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Q: Add a tooltip to a div I have a div tag like this:

  Name
  <input type="text"/>

How can I displaying a tooltip on :hover of the div, preferably with a fade in/out effect.

A: You can create custom CSS tooltips using a data attribute, pseudo elements and content: attr() eg.
http://jsfiddle.net/clintioo/gLeydk0k/11/

    Name
    <input type="text" />

.
div:hover:before {
    content: attr(data-tooltip);
    position: absolute;
    padding: 5px 10px;
    margin: -3px 0 0 180px;
    background: orange;
    color: white;
    border-radius: 3px;
}

div:hover:after {
    content: '';
    position: absolute;
    margin: 6px 0 0 3px;
    width: 0;
    height: 0;
    border-top: 5px solid transparent;
    border-right: 10px solid orange;
    border-bottom: 5px solid transparent;
}

input[type="text"] {
    width: 125px;
    -webkit-box-sizing: border-box;
    -moz-box-sizing: border-box;
    box-sizing: border-box;
}

A: You can use title. it'll work for just about everything

<input script=JavaScript type=button title="Click for a compliment" onclick="window.alert('Your hair reminds me of a sunset across a prairie')" value="making you happy">

just think of any tag that can be visible to html window and insert a title="whatever tooltip you'd like" inside it's tag and you got yourself a tooltip.

A: I have developed three type fade effects :

/* setup tooltips */
    .tooltip {
      position: relative;
    }
    .tooltip:before,
    .tooltip:after {
      display: block;
      opacity: 0;
      pointer-events: none;
      position: absolute;
    }
    .tooltip:after {
     border-right: 6px solid transparent;
     border-bottom: 6px solid rgba(0,0,0,.75);
      border-left: 6px solid transparent;
      content: '';
      height: 0;
        top: 20px;
        left: 20px;
      width: 0;
    }
    .tooltip:before {
      background: rgba(0,0,0,.75);
      border-radius: 2px;
      color: #fff;
      content: attr(data-title);
      font-size: 14px;
      padding: 6px 10px;
        top: 26px;
      white-space: nowrap;
    }

    /* the animations */
    /* fade */
    .tooltip.fade:after,
    .tooltip.fade:before {
      transform: translate3d(0,-10px,0);
      transition: all .15s ease-in-out;
    }
    .tooltip.fade:hover:after,
    .tooltip.fade:hover:before {
      opacity: 1;
      transform: translate3d(0,0,0);
    }

    /* expand */
    .tooltip.expand:before {
      transform: scale3d(.2,.2,1);
      transition: all .2s ease-in-out;
    }
    .tooltip.expand:after {
      transform: translate3d(0,6px,0);
      transition: all .1s ease-in-out;
    }
    .tooltip.expand:hover:before,
    .tooltip.expand:hover:after {
      opacity: 1;
      transform: scale3d(1,1,1);
    }
    .tooltip.expand:hover:after {
      transition: all .2s .1s ease-in-out;
    }

    /* swing */
    .tooltip.swing:before,
    .tooltip.swing:after {
      transform: translate3d(0,30px,0) rotate3d(0,0,1,60deg);
      transform-origin: 0 0;
      transition: transform .15s ease-in-out, opacity .2s;
    }
    .tooltip.swing:after {
      transform: translate3d(0,60px,0);
      transition: transform .15s ease-in-out, opacity .2s;
    }
    .tooltip.swing:hover:before,
    .tooltip.swing:hover:after {
      opacity: 1;
      transform: translate3d(0,0,0) rotate3d(1,1,1,0deg);
    }

    /* basic styling: has nothing to do with tooltips: */
    h1 {
      padding-left: 50px;
    }
    ul {
      margin-bottom: 40px;
    }
    li {
      cursor: pointer;
      display: inline-block;
      padding: 0 10px;
    }

FADE

      Name
      <input type="text"/>

EXPAND

      Name
      <input type="text"/>

SWING

      Name
      <input type="text"/>

A: You can toggle a child div during onmouseover and onmouseout like this:
function Tooltip(el, text) {
  el.onmouseover = function() {
    el.innerHTML += '
' + text + '
'
    }
  el.onmouseout = function() {
    el.removeChild(el.querySelector(".tooltip"))
  }
}

//Sample Usage
Tooltip(document.getElementById("mydiv"),"hello im a tip div")

Example in Stack Snippets & jsFiddle

function Tooltip(el, text) {
  el.onmouseover = function() {
    el.innerHTML += '
' + text + '
'
  }
  el.onmouseout = function() {
    el.removeChild(el.querySelector(".tooltip"))
  }
}

//Sample Usage
Tooltip(document.getElementById("mydiv"), "I'm a tooltip")
#mydiv {
  position: relative;
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  width: 120px;
  height: 50px;
  padding: 5px 10px;
  background-color: #e2f7ff;
  box-shadow: 1px 1px 1px 0px #cecece;
}

.tooltip {
  position: absolute;
  display: inline-block;
  white-space: nowrap;
  width: auto;
  height: auto;
  background-color: #11121b;
  color: white;
  padding: 4px 6px;
  border-radius: 3px;
  z-index: 99;
  left: 100%;
  top: 0;
}

 This is just a div

A: The simplest way would be to set position: relative on the containing element and position: absolute on the tooltip element inside the container to make it float relative to the parent (containing element). For example:

        Name
        <input type="text" />

            Tooltip text

A: Try this. You can do it with only css and I have only added data-title attribute for tooltip.

.tooltip{
  position:relative;
  display: inline-block;
}
.tooltip[data-title]:hover:after {
  content: attr(data-title);
  padding: 4px 8px;
  color: #fff;
  position: absolute;
  left: 0;
  top: 110%;
  white-space: nowrap;
  border-radius: 5px;
  background:#000;
}

    Name
    <input type="text"/>

A: you can also use this as tooltip...It works same but you have to write extra tag thats it..

A: Here's a simple tooltip implementation that keeps into account the position of your mouse as well as the height and width of your window :

function showTooltip(e) {
  var tooltip = e.target.classList.contains("tooltip")
      ? e.target
      : e.target.querySelector(":scope .tooltip");
  tooltip.style.left =
      (e.pageX + tooltip.clientWidth + 10 < document.body.clientWidth)
          ? (e.pageX + 10 + "px")
          : (document.body.clientWidth + 5 - tooltip.clientWidth + "px");
  tooltip.style.top =
      (e.pageY + tooltip.clientHeight + 10 < document.body.clientHeight)
          ? (e.pageY + 10 + "px")
          : (document.body.clientHeight + 5 - tooltip.clientHeight + "px");
}

var tooltips = document.querySelectorAll('.couponcode');
for(var i = 0; i < tooltips.length; i++) {
  tooltips[i].addEventListener('mousemove', showTooltip);
}
.couponcode {
    color: red;
    cursor: pointer;
}

.couponcode:hover .tooltip {
    display: block;
}

.tooltip {
    position: absolute;
    white-space: nowrap;
    display: none;
    background: #ffffcc;
    border: 1px solid black;
    padding: 5px;
    z-index: 1000;
    color: black;
}
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur
adipiscingThis is a tooltip
elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.
Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi
ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderitThis is
another tooltip in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu
fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident,
sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborumThis is yet
another tooltip.

(see also this Fiddle)

A: It can be done with CSS only, no javascript at all
running demo

[data-tooltip]:before {
    /* needed - do not touch */
    content: attr(data-tooltip);
    position: absolute;
    opacity: 0;

    /* customizable */
    transition: all 0.15s ease;
    padding: 10px;
    color: #333;
    border-radius: 10px;
    box-shadow: 2px 2px 1px silver;
}

[data-tooltip]:hover:before {
    /* needed - do not touch */
    opacity: 1;

    /* customizable */
    background: yellow;
    margin-top: -50px;
    margin-left: 20px;
}

[data-tooltip]:not([data-tooltip-persistent]):before {
    pointer-events: none;
}

/* FOR TEST PURPOSES ONLY */
div {
    border: 1px solid silver;
    background: #ddd;
    margin: 20px;
    padding: 10px;
}

Standard div, no tooltip here

Div with standard tooltip. Hover me to see the tooltip.

Hovering the tooltip doesn't matter:

if you hover out of my boundaries, the tooltip will disappear.

Div with persistent tooltip. Hover me to see the tooltip.

The tooltip won't expire until you hover on me OR it.

*

*Apply a custom HTML attribute, eg. data-tooltip="bla bla" to your object (div or whatever):

     something here

*Define the :before pseudoelement of each [data-tooltip] object to be transparent, absolutely positioned and with data-tooltip="" value as content:
 [data-tooltip]:before {
     position : absolute;
      content : attr(data-tooltip);
      opacity : 0;
 }

*Define :hover:before hovering state of each [data-tooltip] to make it visible:
 [data-tooltip]:hover:before {
     opacity : 1;
 }

*Apply your styles (color, size, position etc) to the tooltip object; end of the story.
In the demo I've defined another rule to specify if the tooltip must disappear when hovering over it but outside of the parent, with another custom attribute, data-tooltip-persistent, and a simple rule:
[data-tooltip]:not([data-tooltip-persistent]):before {
    pointer-events: none;
}

Note 1: The browser coverage for this is very wide, but consider using a javascript fallback (if needed) for old IE.
Note 2: an enhancement might be adding a bit of javascript to calculate the mouse position and add it to the pseudo elements, by changing a class applied to it.

