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Saturday, August 9, 2014
God Would Never... (Fill in the Blank)
One variation of this phrase goes something like this: "We should not believe in a God who would be capable of doing _____." (Commanding Abraham to sacrifice Isaac; commanding war, conquest and genocide in the Old Testament; requiring that a Savior die on the cross to forgive our sins; commanding the practice of polygamy, etc. Fill in the blank.)
Everyone (including folks who don't actually believe in God at all) has some idea about what God is about, what God has done, does, and will do, what God is capable of and what God is incapable of. I have been/am/will be guilty of this as much as anybody else.
Like all opinions, some of these opinions are better informed than others. Some are based on a better awareness of scriptural testimony regarding what God has done in the past than others. Some are based on personal experience with a living God. But those who know God best (and I'm specifically thinking of numerous scriptural witnesses of God) insist that none of us, no matter how acquainted we may feel with the ways of God, knows God well enough to predict exactly what he will and will not do. Even those prophets with the most intimate personal knowledge of God have repeatedly been surprised, amazed, and humbled by revelations of God's will that they never expected.
Those who are wise content themselves to wait patiently for God to manifest his will rather than make predictions about it.
Losing faith in God because he doesn't manifest his will on our timetable or in the way we would like is literally one of the oldest forms of impatience in the book. Cain offers God a sacrifice thinking, God will like this! God doesn't like it. Cain was wrong about what would be acceptable to God. God offers Cain a second chance. He simply says to Cain: "If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him" (Genesis 4:7). In other words, if we let go of our expectations of what God asks of us, if we listen and follow, we will "do well." If not, we will fall under the "rule" of unrighteous desires.
It's such a simple, fundamental principle. And it all boils down to waiting and listening and letting go. It also boils down to trust.
A key moment in my own journey with God was when I let go of my assumptions and misunderstandings of God's dealings with others. Just because God has asked "X" of somebody else, and just because I imagine that to be unpleasant, or painful, or distasteful, or unfair, doesn't mean that I fully understand the context, and it doesn't mean that that is what God is asking of me. Maybe God will ask it of me, but maybe not. I need to be patient. What I know of God's dealings with me is that God has never let me down. Whenever I've trusted in what he's asked me to do, I've prospered and found joy and peace and done well -- even in difficult circumstances, even in illness or loss or poverty or times of loneliness. So if those have been God's dealings with me in the past, I can trust that whatever his dealings with me are in the future, they will work out for the best.
What I see of God's dealings with others is only half (maybe less) of the story. To understand those dealings, I have to understand them from the inside out, and I have to see them through from beginning to end.
In a sense, I don't even fully understand all of God's dealings with me, because I haven't seen the end yet. I'm still in the realm of mortality, not in eternity.
What I do know is along the lines of what is described in Alma 32. I can see the good that has come so far. I can exist in my understanding of God's dealings with me on a spectrum between total ignorance and perfect knowledge, and faith is the vehicle that allows me to move toward the knowledge end of the spectrum. Way points on that spectrum include perfect knowledge of limited principles, but the end point of perfect, ultimate knowledge exists beyond the span of our mortal existence ("for now we see through a glass darkly," 1 Corinthians 13:12).
If faith is the moving principle, patience, hope and love are principle methods for exercising faith.
We can choose (like that old American political party founded on hatred of Catholics) to "Know Nothing." We can choose not to know God. But the invitation to know God, to let go of our prejudices and our assumptions and to let God reveal himself to us, is always there, like it was to Cain.
8 comments:
- Andrew S said...
There's a difference between saying "God would never..." And "I would/could never believe in a God who." The former is making a statement about God, which as you point out, we don't necessarily have a lot of information there.
But the latter is a statement about oneself. And while one could conceivably be wrong about something concerning themselves, that's a different question.
You talk about wisdom vs impatience. I think the question here is trustworthiness. If we bracket the question of God's existence, the question is, should one trust God?
This is the question begged by faith and skepticism.
I mean, the issue is you can't even really test it. Because faith is saying that, no matter what happens, you trust God. Even if you get an answer that you think would disconfirm, the faithful will always have a rationalization... God's ways are not man's ways... God doesn't work on our time scale. Etc. Etc.
- August 9, 2014 at 1:33 PM
- John Gustav-Wrathall said...
