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(CT) An interview with Jeremy Everett–A New Recipe for Ending Hunger
Posted on July 17, 2019 by Kendall Harmon —No Comments ↓
What are the main reasons that hunger exists in America?
Underemployment is the biggest factor. If you're employed but only making minimum wage, there's no place in America where you'll be able to pay for all your expenses. And underemployment is chronic, meaning that typically families have experienced some measure of unemployment for generations.
Educational attainment is another major factor. Beyond a high school diploma, in most cases you need an additional two-year degree or a technical degree to escape hunger and poverty. But if you're living in hunger and poverty, you're much less likely to get the education you need.
A third factor is family structure. Common sense—and simple math—says that two gainfully employed adults are going to be better than one. My wife and I have three kids. We both have graduate degrees, we are Anglo, and we grew up in middle-class households. We've had every advantage that anyone could have, outside of inheriting large sums of money. But despite all these advantages, raising kids was still difficult, and it's difficult to pay the bills. Imagine being a single parent trying to work, take care of your kids, and make sure everybody gets to school on time and gets fed on a regular basis. You have to be superhuman to pull that off while getting an additional degree.
Read it all.
A New Recipe for Ending Hunger https://t.co/w36593jy48 via @CTMagazine
— Stan Winder (@WinderStan) June 30, 2019
Posted in * Economics, Politics, America/U.S.A., Anthropology, Dieting/Food/Nutrition, Economy, Ethics / Moral Theology, Labor/Labor Unions/Labor Market, Poverty, Theology
(CBC) Anglican Church in Ottawa to continue performing same-sex marriages
[Bishop John] Chapman said he's had conversations with other bishops who oppose same-sex marriage.
"It's awkward," he said. "It's the kind of conversation with people who are entrenched in a particular point of view, and it goes as far as these conversations typically go."
Chapman said he's concerned the headlines stemming from Friday's vote will give Canadians the wrong idea about the church.
"Morally, legally and emotionally, 85 per cent of the leadership of the church that gathered in Vancouver in the last week is affirming," he said.
Anglican Church in Ottawa to continue performing gay marriages https://t.co/mgpH0JHLqe #ottnews #ottawa pic.twitter.com/XIAG5zB67s
— CBC Ottawa (@CBCOttawa) July 17, 2019
Posted in Anglican Church of Canada, Anthropology, Ethics / Moral Theology, Marriage & Family, Sexuality, Sexuality Debate (in Anglican Communion), Theology, Theology: Scripture
(FT) Emma Howard Boyd–Climate change: is your equities portfolio too hot to touch?
Understanding green finance can be challenging, add in the prolix greenwash that pours on to the internet every day and no wonder many people decide it is all too difficult.
But it isn't. The Committee on Climate Change's recent reports showed that the world urgently needs to reduce emissions and take action to prepare for physical impacts that will get worse in just 11 years.
To prosper in this new reality, investors have to focus on whether their investments address these two basic points. That is green finance in a nutshell.
Helping investors obtain good information to do that is why the Environment Agency Pension Fund and the Church of England National Investing Bodies set up the Transition Pathway Initiative in January 2017.
Climate change: is your equities portfolio too hot to touch? https://t.co/LfiIr3aFhK
— Financial Times (@FT) July 17, 2019
Posted in Church of England (CoE), Climate Change, Weather, Corporations/Corporate Life, Ecology, Energy, Natural Resources, Ethics / Moral Theology, Stock Market
A North Norfolk News Profile of The Rev Canon Andrew Beane–Minister who almost doubled church's numbers is leaving a Norfolk Church to go to be Archdeacon in Exeter
The church has become a community hub, hosting regular events such as after-school games, crafts and activities, a toddler group, holiday activity days, a food bank and a Monday market.
They have also been holding 'interactive' services where parishioners move around and talk to each other, and even trailled a mobile phone app where people could give live feedback about the service they were sitting in.
Mr Beane said of the app: "That's a sign of how we like to experiment. We've been trying to blend contemporary and traditional worship together."
He said they had also created a group of 18 rural churches, and this "collaborative model" meant some of the rural parishes could now have full-time clergy.
Mr Beane said he had presided over almost 1,000 funerals in his time at the church, as well as hundreds of christenings and weddings.
A popular rector whose tenure at a Norfolk church has seen the nationwide trend of shrinking congregations well and truly bucked is about to say farewell. https://t.co/rJwrbrNVjT
— North Norfolk News (@nthnorfolknews) July 15, 2019
Posted in Church of England (CoE), Ministry of the Ordained, Parish Ministry
A Prayer for the Feast Day of William White
O Lord, who in a time of turmoil and confusion didst raise up thy servant William White, and didst endow him with wisdom, patience, and a reconciling temper, that he might lead thy Church into ways of stability and peace: Hear our prayer, we beseech thee, and give us wise and faithful leaders, that through their ministry thy people may be blessed and thy will be done; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.
Wednesday we remember William White, Bishop of Pennsylvania, 1836. Bishop White was the chief architect of the Constitution of the American Episcopal Church and the wise overseer of its life during the first generation of its history. pic.twitter.com/oPBFvQGT4U
— Louisville Cathedral (@ChristChurchLou) July 16, 2019
Posted in Church History, Spirituality/Prayer
A Prayer to Begin the Day from a New Prayer Book (1923)
Let thy merciful ears, 0 Lord, be open to the prayers of thy humble servants; and that they may obtain their petitions make them to ask such things as shall please
thee; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
–A New Prayer Book (London: Oxford University Press 1923)
Posted in Spirituality/Prayer
From the Morning Bible Readings
Now when day came, there was no small stir among the soldiers over what had become of Peter. And when Herod had sought for him and could not find him, he examined the sentries and ordered that they should be put to death. Then he went down from Judea to Caesare'a, and remained there. Now Herod was angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon; and they came to him in a body, and having persuaded Blastus, the king's chamberlain, they asked for peace, because their country depended on the king's country for food. On an appointed day Herod put on his royal robes, took his seat upon the throne, and made an oration to them. And the people shouted, "The voice of a god, and not of man!" Immediately an angel of the Lord smote him, because he did not give God the glory; and he was eaten by worms and died. But the word of God grew and multiplied. And Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem when they had fulfilled their mission, bringing with them John whose other name was Mark.
