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This guest blog comes courtesy of Susan Wilcox, C.S.J., the director of campus ministry at St. Joseph's College in Brooklyn, N.Y., and a member of Occupy Catholics.
For much of its existence, the Catholic Church has taught a profound suspicion of usury—that is, predatory lending which turns the borrower into a victim. As recently as 1745, Pope Benedict XIV warned in an encyclical that usury "assumes various forms and appearances in order that the faithful, restored to liberty and grace by the blood of Christ, may again be driven headlong into ruin." Even the present Pope Benedict has called for "a renewed commitment on everyone's part effectively to combat the devastating phenomenon of usury and extortion, which constitutes a humiliating form of slavery." At a time of ongoing financial crisis, Catholics must remember that lending money is a matter of moral concern; we are forbidden from engaging in debt arrangements that foster an unjust debtor-lender relationship.
Catholic teaching about debt is relationally oriented. Loans that are unfairly weighted and prevent access to life-sustaining food, shelter and health care are immoral and illegitimate. This is why Catholics have worked for debt relief for the world's poorest countries. Yet here in the United States, we have been conditioned by consumer culture with a veil of shame, to the point of thinking that debt is solely personal, rather than communal or relational. We often blame the poorest among us for problems created by the powerful. Thus, in the context of today's worldwide economic collapse, there is something backward about the idea that it is the debtors who should be asking for forgiveness. In a moral universe, should not the 1 percent beg God for mercy while the 99 percent ask for forgiving hearts?
And what might it take for the 99 percent to be able to extend such forgiveness? In the early days of Occupy Wall Street, volunteers at the information table told me that Wall Street workers sometimes treated the table as a confessional to ease their guilt. But confession and forgiveness, by themselves, are not enough to change an immoral social order. Only when we the 99 percent strip away our shame, reclaim our essential dignity and resist nonviolently together will we bring about the justice that true reconciliation requires.
Strike Debt is a campaign, grown out of Occupy Wall Street, that seeks to build a movement of debtors by highlighting predatory lending practices while promoting debt resistance and mutual aid. The task these activists have set for themselves is a profoundly theological one; they are attempting to transform how people think about what they really owe in life and to whom.
Strike Debt began with extensive research on debt resistance, resulting in The Debt Resistors' Operations Manual, which is now available for free in print and online. The manual is meant to be a participatory collection of research, strategies and tactics that will grow in future editions. Strike Debt members have made a special point of reaching out to religious communities like the interfaith network Occupy Faith and Occupy Catholics, of which I am a part, to help understand and frame their work from a theological perspective.
Drawing on the concept of the debt-forgiving jubilee from the Hebrew scriptures, Strike Debt calls its latest project the "Rolling Jubilee." Defaulted loans will be purchased for pennies on the dollar, just as collection agencies do. But then the debt will be abolished. Activists plan to begin with abolishing medical debts, which are often forced on people with no other choice because of catastrophic illness. The idea has caught fire, winning the unlikely praise of Forbes and TIME Business & Money, and it has already raised enough money to abolish more than $2 million in debt. The Rolling Jubilee is designed to result in a bailout for the people, enabling us to free our communities from debt just as the government does for Wall Street and the country's most powerful corporations.
Meanwhile, Occupy Faith is undertaking "A People's Investigation: The Human Cost and Moral Implications of the Financial Crisis." In the spirit of the truth commissions that followed South African apartheid and the civil rights movement, API is gathering stories from people who have fallen victim to many forms of predatory lending—from medical debt to credit cards, from municipal debt to student loans. These stories reveal how usury thrives in an individualistic society where employers reap rewards for paying less than a living wage. So far, API participants report the healing they have experienced from being listened to and from the knowledge that their story is contributing to something purposeful. The purpose of API, after all, is not only to collect stories of debt trauma but to publicize them as a resource in the struggle for a more just public policy.
Those of us in Occupy Catholics, inspired by the Occupy movement's prophetic stand for economic justice, have been expressing our faith through creative direct action since last December. We have washed dirty feet, as Jesus did, and we have been arrested for sitting in the way of Wall Street. We help bring fellow Catholics to Occupy and Occupy to fellow Catholics with the conviction that our religious tradition is coded for justice. Most recently, inspired by the work of Strike Debt, we are speaking from the depth of our tradition to oppose usury as it is being practiced today—and we invite you to join us.
During this Jubilee Year of the Second Vatican Council, can we reclaim the spirit of the original jubilee of the Bible? Can we reclaim the debts that really matter and discard those that erode our relationships? In the words of a recent global call to debt resistance, "To the banks, we owe you nothing. To our friends, our families, our communities, to humanity and to the natural world that makes our lives possible, we owe you everything."
Susan Wilcox, C.S.J.
Editor's note: See America's recent articles on Occupy Wall Street:
"Still Occupied: the Wall Street protests one year later" (Edward Michael Gomeau, Oct. 29, 2012)
"Occupy the Future: Can a protest movement find a path to economic democracy" (Gary Dorrien, March 12, 2012)
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This article is far too narrow and incomplete to serve as a remedy to curb certain predatory lending practices or irresponsible borrower habits without more details and specifics. To say that "to the banks, we owe you nothing" is an absurd statement. The use of such language calls into question any good intentions of the author because it does not define the real problem with clarity or the type of responsible reform needed to address the problem.
