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October 07, 2014 Reviews
The Overnighters
by Scott Tobias
Between 2010 and 2013, the population of Williston, North Dakota, a town in the Western corner of the state, grew from 14,716 to 20,850, a spike owed to the influx of workers chasing a new oil boom, courtesy of hydraulic fracking. In the midst of a recession that was especially hard on uneducated laborers, men flocked to Williston chasing the promise of six-figure salaries, or at least a chance to get off the dole. But there were no jobs for all these men, and even for those lucky enough get work, there was not enough housing to go around. Feeling that it was his Christian duty to help these desperate strangers in their time of need, Jay Reinke, a local Lutheran pastor, decided to open up his church (and its parking lot) as a waystation for men needing temporary shelter. He called this program "The Overnighters." To put it mildly, his good deed did not go unpunished.
Keenly sensing a juicy story in the making, director Jesse Moss (Full Battle Rattle) spent a year as a one-man crew in Williston, following Reinke on his quixotic mission to convince his neighbors, his parishioners, the local newspaper, and City Hall that his operation was a worthwhile (and Godly) undertaking. In The Overnighters, Reinke is shown as a warm, compassionate, energetic, and deeply flawed crusader who sacrifices his family life and his standing in the community on an experiment that's volatile from within and without. Reinke believes that "fear" accounts for the hostility many residents harbor against newcomers, and that's certainly true to an extent, but the spirit of Christian charity has its limits, especially when it's revealed that some of the overnighters have criminal records. The paper starts printing the names and addresses of registered sex offenders in the town; the city considers an ordinance to ban people from sleeping in RVs, even if given permission by a property owner. And then, when certain revelations about a man staying in Reinke's home come out, the program gets put in terrible jeopardy.
There are an abundance of great angles to Moss' story, which epitomizes both the working-class desperation of the recession and the insularity of small-town America, which does not want your tired, your poor, and your huddled masses, even if they're Americans, too. It's an immigration tale about people who live within the same borders but are not given the same rights and courtesies. And Moss has a riveting subject in Reinke, who keeps on fighting an uphill battle and makes mistakes that speak as much to his extraordinary generosity as to his naiveté, arrogance, and miscalculation. Moss had the instincts to know this situation was a potential powder keg, but he couldn't have known if it would blow, much less when or how.
For most of the way, The Overnighters simmers with the tension inherent in Reinke's operation, and frequently breaks off to follow a few of the men seeking shelter and salvation from the church, many of whom bring more than a pickup truck's worth of baggage. Then Reinke makes a decision with far-reaching consequences, and Moss' camera is present for all the drama that unfolds, including several private confrontations where it's seemingly in no one's interest for Moss to be there at all. (See The Reveal for more.) It's a gamble on any documentarian's part to enter a scenario where something dramatic may or may not happen, because they can't manipulate reality to abide by some pre-cooked narrative. Moss likely thought he had enough of a story in Reinke and his risky operation, but the thrill of The Overnighters is in witnessing a heartrending payoff that could not be anticipated nor written—and, miraculously, closes the movie on a perfect irony. After patiently fracking away in Williston for a year, Moss strikes oil of his own.
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101 min / Run Time
October 10 2014 / Release Date
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The Reveal
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Report: Israeli Genius Invents Gun That Scans Terrorist's Face Then Blows Him Apart, Straight Out of 'Call of Duty'
By Cameron Arcand
The Washington Free Beacon has awarded its 2020 'Man of the Year' honor to an "Israeli tech genius" who may have been responsible for creating a machine gun possibly used in the death of Iran's top nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh.
Fakhrizadeh was assassinated at the end of November, in an attack many assume was carried out by Mossad, the Israeli intelligence agency.
Rear-admiral Ali Fadavi of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said that a machine gun controlled via satellite "zoomed in" on Fakhrizadeh and fired 13 rounds, The Times of Israel reported Dec. 6.
The Free Beacon compared the reported weapon to something out of the "Call of Duty playbook," a reference to the popular video game.
"Israel, which has a knack for assassinating Iranian nuclear scientists, has not publicly commented on the killing. However, it appears the Jewish state created the deadly device — an electronic machine gun turret reportedly controlled by satellite technology. Reports in the Israeli media claim the turret used 'artificial intelligence' to carry out the attack on Fakhrizadeh," the Free Beacon reported.
Initial reports about the attack ranged from a strategically placed car bomb to three or four gunmen taking on Fakhrizadeh's guard detail, according to the BBC.
Judging by the bullet holes on the side, the other car could be shoot from a moving vehicle or motorbike. pic.twitter.com/cYMblFrE5f
— Aldin 🇧🇦 (@aldin_ww) November 27, 2020
Israel has not publicly commented on the killing, as the Free Beacon noted. However, the American ally's military capabilities are undoubtedly among the most powerful in the world, and their accomplishments have been an aid to the Western world.
So naturally, progressive leaders in the United States and around the world, like Sen. Bernie Sanders, view actions by the Israeli government as consequential and dangerous for Middle Eastern affairs.
Do you support Israel?
Sanders condemned the Fakhrizadeh assassination.
"The assassination of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was reckless, provocative, and illegal. As a new administration takes power, it was clearly intended to undermine U.S.-Iran diplomacy. We must not allow that to happen." Sanders wrote in a Twitter post. "Diplomacy, not murder, is the best path forward."
The assassination of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was reckless, provocative, and illegal. As a new administration takes power, it was clearly intended to undermine U.S.-Iran diplomacy. We must not allow that to happen.
Diplomacy, not murder, is the best path forward. https://t.co/BzOhNmwSGv
— Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) November 28, 2020
Sanders' preference for diplomacy in an effort not to provoke Middle Eastern countries is understandable, but the Islamic Republic of Iran has been in a virtual state of war with the United States and the West since its founding in 1979.
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As the world's largest state-sponsor of terrorism, it has made itself a legitimate target of attacks, such as the January killing of top Iranian Gen. Qasem Soleimani by the U.S. military.
At the direction of the President, the U.S. military has taken decisive defensive action to protect U.S. personnel abroad by killing Qasem Soleimani, the head of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps-Quds Force, a US-designated Foreign Terrorist Organization.
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) January 3, 2020
In April of last year, President Donald Trump formally declared the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, where Soleimani commanded the elite Quds Force, to be a designated "Foreign Terrorist Organization."
Considering Fakhrizadeh was a key part of helping the terrorist state achieve the ultimate terrorist weapon, a nuclear bomb, he could arguably be designated as deadly a terrorist as Soleimani — if not more so.
Ultimately, Fakhrizadeh's assassination likely delayed developments in Iran's nuclear program, and bought the rest of the world time to keep the mullahs from nuclear breakout.
Israel, like any country, is not perfect, but it has unquestionably been a huge asset to the military goals of the West.
