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Constantin Stanislavski (January 1863 – August 1938) famously remarked that "there are no small parts, only small actors."
Stanislavski, a Russian actor and director became known for his 'system' of acting which lead to the founding (years down the line) of a New York City theater collective. It was intended as a base for a new kind of theatre — a forceful, naturalistic and highly disciplined artistry. It was a new approach, where the actors form a pure ensemble; where there are no "stars". Artists like James Dean and Ellen Burstyn were allowed to craft their art in this environment and ultimately allow their brilliance to shine.
This approach also gives business leaders a new way of thinking about teams. From ensemble teams, where all roles are important, spring well-rounded solutions. Everyone rolls up their sleeves and everyone is valued for their contribution.
I'm into it. Hand me that broom.
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Playwright A.R. Gurney is a courteous, upper-crust kind of guy, famed for such civilized pieces as The Dining Room, The Cocktail Hour, Love Letters and Sylvia. So when he found himself enraged by national politics, he didn't respond with agitprop or searing realism. Instead he imagined a comfortably middle-class housewife, Peggy, who -- by way of protest -- rearranges all the furniture in her living room so that it faces an imaginary theatrical fourth wall. Roger, Peggy's husband, is alarmed by this. He brings in Julia, the couple's pretentious interior decorator friend, to assess the situation. But Gurney is fascinated by theatrical convention, so anyone entering Peggy's living room soon begins behaving like a character on a stage -- and the resultant mix of realism and the actors' frantic bouts of self-aware staginess creates a cascade of evocative moments and clever jokes. There's also a piano that plays Cole Porter all by itself at key moments. Eventually, Peggy, Julia and Roger are joined by theater professor Floyd, who's more a provider of snatches of theater criticism, lore and history than he is an actual human being.
Peggy believes that the fourth wall is permeable, that beyond her sheltered world there are people watching, people of every race and nationality, and that she can somehow persuade them to rise together and halt the madness of George W. Bush's foreign policy. She stays true to her vision as Julia preens, poses and -- fettered in the attempt to create a plotline by the limits of her highly conventional imagination -- tries to seduce Roger; as Roger attempts to fathom Peggy and almost succumbs to Julia; and as Floyd alternately urges Peggy to engage in new forms of theater and pronounces her an incarnation of Shaw's St. Joan.
Peggy's rage and sadness underlie all the high jinks and give The Fourth Wall its energy. Without that, the play is little but a bunch of theatrical in-jokes -- amusing but inconsequential. Edith Weiss is perfectly cast as Peggy. She has a harried, bewildered look that contrasts perfectly with Rhonda Brown's glossy bitchiness as Julia. But her acting is a little stagy; you don't really believe in either her yearning or her joy when she finally breaks through the fourth wall. And yet I remember finding this scene genuinely touching at Nomad. There are mechanical reasons why it's less so at the Avenue, which doesn't provide much space or light between the set and the audience for Peggy to occupy. Still, I think both Weiss and director McBride could have paid far more attention to this key moment.
You could see the possibility of subtlety eroding from the very beginning, when Rhonda Brown's Julia and Paul A. Dunne as Roger began posing and over-projecting from the moment they got on stage, instead of sliding into staginess by degrees as the power of the fourth wall affected them. It's not that these performances aren't strong; I'd just like to see them more modulated. Scott McLean is a hoot as Floyd -- he's all over the stage, leaping, emoting, lecturing, full of insane enthusiasms. So it seems churlish to say that I wish he'd tone it down a bit, but I do. It seems to me his performance could be just as full of pep and feeling without distracting so much from the wry comedy of the script.
It's not that The Fourth Wall is a profound play. It isn't, though it does have some depths. Or that it's not meant to be funny. Of course it is. But it's also a very smart and thoughtful playwright's take on how we should respond to a corrupt body politic, and on the role of art in a culture where things have gone this wrong. To use it for nothing but shallow comedy and brittle characterization seems to me mistaken.
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Those following the "Locutions to the World" posted by Monsignor Esseff of a soul who he is directing will be interested to learn that the final locution (of these ones for the general public) was given on July 11 2012.
Jul 11th, 2012
I take you slowly, step by step, down this road. I go slowly so you can see where you are walking. When we arrive at the end, you are fully certain. There have been so many little steps over a long period of time, all leading in the same direction.
So, where have these messages led you since they began? Many parts are very clear and to these, you can cling in faith.
The Five Themes
First, this is the Age of the Woman Clothed in With the Sun, a special age when the world will need the protection and guidance that I will provide.
Second, this is an age of great upheaval, never before seen on earth because, beneath the surface, evil is boiling over and is bound to pour out in many places in many different ways.
Third. Mankind has lost its faith in heaven and has taken to itself all power. It does not call on heaven's help and does not want to hear heaven's voice.
Fourth, the time is very near when shocking, inconceivable events might occur.
Fifth, it is not too late. Prayer is always answered and, sometimes, heaven acts without being invited, when the results would be too catastrophic.
This is the picture. The road I have slowly led you down by all of these messages. Anyone who has read them will agree that these have been the themes, explained over and over again. I began to speak over 18 months ago. Now is the time to bring these messages to a conclusion. Let them stand as a permanent guiding light to all the world. I conclude them because they have a lasting value and should not be the subject of speculation.
In the future, I will find another, more powerful way of communicating with my children. Let them see these messages for what they are – a gift of my special love for them.
While I say "goodbye", I also say that I am with you always in the depth of your hearts. Listen in silence and I will speak clearly.


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Report from the Yemen Post of a substantial addition to U.S. Marines in Yemen. (About 50 Marines were used last year to secure the U.S. Embassy.) According to this report (I can find no other current report yet), 1,700 Marines were deployed, 200 for the Embassy and 1,500 sent to al-Anad air base. This report appears to be accurate because of the information appearing in an earlier news report from the Yemen Times.
Al-Anad air field is the site from whence the U.S. conducts drone operations. It was attacked in early May. Three Yemeni pilots were killed. Fuel tanks were ignited, almost reaching a large fuel depot. This Yemen Times article contains the following informative remarks:
"Lieutenant Colonel Ahmed Qaed, an officer in Brigade 90 stationed at Al-Anad base, told the Yemen Times this was not the first attack on the base.
"At the end of 2012 there was an attempted bombing on American troops who are stationed inside the base. American troops have been operating drone strikes from the base since 2012, Qaed said.
"'Since the American drones were brought here, we're always busy. We have to defend them from Al-Qaeda attacks. The drones are always taking off,' Muthana said.
"Al-Anad airbase is located in Lahj, 60 kilometers to the north of Aden and is the largest military airbase in Yemen."
