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Title: The Thirteenth Guardian
Author: K.M. Lewis
Rating: 5 Stars
Reviewed by: Shakera
Genre: Fantasy, Thriller
Publisher: Thirteenth Guardian
Date of Release: June 11, 2019
Pages: 307
Format: Kindle (YA Bound Book Tours)
Imagine, one day is just as normal as the last. A few days go by, and then an earthquake of a 9.9 magnitude occurs. Your country has never experienced such a catastrophe. Next, a tsunami, wiping out all of the east coast of the United States… New York, Boston, Pennsylvania, Florida… all underwater at the bottom of the Atlantic. Horrific natural disasters are happening all over the world in degrees undreamt of. One of the things each of these events have in common is people hear trumpets coming from the sky. The main thing each event has in common is the book of Revelations from the Bible. K.M. Lewis has brought the apocalypse of the Bible to life in The Thirteenth Guardian, but there's a huge secret, and it's a good one, quite the doozy.
There are six people all over the world who believe they are just ordinary people. Avery, Eli, Kaliya, Remi, and the twins, Carmen and Toni are all special. They don't have special powers, but they possess what it would take to re-establish humanity and build the world to be what it should be. They just need to make it to Austria. There, they will learn about a secret society that has protected the knowledge of humanity, but just like all things, there must be balance. Because there is good, there must be evil. There is another secret society that wants to keep the six from making it to Austria. If Avery and the rest make it there, all hope is lost for their cause. The differences between the two secret societies are interesting. Both have powerful people in places and they both think what they are doing is to the betterment of humanity. The main difference, the secret society Eli and group are making their way to are called The Guardian. There are three guardians and they are women, have always been women, and will always be women. The guardianship is hereditary and past on throughout several generations since the beginning of time. This is bound to be a story that will keep you glued to your book/kindle.
The description of the book only mentions Avery, which I thought was interesting, but you have to get through about six percent of the book before you meet Avery. You meet Eli first and you get to know a little bit about him and wonder if you're reading the right book. This had a The Da Vinci Code vibe to it, which I enjoyed. You get to know a bit about the six throughout their travels to Austria with each day bringing a new and even more horrific event than the day before. While each person brings something to the table in a way that will help humanity, I think Remi will be an interesting character to keep an eye on. He makes a comment towards the end of the book and I think it would be interesting to see where the author takes that character.
I don't think you have to know the Bible to the book of Revelations, but this book could help with that. I thought this book was captivating and I finished the book in one sitting. It looks to be a part of a series, maybe even a trilogy. I'm excited to see where this goes!


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MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica: June 9, 2015: In a bid to ensure that more Jamaicans benefit from the vibrant tourism sector Minister of Tourism and Entertainment, Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeill is urging tourism partners to be more proactive in fostering the sustainable development of the industry by practicing Responsible Tourism. The Minister made the call as he addressed the 54th annual general meeting of the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association, held at the Hilton Rose Hall Resort & Spa recently.
Citing that the industry continues to register growth despite various challenges he said "while arrival figures, investments and room numbers are important benchmarks of success in the tourism sector, all of us in this room, as stakeholders, investors and partners, must understand that we have a responsibility to ensure the sustainability of the sector."
"If tourism only benefits those in this room it simply will not be sustainable. We must ensure that the sector impacts the wider economy in a more positive way and that it benefits more Jamaicans. It is crucial for us to embrace the concept of Responsible Tourism, which focuses on providing 'better places for people to live, and better places for people to visit," Minister McNeill added.
This, he explained, required that operators, hoteliers, government entities, local people and tourists take responsibility and action to minimize the negative economic, environmental and social impact of tourism.
At the just concluded 58th meeting of the UNWTO Regional Commission for the Americas in Haiti and 100th session of the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) in Croatia, it was stressed that if responsible tourism is to become a reality in today's world, it is essential that both the private sector and public institutions, adhere to the ethical principles of tourism; to ensure it is sustainable and accessible to all.
Locally, in seeking to attain the goal of "Tourism for All", the ministry is pressing ahead with various programmes including the Tourism Linkages Initiative and the development of Community Tourism. Also, the Minister underscored that many tourism partners have been investing in the communities in which they operate.
Realizing that the viability of their property is intricately linked to the wellbeing of the surrounding communities, Dr. McNeill lauded hotels which through their various foundations and community projects continue to open doors of opportunity for many Jamaicans through mentorship, general education and specialized skills training.
"Many hotels are working closely with the Jamaica Environment Trust (JET) to implement projects that protect and preserve the environment. I commend these properties which truly take corporate social responsibility seriously," he said.