Hopefully, cooperation between Israel and the United States will continue to work together, no matter who is in the White House after Jan. 20.
Cameron Arcand
Cameron Arcand is a student in Orange County, California. He is the founder of YoungNotStupid.com, and a contributor for Lone Conservative.
@cameron_arcand
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Perfiles de la Inmigración en Nevada: Joaquin
por Maribel Cuervo
Joaquin Gonzalez - imagen - Maribel Cuervo
Reno – En nuestro primer perfil en español sobre la inmigración en Nevada, conversamos con Joaquín, quien es originario de la Cuidad de México pero ha radicado en Reno, Nevada, por más de 35 años. Joaquín nos dijo que llego a los Estados Unidos a la edad de 22 años, con la firme intención de rehacer su vida.
Joaquín considera la honestidad como uno de los valores más importantes que se puede tener. Para él, es fundamental ser honesto consigo mismo y con los demás. Joaquín reconoce que la honestidad es la base principal en todas sus acciones y se alegra de ver como sus esfuerzos siguen dado frutos.
Durante nuestra conversación, nos quedó claro que para Joaquín el gran amor por su familia y su inquebrantable fe en Dios es lo que siempre lo ha impulsado a alcanzar lo que muchos aún llaman el Sueño Americano.
https://nevadacapitalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/joaquin_web.mp3
Joaquin has lived and worked in Reno, Nevada for 35 years. He was born and raised in Mexico City and came to the United States when he was 22. Unfortunately, Joaquin said he has experienced homelessness in both Mexico and the United States, though Joaquin recognizes that bad decisions and actions led to such circumstances.
Joaquín told me that he has never been afraid of work and has held many jobs, usually two at a time. Joaquin said he is totally focused on his and his family's well-being. You will hear Joaquin "thank God" throughout the interview; he said he is grateful for all his accomplishments and "all the good people God has placed in his path" and for the "miracles and blessings" he has received, including his own transformation.
In this interview, Joaquin recalls how his brother's idea and $50 gift launched his "tortas" business. He began selling these Mexican style sandwiches at office buildings and on the streets. After a lot of hard work he launched a food truck and then a restaurant in Sparks, and soon, a new Deli in Reno. Joaquin is proud of his business and told me that every time he prepares food, he puts lots of love in it and imagines his customers enjoying every bite they take.
Even though Joaquin is not yet a US citizen, he refers to the USA as 'our country'. He said he is not afraid of being deported because he can work anywhere. "We need to always be ready for anything," Joaquin said. During the interview, I was surprised by Joaquin's statement that he had not been affected by the anti-immigrant politics of the day and that he supports President Trump.
Joaquin's youngest daughter sat silently next to her father during the interview and declined to speak, but Joaquin shared that she is one of "God's miracles" and that she had recently recovered from leukemia. Joaquin said his faith and strong family ties are the fuel of his life. He is convinced that with hard work and God's help, "as Hispanics, we can do anything! ¡Si se puede!"
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The Black Sheep: Mental Illness in the Black Community
Robin Simpson March 13, 2016
I grew up and currently live in the Region of Durham. It's about a 30 minute drive to Toronto, depending on where in the Region you live, the further north you live the longer the drive. Around 700,000 people live here and call Durham Region their home. It has certainly developed over the years. Gone are the days when I could step out my door, hop a fence and go tobogganing down the hilly fields in the city of Ajax which is now covered with big box stores and new residences. Not only has the Region developed with new communities and commercial developments, but it's also seen an increase in diversity. Approximately 140,000 of the Durham Region population consists of people who self-identify as a member of a "visible minority," with 95,000 of those individuals being Black, the largest visible minority group in Durham Region. The city of Ajax has the highest population of Blacks, followed by Pickering and Whitby. None of this is surprising to me since you can go on a bus in Ajax or visit Costco…better yet, Walmart to see for yourself.
So, my question is, with Blacks constituting a large percentage of the Durham population, then why aren't there any Mental Health Services geared towards them? If we were to dig deeper, where is the support is for the more mature in age Black individuals?
My friend expressed her concerns and asked me to do some research. I immediately started jotting notes and found myself stumped and shocked. I had gotten so used to frequently being the only Black female speaking at events and accessing Mental Health Services that
I almost forgot about the need and the lack thereof.
I almost forgot why so many Black females, both young and old, would reach out to me for support.
I almost forgot why I found myself having to constantly explain my actions and appearance to mental health professionals because of the lack of understanding.
I almost forgot why growing up as a Black kid my behaviour was so quick to be dismissed and labelled "behavioural".
I almost forgot what it was like to be "The Black Sheep".
I decided to focus my research on the Durham Region since it's always easier to write about a place you've lived in. I looked at all of the agencies in Durham that were currently offering mental health services to see if they had any programs geared towards individuals who identified as Black… and I found none. Instead, I found a plethora of agencies that offered translators for the Asian and South Asian population, programs and services tailored for the LGBTQ community and agencies directed at individuals with Islamic beliefs or who come from a Middle Eastern background. Unlike the City of Toronto and its surrounding regions, Durham doesn't offer the African & Caribbean Descent Program by the Centre for Addictions and Mental Health. Why is Durham kept out of the loop? I think we can agree that not all specialized mental health programs and services offered in Durham are perfect but at least they're there as an option.
I spoke with an employee of Durham Mental Health Services about this. Since, I wanted to receive input from someone who isn't a "visible minority" and with whom I have a good rapport in. She agreed that there wasn't really any knowledge about Black culture and that many people don't even understand the difference between African and Caribbean culture.
"Well if you stick me in a room full of males to talk about female stuff – of course, I would feel uncomfortable! However, it's not about segregation, it's about comfort. We don't specifically need to have this group here and this group there, but we can at least make sure there is some form of comfort which is basically awareness." ~ DMHS Employee
You can never fully understand an individual but you can at least try. I often wonder if the reason why there is a lack of understanding about mental illness in the Black community is because it is rarely spoken about at all! It certainly isn't anything new, but, it has been suppressed generation after generation. This fear of not wanting others, including our own families, to know of our business and always wanting to appear strong, independent and capable, is hurting our community. "We were raised in a 'shhhhh' age," says my friend. "You don't dare talk or [you] get your ass bust."
A lot of this shame has to do with history. Slavery brought a lot of discrimination and racism which still affects individuals in the Black community today. I hate it when I'm at my local Winners shopping and employees are following me around or triple (yes triple) checking my items at the fitting room. Or when I exit a store and fear that the alarm will go off even though I haven't taken anything. So frequently, we are negatively labelled in the Black community – thanks to media and ignorance, that the thought of having another label, even if that label is an illness, brings shame. We also need to realize how much our family history has affected us. Mental illness doesn't discriminate based on age or generation. The silence of some of our grandparents affected our parents which in turn affected us. It becomes a generational chain of silence and hurt that won't break until someone talks.