I surmise that the additional Marines have been sent to protect the base and for other operations, such as training Yemenis. That is what General Dempsey said earlier this year.
Furthermore, the timing is related to attacks on Yemen's main pipeline by "tribesmen".
The Reuters report on the pipeline attacks notes
"Yemen's stability is a priority for the United States and its Gulf Arab allies because of its strategic position next to oil exporter Saudi Arabia and shipping lanes, and because [it] is home to one of al Qaeda's most active wings."
The Yemen Post article states
"Whether or not related, the arrival of yet more American troops to Yemen coincide[s] with a remark made by U.S. Senator John McCain early June that the Houthis (a group of Zaidi rebel organized under the leadership of Abdel-Malek al-Houthi) are now posing a bigger threat to Yemen' stability than al-Qaeda."
There is more to understanding the American intrusion into Yemen, including the religious divisions, a weak economy and rising anger at the U.S. drones killing innocent Muslims.
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A man from Maine was sentenced in the death of a Seminole County firefighter on Monday.
Daniel Porter was sentenced to 30 years in prison with 16 years suspended to serve.
Porter pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the death of Jerry Perdomo last month.
Perdomo's widow, Tanya Perdomo, was in court for the sentencing.
Porter told Tanya Perdomo that he was beyond sorry for his role in the incident and that he will live with the actions for the rest of his life.
Detectives said Jerry Perdomo made repeated trips to Maine to deal in prescription drugs.
Investigators said Porter shot and killed Perdomo more than a year ago over a debt.
Porter was also sentenced to pay almost $12,000 in restitution to Perdomo's family.
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Anyone got any study suggestions for A&P 2? it's definitely a lot more challenging than A&P 1 due to more physiology instead of anatomy. Next exam is Tuesday & a lot of material I haven't covered yet. Also taking patho... Read More
- 0Feb 16, '13 by emmaleedQuote from mjo07Yes you're 100% right!! A lot of the answers are not right.. I prefer making my own notecards on quizlet.Just wanted to share some info about quizlet. I used it sometimes for A&P1 and noticed many questions from previous tests posted with answers. They were a bit useful but I decided not to use it much because I noticed many questions with the wrong answers. It would probably work better if you made your own flashcards and make sure not to rely on others, as they might not be correct.
- 0Feb 16, '13 by i♥wordsQuote from emmaleedThis is exactly what I did in A&P 2. I use Quizlet for almost every class because the games and test on there help me a LOT. I also watched a lot of YouTube videos and outlined the chapters in the textbook. Sometimes I rewrote my notes, and my professor recorded lectures so I often rewatched those. Writing out and numbering processes also helped. Mostly I found that I needed a lot of different study options to finally be able to put it together in my head.I've taken both A&P and A&P II. They were both a little challenging, but I'm sure you can handle it! The best way for me to study is to talk aloud.. For example, the process of blood going through the heart, I would each step aloud to myself and it really helps me remember it! I used to make note cards for everything, but I found writing it all out takes too long! I also like to use quizlet.com .. You can make note cards (which is much quicker typing than writing down) and then go through them and play games to help you remember! And if you have an iphone, there is a quizlet app you can download for free so you can access the notecards at anytime! This really helps me because if I'm waiting in line or have a few minutes of free time I can just grab my phone and study
- 0Feb 16, '13 by LPNhopefullSFCim a very audio/visual person but my A&P2 professor doesn't even go over half the concepts covered on the tests. i like to read the section in the book and then youtube it so someone can explain it better. i really like interactivebiology on youtube. hes helped me a ton on A&P1 and with the heart so far in A&P2. not only can i hear him explaining it but he also demonstrates it.


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What are the Good Qualities of an Entrepreneur
The key factor of being a successful person is not just having the knowledge or the skill but also possessing good qualities. Yes, becoming an entrepreneur is sometimes not an easy task but it will be your overall personality and attitude that will help you get to the top.If you are also planning to be an entrepreneur one of these days, you must not forget to let good qualities be your guide.
Each person has his or her own weakness and strengths. If you are entering the business world, you can still work for your weaknesses. You must not lose hope if you see some things in your personality that can get you down in the future. By having the will to change them, there will always have a big room for improvement. You must also not forget to ask for these good qualities in prayer because it works in mysterious ways.
What are the Good Qualities of an Entrepreneur?
The top good quality on the list is leadership. The maxim, leaders are born, not made is just a myth. The truth is, they can be made through life's lessons and challenges. Being a leader does not just mean that you will command people who are lower your position. To be a good leader, you must be a good follower and a good example to them as well. By possessing this quality, you must have both interpersonal and managerial skills which include coaching, planning, evaluating and motivating the employees and staff.
Self-confidence is also a prerequisite quality for entrepreneurs. How can you accomplish something if you do not trust yourself right? If you think you have a low self-esteem, there are still ways on how you can improve it. Just look up your strengths and not your weaknesses because they will just cause you to fail. Of course, to be confident in doing something, you must also assess your capabilities. If you think your skill is suitable to a certain business, then go for it. But if your passion and skill is in music, just forget about starting up a restaurant.
Yes, confidence is good but over-confidence is bad. If you have this kind of attitude, you might just push others away assuming that you have a big head. So, just keep everything in balance to avoid troubles.
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Hinsdale Central was up comfortably throughout but had to hold off several late Glenbard West charges to win 57-53, according to High School Cube News.
Hinsdale Central 57, Glenbard West 53
Hinsdale Central (13-5, 5-1 WSC Silver) never relinquished the lead against the Hilltoppers (7-9, 1-4), but nearly blew a 13-point halftime advantage and a 10-point fourth quarter cushion. The Devils kept the Hilltoppers at bay by going 10-of-12 from the line in the fourth quarter and got key defensive rebounds from junior center Matt Rafferty to preserve the road conference win on Friday.
The Devils, up 50-47 with 48 seconds left, went coast-to-coast after a timeout with crisp passes from junior guard Jordan Bradshaw to Rafferty to senior forward Grant Lillard, who finished the play with a layup to make it a two-possession game once again.
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The authors use a cosmological simulation to characterize the rates at which galaxies form new stars.
The authors of this work report the discovery of the most distant, spectroscopically-confirmed galaxy found to date, which presently lies about 30 billion light years from Earth. The galaxy is being observed as it was at a time just 700 million years after the Big Bang, which is a mere 5% of the universe's current age of 13.8 billion years.
The central question of this Letter is how and when the Milky Way assembled its stellar mass. This issue is addressed by tracing the formation history of spiral galaxies which closely resemble the Milky Way.