The issue seems to me to be extreme or excessive lending practices as well as the irresponsible borrowing habits of individuals. Just about everyone is against excessive lending rates, hidden fees, inappropriately high late charges, no doc loans, high pressure and misleading sales pitches, as well as foolish and irresponsible borrowing habits of borrowers when it is clear that the person has very little ability of paying off the loan without foregoing his/her personal or family obligations and responsibilities.
The problem, as one blogger implied, is not our culture, materialism, consumerism and liberalism per se. The problem is the misuse and abuse of human goods or the irresponsible consumption of non-essential material things. It is allowing ourselves to be slaves to such things as money and other false idols that blind us to what is really important in our lives, namely God and the prudential embracement of things that will lead us to everlasting life.
However, not everyone in Western society has an excessive, irresponsible and uncontrolled appetite for material goods. Most of us work hard to earn as much money as our talents will permit in order to educate our children, own a home if possible and to acquire goods that we can responsibly afford. However, and most importantly, this also means to give generously to the poor and carve out enough time for God in our lives. The point is that this so-called problem needs to be adequately and comprehensively defined and not exaggerated. The truth is that we all need to be the solution, but I question if everyone is the problem.
This article seems to ignore an important theological principle: The abuse of a thing does not take away from its legitimate use. For example, millions of people abuse alcohol and drugs but this does not mean that the responsible use of such things should be forbidden by the rest of us. What this might mean for predatory bank practices and debt limits for borrowers is the question to be answered.
The author needs to lay out the problem with details, not talking points, or words that excite the emotions against big brother and Wall Street. This does not mean that there are not legitimate abuses in bank lending practices, or that countries should not forgive the debt of poor countries especially when the world economy causes both foreseen and unforeseen problems for them. The Strike Debt movement might have good intentions, but this author of this article seems to be offering an unarticulated and irrational solution to a inadequately defined problem.
I cannot imagine how lenders can be that predator to the borrowers like us. Lenders, says Pew, then started applying more hidden charges to customers to make up for the lost revue. Charges for ATM withdrawals and for overdraft protection were among the most common ways banks tried to recoup losses on the backs of depositors. Don't hesitate to take a financial assistance to help you afford to pay your bank fees and debts.
Howerver the Strike Debt website as of 11/18.2012 Strike Debt describes themselves as follows: " Strike Debt came from a coalition of Occupy groups looking to build popular resistance to all forms of debt imposed on us by the banks. Debt keeps us isolated, ashamed, and afraid. We are building a movement to challenge this system while creating alternatives and supporting each other. We want an economy where our debts are to our friends, families, and communities — and not to the 1%."
Srike Debt is a resistance movement to all forms of debt. Being against all forms of debt makes no sense at all as an economic, politcal or moral goal. Debt from Wall Street and banks enable all kinds of very desirable and essential projects needed by society. The financing of schools, hosptials, and businesses and the operation of these facilities provide very desfireable new employment opportunities. Our society is blessed in that we have capital surpluses to barrow for personal needs such as borrowing for a car, house or education.
Strike Debt assume without proof or evidence that "Wall Street", "the 1%", and "debt" are bad whithout explaining how or why this is so. But this is moralistic nonsense without basis. Barrowing and lending is an essential economic function crtically needed to benefit everyone in society.
But look at the extreme and wontonly destructive measures that Sister Susan advocates as follows: " In the words of a recent global call to debt resistance, "To the banks, we owe you nothing. To our friends, our families, our communities, to humanity and to the natural world that makes our lives possible, we owe you everything." " Sister Susan also unreasonably calls for debt forgiveness when non-payment of mortgages and other debt was the basic casue of the credit bubble bursting that caused the Great Recession of 2008 which we are still working our way out of. In fact today Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac indicated they will need yet more bailout money from the ogeoernemnt due to continued none payment of mortgages and weak houing market where it is difficut to sell houses. What is Sister Susan trying to do cause more stress on the financial system which will harm everyone? Making payments on mortgages and loans is not a game . Not making credit payments harms the person in default, the lender and everyone else. If enough people do not make payments of their loans the whole financial system collapses as it did in the the 1930s and almost did agaisn in 2008 but was stopped by emergency governement bailout. Why harm our financial system again that was almost destroyed in 2008?
Don't forget the bank is lending other people's money.including ordinary people's retirement and savings money taht people will eventually will depend on. There is no Robin Hood fantasy that works in real life by Jubilee schemes. Bank are not free to give away other people's money who have their own needs for their money. The selfishly movtivated Occupy movement fails to recognize that if Wall Street is harmed so are the pensions, endowments and savings, hospital and school endowments etc that everyone depends on Lehman Brothers went completely out of buisness casued hungreds of billions in losses in other people's money. Sster Susan is not an economist and does not have any ideas of the harm to everyone by her debt resistance advoccacy would cause. Why hurt society by harming the banking and financial system that everyone needs and uses?
THe occupy movement does not have any real explaination or solutions on what is going on in the economy. Our economic problems are not due to moralistica causes such as evil withes casting spells on the economy to harm people. The economic problems need to be solved by solid economic reasons and not morailistic reasoning.. If a person gets sick we seek out expert medical help not the folklore remedies that do not have scientific basis.. We do not need to have crude witches' brews , magic charms and spells as solutions to our real and worsening .economic problems.
materialistic. Preoccupied with things that you can touch, taste,
feel, see, experience with your body. The Western world needs a
reformation. It needs to discover that there is a real world that you
cannot touch, taste, see with your bodily eyes, or hear with the
bodily ears. The real world - God is very real, God is God, does not
have a body or extension in space, or size or weight. There is the
angelic world, which is, as we say, purely spiritual. Each angel is an
individual person. Each of us, we believe, has a spirit; our souls
dwelling within us. We believe this spirit, our soul, continues living
consciously after the body dies."