Thankfully, I am seeing more and more Black youth break this chain of silence, however I am still concerned for the more mature in age and seniors.
"I feel like that's a generation being missed… like everything now is just aimed towards the millennials but what about the women coming from a different generation? How much of that silence is heredity or a nurture thing? We are too old to be young… too young to be old" ~ Anonymous
I have always been aware of the age gap in mental health services, but I have failed to put myself in the shoes of a mature or senior black individual trying to access these services. It's not until now that I start to think about the impact I probably have had while having conversations with older Ontario Shores patients of Caribbean descent. Conversations about "back home", foods they longed to have, what hair products they think they should use or simply burning Gospel music CDs for them to enjoy on their personal time. Unfortunately, this is the generation that doesn't "hold a banner" to advertise their mental health issues. Where is their support?
If you are an immigrant from the Caribbean or Africa, it's highly likely that your support came from The Church. Historically, many of our ancestors and family members who immigrated to Canada found support in The Church. Unfortunately, The Church hasn't always been the best advocate for mental illness, preaching about beliefs of its demonic attachments. A lot of the time, our ancestors and family members who were and still are living with a mental illness wouldn't say anything in fear of being rebuked or being seen as a demon. They were also encouraged to use "faith-based healing" instead of medical support.
As a young Black woman, I wonder how much shame, history and lack of awareness and support have contributed to my well-being? If the region I call home decided to offer a program geared towards the Black community, would things be perfect? Absolutely not. Would things start to change? Of course. I think the sense of belonging and understanding would bring about change.
Realizing and accepting that you are not the only Black individual living with a mental illness can help break that generational silence and offer a lot of healing in our community.
So where do we go from here?
Whether it's a support group, culturally sensitive peer support in hospital agencies and programs.
Just know that it starts with you.
It starts with our community.
You have a voice.
Robin Simpson
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Can you feel the shift? There is energy and momentum increasing in the awakening of the planet. You may be noticing all of the horrible traumatic events taking place all over the world, but I am noticing the increase in connections and people who are waking up spiritually. There is no shortage of connections for me right now . . it's full and incredible – there are people everywhere who are alive and awake! We are living in exciting times!
And as I feel the connection growing with beautiful souls all over the world who are resonating with me and I am finding just how many of us awakening souls there are, it's AMAZING.
As I meet all of these amazing people who are doing missions similar to mine and have gifts similar to mine, I start to doubt myself. I start to doubt that I'm special or different like I hoped I was, that my mission is unique, that there is even a place for me. And as this egoic train of thought continues, I catch myself spiraling into a slight depression.
So I took this struggle to my journal this morning, and I WOKE myself up!
And I realized that although I am discovering people with similar talents and missions, the world still needs ME. There is no one quite like me. I may be similar to others, but I am not EXACTLY like anyone else. And there is a portion of this world who desperately needs Noelle to be fully Noelle. So I can let go of comparisons that steal my joy, and just TRUST the visions of my role on this earth that bring me the MOST joy.
This weekend I was connecting with a new friend who has a dream of being a real estate agent in the Florida Keys. When she talks about this dream, she LIGHTS UP. Her voice gets stronger and her energy radiates and you almost feel for a moment like YOU'd like to go be a real estate agent, such is the contagious nature of her joy on the subject.
Because she doesn't have a dream of singing and speaking to huge crowds and changing the world. She wouldn't want that, anymore than I would want to be a real estate agent. But her role is just as important as mine, and vice versa. No dream is too big or too small. There's no measurement in destiny. The only thing we need, is to follow the dream that makes us feel MOST alive. If your dream is to live a simple life, and just BE, then that is how you will change the world. You don't need to want a world-wide mission of awakening like I do.
So let's just allow ourselves to be EXACTLY, FULLY who we are and to follow the dreams that make us ECSTASTIC, even if it doesn't seem like a NORMAL dream.
There is room for you to be you and me to be me.
Follow that unique feeling and vision that makes you feel ECSTATIC today. Trust it. It's yours. No one can take it from you and no one else wants it. It's yours to enjoy – so dream big or dream small, or something in between. Whatever you MOST desire, is what you're MEANT to have!!


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Martinez-Chavez Jr., The Postmortem; Magno's Monday Rant
September 17, 2012 by Paul Magno 4 Comments
I didn't have to see HBO's 24/7 to know that Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. was a petulant man-child and I sure as hell didn't buy the fake narratives peddled to the naive, jock-sniffing media members by Team Chavez prior to the big fight.
On Saturday, at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, we saw the real Chavez Jr. We saw the product of a fighter who hadn't learned some of the most essential lessens in facing someone like Sergio Martinez– not for lack of effort on the part of Freddie Roach, but for lack of desire on his part. Any way you cut it, he simply didn't care to put in the hard work.
And why should he? The kid became world middleweight champion without ever fighting a top middleweight. He was genetically engineered into elite status in a division where he didn't belong and immediately stepped up to the front of the line. The narrative of his life has taught him that his name, alone, is enough to open doors and get him whatever he wants. So, could anyone really expect the 26-year-old to suddenly become a professional and take things seriously?
Between rounds nine and ten, the Chavez corner was in chaos and trying to stress the urgency of the situation to their sleep-walking fighter, who wasn't even attempting to win rounds. Roach was begging him to show something, his dad was yelling instructions from ringside. But Jr. had heard enough and issued a terse "Ya, ya, ya" to his people. It was the equivalent of a spoiled kid stomping his feet at being told to put away the X-box.
From the opening bell until his big left hand half-way through the twelfth, Chavez was docile and dumb, immediately giving way to the stronger-willed, smarter fighter and never doing much to prove himself. Even down eleven rounds to zero, Chavez Jr. was still fighting with a sense of entitlement– like it wasn't even registering that he could lose. One got the feeling that, deep down inside, he was still expecting to have the win dumped into his lap.
Jr. almost got what he wanted in the very last round of the bout, when he connected with a hard straight right hand and then, a few seconds later, landed a sharp left hook against a spent Martinez.
For all the revisionist history about to take place on both sides of the Jr. argument, the fact remains that the kid is a lazy, pampered, dumb fighter who, if he can somehow still keep himself at middleweight, likely beats every 160-pounder in the world not named Sergio Martinez. As long as Jr. can make the middleweight limit and re-hydrate to cruiserweight, he will plow through the competition because, despite his glaring flaws, he's still got a good chin, heavy hands, and the arrogant entitlement of a kid with more suits on his side than Mitt Romney.
But I come not to bury Cesar, I come to praise Sergio Martinez.