TITLE: Comparing the Ancient Star Formation Histories of the Magellanic Clouds AUTHORS: Daniel R. Weisz, Andrew E. Dolphin, Evan D. Skillman, Jon Holtzman, Julianne J. Dalcanton, Andrew A. Cole, Kyle Neary AUTHORS' INSTITUTION: University of Washington The evolution of galaxies can be investigated in two ways: we can observe galaxies at farther distances to get a picture of […]
The authors have identified several satellite galaxies confined to a plane in their orbits around our nearest neighbor, the Andromeda Galaxy. Such a planar structure is perhaps at odds with our current understanding of galaxy formation.
Pairs of dwarf galaxies in the Local Group are much more common than what expected from N-body/semi-analytic models of galaxy formation.
Astronomers in Leiden have measured star formation rates across a large range in redshift with H-alpha spectroscopy for the first time, which is a huge leap forward in our ability to compare the local Universe with high-redshift.
In this paper, the authors describe a new galaxy simulation that includes molecular hydrogen, the site of star formation, and discuss what happens with and without it.
Researchers at Caltech have used data from the Keck Baryonic Structure Survey to place quantitative constraints on the circumgalactic medium around galaxies at z~2. Measurements like these help us fine-tune our understanding of the interplay between gas and galaxies and, ultimately, galaxy formation and evolution.
When the light from a distant quasar finally arrives at Earth, it often carries far more information than it did when it was emitted – the shadows of gas and galaxies that have intervened over the cosmic distances between us and the source. These features can tell us how the universe evolves in both space and time, by allowing us to sample both low and high redshifts for structures that would not otherwise be visible. This paper uses a new IR spectrograph, FIRE, deployed on the Magellan 6.5 m telescopes, to present the first high-redshift sample of Mg II absorption systems, including the most distant Mg II system yet found (z = 5.33). The authors show that the number of strong Mg II systems appears to peak and decline in number along with the star formation history of the universe, suggesting a correlation between the two, while weak Mg II systems stay mysteriously constant.


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wow i was really all sad as shit yesterday. ive come to realize that there is no love for stacy like i thought there was. it was just i was so sad as hell that i thought maybe if i tried i could make something happen that can never ever happen. yes i admit it i do like caley. now i seem to like her alot but hey, andrew got to her first. and maddy cant yell at me because she likes her too. she also likes daniel and ryan (who she said she could never like that way because they had a brother sister relationship) thats cool though. i mean sure im taking a long break but that doesnt mean its over forever. even though chances are she'll find someone better than me and she'll end us forever. ut who really knows right? so anyways i need to stop getting jealous over every guy who gets close to maddy. its a bad habit. she said last night that i never got jealous when we were going out but when we broke up that i was constantly jealous. what she doesnt know is all those people i hit and kicked and swore at who actually sat there and told me irther that they liked her, they wanted tofuck her, they did fuck her, she was a whore, or the average "man that maddy chick is hot as fuck!" i never took the time to tell her about those assholes. maybe i should have. that sorta made me laugh, remembering the look on those peoples faces when i told them that i was maddys boyfriend. well shit im hungry so im gona go
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Cranberry Almond White Chocolate Tart
- At November 14, 2013
- By foodnessgracious
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I know we still have Thanksgiving to get through but as Christmas gets closer, you'll start to see more and more cranberry recipes. I love the muffins and loaf cakes you see filled with plump cranberries and orange zest, but I wanted to make something a little different. It was actually the color of cranberries and a popular dessert from England- the bakewell tart- that inspired me to make this.
You can find bakewell tarts available in almost every bakery back home. A buttery crust is filled with raspberry jam and then topped with a ground almond and egg batter, also known as frangipane to make a super moist sponge cake. The top of the tart is usually covered with a thin layer of fondant icing and a cherry is plopped in the middle. Cranberry and white chocolate are true besties so I skipped the traditional fondant and went with a simple drizzle of white chocolate in it's place. I hope the people of Bakewell Village don't get too upset at me!
This tart isn't that difficult to make but can be a little time consuming. Try and make the cranberry relish, filling and tart shell all a day ahead and then just put the tart together the next day. I reduced my fresh cranberries down to a relish consistency and used them to cover the bottom of the tart. Once the frangipane was ready, all I had to do was dollop it onto the prepared crust and spread it out evenly with a spatula. Top with some slivered almonds and let the oven do the rest! I slightly adapted this version from The Smitten Kitchen and used Deb's tart shell recipe which was really easy to work with. Eating this tart brought back some memories for me and half of it's gone already!
- For The Cranberry Spread:
- 2 cups fresh cranberries
- 1 large orange zest and juice
- 3 tbsp sugar
- ½ cup water
- ¼ cup red wine
- For The Pie Shell:
- 1½ cups all purpose flour
- ½ cup confectioners sugar
- ¼ tsp salt
- 9 tbsp cold butter, chopped
- 1 large egg
- For The Filling:
- 1 cup chopped almonds
- 1½ tbsp all purpose flour
- ⅔ cup sugar
- 9 tbsp unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 1 large egg
- 1 large egg white
- Zest of one orange
- ½ tsp almond extract
- More almonds for garnishing if desired
- ½ cup white chocolate, melted
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- Prepare the cranberry relish. Heat the cranberries, orange zest and juice, sugar, wine and water in a small pot until boiling. Simmer for about 15 minutes until the mixture thickens.
- In a food processor, combine the flour, sugar and salt and pulse until mixed. Add the butter gradually and mix until combined. Finally add the egg and pulse gently just until the dough comes together.
- Roll the dough into a ball and place in the fridge for 30 minutes.
- When the dough has been chilled, roll it out large enough to easily fill a 9 inch tart pan. Prick the base with a fork and bake for about 10 minutes in the oven. Let cool while you make the filling.
- Using the food processor, grind the almonds and flour together. Add the sugar and then the butter, extract and zest. Blend until smooth.
- Add the egg and egg white and pulse until everything is mixed. Transfer to a bowl and cover.
- Spread enough of the cranberry relish over the base of the pre-baked tart shell to cover it. Spread the almond mixture evenly over the cranberry and smooth it out with a spoon or spatula.
- Sprinkle with more chopped almonds and bake in the oven for about 45-50 minutes and the top is golden brown. Let cool.
- Drizzle the top of the tart with a melted white chocolate and dust with powdered sugar if desired.
