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Flux (wis- en natuurkunde) een term uit de wiskunde en de natuurkunde:
elektrische flux
magnetische flux
Flux (sterrenkunde), de lichtsterkte van een ster
Flux (motorfiets), uit Duitsland
Flux (automerk), uit Frankrijk
Flux (metallurgie)
Flux (spel), kaartspel
diverse films, waaronder:
Flux (1996) van Patrick Stettner met Allison Janney
Flux (2002), tekenfilm van Christopher Hinton met
Flux (single), een single van Bloc Party
Flux (band), een Groningse indiepopband en alter ego van Irene Wiersma
Flux, pseudoniem van componist / producer Maarten van der Vleuten


Birger Sandzén used drypoint techniques on copper and zinc plates only 27 times. Drypoint is a printmaking process in which the plate is inscribed directly with a pointed needle of steel. The incising process leaves a nearly imperceptibly ragged edge, or burr, which when printed produces the softness of line that is a distinguishing characteristic of the drypoint. Once the plate has been inscribed, ink is rubbed on the surface of the plate – the excess is then wiped away. Ink remains in the incised areas and burrs. Paper is laid on the plate and both are run through a press under extreme pressure.
In most cases, Sandzén sent his plates to Chicago for printing since he did not own an etching press.
Rocks and Clouds, 1918, drypoint, second state.
The Old Mill, 1929, drypoint.


A house on the outskirts of Zurich. Five sisters live together under one roof with their aged grandmother. This summer, however, brings a 'cool' wind of change to this all-female patchwork family. After seven years in Paris, Anna returns to the house of her sisters – and so this peculiar lodger settles in the last available room. Anna makes tattoos, Granny smokes her pipe, Pascale finds a partner and Paula goes on a date. Parties, laughter and gossip fill the house. Each is occupied with her own existence, but they all stick together. Sometimes life is embarrassing, sometimes difficult and sometimes fun.


Soooo yeah, my name is Todd, I have two little brothers and an identical twin. I play the drums (they're fun to play when ur mad). I run track (mile and 2 mile) and cross country but not that good at either lol. I like to play paintball a lot. i like to meet new people, im not a very social person but i try to be. i really like music mainly metal, but all kinds of rock i like. thats basically me in a nutshell.
[Elegantly Disheveled] is my identical twin.
[soccerrocker215] another one of my best friends that are totally awsome.
[MotherSOUND] is an awsome friend of mine, she rocks. shes a blast to talk to and shares the same dislike for juggalettes/juggalos that i do.
[tybass33] it my little bro, he can be cool.
[HellyWelly] is an amazing person, she is blast to talk to, and she gave me her gremlin stuffed animal so yeah she's just that cool. She's always finds a way to make me laugh until i almost pass out.
[jesyka. awesomeness.] is awsome, she is really cool and makes me smile all the time, she can always cheer me up if i need it. Yay, go her.
[Bloody Beautiful.]<http://www.elfpack.com/wiki.html?name=Bloody%20Beautiful.> .. a super sweet wiki am now a part of.
see the animal in his cage that you built?
see the safety of the life you have built?
and if you look at your reflection, is that all you want it to be?
would you find yourself... find yourself afraid to see?
Don't be afraid to say hi or something i always will message back.


