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I am so proud to be part of this profession. I remember when I was a new graduate nurse, every day I went to work and the entire car ride over I would pray "just don't kill anyone." And that was seriously my goal. I just didn't want to harm another person or let my negligence hurt another human being in my care. Every night when I left work I was so thankful and relieved that I had made it through the day without causing any damage! I would think about all the times throughout the day I could have easily made a mistake and caused injury to a mother or a baby.
Our profession is too important for us to just go to work and think of it as any other job. Everyone knows that a nurse's primary goal is to care. We care for our patients, we care for their families. But our profession is made up of this vast network of nurses, nurses who are all striving to care for so many different people in so many different ways.
I once met a nurse who was teaching neonatal resuscitation in Peru. She watched as a premature baby was born, and the nurse's left its head uncovered. She scrambled and made a makeshift hat with gauze. She covered the preemie's head with the gauze and then a glove, while teaching the nurses about the importance of keeping a baby—especially a preemie baby—warm. When she went back two years later, the head nurse showed her a pile of hats that women in the city had knitted for the all the babies delivered at that hospital. I love thinking about that story, because that is the epitome of what we do every day as nurses…we care, we act, we intervene and we see if it all gets better.
Doctor, please make up your mind. Listen to his lungs, his heart, or his bowels.
Am new to your blog and enjoying it very much. Am 15+ years L&D. Keep writing.! You're great at it! Very inspiring post!
Yes! We as nurses have the power to make someone's day or to make them wish they had a different nurse, Also we have the responsibility to "not eat our young" when it comes to less experienced nurses. They are the next caregivers after we have left the hospital. They need to be encouraged and well-trained up in their positions. As long as there is the attitude of "you just don't have all the experience I do!" that will never happen. I am speaking from experience and am also striving to change my workplace to a better one. I still pray "please don't let me hurt anyone" everytime I go to the hospital. I've been in OB 5 years now. 3 on Postpartum 2 on Labor and Delivery. I am thinking about going back to Postpartum. I feel like I don't have a mentor in L & D because everyone is too busy, too many patients, or they just don't care.


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Here's what I got to play with. This Great Outdoors Fishing Paper Crafting Kit is a must-have! It also comes with a 12×12 sticker sheet!
I started out by printing my photos using my Canon Selphy Photo Printer. I love this printer so much and I think every scrapbooker should own one.
I chose the paper that I wanted to use for my layout and started planning where I wanted my photos to go. I always do this step first every time I work on a scrapbook layout before I start adhering them onto the paper. This gives me time to adjust them and plan on what embellishments I needed to finish my designs.
I matted my photos with black card stock and adhered them to my layout.
I started adding the embellishments to my layout and added the alphabet stickers that are included in the Great Outdoors Fishing Paper Crafting Kit.
I think a scrapbook layout should always tell a story. Without it, it's just a photo album! I always like to write the story with my own handwriting as it gives it a more personal touch. Hopefully my children will be taking care of these books when I'm gone, and they will be able to pass it on to my future grandchildren.
Did I mention I love the stickers from the I'd Rather Be Fishing 3D Stickers? That little fish looks so realistic!
I absolutely LOVE the alphabet stickers that are included in the kit. The title made a bold statement on my layout.
I hope you guys enjoyed and got inspired today. Please visit http://www.paperhouseproductions.com to check out all the supplies I used and listed below. Have a wonderful day!


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Tesla Model Y review
3rd Dec 2021
The Model Y should bring Tesla into the mainstream, thinks Jonathan Crouch
Ten Second Review
Tesla's Model Y aims to redefine what a compact-to-mid-sized SUV can deliver. It brings the engineering of its Model 3 saloon showroom stablemate to this quickly growing segment and lays down a benchmark to the established brands as to exactly what a full-electric BEV Crossover of this kind ought to be.
This is where Tesla gets serious (again). The Model Y is the brand's very first compact-to-mid-sized SUV. And the company predicts that it'll out-sell all its other three models combined. Tesla's Model 3 mid-sized saloon was the first car that brought the brand into more affordable market segments and if you're familiar with that car, you'll be familiar with a Model Y because 75% of components are shared between the two models. Model Ys for Europe are built at Tesla's new Berlin factory. The vehicle is also built in California and Shanghai and eventually, around half a million examples of it will be produced for worldwide sale each year.
So, this car needs to be good, pivotal as it'll be for Tesla. Market demand for SUVs is, after all, far higher than it is for saloons - or cars in the Model S or Model X large luxury category. But that demand is already being satisfied by an army of compact-to-mid-sized SUVs with full-battery power from other brands. Cars like the Volkswagen ID.4, the Audi Q4 e-tron, the Skoda Enyak iV, the CUPRA Born, the Volvo XC40 Pure Electric and the Ford Mustang Mach-E - to name just a few. Let battle commence.
All the running gear is shared with Tesla's Model 3, but for the time being, Model Y customers get two variant choices, both with a Dual Motor All-Wheel Drive powertrain format. Most will opt for the 'Long Range' derivative, which offers 315 miles of range, a 4.8s 0-60mph time and a 135mph top speed. At the top of the line-up is the dynamic 'Performance' model, basically the fastest compact-to-mid-sized SUV there is, with around 450hp on tap and 640Nm of pulling power. This top derivative also has a range of 298 miles, but sprints to 60mph in just 3.5s. Standard on this top version is what Tesla calls a 'Performance Upgrade', which gives you lowered suspension, Performance Brakes and increases the top speed from 135 to 155mph.
Whatever Model Y variant you choose, the car's low centre of gravity promises much in terms of handling. Tesla's Elon Musk says it 'has the functionality of an SUV but rides like a sports car'. A low centre of gravity and a drag coefficient of 0.23Cd will also help. Despite the inclusion of 4WD, there's no off piste capability of course - this car sits only 168mm from the deck (which is lower than some ordinary family hatches); so you sure aren't going off-roading in it.
Though the Model Y shares a platform with its Model 3 showroom stablemate, it's around 10% longer - 4,750mm in length. And of course, being an SUV, it's a hatch, not a saloon. Getting in and out via the pillarless doors is easier because of the taller body. And Tesla has designed the car to be able to incorporate an optional 3rd seating row too, though the occupants had better not be above school age. The 3rd row option's currently not available in the UK.
As usual with Teslas, you open the car with your smartphone - there's no physical key - but if it's run out of battery, you get a credit card-sized key as well, just in case. Inside, differences over the Model 3 saloon are few, the dash and interior of that car carried over almost completely. There's a bigger panoramic glass roof - that's the only real difference. So, as usual on a Tesla, the fascia is dominated by a huge central infotainment touchscreen of upright portrait format. Build quality and material richness might not be quite what you're looking for if you're seeking a premium branded model in this sector but it's quite comparable with a volume maker rival.