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Jeb Burton on Racing at Atlanta: "I'm excited to be back in the Truck Series this weekend," said Burton. "I'm appreciative of the support from State Water Heaters and ALSCO, without them this wouldn't be possible. Atlanta is a track I really enjoy racing at – I'm looking forward to Saturday's race."
Burton at Atlanta: Burton will make his first NGROTS start at Atlanta Motor Speedway on Saturday.
The Virginia-native has made one NASCAR XFINITY Series (NXS) start at the track, earning a top-10 result in 2016.
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About Niece Motorsports:
Niece Motorsports is owned by United States Marine Corps Veteran Al Niece. In 2020, Niece Motorsports enters its fifth season in the NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series. Niece also owns Niece Equipment, which has for over 40 years provided clients with reliable products at competitive prices. Niece Equipment's reputation is built on service, integrity and dependability. The company provides water and fuel / lube trucks that are engineered with quality and durability in mind for the construction and mining industry. Follow the team on Facebook and Instagram @NieceMotorsports as well as Twitter @NieceMotorsport.
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The South Carolina men's soccer team defeated the Mercer Bears by a score of 1-0 Wednesday night in the last of a three-game home stand.
Going into Wednesday's matchup, the Bears were undefeated and came to Columbia sporting a 4-0 record, while the Gamecocks were 2-1.
The last matchup between the Gamecocks and the Bears was in 2017. South Carolina won 2-0, bringing its record against Mercer to 10-1-0.
During a slow and scoreless first half, the Gamecocks took control, recording three shots on goal.
In an attempt to get points on the board, the second half was full of substitutions for the Gamecocks. Frano Buhovac and Seth Wiebusch led the way for South Carolina.
Stone Stadium was quiet as the Gamecocks made their way into extra time for the third straight match.
South Carolina was finally able to capitalize and score a goal, resulting in another extra time win for the Gamecocks.
"This team is still developing. It's a really young group," head coach Mark Berson said. "What we're trying to do is just sort of solidify our identity."
Key players and moments
The first half was dominated by senior Tucker Monheimer, who had one shot and one shot on goal.
In extra time, Monheimer scored the game-winner.
"The only thing going through my head is I need to get a goal ... That kind of mentality is what pushes me forward to finally get one at the end," said Monheimer. "I took the shot, and it took a little deflection so I didn't know if it was gonna go in, but the keeper dove the wrong way."
South Carolina goalkeeper Buenyamin Yusufoglu continued his already successful season with five saves in Wednesday's game. The junior transfer from Florida Southern is third in the nation in saves per match and seventh in total saves.
"I was not expecting many shots, but the game situations always change, so you never know what's gonna happen exactly," said Yusufoglu.
Berson remains the winningest active NCAA Division I men's soccer coach in his 42nd season with the Gamecocks. The team's win over Mercer on Wednesday brought Berson his 499th win at South Carolina.
"We've had a ton of injuries. So tonight we were able to get two or three players back on a limited basis. Hopefully, they're gonna be able to continue to grow," Berson said.
What's next?
The Gamecocks will move on to an away matchup with Marshall (3-0-1) on Sep. 14.
The last time these teams met was in 2018, when the Gamecocks fell to the Herd in double extra time.
Marshall leads the series with a 9-5-1 record against the Gamecocks.
Fans should be on the lookout for midfielder Logan Hitzeman and forward Brian Banahan in this matchup. Both are freshman who have played substantial minutes for the Gamecocks in the opening games of the season.
Kickoff for the game between South Carolina and Marshall is set for 11 a.m. Saturday in Huntington, West Virginia.


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Apparently Robert Rapier, contributor to Forbes has just come out from under the Geico rock and noticed that: "barring major reforms, Venezuela's oil industry is finished."
Keystone XL Is Still Doable -- TransCanada CEO
From Bloomberg.
Doable, even with new route.
Hope springs eternal.
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It is being reported that Maxine Waters will be giving the Democratic response to the 2018 State of the Union Address. Most likely Maxine will become the face of the state of the Democratic Party.


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Celebrating a 30th Birthday
This was written by a fellow traveler at Grace. We are hoping to use this space more often for the collective work of the folks who happen to gather on Sunday nights at Grace. Enjoy. This is a beautiful letter.
To the World:
For my 30th birthday my wife reached out to as many people as she could asking if they would send me a birthday card. On my birthday I received 45. I am overjoyed that people responded in such a profound way. I feel loved, understood, and I am thankful that my hypothesis that people do not care about each other has been challenged. For those of you who know me, and receive calls and messages from me on random days, please know that it is because I love you. That said, my mission is not just to show people that I love them, it is to encourage you to reach out to people you care for more often. When you receive a message or call, respond and show people you understand that their time is valuable. We have stripped one another of our right to be loved-I challenge you to infuse that right back into your community.