A: <!doctype html>

  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <title>jQuery UI tooltip</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="http://code.jquery.com/ui/1.11.0/themes/smoothness/jquery-ui.css">

mouse over me

You can also customise tooltip style. Please refer this link:
http://jqueryui.com/tooltip/#custom-style

A: A CSS3-only solution could be:
CSS3:
div[id^="tooltip"]:after {content: attr(data-title); background: #e5e5e5; position: absolute; top: -10px; left:  0; right: 0; z-index: 1000;}

HTML5:

        Name
        <input type="text" />

You could then create a tooltip-2 div the same way... you can of course also use the title attribute instead of data attribute.

A: you can do it with simple css... jsfiddle here you can see the example
below css code for tooltip
[data-tooltip] {
  position: relative;
  z-index: 2;
  cursor: pointer;
}

/* Hide the tooltip content by default */
[data-tooltip]:before,
[data-tooltip]:after {
  visibility: hidden;
  -ms-filter: "progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Alpha(Opacity=0)";
  filter: progid: DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Alpha(Opacity=0);
  opacity: 0;
  pointer-events: none;
}

/* Position tooltip above the element */
[data-tooltip]:before {
  position: absolute;
  bottom: 150%;
  left: 50%;
  margin-bottom: 5px;
  margin-left: -80px;
  padding: 7px;
  width: 160px;
  -webkit-border-radius: 3px;
  -moz-border-radius: 3px;
  border-radius: 3px;
  background-color: #000;
  background-color: hsla(0, 0%, 20%, 0.9);
  color: #fff;
  content: attr(data-tooltip);
  text-align: center;
  font-size: 14px;
  line-height: 1.2;
}

/* Triangle hack to make tooltip look like a speech bubble */
[data-tooltip]:after {
  position: absolute;
  bottom: 150%;
  left: 50%;
  margin-left: -5px;
  width: 0;
  border-top: 5px solid #000;
  border-top: 5px solid hsla(0, 0%, 20%, 0.9);
  border-right: 5px solid transparent;
  border-left: 5px solid transparent;
  content: " ";
  font-size: 0;
  line-height: 0;
}

/* Show tooltip content on hover */
[data-tooltip]:hover:before,
[data-tooltip]:hover:after {
  visibility: visible;
  -ms-filter: "progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Alpha(Opacity=100)";
  filter: progid: DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Alpha(Opacity=100);
  opacity: 1;
}

A: Without using any API
You can do something like this too by using pure CSS and Jquery  Demo
HTML

    Click & Drag to draw the area

CSS
.pointer_tooltip{
  width : auto;
  height : auto;
  padding : 10px;
  border-radius : 5px;
  background-color : #fff;
  position: absolute;
}

Jquery
$(document).mousemove(function( event ) {
    var pageCoords = "( " + event.pageX + ", " + event.pageY + " )";

    //set the actuall width
    $('.pointer_tooltip').width($('.pointer_tooltip').width());
    var position_top = event.pageY+18;
    var position_left = event.pageX-60;
    var width=$('body').width()-$('.pointer_tooltip').width();

    //check if left not minus
    if(position_left<0){
      position_left=10;
    }else if(position_left > width){
     position_left=width-10;
    }

    $('.pointer_tooltip').css('top',position_top+'px');
    $('.pointer_tooltip').css('left',position_left+'px');
});

A: You can make tooltip using pure CSS.Try this one.Hope it should help you to solve your problem.
HTML

 Name
    Add your tooltip text here.

CSS
.tooltip {
        position: relative;
        display: inline-block;
        cursor: pointer;
    }

    .tooltip .tooltiptext {
        visibility: hidden;
        width: 270px;
        background-color: #555;
        color: #fff;
        text-align: center;
        border-radius: 6px;
        padding: 5px 0;
        position: absolute;
        z-index: 1;
        bottom: 125%;
        left: 50%;
        margin-left: -60px;
        opacity: 0;
        transition: opacity 1s;
    }

    .tooltip .tooltiptext::after {
        content: "";
        position: absolute;
        top: 100%;
        left: 50%;
        margin-left: -5px;
        border-width: 5px;
        border-style: solid;
        border-color: #555 transparent transparent transparent;
    }

    .tooltip:hover .tooltiptext {
        visibility: visible;
        opacity: 1;
    }

A: Tooltips Position pure css

      div {
        position: absolute;
        top: 50%;
        left: 50%;
        transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
        -ms-transform: translate(-50%, -50%); /* IE 9 */
        -webkit-transform: translate(-50%, -50%); /* Chrome, Safari, Opera */

        text-align: center;
      }

      .tooltip {
        position: relative;
        display: inline-block;
        border-bottom: 1px dotted black;
      }

      .tooltip .tooltiptext {
        visibility: hidden;
        width: 120px;
        background-color: black;
        color: #fff;
        //text-align: center;
        border-radius: 6px;
        padding: 5px 0;

        /* Position the tooltip */
        position: absolute;
        z-index: 1;
      }

      .tooltip:hover .tooltiptext {
        visibility: visible;
      }

      .toolLeft {
        top: -5px;
        right: 105%;
      }

      .toolRight {
        top: -5px;
        left: 105%;
      }

      .toolTop {
        bottom: 100%;
        left: 50%;
        margin-left: -60px;
      }

      .toolBottom {
        top: 100%;
        left: 50%;
        margin-left: -60px;
      }

Top Tooltip text

Left  Tooltip text

Right Tooltip text

Bottom  Tooltip text

A: Here's a pure CSS 3 implementation (with optional JS)
The only thing you have to do is set an attribute on any div called "data-tooltip" and that text will be displayed next to it when you hover over it.
I've included some optional JavaScript that will cause the tooltip to be displayed near the cursor. If you don't need this feature, you can safely ignore the JavaScript portion of this fiddle.
If you don't want the fade-in on the hover state, just remove the transition properties.
It's styled like the title property tooltip. Here's the JSFiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/toe0hcyn/1/
HTML Example:

CSS:
*[data-tooltip] {
    position: relative;
}

*[data-tooltip]::after {
    content: attr(data-tooltip);

    position: absolute;
    top: -20px;
    right: -20px;
    width: 150px;

    pointer-events: none;
    opacity: 0;
    -webkit-transition: opacity .15s ease-in-out;
    -moz-transition: opacity .15s ease-in-out;
    -ms-transition: opacity .15s ease-in-out;
    -o-transition: opacity .15s ease-in-out;
    transition: opacity .15s ease-in-out;

    display: block;
    font-size: 12px;
    line-height: 16px;
    background: #fefdcd;
    padding: 2px 2px;
    border: 1px solid #c0c0c0;
    box-shadow: 2px 4px 5px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4);
}

*[data-tooltip]:hover::after {
    opacity: 1;
}

Optional JavaScript for mouse position-based tooltip location change:
var style = document.createElement('style');
document.head.appendChild(style);

var matchingElements = [];
var allElements = document.getElementsByTagName('*');
for (var i = 0, n = allElements.length; i < n; i++) {
    var attr = allElements[i].getAttribute('data-tooltip');
    if (attr) {
        allElements[i].addEventListener('mouseover', hoverEvent);
    }
}

function hoverEvent(event) {
    event.preventDefault();
    x = event.x - this.offsetLeft;
    y = event.y - this.offsetTop;

    // Make it hang below the cursor a bit.
    y += 10;

    style.innerHTML = '*[data-tooltip]::after { left: ' + x + 'px; top: ' + y + 'px  }'

}

A: Here's a nice jQuery Tooltip:
https://jqueryui.com/tooltip/
To implement this, just follow these steps:

*

*Add this code in your  tags:

*On the HTML elements that you want to have the tooltip, just add a title attribute to it. Whatever text is in the title attribute will be in the tooltip.
Note: When JavaScript is disabled, it will fallback to the default browser/operating system tooltip.

A: I did something that should be able to be adapted to a div as well.
HTML

    <%# (Eval("Name").ToString().Length > 65) ? Eval("Name").ToString().Substring(0, 60) + "..." : Eval("Name")%>

        <%# (Eval("Name").ToString().Length > 65) ? "More" : "" %>

            <%# Eval("Name") %>

CSS
.showonhover .hovertext { display: none;}
.showonhover:hover .hovertext {display: inline;}
a.viewdescription {color:#999;}
a.viewdescription:hover {background-color:#999; color: White;}
.hovertext {position:absolute;z-index:1000;border:1px solid #ffd971;background-color:#fffdce;padding:11px;width:150px;font-size: 0.75em;}

For a more in-depth discussion, see my post:
A simple Formatted ToolTip text on hover

A: Okay, here's all of your bounty requirements met:

*

*No jQuery

*Instant appearing

*No dissapearing until the mouse leaves the area

*Fade in/out effect incorporated

*And lastly.. simple solution

Here's a demo and link to my code (JSFiddle)
Here are the features that I've incorporated into this purely JS, CSS and HTML5 fiddle:

*

*You can set the speed of the fade.

*You can set the text of the tooltip with a simple variable.

HTML:

Hover over this div to see a cool tool tip!