As usual with a Tesla, there are almost no physical buttons in the cabin - almost everything's controlled via the touchscreen, which is sharp to look at and as easy to use as ever. The back seat is comfortable for a couple of adults. And there's a decently-sized boot, extendable to 1,869-litres in size if you fold the rear seats. You also get a bit of extra space under the bonnet.
Prices start at just under £55,000 for the Dual Motor All-Wheel Drive 'Long Range' version. For the top 'Performance' model, you'll need a £65,000 budget. Standard equipment includes all the usual executive niceties. And there's a forward facing radar that scans the road 160-metres ahead as you drive, providing a long-range view of distant objects. A 360-degree camera system makes parking easier too. And there are plenty of luxury features, things like a 14-speaker premium audio system, 12-way power adjustable leather front seats and a tinted panoramic glass roof with ultra violet/infra-red protection. There's a choice of 19 or 20-inch wheels. and a black or white-themed interior.
Safety should be a strong point. Tesla says the Model Y is designed to be the safest vehicle in its class. The low centre of gravity, rigid body structure and large crumple zones provide strong protection. Like all new Teslas, this one comes as standard with emergency braking, collision warning, blind-spot monitoring and more. For an extra £3,400, you can add an 'Enhanced Autopilot' pack, which allows the car to navigate on Autopilot and includes Auto Lane Change and Auto Park features, the latter incorporating a 'Summon' system that allows you to stand outside your Model Y and park it with your smartphone. For £6,800 more, you can also add Full Self-Driving capability, including all the 'Enhanced Autopilot' pack features and enabling automatic driving on city streets and highways pending regulatory approval, as well as Traffic Light and Stop Sign Control: brilliant.
Owning a Model Y will of course be very different from owning a conventionally powered compact-to-mid-sized SUV. There'll be no fuel bills of course and servicing costs will be much smaller. The annual service fee covers an annual inspection, replacement parts like brake pads and windscreen wipers, 24 hour roadside assistance, system monitoring, remote diagnostics, software updates and new features sent through the touchscreen. As for driving range, well we'll repeat the figures quoted earlier - 315 miles for the 'Long Range' variant and 298 miles for the top 'Performance' model.
The car responds best to nightly recharges, but will happily sit for a couple of weeks at an airport while you holiday without losing significant charge, though over longer stationary periods, the cells will slowly lose their charge. The Model Y is compatible with the US brand's third generation public Superchargers, which are capable of 250kW charging. Hooked up to one of these, your Model Y will be able to recover 75 miles of range in five minutes, or up to 168 miles in fifteen minutes, with a peak charging rate equivalent to 1000 miles for every hour. Tesla currently has more than 20,000 Superchargers globally across 36 countries.
There's no doubt that the Model Y is the most important Tesla yet. And it's a car you'll get used to seeing on our roads. European rivals are catching this American brand quickly in terms of electrified powertrain technology and they still often shade Tesla in terms of cabin quality. But they still can't (yet) match Tesla's public charging infrastructure. There's nothing from any other maker like Tesla's network of 'Supercharging' stations. And that'll sway many customers towards this car.
These people will also like the fact that the Model Y is arguably the most avant garde compact-to-medium-sized SUV in its segment. And potentially (in top 'Performance' form) the very fastest too. If these sound like winning attributes in a car of this kind, you'll know where to start your search.
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There was a young SSgt who worked in our training detachment. He wanted to be an officer more than anything to have a better life for his growing family and to have a larger impact on our service. Initially, his scores were too low and he had to raise them to get his shot. This young leader would come to work early to study, be in the books every chance he had, and continue to study at home. Also, he taught more than most instructors and appeared to be a damn good dad and father at home. He was driven. His hard work paid off and now this Lt has a larger platform to inspire others and I am certain he is striving to be the best in his new job. What is driving you?


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Smoothie King Targets St. Louis For Franchise Growth
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Leading Smoothie Concept Offers 40 Percent Discount off Franchise Fee; Discovery Day Planned May 2
NEW ORLEANS - April 22, 2013 // PRNewswire // - Smoothie King Franchises, Inc., the premier smoothie and nutritional lifestyle center, announced today it is targeting St. Louis for franchise expansion. To fuel development, Smoothie King is offering candidates 40 percent off its initial franchise fee for the first 40 agreements of 2013 - a savings of $10,000. Since the start of the year, nine new franchisees have taken advantage of the latest incentive program, in addition to 38 existing franchisees that have committed to opening their additional units this year.
"Smoothie King continues to experience tremendous growth, with 27 new U.S. openings planned through July 2013," said Smoothie King Global CEO Wan Kim . "We are confident that our brand has great potential for further development in St. Louis and look forward to building a stronger presence in the area."
The New Orleans-based smoothie chain currently has eight stores in St. Louis and plans to develop an additional 25 locations in the market over the next five years. The company's executive team will also host a Discovery Day on May 2 in St. Louis, to share the benefits of opening a Smoothie King with potential franchisees.
"Smoothie King offers a unique business opportunity to satisfy St. Louis' health conscious consumers," said Jeremy Kubicek , St. Louis Smoothie King multi-unit franchisee. "When we first joined the company in 2008, many local business owners were financially struggling due to the recession, but our smoothie business remained in high demand. In fact, with the support of Smoothie King's proven business model and dedicated development team, we have successfully grown our portfolio during these challenging economic times."
Smoothie King plans to add 1,000 new franchised and corporate locations domestically over the next five years. Even with more than 500 locations in the U.S., the brand still has extensive smoothie franchise opportunities available in the Southeast, Mid-Atlantic and Northeast regions, as well as Texas. International development includes master franchise and corporate expansion in Korea, Singapore and Malaysia, with 50 new stores planned in South Korea and 10 in Singapore in 2013.
Franchisees should possess a passion for the brand and be dedicated to serving the community. While restaurant experience is not required, the ideal candidate for the smoothie franchise should have an entrepreneurial spirit, as well as sales, marketing, restaurant and/or retail experience.
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Smoothie King Franchises, Inc. is a privately held; New Orleans-area-based franchise company and the premier Smoothie Bar and Nutritional Lifestyle Center in the industry. Smoothie King® offers guests the original nutritional fresh-blended smoothie and healthy retail products, including sports beverages, energy bars, healthy snacks, vitamin supplements, herbs, minerals and other sports nutrition products. Smoothie King® opened its first store in 1973 and started as the first franchised smoothie bar/health food store in the United States in 1989. Smoothie King® currently has more than 600 units operating in 32 states, the Caymans, Singapore and the Republic of Korea. In 2013, Smoothie King® was ranked no. 1 by Entrepreneur magazine in the juice bar category for the 19th year and no. 104 overall on the 2013 Franchise 500 list. Visit www.smoothieking.com; engage on Facebook www.facebook.com/SmoothieKing; follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/smoothieking.