Andrew: Actually, I think I kind of covered the "I would/could never believe in a God who..." concept in the variation I offered, "We should not believe in a God who would be capable of..."
And I agree that what we are willing to believe about God tells more about us that it tells about God.
I also agree that our willingness to trust God is colored by our willingness to trust generally... Individuals who have experienced parental or ecclesiastical abuse may be more suspicious of a god presented to them by parents or church.
But my point here is that we need to base our understanding of God on our experience with God. For me, of course, this wouldn't make much sense without the existence of a God who can reveal himself to us and communicate with us.
- August 9, 2014 at 7:30 PM
- Andrew S said...
I noted your attempt at coverage, but my point was that it's not "a variant," and think that matters because if it's not a variant, then I don't think that mentioning it in one paragraph and then failing to actually engage the concept for the rest of the post actually does it any justice. (that is, the paragraph afterward and the rest of the post only make sense if you are focusing on the "God would never..." phrasing.)
Also, not sure with whom you agree that willingness to trust God is colored by our willingness to trust generally. I certainly don't think I offered that idea up, and to the contrary, it seems vaguely offensive.
No, a lack of willingness to trust God might not be sourced from a general lack of willingness to trust elsewhere. One reason for this is because God is in a different category than anything else. For example, you say we should base understanding of God on our experience of God, but God is different in that we can't ever be quite sure we are experiencing God. In any potential engagement with God, we have to decide whether such is an engagement with God. As you yourself note, this wouldn't make much sense without the existence of a god who can reveal himself to us and communicate with us, but that's why the whole thing looks like question begging to me. You are already committed to believing in God and trusting God, no matter anything that happens.
Here's a question... Is there anything that could happen, anything God could say or do, that would call into question God's trustworthiness for you?
Alternatively, when or if you have experienced times of doubt, have you generally found it to be better to ignore your own sense of doubt and go forward with promptings anyway, because in the long run, even if you didn't understand how or when, you thought things would work out. Could things conceivably *not* work out, if you've determined that your idea of things working out is less trustworthy than whatever God has in store for you?
I'm not trying to discount your experiences or even your interpretation of your experiences. Many days, I'm fairly comfortable with taking experiences like yours and others at relative face value to say that God probably does exist. But I would suggest that many people (at the very least, many atheist folks) can't really base our understanding of God from our experience of God, because from our vantage point, we don't have any experience of God, regardless of what we've done or how we've tried or what experiences others have had. And maybe that says more about our ability or willingness to interpret whatever things that happen as being messages from God, but still, if that's what things are about, that's still begging the question of how to get there.
If I totally by your premises (as expounded upon in your latest comment), could I say that my experiences with God don't make him seem trustworthy to me? Or would you just say that even if I perceive no experiences from God, and that primes me not to trust him, that I can't therefore not make a determination about his trustworthiness because I'm still assuming stuff about his time line, intentions, etc?
- August 9, 2014 at 9:10 PM
- dadprimalscream said...
I don't really label myself as an atheist but I'm probably closer to that than you John.
I actually find both your question and Andrew's irrelevant from my point of view.
For me it's not, "God would never..." nor "I would/could never believe in a God who...."
For me, it is "I would/could never WORSHIP a God who..."
Whether He exists or not and whether I believe Him or not doesn't matter at all.
If he exists, we have no way of knowing that he is then the character you would like him to be.
All I know is that the God that most people and most religions do believe in is a horrible father and a complete psychopath.... totally and completely unworthy of my worship.
So, while I may even believe he exists and believe in him, I find the scant evidence pretty underwhelming. The God described in the Bible and Book of Mormon is an untrustworthy being who is totally unreliable and uses trickery, murder, half truths and a whole quiver of tactics that would be considered illegal and immoral in a human.
Nope, can't worship Him and therefore whether I believe in Him or even believe He exists doesn't really matter at all.
- August 9, 2014 at 10:52 PM
- Andrew S said...
FWIW, I like dadprimalscream's use of worship... I think that's closer to what I'm trying to get at with talk of trustworthiness.
As DPS's comment illustrates, at some level, faith seems like a statement that I should disregard whatever my personal sentiments about morality are.
- August 9, 2014 at 11:13 PM
- John Gustav-Wrathall said...