~Servus Dei John Anthony Hardon SJ
In my neighborhood, the payday loan system does awful things to people's lives: drives them further into debt, convinces them to take out more loans, tempts them to commit crimes, and ends up getting them incarcerated. Lending to people who can not prove they will use the money to good purpose should be made as difficult as possible. And lending money to people who need it to provide the necessities of a decent life should not be necessary. I am willing to donate money to help debtors like that pay off their debts.
But as always with the Occupy meme, there is a bait and switch here. Most of the debtors who testify in the "Why Strike Debt" page have imprudently but voluntarily incurred debt for luxuries they did not need. They wanted to go to a private university, or they wanted to buy a second home in a warm climate or they wanted to get a degree in something they had no chance of earning a living from.
That is middle-class debt. Middle-class debtors do not need to have their debt stricken. They need to downscale their expectations and learn to live within their means. Pace David Smith, I don't think the causes of the financial crisis are all that deep: in large part, it was caused by stupid, self-indulgent people who wanted to live like the people in the newspapers: big homes, new cars, party every weekend, four vacations a year, sit around a private college for three years and a stinky European capital ("studying") for one, getting a degree in art history.
For a lot of these people, the answer is simple: lose the delusions, take a boring, unfulfilling, physically demanding job in the middle of nowhere, double up with a friend in a one-bedroom apartment, eat beans and bananas and quit partying for twenty years until you have paid off your debts.
That's life. Life isn't a party. By the sweat of your brow you shall eat bread until you return to the ground.
Life's been a party for me. Even work was mostly interesting and sometimes downright fun. I've been debt free since 1992 after I paid off the mortgage in nine years. The secret? I don't think it's eating beans and bananas or living in a slum. I think it's not making babies.
As for who's to blame for ''the financial crisis'', I'm almost certain that those most loudly up in arms have very little understanding of the complexities of the mess, its origins, its nature, and the variety of possible solutions. Understanding leads to reflection, not to tirades. It can be useful to take moral stands, but can be neither useful nor valid to take self-righteous moral stands. Telling other people what to do is reserved for authentic prophets - of whom there are very few - and for authentic experts - of whom there are enough, but whom it behooves to act with caution, humility, and respect for those affected.


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"She's tough, gritty and competitive, but outside a race she's a sweetheart," says ultramarathon legend and friend David Horton. Photo by Ben Moon.
In 2001, a mended Moehl returned to the race circuit at The Seattle Running Company's White River 50-Miler, which served as the National Trail Championships. Moehl jumped at the chance to apply her knack for organizing by volunteering to help the race director as well as compete. Putting aside her personal pre-race rituals, Moehl rushed around and delegated duties to race volunteers until the starting gun went off. Tucker, then Montrail's president, noted both her behind-the-scenes industriousness and impressive seventh-place finish against a very competitive women's field. He soon made Krissy a dream-job offer: manager of promotions and the Montrail-Patagonia Ultraruning Team.
The greenhorn quickly gained respect from the expansive 85-member endurance team. "She created a sense of family that became the glue of the sport," says Roch Horton. As the team generated head-turning local and national media coverage, other companies began creating similar athlete teams, bringing ultrarunning out of obscurity and into the mainstream.
"I became known as the Montrail Girl," says Moehl, who became a ubiquitous presence at ultra events across the country. Her newfound passion for the sport fuelled her boundless energy for racing, supporting fellow athletes as a pacer or crew member and assisting race directors.
"Krissy is a stellar pacer, because she understands the fine balance when it comes to knowing when to push and when to nurture," says Darcy Africa, who Moehl paced at Western States in 2005. Moehl is known to fly across the country to pace anyone who asks, even if they've never met.
"As a pacer, you share raw moments in life that only ultrarunners go through," she says. The list of people she's paced and races she's volunteered at far outnumbers those she's competed in.
Before long, the Montrail Girl was smitten with the Montrail Boy, Brandon Sybrowsky. The then 30-year-old from Montrose, Colorado, stood out for being a prolific 100-mile racer as well as his long, blonde dreadlocks and braided goatee, making him a distinctive character around which Montrail built its marketing campaigns.
They met at Wasatch (a race he's done 15 times) in 2001. "They were like two little kids, running and talking all the time," says David Horton, who witnessed the burgeoning romance during the Mount Masochist 50-miler in Lynchburg, Virginia. Living in different states, the couple only connected on whirlwind rendezvous at ultra races or weekend visits.
The following year at Wasatch (she was working for Montrail; he was racing), Sybrowsky took Moehl for a short trail run up a canyon to a grassy meadow. There, to her surprise, was a table laid out with food. With all the right elements in place—nature, singletrack and delicious treats—Sybrowsky asked her to marry him. The two wed in June 2003 and settled in Seattle.