We must develop our capacity to love. The mind works like a hard drive on a computer. When you first start using your device you have plenty of space on your hard drive, then suddenly you realize you have started using your device so much that you need more space. I believe we should work that way in developing our hearts, and increase the frequency in showing how much we care about each other. I do not expect people to read this and suddenly go on a messaging spree. Reaching out to someone is not the frivolous behavior that social media makes it seem to be, at times. Yes, we all know how handsome and beautiful you are from the selfie you took from the perfect angle, but call someone and tell them about what was happening when you took that photo. Was that smile real or did it just make you look better? I see you care about YOURSELF, but do you really care about the people looking at the photo? How is it that we live in a world in which we can connect with anyone at any moment, but we have not heard from anyone? We have 4,000 followers and 4 actual friends. I challenge you to change that.
When I was in High School I wrote an article for the school newspaper titled "people don't care about each other." I wrote it after a tragic event happened to someone I am close to, and there was a sudden outpour of support for a person who could use some support EVERY DAY! Unfortunately, on a daily basis people are hurt because they do not feel loved. The purpose of this message is to encourage people to show that they care about each other, more often. Reaching out to others should be a habit.
Friends, be prepared to get one of those random text messages from Torrey that read "oh you forgot about me?" or "Happy Birthday!" Mentors, look out for the calls from your former student or the player that you coached as a 12-year-old; I have not forgotten about you. Family, look out for the call from your Son, Brother, Grandson or Nephew. To my wife Andrea, I understand now more than ever how blessed I am to be loved by you. I am married to someone who understands me and that is not a right: being married to you is a blessing. Being loved by you allows me to maintain the bandwidth to love you back and to love so many people. In all, I love you too, WORLD!!
Torrey Joyner
Am I My Brother's Keeper?
"Am I my brother's keeper?" It's an age-old question. Cain was the first to ask. He killed his brother Abel in a jealous rage (Genesis 4). God asks Cain what has happened to Abel and Cain responds, "Am I my brother's keeper?" God knows that Cain has murdered his brother. It's not complicated detective work. There are only four people living on earth at this point: Cain and Abel and their parents, Adam and Eve.
The particulars of the story are less significant. Even as a kid I knew the story of the first human family was implausible: if Adam and Eve were the first people and they had two sons, where did Abel and Cain's wives come from?
I digress.
What the story tells us about human nature is what matters most. This is why the story has lasted throughout time. It tells us that from the beginning, violence and jealousy have been a part of our human story. It tells us that selfishness has been as well. Perhaps these two go hand in hand. How else could Cain have killed his brother and then respond to God in such a callous way, 'Am I my brother's keeper?"
Recently I have been overwhelmed by the callousness of humanity. If I am to be honest, I also witness on a daily basis the generosity and goodness of humanity. That said, I have been shocked by the unbridled nationalism that has flooded our country's collective psyche. This nationalism seems too often coupled with violence (think Charlottesville) and jealousy (think "They're taking our jobs!"). How could a country that erected the Statue of Liberty, whose plaque reads, "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free," turn away desperate families seeking asylum at our southern borders? Our nation is asking once again the age old question, "Are we our brothers' and sisters' keepers?"
The answer for some is clearly, "No." This NO is evident as we build walls, expand detainee camps, and deport people who came to America so young that they don't know anyone in their country of origin. This NO is evident when we respond angrily on social media, "They would be welcomed if they came legally like the rest of us!" This NO is evident as we scoff at the desperation of young families who have walked for months seeking safety, and as we ignore children locked behind barbed wire, separated from their parents.
I can just imagine everything that raced through Cain's head before he responded to God: Don't blame me. Not my problem. Not my responsibility. Abel thought he was better. He deserved what he got. Anyhow his death isn't my fault-- you're to blame. You favored him. Cain's explanation rings as hollow as the nationalists' declaration that the only way to keep our country safe is by keeping everyone different out.
Not my problem.
Not my responsibility.
Let someone else deal.
Me first. America first. End of story.
"Am I my brother's keeper?" Cain asked. The answer to Cain's question from a Christian perspective is simple: YES. You are your brother's keeper. You are your neighbor's keeper. You are your annoying co-worker's keeper. You are even your mother-in-law's keeper. You are your community's keeper. You are the keeper of the dehydrated child, clinging to her parents as they seek safety in a new land. You are the keeper of the many separated families locked in detention centers. Yes, you are your brother and sister's keeper.
