding the case for a "rational and relational justice" (p. 59).
The book is essentially divided into two sections. The first one hundred twenty-six pages concentrates on what just forgiveness entails. Those pages also delve into the tensions involved, the questions raised and the humility that is required for resolution of differences and hurts and restoration. The second part discusses how just forgiveness can result in family situations, within churches, workplaces, communities, and the world. He makes distinctions among distributive, retributive, procedural and restorative kinds of justice and shows how each works itself in actuality. Similarly, Worthington distinguishes decisional forgiveness and forgiveness from the heart and makes the case for a forgiveness that needs to be both rational and affective. One without the other does not bring about resolution, restoration, and/or reconciliation.
There is one place where Worthington follows Max Weber's sociological distinction between "church" and "sect," while recognizing their commonality as a community of believers (p.150). The sect usually arises "in opposition to an established church and organize around a person" (p.150) while a church is what emerges as a sect grows and becomes "unwieldy and unable to operate on the basis of a single leadership" (p. 150). Jesus, however, never made such a distinction. Since the term "church" describes those who "belong to the Lord," no matter the size, degree of organization, and type of polity, sect and church are much the same in having the same submerged personality conflicts regardless of differences over polity, beliefs, or ethical standards.
One of the most interesting discussions in the book is in chapter nine where Worthington takes on the issue of just forgiveness in the world where he describes violent cultures, the role of prejudice, the origins and types of societal violence, and the underlying factors which lend themselves to the persistence of societal violence. Worthington examined the Amish response to the Nickels Mine Massacre of school children in Lancaster Co., PA; the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission experiment, the Colombian limited amnesty program, and the Rwandan Gacaca court trials (having to do with the 1994 Rwandan Genocide).
Worthington closes off his book by promoting a "Track-Three Diplomacy" approach on the world level and concludes with suggestions on what we can do. Track-Three diplomacy "involves opinion leaders working with their constituencies to bring about changes in attitudes that foster and maintain peace and reconciliation" (p. 214). Before giving suggestions on what we can do whether in the family, the church, the workplace, community, society, and the world, Worthington singles out motives for doing whatever needs to be done. These involve recognizing the injustice gap that exists and the justice motive, grace and mercy motives, agape - the God kind of love - and keeping motives in balance. In whatever situation three primary actions must be taken and these are seeking God, taking responsibility for reducing tension, and pursuing pathways to peace no matter if the situation is interpersonal, church-related, societal-related, work-related, or community - related. He also defines specific things for individuals to do. Rather than describing those specifics, this reviewer recommends that the potential reader pick up and read the entire two hundred thirty-two pages of text. It is well-worth the reading by any one. There are no difficult terms within Worthington's study but is very understandable and includes ample illustrations drawn from his own life and situations that have received national notice. There is one reference to an incident that is principally still sensitive to the Jewish community and it revolves around an incident in the life of Simon Wiesenthal after whom the Wiesenthal Center in New York City is named.
Reviewed by Woodrow E. Walton
Woodrow E. Walton, D.Min. (Oral Roberts University School of Theology and Missions), B.A. (Texas Christian University), B.D. [M.Div.] (Duke Divinity School), M.A. (University of Oklahoma), is a retired Seminary Dean and Professor of biblical, theological and historical studies. An ordained Assemblies of God minister, he and his wife live in Shattuck, Oklahoma. Walton retains membership with the Evangelical Theological Society, American Association of Christian Counselors, American Society of Church History, American Academy of Political Science, and The International Society of Frontier Missiology.
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after performing oral sex on my wife. Any ideas?
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Thanks for your information. I have the same thing on my
. Invisible to the eye. Feels like a piece of tape on my lip. It scales from time to time and it is hard to not touch it. I feel as if there is a little bit of swelling along the interior lip line too. I know that this is not a cold sore - there is no burning or itching, no redness and no pustules. Yeast is a chronic problem for me and I have been traveling and eating an unusually high amount of sugar.
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If you look at most of the ingredients in your
glosses/chapsticks/or any other
product that you are allergic to, you can almost pinpoint what is causing your bad reactions. It's different for everyone, so I can't provide an answer for you guys, but I can tell you that I am allergic to Chapstick, Carmex, MAC lipglasses/glosses soft lips, and other random free chapsticks that I had gotten as gifts, ie rosebud's.
