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Rev. Ellen Guice Sims
Hello and Welcome!
Thanks for letting me introduce myself. A United Church of Christ minister, I have been shaped over the years by a variety of Christian traditions. When my husband and I returned to our home state and my hometown after many years away, I felt called to start a new church in Mobile, Alabama, for people hungry for a socially responsive, intellectually engaged, spiritually dynamic Christian communion. In February of 2009, I began gathering together a core group of people who were eager to support each other in a life of faith as we worked together to discern God's direction for us. This dear, diverse, and growing group of traveling companions shares a commitment to see where God is at work in the world and to join in that work. Since 2010 we have been a ministry of the United Church of Christ, a progressive denomination uniquely suited for a future-oriented church.
If you want to know how you can join this spiritual adventure and support the beginnings of a new faith community, I welcome the chance to hear from you. Please use the Contact Us link at the top right to email me and I'll be in touch. Also, each week my sermons are archived online on our Sermons page. Please take a look.
Here's some more information about my background and experiences:
- Taught literature and writing for 16 years at Belmont University in Nashville prior to entering the ministry.
- Received an M.Div. from the Methodist Theological School in Ohio.
- Originally ordained as an American Baptist minister.
- Gained valuable experience both during and after seminary as a campus minister, associate pastor, and hospital chaplain.
- Serve as a board member of the Mobile Area Interfaith Conference and past-president of The Quest for Social Justice
- Support community organizations including LGBT Wave of Hope, Alabama Coalition for Immigrant Justice, and League of Women Voters.
- Volunteer with various community organizations in Mobile.
- Married to a college administrator; mother to a lawyer in Nashville.
- Student of our dog Rascal, who teaches the spiritual practice of appreciating life as it comes.


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With Mother's Day just about here, it's time to think of the perfect gift. Sometimes that isn't chocolates or flowers but rather a day on the couch watching your favorite TV shows. From great lady-centric shows like Golden Girls to oddball nostalgic choices like This Old House, our editors picked some of their favorite shows to watch with their mamas. Keep reading for some of our best picks, and if you're not a TV fanatic, check out some movies to watch with your mom, too.


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Saravanan (Udhayanidhi), a lethargic and aimless youngster, who often likes to spend time with his friends, gets to enjoy a respectable position in a national-level political party. Kalyanam (Soori), Saravanan's uncle, who had earlier eyed the position, leaves to Dubai owing to certain circumstances. He is miffed that he lost the chance in the party and decides to take revenge against the latter. And, Veera Singam (Mansoor Ali Khan), who is after Kalyanam to settle some personal scores, is awaiting his return from Dubai.
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At some point in life, we all have those times when we think that our life sucks. That is when we seek for ways to be happy; some people found their path to happiness while the others don't. The question is why are we unhappy, and what traps us in such situations? The hurtful truth is only time can heal and tell us when will the good things come. During the waiting session, it entirely depends on you to live your life to a happy stage.
This is the modern era where people are surrounded by expensive things along with people who love to show their expensive lives. To some extend, such things play a part in keeping some people stressed. There are times when we see other people posting things about their fun and luxury lives on social media. Then and only then, you start to think your life is not as good as theirs. The truth is that is not true. You need strong commitment and motivation to move on to a better phase of life. There are certain things that you should and should not do to be happier, and here they are.
1Stop Comparing
No one shall ever compare themselves to someone so much to the point they become stressful. There are people who are successful at young age while the others are not. That does not mean your life is less meaningful to live. Remember that no matter how rich or successful a person is, there are still problems and unpleasant things that make them unhappy. The key is to cherish what you have and make the most of it. Each person has their own definition of happiness, so find yours and love yourself for who you are and what you have.
2Stop Listening To Negative People
No matter how nice and good you are, there are always toxic people out there to criticize you. The thing is that despite the fact that we are content with what we are having, one small negative comment always has a space in our thoughts. Sometimes that one comment causes some sleepless nights while the other times it makes us feel bad about ourselves. No one is perfect, and that is why you should always accept the stage that you are in. If you think you life is not good enough, find your flaws and find improvement to fix them.
At the end of the day, people are still going to judge so live your life the way that it makes you happy. Live your life the way you want it to be, not the way people around you want it to be. Want to be less stress? Eliminate people who thinks negatively about you and talk behind your back, simple as that.
3Stop Doing All The Bad Habits
Those includes being cooped up in the room, losing communication with friends and family, and doing other unhealthy daily activities. These are the number one things that trap you from seeing better things out there. Such habits are super unhealthy, and you will find it difficult being active again; which is bad. Drinking too much and too often is also very bad, we all know that.
There are times when you are stuck in those activities, and you find it hard to get out and start everything again. The point is do not let yourself drown in the sea of unhealthy things for too long. Life is worth living, and none of those things help anything. At some point, you will discover that there are better things to do and see. When you find your way out, never go back to the same place that traps you ever again.
4Stop Complaining But Start Doing
What are the things that make you feel bad about your life? Find them, and change them. What makes you think your life sucks? Get the solutions, and solve them. What causes bad moods every day? Find ways to get rid of those causes. Every problem has solutions to it, it is a matter of whether or not you want to do anything about it. Some problems take a lot of time to solve while the other don't.
People should admit that complaining is neither the solution nor the help to anything. Find a person that you can trust, and discuss your problems with them instead of complaining to people around. That takes a lot of courage for some big issues, but it is the best way to solve problems.
5Get Out Of Your Comfort Zone
Doing the same things every day is boring. Get up, go to work, come home, and repeat the routines again and again is unhealthy. Make some times for yourself to travel or experience new things is what should be added to your habits. Being an introvert or extrovert does not matter, getting out of comfort zone and try different things that you have never done before sometimes is what matters. We have just one life, so spend it to do exciting things that add extra taste of life.
Afraid of planes and flights? How about gather your courage, walk out of the comfort zone, and fly to somewhere for once? You will never never know if you never try, right? So why not?
6Make Good Friends
When you surround yourself with good people, everything will change to a better level. Don't be afraid to speak up and make good friends because they will influence good vibes to you. The trick is to select the type of friends that you want to be friend with base on your field of interest. Remember that if they are the people you think are nice and good, it will not be difficult to start a conversation with them.
Good people will lift up your life in many ways; mainly emotional supports which is a rare thing to find. Friendship is important, so it is always great to keep good people in your life
7Adapt Healthy Routines
There are only two main things that you should follow to a happy and healthy life: eat well and sleep well. Start healthy diet, eat regularly, and maybe give yourself some cheat days once or twice with some barbecues. Eating well also plays a part in keeping your mood bright. You can't eat canned food seven days a week and feel excited with such habits. So cut down some fast food, and focus more on vegetables and good food instead.
People say you should sleep 8 hours a day, but they did not specify from when to when. If you want to adapt healthy sleeping habits, try to sleep as early as you can. Maybe around 10-11PM, that is when your brain and body can rest properly. When you sleep early, you will also get up early too. That will bring a productive day with a good morning start results from a good night sleep. Yup, that means staying up late at night doing less important things should be changed.
There you have it, the 7 ways to do to make yourself happier. Good things take time, so you can slowly adjust and improve your habits to a fun and healthy ones. Love yourself more, and remember that everyone deserves to be happy so never let small things ruin your happiness, ever.


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Opening Story: 1: A sign of resurrection:
As Vice-President, George Bush represented the U.S. at the funeral of former Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev. Bush was deeply moved by a silent protest carried out by Brezhnev's widow. She stood motionless by the coffin until seconds before it was closed. Then, just as the soldiers touched the lid, Brezhnev's wife performed an act of great courage and hope, a gesture that must surely rank as one of the most profound acts of civil disobedience ever committed in Communist Russia: she made the sign of the cross on her husband's chest. There in the citadel of secular, atheistic power, the wife of the man who had run it all made a gesture suggesting that her husband had been wrong. She hoped that there was another way of life – a life best represented by Jesus who died on the cross, and that this same Jesus might yet have mercy on her husband and raise him up on the Day of the Judgment. (Gary Thomas, Christian Times, October 3, 1994, p. 26.)
2. Look, he's Moving!:The first of the friends said: I would like them to say, he was a great humanitarian, who cared about his community.
Three friends were discussing death and one of them asked: "What would you like people to say about you at your funeral?"
Three friends were discussing death and one of them asked: "What would you like people to say about you at your funeral?"
The second said: He was a great husband and father, who was an example for many to follow," said another.
The third friend said, I would like them to say, "Look, he's moving!!"
Brett Blair, www.Sermons.com*************
Today, the 5th Sunday in Lent, we conclude the trilogy of instructions taken from the Gospel of John for Catechumens. The gospel readings of the previous two Sundays focussed on water (Jn 4) and light (Jn 9). Today our focus is on life (Jn 11). These three narratives, centring on the three primordial elements, are a build up to the Easter vigil which will also revolve around water, light and new life. These three elements simply point to Christ, the source of life. (Fr. Sahaya Selvam, sdb)
Michel DeVerteuil
General comments
As on last Sunday, we have a long passage in which several stories are interwoven.