Before Cain murders his brother, God tells Cain he has a choice. He can, if he chooses, master his sin (Genesis 4:7). We still possess this choice.
We can choose denial and ask the maddening question, "Am I my brother's keeper?" Or we can choose to live utterly interconnectedly, seeing ourselves as deeply related to all within our human story. We can choose to respond in a way that includes all and even at times places others before ourselves. We can welcome asylum seekers across our border and offer them safety and shelter and even love. We can say yes, come not only into my backyard, but come into my home as well. We can build longer tables instead of taller walls.
We can say, "Yes, we are each other's keepers."
You Didn't Listen
Before the #metoo movement became defined with a hashtag, I found myself in the throws of an intense sexual abuse investigation. With an open letter to the Board of Trustees at our high school, my childhood friend, Liza, and I forced our alma mater to look deep into its past and its current culture regarding sexual abuse. The incident we brought to their attention occurred over twenty years prior to our letter, but it was as raw to us as when we were 17 year old girl-women. Although I was not the abused, but rather the "defender" of my abused friend, Liza and I share this story intimately. Our roles and experiences are different, but we were both victims of a culture that ignored sexual abuse. The investigation we triggered was simultaneously healing and difficult. You can read the blog I wrote about this almost cliche sexual abuse story of institutional preservation, male power, and female silencing.
When the news broke this week about Professor Christine Blasey Ford's story of survival and courage, my experience confronting my alma mater came crashing back. Each news story, each detailed article incessantly picked at my #metoo wound. I was pleased to discover that my wound is mostly healed, but I could not ignore the connections. I could not ignore the anger that rose from deep within. I also could not ignore how defeated I felt. How many times will I have to listen to commentators ask, "Why is she telling her story now?" or "It happened 30 years ago. How can she be sure?"
Let me offer "you" some answers, "you" being the emotionally-bankrupt-head-in-the-sand politicians who ask such ignorant questions! Or as the Hawaii Sen Mazie Hirono said, "Shut up and Step Up!" But in my case I want you to Shut Up and Listen Up. Professor Ford is confronting a country. I only confronted a school. Imagine her courage. She has nothing to gain! Nor did I.
Why is she telling her story now?
Um, isn't that obvious? Because Brett Kavanaugh has been nominated to the Supreme Court. Professor Ford is a patriot for sacrificing her privacy for the good of our country.
If you need a more nuanced answer: Christine Blasely Ford did tell her story earlier to her husband, therapist and probably many others. Women have been telling our stories of sexual abuse for centuries, but we have been silenced. For many of us our silencing has been covert. We've been silenced by our culture everytime we hear, "Boys will be boys" or my personal favorite, "It was just locker room talk." We've been silenced when our mothers told us never to find ourselves in a room alone with a boy, because whatever happens after would be our fault. We've been silenced by our fellow classmates who heard the rumors about what happened and lowered their heads in shame, unable to look at us . . . as if we were at fault. We've been silenced by every comment that insinuates the way we dress, the way we act, the way we look, "asks for it." We have been silenced by our sexual partners who didn't want the past to inconveniently interrupt their pleasure.
I am confident that Professor Ford told a handful of people her story about the bathing suit that saved her. In fact, I am positive everytime she found herself struggling to take off a one piece bathing suit in a bathroom stall, she murmured a silent thanks. I can imagine the telling of her story, piece by piece, that has moved her from a place of shame and fear to a new place of survival and healing.
She has told her story. Now she is telling it again.
We have all told our stories before.
I told my my headmaster twice that my friend was being abused by a teacher. He didn't listen and worse, he didn't care. I then told my dean and she told me to be quiet. Her words, "Abby, we already know what you think. Be quiet!" echo in my psyche.
Stop asking why we've never spoken up before. We have. You haven't listened. And just to be clear, we get to share our stories of abuse and survival whenever we want. They belong to us. Not you.
How can she be sure what happened 30 years ago?
Scientists have proven that traumatic experiences leave a signature in the brain that is hard to erase. I can attest to this truth.
I can tell you where all my classrooms were located in my high school, my teachers' names, and more. I have a very good memory. I could not tell you, however, the color of the walls, where each teacher placed book shelves or desks. I could only guess.
But I can tell you every detail of my dean's office. I can tell you every detail of the meeting, where a group of other students and I went to seek help for our classmate who was being abused. I can tell you where I sat in that small room and where the dean first sat, and then stood, leaning against her desk. I can remember the hesitant, almost stalling voices of my classmates, too afraid to say the word, "sex." I know now that my memory is so clear because the experience was traumatic. I've carried this moment with me for years in technicolor, and I can hear my dean's voice, "Abby, we already know what you think. Be quiet!"