The union created the closest thing ultrarunning had to a "golden couple," a fitting label in light of their honeymoon spent running a 150-kilometer race through the French Alps. The newlyweds joined their friend Topher Gaylord, an American living in Italy and 600 other runners in Chamonix, France, for the inaugural Ultra-Trail Tour du Mont Blanc. Sybrowsky and Gaylord ran most of the way together, finishing second. Moehl loped in seven hours later, drenched and nearly hypothermic after spending 29 hours and 40 minutes in cold, rainy weather wearing only running shorts and a T-shirt. "It was mentally the hardest thing I'd ever endured," she says. Though it was all she could to do walk the last 30 miles, quitting never entered her mind. Her tenacity was rewarded—she was the first female finisher, three hours ahead of the next woman and in 24th place overall.
The French sports magazine Endurance picked up the American honeymooners' story. The sudden media attention from newspapers and magazines abroad and at home flattered the coy couple, who, despite their combined immense talent, was known for being friendly and unpretentious.
In 2004, three Sybrowskys toed Wasatch's start line. Brandon had placed third in 2002 and 26th in 2003, so there was speculation about his chances; his brother, Travis, was looking to improve his 92nd-place from two years earlier; and Moehl (now Moehl-Sybrowsky) hoped to break the 24-hour threshold, an ambitious goal for the brutally technical mountain course.
The husband-and-wife duo ran side-by-side for the first 62 miles to Upper Big Water, where Moehl met her pacer, Horton. Feeling strong, she and Horton hiked briskly from the aid station, while an undertrained Brandon dropped back. "It was a bit of a dilemma to just walk away from him," she says, but the decision resulted in her first 100-mile win. When Brandon crossed the finish line almost four hours later, race director John Grobben asked him, "Do you know what your wife did?"
It wouldn't be the last time Moehl would have to make a choice between staying a situation that was holding her back or moving ahead on her own.
Her amazing Wasatch achievement was the highlight of a stellar season including wins at the San Juan Trail 50K, Baker Lake 50K and third at the National Trail 50-mile Championships. Her natural talent was apparent, but it was her adeptness for meticulous planning and learning from past mistakes that let her harness that natural ability into back-to-back victories. In the first half of 2005, she won four 50K races as well as Portland, Oregon's March Mudness 100K and South Africa's Addo Elephant 100-miler.
Though she excelled at each new challenge, some questioned her decision in 2005 to tackle the Grand Slam so early in her career. At that time, she only had two 100-milers to her credit.
"She puts the time and effort into her training and has the 100-miler mindset: listen to your body, be as tough as nails, pace yourself and be patient," says Jurek. "I thought she should aim for winning Western States rather than run four 100-milers, but she got the bug so bad she was going to do it no matter what."
True to form, Moehl carefully planned each race's splits. The numbers served as a motivational carrot-on-a-stick, but more importantly, she looked forward to working with her parents and friends serving as support crew. "Ultrarunning is not just about me," says Moehl. "I rely on other people's energy to keep me going. My mom was my constant; she knew what I needed at every point." First was Western States, where Moehl finished fourth woman (20:53); just three weeks later she won the Vermont 100 in a time of 18:41. Next was Colorado's Leadville Trail 100, in which she was second (22:03) despite freezing rain, and finished off with a third-place run (26:34) at Wasatch.
However, the high of being the youngest-ever female Grand Slammer was soon overshadowed by challenges in other areas of her life.


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Executive Director Weekly Report - Week of April 22, 2013
USA Field Hockey Weekly Report-Week of April 22, 2013
Okay, I am impressed and hope you are, too. Our Women's National Team went into New Zealand for a Four Nations Tournament with a roster of many untested athletes and expectations that the entire opportunity was experiential. Well, it was that, but the team also experienced some wonderful success as the tournament progressed. The hard work this team is putting into our Road to Success and eventually to Rio is wonderful for this program. The efforts being made by the athletes on the team, their coaching and support staff is beyond our early expectations. We are quite proud of that effort, and with head coach Craig Parnham's leadership we will continue to see definite progression. And, to the support staff, thanks to Dr. David Higgins for his continual medical help; and, he is a wonderful strong shoulder to rely upon in many other areas. Thanks to Nate Franks for his videography and video analysis throughout the tournament. Thanks to Katelyn Nerbonne for providing great team management. Thanks to Jess Hoenich, our trainer, for her care of our athletes, and our thanks to assistant coach Paul Caddy for his high level of technical help. This entire team was top-shelf in every way and we certainly appreciate their work ethic and the results their work is providing.
Boston concerns Those of you from the Boston area are an impressive lot in light of the very serious events of this past week. I know a number of the officials at the Boston Athletic Association and in particular the long serving race director David McGillivray. Dave has been in that role since 1988 and at the conclusion of each marathon he goes back to run the marathon course himself…except for this year. He is a kindhearted soul who takes into the consideration the needs of everyone who runs in his events. A number of us from Colorado Springs know Dave and wrote to express our concern. He wrote earlier today saying:
Steve...thanks for reaching out...very much appreciated. It is overwhelming but keeping busy and staying the course. We'll get through this...I hope. Very kind of you to write. Thanks again.
Dave epitomizes the spirit of Boston and so they well certainly get through this. Good on you, Dave. Good on Boston.
A successful weekend of hockey on both coasts This past weekend the U-20 and U-14 Ventura County Red Devils took on the NorCal Sharks for a series of boys high performance matches at Stanford University. On the east coast, 24 boys participated in a high performance training camp aiming for selection to the U-20 east coast squad. A special thanks to all that were involved – Rutger Wiese, Chris Pothier, Steve Danielson, Pat Cota, Jote Atwal, Greg Nathan, Ben Maruquin, Mike Whitehead, Sean Harris and Job Ginolfi. The quality instruction and organization of training sessions and matches have given our developmental pipeline a huge boost and we look to continuing to invest in the future of the men's program with quality coaching and competition for our youth.
