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I always enjoy your choice of posts.. Thank you Peter.

Yes, I knew she was sick. I think we were all endeared to her when we saw the movie about his life. Faithful servant

The Dead Sea by Daniel Malkiel. Fresh water flows into the Dead Sea but no water flows out. Its stagnant water represents one who fails to grow and develop. We should choose rather to be like life-sustainable water and continue our learning and growing.

Many of us have been blessed by the ministry of Ron Halvorsen, Sr. over the years. Last night I was saddened to learn that he died. http://www.adventistreview.org/church-news/story2662-adventist-evangelist-ron-halvorsen-sr.-dies

Those on the snap program using EBT cards,like a debit card can purchase anything except pet food,cleaning and personal hygiene products.There are many grandparents that have stepped up and taken their grandchildren. How much better for them than foster homes. My brother at 74 is raising two of his great grandchildren.He and his wife did adopt them so they do receive some from my brothers SS. However that doesn't take care of raising those two especially when they have to foot the insurance which has now gone sky high. He is still driving over the road until these two are grown Most senior citizens would find it very tough going trying to raise another family on SS without help. Food stamps are intended to provide needed nutrition for families. There isn't anything that is needed for nutrition in much of what is purchased. Assistance is not a dirty word until it is abused and it is often.

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Turn to God from idols. For the sword of His wrath that had been aimed at you has been sheathed into the heart of His Son. And the arrows of His anger that had been put against your breast were loosed into the Lord Jesus Christ. Because He has died for you, you were forgiven. -Paris Redhead

​You think so? Take Norway where both a local elder or pastor have the full legal right to perform a marriage ceremony as long as they are serving as an elder or pastor of a local church in the country. The moment they move to another country and are no longer listed in connection with a church in the that country they have no valid licene to perform a marriage in that country. I know of a case where an ordained minister in Sweden could not perform the marriage of his own son because the wedding was to take place in Norway in the home church of the bride. The idea of a universal ordination is no longer valid in the world we live in today.

​ God is Love! Jesus saves!

Yes, I am sure it is a difficult time for him. She was a strong lady .... a friend of a dear friend of mine I did not know her personally but vicariously knew her through stories from my friend of back in the day. Saying goodbye is difficult when God calls his faithful servants home.

Yes, a great man of God went to his well deserved rest. It is so sad. He will be greatly missed by family, friends and the church community around the world. But he will no longer suffer from the ravages of cancer and the next thing he will see will be the face of our Lord.

Am sure both of those were among the most painful experience anyone can have. I remember a quote, not sure where it is,,, something like this, "This child within me, is full of the Holy Spirit" or something similar.. It showed that the baby is a baby.

​Yeah, if someone shot my wife, I'd hold them personally responsible, not the gun. If gangbangers shot one of my grandkids I'd hold the gangbanger responsible, not the gun he used. The guns aren't responsible for how they are used. The people who use them are. If we would follow scripture about how to deal with killings we would be much better off. If a behavior is not punished every time it occurs the problem behavior becomes even more strongly entrenched. Psychologists and psychiatrists have proven this over and over again.

​In every industry in which there are repairs needed there is fraud. In my 20 years in the HVAC industry fraud was rampant. I changed employers every time I found it and the employer thought he could push me into participating in it. There were some employers who got pretty angry about being called on their dishonesty. They didn't like it at all. I'd say the dishonesty/honesty thing is at maybe 50% or lower on the number of honest shops.

That is an interesting read on the texts!

that's a BIG AMEN!!! Owning it is often difficult but a step to personal growth ...................

I don't even think false memory is the right way to call this. I'd call it, just making up a bunch of garbage. Its a good thing it was captured on video, otherwise we'd have more people blaming police!!

This was really sad to hear. I've known Ron for many, many years. He also officiated at our wedding. Worked with his brother Elliot at Faith for Today. Will be praying for the family.