Andrew (and DPS) - My statement about ability to trust certainly wasn't meant to offend... It was actually based on the observation that some people have suffered horrible abuse at the hands of leaders and/or members of the Church and/or parents or family members who used a cloak of godliness to cover their abusive behavior, and that a very common objection that I hear to belief in God is that "if this is how believers act, I want nothing to do with belief."
But more to the point is your very good question: "Is there anything that could happen, anything God could say or do, that would call into question God's trustworthiness for you?"
That's an excellent question, but also one that's difficult (impossible?) to answer in the concrete... I can say that during a significant portion of my life (for at least a few years) I found belief in God difficult; I was particularly troubled by the theodicy problem, and I probably would have agreed with the statement, "I don't think God exists, but if he does, we shouldn't believe in/worship him." (I agree with you and DPS that that distinction between belief and worship makes sense from that point of view).
But I can also say that I had a series of experiences with God starting in August 2005 that persuaded me I was wrong and that (to answer your hermeneutical question) were of a sufficiently compelling order that I recognized this was not just stuff going on in my head, but this was a real encounter with a real being who had really saved me and was really deserving of my loyalty and worship.
I can also say looking back on my life that there is nothing God has said or done in his dealings with me that would cause me to question him. To the contrary, his dealings with me have only reassured me that he is more trustworthy than I ever could have imagined.
For me, doubt was always based on intellectual rationales or misunderstandings of God's dealings with others. For instance, I could (intellectually) look at God's commandment to Abraham to sacrifice Isaac, and I could judge the record we have of that encounter and say only a sadistic SOB god would do something like that to somebody.
Also, I know that lacking the perspective of some of the experiences I've had with God more lately in my life, I was angry at God and blamed God for the negative experiences I had growing up in the Church that almost led me to take my life.
For what it's worth, I think God is far more merciful than we tend to assume (God is more merciful than we generally are). And in my experience, God was less concerned about my anger or my unbelief than he was about the wounds I had suffered. And when I experienced a healing from those wounds that I can only describe as miraculous, I found myself not only able to forgive but eager to forgive. I saw (experienced firsthand) that this is the order of the Kingdom of God: Christ's pure love, healing and then forgiveness capable of breaking the cycle of hate, injury, and more hate.
Has God asked some hard things of me? Yes... And these were things that I probably would have been leery of trying if I hadn't already had experiences with God that convinced me God was worthy of my trust.
Has God asked me to do anything yet that has caused me to question God? No, not yet.
Yes, in theory, I should be able to answer your question "Yes." There should be things that, were God to do or say them, they should cause me to question God. The scriptures at the least seem to agree that there are certain things that, were God to do them, he would cease to be God.
That hasn't happened to me yet, though, so I can't answer that in the concrete, only in the hypothetical.
But part of my point about faith/patience is that we need to content ourselves to deal in the concrete.
- August 10, 2014 at 9:54 AM
- Andrew S said...
The crux is that concrete experiences with God are ultimately dependent on God. He can of course take his sweet time, but it shouldn't be surprising then if people will use their experience (or lack thereof) to vote no confidence.
- August 11, 2014 at 12:09 PM
- John Gustav-Wrathall said...
Of course.
- August 11, 2014 at 11:31 PM


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Rich Exner of the Plain Dealer has done an admirable job on his tax comparison (w/10 other metro areas), but as a City, region and state, we're lacking political leadership and vision in how to be truly globally competitive. See:
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Tuesday, August 20, 2013
Just the one
I'm sorry for my absence. I really don't have an excuse, but the school holidays mean I don't get any child free time and so crafting is almost non-existent. The girls loved our weekend at the theme park, with Daisy declaring it The best holiday ever! Hubby's eldest brother is up from London this week and staying at my in laws. We saw them this weekend and are meeting up with them for a day this week, which should be fun.
Over at Incy Wincy, our challenge this week is to create a one layer card. I found this quite difficult, but in the end I cheated a bit as I created digital layers on the computer, but when printed out, it is only one layer.
See you later.
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3 comments:
- Jacki Daniels said...
No Harm in cheating lol gorgeous cration and only one layer so just the job have a great weekend
Jacki xx
- August 20, 2013 at 10:38 PM
- brenda said...
Your digital layers are very effective Nikki and I would never have guessed had you not said. The soft pastels colours make a lovely backdrop for the pretty image.
B x
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This is just gorgeous,fabulous image and lovely design.xxx
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|Native American Trail Marker tree.