CSS:
#a{
    background-color:yellow;
    padding:10px;
    border:2px solid red;
}

.tooltip{
    background:black;
    color:white;
    padding:5px;
    box-shadow:0 0 10px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);
    border-radius:10px;
    opacity:0;
}

JavaScript:
var div = document.getElementById('wrapper');
var a = document.getElementById("a");
var fadeSpeed = 25; // a value between 1 and 1000 where 1000 will take 10
                    // seconds to fade in and out and 1 will take 0.01 sec.
var tipMessage = "The content of the tooltip...";

var showTip = function(){
    var tip = document.createElement("span");
    tip.className = "tooltip";
    tip.id = "tip";
    tip.innerHTML = tipMessage;
    div.appendChild(tip);
    tip.style.opacity="0"; // to start with...
    var intId = setInterval(function(){
        newOpacity = parseFloat(tip.style.opacity)+0.1;
        tip.style.opacity = newOpacity.toString();
        if(tip.style.opacity == "1"){
            clearInterval(intId);
        }
    }, fadeSpeed);
};
var hideTip = function(){
    var tip = document.getElementById("tip");
    var intId = setInterval(function(){
        newOpacity = parseFloat(tip.style.opacity)-0.1;
        tip.style.opacity = newOpacity.toString();
        if(tip.style.opacity == "0"){
            clearInterval(intId);
            tip.remove();
        }
    }, fadeSpeed);
    tip.remove();
};

a.addEventListener("mouseover", showTip, false);
a.addEventListener("mouseout", hideTip, false);

A: You don't need JavaScript for this at all; just set the title attribute:

  Name
  <input type="text"/>

Note that the visual presentation of the tooltip is browser/OS dependent, so it might fade in and it might not.  However, this is the semantic way to do tooltips, and it will work correctly with accessibility software like screen readers.
Demo in Stack Snippets

  Name
  <input type="text"/>

A: For the basic tooltip, you want:

like:

.visible {
  height: 3em;
  width: 10em;
  background: yellow;
}

For a fancier javascript version, you can look into:
https://jqueryhouse.com/best-jquery-tooltip-plugins/
The above link gives you 25 options for tooltips.

A: There are lots of answers to this question but still may be it will help someone. It is for all left, right, top, bottom positions.
Here is the css:
    .m-tb-5 {
        margin-top: 2px;
        margin-bottom: 2px;
    }
    [data-tooltip] {
        display: inline-block;
        position: relative;
        cursor: help;
        padding: 3px;
    }
    /* Tooltip styling */
    [data-tooltip]:before {
        content: attr(data-tooltip);
        display: none;
        position: absolute;
        background: #000;
        color: #fff;
        padding: 3px 6px;
        font-size: 10px;
        line-height: 1.4;
        min-width: 100px;
        text-align: center;
        border-radius: 4px;
    }
    /* Dynamic horizontal centering */
    [data-tooltip-position="top"]:before,
    [data-tooltip-position="bottom"]:before {
        left: 50%;
        -ms-transform: translateX(-50%);
        -moz-transform: translateX(-50%);
        -webkit-transform: translateX(-50%);
        transform: translateX(-50%);
    }
    /* Dynamic vertical centering */
    [data-tooltip-position="right"]:before,
    [data-tooltip-position="left"]:before {
        top: 50%;
        -ms-transform: translateY(-50%);
        -moz-transform: translateY(-50%);
        -webkit-transform: translateY(-50%);
        transform: translateY(-50%);
    }
    [data-tooltip-position="top"]:before {
        bottom: 100%;
        margin-bottom: 6px;
    }
    [data-tooltip-position="right"]:before {
        left: 100%;
        margin-left: 6px;
    }
    [data-tooltip-position="bottom"]:before {
        top: 100%;
        margin-top: 6px;
    }
    [data-tooltip-position="left"]:before {
        right: 100%;
        margin-right: 6px;
    }

    /* Tooltip arrow styling/placement */
    [data-tooltip]:after {
        content: '';
        display: none;
        position: absolute;
        width: 0;
        height: 0;
        border-color: transparent;
        border-style: solid;
    }
    /* Dynamic horizontal centering for the tooltip */
    [data-tooltip-position="top"]:after,
    [data-tooltip-position="bottom"]:after {
        left: 50%;
        margin-left: -6px;
    }
    /* Dynamic vertical centering for the tooltip */
    [data-tooltip-position="right"]:after,
    [data-tooltip-position="left"]:after {
        top: 50%;
        margin-top: -6px;
    }
    [data-tooltip-position="top"]:after {
        bottom: 100%;
        border-width: 6px 6px 0;
        border-top-color: #000;
    }
    [data-tooltip-position="right"]:after {
        left: 100%;
        border-width: 6px 6px 6px 0;
        border-right-color: #000;
    }

    [data-tooltip-position="left"]:after {
        right: 100%;
        border-width: 6px 0 6px 6px;
        border-left-color: #000;
    }
    /* Show the tooltip when hovering */
    [data-tooltip]:hover:before,
    [data-tooltip]:hover:after {
        display: block;
        z-index: 50;
    }

And the HTML tag can be like this:

Text Here

Text Here

Text Here

Text Here

A: And my version
.tooltip{
display: inline;
position: relative; /** very important set to relative*/
}

.tooltip:hover:after{
background: #333;
background: rgba(0,0,0,.8);
border-radius: 5px;
bottom: 26px;
color: #fff;
content: attr(title); /**extract the content from the title */
left: 20%;
padding: 5px 15px;
position: absolute;
z-index: 98;
width: 220px;
}

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A: You can try bootstrap tooltips.
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})

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A: I created a kind of formula for it.
First this is the html

  <button class="tooltip-tarjet">
    My Button
  </button>

    This is my tooltip content right here...