I am not surprised that Professor Ford can remember the sequence of events during that particular high school party: the two drunks boys pushing her into a deserted room, the struggle, the bathing suit, the hand over her mouth, the tumble, and her escape.
Years do not erase the memory of trauma. If only they did. When such memories are buried by the psyche so the victim can survive, they always return to haunt their hosts. In my work as a pastor I can't tell you the number of times I have borne witness to women in the throws of terrible depressions who discover they have buried memories of sexual abuse. I have seen the scars on teenage girls' arms after they have cut themselves because it was the only way they could dull the repressed memory-pain of sexual abuse. I have listened to a 60 year old woman tell of her father's daily rape that she had blocked from her memory until she finally felt safe after his death.
Professor Ford has a story to tell. She remembers this story too vividly. Sexual abuse will never stop until we listen and believe. She is telling this story again with clarity and courage because it matters to the future of our country. It also matters to the many women who are still hiding their #metoo stories. Telling and listening is the only way as a nation we can heal and move forward into a new way of living as sexual beings of all gendered identities who never accept abuse as the norm.
#MeToo #UsToo #AllofUs
New Years and Community
It's the New Year. A fresh start. We make resolutions. We feel empowered to change our lives. We can create new selves. But what kind of new selves do we want to be?
With the coming of the new year we are bombarded with conflicting advice about just what new path we should take. On one hand our news feeds are filled with ways to become more spiritually centered and balanced. Yet in one click the next newsfeed entices us with promises of sleek bodies, corporate success, and filled closets. (If your closets are already filled, there is another new year's promise regarding organization and simplification. Or a new home with a bigger closet.)
These seductive promises are schizophrenic and also incredibly ironic. We are living in a moment of history with the lowest participation in faith community and the largest waist lines. Ours newsfeeds know for what we yearn: spirituality and healthier bodies.
A year ago I saved an advertisement I received in the mail. It was a glossy invitation to attend the "Ultimate Wealth Summit." Tom Brady was a featured speaker. Just what is an ultimate wealth summit? And why is it a summit instead of a conference? My guess is that summit sounds bigger or more important somehow. It made me laugh. And sorry Patriots fans, but what does Tom Brady have to teach me? I can't throw a football and I don't want to. Sure he's got some self-discipline, but from my vantage point, a man with an incredibly abnormal talent does not have much to teach me about success.
But I digress.
Here's the best part about this SUMMIT. They had a congress of "National Achievers." I couldn't figure out from their website just what made the members of this congress national achievers, but I was pretty certain it had something to do with their bank accounts. They promised to teach attendees how to raise "the essential capital to fund your passion," "multiply their income," and create "a systemised wealth plan." These were only steps to the ultimate goal: enjoying life. Which is apparently impossible without gobs of money.
I need to stop writing here so I can gag.
As I was pursuing pinterest, searching the best advice on just how to obtain that sleek body I most intensely yearn for after my Christmas butter consumption, somehow the wealth summit snuck into my feed. It promised a new year. A new path to wealth. Prestige. Esteem. Everything I had sought after achieved. Maybe if I attended, I too could be a member of the congress of national achievers.
Clearly, the pin didn't seduce me, even if I would love to be wealthy and a nationally recognized achiever. Yet this string of thoughts made me question our national obsession with New Year's itself and collective dreams of being more spiritually centered, successful, balanced, organized, skinnier, wealthier . . . What if instead this year I didn't seek after any promise? What if this year instead I gathered with regular old folks at a home, not a summit, and we decided we would be community? What if we decided we didn't need to create a congress of national achievers, or a seven point plan on how to become that thing--wealthier, skinnier, better-- and instead we supported one another in our earnest, faith-filled, stumbling endeavors to be kinder? And then I remembered: I already do that! My New Year's resolution is complete. I just need to continue to gather with the folks at Grace and Stratford Street. They expect nothing of me. They just desire my company, as I desire theirs.
New Year's can be a good time for assessment--where we are in life, where we're going, where we would like to go. It can also be an opportunity to assess where all those little voices in our head come from, the voices that tell us we're not good enough, but that this product can make us better. But wouldn't it be best, wouldn't we thrive more, if instead we joined a community that told us we were already good enough? That we were already better than we could possibly imagine, that we were already beloved--by God? That's what faith communities do. Now, if we can only listen to them, and tune out all the voices that tell us we're not good enough. Because we are good enough, because God delights in us, right now, as we are.
Please read this if you are a gun owner.