“You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.” - Rabindranath Tagore

Look once again to Jesus Christ and His death upon the cross. Look and try to understand that what He did and suffered, He did and suffered for you, for me, for us all. He carried our sin, our captivity, and our suffering, and did not carry it in vain. He carried it away. -Karl Barth

I asked my daughter and her female roommate who Megyn Kelly is....neither of the two 23 year olds had ever heard of her. They're more likely to be influenced by their peers, the Internet and Korean dramas on Netflix.

“Courage is being scared to death--and saddling up anyway.” - John Wayne

There is no duty we perform for God that sin does not oppose. And the more spirituality or holiness there is in what we do, the greater is it’s enmity to it. Thus those who seek most for God, experience the strongest opposition. -John Owen

“When our hope breaks, let our patience hold.” - Thomas Fuller

“Not knowing when the dawn will come, I open every door.” - Emily Dickinson

“It’s possible to be courteous without being meek. Bring an advocate with you.” - Judith Stone

“Fame usually comes to those who are thinking about something else.” - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

“Your joy comes from how you think, the choices that we make in life. ” - Joyce Meyer

“I am convinced that life in a physical body is meant to be an ecstatic experience.” - Shakti Gawain, author

May 12, 2015 The Preface, which I wrote, and an introduction, written by an AT Editor will be posted this week.. Following that, a chapter will be posted each week. I will keep you-all informed.

“So you have failed? You cannot fail. You have not failed; you have gained experience. Forward! ” - St. Josemaría Escrivá

Two brothers who made aliyah from Brazil show off their passion for Capoeira, a Brazilian martial art that combines elements of dance, acrobatics and music. They hope to raise awareness of self-defense skills among Israelis.

The Latrun Bridge over the Valley of Ayalon by Yehoshua Derovan. This valley is famous for one of Joshua’s battles in which he calls upon the sun to stop in the sky until the battle is over: “O sun, stand still upon Gibeon, and you..." (Joshua 10:12)

I didn't imply that you didn't say thank you. I've implied that the spirit of distrust that leads you to suspect that any and every police confrontation should be videotaped due to potential of abuse ... doesn't reflect such spirit. It's like bugging your wife every time she's out of the door because there are some women out there who cheat. Somehow I think that may not be the case ??? I think that's a rather broad statement to make, and I think it's actually a result of misunderstanding what a job of a cop is. It's not there to make judgement about guilt or innocence of any given person. They are their to enforce the law and prevent potential crime. With that in mind you'll have a lot of mix up situations in which apprehended suspects will not be guilty, but the issue is that the continuum of force (look it up) that guides engagement behavior still applies. The reason for the "lack of accountability" is because of the general public misunderstanding of the "continuum of force" guidelines that are used to apprehend suspects and bring them in for any given decision. They are limited in the judgement decisions they get to do about someone's guilt or involvement, and it's not really something you can easily sort out in the streets most of the time. For example... If someone told Eric Garner about use of force continuum protocol... it's possible that the guy could still be alive. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Use_of_force_continuum Police followed the protocol to the dot. They verbally attempted to de-escalate situation. The guy was till acting aggressively, and refused to comply with verbal cooperation, which lead to empty hand submission technique which resulted in his unfortunate death in the process. Had he complied, he'd still be alive. THE POINT IS: It's stupid and silly to attempt convince the police about your innocence. It's not their job to judge that. http://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2014/08/19/im-a-cop-if-you-dont-want-to-get-hurt-dont-challenge-me/ I'm not here to say that any given black person are more predisposed to the life of crime than a white or Hispanic. The issue is with disproportional representation of "black and Hispanic crime" compared to "white crime". http://www.amren.com/archives/reports/the-color-of-crime/ The racial make up of the crime wouldn't be an issue had it not been immensely disproportional. Again, I'm not going to sit here and make up stories about "Black people are just more criminal and terrible". There's a history of structurally-imposed poverty that was carried out through racial discrimination in this country's past. This history created disproportionate rates of cyclical poverty when we compare black and white rate of poverty, crime, education and etc. I deeply empathize with historical context of this situation. But to call it a "cop accountability issue" is a load of bunk. There's a real problem with violence in poor black neighborhoods. It's not something that news makes up. I don't think that we can deal with the issue by pretending that it doesn't exists. It's a real issue and statistics reflects it. I grew up in Northwest Miami, so I know very well which parts of the town is perceived safer. It ain't Northwest for sure http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2011/crime-in-the-u.s.-2011/tables/table-43 Cops assigned to patrol these neighborhood will naturally face higher rate of reports an incidents then when they are patrolling racially mixed or white neighborhood. It's a statistical fact... again I'm not making it up because I want to hate black people. Digging your head in the sand and blaming cops for it won't solve any of these problems. I can certainly appreciate your efforts in that area. It may make police more careful, but the continuum of force is there to stay as a guideline that these cops are judged by. Body cameras will not prevent cops putting a guy who is resisting arrest and is non-compliant into a violent submission. It will actually give them more documented reasons to demonstrate that they are following the protocol to the dot. In short... there needs to be a great deal of education going on on how to properly behave around cops. Besides being an employer and a father... I get involved through sports, which I see as my mission field. It helped me in life, and I see it as a great way to cultivate discipline, character and work ethic in young people. I played some professionally oversees, and in college level here. That has been predominantly my outlet for community service. I also make a point to make sure that young people know how to properly deal with police.