–Acts 12:18-25
Posted in Theology: Scripture
(Christian Today) 'High time' Christian persecution given same attention as climate change
It is "high time" that the denial of freedom of religion and belief is given the same attention as climate change, says the bishop behind a major government review into persecution.
The Bishop of Truro, the Rt Rev Philip Mounstephen, said that religious freedom was under "grave threat" around the world, but the global response had typically been "inaction".
"How grave does this situation have to become before we act?" he said.
"It seems to me that we currently face two existential threats to human flourishing and harmonious communities: climate change and the systematic denial of FoRB. We are beginning to pay proper attention to the former. It is high time we paid proper attention to the latter."
"We can no longer say this is a sideline issue. The time for inaction and indifference is over." @foreignoffice @churchofengland @tariqahmadbt
https://t.co/jRIi8NxcYz
— Christian Today (@ChristianToday) July 15, 2019
Posted in Religious Freedom / Persecution
(ADLW) A podcast interview with Archbishop Ben Kwashi
Listen to it all (about 26 minutes).
Archbishop Ben Kwashi, Gafcon General Secretary (elect), explains that external persecution is not the only pressure that he feels against his evangelistic ministry. Timidity is more endemic when it comes to sharing the gospel. Read the full interview here:https://t.co/ZgquT1eJ7o pic.twitter.com/g2Cdv0IG9e
— GAFCON (@gafconference) November 16, 2018
Posted in Church of Nigeria
(CT) David Taylor–A word of encouragement for recent theology graduates
The upshot of all of this? Be like God and name the people of God not just faithfully and graciously but also in care-filled and responsible ways.
Remind them also of their baptismal name. Which is what? It is the same name, I suggest to you, that the Father gives to Jesus at his own baptism: beloved. In all three accounts of Jesus' baptism in Matthew, Mark, and Luke, the Father's voice from heaven is heard audibly. And all three accounts include the same basic statement: You are my Son, the Beloved, with whom I well pleased.
Think for a moment how astonishing this is. The Father presumably could have made his voice heard countless times throughout Jesus' ministry. But he speaks out loud only three times, and two out of the three times—including at Jesus' transfiguration—the eternal, infinite, supreme God repeats himself.
The Father knows all the words in the world. He knows all the words that could be and yet shall be, world without end, and he could have said a million things about the Son. But instead, he says one thing: You are my Son, the beloved.
When you feel discouraged by the lack of evident fruit in your labors, what's your truest name? Beloved.
When you feel irked by specific people in your community, what's their truest name? Beloved.https://t.co/7kQ0dIeGk7
— CT Pastors (@CT_Pastors) July 16, 2019
Posted in Seminary / Theological Education, Theology
(NYT) 'The Town Hall of Hollywood.' Welcome to the Netflix Lobby.
Dolly Parton recently held court there, big wig and all. Leonardo DiCaprio and John Kerry arrived at the same time last month. Cindy Crawford on the left, David Letterman on the right. And isn't that Beyoncé by the espresso bar?
Welcome to the hottest see-and-be-seen spot in Hollywood: Netflix's first-floor waiting room.
Scratch that. It's a "lobby experience" and "creative gateway," according to a design firm that worked on the space. An 80-foot by 12-foot video screen makes visitors feel like they are inside Netflix shows — visiting the "Narcos" cocaine lab, for instance, or sitting on the Blue Cat Lodge boat dock from "Ozark." Another wall is covered by at least 3,500 plants, a living mural that includes red Flamingo Lilies, known for their big pistils.
Every era in Hollywood has a symbolic epicenter, a place that sums up everything, especially power and sometimes absurdity. Gifting suites at the Sundance Film Festival epitomized the overheated indie boom of the 2000s. The monolithic new Creative Artists Agency headquarters arrived on cue at the end of that decade and represented an increasingly corporate film business. Next came Comic-Con International, a sweaty July convention for superhero devotees that marked a turn toward franchises and fan communities.
This @brooksbarnesNYT story may look like a romp through the Netflix lobby but is actually the best encapsulation yet of a changing Hollywood. https://t.co/dofUQyZnyh
— Amy Chozick (@amychozick) July 15, 2019
Posted in * Culture-Watch, America/U.S.A., Corporations/Corporate Life, Entertainment, Movies & Television
(EF) Thinking through how a biblical work ethic clashes with contemporary European life
In its report World Employment Social Outlook, published this year with data from 2018, the International Labor Organization (ILO), says that "a majority of the 3.3 billion people employed globally in 2018 experienced a lack of material well-being, economic security, equal opportunities or scope for human development".
The volatility of employment is what leads the coordinator of GBG (the Spanish IFES Graduates group) and of the Lausanne Movement in Spain, Jaume Llenas, to consider, "the long-term commitment and the emotional involvement with people as the main challenges that the biblical work ethic poses to the current labour system".
"Although the companies we work for ask us for teamwork and mutual collaboration, they foster superficial and utilitarian relationships, dispatch their workers without any relational consideration, and use and throw away workers following other very different principles", he says. Furthermore, "this sharp contrast of values provokes the corrosion of the character, the destruction of the person".
Posted in Anthropology, Corporations/Corporate Life, Economy, Ethics / Moral Theology, Europe, Evangelicals, Labor/Labor Unions/Labor Market, Religion & Culture, Spain
(CHE) A Scholar of Proverbs Built a Vast Collection of Books. Then Opportunity Knocked.
Good artists copy; great artists steal. Perhaps Benjamin Franklin knew as much, because when he wrote his famous Poor Richard's Almanack, he did not cite sources for the proverbs that peppered its pages.
To many, quippy sayings like "Time is money" are synonymous with the Founding Father. People think Franklin thought them up. But Wolfgang Mieder, one of the world's leading proverb scholars, knows better.
Mieder and a colleague traced the saying to a short, anonymous text published in a London-based newspaper, Free Thinker, in 1719. In fact, many of the sayings commonly attributed to Franklin actually come from English proverb collections, said Mieder, a professor of German and folklore at the University of Vermont.