Jesus brings Lazarus out of the tomb; this is experienced as a liberation from bondage – "Unbind him and let him go free." Identify with Lazarus from your experience. He symbolizes those who have been written off (by others but also by themselves) as dead – people? communities? a country or a civilization?
Textual comments
Verses 3 and 36; 15; 39; 41 and 42 : Faced with the bondage of the tomb, Jesus is armed with love (verses 3 and 36), trust in the Father (vs. 15, 39, 41 and 42), and deep compassion (vs. 33, 35, 38). Enter into the dramatic confrontation in which these forces are victorious over death.
Verses 25 – 26; 29 and 40 : Jesus leads Martha (and to a lesser extent Mary) to a new insight into the power of faith over death by his teaching (vs. 25 and 26) and by commanding her to take the stone away (vs. 29 and 40). Recognize this journey from your own discovery of the power of faith over the forces of death and whatever keeps us in bondage. Where is Jesus teaching us this by word and example?
Verses 9 and 10 : Jesus returns to Judaea, the place of death, in perfect freedom, because of his own faith which is an inner light that keeps him from stumbling.
The disciples decide to accompany Jesus in his journey to death, which turns out to be a place of new life and freedom. When did you or your community take such a risk and experience a similar surprise?
The disciples decide to accompany Jesus in his journey to death, which turns out to be a place of new life and freedom. When did you or your community take such a risk and experience a similar surprise?
Since we are approaching Holy Week, interpret the story of the crucifixion of Jesus in the light of this story: there too, faith and love prove victorious over the forces of death and darkness.
***************Thomas O'Loughlin
Homily notes
1. What does believing in the resurrection mean in our lives The temptation is to make an abstract statement about what one 'believes' will happen post mortem, but Christian faith is much more than this: it requires that we live as people who have been raised to new life and for whom death and th tomb are not the end. To believe in this sense is not to assent to a set of statements beyond what can be proven by som sort of empirical observation, but to adopt a lifestyle that embodies the assumption that God is calling each of us to new life. Christian believing is, therefore" something that requires constant practice. This means that I cannot believe, in my life, and living and activity, that God is offering people new life, while being indifferent to human suffering, pain, poverty, a oppression.
2. Many people dwell at length on the' difficulties of believing and wondering whether they can assert as true or false some statement such as 'there is life after death' or 'there is a continuation of personal identity after death' or whether or not there is 'a cycle of reincarnation'. But these speculations are quite irrelevant to the gospel- and its challenge of taking the difficulties of the lifestyle of resurrection do not attract the same attention as the abstract 'difficulties of believing'. The gospel writers all believed that there was a caring and involved God, and and individual identity that survived death, and that there was an 'afterlife' – none of these beliefs are an issue in the gospels they are simply assumed. What they proclaim as new, and as revealed in Jesus, is that God offers a covenant of forgivepess that cannot be destroyed, and the invitation to follow the way of holiness is to live life after the pattern of that forgiving and constant divine love.
As we are loved, so we love;
as we are forgiven, so we forgive;
as we receive mercy, so we must be merciful,
and as our lives are transformed, so we must help to transform the lives of others.
As we are loved, so we love;
as we are forgiven, so we forgive;
as we receive mercy, so we must be merciful,
and as our lives are transformed, so we must help to transform the lives of others.
What we wish for from God on the heavenly plane, must be that which we transmit to others on our own human plane. So to believe in resurrection, and in the resurrection of Jesus, is to live such a life, of hope:
if I look forward to mercy and fullness of life from God, how can I not show mercy to someone in need;
if I look to the transformed life of heaven, how can I not want to transform the lives of those suffering on earth. Here lies a difficulty:
is it easier to engage in disputes over abstract beliefs;
or to engage in almsgiving and be really committed to a just world – perhaps one where one has to take a fall in one's own standard of living so that others can have a better life?
Believing in resurrection is not 'yippee, I'm saved by Jesus', but something very costly: I believe I am given new life; I must act on that as the fact in my life and convey new life to others.
if I look to the transformed life of heaven, how can I not want to transform the lives of those suffering on earth. Here lies a difficulty:
is it easier to engage in disputes over abstract beliefs;
or to engage in almsgiving and be really committed to a just world – perhaps one where one has to take a fall in one's own standard of living so that others can have a better life?
Believing in resurrection is not 'yippee, I'm saved by Jesus', but something very costly: I believe I am given new life; I must act on that as the fact in my life and convey new life to others.
3. On the other hand, we have to note how we often live within a pattern of attitudes that are equivalent to denying resurrection. The gospel today shows up several of the main forms of non-belief.
First, attitudes of despair in the face of human suffering deny resurrection. Here are some of the standard expressions of despair: 'Why bother when it will make no difference,' or 'There is nothing to be done,' or 'It is too late.' We must act with hope and one only needs hope when one is in the presence of adversity.
Second, attitudes of it 'all being too much bother' when faced with wickedness or falsehood or discrimination. There are always difficulties – 'there will now be a smell' – but until we confront them as a community which is strengthened by God's grace, those difficulties will only grow. Not that there is any guarantee that in confronting them we will succeed or that we will not encounter suffering – our symbol is a cross – but that in confronting the difficulties we look forward to the final victory of the Christ.
Thirdly, attitudes of fatalism: the assumption that there is really no hope of things changing, and that there is no possibility of conversion. Lazarus is already in the tomb, dead and bound. Such an attitude of fatalism denies the forgiving nature of God, and denies that there can be goodness in his universe.
4. It is in confronting each day the suffering, darkness, and wickedness that can engulf us that we show that we believe that Jesus is the resurrection and the life, the one who has shattered all that oppresses us. Belief in resurrection may seem one of the most abstract aspects of our religion, yet nothing makes such concrete and material demands on us.
*********************************************Jack Mc Ardle
Central Theme
Have you noticed that gospels these Sundays are very long? (Next Sunday's gospel is the Passion narrative, which is the longest gospel in the liturgical calendar.) Once again, today, we have a story that contains very central issues of the message and mission of Jesus. It is about love, about friendship, about life, and about death. There are some beautiful human touches like, for example, when Jesus wept for his friend Lazarus, or when their encounter reveals a very warm relationship between himself and Martha and Mary.
Lazarus had gone through that experience, except he had gone all the way. In fact, he was dead for four days. I am in no position to make a comment, but i can only assume that Lazarus was brought back to life. Unlike Jesus, at a later stage, Lazarus still had to travel down that same road. In a way, you could say that Jesus didn't do him any great favour. I can understand the strong response of Jesus when he met the widow of Naim going to bury her only son. It is normal for a child to bury a parent, but it is never easy for a parent to have to bury a child. Lazarus, Martha, and Mary were special friends of Jesus; so much so that Jesus wept at Lazarus' graveside. They were tears of love, not tears of despair. Grief is the price you pay for love. If you never want to cry at a funeral, then don't ever love anyone. That would be a very high price to pay to avoid something that is essentially part of life itself. ;:;
There is obviously a plan and purpose in. all this. After all, Jesus had plenty of warning, but he seems to have deliberately held out going straight to Bethany. Even When he knew that Lazarus was dead, he said 'Lazarus is dead. And for your sake, I am glad that I was not there, because this will give you another opportunity to believe in me. Come, let's go see him.' It is hard to imagine that Jesus let Lazarus die just to strengthen his disciples' belief in him by raising Lazarus to life again! I don't pretend to know why it happened as it did, but I can hazard one possibility. Jesus was with people in a particular place and, because they took up his full attention, he wasn't about to run off and leave them just because Lazarus was sick. Lazarus was his friend, but these people were also very important to him, because God has no favourites. Having let nature take its course, and discovering that Lazarus was dead, he went to be with his friends Martha and Mary in their hour of grief. Seeing their grief, and experiencing his own sense of loss, he raised Lazarus from the dead. He did this because he had the power to do this. It would effect good in the lives of many: people, apart from Lazarus himself. It would strengthen the 'faith of his apostles and especially would it have a direct foreshadowing significance in the fact that he himself was soon to die. Through Lazarus, Jesus was preparing his apostles was what was to come. When he spoke of his own death, he always added that he would rise again. .:
The core message of today's gospel is in,the words Jesus addressed to Martha. 'I am the resurrection and the life. Those who believe in me, even though they die like everyone else, will live again. They are given eternal life for believing in me, and will never perish. Do you believe this, Martha?' Martha's answer was direct, and to the point. 'Yes, Lord', she told him. 'I have always believed that you are the Messiah, the Son of God, who has come into the world from God.' Do you believe this? This is the question each of us must answer. Everyone of us has to deal with death as part of life, both for ourselves and for those around us. After the consecration of the Mass, we often use the words, 'Dying you destroyed our death, rising you restored our life … Lord, by your cross and resurrection you have set us free … ' Today we needto face up to what those words really mean, ask ourselves if we believe what we say.
2 Stories
1. The Greek writer Plutarch tells the following story about Alexander the Great. One day Alexander came upon Diogenes the ancient philosopher, and he was examining some bones. He had two sets of human bones in two separate boxes. When Alexander asked him what he was doing, he said he was reflecting on some of the more important lessons of life. 'For example', said Diogenes, 'the two sets of bones here are those of your father, and of one of his slaves. I have examined them now for some time, and I honestly must confess that I cannot find any difference between them.'