Martinez fought a brilliant fight for eleven and one half rounds before getting caught with a big shot from a walking wall of a human being, likely three weight classes larger than him by fight time.
Because Chavez refused to step on HBO's unofficial pre-fight scale, we'll never know just how much heavier he was than Martinez, but the difference was visually obvious and it became blatant from the fact that the few punches he landed flush caused the skin around Martinez's eyes to rip open.
Martinez had a lot to deal with on Saturday. Frankly, I doubted that he had the strength of character to walk against the current of boxing politics while dealing with the dumb toughness of a gigantic man-child. Later, to make things more impressive, we would discover that Martinez had broken his left hand at some point in the fight and had also suffered through torn ligaments in his right knee. There were many ways for him to lose against Chavez, but only one long, rough, and exhausting road to victory.
The fighter mocked by many media shills and labeled "Zoolander," in reference to the Ben Stiller movie about a vacuous male model, showed himself to be every bit the "real" fighter. He boxed brilliantly for 99% of the fight and when he did get hurt, he handled himself with the guts befitting someone on the short list of elite active fighters.
There's already talk of a rematch, with Bob Arum discussing the possibility of a bout at Dallas Cowboys Stadium. From a business standpoint, this makes plenty of sense. PPV sales will be brisk and, given the massive Mexican and Mexican-American population in the area, one could reasonably expect an attendance of between 60-70 thousand.
Competitively, though, a rematch really isn't necessary. Except for a stretch of about 50 seconds, Chavez Jr. was well over-matched and, even when landing his big shots in the twelfth, he looked painfully average in trying to close the show. This was more Mayweather-Mosley than Julio Sr.-Meldrick Taylor.
At the end of the day, as I wrote in my fight recap, there's a reason champions are made in the ring and not in a board room or media center.
You can email Paul at paulmagno@theboxingtribune.com or watch as he works his way to becoming boxing's greatest erotic poet. Paul is a full member of the Burger King Kids' Club, a born iconoclast, and an ordained minister in the Universal Life Church. He's also a Featured Writer for the Yahoo! Contributor Network, Fox Sports, and has done work for several other fine (and not so fine) boxing websites which may or may not still owe him money.
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Lauren loves a good Roz gaslight. As she should. It's a great way for Frasier to kick off its second season.
We ignore the crappiness of the episode "Roz in the Doghouse" (don't worry, we'll get to it) and talk about how great Roz is in this episode. As always, she does not give a fig about what you think about her. She believes in herself and will be the first person to stand up for herself. This is a woman that we should all aspire to be.
Watching Roz and Niles go head to head is always enjoyable and we are thankful that the writers of the show have picked up on their chemistry and are running with it. I think a letter writing campaign to give Peri Gilpin a retroactive Emmy for her performance in Frasier is in order. Who's with me?
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'I think it's really opened people's minds,' says The Stage's general manager
By Veronnica MacKillop Jan 08, 2018, 8:40 PM EST
Cory Cassel is the driving force behind The Stage, the queer-friendly space that's popularized drag in Mission, BC. Credit: Graham Spence/Xtra
When Cory Cassel first assessed the empty space that had once housed a series of raucous straight bars, he didn't immediately think of filling it with feather boas.
The space had been around for decades, attached to an old empty hotel in downtown Mission, about an hour east of Vancouver in BC's conservative Fraser Valley. It had once housed a biker bar, and before that a strip joint, and it was often the only place open past midnight. It also saw quite a few fights in its day.
In 2013, having sat empty for several years, it was once again reincarnated, this time as the Zoo bar, but that too quickly failed. So the owners approached Cassel, a born and raised Missionite and an event planner, and asked him for ideas on how to transform the space.
At first, Cassel didn't think of the bar as a potential home for queer events. He suggested turning it into something like the Commodore Ballroom in downtown Vancouver, which hosts events and performances. "I was going on about how there's a lack of cool spaces, a lack of spaces with a liquor licence, so I sent them some links to venues downtown," Cassel recalls.
When the owners hired him to be the space's new general manager, they suggested he host one of the drag shows that he puts on every month in the nearby Vancouver suburb of New Westminster. He was hesitant at first.
"The first thing that came to my mind was safety. What are we setting ourselves up for?" he says. Cassel was concerned that the venue's history as a rough and tumble place might create a less than safe atmosphere.
The owners assured him that the venue would be adequately staffed to ensure the safety of all the performers and everyone in attendance.
Reassured, he agreed. And in September 2014 The Stage was born.
Cory Cassel behind the bar. Credit: Graham Spence/Xtra
Cassel has resided in Mission his whole life. He knew from a very young age that he was gay. He came out in Grade 6 and for the most part, he says, his classmates accepted him. But he still felt out of place when he was growing up, and he hesitated to date until years later.
But that seems to be changing now, Cassel and other locals say, thanks, in part, to the welcoming space The Stage has created.
"I think it's really opened people's minds," Cassel says.
"I don't think anybody actually thought the drag show would be a thing in Mission," he says. "People are realizing that not only do they need to start thinking outside the box, but the people in the Valley are ready and they want to think outside of the box."
"People in Mission absolutely love the drag shows," Cassel continues, especially, he says, when they get a chance to really understand drag as an artistic form of self-expression.
"I've realized that having a drag queen in the room totally changes the dynamic and, dare we say, the pecking order of it," he adds.
Credit: Graham Spence/Xtra
As the first venue in Mission to feature a regular drag night, Cassel wasn't sure how the queens would be received. But he's been pleasantly surprised.
"The vibe that it creates in the room when there's a drag queen is something unique to Mission, and it's something that people crave," he says.
When Jennifer Holmes moved to Mission with her wife in 2005, she was worried that they wouldn't find queer community. But they soon realized there were plenty of people in Mission who were either queer or welcoming. And The Stage, she says, has helped bring together members of Mission's LGBT community with other locals in the last few years.
"What I find best about The Stage is that on any given night, whether it's a drag show, or burlesque or whatever, it's everybody, it's a cross-section of the Mission community," she says.
She too was pleasantly surprised to see a drag show succeed in Mission. For one thing, it means she and her wife no longer have to drive an hour and a half to downtown Vancouver to find community and be themselves.
"For people in the queer community, it's somewhere safe to be, where you can go and have a drink and sit with your partner and not feel like you're going to get thumped if you go outside," she says. Though she hasn't faced hostility in Mission, she says other nearby towns aren't always so welcoming. In Abbotsford, for example, she says she's sometimes felt judged walking down the street holding hands with her wife.
Still, she wouldn't have guessed that the bar attached to Mission's old Bellevue hotel would be the place to host a queer-friendly space.
"It's almost like the queer community is there to smudge the place, to get rid of those ghosts and bring some life into the downtown that's not scary, and gangs and drugs and getting beat up," she says. "It's not like that anymore, we've kind of turned it around."