Tracking down the origins of proverbs is "detective work," he says. "You kind of feel like you're discovering things." He has researched and written about cultural wisdoms for nearly five decades and, in the process, amassed a one-of-a-kind scholarly library. It includes about 9,000 books (including 252 that Mieder has written, co-authored, or edited) and 6,500 photocopied articles and dissertations, all about proverbs. He doubts anything like it exists, anywhere.
This lovely story about a scholar, his passion, and a life lived in an institution feels like a time warp. https://t.co/GLXs2p4t9t
— James K.A. Smith (@james_ka_smith) July 16, 2019
Posted in Books, Education, History, Language
(PRC) How religious restrictions around the world have changed over a decade
Pew Research Center just published its 10th annual report analyzing restrictions on religion (by both governments and individuals or groups in society) around the world. This year's report differs from past reports because it focuses on changes that have occurred over the course of a decade, covering 2007 to 2017, rather than emphasizing year-to-year variations. Another new approach this year involves splitting each of two broad types of religious restrictions – government restrictions and social hostilities – into four subcategories. This provides a clearer picture of the specific types of religious restrictions that people face – and how they are changing over time.
Here are key findings from the report:
1Government restrictions on religion have increased globally between 2007 and 2017 in all four categories studied: favoritism of religious groups, general laws and policies restricting religious freedom, harassment of religious groups, and limits on religious activity. The most common types of restrictions globally have consistently been the first two. Governments often enshrine favoritism toward a certain religious group or groups in their constitutions or basic laws. And general laws and policies restricting religious freedom can cover a wide range of restrictions, including a requirement that religious groups register in order to operate. But one of the more striking increases involved the category of government limits on religious activities, which can include limits or requirements on religious dress. The global mean score in this category rose by about 44% between 2007 and 2017.
2Social hostilities involving religion have increased in a few categories, but levels of interreligious tension and violence, also known as sectarian or communal violence, have declined globally. In 2007, 91 countries experienced some level of violence due to tensions between religious groups, such as conflict between Hindus and Muslims in India, but by 2017 that number dropped to 57 countries. However, harassment by individuals and social groups, religious violence by organized groups, and hostilities related to religious norms (for example, harassment of women for violating dress codes) have all been on the rise.
Posted in * Economics, Politics, Ethics / Moral Theology, Foreign Relations, Globalization, Law & Legal Issues, Politics in General, Religion & Culture
(CEN) Clergy Care Covenant divides Church of England General Synod
Speaking during the debate, the Bishop of Willesden, the Rt Rev Pete Broadbent, spoke about the covenant's potential impact on clergy terms of service.
"The proposals in here do suggest that you would have to amend the Terms of Service Measure.
"When the ordinal, which is what we signed up to, is replaced by role descriptions, when capability becomes micro-management, and when licensing services become places where we spell out all the things we are going to do for our clergy, then worry, because our most litigious clergy, and there are a minority of them, will say, 'At my licensing service you promised to do this so I'm taking you to an employment tribunal'. "I don't think the covenant will help us, I think the covenant is actually a bad mechanism is order to build good practice.
"If we must do it, we must do it, but I think there's a worry… moving away from common tenure and moving towards employment and contract culture.
Read it all (subscription).
Posted in Anthropology, Church of England (CoE), Ethics / Moral Theology, Health & Medicine, Marriage & Family, Ministry of the Laity, Ministry of the Ordained, Parish Ministry, Pastoral Care, Pastoral Theology, Stewardship, Theology
A Prayer to Begin the Day from H C Cooksey
O Holy Spirit of God, Lord and Giver of Life: Come into our hearts, we beseech thee; that enlightened by thy clear shining, and warmed by thine unselfish love, our souls may be revived to the worship of God, and our life be dedicated anew to the service of our fellows; for Jesus Christ's sake.
Prove me, O LORD, and try me; test my heart and my mind. For thy steadfast love is before my eyes, and I walk in faithfulness to thee.
(CT) Mark Galli–Whatever Happened to Communion & Baptism?
Let clarify my use of the term sacrament. Some evangelical churches call the Lord's Supper and baptism ordinances, to suggest they are actions Jesus commands us to participate in, and that they signal our faith in and obedience to Christ. The term sacrament includes these two ideas and another crucial one: that they are means of grace. By "means of grace" I'm not proposing any specific theology—whether trans- or consubstantiation, whether real or symbolic presence. But for all believers, Communion and baptism are practices in which one's faith is deepened and strengthened, and that sort of thing only happens by God's grace. This is what I mean by "means of grace" in this article, and why I will use the word sacrament to talk about them.
As I said, I believe these sacraments are in a profoundly low state in many areas of evangelical church life.
Take baptism. Even among churches that believe Matthew 28:19 is the church's rallying cry—"Go make disciples of all nations, baptizing them …."—the sacrament is no longer central to their mission. It would be difficult to come by statistics that suggest the problem, but one anecdote suggests it's a serious one. I belong to an Anglican church in Wheaton, Illinois, which meets not far from Wheaton College. The charismatic singing and Bible-centered preaching attract many Wheaton College students to attend worship and to become members. However, to partake in Communion, as well as to become a member, one must have been baptized. The pastors are continually surprised at the number of Wheaton College students—no doubt some of the most earnest, devout, and intelligent young believers in the evangelical world—who have yet to be baptized. One would have thought that their churches would have attended to this matter long before they left home for college.
Another sign of the problem is the deep fear some evangelicals have of baptism. I attended an independent church in Dallas, Texas, on a Sunday on which they were having a mass baptism for some 400 people. This speaks well of the effectiveness of their outreach and their desire to obey the commands of their Lord. As part of the service, four or five people came on stage and were interviewed by the pastor to help them give their testimony. At the end of each testimony, the last question the pastor asked each was this: "But you don't believe that baptism saves you, right?" It wasn't just the question, but the leading way in which it was asked time and again that suggested to me that the pastor was deeply afraid of the power of the sacrament. And the fact that he also asked this right before each person was baptized went a long way into ensuring that the sacrament did not become a means by which God broke in and blessed the recipient but became all about the horizontal: an act of the person's faith.
