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Bunratty Castle HotelBunratty, Bunratty 3.0 out of 5
Nice hotel but the sofa in my room was broken.
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Very convenient to the Shannon Airport and reasonably priced. Breakfast was good too.
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Nice location, near Shannon Airport
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Most comfortable bed on our entire ten-day trip. Great breakfast. Great location. Easy to check in and check out.
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Methodist Healthcare now offers Lifeline with AutoAlert, an enhanced medical alert service. This integrated solution offers an added layer of protection by combining the industry-leading Lifeline medical alert service with automatic fall detection capabilities. Lifeline with AutoAlert features the only pendant-style help button that can automatically call for help if a fall is detected and a senior is unable to push his or her help button. According to an internal laboratory study of simulated falls, Lifeline with AutoAlert detected 95 percent of many types of falls and had a low rate of false alarms.
Seniors are living longer and remaining in their own homes; however, falls have become an epidemic problem that jeopardizes seniors' chances to live independently. Every year in the U.S., one out of three people age 65 and over will fall.1 This statistic translates to one person falling every 2.3 seconds on average.2
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America's first, and most promising, offshore wind project was finally given the go-ahead this morning by Department of Interior Secretary Ken Salazar. The project includes 130 turbines over 24 square miles off historic Nantucket Sound with a public and private price tag of $1 billion. Salazar just gave this statement in the Massachusetts State House in Boston:
"After careful consideration of all the concerns expressed during the lengthy review and consultation process and thorough analyses of the many factors involved, I find that the public benefits weigh in favor of approving the Cape Wind project at the Horseshoe Shoal location. With this decision we are beginning a new direction in our nation's energy future, ushering in America's first offshore wind-energy facility and opening a new chapter in the history of this region."
The U.S. lags far behind other countries in Western Europe and Asia on offshore wind, many of which have robust development off their coasts. But the reason Cape Wind was held for so long was the pushback from local residents that turbines would ruin the scenic landscape and from some lawmakers who thought the project was too generous to the wind industry. Earlier this month Salazar reviewed—and later rejected—a report from a historic review panel that suggested he scrap the project. But the rationale that won had to do with the momentum of the wind sector, and specifically offshore development on the Gulf and West coasts that depended on the future of this one. Impending projects now have a reason to be hopeful. And so do environmentalists.


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Just about anyone who has a credit card, bank account or a relationship with a financial services company is likely to have agreed to settle a dispute through arbitration and forfeit the right to sue.
The legality of that practice was buttressed by the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday when it delivered yet another blow to class action lawsuits by ruling in favor of an arbitration agreement that prevents merchants from banding together to make antitrust claims against American Express Co.
The pro-consumer group Public Citizen called the decision a "stinging blow to consumers, employees and small businesses injured by corporate wrongdoing."
Here are answers to key questions about the decision and what it means for consumers.
Q. What is arbitration and how does it differ from a lawsuit?
A. Arbitration puts a case before an arbitrator - usually an attorney - instead of a judge or jury. An arbitrator's ruling is binding and can be enforced.
Businesses prefer arbitration because the process tends to be more efficient, is usually conducted in private and the amount of money that can be awarded tends to be more limited. Costs also tend to be lower in arbitration than in courtroom litigation.
Q. How do I know if a company I want to do business with is asking me to agree to such terms?
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Q. What does it mean to me if a company I'm doing business with has such a clause?
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"You won't be able to be in a class action in court," says Alan S. Kaplinsky, who chairs the Consumer Financial Services practice at the Philadelphia-based law firm Ballard Spahr LLP. "You'll either have to resolve your case informally with the company, or you'll have to go to arbitration."
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Uriel engages Apollion, and succeeds in wresting from him the rebel banner with its morning-star.
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When she had eaten these she turned to a beautiful golden-haired animal like to the morning-star.
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The founders of the Bennett School for Girls were decidedly aspirational. Founded in 1890 it was soon attracting the daughters of a number of prominent American families. Yet while some educational institutions persevere and thrive for sometimes hundreds of years, the fate of the Bennett School and its grandiose buildings was somewhat different. Now it faces imminent demolition: yet how opulent times once were.
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The school had its first premises in Irvington in New York and finally came to rest in Millbrook, Duchess County in the same state seventeen years later. Generations of well-heeled girls received their junior college education there and this two year program of study continued in to the 1970s. So what caused the school to decline of the school in to such a state of magnificent disrepair?
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Despite having an enrollment of over three hundred students at the time of its closure, not to mention a prestigious reputation, the fact that the school was traditionally girls only meant that it was no longer running with the times. It was the trend towards co-ed that killed off the institution.
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The wonderfully gothic Halcyon Hall, the schools architectural coup de grace, had been built in 1893 and was originally a five storey hotel. Yet the luxury guesthouse failed to make a profit and so was bought up by May F Bennett, the founder of the school. It thrived for decades. Looking at these eerie pictures, one can almost hear the echoes of girls' laughter on the stairwell.
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It was an ideal setting in which to educate the daughters of America's privileged social class. The campus included an outdoor theater as well as stables and a chapel – all situated in expansive and beautifully created grounds. A later state of the art science center built in 1972 (built to comply with New York's science education requirements) would help ruin the school financially.
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Although the exterior is old, much of the detritus in the interior is from the late 1970s, when the school shut its doors for the final time.
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Once, the driveway to the college was lined with trees. Now, Halcyon Hall is itself obstructed by overgrowth.
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When the school closed its almost century old infrastructure could not cope with the sudden lack of heat. Many water pipes exploded wreaking major havoc throughout Halycon Hall, the main building. Much of the roof has now collapsed and nature is regaining control of the interior. All attempts to develop the property have failed and now Halcyon Hall is due for demolition. Although the condition of the building puts it beyond reprieve, most would agree that this remains a great shame.