Here's the point. A lot of "black anger" that I see is a form of media exploitation, with other black people getting rich of because they form power structures around exploiting that anger. I grew up in post-Soviet environment, and race has nothing to do with it. Race just happened to be an issue in US in this case and the cards fell where they did. The problem in black communities: 1) Lack of education 2) Improper education that's fed through the channels that exploit that lack of education through pushing "status products" that suppose to cover up the social inadequacies. (You will be revered if you own this, or if you be like these guys doing these things .... because this is our way) 3) Cycle of exploitation that begins with corporate media and ends with prison industrial complex The way I see it, cops are caught in between all of this dealing with uneducated and violent people (not just black criminals), which distorts their perception. I have many cop friends, and one of them admitted that he has innate aversion to black people that comes not as a conscious decision, but as a base instinct because of the things he has to deal with on daily bases. He consciously fights it, and has to constantly remind himself that such is not the case for all blacks, but instincts do form... and these can take over in a situation where instincts do take over. I don't think that it should be excusable, but it's not very surprising... and filming it doesn't solve the problem at all, especially since you are not there most of the time when police deals with crime. You can document the arrest, but you filming provides distorted context of what may be going on, and may feed into "police hate black people" type of mentality that will only drive black anger and see their violence against police and "the man" to be a form of a justified war. If it's war that you want... then you are certainly doing the right thing. If you want justice, then spend more effort on educating younger generation. Do more sports camps. Give them something productive to do other than hang out on the streets looking for trouble. Basketball was my way out of extreme poverty... simply because it gave me discipline to deal with problems, and confidence to confront certain issues. There are plentiful ways to educate youth other than expect them to come to church and be bored to death with a lecture.

I found Dwight on Facebook about six years ago and had been following him there since. He was a pilot in Vietnam and the only one of five cousins that returned alive from the war. He was 68 years old and had not retired.

Dwight was one of the 'good guys', and he went way to young.

Most everything, but not everything. The body heals and sometimes without a physician.

You have done very well, Bravus! An admirable job!

Definitely some of those effects, Gregory, but I also decided to make some changes before my 50th. Starting about 5 months out, I lost 44 lbs and about 4" off the required belt length. There's a way to go yet, but I feel better than I have for years.

Yes, the joy of living: single vision glasses turn into bi-focals, one's marathon time slows down, one is 20 pounds heaver than at 20 years, the belt is two inches longer, one takes the elevator rather than the stairs. Get the picture?

You young whipper-snapper.

Yep- that's a cake beside your name! Wishing you blessings now and for the coming year!

This is your birthday song, it won't last very long

There's no pressure to be smart, or funny, or pius, just a comfortable place to be yourself. I don't even want to join other groups, in my limited amount of time I have for surfing. There is enough variety of subjects and posters that usually I can't enjoy all of it any one time. I feel just as welcome to reply as any others, thanks to Stan and his cohorts.