Congratulations are in order for the clubs who have advanced to the National Club Championship in July. The clubs are: Focus Field Hockey (Virginia Beach, Va.), Freedom HKY (Annapolis, Md.), North East Elite (Windham, N.H.), Rampage (Centreville, Va.) and The Gaels Field Hockey Club (Severna Park, Md.). There are still nine Regional Club Championships to come including Region 6 U-19 Club Championship this weekend. Good luck to all the clubs competing this weekend and in the coming weekends.
Umpire Suzi Sutton will be inducted into the York County Sports Hall of Fame Suzi was a standout field hockey player back in the day at her high school in Dallastown. She earned a scholarship to play at Northwestern University and not only made her mark on the field hockey pitch but also on the basketball court. She has since picked up a whistle and commenced an umpiring career that was taken her around the world. Suzi recently returned from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil where she umpired the International Hockey Federation's World League Round 2 tournament. Congrats to Suzi on a well-deserved honor.
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If you checked in on how some of the most prominent and influential church leaders find God's will—and encourage you to find it—you might be in for a surprise. Or maybe not . . .
John Eldridge hears from God through books and movies, but at other times God's voice is apparently direct and audible. You can read all about it in his widely acclaimed book, Wild at Heart.
Bill Hybels reveals his secret to success in his recent book, The Power of a Whisper. Here's a quote, "Without a hint of exaggeration, I can boldly declare that God's low-volume whispers have saved me from a life of sure boredom and self-destruction." He goes on to say, "I firmly believe that God whispers to you too. If you lower the ambient noise of your life and listen expectantly for those whispers of God, your ears will hear them. And when you follow their lead, your world will be rocked."
Here's the problem with those views: With constant appeals to adventure and excitement, they lure you away from the safety and certainty of Scripture, plunging you into a sea of subjectivism. It's like a choose-your-own-adventure novel. Exciting? Yes. Wild and adventurous? No doubt. But absolutely dangerous.
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Agree 100% with John - God's will is for us to be saved and live holy lives, and long as we live to glorify God, and obedient and repentant, then we can basically do anything we want in life!
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1. Impressions and intution are based on nothing more than feelings. We know our feelings cannot be trusted because they are constantly changing and influenced by things as simple as the weather. So to base huge life-changing decisions on feelings is foolish.
2. If you approach the Bible as just a textbook, you will know some of God's will for your life because God has some pretty specific commandments and instructions for His people. But the Bible is way more than just a textbook. It is how we KNOW God. I recently watched one of MacArthur's sermons on what it means to be a slave of God, and MacArthur said that as a slave, you obey direct commandments from God. And where there is no direct commandment, you do what you KNOW will please your Master. If we read the Bible in order to understand and know our Master better, we will better know the Master's will on things about which He has not given us direct commandments.
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What are the dangers of relying on subjective impressions and intuition to determine God's will?
Well...this perhaps:
Note at the 37-40 second mark he promotes "The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Bible" as a cherished resource for his sermon prep.
How does our attitude toward Scripture influence our view of knowing God's will?
James wrote concerning marks of true faith. One of the marks James wrote about is an eager desire to hear the Word of God...James 1:19
Pastors and teachers and professing Christians should have a hunger and desire to know God's Word thoroughly. The product of hungering after God's Word must by necessity produce a keener awareness of what God wants for us and from us.
That's a sad video. Sadder still are the thousands of deceived people sitting under Ed Welch's ministry every week. I'm not shocked to see him boast of 2-3 hours "sermon" prep on the day of his message. Nor am I surprised to see his study resources. Your're right, the first one says it all...
Well said. A slave obeys his master's word. And when no direct word is available, he ambitiously seeks ways to please and serve him anyway. According to 2 Cor. 5:9, that should always be our ambition, "pleasing Him in all things." John talks about that in his new Slave book.
I intended to write Ed Young in my last comment, not Ed Welch. The latter is an excellent Christian author and biblical counselor. The former...well...we already dealt with that.
My apologies for any confusion.
Lots of those in scriptures.
1. It is God's will that you should be sanctified the you should avoid
sexual immorality- 1 Thessalonians 4:3
2. Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is-his good,pleasing and perfect will.
James 4:15
3. This is confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us- whatever we ask- we know that we have what we asked of him.- 1 John 5:14
I used to get really frustrated with this charismatic way of discerning God's will - because it simply is not discerning. Nowadays, I'm simply disappointed. In my mind, this type of discernment is just plain laziness. The individual practicing this type of discernment has abandoned the authority of Scripture (and more than likely, the study of Scripture) in their lives - like you've been saying, it's completely subjective in it's core. "If (blank), then (black)" - "If I go for a walk in this park and listen for God, then He will speak and I will hear." It's practically at the opposite end of the spectrum regarding God's will and actually opposes the Word of God rather than harmonizes with it.
God is not a god that whispers sweet nothings into your ears hoping that you'll hear him. That view of God is idolatry. If God was whispering things to you, there is NO DOUBT that you would hear it and respond in reverence by immediately getting on your knees in repentance and submission to Him. Luke 3:8 "... for I tell you, God is able from these stones to raise up children of Abraham." An example of the power of God. If He wills it, it will happen. It doesn't require 'us' - it never will.