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Do not know whether or not this is related but my daughter has had a papular
between her
and chin for the last 1.5 months. It improves but does not resolve with nivea dry skin cream. She has had a series of colds but even when she is cold-free she the rash remains. Today there is a rash under her armpits and on belly, along diaper line and diaper rash. What do you think? It is difficult to find a good dermatologist here.
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I do feel much beter since my circumcsion and I guss my mind was over loaded thinking about my
on my penis. The
is almost gone, it is still there
the remaining skin that still covers a portion of my tip. I was hoping surgery would have taken care of it fully. But of course i am still having a small problem. This is not in my mind. Druss, I thank you for your interest in my problem, but I am not sure we have the same symtoms. I had and still seem to have a bit of balantitis.
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Dear Doctor I have a
on my face that appears right above my
and on my
, i also have little white hairs on the area below my lower lip that show when i stretch out the skin. I am African american so this is obvious if looked at up close. I am unsure of what either of these could be. Any help would be heavily appreciated.
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Please HELP. About a year ago, I got a small itchy
my left chin. Within a few days (and after itching it a little) it spread along my neck to my ear and up my cheeck to my eye, all over the left side of my face. I also got small bite-like bumps on the left side of my upper & lower lips. It was terribly itchy, red, raised and spotty. I figured it was bedbugs because we had an old mattress. I never actually saw any bedbugs, but I went with that anyway.
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Later on this swelling changed became only on the inside of the
.It has not gone away since .In addition I also see small pimples (with Puss inthem) around my lips which usually go away in 2 to3 days .My Lips are more swollen around the edges and I have often seen that color of lips on the inside is light purple .I have tried different chapsticks and also few other medicine like Nystatin and Oracort .But it is not getting any better .
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My skin feels as though it has been intensely sunburnt, very tight, hot, and dry. The area affected on my chin begins about an inch below my
and extends only about three inches down and under my chin where it abruptly stops. The affected areas on my upper lips are approximately 1/4 inch in diameter, circular, and exhibit the same symptons as my chin: intense redness and burning for a day or two after shaving, mild itchiness and flaking after the burning subsides.
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In addition the skin outlining the
became even more darkened and looked as if it were bruised. Also, strangely, the pain feels better each morning then seems to peak at about 2-4pm each day. It then lessens into the evening. I called my primary care doc back. We thought that maybe I had a yeast infection. Five days ago he treated me with Diflucan. Things feel like they are slowly getting better Could this be a yeast infection?
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I've had this over a month now, along with sore muscles, but no fever, no sweats, no flu-like symptoms, no sore lymph nodes or anything... just this
, some aches and sometimes diarrhea . Is this
I describe similar to the
with HIV? Like I said, doesnt itch at all, small bumps on back or arms/shoulders/chest (kinda red, some arent). Only rash I have that itches in a spot on my upper leg which my doctor said was excema.
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So a few days before I go to the Derm I'm sitting at a friends house and suddenly feel like I bit my
. I go to the bathroom and check it out. and I see a white spot on the top back portion of my lip so thinking it was a canker or something I squeezed it at which time a bunch of clear fluid came out and I seemed to notice another similer spot on my left side only smaller.
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Hi, I have a question about redness
,but above my chin. Its red and swollen a little and it burns every time I move my Mouth. It has a dry feel to it and feels little bumpy. I was just wondering if this is a allergy problem or its something I need to worry about and go to the docter.
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seeing someone else (Biz 1422) above mention having had the vaccine prior to a non-
shingles virus diagnosis by a dr. made me perk up and notice! I had been
a lot of workload stress at work prior to this 'flu.
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I have had cold sores since I was 10 yrs old. I always get one in the exact same place on my
but haven't had one in months. I have never been sexually intimate with my partner when I've had a cold sore. Can anyone tell me what this is and how I can treat it? The rash has now gone from a few small bumps and blisters to covering my entire chin. Help???????
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i have a pimple-like
on my face
my lips. it is a little itchy, but not intolerable. i have had it now for over a month. now it is also on my shoulders and my hands are starting to get itchy but i dont see any bumps. i just had my teeth pulled and got dentures (im only 29). the bumps seemed to start clearing up while i was on antibiotics, but not completely. i also have a thin dark line along the edge of my lower lip.
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I've had this horrible red rash around my mouth over a week now. It started as just a dry, flaky spot on the lower right side of my mouth but now I have it on both sides and it's itchy, flaky, dry, inflamed and red. There is no pus or anything like that. The corner on the left side of my mouth has a little "tear" because of the dryness. I've tried putting vaseline and other things on it but it doesn't seem to do much.