Please read this if you believe nothing can be done to stop the mass shootings in America.
Please read this if you are afraid your child will not return from school one day.
Please read this if you have become overwhelmed by the gun debate in our country.
Please read this if you are afraid.
Please read this if you are a Christian.
The United States has a sever gun problem.
Please do not rationalize away the above stats. Guns are killing American citizens at a horrifying rate. We cannot ignore the recent back to back shootings in Las Vegas or Sutherland Springs, Texas. Thoughts and prayers are empty platitudes. As a Christian minister, I believe America needs policy changes, not prayer.
Americans are obsessed with safety. If a child falls out of a crib because of a faulty railing, every crib is recalled. Americans are obsessed with health. If we are told that pomegranates are good for us, all of a sudden our supermarkets are filled with pomegranate snacks, juice, treats, infused coffee. So why do we continue to do nothing about guns which are one of the greatest safety and health concerns of this century? Why are we the only western country that watches, inert, as our fellow citizens are slaughtered around us?
There are a number of false rationalizations & complicated rhetoric whirling around gun control, which as of late, have left our country immobile:
Renee Graham, argued in the Boston Globe (October 8, 2017) that the United States is a state sponsor of terrorism, "Our government is complicit in at least 58 murders and more than 500 injuries at a country music festival in Las Vegas. By failing to consider even common sense gun control policies after previous mass shootings, legislatures are supporting those who terrorise and kill people."
I would take Graham's argument further. As a follower of Jesus, I believe the American Christian Church is a sponsor of terrorism for remaining deafeningly quiet on gun control. The Christian Church has loudly declared its concerns over unborn fetuses and led a successful campaign to limit women's access to safe and affordable abortions. I am confident that the Church could lead as a successful campaign to mandate common sense gun control, but it hasn't. In remaining quiet, the Christian Church has made it clear that the deaths of thousands are unimportant. Domestic terrorism is acceptable. And in doing so they embraced the irony that elementary students in Sandy Hook, CT matter less than unwanted fetuses.
The common Christian response to another mass shooting, "thoughts and prayers," without the will to change policy or practice, is the very definition of "faith without works." As a progressive Christian I'm not praying anymore. As a wise clergy friend said, "...right now I don't have it in me to overwhelm this great empty space with hope-filled murmuring about God's love and abiding presence in the midst of tragedy." Instead, I'm acting. I'm speaking the uncomfortable things many do not want to hear. I am voting. And I am pleading with you, if you claim to follow Jesus, to join me in fighting for gun control, and at minimum common sense gun laws.
Read this again: Over the past 50 years more Americans have been killed by guns that in all the wars in our nation's history.
As Christians, we cannot stay quiet any longer. We must mobilize, less we become the church of guns.
As citizens, we cannot remain inactive any longer. We must enact real change and policy, less we become a nation of guns.
#MeToo The story of two women
"You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories." -Anne Lamott
#MeToo. Yes, me too.
I might not have shared #MeToo on my facebook wall with as much confidence last year. I thought my story of survival didn't count. In fact, I thought it wasn't my story, but the story of my childhood friend, Liza. Thanks to her courage and her insight, I have come to understand this is my story, her story, and most powerfully our story.
The story from my point of view is fairly predictable. It is a story of willful institutional preservation and denial, sexual abuse and power, and silencing.
In the fall of my high school senior year it became apparent to me that my longtime friend, Liza, was in an "abnormal" relationship with a male teacher. I was too young and inexperienced to know what made me uncomfortable about their unusual closeness. I did what I was told to do; I spoke to the head of our school. I told him in detail my concerns, even sharing with him that Liza was spending weekends at the teacher's home. I heard nothing more. Two weeks later I followed up with the headmaster, still deeply worried for Liza. The headmaster asked me to be patient. Now I understand that asking for patience was his way of telling me to be quiet.
My patience wore out in the late winter. A group of fellow classmates often discussed our growing concern for Liza. We whispered, never naming out loud what we most feared. I was tired of inaction, tired of being "patient" with institutional power. I organized a group of female classmates who shared my concerns and we went to speak to our dean. We were ignored and I was silenced. When my classmates spoke of our concerns, they were afraid to speak their worst suspicion: sexual abuse. At one point in the conversation, I said, "Mrs. X, what we are trying to say is . . . ," but before I could finish my sentence, I was silenced. Her exact words were: "We already know what you think, Abby. Please be quiet."
I remember this meeting like it was yesterday; the office, the hesitant voices of my classmates, and the dismissal. I know now that my memory is so clear because the experience was traumatic. Scientists have proven that traumatic experiences leave a signature in the brain that is hard to erase. I've carried this moment with me for years in technicolor, the words, "Be QUIET. We know what you think," echoing in my psyche.