2. John Quincy Adams, at 80 years of age, was shuffling along outside his house one day, when a neighbour greeted him with the question, 'And how is Mr John Quincy Adams this morning?' The old man replied, 'John Quincy Adams himself is very well, thank you. But the home he lives in is sadly dilapidated. It is tottering on its foundations. The walls are badly shaken, the roof is worn. The building trembles, and shivers with every wind, and I'm afraid John Quincy Adams will soon have to move out of it, move on, and change residence and address. But he himself is very well.'
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Lord, we remember today the times when we were like Lazarus in the tomb,
rejected, discouraged, in despair, feeling that life was not worth living,
overwhelmed by guilt so that we wanted to hide ourselves away from the world.
We thank you that you sent Jesus to us as we lay in the tomb –
a friend, a parent, uncle or aunt, some member of our church community –
and this Jesus loved us,
reached out to us in the tomb,
and in a loud, confident voice, called us to come out.
Thank you, Lord.
rejected, discouraged, in despair, feeling that life was not worth living,
overwhelmed by guilt so that we wanted to hide ourselves away from the world.
We thank you that you sent Jesus to us as we lay in the tomb –
a friend, a parent, uncle or aunt, some member of our church community –
and this Jesus loved us,
reached out to us in the tomb,
and in a loud, confident voice, called us to come out.
Thank you, Lord.
"Christianity is not about opposing evil. It is a call to live in contrast to
the prevailing mode of fragmentation and despair."
Derrick Wilson, founder of the ecumenical Corrymeela Centre in Northern Ireland
Lord, there are many who are Lazarus in our country,
seeming alive but really in the tomb:
– those who are letting themselves be killed by alcohol or drugs,
– those who are cynical, who have no energy or enthusiasm.
We ask you to send them Jesus
– someone who will be a friend to them as Jesus was to Lazarus,
– will not be afraid to remove the stone that is closing them in,
– will ignore us when we protest that they are already four days in the grave
and will smell,
– will call them to come out, and set them free.
the prevailing mode of fragmentation and despair."
Derrick Wilson, founder of the ecumenical Corrymeela Centre in Northern Ireland
Lord, there are many who are Lazarus in our country,
seeming alive but really in the tomb:
– those who are letting themselves be killed by alcohol or drugs,
– those who are cynical, who have no energy or enthusiasm.
We ask you to send them Jesus
– someone who will be a friend to them as Jesus was to Lazarus,
– will not be afraid to remove the stone that is closing them in,
– will ignore us when we protest that they are already four days in the grave
and will smell,
– will call them to come out, and set them free.
"How much better to carry relief to the poor rather than sending it." John Wesley
Lord, we thank you for Jesus' great distress, for the tears he shed,
for the sighs that came straight from the heart.
We come to you today with our own grief,
our anger in the face of death, hatred, cynicism and despair.
Teach us, like Jesus, to leave ourselves in your hands,
remembering that you always hear our prayers,
if we only believe we will see your glory,
and through our faith we can call Lazarus from the tomb,
unbind him and set him free.
Lord, we thank you for Jesus' great distress, for the tears he shed,
for the sighs that came straight from the heart.
We come to you today with our own grief,
our anger in the face of death, hatred, cynicism and despair.
Teach us, like Jesus, to leave ourselves in your hands,
remembering that you always hear our prayers,
if we only believe we will see your glory,
and through our faith we can call Lazarus from the tomb,
unbind him and set him free.
"All the doctrinal work of the Church is focused in only one direction, serving human beings in their every condition, in their every ailment, in every way. The Church has proclaimed herself the handmaid of humanity" Pope Paul VI
We pray for your Church, in our country and in the world,
– that we may be Jesus in the world,
– walking without stumbling because we are walking in your light;
– not afraid to go to Judaea even when we know we could be put to death there;
– that we may let ourselves be led to where Lazarus is lying in a tomb,
– so that we can share in the grief of the world and in its sighs.
Fill your Church with the love of Jesus for Lazarus,
and with his trust in you,
so that she may call him out of the tomb and set him free
– that we may be Jesus in the world,
– walking without stumbling because we are walking in your light;
– not afraid to go to Judaea even when we know we could be put to death there;
– that we may let ourselves be led to where Lazarus is lying in a tomb,
– so that we can share in the grief of the world and in its sighs.
Fill your Church with the love of Jesus for Lazarus,
and with his trust in you,
so that she may call him out of the tomb and set him free
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As was the case in John's account of the healing of the man born blind (last Sunday's Gospel), the raising of Lazarus is more than just a sign of Jesus' love and compassion. Each of the seven miracles that John includes in his Gospel ("the Book of Signs," as this section of John's Gospel is titled) is dramatized by the evangelist to underscore some dimension of the redemptive nature of Jesus' work. Today's Gospel, the climactic sign in John's Gospel, is presented in five distinct, self-contained scenes: Jesus receiving the news of Lazarus' death, the disciples' protesting Jesus' return to Judea, Martha's pleading with Jesus, Jesus' emotional arrival at the tomb, and the miraculous raising of Lazarus.
The raising of Lazarus is clearly intended by John to demonstrate Jesus' power over life and death. The raising of Lazarus plays like a rehearsal for the events next week's liturgies will celebrate.
As Jesus called out to Lazarus to be untied from the wrappings of the dead and to be free to live once again, so we are called to be free from those things that keep us too busy from loving and being loved.
Resurrection is an attitude, a perspective that finds hope in the hardest times and uncovers life among the ruined, that reveals light in the darkest night. To each one of us belongs Jesus' work of resurrection at Lazarus's tomb: to help others free themselves from their tombs of dark hopelessness and the fear and sadness that bind them.
The eternal hope of the gardener
His life was a never-ending winter of depression. His heart had been broken too many times; his last few dreams finally died in defeat and disappointment. He would leave his house only to go teach his classes or see his doctor, but his real life was lived under a blanket in his dark bedroom.
Then, one day, he was drawn to his empty yard and felt the urge to dig. He turned over spade after spade of dirt until he had cleared a small plot. He planted a few seeds and managed to find the energy to water and fertilize and weed. Soon he picked his first small basket of tomatoes and beans. He now had reason to get out of bed. He was a gardener.
That was a few years ago. As he looks back, he wonders what he could have done if only he had gotten up out of bed and put on his shoes: He could have built a boat. He could have written a book. He could have planted a garden.
Now, each winter, as the snows rage, he spends hours at his kitchen table planning the next year's garden. On a large piece of paper he marks the rows: carrots here, potatoes there, beans in that section, tomato plants and corn on the edges. Maybe something different — kale or spinach? Would this be the year he would attempt a watermelon vine? He eagerly looks forward to the new the seed catalog each year; he devours gardening books and is constantly checking out horticultural websites looking for new ways to make next season's garden greener and more productive.
While the world around him is entombed in winter, he lives in the never-disappointing hope of spring, looking forward to digging in his garden and gathering the bounty of the harvest.
[Suggested by "The Garden" by Richard Jones, Spirituality & Heath, March-April 2011.]
All of us have experienced some extended spiritual "winter" when we have felt trapped by the feeling that nothing matters much, when we are entombed by disappointment, hurt and grief — or we are so absorbed in work or others' expectations that distract us from being the kind of spouse, parent, child or friend we want to be. The Christ who calls Lazarus from his tomb calls us out of the tombs we dig for ourselves in order to walk in the light of hope and possibility. He calls us to live life to the fullest, to bring the love of God into our cold, winter world. Jesus calls not only to Lazarus but to all of us: Come out! Go free! Unbind yourselves from the wrappings of death! Live life to the fullest — the life given to you by a loving God. May we hear that same call to life in our darkest and coldest winters, enabling us to drop the bindings of disappointment and anger and embrace the never failing hope of the gardener and the good earth.
2. Fr. John Conley, sj
Martha's Grief and True Hope
Purpose: The Lenten readings summon us to experience a foretaste of Christian hope in the raising of Lazarus from the dead. In our society, hope in the resurrection and eternal life needs to be distinguished from the purely secular hopes which are often offered as substitutes for it.
One Lenten Sunday, I was seated in the congregation of a prominent Jesuit church. The preacher announced that the theme of his homily was Christian hope. He informed us that "true Christian hope is the belief that tomorrow will always be more beautiful than today." With this Hallmark Hall of Cards opening, the priest then explained that Christians are always optimistic (real "can-doers"), never wear a frown, and know how to turn the proverbial lemon into lemonade. "Hopeful people are never down."
Father's gushing sermon perfectly expressed the perennial American gospel of the power of positive thinking, but it was a counterfeit of Christian hope. Today's gospel on the raising of Lazarus presents a portrait of authentic Christian hope, complete with the tears and the fear which accompany even the most loving disciple.
The opening of the gospel is remarkable for its realistic presentation of the grief of Martha. She is stunned by the death of her brother Lazarus, probably a young man who died a rapid death. She is not only in grief, she is angered that Jesus did not come more quickly to prevent Lazarus from dying. "Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died." St. John repeatedly underlines the particular love which Jesus had toward the siblings Mary, Martha, and Lazarus. The Benedictine liturgical calendar has a beautiful feast dedicated to this mystery: Saints Mary, Martha, and Lazarus, friends of the Lord.