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Dads, the next time you think, "Wow, my kids are really in a combative/whiny/angry/defensive mood right now", consider – did you do or say anything that would lead your kids to act like that?
If so, acknowledge to them that you did this, tell them you're moving away from it towards more Godly behavior, and invite them to join you.
Dads, as your kids learn that there are things that you rightly shouldn't share with them, there are significantly fewer thing you shouldn't share with Mom. In other words, your kids should know you have fewer secrets with your wife than with them.
Dads, you know that inspiring anecdote about Suzanne Wesley – how she prayed with her apron over her head and let her ten children know that when they found her like that, she was praying and wasn't to be disturbed?
If you ever hear a busy mom talking about how difficult it is for her to find time to pray, refrain from using this story to advise her.
That is, unless (a) you've spent many days home alone with your kids, and/or (b) you've spent many days praying under an apron.
Dads, I've stated before that you should never say anything bad about your wife (or in the case of significant marital difficulty – tell it to one other person who you know to be wise).
I now advise you to make sure she knows that this is your rule for yourself.
Betrayal is sometimes an acceptable choice, but it's almost never wise in a marriage.
Dads, look for opportunities to give your wife a hug.
Dads (or anyone), are you hosting holiday gatherings sometime in the month of December? Do you have more clutter to remove (prior to guest arrival) than you'd care to admit? Why then, perhaps a sign like one we recently put up might prove helpful – check it out!
Now you've got a handy place to put all of your extra items and your guests will be none the wiser!
Here's the text – which you can easily copy into any word processing software and print out:
Hello Guest – We're glad you're – What?
You're interested in what's behind this shut door?
Oh, It's just … you know … it's a room.
Oh, wait …. Are you thinking that as we cleaned up and decluttered our house for this gathering we put all of the extra stuff in this room? You're thinking if you opened this door you'd find a big giant mess?
Hahahaha … that's … really, really funny!
No, no, no, no, no. No. Why would we do that? We don't actually have clutter or … really any mess at all on a regular basis. It's fine. You'd probably be bored if you opened this door. Or envious at the completeness of its non-messy-ness. And I don't want to be a part of causing you to be envious.
So, how about let's go look at other parts of the house? Maybe the den? Oh, that's right, we don't have a den. Maybe the entryway?
Dads, if your kids are growing and your wife is pregnant or nursing, it's possible that you're the person who's body could best handle skipping a meal. So consider not taking the biggest piece of meat or spoonful of mashed potatoes.
Dads, teach this to your sons and daughters:
Do not speak evil against one another, brothers. The one who speaks against a brother or judges his brother, speaks evil against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge.
Add the word "sister" in there. Teach them what you think it means.
Dads, if you have the resources, go buy two of these:
… and the next time you and your wife have a free hour, go get some cool drinks, find a nice park and sit and talk. It will be a blessing to both of you.
[Another Perhaps-more-helpful-for-large-families tip]
I have a little ritual I do at family meal times, right before I pray. I say, "Love, Joy, Peace". This is my indicator that I'm about to pray (or ask someone else to) and that all talking (and other activity) should stop.
It works. When they hear those words, it becomes quiet fairly quickly. At least for those few moments. And then, after I say "Amen", it goes back to the general din of family chatter.


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Sunday, March 1, 2015
Book Group: The Return of the Prodigal Son - The Younger Son Pt 1
Sunday, February 22, 2015
Book Group: The Return of the Prodigal Son - The Introduction
Sunday, October 19, 2014
The Blessing of Faith Together
Exodus 33:12-23
1 Thessalonians 1:1-10
Proper 24a
More and more I am convinced that we miss something vital to our faith relationships when we insist on approaching God one by one. Our individual relationships with God are very important, but in and of themselves, they do not make us the body of Christ. It is our life together that makes us Christ's body, a mysterious organism that is much more than a collection of individuals who gather in the same place every week. When we come together to worship, we form a new being with a name and an address, which has its own life and reputation. We call this church - not the building but the people - this is a phenomenon that has been around much longer than any of us and much longer than this building where we gather. When we say we belong to this church, we are not pledging allegiance to 37 W Main street but we are saying that we belong to one another, we have a commitment to share in faith with one another.
Faith is one of those common Christian words that is often thrown around. But, you should not let me go any further without first saying what I mean when I say the word faith. You might hear a person say, Have a little faith and what they mean is things will work out. You also might hear a person say, Bessie is so faithful and what they mean is that Bessie is someone you can depend on. I believe faith is the stubbornly relentless belief that God is present with us and in us and is an acting presence in the world among us and through us. The book of Hebrews tells us that Faith is being sure of that which we might only dare to hope for. It goes on to paint us pictures of those who are giants in faith. Men and women who believed impossible things. I do not know about you but it can be intimidating to read their stories as we wonder to ourselves if our faith is even in the same stratosphere. Sometimes the prospect of having faith can cause us to feel like Alice in Wonderland staring at the White Queen in disbelief as she proclaims that there are times she has believed up to six impossible things before breakfast.
Have you ever experienced a time when you felt like Alice and everything seemed impossible and your faith felt very small? It doesn't help when we look at people of faith and compare ourselves to them in a specific moment without considering the span of their life and faith.