Adapted from The Smitten Kitchen, http://smittenkitchen.com/blog/2010/03/bakewell-tart/
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I wish I can have a slice now! Looks so tempting!November 14, 2013
Thanks Angie :)November 14, 2013
This is gorgeous! Bakewell tarts will always bring back such fond memories of the year I lived in England, and I love that you paired cranberries and white chocolate. I'm adding this to my holiday baking list so I can take a little trip down memory lane!November 14, 2013
It's certainly an attractive tart. So is "Bakewell" the actual name of the village? GREGNovember 14, 2013
It sure is Greg, also known for Bakewell pudding :)November 14, 2013
Would a premade crust work to save some time?November 14, 2013
It would work great Melissa, thanks :)November 14, 2013
Such a gorgeous tart!November 14, 2013
Thanks ;)November 15, 2013
This looks gorgeous and the cranberry-white chocolate combo is one of my FAVES. Yum!November 15, 2013
A classic combo Steph!November 15, 2013
This is gorgeous, Gerry. Funny, I made a similar tart, except in tartlet size and with raspberry jam. And low carb and gluten-free, of course. But I called it Frangipane tarts…they seem to be very similar to Bakewell. Who cares what we call it when it's delicious, right?November 15, 2013
Could be called anything as long as it tastes delicious. Of course for SEO purposes we should call it by a proper name, right? ;)November 15, 2013
This is a beautiful tart Gerry. Love your photos, love the white chocolate drizzle, I love everything about it!November 15, 2013
Gorgeous tart, your white chocolate drizzle is perfection!November 16, 2013
Thanks Laura!!November 16, 2013
The drizzle on this is beautiful, calling my name to eat a piece! :)November 19, 2013
We appreciate the use of fresh cranberries in this recipe! Thank you!November 24, 2013
[…] been eyeing both on many blogs, and laughed to see my friend Gerry of Foodness Gracious post a version with cranberries and white chocolate (his was gluten-y and sugar-y), a few days after I created mine. But I was apparently in no rush to […]January 08, 2014


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Gunjan Utreja's exit from the popular show Madhubala - Ek Ishq Ek Junoon was as sudden as his entry in the show two months back when the show took a leap of 20 years resulting in Vivian Dsena quitting it. Things however changed a lot after Vivian re-entered the show and Gunjan's character as Abhay Kapoor turned out and out negative. With the track of the show going haywire, other actors like Deepshikha Nagpal too announced her exit along with Gunjan. While there are reports of the show going off air too, Puneet Sachdev too claims that he has not been shooting for many days now, "I realised that I was not required much for the shoot when I was on the sets so I kept on asking them about it. Finally, I was told to hold on for a month till I was required and it has been almost two weeks now since then!" Kishwer Merchantt too has not been seen on the show for a long time now.
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A brother's search, a family reunited
For 52 years, older brother Orlando Garduno searched for the triplets he had lost when his family was torn apart in Hoquiam. By finding each other, they found themselves.
Seattle Times staff columnist
CHIMAYO, N.M. — Their eyes. Three pairs, brown like his, all gazing back.
Orlando Garduno lost his triplet sisters 52 years ago. During their improbable reunion last July, he could not look away. He reveled in that precious sight, erasing time, soothing his pain.
In that moment, Orlando was 12 again, caring for his baby sisters in a Hoquiam shack with four other siblings. No mother. No father. As the oldest, he was forced to act older.
When Orlando peered into their eyes in 1959, he understood his mission, and he protected his family for several weeks.
Then the authorities intervened, separated the children, and the rest, Orlando said, "is a bad story, man."
The twerps — he used to call them. Angela, Betty and Carol Kniseley hadn't changed, really. Different names: Susan Walters, Debbie Custer and Janna Kach. But he knew his little sisters.
Their eyes didn't reflect his struggle, a half century of searching and fearing and grieving. The twerps, now 52-year-old married women with children, looked back with gratitude.
"It felt like he was soaking in 50 years," Debbie said. "It felt like a sacred moment."
Later, Orlando invited all his kin to meet the triplets at his home, a self-made abode in the foothills of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains in northern New Mexico, a 1,500-mile trek from the Washington state town where the family was torn apart. He stood before a packed house and raised a glass of wine.
"To my sisters, the princesses," he said. "I have them back."
He wanted to say more, but his tears were too strong.
That night, in a quiet moment with his wife of 46 years, Sally, Orlando finished his thought.
"I can die now," he said. "My sisters are home."
A father's dark secret
On the surface, it was an ordinary love story. Calvin Kniseley met Theresa Valdez in Denver in the late 1950s. They were both in their early 30s. She already had four children. They fell in love, wed, and in 1958, they had their first child, Elizabeth.
Orlando remembers his stepfather as a tall, handsome, bald man who wore fancy suits. He was a machinist, and "a real brilliant man," Orlando recalled. He was nice to the children, but he was always antsy.
Kniseley had a dark secret: He had robbed a bank in Detroit and escaped from prison. The family returned to New Mexico, Theresa's home. And in 1959, the parents were shocked to learn Theresa was pregnant with triplets.
When they were born on March 27, 1959, The Albuquerque Tribune announced the news on its front page, complete with photos of Theresa and the triplets. It also included Calvin's worst nightmare: his name, address and place of employment. No longer anonymous, Kniseley moved the family, now with eight children, again.
They went to Utah, then Oregon. Finally, Kniseley brought them to Hoquiam, and he found a job in a machine shop.
"And from there, it's kind of hard for me to talk about," said Orlando.
A few months later, Kniseley fled, this time by himself. Theresa, whom Orlando described as a beautiful and loving but temperamental mother, became mentally ill and spent the rest of her life in and out of hospitals. So Orlando, who was just shy of 13, was left to care for his seven siblings — 10-year-old Jerry, 10-year-old Michael, 4-year-old Patsy, 1-year-old Elizabeth and the triplets.
He begged the dairyman for milk. He used a water hose to clean the triplets' diapers and reused them. Angela, Betty and Carol were ill and malnourished. Orlando did his best to help them survive.
After a few weeks, a neighbor called the police. The children were placed in foster care, and eventually, the five older kids were sent to Denver or northern New Mexico, where they had relatives. But the triplets' foster mother, Ruby Rowe, convinced a judge that the babies had ear infections and couldn't fly. Orlando was told the triplets would join him once they were healthy.
Instead, they vanished from his life.
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For the next 52 years, the triplets' disappearance haunted Orlando. He returned to Washington state four times to search for them, but he didn't know they had been adopted and had their names changed.
Theresa's brother tried to get custody of the triplets but was denied. In April 1960, Grays Harbor County Superior Court Judge Warren Poyhonen removed the family's legal rights to the triplets.
Rowe took good care of the girls until they were adopted, when they were 13 months old. She was in her 60s, but she managed with the help of her daughter, Ruth Johnson. Because the girls were identical, the mother and daughter sometimes would take ballpoint pens and write the first letter of their names on their feet to keep them straight.