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Angry Old Men in Post-Crisis European Cinema
György Kalmár
The paper explores the representation of ageing white men in 21st-century European art cinema in the socio-cultural context of the series of crises that European societies had to face in the first decades of the new millennium. In Europe ageing is a growing concern, which already influences economic productivity and further endangers the welfare system. Ageing white men, who used to belong to the hegemonic majority of society during their active period, are often disoriented and frustrated by rapid technological development, social changes, shifts in social values or the failures of the welfare system. This paper, through the analysis of Tyrannosaur (Paddy Considine, 2011), I, Daniel Blake (Ken Loach, 2016) and A Man Called Ove (Hannes Holm, 2015), explores the ways these issues are represented in contemporary European cinema. The films of this period often depict the disappearance of an old life-world, together with its old sense of community and its old types of men. Thus, these films tend to be critical of globalized modern societies, and often reveal both the vulnerability and the potential destructiveness of these vanishing masculinities.
Arrested and Arresting: Intermedial Images and the Self-Reflexive Spectator of Contemporary Cinema
Hajnal Király
The paper departs from the assumption that while the analysis of the systematic effect that popular cinema (genres like melodrama, horror or action movies) has on its spectators has been largely discussed by film theorists, little has been written on the affective dimensions of arthouse cinema. The lasting effect of visually compelling films on the individual spectator's emotions has been addressed only sporadically by cognitive film theory, film phenomenology and aesthetics. Therefore, the author proposes to bring together terms and concepts from different discourses (film and literary theory, intermediality studies and empirical psychological research of the literary effect) in order to elucidate how intermedial, painterly references in midcult and arthouse films mobilize the associative dimensions of film viewing and may have an impact on spectatorial self-reflexion and emotional growth. Moreover, films that rely on the associative power of still(ed) images, painterly references bring into play the personal and cultural experiences of the viewer. As such, they can be effectively used in professional and cultural sensitivization.
Conflict Types in Hungarian Film History
Balázs Varga
The article introduces the collective research project entitled The Social History of Hungarian Cinema, 1931–2015, executed by the staff of Film Studies Department Eötvös Loránd University. This data-driven research aims to examine how and why Hungarian films have changed over time. Using the case study of conflict types in the plots of Hungarian films this study discusses the methodological problems of longitudinal explanations of change in Hungarian film history (periodization and dividing film between genre-based film and auteur films/art cinema). Based on the analysis of statistics and trends, the study presents the most important types of conflict in Hungarian film history. With respect to the political turning points and the periodization of Hungarian film history, the article states that each of the three broad periods (1931–1944, 1945–1989, 1990–2015) is characterized by its own distinctive set of prominent conflict types. The pre-1945 era is characterized by a massive number of love conflicts, the socialist period by the highest rate of political conflicts (and the lowest rates of love and crime conflicts), and the post-socialist period by a high rate of crime and generational conflicts. Furthermore, by analysing the connections between conflict types and genres, the study reveals recurring patterns and trends of shorter periods: it shows how the range of conflicts narrowed considerably over the 1970s and discusses the extent to which this is related to the dominance of auteur films in the era.
Distressed Glamour. Genres and Political-Social Context in Hungarian Cinema of the 1930s and 1940s
Zsolt Pápai
The article focuses on Hungarian films produced between 1939–1944 by examining how they tend to refrain from representing conflicts, and scrutinizing the political as well as social issues. However, directors started to revise this avoidance of conflicts by employing a so-called noir sensibility from the beginning of the Second World War in certain films, especially in "doomed love movies" such as Deadly Spring (Halálos tavasz, 1939), Mountain Girl (A hegyek lánya, 1942), and A Woman Looks Back (Egy assszony visszanéz, 1942), or melodramas, such as At the Crossroads (Keresztúton, 1942), Lent Life (Kölcsönadott élet, 1943), and Black Dawn (Fekete hajnal, 1943). The essay also offers a case study of the banned Hungarian movie Half a Boy (Egy fiúnak a fele, shot in 1943, but only shown in February 1946) by D. Ákos Hamza, which represented and protested against the stigmatization of Jewish people. Half a Boy is an often-cited emblematic film of its era. It is also an enigmatic one: it is a work full of social and political-historical reflections. Its humanistic point of view makes it outstanding in its era, nevertheless it is also rather ambivalent in terms of its orientation of values.
The Ethical Anxiety of Remediation and Speculative Aesthetics in Landscape Film
Zoltán Szabó
The link between avant-garde cinema and painting has always been a conspicuous one but perhaps never as much as in the case of landscape films. However, not only repurposing or evoking specific paintings but constructing entire films with the intention of producing cinematic analogies to certain traditions of landscape painting presents a number of issues, especially when the films in question are inspired by the sensibilities of 19th-century Romanticism and explore similar topics, such as the works of Peter Hutton. The problem is essentially twofold: on the one hand, how to break away from the painterly roots and make an exclusively cinematic pictorial representation of landscape and, on the other hand, how to account for the complicit position of the filmmaker with regard to the nature–technology opposition they address. Within the theoretical framework of the recent speculative turn in philosophy and the implications of this with regard to aesthetics, I argue that an object-oriented approach to landscape filmmaking – as seen in the works of Chris Welsby –, by establishing pre-compositional rules within which landscape itself can intervene in the filmmaking process, provides a solution to both the aesthetic and the ethical anxiety that haunt landscape filmmakers.
Modern Classic in the Web Environment: Narrative Variations of V. Nabokov's Lolita in Fanfiction
Anastasiia Drozdova and Vladimir Petrov
The main focus of this paper is on the narrative strategy used by fan writers in the process of interpretation of a modern classic. The research is based on the hypothesis that text-interpretation implements the existing yet implicit narrative lines of an original source. The discussion focuses on Vladimir Nabokov's œuvre represented by the novel Lolita in amateur writers' communities. The article's hypothesis is that due to the existence of English and Russian versions of Lolita, fan texts in both corpora differ in the choice of linguistic means, but use similar narrative structures (Greimas). Whenever the narrative scheme is not oversimplified to resemble the model of a mass literature novel, it follows Humbert's confession scheme in a way the character himself wants the fictional reader to perceive it. If the name of one of the actants is omitted or the two-actant model is expanded, the amateur text is close to the plot of the novel and its auto-citation structure. The novel, devoted to the story about an erroneous interpretation, is open to any mass-media adaptations. The original narrative strategy of Lolita is more exposed through the fan adaptations: the active reader is an obligatory participant in the artistic creation.
The Representation of Women and Female Mobility in Hungarian Films between 1931 and 1944
Györgyi Vajdovich
Györgyi Vajdovich's article aims to describe the representation of female roles in Hungarian feature films of the period 1931 to 1944. The study is based on the analysis of the database that was created within the framework of the research project The Social History of Hungarian Cinema. Concentrating on the representation of female protagonists, this article first analyses the presence and prevalence of female figures in all Hungarian sound films (up until 2015). Then it narrows the scope of analysis to films produced between 1931 and 1944, and describes the typical professions and social and financial positions of female protagonists, as compared to those of male protagonists. The second half of the text examines the representation of female upward mobility in comedies – showing that according to the popular myths of the era, female upward mobility is principally realized through good marriage, with the narratives of the films rarely presenting the professional success of female protagonists and their possibilities of emancipation. Analysing the narrative patterns and gender roles in the films of the time, the text concludes that the narratives of female ascension, which mostly took form in comedies, reflected the desire of middle-class people to transgress the social and financial boundaries in society. As such, the films served to maintain and strengthen the patriarchal order of the era.
Sights and Sounds of Big Data: Ryoji Ikeda's Immersive Installations
Mihály Lakatos
The Japanese multimedia artist Ryoji Ikeda's work can be interpreted as a contact between mediums, but also as a contact between disciplines. Most of his video installations are based on concepts borrowed from the field of mathematics, physics or information technology. In this paper I will examine Ikeda's audiovisual installations by presenting these multimedial installations as possible methods of visualizing digital data in the context of contemporary art. Considering their digital and abstract nature, these works can also be analysed as unique audiovisual environments built from different media based on the same data-sets, offering the possibility of immersion. By unfolding the medial relations within Ikeda's work I will try to demonstrate how the combination of sight and sound creates the inter-sensual experience of getting in touch with digital data.
Travel Down Memory Lane: Nostalgia and Nostophobia in Youth (2017)
Ying Zhu
The article analyses Youth, a Chinese melodrama directed by Feng Xiaogang in 2017, as a representation of China during a transitional period in history. It explores issues of nostalgia and nostophobia in connection with the complexities of memory, representation, and viewing pleasure. It discusses how sound and image trigger memories and conflicting emotional reactions. In the film's nostalgic and elegiac re-enactment of a controversial past, the military art troupe performs songs and dances extolling socialist virtues as their own lives gradually unravel with the dawn of a post-socialist era. The article elaborates on how Youth reflects and enlivens personal and collective social memory as well as how we negotiate our ambivalent feelings towards the representation of a controversial past.