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477. Stevie Wonder: "Sad Boy"
Posted by The Nixon Administration in Stevie Wonder
Tamla T 54103 (B), September 1964
b/w Sad Boy
(Written by Dorsey Burnette and Gerald Nelson)
The A-side was depressing because it seemed to indicate a stagnation in Stevie Wonder's career that Motown were happy to endorse. This B-side is also depressing, but in a rather different way – it's a morose little song about heartbreak, self-doubt and suicide, backed with all sorts of movie trappings (flurries of horns and Debussy strings and twanging bass and stately drums) even though it's not actually from a movie.
A cover of an earlier Dorsey Burnette number (not available on Youtube at the time of writing, sorry!) that Dorsey brought with him to Motown and sold to Jobete, this is yet another Stevie side lifted from his LP Stevie At The Beach. You'd say that the choice of material here shows some real ambition, that it redeems the conservatism of the Fingertips-soundalike A-side by allowing Stevie a chance to showcase his newfound maturity and leave that "Little Stevie" tag behind, except that it only appears to have been chosen because the lyrics talk about sandcastles and the seaside and stuff.
It's a beautiful little melody, but it's almost hysterically melodramatic, Stevie playing the role of the titular sad boy, pining for some girl, watching his sandcastle get swept out to sea and seeing it as a metaphor, and ending the song in terribly downbeat fashion:-
The tide came rushing in
Took my poor castle out to the sea
If the ocean be that strong
Well then, that's where I wanna be
When she reads in the paper
That this sad, sad boy has drowned
Will she laugh with him and say
"That funny clown?"
Happy good-time surf party music, there, marvellous. He's clearly got some serious mental problems, this narrator, but somehow with Stevie singing it, it sounds like a puffed-up empty threat from a passive-aggressive moping teen who's just slammed his bedroom door. Not that youngsters can't feel pain, just that Stevie's voice – noticeably more mature than on earlier efforts, but still painfully uneven in its mid-break wavering – doesn't carry it over.
The worst bits of this aren't to do with the gloopy self-pity of the song, but rather Stevie's technical (in)ability to hit and hold a high note. Some of it's really awful, verging on painful – when he tries to vamp his way out of the song at the very end, stretching the word clown into an anguished cry that extends over several lines, it ends up sounding exactly like the theme music from The Good, The Bad And The Ugly (you know the bit I mean – AIEEE-YA-YA-YA-YA! Which hadn't actually been written yet, so for all I know this is where Ennio Morricone got the idea…)
Again, though, as with the A-side, it's not completely terrible. The attempt, however inadvertent, for Stevie to tackle a more "mature" record is fascinating, and for all the rest of its faults, there's not a hint of novelty packaging here – this one is definitely meant to sound grown up. That it doesn't, and that his vocals compare poorly with other young teenage Motown singers (like Carolyn Crawford, for instance, or Cal Gill of the Velvelettes), is something Stevie can't really do anything about just yet.
"Happy Street" The Supremes
4 thoughts on "477. Stevie Wonder: "Sad Boy""
If I get money to burn, I may reverse myself but for now, I don't own The Complete Motown Singles. Even if it wasn't quite the large cash layout that it is, and would net me every obscure side I never knew, there'd also be a forbidding large percentage of duplication of every medium hit and on upward.
Stevie in the 60s is the one area where I'd like to bolster myself a little more. I managed to get 12 Year Old Genius as a cutout in the early 70s, and it's still in very good shape, and have at least one copy of every LP from Uptight forward, but I'd all but have to sell my blood to afford a decent vinyl At The Beach from eBay. I guess I'll be content a little longer with the three singles from it.
I'd worry for you, Nixon, facing the monument ahead, but you've proven time and time again already, if anyone can do it justice, it's you.
144man said:
If you look at the label scans, they state "Produced by Davis & Gordon", while in The Complete Motown Singles, production is attributed to co-composer, Dorsey Burnette. TCMS is correct; the label is wrong.
The clue lies in the record's matrix number, which begins "QQL…". The first letter is the Producer's Code. Davis & Gordon's code was "Z", as can be seen in the matrix for "Happy Street", "ZQL…". The letter "Q" was a miscellaneous code, usually used where the producer did not have a producer's contract.
Damecia said:
I don't hate this song and I don't love it. This song deserves it 4/10.
The B/W link above should NOT return us to THIS page, but should take us to Stevie's "Happy Street". Please fix that error when you get a chance. Thanks.


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require 'spec_helper'

module GitCommitAutouser
  describe Git do
    describe '.remote?' do
      subject { in_repo { described_class.remote?(name) } }
      context 'the existing remote name is passed' do
        let(:name) { "origin" }
        it { should be_true }
      end
      context 'the non-existing remote name is passed' do
        let(:name) { "invalid" }
        it { should be_false }
      end
    end

    describe '.remote_push_url' do
      subject { in_repo { described_class.remote_push_url(name) } }
      context 'the existing remote name is passed' do
        let(:name) { "origin" }
        it { should == 'origin-url' }
      end
      context 'the non-existing remote name is passed' do
        let(:name) { "invalid" }
        it { should == 'invalid' }
      end
    end
  end
end

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Our Sermon for January 15, 2016: Arrows and Lights- Isaiah 49:1-7
Listen to me, O coastlands,
pay attention, you peoples from far away!
The Lord called me before I was born,
while I was in my mother's womb he named me.
He made my mouth like a sharp sword,
in the shadow of his hand he hid me;
he made me a polished arrow,
in his quiver he hid me away.
And he said to me, 'You are my servant,
Israel, in whom I will be glorified.'
But I said, 'I have laboured in vain,
I have spent my strength for nothing and vanity;
yet surely my cause is with the Lord,
and my reward with my God.'
And now the Lord says,
who formed me in the womb to be his servant,
to bring Jacob back to him,
and that Israel might be gathered to him,
for I am honoured in the sight of the Lord,
and my God has become my strength—
he says,
'It is too light a thing that you should be my servant
to raise up the tribes of Jacob
and to restore the survivors of Israel;
I will give you as a light to the nations,
that my salvation may reach to the end of the earth.'
Thus says the Lord,
the Redeemer of Israel and his Holy One,
to one deeply despised, abhorred by the nations,
the slave of rulers,
'Kings shall see and stand up,
princes, and they shall prostrate themselves,
because of the Lord, who is faithful,
the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you.'