This morning's text offers a very different picture of Moses. This morning we meet up with Moses as he boldly makes requests of God - requests that take a great deal of faith. He tells God, that the Israelites need God's presence to go with them and God agrees. Then, he courageously asks to see God. It is a request that I might be hesitant to make of God. But not Moses, Show me your glory, he says. In one of the most amazing images in Old Testament scripture, God hides Moses in the cleft of the rock and covers him with His hand while He passes by. When it is safe, God allows Moses to view the backside of His Glory as it passes by. Moses's faith leads him to ask the question that you or I might never dare to ask. But, Moses did not start out in that place. Moses started out with his knees knocking together at the burning bush as he stuttered and sputtered excuses as quickly as they flew into his mind. This is not to say that Moses did not have any faith at all. Scripture tells us that his mother, Jochebed, taught him about the God of his people- the God of Abraham, the God's love and life. When Moses' faith felt small, God sent him Aaron and Miriam to him to believe along side him and remind him that he was not alone.
It is a strange thing to realize you are surrounded by those who support you in faith even while your faith seems small and you feel alone or adrift.
One of my oldest friends is my friend Jessica from college. We met our first year of school and we lived together the next two years. We have seen one another through family deaths, job uncertainties, cross-country moves, boyfriends and break ups, and marriage. Her little girl was born the week after Josiah. We have shared many aspects of life together. My Junior year of college, Jessica struggled with depression especially after a terrible break up with the person she thought she might marry as well as quite a bit of relationship tension with her mother. Throughout the year, Jessi became more and more withdrawn. One night as we talked she told me that she struggled to see that God was present in her life. She knew she needed to have faith but she was not quite sure how to do that anymore. In a moment of what I can only call Holy Spirit inspiration, I told her, borrow my faith. Until you are able, I will have faith for you. I will have faith with you.
I think that is what Paul was talking about in his letter to the Thessalonians. And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, Paul says. When he says imitators, Paul is saying that they share faith with one another...they believe with each other and for each other. The people of this church were experiencing persecution and facing death. As they struggled to have faith in the face of persecution, I imagine they felt alone I imagine their faith felt small. I imagined they doubted whether they even had faith in the first place. If I were in their midst, I might look at the persistent persecution and wonder if my faith was lacking. Paul sends them encouragement in his letter. He reminds them that they are not alone in their persecution, they are not forgotten by God. He reminds them that he, Silvanus, and Timothy have faith with them. Paul's message is that human beings can only experience the fullness of their humanity when they are in deep trusting relationship with one another. These relationships have depth when they are experienced along with God in community with God's people. The imitation of one another, the sharing of faith, becomes an outgrowth of this strong community relationship.
We often talk about our relationship with God as if it is a solo endeavor. We often talk about church as if it is a place where individuals come so that they can individually worship God with the company of familiar people who are also individually worshipping God. But, what if it is more. What if church isn't just the place where we come to be fed and sheltered, but it is also where we come to stand firm with those who need the same things from us. What if, what makes us a church is the fact that we share in faith with one another. What if our worship is not only the songs we sing and the prayers we pray but what if our worship is our lives shared together as we encourage one another, believe alongside one another and even believe for one another. And maybe, what makes us the church is our decisions not to just believe alongside the person we sit next in coffee hour. Maybe what makes us the church is the decision to believe alongside the people we do not sit next to and are not always quite sure how to ask about what is going on in their lives. Maybe what makes us the church is our decision to believe alongside the chairs left empty because even though we do not see anyone sitting in them now, they represent people who need someone else to believe for them...they need others to be their church.
Wednesday, September 24, 2014
A Hard Blessing
Matthew 18:21-35
As children, my sister and I got into the occasional quarrel. You know, over big things like who was looking at whom as we rode in the car, who crossed over into the pre-determined buffer zone in the back seat, who "borrowed" the other's curling iron and did not return it. These disagreements were generally *not* characterized by respectful discussions where each person was heard, validated and a mutual decision was reached. There might have been a few instances when names were called, hair was pulled, and other shenanigans happened. On these occasions, the referee...ummm parent on duty would require apologies from one or both of us. These loving, heartfelt apologies (sarcasm) were something to the effect of, sorry - without elaboration and as little eye contact as possible. One problem with these reconciliation meetings is that they usually occurred again and again. As in, "She always uses my stuff ….*insert litany of examples here* The problem was that forgiveness never really happened. Instead, we each lived with our own tally boards of wrongs the other committed.
What does forgiveness mean to you? How do you forgive others? Does forgiveness require an apology where the person who has wronged us owns up to their slight? If that is the case, is forgiveness a passive response that is contingent upon the one in the wrong being the first to act?
Today's gospel reading invites us into a conversation between Peter and Jesus. You all know I love Peter, precisely because he's not perfect. I look at Peter and think, phew there is a little room for me. Today is no exception. Peter sets up a conversation in which he expects to shine. He asks Jesus a question and has already figured out the perfect answer. He is sure this is a slam dunk move since Jesus has this habit of throwing questions back to the audience. So he asks, Jesus if a person sins against me, how often should I forgive?
It is a pius question. How often should I forgive? When was the last time the necessary amount of forgiveness crossed your mind when you were in a position to do some forgiving? For most of us, the question is, Will I forgive you? Am I ready to forgive you? Our questions are rarely about how much or how often we should forgive.
But Peter is ready with his answer. Should I forgive them 7 times? Doesn't he sound good. Jesus, last week Andrew ate the very last brownie when he knew I was saving it for my dessert but I forgave him 7 times. Also, in this context, the audience would have known that 7 was a code number for completion. God created the world in 6 days and on the 7th, God rested. Yes, Peter, we see what you've done there. You threw in some snazzy theological knowledge to impress Jesus.
What Peter did not see coming was that Jesus was not impressed. In fact he corrected Peter's notion of forgiveness to expand it to 77 times. Nice try Petey, not seven times. You will forgive 77 times.