Now the css for it
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   * of the tooltip-element */
  display: inline-block;
  position: relative;
  flex-direction: row;
}
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  /* this selector rule matches the tooltip-element right after
   * tooltip-tarjet at a hover action
   *  */
  display: inline-block;
  position: absolute;
  background-color: #869096;
  color: white;
  opacity: 1;
  transition: all 1s;
}
.tooltip-element {
  /* here goes the tooltip-element styles and positioning, now your
   * tooltip element will always remain to your desired positionno matter
   * the screen size at hand
   *  */
  display: none;
  opacity: 0;
  text-align: center;
  padding: 7px;
  z-index: 10;
  width: 200px;
  left: -60px;
  bottom: 48px;
  border-radius: 5px;
  -webkit-border-radius: 5px;
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Last weekend Microsoft announced the first major security flaw to the now un-supported Windows XP operating system. The OS, originally released in 2001, no longer receives patch updates including for Internet Explorer (even though IE6 still gets patches for Windows Server 2003). In what the internet security industry refers to as "drive-by" attacks on web browsers, hackers take advantage of the vulnerable Internet Explorer browser to send users to whatever web pages they want. Only this time, there will be no security patch for XP users.
Microsoft said on Saturday the company is aware of targeted attacks on Windows Internet Explorer versions back to IE6, and says XP has a 66% chance of being infected due to its retired status. Windows XP users can avoid the IE/XP vulnerability by using another web browser such as FireFox, Apple Safari, or Chrome. There are also some other steps you can take by visiting Microsoft's download website to check out the Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit 4.1.
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Well, good morning to everybody and good morning, also, to those who watch via the internet and the mobile app. We are concluding our series this weekend that has been entitled "Reset." If this is your first time visiting or maybe you've missed a few sermons along the way, let me just recap where we're at so that nobody feels like they're joining in at the very end and missing out on everything that's been going on.
As a pastor – and I've been doing this for several years now. I sort of take, usually, the first four to six weeks – we've taken a little bit longer this year – to sort of talk about things that are important to us as a church and as individuals to make sure that the year gets started off on the right foot. We've talked about our vision; why we exist. We've talked about what we do and how we do it. We've talked about reading Scripture. We've talked about prayer. We've talked about a lot of things over this series. The big idea was that sometimes you've just got to press the reset button and get some things going again in your life.
And, hopefully, this series has been profitable for all of us. Hopefully it has equipped you with some things. Hopefully it's challenged you in some ways. I want to end with a bang. Hopefully I'll do that. I'm not sure. You all will be the ultimate judge of that. But, I've got a pretty tall order that I want to accomplish this weekend, and I hope that you will pray for me while I try to accomplish it in the next few minutes. This is what I want to do today. I want to teach a world class message – that's tough enough in and off itself. I've really tried hard to put this together in a way that's really well – on a very difficult and polarizing subject. I know some of you all are thinking, "Revelation. Social issues."
We'll get there in a minute. Just calm down. It's all good, okay? A very difficult, polarizing subject in such a way that is massively challenging. I want the Word of God to get up in our face this morning and challenge us in a lot of ways. But, at the same time, you want to tell as many people as you can about the ending when you leave. In other words, I'm trying to preach a great message that's on a difficult subject in a way that's really challenging, but in a way that when you walk out of here, you're going to want to go grab everybody that you can grab and say, "Man, you will not believe what happened in church today."
So, that's a pretty tall order. I've got, what, another hour and a half to accomplish that, right? No, no. I've got about 20 minutes. So, here's the deal. Before I get into this subject, because I know you want to know, "What is he talking about?"
I want to tell you a story. Now, you can go home and read in your Bibles this week in Acts 16 and you can read this whole story. I'm going to just tell it to you. If you've never been in church before or if you've been in church for a long time, you can probably pick up some things along the way that you go, "Oh, that's cool." But, let me tell you the story here. It's about Paul and Silas. Paul and Silas are missionaries. Basically what they're doing is they're going around the Mediterranean Basin and they're telling people about Jesus and establishing churches in the first century. And they've had a vision as they're out doing their missionary work to go to a region in the Roman world called Macedonia.
In Macedonia, they go to a particular city, which is called Philippi. In Philippi, Paul goes out on a Sabbath by the water and there's some women there that are meeting. He ends up leading one of them, named Lydia, to the Lord, and probably others, at some point, as well. But, we read about Lydia. Then we read as Paul is sort of in Philippi doing his thing that there is a girl that is possessed. Her possession allows her to tell people fortunes. So, the people that are using her to make a lot of money, that's their prized little girl that they're using to make some money. Well, she's following Paul and Silas around and she's saying, "Hey, these people are telling you about the Most High God," walking behind them.
Finally, Paul gets annoyed and turns around and says, "In the name of Jesus, come out," and she's delivered from that day. Well, the guys that are using this girl, they realize that the golden goose that's making them financial profit has been cooked and they're not going to make anymore money. So, they grab Paul and Silas and they take them in front of the rulers there in Philippi and they end up ripping their shirts off and they beat them with rods.
And, you know, when you got beaten with rods in the first century, that was a real bad deal. In fact, you didn't want to get beat with those rods because, many times, people died. So, we don't know what happened, we don't know if they beat them until they passed out – which may have been the case. But, we know one thing: Their backs would have been absolutely bloodied and marred. So, they then take them into the Philippian prison and the Philippian jailer puts them in the inner chamber of that prison.
Then we're told at about midnight, Paul and Silas are in the prison cell and they start praising and worshiping God. And all of the people in that prison cell are just blown away. I mean, they know that they've just been beaten. And it's like, "Why would you be thanking your God that you just got beaten? You'd be mad at your God, right, that He let that happen to you?"
And if you read Acts, you'll realize that oftentimes when the early disciples and apostles were beaten or persecuted, they would have a prayer meeting and say,"God, thank You for allowing us to be worthy enough to suffer for Your name."
That's something very foreign to you and me. So, Paul and Silas probably were not only singing praises to God, they probably were saying, "Lord, thank You for allowing us to suffer for Jesus' sake."
Everybody in prison is like, "What is going on?"
You can sort of imagine. I mean, they're trying to look out, you know? They're looking down at one like, "What is going on?"
Well, at midnight, as they're praying and singing to God, and earthquake hits the jail cell. The prison doors go open and all of the fastenings, the chains that everybody's got inside the prison cell, bust loose too. Now, not that I'm preaching on this, but there is never a better passage of Scripture that talks about how singing in praise and worship can set you free in your life. So, some of y'all, it's okay. Okay? It's okay to get excited. It's okay.
Anyway, as the prison cells are busted open and everybody's there, you'd expect everybody to run out. Well, the Philippian jailer, when he comes to, he sees all the doors open and he's like, "This people are gone."
And, if you're the Philippian jailer and you're the one in charge of these prisoners, if they've escaped, that means you're going to get beaten and beaten again and beaten again and mocked. And then they're going to kill you. So, he grabs his sword to kill himself and Paul says, "Hey, no need to do that, man. Everybody's here."
The prisoners, they don't know what to do. They're just blown away. They're just like, "What is going on, man? These people were beaten." They don't even know how to run. They're just like, "Man."
The Philippian jailer runs up to Paul and he's like, "I don't know what it is that you've got, but I need some of that. That's what I need."
He says, "What do I got to do to be saved?"
And Paul says, "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you'll be saved and your household."
And the Philippian jailer takes him home and bathes him and gives him some food. The next day, they are set free. So, what's really cool is the Philippian church starts with some women, a jailer and probably some prisoners. That's the Philippian church that Paul founds. And then he's off. Well, many years later, Paul is in prison in Rome. Some people think it's Ephesus. I think it's Rome. That's irrelevant, but he's in prison. And it's been many years since he's had contact with the Philippian church. The Philippian church has been good to Paul over the years, but it's been a long time since they've had correspondence.
And, all of a sudden, in Rome appears a man named Epaphroditus. Epaphroditus comes in and offers to Paul this really nice offering that the Philippians have taken up for him in prison. And the reason you would do that is when you were in prison in the first century, if you didn't raise your funds or you didn't get the things that you needed, you just didn't get fed. You could just die in prison. So, it was important to have people make sure that you were taken care of. So, Epaphroditus comes and gives this offering from the Philippian church that Paul has not talked to in a long time or received anything from in a long time. And Epaphroditus, while he's there in Rome, gets sick and almost dies. But, he doesn't.
Then Paul says, "Hey, Epaphroditus, when you go back to Philippi, I want you to take this letter that I've written."
And that is the Epistle to the Philippians. And he starts of Philippians 1 by saying, "Hey, what God started in you guys..." – and you can read it in verse 6 – "...He's going to continue to complete until the day of Jesus."
And then he says, "Hey, guys. I'm in prison."
They're probably reading it back at the church like, "Of course he is. That's where he's always at. He's always in prison. This guy, everywhere he goes he's in prison. It's like revival or riot wherever Paul shows up."
And he says, "But, I want you to know that while I'm in prison, it's actually been a furtherance for the Gospel."
And they're like, "Yeah, no duh. We saw the Gospel spread when you were in prison here in Philippi."
And he goes on to talk about how they need to rejoice. Which they would have completely understood because they were there that night when Paul was rejoicing in prison. But, he's writing to them that there's some issues going on. He says in chapter 2, "Look, here's the deal. I know there's some issues going on, but I want you guys to be like Jesus. Jesus put everybody before Him. Do the same thing. Have this mind that's in you that was in Christ Jesus who, although being in the very nature God, didn't consider equality with God as something that He needed to exploit and He humbled Himself and He did all these great things. So, Philippians, live this way."
And just in case you missed it, chapter 3, Paul says, "You know, all these things that I had, I have a lot of qualifications, I counted them all as lost so that I could know Jesus."
And then, into chapter 4, he's got some issues with probably the women that were there by the water that day with Lydia. He says, "Euodia and Syntyche, they need to be of the same mind. Help them get together."
He talks about rejoicing in the Lord. "And again I say: Rejoice!" He tells them to pray and then, in Philippians 4:10, at the very end of the Epistle, from Philippians 4:10-20, Paul deals with something that's no big deal to him. But, he wants to make sure that there's not been a misunderstanding in the gift that the Philippian church has given to him. He wants to make sure there's no misunderstanding whatsoever. And Paul talks about giving here in Philippians 4:10-20, which is a really difficult and polarizing subject to talk about. It wasn't for Paul, but it is in church at times. And here's my promise. If you're new here, you're probably thinking, "Man, I hit the jackpot. The giving sermon for the year."
Look, I don't do this very often. I do this maybe once or twice a year. But, I want you to lean in, because I guarantee you you will have never heard a sermon like this before in your life and you're going to walk out of here at the very end going, "I cannot believe what happened today at church."
So, lean in here and listen. The reason Paul needs to help the Philippians understand – he's almost correcting them in case they've given for the wrong reasons – is because Paul lived in a culture much different than you and me. You know, it's sort of hard sometimes to go back and unpack 2,000 years of culture to get back to Scripture. But, in the Roman world, they lived in a patron-client society. And the way it worked was this: If I gave you something, you owed me something back. There were obligations and expectations that needed to be met.
Now, they had not formalized this in the Roman law, but when people who were patrons had given to clients and took them to court, the court always ruled in favor of the patron. So, in other words, when people gave in the first century, there was simply an expectation that there would be some strings attached; some restrictions. Where's it going? What's it being used for? What am I going to get out of this? There were all kinds of obligations and expectations that went along with giving. That's why, when you read the New Testament, and Paul's never taking money from anybody – which you may think is strange. Here Paul's going, "Hey, you know what? I could take money. I could live out of the Gospel. But, I don't want to take anything."
It's because he doesn't want to put himself in this type of relationship with any church or anybody who's given at all. So, he rejects offerings oftentimes because he doesn't want to put himself in this situation. If you and I lived in the first century, it was sort of an interesting deal. You know, if I were a wealthy person and let's say you weren't – or maybe you were the wealthy person and I wasn't, if you offered me to come over to have dinner with you, there was the expectation that I would also bring you over to my house and give you the same type of dinner. Well, that wouldn't work if you were poor. You couldn't take that dinner.
Like, today, if somebody who was wealthy wanted us over to their house, we may want to do it because we may feel, "Hey, maybe they've got a job for me or they've got whatever."
You couldn't do that in the first century because everything revolved around this patron and client situation where there were obligations and expectations. So, Paul, who has been removed from the Philippian church for many years now, is given a gift and he wants to make sure that the gift that they have given to him isn't misinterpreted. And that's what he does in Philippians 4:10-20. We're going to look at this and I think you're going to be blown away with the way Paul has written this. And then we're going to do some take-homes and then we're going to end the service and it's going to be really cool when we end this service. But, get ready for some massively challenging words here as we go through 10-20, because it's really going to get up in all of our grills. And those watching via the internet and mobile app, it will get in your grill as well.
So, let's look here. Let's enter into Philippians.
This is past tense in the original language, because the offering has come in and there's been time that's gone on since Paul has written this letter and it goes back to them.
He says, "I rejoiced in the Lord greatly that now at length you have revived your concern for me."
Now, this could sound a little snarky if you read it at first blush. In fact, many commentators think it is snarky. It's not. But, it's like he's saying, "Hey, it's great that you guys, after a long time now, have finally decided to do something."
You know? That's what it sounds like here. I rejoiced in the Lord that now at length you have revived your concern for me. Like, "Where have you been, guys? What's going on? I'm glad that you did."
But, just to make sure that they don't misinterpret that, he says, "You were indeed concerned for me. I mean, I know you cared about me. I know that you did. But, you haven't had an opportunity."
In other words, maybe finances have been tough. Maybe they didn't even know where Paul was at. Maybe they had lost track of him in his missionary journeys. Because, the Philippian church had given to Paul over and over again. In fact, they were the only church Paul would allow to give to him. And we're going to see that as we go through this passage.
He goes, "I rejoiced when Epaphroditus showed up. It was awesome. You guys had reverie your concern for me. It had been a long time since I'd heard from you guys. It had been a long time since you guys had given to the ministry here that I've been doing. But, I know that you were concerned for me. I know that. But, you probably didn't have any opportunity."
And then listen to what he says here. Very important. He says, "Not that I am speaking of being in need,"
Well, he was in need. He was in desperate need. He needed help.
"Not that I am speaking of being in need, because as soon as I say that I'm in need, you might be thinking that you're giving to a need and then that might sort of mean that I've got an obligation or expectation back to you."
That's why Jesus always says when you give, don't let your left hand know what your right hand is doing. That's why Jesus says when you give and somebody asks from you, don't loan it. Just give it to them. Because, if you give with an expectation, even if it's a small little one. You know? What are you going to do with it? I'm giving to you. Are you going to make sure that you go do all these things that you've given for all the wrong reasons? We're going to see this as we work through this.