It's a curious thought. The process, they say, may take years. You find a likely sapling and then bend it over with a cord or rope, pointing in the direction of a water source or a natural stream crossing. Then, years later, after the tree has grown to accommodate this bent nature, you come back and release it from its shackles and allow it to straighten up. Only it doesn't straighten completely; it leaves a crook like an elbow in its trunk.
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The other question for me, however, is whether we can fully appreciate these principles without understanding the bunkai--that is, you can do it in order to assume the correct appearance and form in kata, but can you really "grow into" this technique, can you really absorb the principle, if you don't see the necessity of moving this way by having to use it against another person, in other words, by doing the bunkai? Which means the bunkai you have "discovered" has to necessitate the use of this principle.
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Gelgud also did a movie version of the Tempest where virtually every character was naked at some point.
I suspect we are talking about the same film. There was a very recent one with Helen Mirren cast as Prospero, but Gielgud was not in it. Also, I do not recall nudity, though there may have been some in the Tempest with Gielgud. The title of the Gielgud was "Prospero's Books." They used attractive actors for the scenes, but did not concentrate on close shots of their faces because Gielgud was reading all of their lines. This allowed Peter Greenaway, the director, to establish a visual sense that was astonishing and unique. I love the film. Gielgud is tremendous in it.
It was this 1991 version
Actually it contained more naked people than most any other film, but was not at all sexual. The nudity superbly was woven in to create an unearthly, magical aura to the setting. It was treated as a completely normal part of life (perhaps why it was well liked by naturists)
A little weird but I enjoyed the video.
Well, a cinematic "masterpiece" filmed in his parent's basement (as presumed by the hot water heater and duct work in the background). Golden Globe, People's Choice, Cannes, Sundance, or the Oscars are probably NOT in his future. Personal opinion here, but this kid desperately needs to get laid.
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Shareholders of Japan's biggest retail conglomerate Seven & i Holdings (3382.T) approved on Thursday the appointment of its new president, Ryuichi Isaka, a choice backed by U.S. activist investor Daniel Loeb but opposed by Isaka's long-reigning predecessor.
Isaka, 58, who successfully led the group's Seven-Eleven Japan convenience store chain, was officially named president, ending the 24-year reign of charismatic former CEO Toshifumi Suzuki who is stepping down after a failed bid to oust Isaka.
But in a sign Isaka may not have a free hand in implementing a radical overhaul of the $90 billion retail conglomerate, the company said Suzuki, widely respected in Japan's retail industry, will stay on as an honorary adviser.
Many of the company's managers and employees still revere Suzuki, a pioneer of Japan's now-ubiquitous convenience stores. Isaka's decision to keep Suzuki on is seen as an olive branch that could help mend a divided board and management.
Loeb has said the company should focus on growing its profitable convenience store chain and overhaul its weak Ito-Yokado supermarkets. Investors have also urged it to sell off or restructure its luxury clothing store Barneys Japan, Seibu department stores and mail-order business Nissen.
Suzuki confirmed at Thursday's shareholder meeting that he would stay on as an adviser, and thanked shareholders for their support since his early days when the company's annual sales were a mere 4 billion yen ($36.5 million). He also defended the retail group's performance.
"Today the group's sales total over 10 trillion yen," he said. "Now, there is some concern about Yokado and Seibu. But Yokado has shown improvement, albeit gradual, since the start of the year. Seibu is also trying with new products."
Isaka shook hands with Suzuki at the shareholders' meeting, and tried to play down the conflict, saying he aimed to carry on his predecessor's management philosophies.
Suzuki resigned as CEO in April after the board refused to rubber-stamp his proposal for Isaka to step down, a proposal criticized by some investors as an attempt to elevate one of his sons to a more senior position.
The board's rejection of Suzuki's proposal, was widely seen as a sign of improving corporate governance in Japan, where corporate boards rarely challenge CEOs.
But worries that Isaka will face strong resistance from within, as well as fears Japanese retailers would struggle with weak consumer sentiment for a while longer, have dragged Seven & i's shares down 15 percent so far this year.
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Where an undercover cupid brings writers and agents together to form magical literary connections...
Sunday, February 17, 2013
Bouncer Round 6 #29
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This sounds like a fun read. I love the barber shop setting, and you have nice details throughout your 250. The title confused me. I thought this was an alcoholic/recovery story because of the 12 steps reference.ReplyDelete
Monica #26
Favorite line? "the guy who makes political commentary sound sexy"ReplyDelete
Your query and first 250 have such great voice!