77? Is Jesus kidding? Is he having some fun with his good buddy Peter? How many of you are like me and secretly think 7 times is already overgenerous. Especially when there are times when forgiving once can seem too hard. 77 times? We do not just forgive to completion but we forgive beyond completion, we forgive again and again and again. We forgive when we are wounded. We forgive when we are frustrated. We forgive when the person who has wronged us does not seem to realize or care that they have caused us harm in the first place.
As I have pondered Jesus' words for us this week...some of his most challenging, which is really saying something - I have found myself wondering how many of us have absorbed any of these beliefs about forgiveness:
- Forgiveness means excusing or overlooking the harm that has been done to us and saying that everything is okay.
- Forgiveness means allowing those who have hurt us to persist in their behavior
- Forgiveness requires forgetting what happened
- Forgiveness is something we can do at will, and always all at once
If we have absorbed any of these distorted beliefs about forgiveness, it can come as both a shock and a relief to learn that such ideas were not what Jesus had in mind as he talked to Peter. Jesus expects us to forgive, that much is clear but Jesus does not lay upon us the burdens we lay upon ourselves - burdens that can render this exceedingly difficult Spiritual Practice impossible. The heart of forgiveness is not to be found in excusing harm or allowing it to go unchecked, It is to be found, rather, in choosing to say that although our wounds will change us, we will not allow them to forever define us.
In the 1950's six-year-old Ruby Bridges integrated an all-white school by herself, walking there every day with two federal escorts in front of her and two more behind her while an angry crowd of white adults hurled abuses on her little head as she passed by. Child psychiatrist Robert Coles, noticed her lips were moving as she walked, and asked her, in her home, what she was saying. She said she was praying, Father, forgive them for they know not what they do. Her parents hoped, by giving her that prayer, she could shield her mind and heart, and walk unscathed through her daily hell.
Nelson Mandela, after 27 years in a South African prison, said, Forgiveness liberates the soul. It removes fear. That is why it is such a powerful weapon. When asked about his jailers, he responded that forgiving them was a choice to set himself free. he could leave those guards there in the prison instead of remembering them always by nursing resentment. It was not long after his release, before his election, when he came to Boston and danced a little freedom dance for all of us to see.
At the end of yoga one afternoon, my instructor offered this statement for consideration and meditation: Forgiveness is letting go of the hope that the past can be changed. Forgiveness does not ask us to forget the wrong done to us but instead to resist the ways it seeks to get its poisonous hooks in us. Forgiveness asks us to acknowledge and reckon with the damage so that we will not live forever in its grip.
There are times when we find the grace to forgive quickly. Other times the grace to forgive takes a long time. And, so forgiveness requires practice. It takes choosing to work at it. And in real forgiveness, in true forgiveness, we might have to chip away at it again and again and again...maybe 77 times.
The truth is that forgiveness might be the hardest blessing we will ever offer
It might be the hardest blessing we will ever receive.
As with any difficult practice, it is important to ask not only for the strength we will need for it, but also for the grace: the grace that will, as we continue to practice, begin to shimmer through our wounds, drawing us toward the healing and freedom we could hardly have imagined at the outset.
As we consider forgiveness:
Is there some forgiveness you are being asked to practice?
Are there any ideas about forgiveness that you might need to release - or take on to enter this practice more fully?What will it take to ask not only for the strength but also the grace you need to forgive another...or yourself?
Standing on the Banks of the Red Sea
Hi All,
This sermon is from 9/14. I am sorry I am tardy posting it on the blog.
Exodus 14:19-31
This sermon is from 9/14. I am sorry I am tardy posting it on the blog.
Exodus 14:19-31
For my parent's 20th wedding anniversary, they went to Lake Louise. It was a trip my mother had always wanted to take. They stayed in the castle and had a wonderful time. While on this trip, my dad talked my mother into going on the Lake Louise sightseeing gondola. Apparently there are two options, The open air chair and the enclosed gondola. They chose the latter. This attraction is popular because it takes you from God's green earth, 7000 feet up to the summit of Mt. Whitehorn. As both my dad and the internet have told me, the views are breathtaking. Truly, I am not certain what possessed my mother when she agreed to take this gondola trip up the mountain because she is afraid of heights. Terrified. This is not a deep, dark secret – it is a well known fact. This is also not they type of fear where heights make her uncomfortable, this is my mother sitting in the gondola with her eyes closed as tight as possible, gripping the edge of her chair hyperventilating all the way up the mountain. To this day, I have not idea how she got down the mountain.
Fear is a reality we all must deal with in some way or another. A quick internet search will list out common and uncommon phobias. Of course there are the things we have all heart of like Arachnophobia, fear of spiders or Agoraphobia, fear of situations in which escape is difficult…crowded spaces. There are also fears that are just strange: Barophobia, the fear of gravity, and a few whose technical name I will not even attempt to pronounce, they include: a fear of colors, a fear of clocks, a fear of paper, a fear of the figure 8, or a fear of teenagers. (Perhaps that last one is not so strange – I should probably ask the parents of teenagers…)
While some fears seem irrational, others stem from a perfectly rational place. During World War II people who were Jewish had a legitimate reason to fear for their lives. Those who live in war torn areas like Afghanistan surely experience a fear of what could happen with little or no warning. FDR famously remarked that "we have nothing to fear but fear itself." Rhetorically, his point served its purpose and has since been quoted endlessly, most of us know that there are things in the world that do cause fear in the hearts of human beings.[1]
This morning's lectionary text tells us the famous story of Israel's final deliverance from their oppression in Egypt. It seems that no sooner had this multitude of people gathered up all their worldly possessions and waved goodbye to Egypt and slavery with a one way ticket to The Promised Land that Pharaoh and his army were in hot pursuit of them. Perhaps they hoped their significant head start would allow them to outrun Pharaoh and his whole army - until they reached the Red Sea, a large body of water which, apparently, did not have a bridge. Suddenly, they realized they were trapped. The Red Sea was the barrier in front of them and Pharaoh's army was closing in. They were afraid, as you might imagine. What were they to do? How were they to escape? As they looked around, there simply was not a solution. So they turned to Moses, the brains of the operation, and cried out in frustration. Why did you bring us here to die? It was bad in Egypt but why did you promise us freedom, make us pack up everything and bring us here? Were there just not enough graves in Egypt?