"Not that I am speaking of being in need. I'm in need, but I'm not in need. I don't want you to think I'm in need. I got your gift and I'm so happy that you sent it and it's so good to hear from you guys again. But, it's not that I'm in need, because I have learned something. It's taken me some time."
"I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content."
"I've learned in whatever situation."
Now, if we would have written that today about being content, we would have probably had this as the next verse, right? "As long as I'm taking in more than I'm spending, have my mortgage paid, retirement settled and secure and some W.A.M., then I'm good to go and am willing to do whatever it takes to get there."
Some translations say, "Baby." Right? The original Greek for "W.A.M." is "Walking around money" in case you needed to know. Okay? Right? See, I'm content when I've got all of that. No, no. Paul says, "Listen, I'm not in need. I don't want you to think that I'm in need."
He's in need. But, I don't want to act like I'm in need because then, all of a sudden, you're giving for different reasons now. You're giving to me. You're giving to my need. You're not giving to God, which he's going to show in a minute.
"I'm not in need. I'm content."
"I know how to be brought low, and I know how to abound. In any and every circumstance, I have learned the secret of facing plenty and hunger, abundance and need."
"No matter what's going on in my life, I'm not in need. Because, see, when I'm in need, I need you to help me fulfill it and you can never help me fulfill it. Your wife can never help you fulfill it. Your husband can never help you fulfill it. Your church can never help you fulfill it. The only one that can fulfill your life is the Lord Jesus Christ. Period."
He says, "I know how to do all this stuff. I've learned. It's taken me some time. I've learned. I've learned that I can do all things through him who strengthens me. I've learned that I'm not in need. I'm in need, but I'm not in need. Because, I know that God will take care of me. I know that God will watch after me whether I've got a lot or got a little."
And in case they're taking this like, "Man, this is a massive rebuke here."
I mean, they're reading it going, "Man, we gave money to Paul, but man, he's firing..."
He goes, "Well, hold on. Hold on. Hold on. Look, it was kind of you to share in my trouble. I'm not trying to slap you upside the face. I'm not trying to be mean. I'm just trying to say I want to make sure that we're on the understanding here that you're not helping me in my need, because I'm not in need. I've got everything I need in Jesus. Because, if you had given to a need, then all of a sudden you're the one who's helping me out and you can't be the one who helps me out."
He says, "Yet it was kind for you to share in my trouble. And you Philippians yourselves know that in the beginning of the gospel, when I left Macedonia, no church entered into partnership with me in giving and receiving, except you only."
"You were the only one. In fact, before I even got out of Macedonia, when I was in Thessalonica, you sent help for my needs once and again. You guys have been great. You guys have been awesome."
But then, Paul says something that forever redefines everything about giving.
"Not that I seek the gift,"
"Because, see, if I seek something from you, all of a sudden I've put myself in a position that you're the one that's taking care of me. And if you're the one that's taking care of me, then there's going to be certain obligations and expectations that I use it or do it the way you want me to do it. I don't seek the gift."
"But I seek the fruit that increases to your credit."
"I want to teach you how to give and make sure that time hasn't moved us away to where you may be thinking that your giving is doing something that it's not doing or it's meeting something that it's not meeting. I don't seek your gift and I'm not in need. But, if you're giving to God..." – and he's going to say that here in the next verse about their gift as a sacrifice, acceptable and pleasing to God.
He's like, "If you're giving to God, it changes everything."
And what Paul has done here is he's changed everything about giving. And, for us, it's going to be tough. This is a massive challenge for all of us. Paul says, "This is the way we normally give. That's the way it works."
People, humans, give to other humans or business or to churches and ministries. And when they give, they give with some sort of expectation. It may not be a lot, but it may be, "Where's it going to go? Give me an accounting for the way it's used. Show me how things are going to be."
There's all these things that go along attached to it. Paul says, "No, no, no, no, no. We're not going down that road. I'm not in need and I'm not looking for a gift. I don't want you to give to me. Because, when you give to me, there will forever be some expectation."
Like, if you have a kid that you have at home – and I've done it millions of times where you help my kids and I'm going, "Okay. But, what I want you to do is this and that."
And the Lord speaks to me all the time: "Chip, stop trying to control the gift."
You know, I've taken it on the chin as a pastor for years from people, the way we do things with First Friday and the way we do things with Women on the Go. I mean, we're getting ready – you want to talk about unleashing some finances, we're going to be renting theaters here the week before Christmas and renting out stuff all in Sarasota to play Lee Strobel's new movie coming out, "The Case for Christ," so that we can have pastors in those theaters to lead people to Jesus so they'll show up to church on Easter because we want to win people to Jesus.
And I'm going to tell you something right now. We ain't given to the movie theater, we're giving to the Lord. We don't give to the rock climbing wall; we give to the Lord. We don't give to the bounce house; we give to the Lord. And you ask those people and they'll tell you the best customers they've got are Grace Community Church because they give what they are supposed to give and then they help us clean up. And then they help us tear down. Because, the reason we do that is because if it were natural and we were just giving to them, we've given them everything that we need to do for them to accomplish their business. We're not giving it to them. We give it to the Lord around here. Because, Paul says, "We've got to change the way we give. The way we give is we give to God. Period. It's giving to God. And if you want to take it up with God, take it up with God."
But, we're not going to have this horizontal thing going on, because the horizontal thing makes everything not work. That's why Paul says, "I don't have a need and I'm not seeking your gift. None of that. I've got everything I need and more. I'm well supplied. I received from Epaphroditus the gifts you sent. But, in case years have crept in and somehow you're thinking that this gift is going to do something differently than what it's intended for, I want to remind you that your gift needs to be a fragrant offering, a sacrifice acceptable and pleasing to God. Philippians, I sure hope that you gave to God and not to me."
Then he says, "And my God..."
Why does he say "my God?" He says "our God" here in a minute. He's their God too. He says, "Because, I want to make sure you understand something. The One who supplied everything for me is not you. My God supplies and my God will also supply what you need. I don't want you to think I'm doing it. I don't want you to think that I think I'm getting something. I want to make sure everybody's on the same page here. It is God who supplies every need of yours according to His riches and glory in Christ Jesus."
And then, "To our God and Father be glory forever and ever. Amen."
So, Paul writes to the Philippians to make sure that there's not a misunderstanding. So now, if you would, get out a sheet of paper, get your iPads out, get your phones or whatever you do to take notes. These are called the take-homes.
Number one. My little girl, Grace, said – people always say about my kids, I love my kids. My little girl, Grace, she's 11. She has an iPad. She comes at 11:30. She was at home last week and she's like, "Here, Daddy. Look at this."
She takes notes of every one of my messages on her iPad. Like, exhaustive notes. And she said to me, "Daddy, could you do one thing for me?"
She goes, "Will you let those points stay up just a little bit longer so that I can write them down?"
Hey, you know what? The old preacher may not listen to some people in the church, but when his daughter says it. That's the truth, isn't it? I'm as human as it is. Okay. Here's the first one. Get ready. This is going to get all up in our grill. We need to ask God to sanctify us in our giving. You know, when we pray to God and say, "God, sanctify me in my relationship with my wife. Lord, sanctify the way I deal with other people. Lord, make me holy. Make me righteous and all these things."
But, we very rarely think about, "God, would You sanctify the way I give? Because, I've probably got some strings and attachments going on with some of that stuff or expectations. Will You sanctify me?"
Because, here it is, church: If you have any restrictions on your giving, then it's control and it's not giving. Listen to me. You say, "Well, yeah. But, I'm not..."
No, no, no, no, no. Here's what we do, don't we? "Well, what am I going to get out of this?"
I mean, listen. This isn't just about money. This is about relationships. You know? You get your wife some flowers and you get her some chocolates because you're thinking, "Okay. That's good. I'm winning here."
And then she says, "Goodnight," and you go, "Man."
See, you gave with a restriction. And all the women said, "Amen."
Yeah. See? It does. I'm telling you. See, listen to me. This is so important. The people that Paul was writing to were Christians. The people that lived in Rome that served God were Christians. But, culture had not gotten out of these Christians. There were cultural things just like there are in you and me. And we've got to ask God in every area of our life, "God, where's this culture and not Christ?"
And we've probably got a lot more culture than we've got Christ than we have any realization in our lives. See, when we give we're like, "What am I going to get out of this?"
This isn't just money. This is the way you give to people and time and talent and treasure. Or, "Do I like it?"
Come on, now. You know that's what we do. "I like that. I ain't giving that."
"Do I agree with it? Nah. That isn't the way I would do it. I'm going to hold back."
"How are they using it? Where's he going? I'm going to find out."
Those are restrictions. And you want to know why it's such a restriction? Look at what Jesus did here. Jesus looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the offering box. You know where they were giving? They were giving in the temple. You know what the most corrupt organization was in the first century? The temple. If you don't believe that, Jesus, just a few chapters later, goes in and overthrows all the tables in the temple because it's so corrupt. And he sees a poor widow come up.
"No, no, no. Don't give. That place is terrible. You don't understand..."
No. He doesn't do any of that, does He? Because, she's not giving to the temple. She's not giving to the priests. She's not giving to anybody except she's giving to the Lord. And He said, "Truly, I'll tell you, this poor widow's put in more than all of them."
See, Jesus understands about giving. We need to say, "God, sanctify my giving. When I give my time."
I mean, we do it around the church, don't we? You know, we'll do something and we'll hope somebody's going to tell us that we did a great job. See, there's a restriction on it. Look, we want to be a church that pats you on the back and says good job. And we want to do things right around here. But, that's not the point. The point is all of us have to look in front of a holy and righteous God and ask, "Am I really giving for the right reasons? Am I really giving to God or am I giving with restrictions?"
Second: It's not the amount we give, but the amount we give in relation to what we have. And we're guilty, aren't we? You know, somebody writes a big check and we're like, "Oh, yeah, man. Awesome."
Somebody probably gave a dollar and they gave more than that big check, because they gave out of what they had. It's so easy for us to miss this, and you see it in the same thing here. She didn't give more money than all these people. But, she did give more than all these people. Because, it wasn't the amount that she gave, it was the amount that she gave based on what she had.
You know, the great C.S. Lewis was asked about giving one time and they said, "What do you think people should give?"
He goes, "I don't know. I can only tell you to give until it hurts."
Third point: Giving is simply something God desires of His children. Listen to me. This doesn't have to be an icky, icky thing at all. It doesn't have to be tough. It doesn't have to be challenging. It doesn't have to be any of that. God wants you and me to give. He wants us to give our time. You know, maybe some of you need to give some time at the church or in ministries or things around ministry or other ministries even if it's not at Grace. But, we have a lot of things that you can give time to. First Fridays. Nursery. Greeting. Helping. Doing things. All those things matter. I mean, believe it or not, when the nursery shuts down, the church shuts down. When people don't greet, it's not as friendly.
And we, look, this is what God wants us to do. He wants us to give time, He wants us to give our talents and He wants us to give our treasure. He wants us to be giving people. He just wants us to do it. Because, here's the deal: God so loved the world that He gave. And He didn't give a half-hearted gift. He gave His perfect Son. God just simply wants you and me to be people that give.
And lastly, let's each, all of us, commit to being more generous in our giving as individuals and as a church. Let's do it for the right reasons. Let's do it for the reasons that we genuinely are giving to God and not giving with all of the stuff that usually goes with those gifts.
I hope this letter finds you and the church well. Grace and peace to you and the church from our wonderful Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ. Enclosed in this letter is a check to your church. I'm teaching on giving this weekend at Grace and how important it is to give to God without strings, attachments or any other expectation from the one the gift is given to.
I want to not only be a church that teaches the word of God, but one that also does it. This gift is part of our church doing the best we can to follow the Lord in true, biblical giving. So, with this gift, since it's truly given to the Lord, it may be used in any way that you see fit. There are no strings, there are no attachments, there are no expectations that come with this gift.
We are also praying for you and your church this weekend. Ministry is difficult and sometimes just knowing others have your back, are lifting you up in prayer and are willing to give to the Lord on your behalf makes such a difference. So that you know specifically what we're praying for, we're praying for you and your family, that God's richest blessing will be upon you. We're praying that God will increase your ministry and the unchurched will be brought back to the Lord in His house. And we are praying that God will send givers to your church who will give truly to the Lord and therefore be a help and not a hindrance to you and your ministry.
All of us at Grace Community Church rejoice in the Lord with you and we're praying with and for you, that the best is yet to come.
We didn't want to talk about it. We wanted to do it. Let's pray.
We lift up these three churches and these families that pastor them. Lord, we lift up TJ, we lift up David, we lift up Pastor Kitchens. Lord, ministry is difficult. I pray, Lord, this weekend, they would feel the winds of Your Spirit hit their sails. Lord, as they struggle in different aspects of ministry, I pray, God, that they would feel the prayers of Your people supporting them.
I pray for their families. Ministry is tough and will try to attack their families. I pray, God, that You would minister to them. Lord, I pray that You would increase their ministry. I pray, God, that the unchurched would be brought back to the house of God through these ministries. And Lord, I pray that You would send them givers that would be there to truly give to the Lord without expectation so that they can do the ministry that You've called them to do.
Lord, we lift them up to You and we pray, God, in the mighty name of Jesus that You would bless them for Your glory. And we thank You for it in Jesus' name, and everybody said, "amen."
We're not done. The ushers are going to be coming right now and they have envelopes full of cash. We're giving to you as well. And if you're new here, you can walk out of here and go, "Man, they spoke on giving and they didn't take up an offering. They gave."
Yes. That's exactly what we're doing. We're giving. If you're a family, we would ask that you take one envelope, as you can understand. If you're a single, then take the envelope. The envelopes are coming around. And I want to make something very clear. Although we hope that you will use them for a blessing to you or a blessing for others, I want to make something very clear: These envelopes are not being given to you, they are being given to God, which means you can do with it whatever you want to do with it. No strings attached, because we're giving it to Him.
We want to be a church that believes in radical service and giving. We believe that God is real. We believe that Jesus Christ exists. We believe He rose from the dead. And we believe that He is able to supply every need that you and I have according to His riches and glory and we're showing it right now in the way we're doing this. The best is yet to come. And if for any reason you find yourself today going, "You know, I've been living my life apart from God. I need God."
You know what? It's as simple as the Philippian jailer.
"What do I got to do, Bennett?"
All you have to do is believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved. No strings attached, because you're not saved by what you do. You're saved by what He has done for you.
I thank You so much for Your goodness and Your mercy. I thank You, Lord, for being a part of a fellowship here like Grace. I pray, God, that everybody would walk out of here blessed of You today. Lord, that we would take some inventory in our lives about this subject of giving and realize how revolutionary it is and how awesome it can be. Lord, I pray that You would bless every single person. Bless those that are watching even now by the internet and the mobile app.
We thank You for it. Lord, I pray that as we leave You'd watch over us and protect us, You'd lead and guide us. And I pray, God, that You'd bring us back safely until when we meet again for Your glory and for Your honor. Lord, we just love You and we thank You. We walk out of here humbled at who You are and what You've done for us. In Jesus' name we pray, and everybody said, "amen."
Give the Lord a hand clap. Tell Him you love Him. God bless everybody. See you soon.