Carissa #24
I really, really love this query and the first 250 are great as well. I'd so read this, and I usually read women's fiction only, but this is awesome! I love YA contemporaries such as this! Great luck!!!ReplyDelete
Virginia #9
I love the unique setting and think the 12 reasons is a great device. Your query was clear with great voice and I would love to read more and find out what the 12 are.ReplyDelete
Good luck!


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Guys! I'm sooooo totally excited to announce that My beautiful Mother's Day prints are ready for pre-order! I don't have the actual prints in my hands until April 13th so I am taking pre-orders for anybody who wants to be one of the first to get their mitts on these. ** to pre-order, head over to the Moon and Sparrow Etsy Shop and use coupon code ILOVEMOM to get your 10% discount! As always, you can use coupon code INMONTREAL to avoid shipping costs and pick up at one of my centrally located retailers.
These prints are 12x16, large and bright - available in Teal, Warm Grey, Hot Pink and Poppy. Each print is signed and -- THE BEST PART -- each and every print comes with a tiny paper bag that is sewn shut. Inside, there is a gentle reminder for the Mom to put in her wallet and read when needed. There are lots of different reminders, so there's no way to know which one you'll get until Mom opens it!
These are printed using water based inks, rich and beautiful Felt paper and they will be shipped in a sturdy shipping tube. You can also contact me to come pick them up if you're in town - either from my place in Rosemont or from one of my centrally located retailers.
I can't WAIT to get my hands on these!! So pretty. I'm totally hanging the teal one or maybe the poppy one in my bedroom as a reminder that yes, it is okay to laugh and cry hysterically at the same time, as an AWESOME MOM.
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Half-way into my third day in the Gobi Desert, we had a scheduled stop in a small town where we planned to have lunch at a local cafe. Soyoloo has been taking his clients to this cafe for years and he said that the food was delicious. 5 hours into our drive I was looking forward to a leg stretch and some good food.
Just as soon as we parked, the local policeman drove up and approached us. He motioned that we needed to put on masks; he seemed quite worried that we would give him the swine flu. Soyoloo asked me to put my camera away as he was afraid that the policeman would not want his photo taken. The policeman ordered that we put on our surgical masks. The problem was that we didn't have any masks. Simya offered to go to the store to buy some but the policeman then abruptly ordered us to leave town. It really seemed that he was afraid that we would infect the town with H1N1. In order to "stealthily" take his photo, I set my camera up and took a timed photo of myself while Soyoloo and the policeman argued a bit about our fate in the small town.
As the policeman ordered us out of town, I took a photo of the local school and a little K9 pal that came to ask for a snack. The dog was the only one in town who wasn't afraid of the Swine Flu scare.
While shooting the dog & school, I managed to work my way around to the vehicle and took a photo of the poliecman who banished us. After he departed, Soyoloo gave me the bad news; we were kicked out of town and had to leave immediately. Soyoloo asked him if we could at least buy some food in the local market. We were told we had 15 minutes and then we had to leave. We picked up some noodles and dessert and quickly left town.
A few miles outside of town we set our truck upwind and made camp for lunch. Using our propane stove we boiled some water for our noodles and made the best of the situation. While Soyoloo was cooking, I enjoyed the natural desert landscape and found it to be peaceful and beautiful.
Lunch was nice and we had some good laughs. Once we got back on the road we passed another pack of camels. It is amazing that in such a dry and inhospitable place that there is so much life.
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Even if you already had the chance to see this fantastic thriller a couple of years ago, do not hesitate to enjoy Peter Colley's play again. The English Theatre presents an entirely new version of this "spicy" plot, featuring four wonderful actors, imported from the UK.
No doubt, Alfred Hitchcock, the late "Master of Thrill" will jealously be watching – from orbit or wherever he may be – the action on the Hamburg stage, the more so as the plot will remind him of one of the best films of this genre ever – "The House of Lady Alquist", realised as early as 1944 and featuring Ingrid Bergman und Charles Boyer. By the way, it was not Alfred who directed this chilling story, but his great American colleague George Cukor. Sorry, Hitch! ""I'LL BE BACK BEFORE MIDNIGHT" by Peter Colley – The New Play at the English Theatre of Hamburg" weiterlesen


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Christmas Party
Well this year's party will be beyond our wildest dreams. God is so awesome!