When Jesus encounters Martha in her sorrow, he leads her to authentic faith and hope. He asks her two questions. "Martha, do you believe that your brother will rise?" Martha responds that she does believe that her brother will rise from the dead on the last day. The response of Martha is typical for a pious Jew of the period. There is some sort of personal survival from death, and there is some sort of day of judgment at the end of time for the living and the dead. But the terms of this hope remain vague and impersonal. Jesus then asks her the question of faith. "Martha, do you believe that I am the resurrection and the eternal life you are looking for? Do you believe that in and through me you will have this life beyond death you yearn for?" It is only then that Martha makes her act of faith as disciple. She acclaims Christ as the Son of God, come into the world to redeem it from sin. The hope for eternal life for the just is no longer vague or only philosophical. It is now a matter of Christ's resurrection and the disciple's belief in it.
The encounter with Martha still confronts the contemporary world. When Christ asks the first question about life after death, the vast majority of Americans will still answer in the affirmative. There is something beyond death, and it has something to do with the moral choices we make in this life. But this hope is vague, with God the Judge often reduced to a sentimental easy grader. Christ urgently asks us the second question. Do we believe that in him we find the resurrection from the dead that only God in his mercy can grant? Do we believe that in the risen Christ we see our own ultimate future in communion with God through God's freely given grace, and our own freely given cooperation?
It is this question, and the living response in Jesus Christ, that guides us to the heart of authentic Christian hope. It is a hope which no political committee, no therapeutic technique, and no exercise in positive thinking can give us. It is the hope of freedom from sin and death which is the gift outright in the passion and resurrection of Christ.
The risen Lazarus confirms the truth, contradicting all biology, and all logic: that in Christ God's power can conquer even death. Of course, Lazarus will die again in several years. He only points weakly to the conquest of death in Christ which will know no further death. He points to the glory of Christ risen forever, and embodies the authentic Christian hope that the faithful disciple will one day share the glory beyond the tomb and beyond our deepest grief.
Living life to the full
It seems a bit strange to have this gospel on the Fifth Sunday of Lent. It seems to be clearly about the resurrection and yet we are still plodding through Lent and have to get through Good Friday before we get to Easter. What's going on; have the Church's liturgical engineers got it all wrong? Can I suggest that this text is more about death than resurrection? After all, Lazarus isn't walking around today; he had to undergo another death. This text is more about our life and death here and now rather than about the resurrection. We will have time enough to consider the resurrection when we get to Easter Sunday and the weeks of celebration afterwards.
In his Spiritual Exercises St Ignatius Loyola suggests that when reading a particular Gospel passage we should put ourselves in the place of each character in turn and use our imagination to see how we would feel in those circumstances. This can be a most revealing exercise. How about putting myself in the place of Lazarus? I am dead to everything and then I hear a voice: 'Come out, Lazarus.' There I am, lying in a tomb swathed in bandages and surrounded by darkness. If we wonder how we would feel in this situation, the answer would be different for everyone but I think many might say: Thanks Lord, but I'd prefer to stay where I am.
While attempting to put ourselves imaginatively in Lazarus's place we might become aware of how tomb-like our present way of life is, and rekindle a longing for freedom which has perhaps been buried for years. Putting ourselves into the place of a character from scripture can awake all kinds of thoughts within us and lead us to turn to God in prayer with new words on our lips. Yet it is something so simple that we are surprised that we never thought about it ourselves. This Gospel features here in Lent to help us come to live life to the full; for often it is only in the face of death that we are shocked into this realisation. This can happen to us in all sorts of ways on the occasion of a loss or bereavement. It is amazing how often it takes overcoming a negative experience to make us realise afresh how much there is that is truly positive and makes life worth living.
From Fr. Tony Kadavil's Collection:
1) Carrying a dead soul in a living body?
In Virgil, there is an account of an ancient king, who was so unnaturally cruel in his punishments that he used to chain a dead man to a living criminal. It was impossible for the poor wretch to separate himself from his disgusting burden. The carcass was bound fast to his body -- its hands to his hands; its face to his face; the entire dead body to his living body. Then he was put into a dungeon to die suffocated by the foul emissions of the stinking dead body. Many suppose that it was in reference to this that Paul cried out: "O wretched man that I am!" Today's readings invite us to turn away from sin, approach the Sacrament of Reconciliation and revive the dead soul we are carrying within our body, thus becoming eligible for the glorious resurrection Jesus promised to believers at the tomb of Lazarus.
2) Good news – bad news joke:
John and Jim were professional players with the Atlanta Braves who lived and breathed baseball. These guys breathed, discussed, ate, and slept baseball. One of their big concerns was whether there would be baseball in heaven. They loved baseball so much that they were not sure at all they wanted to spend eternity in heaven unless they could play baseball. They had an agreement that the first one who died would somehow get a message back to earth, letting the other know whether baseball was in heaven or not. Well, it happened. John died, and Jim grieved. He grieved for days - deeply saddened over his friend John's death. About two weeks went by, and then it happened. Jim was awakened in the middle of the night by the calling of his name, "Jim, Jim, Jim, wake up! This is John." "John, where are you?" "I'm in heaven - and I have some good news and bad news. It's exciting, Jim. We do have baseball in heaven. It's great. We play every day and there are marvelous teams, and tough, exciting competition." "That's great," said Jim. "But what's the bad news?" "Well," said John, "You are scheduled to pitch next Tuesday."
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Good News all around us and I have good news for you: God has a resurrection for you! He wants to bring you out into the light again. He wants to bring you out of that tomb of oppression and give you a new start. And listen! He has the power to do it. He can bring you back to life.
This powerful story in John 11 speaks to this. Remember it with me. Mary and Martha who live in Bethany are some of Jesus' closest friends... They send word to him that their brother, whose name is Lazarus, is desperately ill. "Please come. We need your help. Hurry. He is sinking fast." But by the time Jesus gets there, Lazarus has died... and has been in his grave for four days. Mary and Martha come out to meet Jesus and they express their grief: "He's gone. We've lost him. O Lord, if only you have been here, our brother would not have died."
The family and friends have gathered and in their deep sorrow, they begin to weep over the loss of their loved one, Lazarus. The heart of Jesus goes out to them... and Jesus weeps with them. He loved Lazarus, too... and he loves them... and he shares their pain. Jesus goes out to the cave-like tomb and he says to them: "Roll back the stone!" Martha, always the realist and ever ready to speak out, protests: "But Lord, we can't do that. He has been in the grave for 4 days. By now there will be a terrible odor." Jesus says to her: "Martha, only believe and you will see the power of God."
So they roll the stone away... and Jesus cries out in a loud voice: "Lazarus, come forth!" And incredibly, miraculously, amazingly, before their very eyes... Lazarus is resurrected! He comes out of the tomb. He still has on his grave clothes. His head and feet are still wrapped with mummy-like bandages. Jesus then turns to the friends and family and says to them, "Unbind him and let him go. Unwrap him and set him free."
In this graphic and dramatic story, three awesome lessons jump out at us. Three great truths emerge which can be so helpful to us today. Let me list them for us: Jesus wept with those he loved and he still does. Jesus raised people up and he still does. Jesus included others in the healing process... and he still does...
___________________________Springtime is the season of uncontained optimism.
As the days grow longer, and the sun grows stronger, it feels time to do something outrageous. We dig into the earth, carefully plow and pulverize hard clods into fine loam. We remove the weeds and grasses. We add extra nutrients to enrich the prepared soil. Then into that lush, fertile mixture we gently deposit . . . dried up, shriveled, little (sometimes downright tiny), seemingly completely dead bits of matter. We call them "seeds."
Nothing looks less "lively" than a seed. The tiniest ones--lettuces, carrots, radishes--are so minuscule that planting them is like putting into the soil grains of coarse black pepper. Corn and beans "look" like corn kernels and soup beans. Well, they look like corn kernels and beans that have been lost on the floor of your pantry for six months or so, rejected even by the mice. Definitely NOT "good eats." And yet we joyfully plunge these desiccated crumbs into the soil we have sweated over, completely confident that something will come out of our efforts.
Springtime is the season of belief. Every spring we believe in the power of the life that lives within those apparently dead seed husks. We believe that just a few handfuls of seeds can produce a glorious new crop to nourish our lives and feed our families.
Of course, bringing that potential crop to full fruition takes a lot more than simply dropping seeds into the ground and walking away. As every backyard gardener or full-time farmer knows, once you put those babies into the soil you are in a relationship with that garden, with those fields, with the weather. Seeds require constant nurturing - watering, weeding, protection from predators, large and small. New life comes from within the seed. But ensuring the continuation of that potential new life comes from an ongoing relationship with that life, our commitment to doing all we can to ensure that every single seed becomes part of yet another new harvest.
This week's epistle text is Paul's springtime seed catalog...
_______________________Giving Thanks for Our Trouble
Ours is a God who does not despise or abhor the affliction of the afflicted and does not hide his face from them." There is always a sense in which great living is found in the midst of suffering and tears.