Is The Stage revitalizing Mission? Credit: Graham Spence/Xtra
Cassel and his husband and business partner, Yosuke Nitta, are careful about calling The Stage a gay bar, though. They prefer the term "inclusive venue."
"My heart said that people from all walks of life, from all over our community, feel like this is an accessible and welcoming space for them," Cassel explains.
It's important to him to make sure that people know they're free to be themselves at The Stage — "that individuality and diversity is celebrated and embraced, and that no matter who you are or where you come from, you're safe in here."
"It's an inclusive space where being queer is celebrated and embraced," he continues, "but that doesn't mean that heteronormative people aren't welcome. It just means that this is a space where people can come here and let their freak flag fly."
Denise and Candyce Fowle appreciate the inclusive space Cassel has created. The couple teaches zumba classes at The Stage from Monday to Thursday. They say The Stage has helped them create a place where people can work on not only their physical health, but mental health as well.
"Even before we started teaching here, this would be where we would come," Denise says.
The two have practically always lived in the Fraser Valley: Denise moved to Mission when she was 11 and Candyce grew up in nearby Maple Ridge. They both consider Mission an LGBT- friendly place and, since discovering The Stage, they've also found a greater sense of community here.
Denise and Candyce Fowle say they no longer have to leave Mission to find community. Credit: Veronnica MacKillop/Xtra
"It's way bigger than anyone would have thought," Denise says of Mission's LGBT community. "I've yet to have somebody say something negative or derogatory to me," she adds.
Like Holmes, the Fowles used to leave the Valley and travel to Vancouver to feel like they were part of the LGBT community. Now, they say, they no longer have to leave Mission to find community and make friends.
Holmes hopes the The Stage will continue to be a place where people can come to exchange ideas, meet new neighbours, and build a cross-section of queer-friendly community that spills out onto the streets of Mission.
People are open and friendly here, Holmes says. It's where the fringe dwellers go, where people of all backgrounds come to look for affordable housing and find an open, accepting community, she adds.
"People don't care what you do, they don't care if you're a little left field or a little kooky," she says. "I think they kind of embrace that kookiness."
Jennifer Holmes and Cory Cassel stand outside The Stage in December. Credit: Veronnica MacKillop/Xtra
"No matter what your background is, you have an opportunity to do whatever you want to do in this community," Cassel agrees.
Neither hosting a queer-friendly space nor being openly gay himself has negatively impacted his success, Cassel notes. "My identity isn't as 'the gay guy' because I've invested so much into this community that I think people recognize me for my contributions, not my sexuality," he says.
Cassel hopes to keep introducing new events, like drag queen karaoke nights, and someday he hopes to remodel The Stage's exterior too. Though he and his husband are planning to move to Japan in late 2018, he is confident that The Stage's success will continue, with or without them.
"We're not holding back, we're talking about improvements," he says. "The owner is very much about letting the room be what it wants to be, and over the last four years, the room has shown us that it wants a drag queen in it."
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Every holiday season when you get out the decorations, there always seems to be a period of organization where you need to untangle lights, sort out the broken ornaments and just get all of the trimmings in order.
Next year, skip the hassle of sifting through everything. The year-to-year holiday storage strategies below will help make next December's decorating easy.
Utilize a space that is always vacant — the ceiling of your closet. Attach two strings of wire from the front wall above your closet door to the back wall. Make them parallel to each other and about two feet apart. Then you can slide your wrapping paper tubes across the two wires. No more crinkled or torn paper!
The hassle of untangling holiday lights every year can become a dreaded tradition. A smart solution is to invest in inexpensive gallon-sized sealable bags. Label what each bag's lights are for, such as the tree, mantel or outdoors.
Wrap individual strands around your arm and them place them inside the appropriate bag. Put all bags in one holiday storage container.
After you've ripped off the wrapping and gotten to the goods, don't just throw your pretty paper out. Reuse it! Run it through the shredder to create fun filling for the boxes that hold your ornaments and breakable decorations.
Instead of writing straight onto the holiday storage bins, tape or glue festive envelopes to the side. Then you can write a list of everything in that box and put it in the envelope.
For those who like everything clean and organized, this means that if you switch out anything in the box, you don't have to mark it out on the side — just change the paper inside the envelope.
Receiving holiday cards is a great way to keep in touch with distant family and friends. Instead of throwing the cards away each January, use a hole punch to create two holes in the sides of the card.
Then insert jump rings to make little picture memory books that you can display on the coffee table every year. For more around the home tips or if you are looking to buy a home with plenty of storage space, contact your trusted real estate professional.


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After watching Selena it's hard not to like the "Tejano" singer.
What's Love Got to Do with it?, 1993, Brian Gibson, for another rags to riches movie about a singer who makes it big. Tina Turner's life story is darker and more violent than Selena's.
Fly Away Home, 1996, Carroll Ballard, is kind of a stretch, but both movies are triumphal stories, yes with conflict and adversity, but the conflict in both is downplayed. Both are a nice break from the dark violent thrilling action-packed life in many movies.
I went to the movie knowing very little about Selena's music. I even anticipated that I might not like it very well, because there are types of Tex-Mex music that I can't stand (e.g., norteño music, the Mexican version of polka). I was relieved that Selena didn't do polka, but I still don't think I'd go buy her albums. Her music just doesn't appeal to me.
Luckily, the movie doesn't require that you love — or even like — Selena's music. The movie focuses enough on the characters and the story that even non-fans can enjoy it. I did.
Selena was a pop music singer. She rose to fame singing Tex-Mex songs in Spanish and she was just making progress as a crossover singer — crossing over to mainstream pop in English — when she was gunned down at age 23, ironically, by the president of her fan club.
Selena tells the story both of Selena (Jennifer Lopez) and of her father/manager Abraham (Edward James Olmos). The movie opens with Selena's last big concert in the Houston Astrodome. Her opening number is a medley starting with "I Will Survive," a bit of heavy-handed irony that could have been overplayed, but which ends up working rather well.
The movie then flashes back to her father's early stint in music, before Selena was born. Abraham's doo-wop group is pretty good, but can't get a gig anywhere because racist Anglos won't hire a group of Mexicans and Mexicans don't want to listen to doo-wop. This introduces the movie's theme of the dual expectations Mexican-Americans face.
The movie jumps forward several years, to when Selena is just 9. Abraham discovers that music runs in the Quintanilla family like Mexican blood. Little Selena proves to have the same love of, and more talent for, music than he has. Her voice and interest in music inspire him to buy a vanload of instruments for his whole family. After a rocky start, they begin to sound pretty good together. They stick together through it all and move on to the big time.
Though the subject herself isn't that interesting to me, I like the story and the characters in Selena.