The state of the Lord's Supper is in a worse state.
Christianity Today Whatever Happened to Communion & Baptism? https://t.co/bI4WsXIDFx https://t.co/t6ec1BLhug pic.twitter.com/ZZkU3QtWwP
— Religion News (@Religion_News_) July 10, 2019
Posted in Baptism, Eucharist, Evangelicals, Sacramental Theology, Theology
A Message from the Bishop of Niagara on the recent Canadian Anglican Synod Vote
While I am deeply disappointed, the General Synod did also overwhelmingly vote to affirm the prayerful integrity of the diverse understandings and teachings about marriage in the Anglican Church of Canada. This includes the inclusive understanding of marriage affirmed by the Report on the Marriage Commission, This Holy Estate, that we hold in Niagara.
As a result, nothing about this decision will change our practice in Niagara; I remain steadfast in exercising my episcopal prerogative to authorize the marriage of all persons who are duly qualified by civil law to be married, thereby responding to the pastoral needs present within our diocese. Two rites of The Episcopal Church, The Witnessing and Blessing of a Marriage and The Celebration and Blessing of a Marriage 2 continue to be authorized for use in our diocese, in accordance with our established episcopal guidelines.
Posted in Anglican Church of Canada
A Message From the House of Bishops of the Anglican Church of Canada to General Synod 2019
We, members of the House of Bishops of the Anglican Church of Canada, see the pain and anguish inflicted on LGBTQ2S+ people, on members of the General Synod, across the Church, and in the world, as a result of the work and the vote on the matter of Canon 21, concerning marriage. We see your tears, we hear your cries, and we weep with you. We have caused deep hurt. We are profoundly sorry.
Although the bishops are not of one mind, we look with hope to the "Word to the Church" and its affirmations which General Synod 2019 overwhelmingly approved on Friday, July 12.
We are walking together in a way which leaves room for individual dioceses and jurisdictions of our church to proceed with same-sex marriage according to their contexts and convictions, sometimes described as "local option."
Together, we affirm the inherent right of Indigenous peoples and communities to spiritual self-determination in their discernment and decisions in all matters.
Although we as bishops are not able to agree, in the name of Jesus Christ, we commit to conduct ourselves "with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, making every effort to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace" (Ephesians 4:2-3).
Posted in Anglican Church of Canada, Anthropology, Ethics / Moral Theology, Marriage & Family, Pastoral Theology, Sexuality Debate (in Anglican Communion), Theology, Theology: Scripture
(Local Paper) From making fighter jets to food rations, war is big business in South Carolina
War is big business in South Carolina.
A Post and Courier analysis of five years' worth of the most recent spending data from the Pentagon's Office of Economic Adjustment shows $13.1 billion worth of Department of Defense contracts were performed or awarded in the Palmetto State.
Also: One out of every 12 jobs in the state can be traced back to the military.
1 out of every 12 jobs in South Carolina can be traced back to the military.
These are the defense contractors making war big business in the Palmetto State. https://t.co/i5jkP5N956
— The Post and Courier (@postandcourier) July 15, 2019
Posted in * South Carolina, Defense, National Security, Military, Economy
Archdeacon of Berkshire Olivia Graham named next Bishop of Reading
Olivia's early career was spent in teaching and international development, including a period working for Oxfam in Somalia. Ordained in 1997, she has served all of her ministry in the Diocese of Oxford, becoming Archdeacon of Berkshire in 2013.
The Bishop of Oxford, the Rt Revd Dr Steven Croft said; "One of the things that was apparent when we were listening and consulting about the new bishop was that people wanted somebody who really knew what it is like to be in ministry in this part of the world. Someone who knew what the pressures and challenges are. In this and many other areas, Olivia brings just what we need at this time. I am very excited about what Olivia's appointment means for the Diocese."
Olivia will succeed the Rt Revd Andrew Proud who retired from the role at the start of May this year. She will be consecrated in a service at St Paul's Cathedral on 19 November.
The Queen has approved the appointment of the Venerable Olivia Graham, the Archdeacon of Berkshire, as the next Bishop of Reading. https://t.co/GRCAKl8Zs2 pic.twitter.com/RmVMl28kPs
— Diocese of Oxford (@oxforddiocese) July 15, 2019
Posted in Church of England (CoE), CoE Bishops
(SS) New Bishop of Shrewsbury welcomed to Shropshire at Abbey service
The new Anglican bishop Rt Rev Sarah Bullock received a warm welcome at her investiture service at Shrewsbury Abbey which was attended by guests from numerous community organisations and faith leaders.
She joins the area bishops of Wolverhampton and Stafford in a team led by the Bishop of Lichfield the Rt Rev Dr Michael Ipgrave.
And the town's first female bishop will have particular responsibility for the pastoral oversight of churches, ministers and communities in the towns and villages of North Shropshire, Shrewsbury, and the northern part of Telford.
The first female Bishop of Shrewsbury was officially welcomed to the town during a special service at the Abbey yesterday https://t.co/Io9qLQNP6l
— Shropshire Star (@ShropshireStar) July 14, 2019
(Eleanor Parker) Some extracts from an Anglo-Saxon homily on St Swithun's life and miracles
Today is St Swithun's Day, when the weather-gods obey the saint of Winchester – 'St Swithun's day if thou dost rain / For forty days it will remain', and all that. So let's look at a few extracts from an Old English homily for St Swithun's Day, written by Ælfric in the last decade of the tenth century.
Ælfric had a personal connection to Swithun's story, and in this homily he adds in one or two comments to remind us of it. Swithun was an obscure ninth-century Bishop of Winchester whose fame is almost entirely the work of Æthelwold, his successor at Winchester more than a century later. Winchester was the royal city of Wessex but it was surprisingly short on saints, so Æthelwold did his best to elevate some of his predecessors to that status, including Swithun and St Birinus (a better-attested saint, though his popularity never caught on as Swithun's did). On 15 July 971, Æthelwold had Swithun's remains translated to a new shrine inside the Old Minster, Winchester. Ælfric, who was educated at Winchester under Æthelwold and had a great respect for his bishop, would have witnessed much of this, and by the time he wrote about it, around 25 years later, he had come to see Æthelwold's time – his own youth – as a kind of golden age for the English church, when the king and holy bishops worked together and religion and peace flourished in the land. By the 990s, with the Vikings suddenly once more a pressing threat, this seemed to him like a bright but vanished world.