Practicing John Eldridges discernment style actually suggests that God has been telling you something and you weren't quiet enough to hear it - it also suggests that God's words are trumped by circumstances / life-noise / etc... until we make the conscious effort to hear Him. This is ridiculous.
Isaiah 55:10-11 "For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven and do not return there but water the earth, making it bring forth and sprout, giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater, so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it."
Sorry if any of my thoughts were broken - I'm at Starbucks and it's noon-hour... lots of people coming in and out - my A.D.D. has gotten the best of me! Maybe God was trying to tell me something, but all of the commotion of people getting coffee has hindered my ears from hearing Him... ??? :D
Hi John,
Havn't listened to the full sermon, but there is no doubt that we find the will of God for every single man (in every time) completely in the scripture. It is to Repent and believe daily for the "Righteousness which is of God which is by the Faith of Jesus Christ".
If every man had a fear of self, of God, remorse for their offences of sin, and desire to clothe themselves with the garments of Jesus Christ, then the daily walk of victory becomes a reality. Every day.
But first you have to despise yourself and know that you are totally bankrupt and without capacity to perform to receive the promises.
This is the will of God for men, and it is the same for every man, that we might all be made perfect in Christ Jesus. Amen
James 1:19 does not say anything about an eager desire to hear God's word. maybe another verse?
For clarity: Many connect the "Be quick to hear" command in James 1:19 to Scripture. In other words, "Be quick to hear God's Word." It's a valid interpretation. Hope that helps.
I have a question in regards to the previous post along the subject of God's will, in response to comment #s 6 & 7? When Pastor MacArthur fasted for 9 days for his son was it something that he took upon himself or was he led/directed by God to undertake it? (Is this too personal of a question to ask?) I once read in one of his teachings /transcripts that we are not commanded anywhere in the New Testament to fast but we are commanded to pray. Yet the tone of the New Testament is an assumption that a disciple will fast. Does this go along with the subject matter?
Thanks Tom
You'll find some answers to your questions about John MacArthur and fasting here: http://www.gty.org/Resources/Sermons/70-17 To summarize, John doesn't say he "felt led" to fast. He explains it as a "normal and immediate response" to the news he received about his son's tumor. He puts fasting in the context of prayer, but says it's never commanded in the New Testament. I think you'll enjoy reading about his experience. The format is a Question and Answer session at Grace Community Church. Enjoy, and thanks for your question.
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I have just one more question and its in reference to the mention of "Experiencing God" by Blackaby and King. I have that book but I have not read it yet - do you not recommend it? I remember reading just one part of it once and what I read frightened me so I haven't looked at it since. I figured that if what I read frightened me I probably need to read the whole book (probably a challenge I need to face up to). But I wanted to wait until I was ready...
I like walking in parks so I can pray and talk to God. I know I don't
hear God speak to me. We read His word, the Holy Spirit guides us
to what He is saying. Important thing as I walk or do stuff, Thank Him
daily!!! :) . That's one way to find God's will. Thankful heart! Applying the fruit of the spirit in our spiritual life. Like- love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, gentleness, faithfulness, and self control.
Here's a quick, safe answer to your question: Stay away from that book; it advocates everything we're combatting in this blog series regarding how to follow God's Will. As the series continues, I think you'll understand why.
Is 'Experiencing the Heart of Jesus' study book and the others by Max
Lucado is ok to read. I could'nt finish two of his study books, something in the passages turned me off. I could'nt read it anymore.
I shouldn't had wasted $34 for those two booklets.
Thank you again and I must say that I so appreciate this website. I am overwhelmed at the wealth of biblical teaching found here! It amazes me!
I'm not familiar with the book you mentioned. And to be honest, I've never read anything by Max Lucado. I would recommend you talk to your pastor or church leader--someone with discernment who is willing to give you direction on good Christian books to read. Here are a few books John MacArthur says have had a great influence on his life:
•Arthur Bennett, ed., The Valley of Vision: A Collection of Puritan Prayers and Devotions (Banner of Truth, 1975)
•Stephen Charnock, The Existence and Attributes of God
•J. I. Packer, Knowing God
•D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Preachers and Preaching
•D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Studies in the Sermon on the Mount
•Arthur Pink, Spiritual Growth
•John R. W. Stott, The Preacher's Portrait
•Thomas Watson, The Beatitudes
•Thomas Watson, A Body of Divinity
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- Ulrichsweb Global Serials Directory UW restricted This database let you search for journals in a particular field and then limit your search to journals that are open access. [Look under "Key Features" on the Advanced Search page.]
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Use the tools below to find pricing and impact factors for the journals which you edit, or in which you publish. Even though more journals become available every year, the ability of university libraries to subscribe to new journals is diminishing due to escalating journal prices.
- Ulrichsweb Global Serials Directory UW restricted
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- Journal Cost-Effectiveness 2013
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- Eigenfactor.org
While many authors are familiar with the ISI Impact Factor, the Eigenfactor project offers other measures of article influence, with both the Eigenfactor Score* and the Article Influence Score**. The creators of Eigenfactor.org incorporate citation analysis not only from scholarly journals, but also PhD theses, newspapers, and popular press to map influence across disciplines. For more information on the scores, please read through the Eigenfactor FAQ
*Eigenfactor™ Score(EF): A measure of the overall value provided by all of the articles published in a given journal in a year.
**Article Influence™ Score(AI): a measure of a journal's prestige based on per article citations and comparable to Impact Factor.