Selena is a rags-to-riches story, but it shuns the extremes common to movies of this sort. Selena was not dirt-poor as a child. Her father was difficult at times, but he was not portrayed as an inhuman monster. He pushed the kids to practice, but he didn't crack the whip. He disapproved of Selena's boyfriend, but he knew when he was overreacting and was able to apologize. There were obstacles and conflicts, but none of them were blown out of proportion.
Also, though Selena is murdered in the end, the movie manages to be a triumphal story and not a tragedy. Her death is tragic, but the tone of the movie is gracious and joyful, not bitter and sad. Come to think of it, that's probably the better way to be remembered. It is more generous, more healthful, to celebrate a person's life than to brood over their death.
The characters in Selena are well developed and likeable. Abraham, as I mentioned, is not presented as an ogre. He is stern, but he loves his kids as most fathers do, and his family always comes first.
Jon Seda plays Chris, Selena's boyfriend, guitarist, and husband with quiet, shy, downcast eyes in spite of his heavy metal tendencies. When the time comes for him to say "I love you," it's not just because the script calls for it; it's because Chris and Selena have become best friends.
Lopez shines as Selena who is always cheerful and seems to have a true love for life. When a boy climbs on stage and starts dancing with her, she stops the security guard from removing him. Soon she is dancing with a stageful of smiling children. When she sticks up for Chris, it is not an act of defiance to her father, it is truly defense of her best friend.
The movie has its shortcomings. Nava and editor Nancy Richardson introduced a motif of the moon that doesn't play well. A split-screen effect is used occasionally that doesn't play well and is distracting. Worst of all, the ending is some sort of jump to reality; real-life mourners are intercut with footage of the real-life Selena. This sequence brought to mind the coda of Schindler's List and the comparison left a bad taste in my mouth.
Still, the movie is worth seeing, even if you don't like the music. It's a shame that the movie came out only two years after Selena's death because it seems like the movie is carefully targeted at just her fans and mourners. I wonder if a greater distance might have made her story more universal and given this fine movie a broader audience.
ana: selena i miss you alot i wish you would of come back i am so sad because you died and i wanted to now you.
selena might be dead but she is steal in our hearts!
she stills lives in our hearts in our mind!
cindy lopez: I just want 2 say just a little words cause I miss selena .well here it is "me 2 jlo play selena cause she just wanted everone 2 be happy like all of u people" ya yolanda is a b.... and she s... 2 "
Dawn Barrett: I just bought Selena's movie a short while back and I watch it every day except for the end... I am 41 and from Indiana and I just really never thought of her that much until I watched the movie. I know listen to her music all the time and only wish she could have done more music for us!! I love her song Dreaming Of You it was out in 1995 when I met my husband and I always thought of him when I heard that song. I will miss you Selena!
Ashlyn: I miss you very much..I love your music.. You are 1 of the best tejano singers.. well magic city is pretty good to but I really love your music when i watch your movie (which is like every day) I cry because I wanna know you.. You seem soo nice and friendly and I just wish that I could know you.. We could have been friends.. Im latino to.. I wish you could have came back instead of dieing and they need to put yolanda in PRIZON FOREVER.. gurl i wanna know you and your family I have soooo much more to say but i have to go bye bye!!
shanell martin: selena,you inspired me alot.you are like a role model to me. when I here your music It makes me want to cry because I miss you so much. It hurted me so bad when I heard about your death. I wish you were still alive to see me grow up to be a woderful singer like you. I wanted you to know that as a friend I love and care about you.Im still dreamen of you.and if I could I'd visit you.your songs inspired me to sing. I never knew I could sing until Iheard you.now I sing often and its my favorite thing to do. at my school Roll Hill in cincinnati ohio,we are having a talent show.Im singing dreamen of you because its my favorite song in the whole wide world.Im missing you always and even though Im an african american that does not stop me from wanting to be like you.R.I.P SELENA.
Shnieka Collier: I really loved Selena. She was one of my favorite in still is. I watch her movie all the time. But it hurted my heart when i found out she had died. I really miss her.
Sashah: Selena was such a great role model for all of us girls and it will be for many years to come.She had alot of talent its to bad she died.She was so young and had a future ahead of her.I saw the movie and started to cry.I will ~n~ forever look up to Selena.
Edna: even though i was only 2 wen she died my mom would always put her cd's on and i cry everytime i c the movie jlo did great in da movie so all u haterz stfu nd yolanda needs to rot in hell shes eligable for parol in 2025 or somethin nd f she gets out ill shoot her f***** face off!!


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I've been thinking a lot lately about the quality of the preaching in the pulpits within the Church currently, and I am growing increasingly concerned about the Church moving further and further away from the unique strengths of Gospel preaching as we have received it from generations previous to ours. I'm going to frame my concerns by referring to temptations preachers face. I'm coming at this, of course, from my perspective and convictions as a Spirit-filled, confessing, orthodox Christian, committed to the Sacred Scriptures, having vowed to preach and teach the Word of God in conformity to the Word of God. This is no mere finger pointing exercise, this is a chance for me to reflect on how these temptations impact me when I preach.
The "Therapeutic Temptation" is one that would have preachers use their sermons to give what amounts to little more than a pep talk, often in the context of cute, touching, emotional or an otherwise manipulative story, either real, or made up. I'm referring to the infamous, "There was once a little boy who…" or the, "There was a man who said/did…" These sermons will be marked by a preaching of Law that is soft and squidgy around the edges, it's not a preaching of God's holy, righteous wrath against sin and a warning against it and a rebuking of sin and sinners. It is Law preached in such a way that bad things, bad people or bad situations are lamented in doleful tones. It sounds often like this, "Isn't it sad when…." or "Have you ever….." and the tone is one of sounding "oh, so sorry about that" and "shouldn't we all feel bad" about this problem. Then the sermon goes on to offer encouragement and support for getting out of our bad and negative feelings and circumstances. The Law is soft, the Gospel therefore comes across as antidote to feeling sad and bad. I face this temptation when I preach. I want so much to make people feel better, to feel good, to leave feeling positive. That can get in the way of good Law/Gospel preaching. I would say this is what I'm hearing more and more in pulpits. Law becomes simply lament. Gospel becomes simply encouragement and reassurance.