This institutional silencing was effective. I shut down there and then in that dean's office. Until this year, I have avoided the school like a childhood nightmare. Today, I understand that I was silenced because I spoke the truth.
The story, however, does not end with my silencing, or even with my graduation from the elite prep school. It did not end when Liza detangled herself from the lengthy abuse she suffered at the hands of a protected predator. Instead our particular story is unfolding now in hope-filled and unanticipated ways, beyond survival to a place of healing and insight.
A few years back I wrote a blog on forgiveness (10/19/2014). I vaguely mentioned the above story, referencing things I had been unable to forgive. Liza read the blog and contacted me. Are you writing about me? I was concerned I might have hurt her, but instead I discovered she had no idea anyone tried to help her. What followed were lengthy, honest, and healing messages back and forth.
This spring the news story about Choate-Rosemary Hall's sexual abuse culture broke. The story was too much. Neither Liza nor I could remain silent. Each of us, on our own, came to the conclusion we must speak up. Together, we decided to act. We wrote letters. We created a community of support. We forced our alma mater to investigate its past. With shock and gratitude, it is significant to note we have been treated with respect and kindness. Our story has not been dismissed but listened to with attention and care.
This is where our story becomes uncommon. This is where our story becomes transformative.
As we were preparing to break our silence, Liza and I had many lengthy conversations. Out of respect for the abuse she had suffered, I often deferred to Liza with statements like, "You lead," "This is your story," and "I'm here to support you." Finally Liza, after numerous reminders that I was also a victim, said point blank, "This is your story too Abby. You were affected just as deeply as I was."
I was?
Liza had to help me understand that it was my story too: I had been victimized by sexual violence and I was a survivor. I all of a sudden understood that there was a reason I was depressed in high school my senior year. There was a reason I didn't trust institutions. There was a reason I didn't trust male teachers. There was a reason when I received the latest alumni news in the mail I could barely touch the glossy pages. Recently when I asked her if I could use her name for this blog, her response was clear, "Yes. I am part of your story and you are a part of mine."
The breadth of our story came crashing in on me when I was interviewed by the two lawyers retained by my alma mater. The three hours I spent with these deeply present and intelligent women were holy. Have you ever heard the words holy and lawyer in the same sentence? It was. They listened and created enough room for me to tell my entire story from beginning to end. Through their questions, the edges of our story became more clearly defined. Through their attention, our story became more real.
After the long interview, and then subsequent meeting with the board of trustees, Liza and I had hot cocoa and coffee. We were weary and unready to return home to our children and spouses. We needed time to settle. It was then, as if carried on some wave beyond my control, I knew in my bones this was our story. Our story must be told. We were silenced once. We would not be silenced again.
In the months that have followed, I have reflected on the enormity of our story. Paradoxically, it was only when Liza helped me claim this story as not only her story, but also our story, that healing began. In telling this story again and again I have made new emotional memories. I have begun to finally grieve for the many young women, including Liza and myself, who learned that we mattered less than the institution. In telling our story, Liza and I have made space for others in our alma mater to tell their stories of survival, abuse, and even shameful complicity. There is hope in telling and listening.
The legal team's investigation is coming to a close. Yesterday I ended a conversation with the lead lawyer by thanking her. I couldn't help but to be a pastor; I asked how she was. How exhausting it must be to live with these stories as a professional, I commented. Her response was disarming, "It is. I live and breathe this story," she remarked. "But this is good and important work. You and Liza are remarkable women. I have never known a story of two women with such courage and insight."
Before I write any further I want to make it clear that I am uncomfortable calling myself remarkable. In fact, I have been taught all my life, like most women, to downplay compliments, to underestimate my abilities, and to always defer to others. Part of telling this story is to shake myself of this proclivity.
I thought that our story was just one of many stories and it is. But it is also a story of two remarkable women. It is a story of a feisty teenage girl who refused to be patient. A girl who grew to continue her outspoken work in the world as a minister and advocate for the least and last. It is the story of another seventeen year old girl who survived and then found healing and built a life full of love. A girl who is now an emotionally insightful feminist who speaks her story with courage and acuity.
I want to share this story not only because remaining silent about sexual abuse only strengthens the culture of abuse, but also because I want to shout to the rooftops that two remarkable women survived and share a powerful story together. I want the world to know that we are tough and emotionally perceptive, determined and sensitive, full of old hurt and new beginnings, angry and hopeful. We survived apart, but together we are thriving and hopeful. Perhaps our story will change a long-standing culture of institutional preservation and sexual abuse in an elite school that has a terrible past. I want to share our story loudly because in sharing it, I claim my space among legions of women who have fought and survived. I share our story because I want my daughter to one day read this and be filled with pride and move forward into her own story with fierce courage.