A Prayer for the Feast Day of Saint Swithun
by whose grace we celebrate again
the feast of your servant Swithun:
grant that, as he governed with gentleness
the people committed to his care,
so we, rejoicing in our Christian inheritance,
may always seek to build up your Church in unity and love;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and forever. Amen.
July 2 Feast of Swithun (" 862), bishop of #Winchester; a saint who could mend broken eggs; [BL Additional MS 49598] pic.twitter.com/Pw83TZOoj1
— Peritia (@PeritiaEditors) July 2, 2016
A Prayer to Begin the Day from Daily Prayer
O God in whom all fullness dwelleth, who givest without measure to them that ask; Give us faith to ask, and faith to receive, all that thy bounty giveth; that being filled with all thy fullness we may as thy faithful stewards impart thy gifts to all thy children; for Jesus Christ's sake.
—Daily Prayer, Eric Milner-White and G. W. Briggs, eds. (London: Penguin Books 1959 edition of the 1941 original)
Make me to know thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths. Lead me in thy truth, and teach me, for thou art the God of my salvation; for thee I wait all the day long.
(AJ) Linda Nicholls elected new Canadian Anglican Primate
Linda Nicholls, bishop of the diocese of Huron, was elected fourteenth primate of the Anglican Church of Canada on July 13, becoming the first woman in the history of the church to hold the position.
"You have bestowed on me an honour that I can hardly imagine, and it is terrifying. But it is also a gift, to be able to walk with the whole of the Anglican Church of Canada from coast to coast to coast," Nicholls said in a brief impromptu speech on her arrival, after the vote at Christ Church Cathedral in Vancouver, where the election was held.
Nicholls will be installed on the final day of General Synod—Tuesday, July 16—succeeding Archbishop Fred Hiltz, who has served the church as primate since 2007.
She was elected on the fourth ballot, with 64.2% of lay votes and 71.1% of votes among the clergy. Jane Alexander, bishop of the diocese of Edmonton, was the only nominee remaining on the fourth ballot. Alexander received 35.8% of laity votes and 28.9% of the votes of the clergy.
Presenting Bishop Linda Nicholls, elected to be 14th primate of Canada #GS2019 she say "you have bestowed on me a gift I can hardly imagine-and it is terrifying" pic.twitter.com/J4Xv2U5u1v
— Christ Church Cathedral Vancouver (@CCCVancouver) July 13, 2019
Congratulations to Novak Djokovic winner of the 2019 Wimbledon Men's Final
We just watched the longest final in Wimbledon history at 4 hours and 55 minutes.
Roger Federer's 94 winners are his most ever in a Grand Slam final.
Novak Djokovic captured his 16th major title and his fifth Wimbledon title; he's 3-0 vs Federer in @Wimbledon finals. pic.twitter.com/sKNhznOemJ
— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) July 14, 2019
Posted in England / UK, Serbia, Sports
(NYT) Pastor's Exit Exposes Cultural Rifts at a Leading liberal Parish–NYC's Riverside Church
Dr. Butler's supporters said she lost her job because she had spoken out about sexual harassment and she had complained in particular about an incident in which a former member of the church's governing council left a bottle of wine and a T-shirt on her desk, both with labels that read "Sweet Bitch."
They said she had pursued better treatment for women and minorities, with the aim of fixing a difficult environment that had led some church employees to complain and even quit. Her persistence strained an increasingly fractured relationship between her and the church's lay leaders, her supporters said.
"There is absolutely no doubt that sexism played a role," said the Rev. Kevin Wright, who had been recruited by Dr. Butler in 2015 and served as executive minister for programs before leaving last year. "I don't understand how anyone could think anything different."
But her opponents said her dismissal was being misconstrued, and pointed to the governing council's significant misgivings about changes she made to the church staff and programming and spending priorities. Her philosophy and leadership style, they said, collided with a church whose culture remained deeply traditional, despite its politics.
They cited an episode that occurred in May as the final straw.
Dr. Butler was traveling to a conference in Minneapolis with two church employees and a congregant when she brought them to a sex shop during a break, according to two people affiliated with the church.
Read it all and please note there are three stories about this in the New York Post who first broke the story.
#News on #NYTimes "Pastor's Exit Exposes Cultural Rifts at a Leading Liberal Church" by RICK ROJAS https://t.co/aJQXKWlTth pic.twitter.com/eTjrP5DTWB
— Survey Sunday (@SurveySunday) July 12, 2019
Posted in America/U.S.A., Ethics / Moral Theology, Ministry of the Ordained, Parish Ministry, Pastoral Theology, Religion & Culture, Stewardship, Theology, Urban/City Life and Issues
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Graphiurus johnstoni es una especie de roedor de la familia Gliridae.

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Se encuentra en Malaui, Zambia y Zimbabue.

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Graphiurus johnstoni.   2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

 Holden, M. E.. 2005. Family Gliridae. Pp. 819-841 in Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.

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BYAlan Murray
November 17, 2016, 2:07 PM UTC
As I've written previously, Election 2016 was a repudiation of the globalization trend that helped drive post-World War II growth but in recent decades has spread its benefits unequally across the population. Less explicit in the election rhetoric was the fact that technology also has been a driver of the increased inequality that has so many Americans feeling left out.
But is it possible that globalization and digitization now could become solutions to the very problems they helped create?
That's the prospect raised by the McKinsey Global Institute in a new paper out this morning., entitled The U.S. Economy: An Agenda for Inclusive Growth. The paper correctly diagnoses the U.S. economic problem as a slowdown in the growth of productivity, which in turn limits growth in pay. It offers five areas where targeted government action could make a substantial difference. And the top two actually involve accelerating digitization and expanding U.S. trade with the world.