Like the children of Israel, sometimes our fears have merit. There are times when our fears are real and it seems that we are stuck with no solution as the thing we fear comes nearer and nearer. How, worries the single mother, will I provide for her children when I cannot find work? How, worries the elderly man, will I care for my wife as her health fails when I can barely care for myself? How, worries the little church, will we continue to keep our doors open when we struggle to pay our bills? When we are looking at what seems impossible, when the only solutions we can imagine seem to fall hopelessly short, it is natural to be afraid.
Last week, a few of our community fears bubbled up to the surface. Hopefully, I have enough of your permission and trust to talk about them in this space this morning. It is difficult to be a small church community with an older building and meet financial obligations. It is frustrating to feel as if we are constantly working and still barely making it. It is terrifying to look into an unknown future and wonder what will our community be in 3 years, or 5 years, or 10 years. Will we even exist?
Let me offer you a little perspective – The Christian Church is declining in the US. Every year 5,000 churches close their doors – this number includes long-term established churches as well as church plants. 4 years ago, before we came to this community, we met with a few people in the UCC and they told us about this community. You were described as a small congregation who struggles financially but who are incredibly and unfathomably tenacious. This community is known as 'the little church who could'. Peter told us that by cold hard statistics, the church probably should have closed its doors many years earlier. This community literally defies odds.
As we are currently facing another difficult period in our history, please allow me to offer my thoughts…our thoughts about what makes this community different, special.
1) We genuinely care about one another. My friends sometimes we struggle with one another. All the best families do. Seriously, show me a family who genuinely loves one another that does not have its share of differences. We have disagreements, we have conflicts, we have different understandings on how to function or proceed. These are normal. We will not always be in agreement. We will not always start from the same page. But, (And this is a large and very important but) this community has true care and affection for one another. You have no idea how rare, how special this truly is. We have been part of churches where there was truly disdain…hatred between different groups in the community. In those communities some actually rooted for the failure, or departure of those with whom they disagreed. Our disagreements are better characterized as family squabbles. When the chips are down, every person in this community care deeply about what happens to the others.
2) Our congregation is fairly diverse in age. A while back, I was talking to several pastors whose jaws dropped when I talked about the diversity in age at Christian Union. Both of their churches were 95% comprised of people over the age of 70 who were either married or widowed. Think about the people who come. Our church is made up of people who are different ages and of different relationship statuses. We are not all the same. We are not all in the same life place. This is one of our strengths.
When I meet with other pastors, I brag on us. (I know bragging is bad) We are honestly a unique church family. We are our greatest strength.
But the question remains, what is our next step, what is the step after that and the one after that? How do we escape the thing we are afraid of? Are we destined for it to always be nipping at our heels?
As the children of Israel stood on the banks of the Red Sea with the Egyptians closing in, they cried out to Moses in fear and desperation. And Moses said, "Do not be afraid, stand still and see the deliverance of the Lord." Then he reiterated his point saying. It is the "Lord who will fight for you and you only have to be still." (Exodus 14:13-14)
As they stood, watching and waiting, God's angel and the pillar of the cloud cut off the Egyptian's advances and darkness came upon the sky. (Exodus 14:19-20) And, as the story goes, God parted the sea and the Israelites were able to cross to safety on dry ground. For the Israelites, their fearfulness of the Egyptians was relieved and replaced with a fear of the Lord. This fear is not one that trembles, cringes or cowers. In the fear of the Lord, they were awe-struck and overwhelmed by the sense of wonder at what God had done.
I understand if you are looking at me and thinking, "That was great for them, but, Amy, how often does the Red Sea part?" "What is a real answer for the real world?" When they stood at the Red Sea, the Israelites found salvation by a means they never expected and probably did not even imagine. Moses reminded them to have faith…to believe God had an answer that they could not see.
The writer of Hebrews reminds us that faith is being confident about things we scarcely dare to hope for. The writer of Hebrews reminds us just like the Patriarchs and Matriarchs, just like Moses, just like the judges and the prophets, and just like Jesus, we, too, live by faith. We are surrounded by the witness of those who gone before us who have also lived by faith and they say to us, keep going, keep believing, keep living by faith.
That's the thing about standing at the Red Sea. There just isn't a visible bridge and the lack of a bridge can feel overwhelming and discouraging. Even though we have been here before, we cannot cross in exactly the same place as we did last time. All the things we have done in the past to survive, may not be what carries us into the future this time. But, we have each other. Our community is our greatest strength. As a community, God is present with us. As a community, God works through us. As a whole community we can accomplish great things. We stand at the Red Sea and look for the place to cross, but we look together. We pray together, we brainstorm for new ideas together. We listen to each other. We bear with one another. We forgive one another. We trust one another. We each offer our ideas and our strengths because they are gifts from God and they have a place in this community. We pray and pray and pray some more. We listen to the Spirit of God who speaks to our hearts and speaks to us through one another. And, when we cross our Red Sea, we cross together.