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Born in Karachi, Pakistan, removed at the age of four to the vastness of Southern California, schooled at the University of Southern California and the Manhattan School of Music in jazz and classical music, along with a pilgrimage in India under the tutelage of master percussionist, Ustad Alla Rakha, Rez Abbasi is a vivid synthesis of all the above stated influences and genres. Making New York his home for the past 20 years, Abbasi has developed a unique sound both as a composer and an instrumentalist. He is considered by many to be one of the foremost modern jazz guitar players the world over. Since graduating from the Manhattan School of Music, Rez has honed his skills with performances throughout Europe, Canada, the U.S., Mexico and India. He has performed and recorded with many including, Grammy winner Ruth Brown, Peter Erskine, Kenny Werner, Barre Phillips, TIm Berne, Marc Johnson, Billy Hart, Gary Thomas, Dave Douglas, Rudresh Mahanthappa, Mike Clark, Tony Malaby, George Brooks, Ronu Majumdar, Kadri Gopalnath, Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, Marilyn Crispell, Greg Osby, Howard Levy and a host of others. Among Abbasi's activities are musical director, arranger and producer for Indian/Canadian Juno award winning vocal sensation, Kiran Ahluwalia. Kiran's 2008 recording, Wanderlust, was in the top ten European world-music radio charts and also was among the top ten albums of 2008 in the premiere world music magazine, Song-Lines. Her follow up, Aam Zameen (2011) features the Grammy winning Touareg group Tinariwen and garnered the 2011 Juno Award. Another of Abbasi's highly regarded associations is with heralded saxophonist and composer, Rudresh Mahanthappa. Rez plays an integral role in Mahanthappa's Indo-Pak Coalition (Innova) and Kinsmen Ensemble (PI). Kinsmen's album placed in over twenty top ten list's for 2008. As a result, Rez was interviewed by NPR's "All Things Considered", Rolling Stone Magazine India and featured in the New York Times. Rez can also be heard in a variety of other projects.