An old Yiddish folk story tells of a well-to-do gentleman of leisured much interested in the Hebrew Scriptures. He visited a wise rabbi to ask a question. He said: "I think I grasp the sense and meaning of these writings except for one thing. I cannot understand how we can be expected to give God thanks for our troubles." The rabbi knew instantly that he could not explain this with mere words. He said to the gentleman: "If you want to understand this, you will have to visit Isaac the water-carrier." The gentleman was mystified by this, but knowing the rabbi to be wise, crossed to a poor section of the settlement and came upon Isaac the water-carrier, an old man who had been engaged in mean, lowly, backbreaking labor for some fifty years.
The gentleman explained the reason for his visit. Isaac paused from his labors. Finally, after several minutes of silence, looking baffled, he spoke: "I know that the rabbi is the wisest of men. But I cannot understand why he would send you to me with that question. I can't answer it because I've had nothing but wonderful things happen to me. I thank God every morning and night for all his many blessings on me and my family."
It is true, is it not? The pure in heart see God. The humble in spirit know Christ's joy and enter into God's glory. "For I consider," writes Paul, "that the sufferings of the present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us."
_______________________Joy Unbounded, Glory Fulfilled
Pastor/Bishop Kenneth Ulmer (Inglewood, California) envisions the animating, life-fulfilling power of the Holy Spirit as like the transformation that comes over the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade balloon figures as they're inflated. Without any air these huge balloons lay flat on the floor, limp, and featureless figures. But when the wind starts whipping up inside those balloons, they begin to rise, stand up, and stand tall. They become individuals, people and creatures that we recognize and love. Once on the parade route, these balloons take on even more life, for they are animated not just by the air within them, but by the winds that buffet and bolster them down the street.
In today's gospel text, Jesus doesn't appear before Martha and Mary - who are in agony over the death of their brother Lazarus - just to bring them a casserole. Jesus doesn't cluck his tongue and concede that Lazarus' death is a tragedy.
Jesus goes to his best friend's tomb and calls out, "Lazarus, come forth!" As experienced by Ezekiel and the psalmist, once again the animating spirit of God moves with power and precision, and brings a dead man walking right out of his tomb! This is what God settles for. Miracle, rebirth, deliverance from the pit, and eternal redemption. God doesn't define winning as not losing. God doesn't settle for anything less than joy unbounded, and glory filled dreams fulfilled.
Leonard Sweet, Collected Sermons, www.Sermons.com
________________________________The Way Out
Most everyone has worked one of those mazes where you follow the right path to find your way out. As you move your pencil through the maze you keep running into dead ends until you find the one path that sets you free.
Life is a lot like living in a maze. We continue to take wrong turns which lead nowhere and often retrace our steps until we can find our way. It can be very frustrating. Sometimes we never do find our way out. Those are the times we are stuck and feel like a prisoner with no escape.
Today I want to help set you free. I believe that no matter how difficult the maze you live in may seem, there is always a way out. Not even death can stand in the way of your life's journey.
Keith Wagner, Only One Way Out
____________________________The Third Day
It was a popular belief that soul and body were finally separated after 3 days -- with no hope of resuscitation. Lazarus' resurrection thus points to Jesus' resurrection. The event forces decision on belief or disbelief in Jesus; his enemies understand that the die is cast. It is this decisiveness for faith, in a miracle that surpasses any possibility of rational explanation, that gives the incident its primary dramatic tension.
Massey H. Shepherd, Jr., Interpreter's One-Volume Commentary: John, p. 720 _______________________Sunday's A Comin'
Tony Campolo tells the story of a black Baptist preacher in the inner city of Philadelphia who preached a sermon Tony says he'll never forget. Tony preached first. He was "hot," so "hot" he says, that he even stopped and listened to himself. He sat down and said to his pastor: "Now see if you can top that one!"
"Son," said the black pastor, "you ain't seen nothin' yet." For an hour and a half the pastor repeated these words over and over again: "It's Friday, but Sunday's a comin'."
"I've never heard anything like it," Tony said. "He just kept saying it. The congregation was spellbound by the power of it."
"It's Friday. Mary, Jesus' mother is crying her eyes out. That's her son up there on the cross. He's dying the agonizing death of crucifixion as a criminal. But it's only Friday," the preacher said. "Sunday's a comin'.
"The apostles were really down and out. Jesus, their leader, was being killed by evil men. But it was only Friday. Sunday is a comin'.
"The Devil thought he had won. 'You thought you could outwit me,' he said, 'but I've got you now.' But it was only Friday. Sunday is a comin'."
"He went on like that for 30 minutes, 40 minutes, an hour. Each time he said, 'It's Friday,' the crowd began to respond, 'but Sunday's comin'. An hour and 15 minutes.
"It's Friday and evil has triumphed over good. Jesus is dying up there on the cross. The world is turned upside down. This shouldn't happen. But it's only Friday. Sunday's a comin'.
"It's Friday. But Sunday is comin'. Mary Magdalene was out of her mind with grief. Her Lord was being killed. Jesus had turned her life from sin to grace. Now he was dead. But it's only Friday. Sunday is a comin'."
The place was rocking. For an hour and a half. "Friday! But Sunday is a comin'. Friday. But Sunday is a comin'.
"The sisters and the brothers are suffering. It just isn't fair...all they have to go through, but it's only Friday. Sunday is comin'."
"I was exhausted," Tony said. "It was the best sermon I've ever heard. The old preacher was saying it and the people were with him. 'It's Friday, but Sunday is a comin'. It was powerful," Tony said. "It was personal."
Ronald J. Lavin, I Am the Resurrection and the Life, www.Sermons.com
I Will Be More Alive
One of my favorite quotations, one I have used over and over again at funerals, comes from that great evangelist of the last century, Dwight L. Moody. Moody said, "One day you will read in the newspaper that D. L. Moody of East Northfield, Massachusetts is dead. Well, don't believe a word of it. I will have gone up higher, that's all. Out of this old clay tenement into a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. And at that moment, I will be more alive than I have ever been."
David E. Leininger, Collected Sermons, www.Sermons.com
_________________________Run the Film in Reverse
When I was a child I used to love walking into Miss Hammond's 4th grade classroom to discover the shades drawn and a 16 mm projector set up facing the pull-down screen. This was more than the joy of knowing I wouldn't be asked to answer questions, read aloud, or work out problems on the black-board. For when there was time following the movie, rather than rewind the film, Miss Hammond would show the picture in reverse. We laughed hysterically at the antics produced on the screen: things which had disintegrated suddenly were reconstituted, buildings shaken to pieces by earthquakes took previous shape before our eyes, people who had been knocked to the ground suddenly sprang back to life. That is what these lessons are about today -- God's power to run the film in reverse, to reverse the initiatives of infinitude, to overcome the gravity of life, to address a problem in life which you and I cannot solve.
Fred Anderson, A Problem You Cannot Solve


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It's a rare Arizona homeowner that doesn't want to add the most color from blooms to their xeriscaping landscaping as possible. It wouldn't be stretching the truth one bit, to say that this request is a number one requirement given to landscape designers nationwide. So we are never surprised when this is one of the first things a Phoenix or Glendale landscape design client adds to the list of what benefits they want most from their new outdoor areas.
Oleanders are a great plant for landscaping in Arizona around this region. While most homeowners are aware that there are dwarf and standard sized plants available in these long blooming evergreens, many don't know that there are really different types of oleanders. Additionally, some of these ornamental shrubs and trees aren't as tolerant of lack of water as others are. This is something that is important to anyone's low maintenance desires from xeriscaping landscaping.
As is frequently an issue when using common names to identify plants for landscaping in Arizona (or anywhere else), some of these misnomers can cause a homeowner problems in their plantings.
Nerium oleander is the proper name for the most drought tolerant selections for xeriscaping landscaping. These woody evergreens are available in a variety of colors in white, pinks and light reds – as well as some bicolored blooms. There are dwarfs available such as Petite Pink and Petite Salmon Oleander, which will mature at 4 feet high and wide. The regular Nerium oldeander selections will mature at 10-20 feet tall and over time present you with a small ornamental tree that bears abundant blooms most heavily in spring and fall. It isn't uncommon to see blooms on these rugged xeriscaping landscaping plants in summer though, making them very popular for Phoenix and Glendale landscape design.
On the other hand, Mexican Oleander, requires more moisture assistant to remain looking great. This is not to say that it cannot thrive in xeriscaping landscaping in Arizona. These large shrubs, sometimes trained into a tree-form, just require a bit heavier drip irrigation or watering schedule than the standard oleanders do.
Mexican Oleander is also commonly referred to as Yellow Oleander and isn't in the Nerium family, but is related to it. This plant's proper name is Thevitia peruviana, and produces blooms that are usually yellow, but is available with soft apricot blooms too. This relative of the Nerium oleander matures at about 10 feet high and wide.
This is a very handsome plant in Glendale landscape design for xeriscaping landscaping, It has a beautiful open form and great texture. Thevitias have the same water requirements as grass though, and do get cold damage at about 25 degrees, as opposed to the more cold tolerant Neriums showing no damage until temps drop to about 15 degrees.