Sunday, August 17, 2014
The Past Two (and a half) Weeks: a reflection based on 1 John 3 (by Josh)
Preached at Christian Union, August 17 2014
The past few weeks have been nothing like I've ever experienced, as you all can imagine, and as many of you can relate. Personally speaking, just to be honest to my church family here, I have experienced the highest joys and hopes and have dreamed the deepest dreams, and I have felt great darkness, great fear, frustration. …The first week of Joey's life was a whirlwind of energy, as the adrenaline of becoming a new father was like a drug to me, I didn't need more than an hour or two of sleep a night, I was mesmerized by this fascinating little man that wasn't here and was suddenly here, and didn't care about much else. The second week, fatigue began to hit me hard; now in the third week, all those crazy emotions have risen to the surface, and so right now, if I'm honest, I've been having trouble parsing through it all—which is something I'm not really used to.
So you'll forgive me, I hope, if what follows here isn't a neat and tidy, systematic sermon with a clear point or two--- because right now where I am, I feel like the most authentic thing that I can offer you all, my church family, are the raw thoughts I have that are giving me hope right now--- as I've been reflecting on the third chapter of 1st John the past couple of weeks…. Because, every New Testament author has their own "pet phrases" and key ideas, and for the writer John, one of his favorites is to see the church as the "children of God." – Really it's another way to say "family of God" which is how we often speak of church, but "children" has a certain connotation, that understandably, I find appealing right now! – And so I'll reflect here… and as my thoughts revolve around Joey Dae, so will the thoughts I offer. But I hope that as you listen for the next few minutes, you'll reflect along with me, and consider for yourselves what these words and ideas offer you and your family, on this day.
…. So here we go…
1 John 3:1-2
See what love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God; and that is what we are. The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. 2Beloved, we are God's children now; what we will be has not yet been revealed. What we do know is this: when he is revealed, we will be like him, for we will see him as he is.
This is the Good News of Jesus' Mission for John: Join in heart and mind to Christ, and become part of this new family. We became a new family, a new kind of family, at midnight on July 31st, 2014—the culmination of nine months of persistent nausea, 15 weeks of bedrest…not to mention that little thing called labor. Of course it isn't all resolved at that point like it is in the movies; there is hardly a breath to take between our former life and the start of our new one with our beloved child. Yet thankfully at our hospital we had 15 minutes. Immediately after emerging, the nurse quickly wiped Joey up and placed him, stomach down, onto Amy's chest and stomach. And his wild, uncomprehending eyes that darted about, immersed with light for the first time, his little lungs filled with those first breaths of air and the cries that go with them… within a minute he settled again, feeling Amy's warmth, her skin, her heartbeat that only a few minutes prior was the metronome of his existence. And I placed my hand on his back, to feel for the first time his soft, frail skin. People have described that feeling of becoming a parent to me, none of it does it justice. It's not an elation--- for me at least, it was a feeling beyond feeling. All I know, is that in that moment, I disappeared from my own eyes; he was all my eyes could see--- him and Amy, who struggled so mightily to bring him into the world, so that I could meet him. That moment will always remain with me… a sublime moment that came to an end, perhaps appropriately, with Joey deciding to take his first bathroom break, even as he continue to lay there so peacefully. We're hoping that this isn't an ominous sign of things to come.
What could Joey know in those first moments? We are born social creatures; it's how we are made, I believe. We need each other. Never is that more clear than in the first moments of life… Joey's eyes sought his mother's, looking for her voice, long muffled to his ears, how heard clearly for the first time. We are called Children of God; like Joey, how much of this do we truly comprehend? Can we even begin to understand this? John seems to question this. We are spiritually, typically, like infants, struggling to see and hear. In a world full of noises and blinding lights, distractions and preoccupations, God can be easy to miss, as we've talked about many many times before here. Yet if we listen we can hear, perhaps especially in those moments where we feel most vulnerable, cold or afraid, or simply unknowing… the voice we recognize deep in our bones, as the voice of Unconditional Love and Acceptance, of a loving Mother who never tires or fatigues of looking into our eyes, letting us rest our heads on her chest.
See what love this Father, this Mother, has for us. We don't always, but sometimes we feel like newborns, frail and confused. Thankfully the "knowing" God, that John talks about, isn't about head knowledge. Despite what the bookstores say, you can't read a book or study your way into being a good spouse, or a good parent or good child. Likewise we can't study our way into loving God. But in our most feeble, vulnerable moments, to simply rest our heads, to look towards the faint sound of grace—well this is the place to start, and is the place to which we can always return, and in it, we can re-discover the resilience of God's love, that is a Given, simply by our sheer, beautiful existence, that cannot be undone.
8Everyone who commits sin is a child of the devil; for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The Son of God was revealed for this purpose, to destroy the works of the devil. 9Those who have been born of God do not sin, because God's seed abides in them; they cannot sin, because they have been born of God. 10The children of God and the children of the devil are revealed in this way: all who do not do what is right are not from God, nor are those who do not love their brothers and sisters.
11For this is the message you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another. 12We must not be like Cain who was from the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own deeds were evil and his brother's righteous.