Walter Peterson and his wife, Joy, adopted the triplets and moved them to an 80-acre farm in Spokane. Walter was a lawyer, and Joy was a teacher. Rowe remained in their lives. They told the girls of a courageous brother who cared for them because their mother was ill. They shared a baby picture taken of the triplets and Orlando. They never knew the name of their lost brother.
The triplets grew up and married. Susan lives in Modesto, Calif. The other two stayed in the state: Debbie in Edmonds, Janna in Carnation. The three talk almost daily. They're all housewives who are humble, dependable, deeply religious and private. Susan has a disarming personality. Debbie analyzes people and situations. Janna is the organizer.
The triplets had been curious about Orlando, but they loved their adoptive parents so much that they never pushed to search for him.
"We had a wonderful childhood," Susan said. "But thinking about where we came from, it was really kind of painful. We felt an allegiance to our adoptive parents, and we never wanted them to feel like their love wasn't enough. So, it was really a secret pain."
Orlando's pain couldn't be ignored. One brother, Jerry, was shot dead during a fight with a cousin in 1973. His brother Michael died of pneumonia in 1982. He wasn't close to Patsy, who was adopted by an uncle, until later in life. And like the triplets, Elizabeth had disappeared as the kids were shuffled from home to home.
"In my life, I've traveled all over the world, looking for my sisters, looking for the meaning of things," said Orlando, who had retired as a hospital executive in New Mexico. "It's a beautiful Earth."
He paused and thought again about the sins of his stepfather. "You know what makes this world bad?" he asked. "It's the people. Hate to say, but it's true."
A box of revelations
Susan kept that old picture of the triplets and Orlando in a jewelry box and prayed they might one day meet their brother. Debbie often dreamed of a dark, unfinished house, and as she moved down the hall, each room grew brighter and brighter. Her husband, Mike Custer, would tell her, "You're getting closer to meeting your brother."
Debbie envisioned the road back to Orlando would start with a knock on the door. The knock came last spring. It was a woman named Jolene Gladsjo.
Gladsjo, 68, was the granddaughter of Ruby Rowe and the daughter of Ruth Johnson, the foster family who nursed the triplets back to health. Ruby died in 1980, and Ruth in 2009. While sifting through some old boxes, Gladsjo found letters between Rowe and Orlando dating back 52 years and letters between Rowe and their mother, Theresa.
At last, the triplets knew their brother's name, and within weeks, they contacted him. Just as important, by reading those letters, they realized how much Orlando and Theresa loved them. The correspondence stopped once the triplets were adopted, proof that their family hadn't tossed them aside.
One letter from Theresa was sent a day after the triplets' first birthday. In it, the mother expresses her love and desire to reunite with the girls.
"May God permit us to be reunited again in a Happy Family," she writes to end the letter.
Theresa died in 1992. But Orlando was very much alive. After contacting an aunt, Janna connected with Orlando last May.
"Good to hear from you," Orlando said over the phone. "I've been looking for you."
A family reunited
The triplets flew to New Mexico to visit Orlando in July and again this month. Their sister Patsy also traveled from Denver to attend both reunions. The young, handsome brother in their picture was now 65, heavy, diabetic, struggling with gout in both feet and receiving dialysis three times a week. But he was still their hero.
For the past six months, Orlando has talked to each sister at least once a week. He's always good for a funny comment. But he has cried with them, too.
"I looked for you in every crowd," he told his sisters.
Natalie Kach, one of Janna's three children, said the triplets never shared their story. "They wouldn't talk about it — ever. My cousin, Rachel, and I would kind of speculate, 'What is out there? Why don't they try to find anyone?' It was so locked down. Once they found Orlando, it allowed them to open up. All of a sudden, my mom is talking about it."
The triplets also visited their mother's grave in Vadito, N.M. A cousin told them their biological father died in prison.
Even though Orlando was the only child who had a lifelong relationship with his mother, he spoke for all his siblings with the headstone inscription.
It reads: "Our Beloved Mother."
An unexpected ending
Before they said goodbye, Orlando, the triplets and Patsy posed together for pictures near Orlando's orchard.
After five minutes, Orlando's legs grew wobbly, but he insisted on taking more photos. After 10 minutes, the sisters were keeping him upright. They locked their arms inside their big brother's arms, and he smiled through the pain. They stood silent, the clicks of cameras sounding like seconds ticking on a clock.
When they finished, the sisters and their husbands walked Orlando back to the house. He took hard breaths and could take only a step every three seconds. His health would not hinder his spirit, however.
"I'm 65, and I'm still good looking," he joked.
The family — his family — laughed. "This is a happy, happy family reunion," he said. "And I never dreamed of it. My heart is full, full of love."
For the next week, Orlando replayed the visit for all his family and friends. He couldn't stop talking about the triplets. He had reunited with his sisters, and the rest, Orlando now said, "is a beautiful story, man."
"But the ending will be unexpected," he told a friend.
A few days later, on Nov. 9, Orlando trudged to his car on a crisp autumn morning. He sat down, lifted his keys to the ignition, and his heart, vigilant for all those years, seized.
He slumped over the steering wheel, causing the horn to honk. Sally, his wife, ran out to the car, but she already knew what she would find.
I can die now. My sisters are home.
Their beloved brother.
Jerry Brewer: 206-464-2277 or email@example.com.
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Seattle Times researcher Miyoko Wolf contributed to this report.
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To many a bright-eyed first year medical student, there's one experience that marks a real turning point or 'rite of passage' into the medical field. That moment when textbook studies leave the stage, and actual flesh and bone take the spotlight.
Enter gross anatomy 101. Human dissection.
As an early hub for modern medicine and education, Philadelphia was a nexus for both the science and art of human anatomy, with famed anatomists like Dr. William Osler leading dissections in his University of Pennsylvania lab in the late 1800s, to renowned painters like Thomas Eakins capturing those cuts on canvas.
More than a century after these early pioneers made their first incisions, the anatomy lab still plays a vital, though evolving role in medical school. And it's an experience that aspiring doctors like Frances Ding, Megha Mandalaywala and Samuel Werner – all first year medical students at Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine [RowanSOM] who are about to embark on their first lab of the year — may carry throughout their entire medical career.
The anticipation
It's a Friday afternoon in early November when several dozen first-year medical students at RowanSOM, most in their early twenties, filter into a lab room and prepare to meet the very first 'patient' of their formal medical training.
"I'll be interested to see how emotional I'll be," said first-year Frances Ding. "She doesn't know what kind of doctor she wants be, but says today will be an important test, whether she'll be able to make it through the rest of her training, and more immediately, whether she can make it through the lab without fainting. "I think you get into medical school and you're convinced you want to do it, but until you've had that experience, it's hard to be 100 percent sure."