The StreetLight Christmas Party provides a wonderful way for people to celebrate the birth of our Lord and have a good time. For most this will be the only celebration they will have. We expect more than over 500 guests for our sit down dinner where we provide both entertainment and presents.
With 16 days to go before this year's Christmas Party we had to find a new location. As always God's love for those in need is overwhelming. He has provided an absolutely incredible place for our party, the Winfield Scott Ballrooms. When we toured the property I was in awe, I had no idea this wonderful facility existed around the corner from the Mission.
We need your help to make this happen.
Amazingly we are still operating within our initial budget. We need to raise $100 per table to put on this event. We are looking for sponsors to cover the cost of each of the 64 tables we will need to accommodate more than 500 guests. Would you consider providing 8 to 10 people with a wonderful Christmas dinner? Your name, as you would like it to read, will go on the table card wishing your guests a very Merry Christmas. If you would like to donate just put Christmas Party in the notes and click here. Be sure you also include how you would like your name to appear on the table card in the notes. Remember you can do it in honor or memory of someone you love.
We also need volunteers to serve as hosts/hostess, waiters/waitresses, bus boys/girls, kitchen staff, chefs, photographers, videographers, greeters and lots of other jobs. To make things easier this year we will do the volunteer training from 1:30 to 2:30 the day of the party, Sunday December 20th. There are a limited number of volunteer spots so sign up early. We will confirm your spot via email. If you would like to volunteer write Christmas Party and note how you want to help (host, greeter, waiter, etc) click here.
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Federal Prosecutors Argue Marathon Bombing Trial Should Stay in Boston
Attorneys for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Had Asked Judge to Move Trial out of Massachusetts
BOSTON—Federal prosecutors argued in new court filings Tuesday that the trial of accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev should stay in the city where the attack took place.
Their response came two weeks after Mr. Tsarnaev's attorneys asked a judge to move the death-penalty case out of state because the 20-year-old former college student faces an "overwhelming presumption of guilt" in Massachusetts. Citing a public opinion survey conducted in May, they suggested Washington, D.C., as a city with less pretrial...


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Burda Magazine Help
I have been searching for months for where to buy Burda magazine but I have had absolutly no luck! I have bought a few issues off of eBay, but they usually go for around $20 which is a lot for a magazine, and while I would love a subscription, I would rather just buy a few issues separatly first. I live in the Dallas area and am willing to drive to get one. Does anyone know where I can find them? Thank you!
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Mar 31, 2011, 04.24 AMby jenss-1
I'm not sure where to buy single copies, but you can get a subscription for as little as 3 issues at GLP news:http://www.glpnews.com/en/Crafts/Burda1.html
Apr 2, 2011, 08.17 PMby fashionqueen920
thank you!
Apr 19, 2011, 05.27 PMby shelley .
Maybe a sewing shop could order them for you.
Jun 19, 2012, 01.59 PMby wowandflutter
Hello! Does anyone know where to buy the mag in Paris??? Merci!
Jul 11, 2012, 11.49 PMby purplefan
@wowandflutter-if you are wanting an English copy of BurdaStyle, find out the names of big bookstores or ones that just deal with English books and magazines. Who runs most of the airport newspaper kiosks and travel shops in France? Name is LS Travel Retail North America here, but it's part of Lagardere Services-the Relay stores are part of its company. http://www.lagardere.com/businesses/lagardere-services-1006.html
If you want to order online, but it seems the editions are French-only, there is this French site:http://www.coudre-broder-tricoter.com/mburda/navigation/listetendance.htm
BurdaStyle offers a way to get non-german subscriptions through this contact form:http://www.burdastyle.de/abo/burdastyle/13/language/
Jul 18, 2012, 10.16 PMby emgoh
Just a thought – if you locate a bookstore in your area that does or will carry the Burdas you want, ask if they will hold a copy for you each month. My local shop only gets two issues each month (they've asked for more but are told no!?). Another woman in town and I have our names on their list for first shot at them when they arrive.
Jul 19, 2012, 01.13 AMby purplefan
If one can read other languages, check delicatessans that cater to those languages-you might find a Burda Style that way. Mind you, there may be 2-3 copies only. I have noticed that the German delis that carry the English versions have cut back on stock in the past two years-if one does not buy soon after a new issue hits the street/shops, one is out of luck probably for good.