The McKinsey analysts argue the U.S. has to date realized "only 18 percent of its digital potential." That has contributed to a gap between those working in the sectors that have made more progress in digitizing – tech, media, finance – and those that have made less – government, health care, education, hospitality, construction, small manufacturing.
"Narrowing the gap between the laggards and those at the frontier of digitization could help accelerate productivity and growth," it says.
The McKinsey paper also argues that the vast majority of current trade happens at large multinational companies. But new platforms, like those run by Alibaba and Amazon, could open that trade to smaller players, and also help reduce inequities.
In addition, the McKinsey analysts call for improving urban infrastructure, enhancing education and training, and encouraging innovation in all forms of energy to increase productivity and growth.
You can read the full paper here. It provides a hopeful framework for thinking about the next phase of globalization and digitization. That's a good thing, since any effort to stop those powerful forces will only add to U.S. economic woes.


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Happiness is all About Forward Momentum in Life
Happiness doesn't just happen, it's a product of how you live your life. Forward momentum is always going to be the quickest path to contentment, here's why that is.
What is Happiness?
First of all, the very first thing you have to consider when talking about happiness in any sense is your definition of it. Happiness can mean a lot of different things to a lot of different cultures and people. Humans can find happiness in the simplest of things and sorrow in material abundance.
We can be at our sheer lowest when things seem to be going their best, and feel our best when we've no real reason to feel great. That's the nature of happiness.
For a lot of people, happiness is all about contentment and control. The feeling of moving in the correct direction, doing something valuable with your life, being in control and being a good person.
All that's made possible by forward momentum in life. Pushing on and doing the things you absolutely need to do for your own sake, from working on your fitness to building relationships, even when they're not the most fun thing in the world to do, is what leads to happiness.
It's not about continual self-improvement, you need to absolutely learn to be content with yourself, who you are and where you're going. You do need to understand and chase the right goals though.
Identifying the short-term goals that can act as stepping-stones to long-term goals, and making sure you're sacrificing your time to do them is essential.
When we're unhappy with our situation in life, too often we sit back and feel miserable, frozen by uncertainty and lack of motivation. That's always going to be the wrong thing to do. What you need, is to create some forward momentum.
Forward Momentum and Control
Life is all mountains and valleys. We're always cruising up to the next peak, or dropping down into a valley, and in that way, our moods and motivation is cyclical. We'll always face times when we feel low, you just need to understand that the good times will swing around again soon. Providing, of course, that you don't compound the bad times.
That's where the problems really arise. Compounding the bad periods, when you're at your lowest and completely unmotivated is the most natural response in the world, but it makes things much worse.
Instead of going and working out, you're sitting around eating. Instead of doing the work you need to be, you're putting it off and burying your head. In essence, you're just digging yourself a deeper hole.
What you need is handholds to climb out of that pit, and positive steps that grow and build can be the way forward. Click To Tweet
Understanding that getting back in the gym, seeing friends and family, working hard or eating right can all be ways to seize control again is key, and the sooner you start doing them and start building a routine, the sooner you'll be feeling right again, and on your way to real happiness.
Beyond dealing with the down-swings, maintaining momentum is a big thing. Keeping going in the right direction, and self-management is key. You need to understand the dangers of burning yourself out and learn to avoid your classic pitfalls and triggers. Motivation and forward momentum aren't about always working crazy hard and pushing forward, it's about seizing control and making your life work for you.
Jocko Willink talks about freedom through discipline and that has never rung truer. It's only through being able to control yourself and what you do with your time that you can have any real control and freedom, in your life. If you're feeling bad, bust out some push-ups, or go for a jog. Feeling tired and unmotivated? Do some micro-tasks to get the ball rolling on a bigger project. It's all about discipline and forward momentum.
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One of the most important things to bear in mind when it comes to chasing happiness is that for every person out there, only their own kind of happiness will work for them.
Contrary to what social media and television tell us, we're not all after the same things, beyond the basics. Happiness to one person is being there for your family, to another, it's material success. There's no wrong answer, and you need to understand that.
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Watch a boat of gay protocol-skirting partygoers sink into the ocean "like the Titanic"
"Over" following COVID-19 protocols, dozens paid at least $120 to attend a men-only, clothing-optional party cruise off the coast of Mexico. It didn't go well.
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Jesus birth . Mary was told by an angel. She had the baby and the wicked king tried to kill the child and he had to be carried away to safety.
Krishnas birth. Devaki was told by an angel. She had the baby and the wicked king tried to kill the child and he had to be carried away to safety.
Krishnas story was thousands of years before Jesus but it is the same story, and the same person. This is universal consciousness, it is cosmic, it is light and it comes from above.


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Lights! Brakes! Transmission! the Big 3 When Buying Pre-Owned
Posted on the 21 July 2016 by Ryderexchange
If you're looking to the pre-owned market for your next truck, you're not alone. Close to 60% of all class 8 trucks purchased by owner-operators are actually pre-owned, according to the 2015 Truck Purchase and Lease Survey by Overdrive.com. Yet, no matter how comfortable you and others feel about buying pre-owned versus new, when shopping you still need to be vigilant about how equipment was maintained in its past life-and its health right now.
Generally speaking, comprehensive checks of key components including brakes, lights, tire-wear, plus fluids and lubrication, should occur at 5,000 and 10,000-mile intervals on heavy-duty vehicles. The best practice when buying pre-owned heavy-duty trucks? Stick with dealers who can produce a valid history of preventive maintenance (PM) on each vehicle.
With that as your starting place, here are key points to consider when choosing your pre-owned vehicles-to minimize costs and hassles once you drive it off the lot.
Transmission: While fully automatic transmissions are becoming more prevalent in the class 6-8 market for a variety of reasons, manual and automated manual transmissions remain dominant in the pre-owned market. Manual is a time-tested workhorse, but given the ongoing shortage of experienced big rig drivers, the automated manual transmission (AMT) has gained favor, and is widely available as pre-owned class 6-8 inventory. AMT combines the advantages of a clutch-actuated manual gearbox with a computer-controller shift actuator and clutch. This can extend transmission life and increase fuel efficiency. Pricing is also more favorable on AMTs than is generally found with the newer generation of fully automatic transmissions. AMTs are also less expensive to replace, if that should be an issue.