WONDERKID Moise Kean has been named in Juventus' squad for their Serie A showdown with Udinese on Saturday evening.
The 16-year-old striker has been in prolific form for the Under-17s, bagging an outrageous 21 goals in just ten games last season.
And Kean has kept up that form so far this season, netting five times in five games already as he has gained the attention of first-team coach Massimiliano Allegri.
Keep up to date with ALL the Juventus news, gossip, transfers and goals on our club page plus fixtures, results and live match commentary by clicking HERE.
The Italian forward has been a bone of contention for Juventus chiefs already this term, as agent Mino Raiola is holding the club to ransom, demanding a big commission in return for his client signing a new long-term deal at the Turin side.
Yet the youngster has taken another big step to committing his long-term future to the Serie A giants by getting his first call-up to the senior squad.
If Kean comes off the bench, he will don the No34 shirt - with the No9 he wears for the youth team sported by summer-buy Gonzalo Higuain.
On his surprise call up, Kean tweeted his excitement, saying on Friday: "Big weekend!!"
He followed that up on Saturday morning, just hours before kick off, by adding: "Matchday!"
Italy Under-17 international Kean also tweeted out the squad list, with himself at the bottom of a prestigious list which included Gianluigi Buffon, Giorgio Chiellini and Miralem Pjanic.


it's the moment of truth!!
Magkakaroon kaya ng role reversal? Si Johnny naman ang bida tapos si Daniel ang magiging bad guy?
Ok sya. Sayang hindi pwede gamitin yung free YT red trial period.
I just binged watch the Cobra Kai series - really a good one with a different twist and flashbacks from the original Karate kid movie. Just realized that Mr. Miyagi (Pat Morita) died 12 years ago - been a long time.
I'm halfway through the season .......... it's actually good. I like it.
They flipped the switch - the antagonist becomes the likeable underdog now, while then protagonist somewhat becomes a douche.
The series has a nice 80's vibe to it, from the music to the cheesy putbacks and other lines.
I'm curious how the millenials find this series ........ baka kaya ko lang nagustuhan ito, dahil batang 80's ako.
Okay yung characters and story.
Binge-watched it over the weekend. Liked it very much.
One small thing about this, that I didn't like as much ........ casting seems to be off, for Johnny Lawrence's son.
Creepy, weird kind of vibe with that kid.
Yeah, the kid's got an annoying face.
I wouldn't mind if that kid reverts to being the bad guy.
He was supposed to be the underdog but I can't help NOT rooting for him.
Anyways, I liked how this series turned out. There was no real good or bad guy here (except perhaps for the "popular" group in school). Most of the characters were relatable, so you kinda understand why they were doing what they were doing even if it was not exactly the right thing to do.
Looking forward to where they take a second season of this show.
Loved watching this so much I had to binge watch it after getting a taste of the 1st episode.
Agree... Robby Keene was probably the worst thing about this series... his face is just so... punchable. He's also the "first son" in Designated Survivor and I disliked him there too.
Hehe, it doesn't help that Robby Keene had that bad 90's haircut to go along with his creepy, punchable face.
I just love the 80's feel of the series - the music & cheesy lines.
In the words of Mr. Lawrence, hope we get a badass season 2.