Public speaking, once one becomes fairly good at it, is a place where one's personal ego can really get in the way of God's Word. It is so tempting to get wrapped up in the moment and begin to feel a need to amuse, delight and entertain the listeners. Now, granted, the use of the classic art of rhetoric is important, but it is tempting for preachers to work very hard to elicit a laugh, a chuckle, to amuse, to entertain. They mistake audience reaction with effective preaching and they mistake emotionally manipulating the congregation with preaching God's Word effectively. The problem with the entertainment temptation is that often the effort to entertain and elicit a positive emotional reaction from the congregation causes the preacher to neglect the doctrine in the text he is preaching on, to neglect, frankly, the Scriptures, and to spend an inordinate amount of time developing his story that he just knows will get the kind of response he is looking for. Public speaking is heady stuff. I have been tempted to go for the cheap line, the little quip, the comment I know will get chuckle and spend too much time on that, than on preaching God's Word. And here again, in this context, Law is neglected, or ignored, because, after all, the Law is not "upbeat" it is not "entertaining." It will not delight and amuse people to hear that they, by nature, are poor, miserable sinners who have nothing but wicked, evil deeds to offer to the holy and righteous God. And when the Law is neglected, the Gospel then loses the force of its power to convert and regeneration. In such a context, the Gospel is watered down to be part of an entertaining experience for the listeners.
This is quite an insidious temptation that I think we all have fallen into, nearly totally. For many centuries, and even millennia, in the church's history, sermons, where they were taken seriously, were thirty, forty or even sixty minutes long. The sermon was the opportunity for the pastor to preach and teach God's Word carefully and thoroughly, from Sunday to Sunday, but then, sermons that were forty-five minutes long, became only thirty minutes, then they dropped to twenty minutes, and now it is often the case that sermons now are only twelve, or ten or even eight minutes long. Simply put, these are no longer sermons, they have become rather formulaic quick devotional thoughts. There is not enough time carefully to delve into the text, and open it up to hearers. A text become more a pretext for the sharing of what becomes quite repetitive themes: some talk of something bad, some talk of Jesus taking care of it all for us, and then there may be a reference to the Sacraments. Preachers are tempted to do this when they know that there is a full service with Holy Communion. It is tempting to skip lightly over the text and instead use the short time I have to make a couple devotional points and then get on to the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper. I love the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper and love that we celebrate it every corporate gathering on Sundays. The Sacrament of the Lord's Supper must never become an excuse to make our sermons shorter and less substantial. We are the Church, the Body of Christ, and the fellowship of Word and Sacrament. I think that we are forgetting this.
This temptation is characterized by a preacher managing to "find" in any Biblical text, a pretext for him to yet, once more, grind his axe on his hobby-horse issue, or subject, or theme, no matter what it might be. The hobby-horse might be quite correct and what the preacher says about it is quite true, but it is a temptation preachers face to turn nearly every sermon they give into an opportunity once more to repeat the same issues, over and over again. Perhaps he will be wanting to talk always about the liturgical practices in the parish, to turn every sermon into a little discourse on some point of church history, or to keep referring to some particular event or trend in society. Every sermon manages to include a reference to the issue that is really "bugging" the preacher and it comes out in his sermon. I am tempted to do this when I find myself wanting to warn people against the "feel good/health and wealth" prosperity preachers. I find that I can easily find myself bashing this error in every sermon. And while I'm perfectly correct in my warning, it is not appropriate for me to hijack every sermon on every Biblical text, to interject my own particular agenda. The Lectionary is a good corrective, and if the preacher resolves actually to preach on the subjects, issues and topics that flow naturally from the Lectionary readings, there is much less of a chance that the preacher will fall victim to the "Axe to Grind" temptation.
How many more temptations could be added to this list?
To review, kerygma is the Greek word κήρυγμα kérugma, translated proclamation or preaching. The Kergyma is proclaiming the Gospel of Jesus Christ in spoken words, or even proclaimed in the celebration of the Lord's Supper. It is the proclamation of Jesus redemptive work. It is the proclamation God's story of the history of redemption from the beginning of creation. Proclamation was usually followed by teaching and instruction in the elements of the faith, or the reading of a Creed. What Jesus did and taught in His ministry was included within the basic proclamation.
The Age of Fulfillment has dawned, the "latter days" foretold by the prophets.
This has taken place through the birth, life, ministry, death, and resurrection of Jesus the Messiah.
By virtue of the resurrection, and His ascension into heaven, Jesus has been exalted at the right hand of God as King of Kings – the Messianic head of the new Israel.
The Holy Spirit in the Church is the sign of Jesus' present power and glory.
The Messianic Age will reach its consummation in the return of Jesus.
An appeal is made for repentance for the forgiveness of sins, the gift of the Holy Spirit, and salvation.
Jesus the Messiah, of course, was the center of this ancient kerygma. The cross, the resurrection, and His ascension to the right hand of Majesty are crucial to the kerygmatic preaching of Messiah Jesus.
Kerygmatic preaching is not a technique that can simply be learned by articulate spokespersons, it is a relationship that must be received, experienced, and thereby announced.
Sola Scriptura, What Has it Done?
I was thinking today about Sola Scriptura, which means Scripture Alone. This was and is the clarion call of the Protestant Reformation. It was an announcement that the traditions of the Roman Catholic Church were contrived from the human mind, and did not agree with canon of Holy Scripture. Both the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church declare that Holy Tradition existed before the canon of Scripture was finalized. The Orthodox Church says that it decided upon what we now have in our hands, known as the Bible.
From the Orthodox and Roman Catholic Church viewpoint, Sola Scriptura has been the instrument of division from the beginning of the Protestant Reformation. There have been statements issued by the Roman Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodoxy about how many thousands of Protestant denominations there are. However, it remains a fact that even from within Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy there have been divisions. There are many "Catholic" churches and "Orthodox" churches. Therefore, it is not just within Protestantism that the Church has divided. It is sad that the Church has divided and still continues to divide for one reason or another. I love the Church.
R. C. Sproul (1) makes an interesting comment on a misinterpretation of Sola Scriptura, that Roman Catholic's and the Eastern Orthodox tend to dwell on the Anabaptist error which ended up becoming Solo Scriptura, which means basically that all a Christian needs is himself and his Bible. This is not what Sola Scriptura means. Sola Scriptura means, "Instead the Bible is our alone final authority because it alone is the Word of God. It has been attested, authenticated, by God Himself. Miracles serve as the divine imprimatur, the proof that this is a message of God." When you get right down to it, there are innumerable volumes of "traditional" writings in the Roman Catholic Church and within Eastern Orthodoxy. Which one of all of the volumes is infallible or inerrant? Can either come up with an authoritative list of their traditional writings? I am not discounting tradition. The Apostolic faith was handed down, for St. Paul declares, "So then, brothers, stand firm and hold to the traditions that you were taught by us, either by our spoken word or by our letter." 2 Thessalonians 2:15 (ESV) We have received those traditions in Holy Scripture.
It is true that it has been a dangerous thing, the human being interpreting the Bible for himself. It is equally true, I am sure that division has been caused by misinterpretation. However, what I have seen within the Church are traditional statements regarding the Christian faith. That of the Apostles Creed, the Athanasius Creed, and the Nicene Creed – all are based upon the traditional timeless truths revealed in Holy Scripture. Most of the Church adheres to these Creeds, Eastern Orthodoxy, Roman Catholics, Lutherans, Baptists, Methodists, Presbyterians, Pentecostals, Congregationalists, and everyone in between.