This is an image of people carpooling during the Montgomery Bus Boycott. The image can be found at: http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-1567
Arrows and Lights- Isaiah 49:1-7
"I'm not walking for myself. I'm walking for my children and grandchildren." This was the reply of one woman who was in the midst of a long walk home through the streets of Montgomery, Alabama in the early days of the Montgomery Bus Boycott. One of the volunteer drivers saw her walking and stopped to invite her into his car. He said to her, "Jump in, Grandmother. You don't need to walk." She, like many others who were choosing to walk in order to be a visible sign of their protest, politely declined his offer. "I'm not walking for myself. I'm walking for my children and grandchildren." Our acts of justice are not simply for ourselves. They are for the people that surround us and who will follow us. We don't just walk for ourselves. We walk for our children and grandchildren and our neighbors and people we don't even know.
The Montgomery Bus Boycott was the political action that helping bring a young minister named Martin Luther King, Jr. to national prominence, though he was not the only leader in the city. Because he was minister, a very public job, and had been chosen as the primary spokesperson for the Montgomery Improvement Association, he was one of the people at whom much of the racist ire was directed. As I explained a couple weeks ago, the white community in Montgomery was incensed that the black community would push back against the humiliation of Jim Crow laws. Their anger would become violent. That was already evident days into the strike. People intended to do him harm in order to break the boycott. He was certain that his family was in danger. Scarcely a month into the 381 day strike, Dr. King's family was receiving 30-40 threatening phone calls and letters per day. As you can imagine, the threats began to take their toll on Dr. King.
In his autobiography, Dr. King shared a story about what it was like to live under these threats of violence. In late January of 1956, about a month after the strike began, late one night, after a hard day, Dr. King got one more threatening call at his home. They said that they would make him sorry that he every came to Montgomery. Even though he had gotten hundreds of threats at this point, on that day, as he laid in bed next to his sleeping wife, this call was simply one too many. He couldn't sleep. He said, "It seemed that all of my fears had come down on me at once. I had reached the saturation point." He got up and began to pace through his house. He ended up in his kitchen, warming up some coffee, and wondering if he could be the leader he felt like he was called to be in Montgomery. He wondered if his daughter or his wife would be killed by the white supremacists who hated him so. He wondered if he would be killed and taken from them. He wondered if his own fear would shake the nerves of people boycotting the segregated buses. He sat at his kitchen table, wracked with doubt and fear, and unsure if he was up to the task before him. He realized that he needed to pray.
In his autobiography, Dr. King described what he prayed aloud for in his kitchen that night. He said he still remembered saying:
"Lord, I'm down here trying to do what's right. I think I'm right. I am here taking a stand for what I believe is right. But Lord, I must confess that I'm weak now, I'm faltering. I'm losing my courage. Now, I am afraid. And I can't let the people see me like this because if they see me weak and losing my courage, they will begin to get weak. The people are looking to me for leadership, and if I stand before them without strength and courage, they, too, will falter. I am at the end of my powers. I have nothing left. I've come to the point where I can't face it alone."
I wonder if anyone here has prayed something like that before. I wonder if anyone here has faltered under terrible strain while still be utterly sure that what they were doing was right. I wonder if anyone here has prayed like that.
Dr. King described what happened next as a kind of quiet assurance. He said that it was as though an inner voice told him, "Martin Luther, stand up for righteousness. Stand up for justice. Stand up for truth. And lo, I will be with you. Even until the end of the world." Dr. King described this moment, the moment where he knew clearly that his mission was to stand up for truth, justice, and righteous, was the moment in his whole life when he most clearly felt the presence of God. His fear and uncertainty faded away. He said that he was ready to face anything that came his way because he knew that God was with him on that journey. He said that it was this night of fear and prayer that helped him to face a terrifying event just three days later. While he was at a mass meeting, someone bombed his home. His wife and daughter were there, but were unharmed. As he met concerned neighbors in the street, he restated his commitment to non-violence as well as his certainty that they were on the right side of history. He said, "I want it known the length and breadth of this land that if I am stopped this movement will not stop. If I am stopped our work will not stop. For what we are doing is right. What we are doing is just. And God is with us." He knew that his work of justice and mercy was not just for him. It was for his children and grandchildren and neighbors and people he didn't even know. And, God was with him.
Just like Dr. King was certain that God was directing him towards justice, the prophet Isaiah was certain that God would direct the people towards justice and righteous. This portion of Isaiah, one of the three servant songs, describes how God will direct the people. A leader, or the whole people of Judah acting a leader among nations, would be called up and sharpened by God to rebuild God's reign on earth. The Servant will be both certain of their calling and fearful that they may not be able to fulfill all that God needs of them. See if these words sound familiar to you: "God said to me, 'You are my servant, Israel, in whom I will be glorified.' But I said, 'I have labored in vain, I have spent my strength for nothing and vanity; yet surely my cause is with the Lord, and my reward with God." Did you hear that tension between mission and exhaustion, calling and fear?
Just as Dr. King felt God's presence at the kitchen table, in this beautiful, ancient poetry, God brings quiet assurance to the Servant, too. God said that this Servant will be able to help more than simply the tribes of Jacob and the survivors of Israel. God says, "I will give you as a light to the nations, that my salvation may reach to the ends of the earth." The wicked ones will be overturned. God will raise and empower a ruler from the ones who have been most despised and most abhorred. God says that yes, this calling is hard. But, you have been made for this. And, you do this not simply for your people, but for your neighbors and their children and grandchildren and for people you will never know. And, I will be with you. Even unto the end of the earth.
Part of the beauty of Isaiah is that these servant songs aren't simply directions to one specific leader or monarch. As I have said before, Christians often read these words as prophecy regarding the life and mission of Jesus. In some of the Gospels, Jesus roots his own mission in the words of Isaiah. That being said, I think it's also pretty clear that this song isn't just to help us understand Jesus. It's to help us understand our own calling, too. Through our faith in Christ, we have gotten adopted into this ancient servant nation, a whole people who have been shaped and molded from creation to serve as light in God's darkness and as advocates for the oppressed. We don't have to be Jesus or the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in order to fulfill this mission. We can simply be the grandmother who walks so that her children and grandchildren will one day be able to ride with dignity. We can be the ones making phone calls to our leaders, making sure that they are caring for the ones who Jesus cared for: the sick, the aged, the isolated. We can be the ones who shop at the Middle Eastern deli, supporting our newest neighbors. We can continue make sure that this church is one place in the whole community where everyone knows that they are safe and that they will be greeted as beloved children of God.
And, when we grow weary, because being God's light in the world can be exhausting and frightening, maybe we can remember those words that Dr. King heard at his kitchen table: "Stand up for righteousness. Stand up for justice. Stand up for truth. And lo, I will be with you. Even until the end of the world." And, we'll keep walking.