The devil, and demons, are personifications of the evil in our world… that is, it is how the ancient, and especially medieval and pre-modern, church communities imagined spiritual evil. And while there may not be a literal creature with red horns and a pitchfork that tricks people into signing their souls away, spiritual evil is a reality. There are "powers" at work in our world, however you want to understand them—and our modern biases against talk of angels and demons shouldn't dissuade our acknowledgment of this. We see Powers, in the world--- whenever peaceful protests and otherwise-loving people become fearful and angry mobs, or whenever police officers charged with upholding peace act out of fear and anger against those they're charged to protect---whenever inertia lulls affluent yet otherwise-loving people of faith into stagnation and disinterest about the worldwide poor and oppressed, or when otherwise-loving people become members of Gestapos and KKKs and Al Qaedas and Boko Harams. (All people who by the way were once infants, all of whom remain children of God.).... Powers also rear their ugly heads in our psyches, in our souls, in our old wounds that scab over, but years later are ripped back open… our deeply personal, irrational, anxieties, fears, loneliness, that those external Powers often exploit for their own cause.
As the great patriarch of the church Augustine would say, all of these things, these inner and outer voices can turn our hearts, which are made to love and be loved, towards ourselves and towards self-preservation or dominance, as was the case in that ancient story of Cain and Abel---- or, sometimes, we lose sight of love altogether, as was clearly the case of Robin Williams, whose recent passing has personally struck me very hard. Timothy Radcliffe is a well-known spiritual writer, and I had the pleasure of being his teaching assistant a few weeks ago while he taught a one-week night course at BC--- and he spoke of Christian love as both Eros and Agape--- that is, both an intimacy, and a self-giving. Both a giving, AND receiving. In love we both delight in the other, and also allow the other to exist on their own terms, to not dominate or control them. Another spiritual writer I like, Miroslav Volf, talks about it as both an embrace, AND a letting go… followed by a re-opening of the arms to start the cycle again, to take the risk to open oneself up, but to have the patience to wait for the other to receive you. If we ONLY give--- we debase ourselves… If we ONLY receive, we are only using each other for our own sakes. In either case, we either misplace love, or forget love, and the Powers consume us. It's a delicate balance.
Right after our 15 minute-old Joey gave Amy his own messy salutation, I got to cut his cord. I tried to see this as an act of love, in the way I could show love in that moment, as much as Amy holding him to her skin was. We were embracing him, and also, letting him go. He couldn't stay in the womb forever; to try to keep him there, safe as he may have seemed, would have not been truly loving. He now needed space to think, see, discover, and dream for himself. To begin the long journey of becoming.
It's not an easy way to think…. It's even harder to think this way once you become a parent, I've discovered… because infants are wholly dependent upon you, and can only begin to "understand" your love, on an almost primal level, by your presence, your touch, your responsiveness. And as I mentioned before, especially in the beginning, your desire to give your whole self, for the sake of your child, seems almost, dare I say, easy. (That is, until your body and mind remind you of your limits.) To protect forever, to coddle, to shelter against all germs, boogymen, traffic, against all pain, all difficulty, to hope and pray for an easy and contented life--- this all makes a lot of sense to me suddenly.
One final, short reflection:
16We know love by this, that he laid down his life for us—and we ought to lay down our lives for one another. 17How does God's love abide in anyone who has the world's goods and sees a brother or sister in need and yet refuses help? 18Little children, let us love, not in word or speech, but in truth and action…
23And this is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as he has commanded us.24All who obey his commandments abide in him, and he abides in them. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit that he has given us.
23And this is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as he has commanded us.24All who obey his commandments abide in him, and he abides in them. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit that he has given us.
And so even suffering, even as it remains suffering, can also have threads of grace that carry us through the suffering into new hope. Precious children: let us love as God loves, not with words or speech, but in truth and action. For every moment is gift: in the Spirit of renewal he has given us, as we walk the road, as we journey the journey, as we abide.
- "The thing
for which I would pray above all others, would be for ever to behold his
face, for ever to lay my head upon his breast, for ever to know that I am
his, for ever to dwell with him."
– C Spurgeon
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67th Signal Battalion soldiers, families prepare for deployment
December 21, 2012
FORT GORDON, GA. - During the Christmas holiday season, most families are busy buying gifts, completing last minute preparations for family gatherings or planning trips out of town to visit relatives.
This holiday season, soldiers and families of the 67th Signal Battalion (Expeditionary), 35th Signal Brigade, are busy cherishing their last few days together and making last minute preparations for their upcoming deployment.
For the past few weeks soldiers in the battalion have been on block leave to spend quality time with their families and mentally prepare for their mission. The time off gives soldiers a chance to relax and celebrate the holidays with their families.
"Block leave presented a few challenges for the company. We did our block leave in rotations, and this was a learning experience. It allowed us to plan out how we will rotate teams and shifts during deployment," explained 1st Sgt. Todd R. Daniel, of C Co., ESB.
For the soldiers who have deployed, this is just another deployment, but for some of the soldiers this is something they have never experienced. Training has prepared these Soldiers for their duties, but they often wonder what to expect on a day-to-day basis.
Daniel said most of the soldiers that haven't deployed worry about the conditions where they will stay, and if there is a chance their planned nine month deployment could get extended.
"I am not worried about the deployment," said Sgt. Thomas E. Powers, assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company. "I have deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan. This will be my third deployment, so I know what to expect."
Powers stated that he received a lot of support from his family during past deployments. Both his parents are prior military and understand the demands of his job. His wife, Michelle, keeps him up-to-date with the milestones his three young children make in his absence. His sister, Glenna, and her children Skype with him as often as possible, so he can keep up with their achievements. All of his family plans to send lots of pictures, letters and care packages.
"I would be remiss if I did not acknowledge the most valuable player of our team- our family members. Deployments are as much a hardship on the family members as it is on our Soldiers. We acknowledge that they are our rocks, our resilient partners that enable us to accomplish the mission as ambassadors of this great nation-the United States of America. During our absence, we thank our families in advance for their sacrifices and steadfast support," said Lt. Col. Calondra L. Fortson, 67th ESB battalion commander.