I admit Sola Scriptura has been the cause of error. The fact of the matter remains, because of Sola Scriptura, there are distinctives within each of the above "traditions" of Christianity that differ from one another. It is appalling that some would fain to do away with Christian traditions. The various Christian traditions have distinctives about holiness, the sacraments, the ordinances, the mysteries, the person and work of the Holy Spirit, the gifts of the Holy Spirit, the sovereignty of God, mode of baptism, pedo or credo baptism, church government, etc. Therefore, Robert Rothwell (2) says those "of the Reformed tradition devoted their lives to the study of the entire counsel of God, it seems that all too often we do not do the same." I am sure that our sinful human nature has got in the way dividing the Church into each and every "denomination" that has ever existed.
I swam through three streams of Christianity on my journey of faith, the Reformed/Evangelical, The Sacramental/Liturgical, and The Pentecostal. Because of Sola Scriptura, there has been a convergence of these streams within me. I adhere to the Reformed tradition, the Sacramental/Liturgical, and the Pentecostal. There is a convergence of worship. Thanks be to God, I belong to the Church.
The Church of the Living God is the Church that Jesus said He would build, and He will complete the building as He has intended. The Church, His Bride will be presented to Him, pure and blameless at His coming. Build Your Church Lord, refine her, clothe her, establish her beauty in You! Maranatha, come Lord Jesus!
Today is Earth Day, all over the world and here in Minnesota. God has given humanity the responsibility to care for this earth. Have we done so? I don't think we have. With the rise of technology, and the knowledge of how to turn rock into steel, we have come to pollute our air and waterways.
From the orthodox Christian point of view, life is eucharistic. The word "eucharist" means thanksgiving. It is used as the definition of the Sacrament where we receive the body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ. But in viewing life and the creation, we must see it all as a Eucharistic celebration. The celebration is the outcome of being responsible for our earth and all of its contents.
This life we live, and this earth we live on, was a life of communion with God. When Adam and Eve sinned, we lost the earth as a means of communion with God. The earth before the fall of humanity was filled with the Divine Presence of God. Since then, and now, the earth appears void of the Divine Presence.
The Holy Scriptures tell us that in God "we live, move, and have our being." That includes the earth! When we purposely destroy rain forests that disrupt the ecology; when we purposely shoot pollutants into the air creating holes in the O-Zone layer, we go against the sacramental meaning of our relationship to this planet. God gave humanity everything it needed to survive. God gave us fruit, vegetables, and plants to eat from. But then, after the fall, and after the great flood of Noah's time, God allowed us to eat meat. This isn't a plug for being vegetarian, but humanity was vegetarian in the beginning. The killing of an animal is opposed to the understanding of our relationship with the earth and all of creation that God inherently gave us.
Fr. Alexander Schmemann wrote in his book entitled Holy Week: A Liturgical Explanation for the Days of Holy Week, "…world and food, once they are deprived of their initial sacramental meaning as means of communion with God; once they are not received for God's sake, and filled with hunger and thirst for God; once, in other words, God is no longer their real "content," can give no life, satisfy no hunger, for they have no life in themselves." This is what has become of humanity. Nothing satisfies, so we go for more. Nothing gives life, so we think we can create it. Our hunger and thirst is not for food or that which satisfies, but it is a hunger and thirst for union and communion with God.
As we celebrate "Earth Day" today, let us look to God as our source, as our satisfaction, and the One who fills our hunger and quenches our thirst. For nothing is more important to the earth today, than our coming back to what was once sanctified; what was once transformed into a world of thanksgiving and adoration of God our Creator. Let us yearn and repent toward a more perfect eucharistic life, that is filled with God, and watch it become again a Divine and immortal life that He has given to all humanity especially to those who believe in Him.


"2011 Convocation" by Aadi Tolappa '12, Glenn W. McGee et al.
IMSA Charter Class Graduate Dr. Lillian Kao, MD, MS, grew up in Elmhurst, Illinois, and graduated from the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy in 1989. She attended the combined premedical-medical program, Inteflex, at the University of Michigan and graduated from medical school in 1996. She completed her surgical residency in 2001 and subsequently fellowships in gastrointestinal surgery and critical care. She obtained a Masters degree in Clinical Research at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UT Health).
She is currently Associate Professor of Surgery at UT Health. In addition, Dr. Kao is the Vice Chief of Surgery at Lyndon Baines Johnson General Hospital, a Vice-Chair for Quality of Care for the Department of Surgery, Co-Director of the Center for Surgical Trials and Evidence-based Practice and Secretary of the Association for Academic Surgery. She divides her time between operating at the county hospital, performing clinical research focused on improving patient safety and outcomes in surgery, and teaching.
IMSA Science Faculty Member Dr. Jeong Hwang-Choe began her musical studies at the age of five in Korea. She immigrated to Australia when she was 12. In Australia, she received numerous honors for her performances in several prestigious competitions including the 1994 Australia Inner West Piano Competition, 1994 Warringai Piano Competition in NSW, Australia and the 1994 Australia Music Associate National Audition. She moved to the United States in 1994, where she continued her study with Emilio Del Rosario, Kathy Johnson and Menachem Pressler from Beaux Arts Trio and also took Master classes with Peter Oundijin (Tokyo String Quartet), Gregy Sobok, and Jano Starker at Northwestern University in 1996.
In the United States, Dr. Hwang-Choe was acclaimed in numerous competitions including: the 1996 Illinois State Music Teacher's Association/Yamaha Piano Competition, 1996 solo recital for the Steinway Concert Series in Illinois, 1997 Midwest Young Artists Concerto Competition, 1997 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition, 1997 MacDowell Prize Piano Competition, East Central Divi- sion of MTNA Piano Competition, 1997 Rembrandt Player's Annual Chamber Music Competition, 1997 Trio recital for Steinway Concert Series, 1999 Indiana University Concerto Competition and the 2000 Skokie Valley Symphony Annual Young Artist Competition. In addition, she has received numerous scholarships for her musical talent including the 1998 Indiana University Emma E. Claus Scholarship, 2000 Hannack Prize Scholarship and 2000 Louis Frank Scholar- ship. She also has performed with the Colorado String Quartet and Vermeer String Quartet. Dr. Hwang-Choe plays the piano during her leisure time and last year, she taught the Chamber Music Intersession with Ms. McCarthy.
Tolappa, Aadi '12; McGee, Glenn W.; McLaren, Eric; and Kao, Lillian '89, "2011 Convocation" (2011). Convocation. 30.