But for overall ease of use, low maintenance costs and availability of aftermarket replacement parts, nothing beats the manual transmission.
Braking Systems: In recent inspections conducted by the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance during Brake Safety Week, more than 10% of out-of-service citations were issued for brakes out of adjustment. That's a wake-up call given today's reduced stopping distance regulations.
It all serves as a reminder that brake systems do serious friction work in heavy trucking, and need to be maintained. In the pre-owned market, Class 4-6 vehicles tend to use reliable and cost-effective hydraulic and pneumatic disc brakes, while Class 8 trucks use drum brakes as well.
Heavy-duty brakes like these have a long track record for stopping power, safety, extended pad and rotor life, and corrosion resistance.
Well-maintained brake systems offer reliable performance with no or low noise, increased resistance to wear and most importantly, more stopping power. They are also widely available in the aftermarket, and less expensive to maintain than some other braking systems.
Lighting System: The National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence (ASE) recommends that, on a regular basis, you inspect, test, repair, or replace stop and parking brake light circuit switches, wiring, and connectors. Exterior lighting circuits on heavy-duty trucks experience considerable wear and tear, and should be carefully evaluated for operating conditions when moving and when parked. NHTSA guidelines for headlamps, tail lamps, running lights, all markers and reflectors - for trucks and trailers - are tightly regulated and factor prominently into roadside inspections. A thorough check of interior and exterior lighting systems should be part of any pre-owned truck purchase.
Are there other factors to consider when shopping for a pre-owned truck? Absolutely, and those factors will be probably be unique to your situation. However, make no mistake: The Big 3 above are critical for all buyers.
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You can download a copy of our membership form, here.
Our regular club night is Thursday, at Ilfracombe Football Club, Marlborough Park, Marlborough Way, Ilfracombe. Our runs start around 7pm, so it's best to be there from 645pm onwards. Runners are arranged in groups by ability, with each group having its own leader.
We have showers and bar facilities for after the run. During the warmer months we live to stretch our wings and venture away from Ilfracombe. You can always find details of our runs on our Facebook Page.
If you want to progress as a runner and smash all your PBs, then we can offer you speed sessions that will shape your muscles and make your legs ace accelerators. All our speed sessions are conducted by qualified coaches, and during the summer we use the track facilities in Braunton.
We definitely never forget that we are a club. We try to make being a member of Ilfracombe Running Club as memorable an experience as possible for all our runners, and that includes the social side of things! We hold regular special events throughout the year, and legendary 'Gif' pizza nights.
Yes, we exist to run, but we exist to have fun as well!
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Pakistan committed to completing Kartarpur Corridor
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Official dismisses reports that work has stalled due to fresh strain in ties with India
Published: August 25, 2019 16:29 Agencies
The shrine of Sikh leader Guru Nanak in Kartarpur, Pakistan. Kartarpur Sahib was established in 1522. Image Credit: PTI
Islamabad: Pakistan is committed to completing the Kartarpur Corridor project for Sikh pilgrims ahead of the 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak — the founder of the religion — despite tensions with India, a senior aide to the Pakistani Prime Minister said on Sunday.
The Kartarpur Corridor will connect Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Pakistan's Kartarpur (also known as Kartarpur Sahib) with the Dera Baba Nanak shrine in Gurdaspur district and facilitate visa-free movement of Indian Sikh pilgrims, who will have to just obtain a permit to visit Kartarpur Sahib, which was established in 1522 by Guru Nanak.
Special Assistant to Pakistan Prime Minister Firdous Ashiq Awan in a series of tweets said that Kartarpur is a sacred place for Sikhs and is the perfect example of interfaith harmony.
She dismissed reports that Pakistan had stalled work on the corridor due to fresh strain in ties with India.
Awan said irrespective of India-Pakistan relations, Pakistan's doors are open to Sikh pilgrims visiting the Darbar Sahib Kartarpur.
In the world of growing extremism and intolerance, the Kartarpur Corridor spreads the message of respect and tolerance, she was quoted as saying by Radio Pakistan.
Awan said the white colour in the Pakistani flag represents minorities and it is as dear to the government as the green is.
She said the corridor would be inaugurated in November this year as per the schedule and terms of reference finalised with India.
Tension between India and Pakistan has escalated after New Delhi revoked Article 370 of the Constitution, which gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir and bifurcated the state into two Union Territories on August 5. Reacting to India's move on Kashmir, Pakistan downgraded diplomatic ties with New Delhi.
Pakistan is building the corridor from the Indian border to the Kartarpur Sahib while the other part from Dera Baba Nanak up to the border will be constructed by India.
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When infractions occur, when a citizen violates a law, the justice system often recommends the courts "throw the book" at the imposing offender. After all, this "menace to society" must be taught a lesson so that all may fear and obey the law. And while this may make some sort of temporary impact on said offender and future offenders, it may not always have the lasting impact needed to prevent future offenses.
For some, committing infractions, or at least the involuntary need to commit them, is often the result of being under the influence of drugs and/or alcohol. One need not do the research to see the impact substance abuse has had on our everyday life--from culture to politics and everything in between. The lasting impact this quagmire has created can be attributed to a number of sources, and while it does require a response, the answer for handling these offenses may not always be jail time. In 1989, a team of Floridian criminal justice professionals came together and created the first of what are known today as drug courts. This spawned a nationwide movement.
According to the National Institute of Justice, Drug Courts are defined as: specialized court docket programs that target criminal defendants and offenders, juvenile offenders, and parents with pending child welfare cases who have alcohol and other drug dependency problems. Drug courts are comprehensive alternatives to serving jail time and are arguably more cost effective. They also demonstrate a lower recidivism rate, according multiple studies. (Impact of Drug Courts). Still, despite research, there some who disagree, saying the cost savings, if it exists at all, is minimal. The Federal Government has even been skeptical about creating federal drug courts. However, recently the Department of Justice has been forthcoming about backing further research on drug courts and using elements of it within their own reentry programs. According to everycrsreport.com: In 2017 the President's Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis recommended that DOJ establish a federal drug court in every federal judicial district. Today, specialized drug courts are now being tailored to veterans, juveniles and college students among others. Some facilities are also being opened up to address alcohol and mental health related issues.