For Megha Mandalaywala, a lot of buildup to this day came from family.
"My parents, when they found out when I was going to med school asked 'when does anatomy lab start?'" recalls Mandalaywala. "Because they know that's how you learn, the body is so fundamental to this career. That's who we're treating, we're treating people and diseases that affect their bodies."
Mandalaywala and Ding are nervous but also really excited.
"You have to understand, it's a weird emotion to have," says Mandalaywala, thinking about the fact that she and others will be spending the next three hours dissecting a dead body.
"It's going to be intense," says Samuel Werner, an aspiring primary care doctor, steps away from entering the lab, who describes his heart racing. "There's an overwhelming presence that there are dozens of vessels that once carried souls within that room, no matter how [you] dismantle them [you] can't hide what their original purpose was."
Getting to know the 'patient'
The lab has two sessions. Students in the alternating one have already made the first incisions, peeling back the skin and removing some of the ribs.
Werner, Mandalaywala and Ding, suit up in scrubs, break off into different groups, five per table. Today's assignment? Removing and examining the heart.
"In text books everything has a very defined shape, that is not the case at all," says Ding, as she and her group try to figure out how to remove the heart without damaging other vital nerves and muscles. "Everything is the shape it is to fit the body."
15 bodies wrapped in cloth and plastic rest on metal tables. The heads and almost everything else are completely covered, except for the chest cavity, which is totally exposed, wide open, bleeding shades of bright burgundies and browns.
Call it adrenaline, youthful science lab excitement, or future doctor instincts kicking in, whatever apprehension Ding and others had going in has vanished. The room is abuzz with chatter as students debate how to make cuts without disrupting other important nerves and arteries, trying to identify all the nuanced features underneath the skin.
The only information students get about their bodies is the age, cause of death and the sex. That's it. No names (though some students create names). Even so, Rocco Carsia, Rowan's longtime anatomy teacher, says students will get to know them very well.
"The way we approach it here, we make the cadaver their first patient," says Carsia. "Everything that goes along with it, the uncertainties, they learn secrets about the cadaver probably the patient themselves never realized. The kind of abnormalities they see, the students find them out in these investigations."
In his more than 20 years, Carsia has only seen two students faint.
Changes to anatomy lab
Human anatomy education has changed in recent years, with more and more schools using three-dimensional imaging tools and other technological advances like ultrasounds. Even so, it's an "adjunctional piece," according to Jennifer McBride, head of histology at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner School of Medicine and leader of the International Anatomy Education Federation. "There really is no replacement for looking at a cadaver."
In a 2009 survey of medical schools, McBride did find the number of hours allocated for anatomy lab have declined, as schools work to squeeze in more subjects. But "no school to my knowledge has gotten rid of the cadaver experience."
McBride says schools are also experimenting with prosection verses dissection instructional techniques. In the case of prosection, students may zero in on a specific body structure prepped by an experienced anatomist.
Inside the RowanSOM lab, Carsia doesn't lead any part of the class. Instead he walks around, checking in as students take charge. The point is for them to integrate what they learn here into their clinical development. Each group has a 'lead dissector,' who has previewed that day's topic.
Werner and others focus on removing the heart, without disrupting other important nerves and parts of the body. It's an art.
Each group's body has a different story, a different history, and with that different dissection challenges. Mandalaywala's table's heart probably had a pacemaker. It has wires in it. The heart is also unusually large, requiring two hands to handle it.
"It's really complicated," she says, with a light laugh. "It's a mess but we're learning, right? That's the whole process."
Over the next two hours, students peel back layers, trying to identify and understand the different chambers and arteries.
"Until you actually see the way and feel the way its connected, understanding how one thing works in relation to another, you're never going to have that special understanding, says Werner, pondering how to best maneuver cuts into the heart of a woman who died at the age of 107.
At another table, a student gasps, as she first lays eyes on the intricate tree branch-like patterns of the heart muscles.
As the 3 1/2 hour lab comes to a close, Mandalaywala and others provide in some ways the only real care they can to the bodies, redressing and wrapping them up. Spraying them with fluids to keep them from drying up.
It's intimate, lifting hands, catching details and reminders of a life once lived.
Post lab processing
Stepping out of the lab, Mandalaywala is already looking forward to the next session.
"Finally, it feels like I'm in med school, you know?!" she says.
Reflecting afterwards, Ding found the experience validating.
"I'm surprised to see how easy I was able to disassociate the task of what I was doing from the person, the patient," says Ding, adding that she's grateful to those who chose to donate their bodies for the purpose of students' learning and development. "I definitely think if I was faced in a real life situation, I wouldn't be hung up on that."
Werner is still processing, thinking about how the experience is changing his view of his own mortality and choices.
"I was literally holding in my hands a human heart. Not only a human heart, but a heart that belonged to a human" says Werner. "I could see reflected in my hands the life that she chose to lead. Once you hold that how can you not moving forward, enter into a new life where you won't consciously be thinking about what choices you make will have on the physical reality around you?"
After the year-long course comes to a close this spring, the donated bodies are cremated, with the cremains returned to families. Students will hold a memorial service, where they'll read essays, recite poetry, to honor those donated their bodies.
But for now, in what was just moments ago a booming room, full of life and energy, these bodies rest, wrapped up, waiting till next class, to serve as silent teachers for this next generation of doctors.


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God's Great Big Kingdom – a sermon for Ordinary 20
Unfortunately, the sermon audio failed to record. So no podcast this week.
It is rumored that 20th Century theologian Karl Barth once said that preachers need to preach with the bible in one hand and the newspaper in the other. Barth suggests that a preacher's job is to interpret current events through the eyes of scripture.
There has been a lot of news this past week, and indeed all summer, that has been troubling. From the events in Ukraine, the war between Israel and Hamas, the flood of child refugees fleeing unspeakable violence in Central America, to the murder of an unarmed teenager and an overzealous police department breaking up a prayer vigil with tear gas.
My heart has been breaking this week, and I have had a hard time finding any hope to cling to. Where can we find hope amidst the pain, the injustice, and the violence? It seems like we are destined to repeat history. Do we ever learn?
Did the disciples?
Our scripture reading this morning from the Gospel of Matthew is a troubling one. At first glance it seems that Jesus is insulting the Canaanite woman. But maybe I have been reading it wrong all these years. Read more…
Eternal Life – A sermon for the 7th Sunday of Easter
The audio version of this sermon can be found here.
This past Thursday was the day in the church calendar when we observe Ascension Day, the day 40 days after the resurrection when Jesus returns to heaven. Luke, who wrote both the gospel bearing his name and the book of Acts, explains to us the experience the disciples had on that day.