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I have a lump like
the skin inside m vagina ( like on the inner
) and its like the size of small cherry. It's been a little uncofortable but i never noticed until i touched my accident. I looked and saw it and freaked out. I don't want ot just wait because i'm scared but I really rather not tell my mother nor show a doctor. And even if I wanted to go tot he doctor, i'd have to tell my mom. can this be really serious? how long should i wait before i tell someone?
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and when i feel it with my toungue it feels like theres a million micoscopic bumps on my uper
. Also inside my
lips there an area with extacly 3 small dots (pimple like). I am pretty much freaking out, thinking i have Herpes virus, but not sure. I saw some posts about Balanitis, so im doing more resarch on this. Info: during the beginning, my entire body along with gential area, especially me head was itching. I took loratadine and it stoped.
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and my lower lip isn't, but it seems a majority of online commenters with this complaint are similar in only the upper
being affected. If this is HPV, wouldn't it be transmitted to the
at least occasionally? It was 6 weeks ago when I contracted these things, and they aren't going away.
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its a sharp pain like you're being stabbed. it kinda started in
ribs and moved higher, the worst being
my right breast. i went to the doc today (or shall i say was taken bc i could hardly walk) and she said it could be muscle spasms, suggesting i buy muscles relaxation pills. which i did and they actually helped, the pain seems to be subsiding slowly.
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everyone seems to be really interested in stopping the itching and not getting rid of the
, has anyone
completely cleared up? i've got the same thing on mine half of it has dried and is flaky the other is still spreading, its come up pretty quickly over the last week and a half. i've had the tatt for 7months now, and like most of you i've been getting tatts for several years which are not affected at all.
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The hunt began.
Finding an Apartment in NYC
When we book hotels and hostels, we always go through the struggle of balancing amenities and location with price. We'll always pay a little extra for a few specific amenities and always consider location to be our number one priority to minimize transportation costs and maximize our time while in any particular city. Then we were faced with the challenge of booking a hotel in New York City, one of the most expensive cities in the world for accommodations.
Not wanting to stay in a dorm or outside the popular areas of the city, our attention turned to the potential of renting an apartment for the weekend. Upon researching the apartments available on the booking website Roomorama, we discovered that a large selection of units were available throughout the city and often at prices equal to or less than the price of a comparably sized hotel. Considering most hotel rooms are even smaller than studio apartments, it seemed like the right thing to do to get more space and a more intimate experience with New York City itself.
Booking an Apartment with Roomorama
Searching for an apartment on Roomorama was one of the easiest parts about booking our trip. The process is a bit unique from standard hotel booking sites as in this case you are often booking a room or apartment from an individual owner, and scheduling conflicts could be possible. Even with that said, booking with Roomorama was a straight forward four-step process:
- Register an account on Roomorama
- Search for rooms/apartments on your dates
- Send an inquiry in to the owner to see if the apartment is available
- Book if the inquiry comes back as available and pay the corresponding deposit/bill.
With our booking coming in very close to our departure date, about 6 weeks out, we sent several inquiries in to apartments throughout the city. The website shows a calendar that each apartment owner can update to show availability, but this is not always 100% accurate as someone may book just before you send an inquiry in or the owner may not utilize the feature properly. While the wait for the inquiry turn around for that oh-so-perfect apartment is painful, we really like this feature as we know that our request is going to an actual human. The same human we would likely meet in the city to pick up our keys from, and the same human who would be benefiting from our payment - not a big box chain. In that respect, we were happy with a 24+ hour waiting period. When we got word back about a great studio apartment being available, we jumped at the chance and booked it right away.
Our NYC Apartment
That studio apartment we booked was a medium-sized unit located right in the heart of Greenwich Village (listing can be found here). While we would have preferred booking a larger apartment, there is something about a great location that always has us caring less about the size of the room. To properly review this studio, we must comment on the four features of any Roomorama apartment that we consider to be important: the host, the apartment, the neighborhood, and finally the cost. Only in knowing these four things can you be sure if an apartment is right for you!
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RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (AP) - President Barack Obama is spending a long Father's Day weekend in the California desert oasis of Rancho Mirage.
The president and first lady arrived at the Palm Springs airport Friday night after visiting an Indian reservation earlier in the day.
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