Give your young sports star a leg up to becoming the best they can be with the SKINS DNAmic Youth Long Tights. They feature our best compression tech to wrap and support their muscles, helping to reduce soft tissue damage and fight fatigue so they can work on their skills day in day out. The DNAmic Youth Long Tights might be small in size, but they're big on performance making them perfect for running and team sport training.
I have another pair in same size and sizing is much smaller with these which is not ideal. fabric and condition s excellent but item is not true to size.
I just got mine today and they are so comfy and it really helped me get through the cross country coming in a decent 2nd place when I usually come near the end.
Great product. My son loves it and wants to wear only skins for his training.
Same as previous reviewer - this item has been worn once and the crotch seam has started to come undone so it will be in the post this week awaiting a refund. It's a shame as it's a nice product but not got the durability.
I've used Skins products for many years and they've always been great, the latest generation though don't seem to be as good quality, after wearing just once on a 4G pitch the seam stitching is all frayed down the legs and they are smaller fitting then the previous version. That said Skins are far superior than other compression products on the market. My only thing I'd ask if skins are listening is please make a tougher version for rugby players please.


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Willie Chaides joined Topanga Lumber & Hardware Co., Inc. in 2000 and was named Store Manager in 2013. Willie is responsible for managing in-store sales, customer service, day-to-day operations and logistics. Willie also specializes in door and window orders. He takes great pride in his job and furthering his knowledge of the current and future construction markets. Willie is a retail manager veteran with more than 25 years of home improvement and merchandising experience.
Willie has two sons, and takes pride in coaching Tournament Team Baseball and mentoring young players.
Willie attended public schools and studied at Mission College.
Ernie Demontreux, is the company's veteran staff member with over thirty-five year's of employment. He played a pivotal role in developing the company's entertainment division.
He is responsible for the company's procurement of lumber as well as the distribution between the two company locations. His efficiency in lumber acquisitions is paramount to the growth of the company.. Ernie's understanding of the lumber and hardware business has led to his successful career with the company. He has developed long term relationships with associated in the lumber and our customer base.
Ernie, is a native of New Jersey and a resident of Topanga Canyon, since 1988. He has been married for 17 years and is the proud father of a young teenage daughter. He donates his time to the local school and is the General Manager of the Topanga Symphony Orchestra.
Lynn Causey was named Glendale Store manager in 1999, and is responsible for managing lumber sales, logistics, overseeing product sales and distribution, customer relations with studio accounts and assisting in buying lumber materials He takes great pride in his position and is devoted to providing our customers the best customer service available.
He brings over 30 years of experience to this position. Lynn, joined our company in 1994, after working at Friday, Fort Smith and Terry Lumber.
Lynn, is a native of Arkansas and is the proud father of two grown daughters.


I love my cottage style bedroom. More and more it is really beginning to reflect who I am. This past week I have made two new additions to my room. I got them both at auctions and I'm really loving them. I thought I would share one of them today and save the other one (which my physical therapist told me that if I don't stop lifting heavy things my shoulder will never heal. OOPS!) until next week.
You may remember that the corner of my bedroom looked like this.
I liked everything about it except for (unfluffed pillow) the rather empty corner and the bed. Another OOPS!! I may have given away what the second thing is I bought.
When I saw this dress form at the auction last week I knew I loved it. I wasn't really sure what I was going to do with it, I just knew I wanted it.
It sit around for a few days until a lightbulb went off (yes friends there is a tiny bit of light still up there) and I knew it was going to be perfect to fill in my corner.
I was right. I love it, and I can also use it for a photo prop for my Etsy shop.
You'll have to wait until next week to see my other fabulous purchase. It was well worth the aching back and shoulder.
I often do that too, Susie, but when at auction there are rarely second chances. My other purchase, which I will share next week was an exception.
Great new purchase and it looks wonderful in your corner.
Thanks, Dawn. I really love it.
Looks like you found the perfect treasure to fill the corner of your bedroom!
Love your dress form - it looks like it was made to go in that corner.
It does, doesn't it. I can't believe I didn't see it right away.
What a great looking dress form! I love that it is actually old too.
I love that it is paper mache.
Oh, Laura, I love, love, love this! The corner is certainly a cottage corner.
I am so happy to be getting things the way I want them.
Thank you. I think the best part about it is that it does feel very peaceful.
Ooooh....I like her! Have you named her yet? heehee! And I love the shelf with pegs to showcase your pretty things. That blue hat is gorgeous! Enjoy your afternoon! Hugs!
That just finishes your corner, fab.
Love it! Can't wait to see you other purchase! I too have to be careful about lifting, but I keep doing it..bad girl!
That dress form is AWESOME!!!
Your room seems very cosy and is a real inspiration to me.