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- JANE: Journal/author name estimator
To locate relevant biomedical journals in which to publish, paste your article title, abstract draft or keywords into the JANE search box, and retrieve a list of journals ranked by a confidence score (see the Biosemantics Group FAQ for an explanation of the confidence factor). Result lists are ordered by the confidence score, and include Article Influence ratings from Eigenfactor.org and links to the related article citation. Developed by the Biosemantics Group and funded by the Netherlands Bioinformatics Centre.
Start your own OA journal or alternative non-profit publication, or transfer an existing publication to an open access model:
- UW ResearchWorks
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- Public Knowledge Project / Open Journal System
View the international distribution of journals known to be using the Open Journal System to manage and/or publish their contents.
- SPARC Income Models for Supporting Open Access
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Talk about these publishing issues with your society:
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- Reshaping Scholarly Communication: The Role of Scholarly Societies
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Magic Bus: A Trip Back in Time With the Antenna Theater
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The bus was a few minutes late - and there was no greeter or sign at the stop - so it was a little disconcerting. The 3-D programs and wallpaper were really cool. 'Hope you like incense! Being a local, I was checking this out as a potential thing to do with visitors - decided it depended greatly on the visitor! Lots of us 50+-ers sang along most of the way. Unusual, kinda fun, but not particularly enlightening? Volume of audio varied greatly - which seemed odd for Antennae... Some creeps kept lifting the curtains to peer out, which ruined the "theatre" effect for the rest of us - so don't do that!!
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I took my two 20-something sons on the bus and they enjoyed it. I wasn't as impressed, however, as the film skipped around alot and didn't stick to a real timeframe of the 60's, so it was discombulated. There was a lot of down time when the...continued
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The wrong intersection is given as the meeting point. It is only a block off so I was able to find it, but it started things off a bit stressful. It was unique and creative. Glad I did this, but not sure I would go out of my way to recommend it...continued
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We really loved this experience. My husband and I grew up here and were especially moved by the music, the film footage, the perspective on these amazing, turbulent years. Several times we felt close to tears. The "theater" part was surprisingly...continued
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"Magic Bus transports the audience on a magical mystery tour to a more hopeful era with a bliss-inducing soundtrack (and mind-blowing video) …" —San Francisco Chronicle
Sausalito's Antenna Theater, in partnership with Teacher Bus, has literally hit the streets with a traveling show aboard a renovated 20th-century bus that evokes the era and politics of the Summer of Love. The Magic Bus is a veeeery trippppppy thick, twisted multi-media mix of oral histories, rock and roll, live action, 3-D and video projections while the bus rumbles through North Beach, the Haight and Golden Gate Park.


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Skip to comments.Bloodbath ...... For Newspaper Circulation
Posted on 11/07/2005 8:05:57 AM PST by blogblogginaway
NEW YORK The March FAS-FAX set off landmines with reports of steep declines at many papers, most prominently some top Tribune Co. properties. The September numbers are not much more encouraging.
The Newspaper Association of America said on Monday that overall daily circulation for the six-month period ending September 2005 for 789 newspapers fell 2.6% to 45,153,192 copies. For the 627 papers analyzed, Sunday dropped 3.1% to 49,394,406.
Here are some specifics from the new FAS-FAX report -- released at 8 a.m. Monday -- compared to September 2004:
The San Francisco Chronicle's daily circ is down 16.5% to 400,906 copies, a huge drop. Sunday circulation fell 13.5% to 467,216. The Los Angeles Times is down about 3.7% Monday through Friday to 843,432 copies. On Sunday the paper reported a decrease of roughly 3.4% to 1,247,588 copies.
The Orlando Sentinel took a huge hit, with daily circulation down around 11% to 219,838. The Chicago Tribune's daily circ fell around 2.7% to 586,122 daily copies. Sunday fell 1.3% to 950,582. Circulation at The Sun in Baltimore also decreased. Daily circ is down 8.5% to 247,193 and Sunday is down 7.7% to 418,670.
The Tribune Co. expects an overall decline of 4% for daily and Sunday copies -- excluding Newsday. According to the report, Newsday numbers are "withheld pending completion of six-month audit."
At the San Jose (Calif.) Mercury News, daily circ is down 3.9% to 249,090. Sunday circ fell 5.2% to 278,420. The Miami Herald is down 4.3% daily, and 3.6% on Sunday. The Philadelphia Inquirer is down about 3% with daily circ at 357,679. Sunday circ is down roughly 4.5% to 714,609. The Daily News in Philadelphia dropped almost 11% to 121,093 daily copies.
Knight Ridder said overall circulation for the company decreased about 2% for daily copies and about 3.5% for Sunday copies.
The Washington Post reported a drop in daily circulation, down 4% to 678,779. Sunday decreased roughly 4% to 965,919.
USA Today's daily circ slipped a bit, by 0.5% to 2,296,335.
The Arizona Republic in Phoenix is down slightly, 0.5% to 411,043 daily copies. Sunday circ showed declines of 2.4% to 517,699.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution dropped 8.7% to 362,436 daily copies. Sunday was down almost 5% to 570,126.
McClatchy breaks its 20-year winning streak this period. Daily circulation, it said, dropped around 1% while there was a "steeper decline" on Sunday.
The Star Tribune in Minneapolis lost a bit in daily, down 0.2% to 374,528. Sunday the paper took a hit, down 6% to 636,977.
The Boston Globe said its circulation plummeted this period. Daily circ dropped 7.7% and Sunday circ is down 7%. Executives said the Globe is managing down its "other-paid" circulation.