Failing that, in the US one has Ebay or the distributor as last resorts for back issues.
Jul 19, 2012, 05.41 PMby emgoh
I am decluttering my art and sewing supplies and getting rid of a lot to make room for working on the projects I really want to do. I'm going through my stash of Burdas and a lot of Japanese sewing books that I realize I just wont use and am putting them up for sale (I'm keeping the cost down because I just want them to go to someone who really wants them so all the Burdas will be $10 USD each plus shipping). Not sure if it is okay to post this here, but if anyone is interested, visit the Etsy site and my store name is ordinaryisboring. :)
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The nation�s largest retailer, Walmart, has scouted sites for two possible stores in Pamlico County � near Oriental and in Grantsboro.
The nation�s largest retailer, Walmart, has scouted sites for two possible stores in Pamlico County � near Oriental and in Grantsboro.
The company has not purchased any land in Pamlico County and has not made official application for any permits.
A high-ranking Walmart spokesman said Friday that while the Pamlico County sites are under �consideration,� the company had no announcement of firm plans.
�It�s true that we would consider building in both communities. We are always looking for opportunities to build new stores and provide more convenient shopping for our customers,� said Walmart Director of Communication-East, William Wertz.
He told the Sun Journal from his home office in Massachusetts that Walmart has opened 16 new stores in North Carolina this year.
�Oriental and Grantsboro are certainly under consideration, but I have to tell you so are a lot of other communities throughout the state,� he said. �We are always in a planning mode, but nothing conclusive had been done in respect to Grantsboro or Oriental.�
The town of Oriental announced two weeks ago that an architectural firm had submitted a site map for a Walmart Express store, to be located just a few hundred feet outside the town limits on N.C. 55.
�We really haven�t made that decision at this point,� Wertz said. �Maybe the firm got ahead of the curve here.�
Walmart representatives have contacted the county building inspector�s office about both sites, but no plans have been submitted for review to receive permits.
A Pamlico County building inspections office spokesman said the builders would need state environmental and local sewer permits for consideration of the county permits for mechanical, plumbing, electrical, building and installations.
�We haven�t announced any plans for a store in either community,� Wertz said. �We are always looking for opportunities and certainly Oriental and Grantsboro are communities we would consider for new stores.�
Both stores would receive sewer from Bay River Metro Sewer District. A spokesman for Bay River said Friday that Walmart had inquired only about sewer allocation for the Grantsboro location, on farmland near the new State Employees Credit Union, now under construction on N.C. 55. But, Bay River has not received any site plans.
Spokesmen for the building inspector�s office and Bay River said they were told the Grantsboro store would be a 70,000-square-foot facility.
The Oriental town announcement sparked immediate protests from a group that began with about 40 people meeting on Aug. 25.
The group has expressed fears that the 12,000-square-foot express store will negatively affect local businesses, including groceries and a pharmacy in the village.
On Thursday, the protest group launched a website: stopwalmart.org
It includes an online petition protesting the store. The petition can be downloaded and dropped off at the Village Food Emporium. There are also petitions at Town N Country, Village Hardware and Denton�s Pharmacy. An email from organizers said petitions would be available at today�s Oriental Farmers Market.
The petition statement reads:
�We, the undersigned, do not want a Walmart store to be built in or near Oriental. We value our small, independent, locally owned businesses because they contribute so much to Oriental and its community spirit. We sign this petition out of concern for those businesses if Walmart opens in or near Oriental. We sign this petition out of concern for Oriental.�
On Tuesday night, the protest group offers a free 7:30 p.m. showing of the 2005 documentary, �Walmart: The High Cost of Low Price,� which is critical of Walmart�s effects on small town businesses.
�We are concerning that if Walmart comes to town our local grocery, hardware, pharmacy and gas stations will be run out of town,� said protest leader Nelda Coats.
The Oriental store would be on town water and receive police protection, but it would not provide any tax revenues. Property and point of sales taxes would go to Pamlico County.
The Grantsboro store would be subject to county and town taxes.
While there are no other chain stores in Oriental except for a Dollar General, Grantsboro has a Dollar General, Piggly Wiggly and Food Lion.
Charlie Hall can be reached at 252-635-5667 or email@example.com.


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