For a dyad the left rank of the verb and the rank of the left argument determine the frame of the left argument. Similarly the right rank of the verb and the rank of the right argument determine the frame of the right argument. If the left and right frames are the same, then there are the same number of cells in each argument, and it is simply a matter of taking each cell in turn from the left and right arguments, applying the verb, and putting the result into the frame of the result.
Visually you can see how each atom from the left is used with the corresponding atom from the right.
You have also seen that the following works.
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Again you can see how the cells of the right argument repeat to provide the required verb arguments.
But there must be some agreement between the cells in the arguments.
The above cases are simple enough, but consider the following with a rank 3 noun.
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Conservative Christian Center: Faith in Action, Conserving American Christian Traditions & Values
Value Voters Guide 2020
RIP conservative-Christian Leader Jay McKiernan
Posted on September 20, 2020 September 20, 2020 Author admin 0
Memorial Service this Saturday, September 19, 2 PM
with outdoor Social afterwards
(photo: Jay McKiernan is presented with a Certificate recognizing his continuing and past service as Chairman Emeritus of York County Action and Conservative Christian Center at the annual Candidate Forum, by U.S. Congressman Scott Perry.)
Chairman Emeritus, Adviser and supporter of York County Action and Conservative Christian Center Jay McKiernan, age 54, has passed away at his home from complications of Multiple System Atrophy which he and his family have battled for 10 years. A memorial service will be held to honor him this Saturday, September 19 at 2 PM at Wyndamere Heights Evangelical Church, 736 Wyndamere Rd., Lewisberry, PA, with a dessert social being held outdoors immediately after.
Jay also had served as State Chairman of Action of PA (Americans for Christian Traditions in our Nation) and was honored at a "Salute to Jay McKiernan" and Candidate Forum on May 5, 2017.
Jay helped popularize an annual York County questionnaire to help church-going Christians decide which candidates in primary and general elections, came closest to their views, giving many a reason to vote. His efforts saw election-time distribution of as many as 25,000 election guides and literature to boost voter turnout among church-going Christians. His work is carried on by York County Conservative Christian Center, where Congressman Scott Perry recognized him as a Chairman Emeritus at the annual candidates forum in 2017.
(photo: Jay McKiernan receives a plaque for his Lifetime Achievements for the conservative Christian cause by Ross Cleveland, South Central PA Coordinator for Conservative Christian Center with his wife and York leaders looking on, at the Candidates Forum and Salute to Jay McKiernan in 2017.)
To sign up for the Cookie and dessert gathering which will be held after (and outside/outdoors) the Church Memorial Service: CLICK HERE.
The Editors wish to extend our gratitude to Jay for a race well run and for his inspiration in York County to carry on with the vitally important work of boosting the number of Church-going Christians who vote in primary and general elections.
Jay McKiernan's final resting place for his mortal remains will be at Mount Rose Cemetery, 1502 Mt. Rose Ave., York PA 17403. He is survived by his wife Deborah (Debbie), daughter Katelyn and son Kyle. He celebrated his 30th wedding anniversary on May 19 with their 2 children.
(photo: Jay's final remarks to a gathering of Conservative Christian Center after his recognition for a life of service as a conservative and as a Christian; with wife Debbie.)
Newspaper Obituary:
Jay S. McKiernan, 54, of Newberry Twp., Etters, died Thursday, September 10, 2020, at his home from complications of Multiple System Atrophy.
He had worked as a Physician Liaison for Aetna, Harrisburg, for over 19 years; a 1984 graduate of Cumberland Valley High School and a 1988 graduate of Shippensburg University; a former Newberry Twp. Supervisor; Chairman for York Co. Action; a member of the Executive Board of Directors of the York Co. Republican Committee; member of Fishing Creek Salem United Methodist Church; and held various leadership positions with Boy Scouts of America Pack 198 and Troop 198 – Fishing Creek Salem. Jay helped further Multiple System Atrophy research by participating in a year-long MSA drug trial at New York University, NY and a final gift – brain donation to the Mayo Clinic Brain Bank Jacksonville, FL. Jay was born on November 22, 1965, in Pontiac, MI, the son of the late Gordon L. and Shirley M. (Davis) McKiernan.
Surviving are his wife of over 30 years, Deborah (Huth) McKiernan; his daughter, Katelyn M. McKiernan of Mechanicsburg; Kyle J. McKiernan of Etters; a brother and his wife, Joel and Laurie McKiernan of Pittsburgh; a sister-in-law and her husband, Susan Huth and Christopher Grossman of York; a brother-in-law, Scott Bruggeman of York; a father-in-law and mother-in-law, John and Rose Huth of York; four nieces and nephews, Wyatt Grossman, Paige Grossman, Kelsey McKiernan, and Karson McKiernan.
This wouldn't be CCC and we would be failing to honor the memory of Jay McKiernan, if we did not remind you to VOTE on election day, Tuesday, November 3, 2020.
(to receive this information in a more timely way you may request a free subscription to the e-newsletter, York County Action, by writing Chairman@ConservativeChristianCenter.org.
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Shuffling school grades offers advantages
District ponders changes to Twain Sullivan, Silverthorne
Rod Link
Changing the grade levels at Silverthorne and Twain Sullivan offers advantages but also concerns, indicates information set out by School District 54.
Being proposed is shifting Silverthorne to a K – 3 school and Silverthorne to a 4 – 7 one.
"Two schools can create a division or perception of division. A single elementary school structure of primary and intermediate schools would stop comparisons of schools and programs ("us vs. them" attitude). Instead the focus can be directed student services at one facility: resources, programs, facilities, staffing, etc.," states the district in an appendix to its 2019-2020 facilities review which examines the state of the district's buildings.
The district would avoid having to provide the same set of resources for two schools of K – 7, bringing efficiencies from reduced costs or access to programs.
"Larger grade groups allow much more uniformity in levelled programs or student intervention. Greater groupings for sports, clubs, food programs. Fewer staff required to support similar groupings," the district adds.
"Theoretically, all grades in one school, would contain greater number of straight-grade classes. It also allows for multiple classes with same grades in one school, and thus would allow for better balancing of classes in both class size or class composition and support. Currently two small elementary schools can create an environment high and low classes and classes with high composition and low composition class scenarios."
Having more than one class of a grade also offers greater teacher choices for a student and a parent.
The district also suggests there would be more efficient and economical teacher and support staffing by increased coordination and specialization of learner support services as well as the possibility of developing specialty teachers who could concentrate on specific programs.
Should Twain become a Grade 4 – 7 school, students would have increased access to cooking, trades, gym, computer and science labs facilities, and high school field use.
"The Twain site also allows for immediate access to outdoor trails and ball fields," the district notes.
As for converting Silverthorne to a K – 3 school, centralizing pre-school programs there would ease the transition into Kindergarten.
And parent advisory councils could create their own efficiencies within individual primary or intermediate schools.
But shifting grades would also require shifting teachers and support staff, something the district says would need to be carefully addressed.
And there are worries an intermediate school may have a greater ratio of learner support.
The district also notes there may be parental resistance to change given their own history with a school and their satisfaction with what a school now offers.
Switching from two K – 7 schools may also mean less choice for parents and students however, the district notes, "a new school environment or no school choice may be a positive for student's education."
When in comes to operational costs, the district notes there would be increased transportation requirements.
And students at a Grade 4 – 7 Twain Sullivan school would have a greater distance to the downtown core, arena, swimming pool and library.
Parents and stakeholders will have their opportunity to speak to the proposed shift during public consultation sessions in the new year.
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Background and Aim: Mental health disorders are common problems among health care professionals such as nurses, which can create great problems .The aim of this study was to evaluate mental health status in nursing personnel in the teaching hospitals.
Materials and Methods: This descriptive and cross-sectional study was performed in 2013 and included 5837 nurses working in educational hospitals affiliated to the medical universities in Iran. Data were collected by using a general health questionnaire (GHQ- 28) and were analyzed by descriptive and analytical statistics using SPSS18 software.
Results: The results showed that 30.2% of the nurses were mentally healthy and 69.8% of them were exposed to mental health disorders. The mean score of mental health was 31.11± 12.37. The highest mean score (the worst condition) of the unhealthy nurses belonged to social performance domain (12.86 ± 3.38) and the lowest mean score (the best condition) was related to depression domain (4.1 ± 3.02).
Conclusion: Attention to mental health of the nursing personnel is of great importance and can lead to improvement of nursing care quality. Psychological counseling for nursing personnel is also recommended.