The New York Times reported tiny gains with daily up 0.4% and Sunday up 0.1%. The increases came mostly from the paper's national effort. Circulation for the New York City area declined.
The Wall Street Journal said in a conference call that it reported slight gains in online subscriptions. Overall circ for the paper dipped about 1% to 2,083,660.
The Star-Ledger in Newark, N.J. gained 50 daily copies, up 0.01% to 400,092.
Daily circ at the Daily News in New York dropped 3.7% to 688,584. Sunday fell slighly, 0.7% to 781,375. Meanwhile the New York Post lost daily circ, down 1.7% to 662,681. Sunday dropped 6.3% to 425,279.
I rarely see anyone under 30 with a newspaper in their hand. It's mostly just the gray-hairs.
Tree-huggers are strangely silent about this wonderful development.
The drop numbers probably aren't accurate. Circulation hasn't really dropped that quickly. It's just that a few papers got caught inflating the numbers, so most of the papers are taking out some of the padding before the advertisers catch on.
Newspapers are in the business of selling advertizing; not the reporting of news. Newspapers have been mailing advertizing for years to reach those who do not take a newspaper. these ads are usually 'wrapped' in a special section called "Food Day" or something similar.
Discount grocers like WinCo don't do any advertizing, yet do much more business because their prices are significantly lower overall than the big advertizers.
Good point...the MSM will continue to fade away as these people 'move on'. Unfortunately; many young people consider the 'Daily Show' as a credible source for news.
What a liberal rag that SF comical is..Race, race, race, diversity, gay this, gay that, everywhere on every cover. Gave it up 5 years agao. Why doesnt the Orange County Register take on all the liberal newspapers in the West? Kinda like conservative talk radio did. They could capture 50% of the mkt overnight.
So... hwree's that Simpsons bully (Francis) going, "haha" and pointing. I think that pic fits here perfectly.
I go to the local recycling bin and pick up a few discarded newspapers to use for my bird cages. I get lots of glee seeing bird plop on liberal trash.
So has the Phila Inquirer.
What is this "newspaper" thing that you are referring to? Did people get news printed on a sheet of paper in the past? How quaint...
Worst after the S.F. Chronicle? And deservedly so.
And most of those folks were misled by Cronkite and Rather, and their pride prevents them from admitting so.
The media - the only business that regularly tells its customers how stupid they are.
They have 50% more Sunday subscribers ($1/week) because they advertise the coupons as giving hundreds of dollars of savings each week. While that is sort of inflated, people easily save more than $1 by finding coupons for the things they would buy anyway.
I'm sure a significant number of people get the Sunday paper just for the coupons and don't read the paper at all. If the same advertisements and coupon inserts were available for cheaper weekly delivery without the newspaper (or with foreign newspaper or blank paper), I'm sure many of those Sunday-only people would jump.
Its obvious its a not for profit publication. Orse the Race this, race that, gay this , gay that stuff wouldnt be on the front page..EVERYDAY!!!!
"USA Today is far-right compared to our Hartford Courant" Ain't it the truth? Pravda was far-right compared to that miserable rag. Come to think of it, the only paper in Conn. with an editorial page sane, reasonably intelligent people can read without simultaneously vomiting and losing control of their bowels is the Waterbury Republican. I am hard pressed to think of another Conn. newspaper that shouldn't have a hammer and sickle on its front page.
There is no doubt that some newspapers are stepped over as the hotel guests leave their room. On the other hand, the number one complaint that hotels receive is when the papers are late.
School sales are a very small percent of total sales and school sales are listed on a separate line so advertisers can use that information to evaluate the sales at that particular paper.
Thanks for explaining.
FYI, new report.
That was a false charge. Never proven, but apparently not forgotten. The charge was a disgruntled person...can't remember if it was a former distributor or employee.
Well said!
Ho ho ho. Ha ha ha. Hee hee hee.
How about the Wall Street Journal?
They aren't, although they aren't losing at the rate the libs are. (And the WSJ may be losing circ. to its own online edition which is gaining circ.)
Thanks for the ping.
Cite? I thought the #1 complaint received by hotels was poor-quality toilet paper.
(Maybe guests are looking for a substitute?)
As stated, hotels spend millions of dollars a year on newspapers and they would not do so unless their guests wanted it.
My wife pisses me off every Sunday, She goes to the gas station and buys the Sunday Sacramento Bee just for the advertisements! That's as bad as paying for Playboy for the articles!(She says she steals them from the paper machine.)AAARRRGGGGGHHHH!
The key word I read in your comment is "slowly." In addition to the MSM they also completely control K-12 and university education systems, unions, professional orgs...etc. Long road ahead!
Do you have any idea how the Palm Beach Post is doing? My local liberal paper.
Can't wait to see these headlines in the papers.
For Sunday, the sales were 190,931 compared to 190,219 one year ago.
So circulation for that rag is up? I can only attribute it to our rapid population growth. Sigh.
Thanks for the numbers Dave!
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LOL!!! I love the way you twisted their words back on them. Especially the part about MoDo.
It seems to me that this is a natural consequence of a country filled with people who are not only not taught to read and comprehend, but who don't read the national language. (as well as newspapers being steadily replaced by "alternative" media, of course!) It sure couldn't happen to a bunch of more deserving entities.
Thank you, sir! Laughed right out loud, I did!
I love your home page. It's classic.
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