Juliana Claassens: https://www.workingpreacher.org/preaching.aspx?commentary_id=3126
Karoline Lewis: https://www.workingpreacher.org/craft.aspx?post=4793
Amy Oden: https://www.workingpreacher.org/preaching.aspx?commentary_id=1939
Bo Lim: https://www.workingpreacher.org/preaching.aspx?commentary_id=807
Dr. King's retelling of the kitchen table story: https://swap.stanford.edu/20141218230026/http://mlk-kpp01.stanford.edu/kingweb/publications/autobiography/chp_8.htm


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A guided rhetorical analysis of The Chainsmokers' hit song "Closer." This is a multi-page handout that pairs excerpts from the lyrics with guiding questions to prompt analytical thinking and develop those rhetorical analysis reflexes in your students!
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Were the Crusaders and Inquisitors Christians? Yes, No, Maybe
Posted on February 26, 2015 by Kent Philpott
Were the Crusaders and Inquisitors Christians?
Yes, No, Maybe
Part One: The Crusaders
"Crusader" is a negative word to many, and maybe deservedly so, but we may have to reconsider that reactive position. Following is a brief summary and examination of the history of the crusades themselves. Perhaps we will be able to determine just how Christian or un-Christian the crusaders actually were.
There were eight crusades in all, from 1095 to 1294. Oddly enough, no Arab tribes played much of a role, if any, in fighting the crusaders. This is not to say that Muslim armies were not involved, but exactly who within Islam actually participated is another issue.
The French, led by Godfrey of Bouillon, initiated the first crusade. The purpose was to wrest control of Jerusalem away from the Muslim Seljuk Turks, who had taken it in 1070. Jerusalem had previously been part of the Fatimid Empire, composed mostly of Shia Berbers from North Africa, and during their control of the Holy City, Christians were allowed to visit their special religious sites. But such was not the case with the Seljuks, who violently persecuted the Christians and desecrated and destroyed churches. After a time, Pope Urban II called for the rescue of the Holy City from the Islamic infidels.
Bouillon, certainly a member of the Roman Catholic Church, managed to murder 70,000 Muslims and even burned down synagogues crowded with Jewish people hoping to escape the violence around them. Despite the slaughter, many of the European soldiers married local Muslim women and perhaps Jewish women, as well; they settled down, and for at least forty years the Christians and Muslims lived peacefully side-by-side.
The second crusade in 1144 was undertaken when a Kurdish army from Mosul (now in the modern state of Iraq) attacked a Christian fortress in Edessa (now in the modern state of Turkey). As a result, Pope Eugenius III called for a crusade. Two Christian armies, one French, the other German, were completely decimated by the Seljuk armies while on their way to join the battle at Edessa. A monk named Bernard of Clairvoux was engaged in this one. Following the crusade nearly forty more years of peace ensued.
The third crusade was dominated by the famous Kurd, Saladin (1137–1193), who became the Sultan of Egypt. His army defeated the crusader army at the Horns of Hittin on July 4, 1187, a site just above the Sea of Galilee. It proved to be the most famous of all the battles during the crusade period. Jerusalem surrendered, and Saladin dealt humanely with the survivors; there was no sacking or murdering, and the city was kept open to Christian pilgrims. But Jerusalem's fall inspired the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick Barbarossa to call for a third crusade in 1189. He led a French army into Turkey, where he died crossing a creek. The Seljuks quickly destroyed his army.
There was, however, more to the third crusade. King Richard the Third of England (the "Lion Heart") gathered an army of Norman Knights, set off for the Holy Land, and proceeded to capture Acre and Jaffa on the Mediterranean Coast, even defeating Saladin at the battle of Arsuf.
The two commanders treated each other with respect and signed a peace treaty on September 2, 1192, the terms of which left Jerusalem in the hands of the Muslims, while the Christians retained the coastal areas where Acre, Caesarea, and Jaffa were located.
Pope Innocent III in and around 1195 called the fourth crusade. This one had nothing to do with the Holy Land or Muslims, but the goal was to free up Jerusalem. The French crusaders entered Constantinople, home of the Greek Orthodox Church, who resented the presence of the Roman Catholics and rose up against the crusaders. In the battle that resulted, the crusader 'Western' Christians did not kill many Greek 'Eastern' Christians, but they did completely pillage the city. After a short period, the crusaders made off with their loot and headed for home. Nothing was accomplished.
Pope Honorius III, Innocent's successor, who could not accept the results of the fourth crusade and called for a fifth, fomented the fifth crusade. This time mainly Germans and Hungarians marched off to Jerusalem by way of Egypt in 1217. The army spent three years in skirmishes with the Kurdish Ayyubids in Egypt. They failed to make headway and finally called it quits and sailed home.
The sixth crusade's outstanding personality was the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II who was the grandson of the famous Barbarossa. Now Jerusalem was ruled by John of Brienne, whose daughter was married to Frederick II, and thinking that marriage gave him authority over Jerusalem, he called for the sixth crusade in 1225. Due to the knowledge and negotiating skills of the remarkable Frederick, the crusade was peacefully conducted without one battle or casualty.
Frederick had studied a great deal about Islamic literature, science, and philosophy, which gave him a solid platform for interaction with the leader of the Islamic army, Malik al-Kamil, who was the nephew of the great Saladin. The two leaders resolved the confrontation by signing a ten-year treaty in 1229. (Ten years was the maximum time allowed for a treaty according to Sharia Law.) Christians and Muslims alike welcomed the terms of the treaty. Unhappily, the new pope, Pope Gregory IX, hated Frederick and refused to ratify the treaty, denouncing it vigorously.
Things went from bad to worse after Sultan Kamil's death in 1238, when a maverick Turk from Russia named Baibars led a Mameluk (Muslim) army against Jerusalem, sacking it and slaughtering the citizens in 1244.
King Louis IX of France called the seventh crusade. In 1250 he brought an army to Egypt and sailed up the Nile to Cairo, where Baibars demolished his army. Baibars warred against everyone, Christian and Muslim alike, in an effort to establish his power and authority. His hate and murderous anger was mostly directed toward Christians, and he attacked one city after the other along the Mediterranean coast—Caesarea, Safad, Jaffa, and Antioch. He killed and enslaved thousands of Christians. Jerusalem was now firmly in the hands of Muslims, and the seventh crusade came to an end.
The eight crusade flowed out of the outrage perpetrated against Christians in the seventh crusade. Louis IX demanded a new crusade in the year 1270. His plan was to come through Tunis on the way to Egypt, but a few days after landing in Tunis he died of dysentery.