Skeikima is a documentary short film whose aim is to help raise awareness about the situation of young Saharawi people who must study in their occupant country, Morocco.
The Moroccan Government has illegally occupied the territory of Western Sahara since 1975, exercising a violent repression against the Saharawi people and violating their human rights with impunity.
Their refusal to build universities in Western Sahara forces students to move to Moroccan educational institutions. In spite of this, these students do not cease in their resistance.
Inside and outside, they continue their struggle peacefully for exercising their rights and for achieving the free self-determination of the Saharawis.
They are Skeikima, a river that returns hope to its people.


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New Zealand Listener Issue 47 2019
New Zealand Listener is the country's most respected general interest magazine, bringing you a wide variety of news, stories, columns, reviews, plus TV listings, every week.
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a360inc acquires CaseAware - Continues Pursuit of Industry Transformation
a360inc, a leading employee-owned legal and financial services technology and outsourcing company, today announced the acquisition of the CaseAware Suite of technology products from KMC Information Systems. The purchase comprises the complete platform suite including the company's case management system (CMS) CaseAware Manage and the middleware integration module CaseAware Integrate.
CARROLLTON, Texas, Oct. 4, 2017 -- a360inc, a leading employee-owned legal and financial services technology and outsourcing company, today announced the acquisition of the CaseAware Suite of technology products from KMC Information Systems. The purchase comprises the complete platform suite including the company's case management system (CMS) CaseAware Manage and the middleware integration module CaseAware Integrate.
The acquisition brings a360inc one step closer to their goal of consolidating the case management system ecosystem. Delivered to the marketplace through a360inc's practice management business, Firm Solutions, the company will combine the best of CaseAware Manage and CaseAware Integrate with the ProMatters suite of products. As a subscription-based Software as a Service (SaaS) combined with compliant, secure, Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) capabilities; this new case management model will deliver a truly unique solution for the default servicing industry.
"Over the last few decades, a number of similar industries have experienced an influx of investment capital targeted at transformation and simplification." said Scott Brinkley, CEO of a360inc. "The deployment of SaaS solutions has transformed these industries and reduced the capital required by owners to operate their businesses. Law firms servicing the mortgage default marketplace have not had the benefit of these solutions. The resulting case management system landscape is a fragmented space, dotted with costly proprietary platforms or smaller independent providers with limited service scope. For law firms to survive turbulent markets, systems need to evolve and adapt into a better delivery model - that is what a360inc is working towards."
This acquisition accelerates a number of a360inc strategic initiatives including:
Enhancing CMS technology with improved user-configurability and automated decisioning
Introducing industry-wide integration solutions for law firms, their vendors and servicers
Reducing the total cost of ownership and introducing variable, subscription-based pricing
Establishing default data standards that simplify integrations and data sharing across the industry
Enabling an evolution to a secure, compliant, hosted solution model for the default industry
"By joining the a360inc family, CaseAware is on the path to a whole new level of capabilities," said Dan Cannon, COO of KMC Information Systems. "Integrating the CaseAware Platform with the existing Firm Solutions suite of technology products is exciting for the industry. The vision the company has for new compliant, integrated, single sign-on SaaS default technologies is ground-breaking and I'm excited to join the team and contribute to that vision."
For more information about a360inc, visit: a360inc.com. To learn more about the CaseAware Suite visit caseaware.com
About a360inc:
a360inc is an employee-owned company focused on acquiring and building innovative new solutions that redefine how technology and strategic outsourcing are used in the financial services, real estate and legal industries. a360's mission is to radically change the way businesses in process-laden industries manage their operations and compliance to reduce risk and increase bottom line results. The a360 family of companies includes Firm Solutions™, C2C Title Services, Blue Ribbon Legal and CaseAware®.
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Identifying patients at risk for suicide has been a requirement of the National Patient Safety Goals since 2007. Since that time, inpatient suicide remains the second most frequently reported sentinel event to The Joint Commission, after wrong-site surgery.
Those patients who arrive at the hospital with a primary diagnosis of an emotional or behavioral disorder must be assessed for their suicide risk, and it's important to document well that the assessment occurs, Sharon Chaput, RN, C, CSHA, director of regulatory and quality management at the Brattleboro (VT) Retreat, said during a recent HCPro audio conference.
"We all know documentation is critical for risk management and legality issues, but it's also a communication vehicle, and we want to ensure that all members of the treatment team have a very clear picture of the patient's risk level," said Chaput.
The components of a suicide risk assessment, as recommended by the American Psychiatric Association, include looking at whether the patient has any psychiatric illness, family history of suicide or personal history of attempted suicide, individual strengths and vulnerabilities, as well as looking at the patient's psychosocial situation. Surveyors will look at when and what you documented.
In addition, for those working in an inpatient psychiatric setting, documentation is important prior to increasing privileges, issuing passes, and discharge, said Chaput. Also, documenting whether firearms are present in the home is of the utmost importance.
Suicidality: Does a patient have active or passive suicidal ideation?
Lethality: How lethal/serious is the suicide plan?
Availability: Is the patient's plan for suicide available to him or her?
Plan: What is the plan of action for the patient's team of caregivers?
To learn other ways to assess suicide, click here.
Suicide risk scales can be great tools for caregivers who do not specifically have a behavioral health background to assess a patient's suicide risk. These tools work well for patients who are admitted through the ED.
Chaput recommended using the well-known SADPERSONS scale, an acronym originally developed by William Patterson and published in the journal Psychosomatics, which assigns a point for each positive response for certain risk factors.
Although suicide contracts are commonly used, they have not been proven to reduce suicide, said Chaput, and cannot be considered a legal document. However, if there is a positive therapeutic relationship, contracts can be helpful.
"Suicide contracts can be a very useful tool to help you determine risk and also to counsel the patient, but they do not necessarily protect you or your organization from citation or reduce liability issues," said Farrar. A suicide contract is really a method for gathering information as well as a way of measuring the patient's risk of committing suicide.
Farrar gave the example of a patient expressing depressed and suicidal thoughts. Farrar would ask that patient about her thoughts and also whether she could commit to seeking care when she has strong thoughts about hurting herself before acting on them.
To learn more on suicide contracts, click here.
Parasuicidal behavior is an epidemic among teens and young adults, said Chaput. It's likely some of your patients will exhibit these behaviors, such as wrist-cutting or self-mutilation.
One thing to keep in mind when assessing the suicide risk of these patients is that the same action can have entirely different meaning depending on the person and circumstance. "There could be any number of explanations which require very different responses and represent very different risk levels," said Farrar.
To learn more on parasuicidal behavior and teen suicide, click here.
For those facilities that may be surveyed by The Joint Commission and CMS this year or in the future, there are some specific areas on which surveyors tend to focus, said Chaput and Farrar.
Environment of care (EC) will likely be a focus this year, said Chaput. Environmental suicide risk assessments should really be at a minimum, part of an annual EC risk assessment. EC.02.01.01, which requires hospitals to manage safety and security risks, is often cited as well, she said.
Specifically, surveyors cite element of performance (EP) 1, which requires hospitals to identify safety and security risks associated with the EC using internal sources such as ongoing monitoring and root cause analysis. Also, watch out for EP 3, which requires hospitals to take action to eliminate or minimize any identified safety and security risks in the physical environment.
There has also been a push from CMS in some Northeastern states to create a totally risk-adverse environment. It's imperative to clearly articulate psychiatric standards of care at survey time, Chaput said. For example, parasuicidal behavior is a hot topic among CMS surveyors, she noted.
If a CMS surveyor attempts to cite you for something like this, Chaput recommended informing the surveyor that it is not clinically therapeutic to create a clinically adverse environment. Patients are going to be discharged into a world with pens and staplers, for example, and ridding the hospital of these items will not facilitate the hospital in helping patients identify their feelings associated with hurting themselves and teaching them how to cope. It's helpful to have some literature on hand to back up these points, said Chaput.
Source: Patient Safety Monitor (Briefings on Patient Safety), April 1, 2010.
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No longer are speckled enamel canning pots the only canner home cooks are reaching for. Driven by the desire for a canner that's just right for the job - taller, wider, or smaller for just a few jars at a time - home cooks are using regular cookware to process their filled jars. Really, any pot with a lid can become a boiling water canner as long as it's fitted with a canning rack or a circular cooling rack like this one to keep jars slightly raised off the bottom.
I get it. Fall harvest has traditionally been the time to go canning crazy. But today's home canners know that marmalade season is in winter when the citrus crops are harvested and late spring is the time for rhubarb jam and locally-grown pickled asparagus. Being in tune with the seasons means keeping those canning supplies handy and spreading out the crazy all year long.
A look at old canning publications will turn up recipes for things like parsley jelly. Hey, you preserved what you could back then. But today's home canners are craving recipes they can really see themselves using up; even things they're already buying in the store and want to recreate from fresh ingredients at home in their own kitchen. Barbeque sauces made with not just tomatoes but pears and apples or this Small Batch Peach Barbeque Sauce by Simple Bites are endlessly interesting and seriously useful in any kitchen.
Move over sweet green relish (but not too far because we love you so), today's relishes are challenging our ideas about what relish is. We're putting vinegar to things like cranberries, cherries and thinly sliced fennel. Modern preserving has evolved from great grandma's recipes to fresh ideas that produce simple, delicious and useful foods.
The opportunity to buy locally-made preserves is no longer limited to farmers markets and craft fairs. Retailers like green grocers, kitchen stores and even large supermarkets are now carrying handcrafted jams, jellies, chutneys and other jarred preserves on their shelves. Small preserving companies like Saltspring Kitchen Co. on Salt Spring Island, B.C. are popping up to fill the demand.
This is a case of something old being new again. Coloured mason jars were commonly available as far back as the 1800s. Colours in the past have included amber, dark green, aqua blue, cobalt blue, black and milk glass white. The colours helped prevent discolouration of preserved food by blocking some light. Then, for a long time, common mason jars were produced in clear glass. Over the past few years, blue jars have returned and now green jars are making their way onto store shelves. Personally, I like the true colours offered by clear glass, but one look at Pinterest proves the interest in coloured jars is undeniable.
Just like knitting and hand-crafted cards, canning is making a major comeback in gift-giving. I got more jars of preserves and other homemade goodies last Christmas than gift cards. Somehow these simple gestures for each other offer an escape from screens, deadlines, tension and whatever else fills up our lives. Even ultra celeb Gweneth Paltrow says she prefers homemade gifts.
Gardeners have long turned to canning to preserve their bounty. But many of today's urban home canners came to preserving through an interest in cooking and may have never grown a garden in their life. Awakened to the value of the freshest and sometimes hard to find ingredients, home canners are increasingly finding time and space to start their very first garden.
Classic applesauce is a fantastic thing. So good that home canners are taking the same technique and applying it to other sauces for preserves that put plain to shame. Try pear sauce scented with vanilla bean or rum, no added sugar required. Making Applesauce Fruit Blends is a fun way to combine classic applesauce with blueberries, strawberries and peaches for something fresh and fun.
Canning builds community. Whether it's through community kitchens, canning classes, or community orchard picking, coming together as a group to preserve food connects us with nature and each other. Canning classes are popping up at cooking schools and community centres across the country, and gardening clubs are increasingly including canning in their group activities.
What trends have you noticed in canning? Are there other food trends you love to hate? Leave a comment below.
Love this post! I'm so stoked that marmalade is big this year. Lots of great posts and information out there.. can't wait to get my own batch put away. Also excited to see the coloured jars. I like them for pickles but clear for everything else.
Its interesting that in the past people canned because they had gardens, now we garden because we want to can. I grew up with a ton of fruit trees and bushes and my mom had to can like a mad-woman each summer.. all by herself (after teaching herself since her mother didn't can). Now, I can because it reminds me of my childhood.. but I definitely don't *have* to.