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Facebook owned photo and video sharing platform, Instagram today launched a tiny, less-resource intensive version of itself on Android. Named 'Instagram Lite,' the app follows in the footsteps of Facebook's 'Facebook Lite' and 'Messenger Lite' applications that have been around for quite some time now.
According to a statement given by an Instagram spokesperson to TechCrunch, the app is currently being tested in Mexico, with plans for expanding its availability to other countries in the pipeline, and expected to happen later this year.
We tried out the new Instagram Lite app (and you can too, without going to Mexico) and in my usage of the app I've come across both features that Instagram Lite has, and features that it doesn't. So, if you're wondering what 'Instagram Lite' is all about, here's a quick comparison between Instagram Lite and the regular Instagram app.
Instagram Lite vs Instagram: What You're Getting
The Instagram Lite app comes in at approximately 500 kB which is absolutely tiny as compared to the regular Instagram app which can be as much as 100MB to install (it's 90.75MB on my OnePlus 5).
At that tiny size, Instagram Lite manages to bring a host of features you'd find in the regular Instagram app.
Instagram Stories
Instagram Stories have no doubt managed to catch on much better than Facebook Stories ever did, and the company isn't about to let that go in it's bite-sized variation of Instagram. The Instagram Lite app comes with support for Instagram Stories so you can watch stories posted by everyone you follow.
The app lets you post stories yourself as well, but is currently limited to posting only images. These can be images you take from within the Instagram Lite app, or images that are already in your gallery. Videos are currently not supported, although you'll still be able to see videos posted by others on their feed, and in their Instagram Stories.
Support for videos should be coming soon, and the app mentions as much. However, seeing that the app isn't yet available anywhere outside of Mexico, it leads me to think the feature will take some time to arrive.
Uploading Posts
Obviously, the Instagram Lite app lets you post images to your profile. However, here too, apply a number of restrictions, including, most prominently, the fact that you can't yet post videos from Instagram Lite.
That decision makes sense, considering the whole point of the app is to save data, and uploading videos is counterproductive in that regard.
Other than that, images posted using Instagram Lite use the same amount of data as images posted using the regular app. However, the company mentions that viewing photos and videos on Instagram Lite will consume less data than on the regular app.
The Explore Section
The Explore section, which was recently overhauled in the regular app, is still here, though in a very bare bones look. There are no categories such as the ones you'd find in the regular Instagram app, and the search itself doesn't come with a search history of any sort and looks decidedly outdated in its design.
It does work pretty much the same way, though. You can search for people, and you can search for hashtags, similar to the capabilities of the regular Instagram app.
Activity Feed
The lightweight Instagram Lite app comes with the 'Activity Feed' as well, where you'll receive (as you would in the regular Instagram app) all the updates about new followers, likes, comments, and more.
However, one difference I noticed here was that while in the regular Instagram activity feed, you can see when someone who has liked your post has an active story. You can tap on their profile to directly watch their story in that case. However, Instagram Lite doesn't do that. You'll have to open their profile and then tap on their profile picture to check out the story they've posted.
There's also the profile page which brings in the basic functionality one might need from their profile. You can see all the images you've posted, and the images you've bookmarked. Story Highlights are available as well. There's no section for IGTV videos, which makes sense, since the app doesn't support IGTV anyway.
Instagram Lite vs Instagram: What You're Missing out On
It's pretty obvious that the Instagram Lite app brings a lot of the most important features from the regular Instagram app. However, there are a bunch of things that it misses out on. So let's take a look at what you'll miss if you switch over to Instagram Lite.
No Auto-playing Videos
Videos on your feed in Instagram Lite don't auto-play. This is obviously meant to further save data. However, since videos now only play when you tap on the play button, the volume is on by default, which makes sense but is something you should know.
Sharing Options are Missing
In the regular Instagram app, if you come across something that you want to share with people, you can tap on the three dot menu icon and choose to share the post via WhatsApp, Messenger, and in some cases, post it to your Story as well. However, in Instagram Lite, all of these options are missing. The three dot menu icon now only surfaces the very basic of options such as reporting a post, unfollowing the user who posted it, and a couple other things… none of which are very interesting.
Search Is Pretty Bare Bones
Like I mentioned earlier, the search functionality in Instagram Lite is pretty bare bones when compared to the search you get in the regular Instagram app. There are no recommended categories to check out, there's no search history, and while searching you can't choose to search just people, or just places, or hashtags. It'll search everything in that one place.
No Editing Options
Instagram has always been known for the easy and effective editing options in the app. In fact, a lot of people used Instagram to edit photos regardless of whether they were going to post them or not. In Instagram Lite, editing options are all but gone.
True, the filters are still there, but you can't adjust their intensity.
Similarly, there's an 'Edit' tab at the bottom, which is basically just for rotating an image as compared to the regular Instagram app which brought along a swiss-knife of tools for editing images easily and effectively.
That reminds me, in Instagram Lite you also can't drag and drop filters in the order you like.
No IGTV
The regular Instagram app is integrated with IGTV, and you can watch IGTV videos by just tapping on the icon in the top right. However, in Instagram Lite, IGTV doesn't make an appearance. There's no icon for IGTV, and if you've ever posted an IGTV video, it doesn't show up on the profile page either, the way it does on the regular Instagram app.
No Direct Messages
Instagram Lite doesn't support direct messaging; so you can't really send messages to people, you can't share posts and videos with anyone over personal messages — all things that you can do in the regular Instagram app.
This is one feature that I expect Instagram to add to the app in the near future, because direct messages shouldn't really cause a lot of data usage. However, as of now, the feature is missing from Instagram Lite.
You Can't Post Videos Anywhere… Yet
Instagram Lite currently doesn't support sharing videos yet. Whether you're trying to upload a post to your profile, or add something to your story, you'll currently only see two options 'Take Photo' and 'Choose From Gallery.'
However, videos will be coming soon. In fact, Instagram Lite even shows a third, greyed out option that reads 'Video Coming Soon.'
You Can't Post Multiple Photos
The regular Instagram app comes with a feature that lets you share a group of photos in the form of a carousel that you can then swipe across to check out all the pictures. This makes it easy to share a bunch of related photos without having to create multiple posts for them.
However, in Instagram Lite, you can't post multiple photos in the same post (at least not yet). You can, however, check out carousels that others have posted without any issue.
Once again, I'm not entirely sure as to why this feature was left out, but we might see it make an appearance sometime later.
'Photos You're Tagged In' Is Missing
The regular Instagram app comes with a section in the Profile tab that shows all the photos you've been tagged in by someone else. This is not only great to check out photos that your friends tag you in, but also to ensure that no one tags you in a post you want nothing to do with.
However, in the Instagram Lite app, this section is missing, which means that not only will you not be able to check out photos your friends tag you in, but you won't be able to see if someone tags you in a random post that you don't like.
Instagram Lite: A Great App with Some Issues
In conclusion, the Instagram Lite app is a really great first step from Instagram towards making an app that's data friendly and will be able to function well on budget-smartphones as well (it's no secret that the regular Instagram app can be quite heavy). While I understand the reason behind a number of features that didn't make the cut in Instagram Lite, there are some features that I think could've been added to the app to make it a more viable Instagram alternative for low-end phones, and for users in regions with a poor internet connectivity. Direct Messages and the ability to post multiple photos in a group are the features I think Instagram Lite needs to have.
Have you used Instagram Lite yet? If you have, and you think there's something else that I should've mentioned, feel free to drop a line in the comments. If you haven't tried it out, let me know if you're going to, after reading about the differences between the two apps.


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Great Yarmouth fashion shop with more than 60 years in the town shuts
PUBLISHED: 12:15 25 October 2018
A famous fashion name looks to be disappearing from Great Yarmouth after 60 years of doing business in the town.
Brahams, in Market Row, has shut its doors for good, according to signage on the shop front.
The shop has been in the town since 1958, when Leslie and Faye Brahams opened the first store in King Street.
But tough conditions on the high street appear to have brought an end to its long run.
It has been running a closing down sale for the last week, but the famous Brahams name has now been taken down from the shop front.
The store had been set to close in 2015 when owner Margaret King retired.
The shop has since been run as Judith Fisher at Brahams.
Mrs King had worked in partnership with Mrs Brahams since the 1980s, trading as Braham's Fashions in the Market Row store.
Speaking 2015, she said: ""We have always tried to do something a little bit different because we are independent buyers,"
"And this is very personal shop, the customers are like friends really. Around 90pc of the people who come in are known to us, they sometimes send us flowers and we offer them coffee.
She added: "Mrs Brahams told me you will know when to finish when you do not like it anymore, so I think I could have gone on forever."
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Los Angeles, CA – My Hoverboard For Sale, a new company that specializes in reviewing Hoverboards, is delighted to announce the launch of its new website, just in time to take advantage of the Christmas buying frenzy. The site marks the final stage in the launch of the company which was set up by a group of Hoverboard enthusiasts. The passionate entrepreneurs wanted to build a business from their hobby and in the process encourage other people to get involved in the fun pastime. The site is designed to deliver that passion both for the hobby but also by providing open and honest reviews about the different Hoverboard models.