Baibars had not conquered one target, Acre, the site of a truly strong fortress. He died in 1277 (these crusades could last years), and his successor, Sultan Khalil, managed to finally defeat the crusaders at Acre in 1291, killing or enslaving some 60,000 Christians there.
Impact of the Crusades
The crusades deepened the divide between the Eastern and Western wings of the Catholic Church, a rift that was already underway.
Related to that, the crusades greatly weakened the Byzantine Empire, which succeeded the Holy Roman Empire.
The crusades also permanently embittered relations between Christians and Muslims, and they are used to this day to rationalize a continuing hatred that often erupts into violence. The fact that both Christians and Muslims committed horrible atrocities is often forgotten or conveniently submerged. Muslims have cited Christian crusader actions as justification for their own brutality. This is not a surmise, but openly declared by contemporary Islamic jihadists, whose portfolio of rallying cries includes something close to, "Remember the crusades." They legitimize their call for revenge by pointing to what the Christians did in the crusades. This is completely disingenuous, of course, but nevertheless effective.
Promotion of religion by force of arms demonstrates weakness of ideals, ethics, and message. To spread the faith by means of intimidation is the worst possible program, one that no one can really respect. Not only the Muslims but also Christians have been guilty here. (This topic will be explored in greater detail in the second section of this essay, the Inquisitors.)
As early as the fifth century, and many say long before, becoming a Christian required baptism by an ordained priest of the one Catholic and Apostolic Church. Faith and grace now abandoned, the Church became a power structure and fell into the same tactics employed by any other secular institutions. Some use the word "Christendom" to describe the Church as empire combining religion with the state.
The crusades marked a departure from the Church's mission to preach the Gospel to all nations. By picking up the sword, it was giving in to the barbaric culture of that day. The Church was intertwined with the state, the state using the Church and the Church using the state to advance goals and consolidate power.
As a result, the core doctrine of conversion was severely compromised. To coerce a person into leaving one faith for another is absolutely unbiblical. Requiring a choice of whether to convert, die, or pay the tax is not exactly proper evangelism, but the Church was guilty of this just as were the Muslims, and contemporary Muslims still employ these means. It cannot be said today that the Christian Church advances by means of force and fear.[1]
The same crusader mentality that was seen in the crusades also resulted in the persecution of whom we today call evangelical Christians, especially those who reject infant baptism, transubstantiation (Jesus being actually present in the Bread and the Cup), and the necessity of receiving other sacraments in order to go to heaven—in other words, those who adhere to salvation by grace alone, faith alone, and Christ alone.
The story of two ancestors of mine might be of interest now. The first is about Sir John Philpott.
John Philpott was a "Salter and Pepperer" (a grocer) who lived in the latter part of the fourteenth century in London, England, while the One Hundred Years War with France was underway. He relied on his merchant fleet to bring foodstuffs into England from the Continent, but with a combination of a weak English king and an aggressive French king, Philpott's business was faltering. He was able, however, to convince the English king to allow him to outfit his ships into a navy and be crewed by convicts from London's prisons, of which there were plenty. The result was a series of victories by Philpott's navy, and on the strength of that he was elected Lord Mayor of London in 1388 and 1389. He was a faithful Christian, and in his will he left 100 pounds to the poor of London at Christmas time. In the old city of London there is still Philpott Lane where a plaque commemorating this faithful Catholic and Christian man has been installed.
Then there was another Englishman, again named John Philpott, this time living in the sixteenth century. He was a Puritan, meaning he hoped that the newly founded Church of England that broke away from the Roman Church, precipitated by King Henry VIII, would be purified, that is, would conform more closely to what we see of church in the New Testament. Philpott was forced into the Court of the Inquisitors and found guilty. Refusing to recant, he was burned at the stake in 1555. (Burning at the stake was used, because it was thought that would make a bodily resurrection impossible.)
Part Two: The Inquisition
Although the story of the development of the Church in the centuries leading up to the "Dark Ages" (stretching from approximately 500 to 1500 A.D.) is not so easy to uncover, there is evidence that the faith of Jesus and the early disciples was not extinguished. That it was diverted, perverted, and undermined, especially toward the ending of the third century, is fairly plain history, at least as evangelicals read it.
During that dark time, the vibrant faith we see in the New Testament gradually shifted to a more formalized, mechanical, ritualistic, even magical understanding of what it meant to be a follower of Jesus. Especially after the so-called conversion of Constantine in the early fourth century, people became members of the Church and counted among the faithful despite their never hearing the real Gospel message nor knowing much of anything about the core doctrines of Scripture.
The power of the Church over salvation, the only really important issue in life, was under the control of an ecclesiastical hierarchy. Those who rebelled against this were the targets of the Inquisition, the first Court of which was formed around the year A.D. 1231 and continued for some three or four centuries. From the Church's point of view, the Inquisition was necessary, because many good Catholics were turning away from the doctrines of the Church, especially after publication of the Bible in common languages, which allowed people to see what the Bible actually said and taught. For nearly a thousand years it had been hidden in a dark covering of non-intelligible Latin, Greek, or Hebrew.
Reacting against the common person's new biblical understanding and its effect of causing questions about the Church's doctrines, the Church then considered 'heresy' to be the most heinous of all crimes.[2] There is evidence that many of the Church leaders were troubled by the means selected to keep the Church pure. Often the Church would plea with the secular authorities that sentences to be carried out mercifully. However, we know that the Cathari (or Albigenses) and the Waldenses were persecuted, sometimes to death, during the 1220s by the order of Pope Gregory IX.
Fringe Christian groups were not the only ones to find their way into the court of the Inquisition, a court with judge and prosecutors. As with John Philpott in 1555, the point at the center of the trials had to do with the elements of the Mass, otherwise known as Communion, Eucharist, or the Lord's Supper. Along with the Reformers (i.e., Martin Luther and John Calvin), Philpott believed the bread of the Eucharist was just bread and the juice in the cup just juice. But the Church had developed the concept that the bread was transformed by an act of the priest into the actual body, the flesh, of Jesus. Likewise, the juice invisibly became the actual blood of Jesus.
Two Latin words were actually pronounced by the priest before the Mass began—"hocus pocus"—and when the words were pronounced, the magical power inherited from Peter and passed down through the priesthood transformed the substances, shazam!
How this came to be is not possible to describe here, but there is an actual history to it. The short version is this: The Church had become far too Western in its understanding of the Middle-Eastern document we call the Bible, both Old and New Testaments. And when Jesus said, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day. For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink" (John 6:53-55), the Roman Church took these words literally.