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Adam Weber
Lead pastor at Embrace Church in Sioux Falls, S.D.
"We think we have got to give money, and sometimes we need to give money; we need to serve somebody. And sometimes, we do need to serve somebody, but sometimes it's as simple as just listening to another person and hearing their story."
Adam Weber, lead pastor at Embrace Church in Sioux Falls, S.D., loves God, but like most humans, has sometimes struggled to love the different and difficult. After going through an incredibly difficult season, Adam found a new dimension to love. "Love Has a Name" released August 25 and shares a bit of his journey to love those who are unseen and overlooked, highlighting specific people who have taught him a little bit more about God's extravagant love.
As an unpopular kid in school, he always had a heart for those on the fringes. He sought for and found validation by loving others and receiving approval and acceptance in return. During what he calls "the dark night of the soul," he felt God pruning him of the people-pleasing kind of love. After experiencing and realizing the extravagance of God's love, Adam believes the place from which he loves is different. Now, instead of loving others to satisfy his own self-worth, he loves others with no strings attached.
"My love for Jesus is what makes me want to engage in the George Floyd conversation," he said. "It's because of the love of Jesus that I want to extend grace to the Pharisees. It's the reason that I want to extravagantly love other people. It's because of who Jesus is."
Love Has a Name takes a look at how we can love others with the grace and truth of Jesus. Every chapter is titled with the name of a specific person who loved Adam or someone he has loved, coupled with a similar person Jesus loved. In chapter 19, Adam says that love pulls up a chair, offering a listening ear to someone who is different than you. Adam didn't just talk about pulling up a chair; he went to downtown Sioux Falls and offered a chair to others.
He ordered pop-up desk, and after keeping it in a closet for eight or nine months, he made a deal with God. If one of two places with shade had parking, he would set up there. The second spot was open, and Adam set up his table with two chairs, a bobble head, plant, picture of his wife, and a sign that said, "Need to talk, grab a seat."
Gerald, a well-dressed man in his 50s, sat down first. He shared about his job, the awards he had received and the stress he felt. All of a sudden, he started sobbing, sharing his anxiety and panic attacks. As Gerald talked and Adam listened, Adam asked if he would like to invite God into this. They prayed together and as Gerald left, he told Adam, "If for nobody else, you are here for me." Since then, Adam has set up his talking table more times than he can count, discovering each time that listening is a simple way to love someone else.
"So often we think it's got to be this grand thing, and sometimes it is a grand thing," Adam said. "We think we have got to give money, and sometimes we need to give money; we need to serve somebody. And sometimes, we do need to serve somebody, but sometimes it's as simple as just listening to another person and hearing their story."
Adam's love for others isn't singular. He equips and empowers his congregation at Embrace to love others with abandon, too. The COVID-19 pandemic, has more than ever, encouraged the Embrace congregation to exit the building and be the hands and feet of Jesus. Anyone connected to Embrace can apply for a Run Project grant up to $2,000 to do something awesome for someone outside of themselves or their family. The church has found this is a great way to partner with what is already happening in their community.
"We want to come alongside of what God's doing in you out in the world, and we just want to help you run even faster," Adam said.
Adams has helped flip a teacher's lounge, yard cleanup, and participated in a nursing home parade. A couple of current projects include painting a mural in downtown Sioux Falls and offering root beer floats and prayer to people. The heartbeat of this outreach is to challenge people to really obey Jesus and serve others.
"If you see an opportunity that you can help, that you can serve somebody, go do it," Adam said. "And there's not the, 'Hey, put Embrace's name all over it.' It's like, 'If it comes up, sure, you can mention it.' But the heartbeat is just to obey Jesus, so really challenging people to do that."
Adam knew since high school that he was called to tell others about Jesus, but thought he would do that through business and marketing. His mentor presented the idea of Embrace, and Adam reluctantly filled in as pastor on Labor Day weekend in 2006. Thirty-two people attended and Embrace was born. In 2013, Outreach Magazine named it the 40th fastest growing U.S. church and the only United Methodist Church to be mentioned. Adam speaks at national conferences, has a blog, hosts The Conversation with Adam Weber podcast, and wrote the best-selling book, Talking With God. He and his wife Becky have four kids: Hudson, Wilson, Grayson, and Anderson.
Listen to Adam on the Thrive with Asbury Seminary Podcast!