There is a growing need for drug courts today considering the rate at which the opioid crisis continues to rise. Research shows that drug courts are an effective means of not only helping the offender avoid jail time and for states to cut costs, but more importantly, to help victims of addiction and substance abuse find freedom. The focus here is about helping people to reject taking a shot in their arm and help them take a new shot at life. Parkdale is a proud to be part of the fight, and we believe in helping others get their life back.
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Treasury considering freeze on pensions and public sector pay to cover coronavirus bill
Published: 8:28 AM May 13, 2020 Updated: 8:40 AM September 18, 2020
Prime Minister Boris Johnson (centre) arrives with Cabinet secretary, Mark Sedwill (left) and Chancellor Rishi Sunak (far right) in the Cabinet Room inside 10 Downing Street. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire. - Credit: PA
Newspaper reports have claimed the chancellor is considering income tax hikes, a public sector pay freeze and the end of the triple lock on pensions to fund the debt sparked by the coronavirus.
The Daily Telegraph reported that a Treasury document estimated the UK's deficit could reach £337 billion this year because of the pandemic, compared to the forecast £55 billion in March's Budget.
It said the assessment, drawn up for the chancellor and dated May 5, warned that to fill such a gap in the public finances through tax revenue rises would be 'very challenging without breaking the tax lock'.
Measures to fund the bill include tax hikes, a pulbic sector pay freeze for two years and freezes on pension rises.
The Treasury document is said to state: 'To fill a gap this size (in the public finances) through tax revenue risers would be very challenging without breaking the tax lock.
'To raise fiscally significant amounts, we would either have to increase rates/thresholds in one of the broad-based taxes (IT, NICS, VAT, CT) or reform one of the biggest tax reliefs (e.g. pensions tax).'
In the worst-case scenario, the assessment reportedly warns that the deficit could increase to £516 billion in the current financial year.
Transport secretary Grant Shapps said he did not recognise the figures quoted by the Telegraph.
'It is too soon to get into those figures. I don't recognise those figures. Time will tell, but the careful management we are going through at the moment is the best way to ensure the economy can recover,' he told the BBC Radio 4 Today programme.
Labour also urged Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak to reject public sector spending cuts as a way of paying off the cost of the pandemic.
Shadow chancellor Anneliese Dodds said: 'A lack of resilience in our public services, caused by 10 years of underfunding, has made it harder to deal with the challenge of coronavirus.
'After all our public services and key workers have done to save lives during this pandemic, there must be no return to a society where we lack that resilience.
'Both the Chancellor and the Prime Minister must urgently make a statement rejecting these plans.'
Chairman of the Police Federation of England and Wales John Apter called any such move 'morally bankrupt' and urged the government to rethink any plans for 'financially punishing our public sector workers'.
In a series of tweets, Apter said: 'If there is any consideration in financially punishing our public sector workers then I urge a rethink.
'The chancellor, @RishiSunak and thousands of others have clapped for our key workers every Thursday.
'To even consider freezing the pay of our essential public sector workers to help the financial recovery would be morally bankrupt and would be a deep and damaging betrayal.'
The Treasury declined to comment on the report, but it is understood that the document is one of many put together by different teams to discuss ideas about future policy.
A source said the document 'does not reflect government policy'.
The Conservatives pledged in their manifesto at the general election last year that the party would not raise the rate of income tax, VAT or National Insurance, and would keep the pensions triple lock.


I started photographing Australia for this project in 1988. The sequence has been relatively simple. In 1988 and 1989 I circumnavigated the country taking photographs of every town and place of interest. I was using a Canon AE-5 SLR.
In those bygone days I was using, in the first instance, Ektachrome 100 Professional film, but, given the fashion of the time, I quickly changed to Fuji Velvia. One amusing change is that I was fairly frugal with my shots. In this digital age when a photograph costs nothing it is common to shoot dozens and dozens of images. In those days, when the cost of film and processing meant every photo cost about $3.00-$4.00 I would often only shoot two or three images.
(a) there was an obsession in the late 1980s with getting the bluest skies possible and creating a slightly unreal image of Australia – check out the coffee table books from around that time and you'll find that the rich saturated colours of Velvia were all the rage. They were almost mandatory.
(b) all the cars look so old. Initially I thought "Oh poor old country town. No one could afford a new car" until I realized that a car photographed in 1988 probably was a new car. They just looked old from the vantage point of 2013. I also realized that, 25 years down the track, they were actually historic photos and were worth putting up so that people could see how much things have changed.
In 1996 I joined the Sydney Morning Herald as a full time journalist and quickly fell into writing travel stories mostly about Australia. When I look at my images I realize that, for example, I went to Broome three times in one year and I have been to Alice Springs probably half a dozen times. I used to enjoy creating trips where I could write reviews of accommodation, stories about towns and, just for good measure, get a car from the team at the paper's Drive section and test it on the roads I was travelling. So there are lots of photos from that era which have been integrated into the website. Where possible I have tried to date them. I called it quits with the Sydney Morning Herald in 2012.
Today I make short forays – rarely more than three or four days – to reshoot places I photographed years ago. I know from my photo collection that I have been to just about every town in Australia. There are a few I need to visit but all of them are small and out of the way.
As far as cameras were concerned, around 2002 I moved to a Canon Digital – if I remember correctly it was a D60, it cost about $5000 and it produced an image in JPEG format which was about 6MB.
More recently I have moved on to a Canon EOS 7D. I would guess that about 80% of the photos on this website have been taken with my much-loved 28-135mm, 3.5-5.6, Canon lens. I have other lenses but this is the one that I find I am using most of the time. I know it is fashionable to shoot in RAW but, for my purposes which are basically this website, I am perfectly happy with JPEGs which I put through Photoshop in a very minor kind of way.
I see myself as a competent photographer. No more, no less. My aim is always to take "informational" images which will help people to find places and to assess whether a place is worth visiting.
Any queries, I am always happy to answer.