As the disciples are standing there watching, two angels come and stand there with him and speak one of my favorite lines in the New Testament. The Message version of the bible translates it as "You Galileans! Why do you just stand here looking up at an empty sky?" In other words, get to work! Jesus gave you a job to do, so don't just stand here and look at the sky. Get to it!
Our gospel reading this morning from John offers up his understanding of Jesus' hopes and prayer for his disciples – and us today – as he prepares to leave them. The reading comes at the end of the section of John known as the "farewell discourse," where Jesus instructs his disciples on what is to come. As those words and actions, including the well known narratives of washing the disciples feet and the sharing of a last meal come to a close, Jesus turns his attention away from the disciples and begins to pray for his disciples – and for us.
Of the things he prays for, one thing stood out to me this week – the prayer for and explanation of eternal life. It's not too often we get a straight forward definition of eternal life, but here it is in verse 3: And this is eternal life, that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.
Eternal life is a major theme of the New Testament. Jesus says that he has come to offer eternal life and Paul reminds us that eternal life in Christ Jesus is a gift from God. But this all begs the question – is eternal life some sort of future blessing if we are "good" Christians, or is it something we have here and now, and what does that mean?
For generations, eternal life has been defined as a future blessing that we will receive when we die and go to heaven. While this is definitely scripturally based, I think it is a myopic view of eternal life. It discounts this very passage and Jesus's prayer for us.
This is eternal life: to know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you sent.
Eternal life is to know God and to know Jesus. Not just in some future moment, but here and now. What if it were that simple? How would this change how we see our lives? How could this change our perceptions of God?
Eternal life is to know God and to know Jesus. Of course, what it means to know God is key.
There are two different words for "know" in Greek. The first is 'oida,' which suggests a cognitive knowledge, knowledge coming from observation and education.
The other Greek word is 'ginosko,' meaning a progression of knowledge implying an active relationship between two people. Sort of like when two people begin dating and get to know each other over the course of time.
Throughout John's Gospel, knowing God is described in the second manner. Knowing God is synonymous with being in a relationship with God.
Eternal life is to know God and to know Jesus. To be one with each other and with God in Christ. That is Jesus' prayer for us, that we will be one just as God and Jesus are one. And knowing God will transform us and our lives to be more Christ-like. Are you ready for that? We may then find ourselves, laying down ourselves – and our own priorities, our own goals, our own desires for achievement, success and fame. We may even end up humbling ourselves just as Jesus did.
I read a story this week by Alan Paton, a South African author, who describes in his book "Ah, But Your Land Is So Beautiful" a concrete example living into to our relationship with God no less shocking than Jesus' actions on Maundy Thursday when he embodied his commandment to love one another by washing the feet of his disciples. I found it to be a great example of what it might mean to believe we have eternal live here and now.
Paton described a situation in South Africa during apartheid. A prominent activist for human rights was killed and at his funeral, the minister refused to preside and sent everyone home because a black church had sent members to pay their respects. He would not allow blacks and whites to worship together, as it was against the law. It was a terrible insult.
The pastor of a black church, Isaiah Buti knew he must do something to try to heal this hurt and show a different way. He contacted a judge, Jan Christian Oliver, whom he believed would be sympathetic to this situation to ask him to participate in a Maundy Thursday service in which they would observe the practice of washing feet. He asked this justice to wash the feet of a church member, Martha Fortuin, who had been a servant in the judge's home and cared for his children. The judge readily agreed, though he asked to participate in the service without any prior announcement. When the pastor called Judge Oliver's name, there was an audible gasp in the congregation. The distinguished man came forward, bent down and carefully, lovingly, washed Martha's feet and dried them with a towel. Before he rose to return to his seat, he gently leaned forward and kissed the feet of the woman who had bathed his own children's feet. Some said that it cost the judge his career. He was, it was said, to be appointed as the Chief Judge of South Africa. But the judge was reputed to have said, 'Being part of that service was worth more than any chief judgeship.'"
What an example of what could happen when we live into the gift of eternal life. When we seek to be in relationship with God and each other. Because of his relationship with God, this Judge became more Christ-like and set aside his own ambitions to live the Gospel.
But we don't need to go to South Africa – we can see the effects of a relationship with God everywhere. Just as we see steams of grace flowing through Jesus in the gospel of John we can find it now as believers seek to follow his path. Who knows if you dare to want Jesus to pray for you, you may find yourself participating in eternal life and:
- Getting caught up in the overflowing love and abundant life Jesus exhibited at that wedding in Cana
- Giving way to the need for control and living into that new birth from above
- Daring to engage in conversation with the most unlikely people and marveling at their acceptance of the good news
- Discovering that there is "enough" to share with all
- Finding the words to heal the blindness of heart of those who cannot "see"
- And even, believing in the power of new life that Jesus can bring.
Eternal life is to know God and to know Jesus. To know God in Jesus is to have a living relationship. When we have a living relationship with God we are open to God's calling and the Spirit's moving in our lives. We are listening for God's still speaking voice as we seek to follow Jesus. We question, wrestle, and argue with the scriptures. We question, wrestle, and argue in prayer. We seek to live Jesus' commandments – to love our neighbors as we love ourselves.
In Jesus' prayer he did not offer a road map, but he did offer us a way to eternal life: by allowing his life to more and more become our life of faith and practice. He offered us a meal to share together and to share with him. In that meal we remember all that he has done for us; we gain strength for our own journey of faith because we are nourished by him; we receive hope that one day Jesus' prayer for us will be seen in its fullness and as we lift up our hearts to God we receive a foretaste of the joyful time when all God's people will sit at the table together and be one. – even as the God our Creator and the Son are One.
The audio for this sermon can be found here.
We know about loss. Each of us and all of us have experienced some form of loss, personally and deeply. We know this experience.
And yet, we don't talk about it very much.
Even in the church, a place that should be welcoming to us when we are in the deepest pits of despair, we rarely talk about our hurts and our pains, instead focusing on the happy-clappy good news of Jesus. In deference to being perceived as "nice Christians" who have it all together, we tend to gloss over the pain we are in and pretend that we are ok.
But when we are hurting, we can't hear the good news without acknowledging the pain of loss.
One of the reasons given in surveys when asked why people are staying away from the church is that Christians are seen as fake and ignore the bad things happening. And I would have to agree with this on one level. Especially if your experience of Christianity is what you see on TV.
But the church should be different. We should not be afraid to talk about the difficult realities of life. And when we do, we realize we are not alone in our struggles. Read more…
The audio for this sermon can be found here.