To take Jesus' words literally, however, would have been impossible for a Jewish person in that era, the previous era, and the following era. And the early history of the Church clearly reveals that the passage was taken metaphorically, after all the Church was mostly made up of Jews for about a generation. The point was that the disciples were to trust in and believe in Jesus as the Savior and that His death on the cross, with His broken body and shed blood, was the once-forever sacrifice for sin. Therefore, long after the 'Eastern' sense of things was lost, the 'Western' mindset misunderstood much of the nature of and means of redemption or salvation.
The Inquisition was aimed at Christians, but Muslims and Jews were also tried, and many were executed. It is only natural that Muslims and Jews would have a negative reaction to this, and it is certainly possible that it yet lingers as something else horrible that 'Christendom' did.
During the period of the Inquisition there were undoubtedly thousands of bishops, priests, and regular members of the Church who sincerely thought they were being faithful Christians on both sides of the Inquisitors' charges, those targeted and those hurling them. Undoubtedly, there were thousands of Christians who were horrified at what was being done. And during the period of history when the church and state were wed, significant resistance was virtually out of the question. Such resistance did come, in 1517, under the inspiration of a Catholic monk named Martin Luther.
PART THREE: YES, NO, MAYBE
Were those who conducted the Inquisition real Christians?
Were the crusaders real Christians?
Were the Muslims who fought against the crusaders real Muslims? Or, to put it another way, are those Muslims who engage in violent jihad the real Muslims?
To these questions the answer is, Yes, No, and Maybe.
Looking at Christians
It must be said that no one could possibly know for sure whether real and actual born again Christians committed atrocities against Muslims and Jews, in that day or in this. Even had a group of careful observers watched the murder of Muslims and Jews at the hand of people known as Christians during the crusades and at other times, would it have been clear which was the right conclusion? The proper answer would have to be No!
Why is this so? The core of the answer lies in the mystery of conversion. Sure, one can be baptized, join a church, and reform his or her life, but this is far from genuine Christian conversion. Being a part of a church does not mean one is a Christian. Conversion means that the Holy Spirit indwells the one believing in Jesus, the one who has had all sin removed and forgiven. It is a profound spiritual experience, not an intellectual or emotional one. It is something God does completely apart from anything an individual can do. It is miracle and mystery. Every pastor who has ministered to a congregation for ten or more years knows that in that congregation are those who have truly been born again and those who have not.
Not that every real Christian does right and lives right. A Christian is growing up into the fullness of Christ, little by little, first as an infant, then a toddler, young child, older child, adolescent, teen ager, young adult, adult, older adult, and senior. Still after a lifetime of maturing, the Christian is not anywhere perfect until in heaven and in the presence of our holy God.
Is it possible that a Christian could be deceived into thinking that killing and persecuting others because they believed differently is justified? Yes, it is possible.
Might Christians commit horrific acts because they were told to do so by powerful religious authorities? Yes, it is possible.
Would a biblically literate Christian believe they were serving God by persecuting or even killing "infidels"? No, unless there was some unknown source of intimidation going on behind the scenes, and/or such Christian had his or her mind bent to the point that they became merely tools of evil.
Perhaps the right answer for all of these questions is, maybe!
Would persecuting or killing a non-Christian win approval with God? Would it ensure a place in heaven? To both of these, the answer is an unequivocal, No!
Would defending the cause of Christianity, the Church, a Christian leader, or anything else in all creation through harming others merit the favor of God? Certainly not! Would dying in defense of the God of Scripture assure a place in paradise? In no way!
This is my solemn opinion as a follower of Jesus.
Looking at Muslims
It is understood by a growing number of Christians and non-Christians alike that what is observed in the Islamic State (IS), and all those who practice violent jihad, does not represent true Islam. However, this is debatable.
Muhammad did force non-Muslims into submission and made them pay a tax to stay alive. Muhammad did behead captured enemies, or at least ordered such and then observed the process. He did cut off the hands of thieves. He did arrange that captured women and children be sold as slaves. He did permit captured women to be taken as concubines; in fact, his last wife was a beauty he had rescued from a Jewish tribe that the Muslim army had defeated. Muhammad authorized lying if and when the cause of Islam was being defended or advanced. He did practice forced conversions. Whatever Muhammad did in his lifetime, as spelled out in the Qur'an, found in the Hadiths or in the biography of Muhammad written by Ibn Ishaq, are being imitated by the Islamic State now. And this the Caliphate does not deny but proudly embraces.
Not only not deny, but IS would view non-compliance to be at minimum weakness, if not downright apostasy. This is the present state of affairs. Muhammad taught that Islam would be global and the entire world would then be at peace, and it was the task of Muslims to bring this about. Anything less than is un-Islamic.
Then there is Salafism. This term describes Muslims who practice a conservative, even radical form of their faith. They attempt to imitate Muhammad and hope to live under Sharia Law. It is just that they cannot do so except in a place where it is politically and culturally possible. "Most Salafis are not jihadists, and most adhere to sects that reject the Islamic State" writes Graeme Wood in his March, 2015, article in Atlantic entitled, "What ISIS Really Wants." They might, however, if given the chance, be every bit as strict as violent jihadists. Wood states that Salafis might implement "monstrous practices such as slavery and amputation – but at some future point." The Salafis' stated agenda is to purify their personal lives, including personal hygiene, and to be faithful in prayer and observance of all standard forms of the main rituals of Islam.
Are all those who promote and are part with violent jihadists real Muslims? If the answer is No, then it must be asked, "How could this be?"
There are many reasons why one would turn to violent jihad other than wanting to live like Muhammad. Is it possible that young men and women living in very poor circumstances, without much of a future, could be recruited into something they would later regret? Perhaps peer pressure overcomes them. Perhaps boredom, hopelessness, or a strong sense of inferiority might trigger the desire for a radical change in living. By means of the Internet, which jihadists use but detest at the same time, they recruit these vulnerable youth.
The Internet also shows clearly what is available in the western world, and could envy be an instigating element that plays on the Muslim mind? Or, might a motivator be a chance for a quick ticket to paradise and seventy-two virgins, which may appear to be about the only way to get love?[3] Might young men and women be driven to distraction, to a cultic or toxic state of mind and made willing to do about anything to lift themselves out of depression and despair?
Since Islam is both religion and state, which predominates? Or is there such a blending that there is no religion or state, just Islam? Islam is yet very much tribally oriented, one tribe against another, which is plain to see in daily news stories. Is the Muslim fighting for Muhammad, the imam, the umma (Muslim community), the political boundary, or just what? This question might receive a hundred different answers, and silence as an answer could be expected.
Are all fighters with al-Qaeda, the Taliban, the various Shia and Sunni militias, even with ISIS, true Muslims? Yes, No, and Maybe! Only God knows.