"When I came up with the idea of Hoverboard for sale, I wanted to utilize my knowledge and experience, to encourage new people to get involved and to provide advice to people who had owned a Hoverboard for some time," said Steve Andrews the creator and owner of the company. "Buying a Hoverboard can be quite an expensive purchase, but buying the cheapest product on the market is not necessarily the right option either. Due to the recent explosion in popularity, there are quite a few different models and unfortunately many of the stores selling them, have no knowledge about the differences in each product. My website is designed to provide any visitor with all the required information in order that they can make a fully informed buying decision. The site will be continually updated as new models hit the market, and the sector continues to grow."
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RIL seeks to extend CMD Mukesh Ambani's term by five years; present tenure ends in April 2019
Mukesh Ambani, 61, has been on the board of Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) since 1977 and was elevated as Chairman of the company after the death of his father and group patriarch Dhirubhai Ambani in July 2002
New Delhi: Reliance Industries has sought shareholders' nod to give Mukesh Ambani another five years as the Chairman and Managing Director of the company.
Ambani, 61, has been on the board of Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) since 1977 and was elevated as Chairman of the company after the death of his father and group patriarch Dhirubhai Ambani in July 2002.
The company has in a shareholder notice for the 41st Annual General Meeting to be held on 5 July in Mumbai, moved a resolution to re-appoint Ambani "for a period of five years, on expiry of his present term of office, i.e. with effect from 19 April, 2019".
The notice said he would be paid an annual salary of Rs 4.17 crore and Rs 59 lakh of perquisites and allowances. Retirement benefits are not included in the overall ceiling of remuneration.
He would also be entitled to receive bonus based on net profits and "expenses incurred for travelling, boarding and lodging, including for spouse and attendant(s) during business trips and provision of car(s) for use on company's business and communication expenses at residence shall be reimbursed at actuals and not considered as perquisites," it said.
Also, "the expenses, as may be borne by the company for providing security to Shri Mukesh D Ambani and his family members shall not be considered as perquisites and accordingly, not to be included for the purpose of computation of the overall ceiling of remuneration," the notice said.
After Dhirubhai Ambani's demise on July 6, 2012, Mukesh was elected Chairman and Managing Director of RIL, while younger brother Anil was elected Vice Chairman and MD.
The two siblings parted ways in 2005 and divided the business their father created between them.
RIL has also sought shareholder approval to raise up to Rs 20,000 crore through a non-convertible debenture (NCD) issue in 2018-19, according to the notice.
RIL wants to "offer or invite subscriptions for secured / unsecured redeemable non-convertible debentures, in one or more series / tranches, of an aggregate nominal value up to Rs 20,000 crore, on private placement, from such persons and on such terms and conditions as the Board of Directors of the company may, from time to time, determine and consider proper and most beneficial".
The company did not say where the proceeds will be utilised.
(Disclosure - Reliance Industries Ltd. is the sole beneficiary of Independent Media Trust which controls Network18 Media & Investments Ltd)
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Freemasons Run a Dupont Circle Gauntlet Trying to Win Over Opponents at Contentious Meeting; Charges of Racism, Sexism by Masons Abound
Published: November 11th, 2018
Accompanying images can be viewed starting on page 1 of the November 2018 issue pdf
By William G. Schulz
The gloves came off at recent meetings between residents of Dupont Circle and developers and a former DC Councilmember, John Ray, who is working on behalf of the project for the Scottish Rite Masonic Temple located at 1733 16th Street, NW. Charges of racism, sexism, and disregard for homeowners' 15th Street properties directly behind the historic structure punctuated the often-heated exchanges between the parties.
Despite the increasing opposition, the Masons have made clear that they are moving ahead with their plans to build a revenue-generating apartment building with up to 150 single-family units in their vacant lot behind the John Russell Pope-designed temple. As we reported last month, the new apartment building, the contractor being the local firm Perseus Development, will front along 15th Street between Riggs Place north to the corner of S Street.
The proposed development has met with skepticism from the time the Masons presented it over a year ago when a representative met first with ANC 2B04 Commissioner Nick DelleDonne and again shortly after that with a committee of his. It was almost a given that design for any building would meet resistance from neighbors who are accustomed to seeing only well-maintained greenspace behind the temple.
Then, also in 2017, the Masons asked the city for a $22 million tax abatement to help pay for it all. The Masons say there are some $82 million in repairs and renovations needed for the temple. The apartment building on the back lot will mean that they will have a major source of new revenue thanks to a steady rental income for many years to come.
What's more, the money will allow continued operations at the temple, which relies solely on dues paid by the organization's dwindling membership, said Perseus Executive Vice President, Adam Peters, at the November 5th meeting of the Dupont Circle Citizens Association (DCCA). Further, he stated that the building would be built with or without the tax abatement, a shift from Perseus' previous suggestions that, without the abatement, they might have to reconsider.
From the beginning, the abatement request –formally opposed by the Dupont Circle ANC 2B in a 2017 resolution — has met with scorn and skepticism in the Dupont Circle community and among city officials. DC Chief Financial Officer Jeffrey S. DeWitt, for example, has rejected the Mason's argument that they need the extra money the abatement would provide. He says the organization has money for the renovations and will enjoy a hefty revenue stream from owning a luxury rental apartment building in one of DC's most sought after neighborhoods.
But the rancor hit a new pitch at the DCCA meeting where Ray, who serves as counsel to the Masons on the abatement request, insisted that the organization's members "want to be part of the community."
"Where are the Masons tonight? DCCA member Iris Green asked in response. "Why aren't the Masons here talking to the neighbors? Why only send a hired gun?"
Ray countered, saying, "I am also a Mason."
Ray said the temple, which serves as Supreme Council to the national organization, has since it was built a little over 100 years ago, has been a community resource. He said its library was the first public library in DC and is still open today and features a collection of rare books. He says the Masons have long held Saturday reading programs for neighborhood children, provided weekend parking spaces to the neighboring Jewish Community Center, and have plans to build a neighborhood playground.
"It's not in your plans filed with the city," a DCCA member shot back, in reference to the assertion about a playground.
"We have tried to reach out to the community and get their views and we will continue to do that," Ray said.
But DCCA members pressed on, asking repeatedly why DC taxpayers should support the Masons' temple renovation and revenue-generating apartment building.
"I live in a building that's older than the temple. Am I eligible for a tax abatement?" said one resident.
"I have trouble with my tax dollars supporting a male-only Christian organization," another DCCA member said.
And then the room boiled over.
"Whose kids are invited to your Saturday morning reading program?" Green, who is African-American, asked. "It wasn't my kids.
"The Masons are a racist organization," she continued. "They don't deserve any more favors from the city."
Ray, who is also African-American, angrily rejected what he said was an attempt to brandish unwarranted charges of racism. He suggested that if racism was to be considered in regards to the city's historic structures, then monuments to George Washington and Thomas Jefferson might be taken down in light of the fact that both men were slave owners.
The Mason's webpage states:
"The Scottish Rite is a fraternity whose members are drawn from Freemasons. Membership in the Scottish Rite is based upon personal integrity and good character, without reference to race, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, or national origin."
ANC 2B04 Commissioner DelleDonne informed the meeting that Ward 2 Councilmember Jack Evans, as chairman of the Committee on Finance and Revenue, he controls release of the pending bill authorizing the tax abatement, and has signaled that he is not willing to do so before the end of the year — effectively allowing the bill to expire.
The proposed development is in DelleDonne's single-member district. He has organized several recent community meetings to discuss the project, which has met with similar scorn voiced at the DCCA event. Those meetings have raised criticism of new density added to the neighborhood, potential traffic problems, and skyrocketing property values that will force out owners who would not be able to afford increased property taxes.
DCCA members, some of whom are represented by DelleDonne (he lost his re-election bid on Nov. 6), have roundly rejected the current design for the apartment building. Although Perseus' Adams Peters says the city's Historic Preservation Office (HPO) guided their architect, the DCCA members vowed to fight a design that, for many, seems out of character with the neighborhood of mostly red brick row houses.
Another concern was damage to homes surrounding the proposed construction site, though Perseus' representative assured the crowd that his firm, by law, must pay for any damage to surrounding private property that the building might cause. He said Perseus prides itself on going the distance with engineering and other studies to make sure that surrounding structures will not incur damage.
"The Masonic Temple has covered its back," asserted homeowner Aydin Tozeren, in response to the developers' and Ray's ready answers. He lives on the block of S Street where the apartment building's north-facing wing will be constructed.
"This is obvious as they smoothly ride through the [approval] process," Tozeren continued. "Except for one thing: community outrage. They are not ready for that."
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How does Mr. Ray reconcile his statement that ". . . the temple, which serves as Supreme Council to the national organization, has since it was built a little over 100 years ago, has been a community resource. He said its library was the first public library in DC and is still open today. . ." with the Wikipedia article<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_of_Columbia_Public_Library> about the DC Public Library?: "The library was founded in 1896 by an act of Congress after a lobbying effort by Theodore W. Noyes, editor of the Washington Evening Star newspaper. Noyes served on the library's board of trustees for 50 years. The first library branch was located in a home at 1326 New York Avenue NW. This was replaced by a main library, donated by Andrew Carnegie, built at Mount Vernon Square, which now houses the Historical Society of Washington, D.C. President Theodore Roosevelt attended the dedication of this building in 1903. Several of the branch libraries still in use were also built with funds donated by Carnegie."