If you take this passage from John out of context and read it just on its own like we just did, it can be very confusing. Even when you do place it in the larger narrative it is a part of it can still be confusing – heck, even Jesus' hearers thought so as we see in verse 6. Shepherds, sheep, thieves, outlaws & strangers. So many things to keep track of. Then, Jesus says, "I am the gate."
Before we get it to what I see as the meat of this passage, I need to explain the context of this passage. These ten verses are part of a larger story that begins with chapter 9, and continues to the 21st verse of the 10th chapter. You may remember about six weeks ago we looked at the 9th chapter and the story of Jesus healing the blind man from birth. This is a continuation of that story, following the pattern of story telling familiar to the Gospel of John of miracle -> dialogue -> teaching. First Jesus performs a miracle, then people talk about it trying to figure out what it means, and then Jesus teaches them about it.
The audio for this sermon can be found here.
Have you ever noticed that sometimes we just associate people with what they do? Take Larry the Cable Guy. His real name is Larry Whitney. But to me, his last name is Cable Guy, middle name the. Larry the Cable Guy. There is also Dora the Explorer, Bob the Builder, and Smokey the Bear. Remember the TV show Friends? Gunther the Coffee Shop guy. And when I worked as a hospital chaplain, I introduced myself as "Jeff the Chaplain."
Then there's Thomas. He's not known as Thomas the Apostle. Or Thomas the servant of God. He is forever known as Doubting Thomas. And people say it like it's a bad thing. Read more…
Easter Courage – A sermon for Easter Sunday
Audio for this sermon can be found here.
Imagine yourself in the shoes of one of the followers named Mary. You are going to the tomb to visit, much like when we go visit the graves of loved ones today. This is the first chance you have had to go since Jesus was buried, because yesterday was the Sabbath day. As dawn is breaking, you make your way to the tomb, expecting to find a sealed grave where the two of you could have some quiet reflection and prayers for Jesus.
Then all of a sudden: BAM!
An angel comes down from heaven, seemingly so fast that it causes an earthquake. And this angel was shining like lightning and white as snow. It must have been terrifying for you. It was for the Roman guards. They were so afraid they passed right out.
Then the angel rolls away the stone covering the tomb, and then sits down on it. By now, you are probably thinking of running away as fast as possible, but the angel says to you: "Don't be afraid."
Are you kidding me? Don't be afraid? I'm downright terrified!
"Don't be afraid. I know you are looking for Jesus who was crucified. He isn't here, because he has been raised from the dead just like he said. Come, look here where they laid him. Now, hurry, go and tell the disciples. He's on his way to Galilee and you will see him there. This is his message to you."
And so filled with fear and excitement, you hurry along to go find the disciples. Read more…
"Hosanna!" to "Crucify Him!" – A Sermon for Palm Sunday
The audio for this sermon can be found here.
What a week.
At the beginning of the week you are raiding a villager's stable to get a donkey and her foal for Jesus to ride in an impromptu parade into Jerusalem. And next thing you know, you are running for your life trying to hide so that you don't get arrested for being a follower of Jesus.
What a strange week indeed.
Where did it all go wrong? Why do we go from waving palm branches and shouting "hosanna" on Sunday to shouting "crucify him!" on Friday? What happened that caused the Jerusalem establishment to want to kill Jesus and the crowd to either go along with it, or even worse – turn their backs in apathy?
Why do we go from triumphant entry to crucifixion?
I think the answer is this – unfulfilled expectation.
To explain this, we need to go back a ways. Back hundreds of years to the days when the Israelites were in exile and the prophets were telling them of a messiah that was to come and deliver them. We remember in Advent the prophet Isaiah predicts a savior will come who will come with might, his arms will rule for him. A savior who will lift the yokes of oppression.
Fast forward to the time of Jesus' birth. A baby is born who is to be called the King of the Jews. The establishment is already afraid of him – so afraid that Herod orders all baby boys be killed.
And now, under the oppressing rule of the Romans, the Israelites are yearning for freedom. And along comes this Jesus fellow. The man from Nazareth who claims to be the messiah. In Jesus the crowds see freedom from Roman rule. They see an end to their oppression. They see a political savior.
The triumphant entry into Jerusalem is full of symbolism to encourage their beliefs about Jesus. When soldiers entered villages under Roman rule, they typically entered in the same fashion as Jesus. Branches of trees were laid down in front of them. People placed their cloaks on the road for them to walk over. As Jesus is being led into Jerusalem on the back of a donkey, the crowd sees the man they think will overthrow the government and kick the Romans out for good.
Hosanna, they shout.
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!
Hosanna in the highest.
But as the week progresses, the come to realize that Jesus is not who they think he is.
Jesus spends the first three days in the Temple, teaching. And his teaching does not go well with the religious establishment. Or the crowds.
First, he wreaks havoc with the moneychangers in the temple. These where the people who took the Roman currency and exchanged it for goods that were acceptable sacrifices in the temple – Roman coins were unacceptable because the proclaimed Caesar as God. The moneychangers made a good profit in this business, something that made Jesus angry enough to toss their tables across the courtyard.
The Priests and Pharisees were probably thinking – "Whoa, who does this guy think he is?"
The crowds were probably wondering when they were going to start the coup.
But Jesus had other plans. Jesus wasn't planning a political revolution. The revolution Jesus had planned was much larger than that. In Jesus, God had come to earth, to live among us, to teach and show us a new way of living. A new way of being. Jesus wasn't interested in being the King of the Jews. He wanted to usher in the Kingdom of God.
"What? Kingdom of God? You mean you aren't going to kick out the Romans?" the crowds thought.
As Jesus taught in the temple that week, through many lessons and parables, people realized he wasn't who they thought he was.
The crowd realized he wasn't their political savior, so they moved on. And when he was crucified, most of them stayed away out of apathy.
The temple establishment saw that Jesus was out to change the status quo for them. This new way that Jesus was teaching would upset their comfortable way of life. So they conspired to find a way to have him arrested so they could turn him over to the Roman authorities as a traitor.
As we listen the story while traveling through Holy Week, we will learn of the betrayal plot by Judas, we will see the Disciples celebrate Passover and learn from Jesus the way we are to remember his sacrifice. We will be there with the disciples trying to stay awake as he prays in the garden. We will watch as he is arrested, beaten, and finally crucified. And we will ask – who is Jesus?
That is the question of Holy Week. Who is Jesus? Why did Jesus have to die on that cross?
On Easter morning, we will know the answer.
Until then, we must walk with him through Jerusalem. As we walk and learn from Jesus, and realize that he is not a political savior, how will we react? Will we, like the crowds, turn away with apathy? Or will we continue to walk with him all the way to the cross?
In the shadow of the cross it may seem that hope died that day. But as Christians, we know that joy dawns again. And when it does, we will celebrate.