Kent Philpott
[1] Instances of wrongly motivated attempts to convert so-called "primitive" people groups were occurring well into the nineteenth century, e.g., forcing of Western/Christian culture and religion on native Americans on reservations and similar activities by Britain in India. Broadening the argument to include these examples or others is not possible in the space allowed, but we acknowledge needing to discuss this elsewhere.
[2] One is reminded of the mindset of extreme fundamentalist Muslims today, i.e., ISIS.
[3] Have you ever wondered at how confused Muslim sexuality must be, in places dominated by the imams at the mosques for sure, what with honor killings, female circumcision, arranged marriages, veiled females, often from head to toe, polygamy, no dating, no public canoodling, no nothing really, and everything associated with love and sex declared to be sin and worthy of lashes and other forms of mistreatment.
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Gay is now good?
Posted on July 5, 2013 by Kent Philpott
After the publication of two of my books, The Third Sex? and The Gay Theology in the mid-1970s, I was invited to participate in debates about homosexuality at Presbyterian Church, USA events. I represented the conservative or biblical point of view.
During this process, I inadvertently heard a number of discussions among pro-gay church leaders who were seeking to advance the gay agenda, which was to normalize and win acceptance for homosexuality. The religious contingent of the pro-gay lobby was particularly concerned that their sexual practices be considered as normal as heterosexuality. This was the goal, and to reach that, they knew that two things were necessary: one, denominational leadership must endorse homosexuality; and two, children must be educated to accept homosexuality. During these discussions, it was clearly understood that the two-pronged process would take decades and that it would be important to work incrementally, little by little, until homosexuality was affirmed as good and normal.
The program as then outlined was to change and/or influence the leadership of Christian denominations and of both Christian and secular educational institutions. The themes of "fairness" and "equality" were slated as the primary concept tools to be used in these public and private institutions, but there was something else on the agenda, something more subtle and far more compelling. Everyone must get to know an actual homosexual. The idea was that it is one thing to debate principles and legal issues, but it is another to reject and judge another individual human being. To make homosexuals known in a personal way to the entire culture, entertainment media was the perfect vehicle. So, in film, television, drama, novels, and so on, gay and lesbian people would be shown as normal, healthy, talented, and lovable. The real issue would then be masked.
That was nearly forty years ago. Now we see more clearly how the goals of the pro-gay folks are being achieved.
During the 1970s I wrestled with two issues. First, I understood that those practicing homosexuality would resent being looked down upon as being deviant. Because the power of guilt and shame is so strong, they would have to work fiercely and spare nothing in their efforts to normalize a gay lifestyle. Second, I feared that I would have to fight the whole pro-gay battle long into the future.
Though the law of the land is tending to equalize homosexuality and heterosexuality, all the way to sanctioning same-sex marriage and beyond, this will not necessarily satisfy homosexuals. As long as there are people out there like me who have not changed their opinions and continue to say so publically, then their victory is not complete. No, the dissenters and the conscientious objectors must be dealt with somehow. I assume that, along with a whole host of other Christians and fellow travelers, I will be challenged with the goal of being silenced.
There will be varying forms of intimidation, including supposed violation of hate crimes and civil rights laws, removal of non-profit status, disqualification for state and federal grants, and exclusion from other desirable programs such as helping the hungry and housing the homeless. It will no doubt prove to be a complex and expensive nightmare.
One good thing, however, is that there will be a shaking of the Christian tree, and the dead leaves and branches will fall. The result will be a purified Church. Already a number of denominations have capitulated, and more will follow, including some that historically stood up for the authority of Scripture. In the hearts and minds of Christians, a decision will have to be made. And for those who have homosexual friends and loved ones, the problem is far from academic or political in nature. Indeed, it will be emotional, familial, and personal, and it will leave many confused and divided in their loyalties.
The pro-gay lobby has won certain victories, and they will boast of more goals reached in the future. The activists I encountered in the 1970s had it right; they knew what they were doing. The recent triumphs in the courts will not, however, reach so deep into the heart and conscience of those who glory in their homosexuality as to bring deep abiding peace. There will remain a certain uncomfortable sense that things are still not right. All the powers that be will not be able to hush the voice of the Creator that is hard-wired into every creature made in His image.
The political battles presently being waged and won will only be celebrated in the here and now and not in the forever, which is where we are all headed. None of us will get out of this alive, and then, as the Scripture says, "It is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment" (Hebrews 9:27). To temporarily have guilt assuaged, shame suppressed, and a measure of acceptance achieved, is all merely a part of a larger deception perpetrated by the prince of the great lie.
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ORANGEBURG COUNTY, SC (WRDW/WAGT) -- A paramedic is now without a job eight months after Paul Tarashuk died. SLED is now also investigating what happened.
Tarashuk was hit and killed after an Orangeburg County EMS crew didn't take him to a hospital.
A deputy dropped him off at a closed gas station miles away without a wallet, shoes, or cell phone.
But Alison Harmon, the paramedic in this incident, was not fired because of failing to care for Tarashuk. She was fired for back talking her boss. A week later, SLED opened an investigation into Tarashuk's death.
It took 7 months for Orangeburg County to fire the paramedic in charge the night Paul Tarashuk died, and 8 months for SLED to open an investigation into his death.
Tarashuk was unable to tell them his name when he was picked up on the side of Interstate 95 last year. He suffered from schizophrenia.
Hours later after he was dropped off by the deputy, he was dead – struck by a car while he walked down the interstate.
Harmon was fired in late April. She only got a week suspension for the Tarashuk incident. She was fired for back talking her boss. At first, the county gave her a week suspension for that, too, but later terminated her after further reviewing her prior violations.
The state found Harmon in violation for abandoning Tarashuk. She was supposed to be demoted, but that didn't happen for months. Somehow there was an "error" and the demotion paperwork wasn't mailed out until 4 months after the order to immediately demote her.
SLED told us they had been following Tarashuk's story for some time, but the agency didn't officially open an investigation until May.
Jennifer Bretz, an attorney living in Tarashuk's home state of New Jersey, is one of the more than 1,200 members of the Facebook group "Justice for Paul Tarashuk."
In scathing two page letter to SLED, she writes:
"The failure to protect this man is horrifying," the letter said. "No help was administered. Instead he was mocked and abandoned. Each person who was involved in that night, and who failed to perform their respective job, should be subject to the intense scrutiny of your division."
The Orangeburg County Sheriff's Office would not comment on any possible disciplinary actions against the deputy who left Tarashuk at a gas station, but the deputy's personnel file doesn't show any action taken.
Bretz's letter to SLED says, "a man is dead clearly from someone's incompetence, negligence, recklessness and or criminal behavior. Something must be done. It is up to your agency to make sure justice is done."
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