Their light softens everything in the room, making shadows that add a little mystery while the flame's twinkle hints of promises. Nothing sets a mood better than a candle with just the right scent–unless it's a candle that you need to survive, as you'll see in the new book Lights Out by Ted Koppel.
Flip a switch, there's illumination. Turn a faucet, there's water. Click, and you've done your banking. We've become so used to the instantaneousness of these things that we barely give thought to having them. Flip, turn, click, done.
And that, says Koppel, is a big problem.
What we don't know or, more likely, don't think much about is that our electrical grid and the nation's internet infrastructure are both unsecure and extremely vulnerable to attacks by a nation, group, or individual willing to risk what he says is basically an "act of war." We're in this situation because profit has preference over preparedness, because we haven't been thoroughly warned of the facts, and because some government officials don't believe cyberattack is possible.
But it is, says Koppel; in fact, it's already happened. He cites the Sony breach of a year ago, and a power loss in California in which a break-in occurred that affected a large portion of the state. The former example, he says, served as a warning of what hackers were capable of doing; the latter should be considered as the same.
It would be easy to think that the government, with its alphabet-soup of agencies, would step in, should half the country (including a major city) endure cyberattack, but Koppel says that may not be the case. Generally speaking, we are woefully underprepared, he discovered through interviews with current and former officials, and his findings note a lot of buck-passing. Government officials did learn from disasters like Hurricane Katrina and 9/11 – just not enough.
Oh, my. Next time there's a power outage in my area, I might hyperventilate a little bit. The outage might be accidental, but I'll have Lights Out on my mind.
Yes, it's the stuff that post-Apocalyptic novels are made of, but this is obviously no fictional tale. Author Ted Koppel, in fact, says "This book reflects the assessment of those in the military and intelligence communities and the academic, industrial, and civic authorities who brought" him to his conclusions. Though they might sometimes seem overwrought or even a bit Chicken Little-ish, those conclusions are backed up with sobering facts, as well as pre-answers to naysayers.
My eyes were opened, my hair was raised, and I finished this make-you-think report wishing there could be classroom-like reading assignments for Congress and Senate. If you like lights, heat, and internet, I think you'll like Lights Out too. For sure, no thriller can hold a candle to it.