Some familiar questions many spouses have often asked are "how to support their Soldiers and make the time go by faster?" The answers to most questions can be found through their military resources. The 67th ESB Family Readiness Group can be contacted through David Fortson at email@example.com. The Army Community Service is the heart of every military installation and hosts a wide variety of support and volunteer services for families and can be reached at 791-3579.


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The HTC Flyer picks up on HTC's now-familiar unibody design. That means the body is machined and formed from a single piece and then all assembled. The result, as we've seen on phones like the HTC Legend or HTC Desire HD, is a stunning smooth body that feels fantastic in the hands.
HTC were being very protective of their new tablet, restricting access to the new device at the press launch. Fortunately we'd had the chance to get our hands on the hardware prior to the event. We've not had the chance to explore the interface in any detail yet, aside from the demos being shown.
To get over the problem of grip, HTC has added two white plastic grips that offer you some purchase and we found it felt natural in the hand. We've seen several 7-inch tablets and this really does compete with the best.
The 7-inch 1024 x 600 screen offers up HTC Sense, now customised for use on a tablet. Than means it works in landscape much more naturally making much better use of the screen space on offer. We'll be looking at this in more detail when we get more time with the Flyer, because OS and interface is partly where HTC stand-out from some of its rivals.
The HTC Flyer is very much a HTC Sense tablet. As such, you won't find it launching on Honeycomb. We got the impression that timing was as much of an issue here as anything else. With HTC having designed the interface to work with Gingerbread, they didn't want to make the last minute change to bring it to Honeycomb. That might be the case, or it might be that Google are insisting on getting some pure Honeycomb devices out of the door before it gets customised.
Another feature of the HTC Flyer is Bluetooth 3 suggesting that HTC sees you wireless transferring data to your device when you want to add some content.
The stylus is something of a strange addition, it is certainly a rarity amongst the recent run of Android tablets, but we found the interface ran perfectly without it. It does add some cool features, however, and a new Timemark application will let you write and record audio at the same time on the device, and keep the two in sync - great for anyone scribbling notes in a busy meeting or lecture (or press conference, ahem).
It measures 195.4 x 122 x 13.2mm and weighs 415g, which is pretty light, making this a relatively portable machine.
It looks slick, it seems a considered approach to a tablet device rather than just another large phone. As such, we've no doubt that there will be plenty of enthusiasm about the Flyer. Addressing the content issues from the start, the OnLive gaming and Watch movies look like they complete some of the picture missing from rival devices, but we haven't had the chance to really play with any of this content to examine pricing, quality or anything else.
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Bedtime Bible
November 4, 2008 by Admin
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This Bible Storybook was specifically designed to help Christian Parents establish their young children in the habit of regular prayer and Bible reading.
In about 12 minutes you can read the captivating story, ask your child the question supplied to stimulate conversation and pray through your regular nightly prayers along with the one supplied.
This is not just another Bible Storybook. It teaches your child what the Bible is and how we should use it. It tells the whole story of God's Word, focuses on Jesus and their salvation and helps them learn what the Bible says about how we are to live.
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Mealtime Moments
October 8, 2008 by Admin
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The idea behind this resource was to provide mealtime conversation starters for those parents who feel that the conversation around the dinner table could be used more constructively and possibly as a family devotion time. (It is a nice alternative to those long prayers that let the food get cold.)
I would recommend it for families with children between the ages of five and early teen. It is ideal for those that would like to capture this time and spur on conversation about our Faith on a daily bases. But it is also beneficial for diving into from time to time and finding the topic that is your family's current hot potato and use it to get the discussion rolling. Buy Now
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September 3, 2008 by Rick Osborne
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In the very beginning of creation God announced that it wasn't good for man to be alone. That announcement led to the first marriage, the first family, the first friends and the first community.
God created us to function in and be blessed by relationships. Not only in relationships with others but also in a relationship with him.
Jesus stated that the two greatest commandments were to love God and also to love others. Since God is love and therefore void of selfishness, his two greatest commandments should carry with them the greatest secrets of an awesome life and they do. Having a wonderful growing relationship with God and wonderful growing relationships with others is truly the biggest key to an awesome life. Loving and being loved. Read more
Are We There Yet?
June 24, 2008 by Rick Osborne
Filed under Out & About with your Kids
This little family road trip question has become so iconic, that it's become common fodder for comic routines and movie scripts. I would imagine that this travel question has been around as long as families have been traveling. It's probably a good thing that all of Noah's sons were full-grown, or Mr. and Mrs. Noah may have ended up sinking the boat.
Think about the Israelite's trek through the wilderness. After crossing the Red Sea, they got to the edge of the Promised Land quite quickly, but because they didn't trust God and refused to go in, God sent them on a forty-year road trip. The idea was that all of the adults who refused to believe, were to die before their children would be allowed in. Can you imagine the conversation, "Are we there yet? Am I dead yet?"


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One of the area which I believe Android phones are lacking is in security, especially when compared against BlackBerry devices.
A few weeks ago I began researching options to enhance the security of my Samsung Fascinate Galaxy S phone. Several articles from well know and established magazines and Internet sites all had on their list a specific application, which I purchased and have been using for about ten days.
Yesterday I discovered a way to get around the security. Last night I thought I found another way to bypass the security and tested my theory this morning, and it was another security flaw.
I wrote the company last night and will wait a week to see if the company responds before releasing their name.
A major point to be taken from this is many magazines and review sites do perfunctory evaluations. In order to do a proper assessment, time must be spent. Not an hour or two, but a substantial amount over an extended period. It is the only way to do justice to the people who value their opinions.