Paul Kervan
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Josh Homme: Things Aren't Supposed To Be Easy
6 September 2013, 08:00
Josh Homme has been telling Radio X about the struggle behind the making of Queens Of The Stone Age's latest album …Like Clockwork, and that their live dates would be a final "release" of the tensions that went into the album.
Speaking to Radio X's Ian Camfield before their appearance at the iTunes Festival tonight (September 6), Homme described how a routine knee operation in 2010 saw the frontman "die" for a moment… and then spend the next four months laid up in bed and suffering from depression.
"It was tough," he explained. "But I don't think things are supposed to be easy. There is no short cut. It's just part of the exploration of trying to figure stuff out. But all that's gone now."
He also described how launching himself into the supergroup Them Crooked Vultures with Dave Grohl and former Led Zeppelin man John Paul Jones immediately prior to his illness didn't help matters.
"Before [Them Crooked Vultures] started, I was exhausted. And by the time it was over, I was... double-exhausted, I guess? When you're a workaholic, a workaholic's work is never done. I have a knack for going way beyond when I should stop."
Nevertheless, the subsequent album, …Like Clockwork, has been gaining some of the best reviews of the band's career.
"What we've kind of gleaned from this is that when things are terrible, people are really excited about it. Thank God for mental illness, right?"
Homme assured Radio X that the next QOTSA album would be "about puppies, ponies that swim and birthday cake."
The band are due to play London's Roundhouse as part of this year's iTunes Festival this evening (September 6) and you'll be able to hear the show broadcast live on Radio X from 7pm.
You can hear the full interview with Josh Homme and Dean Fertita of Queens Of The Stone Age below.


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S.I.D.N.E. - Simulated Impaired Driving Experience is another youth empowerment education experience that involves our High School medical responder education their peers on the dangers and consequences of impaired driving.
The youth set up course and run a real driver controlled go-cart on a course which becomes especially challenging when the go-cart is put in distracted mode (every input by driver is delayed by 1 ½ seconds) which shows the driver the impact of driving distractions when they don't focus.
The first responders also have developed their own personal educational messages for S.I.D.N.E. making this a more meaningful impact on other youth.
This package is one of three only in Canada and has been used since 2010.


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Sugarland, TX - Extended Stay Deluxe Houston - Sugar Land (Not Rated)
Address: 13420 Southwest Freeway Phone: (281) 494-6699
Location/ Directions: Take 610 to Hwy 59 South. Take Stafford/Sugar Land exit. Travel 1/4 mile and Extended Stay Deluxe will be on your right.
Average Price (Checked Aug 2012): $70.00 AAA Rated: n/a Stars: (n/a)
About Hotel: 3-Floors, -Rooms, Interior Corridors, Hotel is designed especially for longer stays with studios featuring fully-equipped kitchens and plenty of work space. Kitchen with refrigerator, microwave, and stove-top, Dining and cooking utensils provided, Free Wi-Fi in all guest rooms, Convenient workspace, Free local phone calls, Personalized voice mail, On-site guest laundry, On-site fitness center, Pet Friendly Rooms, Deluxe Coffee Bar Daily, Outdoor swimming pool, DVD player in every room.
Railroad View: Excellent View! Any room on the rear of the motel overlooks the railroad.
Railroads past Hotel: BNSF Railway.
Comments: This motel has not been rated by RailfanMotels.comPhoto Comment: The railroad can be seen along US-90 near the top of the photo. Rooms that face US-90 will have a railroad view.


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Videos: Trailers, Teasers, Featurettes
In season four, Supergirl is facing a bigger threat than she's ever faced before – a new wave of anti-alien sentiment, spreading across National City that's fomented by Agent Liberty. As Kara mentors a new reporter at CatCo, Nia Nal, and tries to use the power of the press to shine a light on the issues threatening to tear the city apart, Supergirl takes to the skies to battle the many villains who rise up in this era of divisiveness.
Streaming, rent, or buy Supergirl – Season 4:
Currently you are able to watch "Supergirl - Season 4" streaming on Netflix.


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|Screening the yeast "disruptome" for mutants affecting resistance to the immunosuppressive drug, mycophenolic acid.
|Christine Desmoucelles, Benoit Pinson, Christelle Saint-Marc, Bertrand Daignan-Fornier
|The immunosuppressive drug mycophenolic acid (MPA) is a potent and specific inhibitor of IMP dehydrogenase, the first committed step of GMP synthesis. A screen for yeast genes affecting MPA sensitivity, when overexpressed, allowed us to identify two genes, IMD2 and TPO1, encoding a homologue of IMP dehydrogenase and a vacuolar pump, respectively. In parallel, 4787 yeast strains, each carrying an identified knock-out mutation, were tested for growth in the presence of MPA, allowing identification of 100 new genes affecting MPA resistance when disrupted. Disturbance of several cellular processes, such as ergosterol biosynthesis, vacuole biogenesis, or glycosylation impaired the natural capacity of yeast to resist MPA, although most of the highly sensitive mutants affected the transcription machinery (19 mutants). Expression of TPO1 and/or IMD2 was strongly affected in 16 such transcription mutants suggesting that low expression of these genes could contribute to MPA sensitivity. Interestingly, the spt3, spt8, and spt20 mutants behaved differently than other Spt-Ada-Gcn5-acetyltransferase (SAGA) mutants. Indeed, in these three mutants, as in previously characterized transcription elongation mutants, IMD2 expression was only affected in the presence of MPA, thus suggesting a possible role for some SAGA subunits in transcription elongation.
|J Biol Chem 2002; 277:27036-44
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|Growth of deletion collection was tested in the presence of mycophenolic acid.
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- ECAR consists of a container that can hold 600 liters of water pumped in directly from a nearby well.
- Inside, it's fitted with a series of steel plates, and when a small voltage runs through the plates, that quickly dissolves iron in water, forming a type of rust.
- Arsenic binds to the rust as it forms, and then it falls to the bottom of tank, where it's filtered out and collected as rusty sludge.
- The treated water is then pumped out, ready to drink.
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Sunderland boss Sam Allardyce will be purring with delight after his Black Cats mauled Swansea in this relegation scrap.
A hat-trick from ex-England international Jermain Defoe clinched a vital three points after Kyle Naughton was given a straight red following a lunge on M'Vila early in the first half.
But 10-man Swansea will feel hard done by after referee Graham Scott apparently missed a clear-cut offside call for Defoe's opener.
He sparked controversy again awarding the Swans a dubious penalty, which Sigurdsson duly converted.
Ayew drilled home his seventh of the season to put the hosts 2-1 up at the interval but Sunderland were rampant in the second half.
Van Aanholt restored parity just after half time with a deflected effort off Fernandez before Defoe put them ahead with a composed finish past Fabianski.
He prodded home his third in the 80th minute following a terrific pass Van Aanholt. The result leaves Swansea in 17th, a point above Sunderland who face Tottenham next.
Here are five things we learned:
1. Jermain Defoe remains a master poacher
Ex-Sunderland boss Dick Advocaat used to struggle to find a place for Defoe in his line-up but successor Sam Allardyce knows the ex-England international can be relied on for goals and the 33-year-old took his tally into double figures this term in all competitions here despite a suspicion of offside.
2. Lukasz Fabianski is not too big to apologise
Swans keeper Fabianski was disappointed to spill Fabio Borini's shot for Sunderland's early opener. But when the hosts equalised, the shot-stopper held his hands up to the crowd and appear to say sorry for his earlier mistake
3. Patrick Van Aanholt is rapid
Sunderland's Dutch left-back will be in demand at this rate if the Black Cats are relegated. Fresh from helping put Aston Villa to the sword, the ex-Chelsea trainee left-back,25, scorched forward several times to stretch Swansea's defence and teed up Adam Johnson who fluffed it before scoring after the break for the second successive League game.
4. Swansea don't just play tippy-tappy
The Welsh club have become famous for their possession-based passing game instilled since the days of Roberto Martinez and Brendan Rodgers but this current side can also play direct too. There were about 11 seconds between Fabianski's goal kick and Andre Ayew making it 2-1.
5. Referee Graham Scott making a name for wrong reasons
Great Scott! The ref here tonight would be advised not to stay in Swansea and avoid both bosses post-match after allowing Defoe's opener when he looked offside before harshly then giving a soft penalty against Wes Brown and also sending off Kyle Naughton before the break when he won the ball in a challenge with Yann M'Vila.
Player ratings
Fabianski 6, Naughton 6, Fernandez 6, Williams 6, Taylor 6, Ki Sung-Yeung 6, Britton 6 (Rangel, 42, 5), Sigurdsson 7, Barrow 6, Routledge 6, Ayew 8
Mannone 7, Jones 7, O'Shea 7, Brown 6, Van Aanholt 8, Borini 7, Cattermole 6, M'Vila 7, Johnson 8, Lens 7, Defoe 9