#MeToo #UsToo #AllofUs
Few. have escaped the distorting culture of sexual abuse. Yet together we can share our stories. And in the sharing there is powerful healing to be discovered. Today, I pray for the real hard work of transformation.
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Response to Las Vegas
"Thoughts and prayers," without the will to change policy or practice, is the very definition of "faith without works." How much longer can we wait for the mass killings to end? It seems like not long ago, Grace Community Boston gathered heartbroken, during Advent, shocked at the news of Sandy Hook. In response we wrote letters, plastered bumper stickers on our cars that read, "If not now, when? Ban assault weapons!" with the date of the Sandy Hook tragedy. As a church we joined the Everytown for Gun Safety movement. The following year we collected the same number of mittens and gloves as the children senselessly murdered in Sandy Hook and donated them to a shelter. We have done much more than pray, we have acted. But still, the killing goes on. Guns are idolized in our culture.
Here's a little perspective: 54 Americans were killed and 425 were wounded during the main phase of 2nd Fallujah, in November 2004. This was the biggest battle of the Iraq War. In Las Vegas, 59 were killed and over 500 wounded.
What are we to do?
In this moment, perhaps the only truly Christian response is lament. Action next week. But this week, lament.
A good and wise clergy friend posted the following lament to her wall. It has rung true for me this week:
"I'm not 'praying for Las Vegas' today. I'm not praying for anything or anywhere or anyone right now. I'm on strike. Not sure when God and I will be back on speaking terms. Right now I don't have it in me to overwhelm this great empty space with hope-filled murmuring about God's love and abiding presence in the midst of tragedy. I don't rule it out for later, but right now I can't even bear the thought of 'God.' I'm not looking for reassurances or encouraging words. I won't be rushed to Easter. I'm sitting still with this crucified absurdity for however long it takes."
Raise an angry fist to God. She won't mind. In fact, maybe she is raising a fist too. Lament is the faithful response. We will act later.
Sabbath. Remember? It's one of the ten commandments. God is pretty clear when God commands us to take a sabbath. There is much in the scriptures that is very unclear. Sabbath is not one of them. "Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor, and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God. On it you shall not do any work, you, or your son, or your daughter" (Exodus 20.8).
No excuses: we are to take a sabbath for a full day. Yet few of us do. If ever. Not even for half a day.
People used to take the sabbath more seriously. Was it because they were more religious? Or was it because their bodies would have fallen apart if they did not rest from the exhausting toil of physical labor? I'm not sure. But I know that sabbath is important and elusive. For me, too elusive.
I have discovered recently how essential sabbath is to our spirits. It was certainly essential to my family on our eighty-five day out west trip. Our entire family would reset after keeping sabbath on the road, ready for the next adventure, filled with gratitude for what we had seen, and grounded in the present. I was eager to remember this learning when we returned from our blessed sabbatical adventure a few weeks ago. (Yes, it is not lost on me that sabbatical and sabbath are related.) I wanted to hold on to sabbath. I made sure every week my calendar reserved a time for our family to have sabbath together--Friday night movie nights, Saturday campfires. I wanted to somehow hold onto the new internal clock our family had developed. But I forgot about myself. I ignored my own need to keep sabbath.
Over the past three weeks, upon returning from my sabbatical, I've worked too much. This was to be expected. There was much to catch up on. Not to mention, I wanted to catch up, I was eager to be back at work. But then things spun out of control. For a nine day stretch I didn't take a day off, or an evening off, or anything. I became grumpy and weary. Fortunately, the Holy Spirit seems to have an interesting and humourous way of doing her own thing. On Monday I had an eye doctor appointment, the usual see-how-much-vision-Abby-has-lost-this-year sort of appointment. The doctor informed me I was overdue for an eye dilation in order to check the health of my eyes. The doctor warned me I wouldn't be able to read for at least two to three hours. Okay, I thought, I'll be able to start work around 1:00. That's fine. There were plenty of other things I could do.
For some reason my eyes did not recover quickly. I wasn't able to do any computer work or writing until late Monday evening. Really late. I tried and I couldn't. The Holy Spirit had her way. Instead, I enjoyed a full life giving day of forced sabbath. I cooked and listened to a book and enjoyed my daughter. That night I fell peacefully asleep and did not wake in the middle of the night with racing thoughts. On Tuesday I didn't feel frantic, wondering just how I would accomplish all the tasks before me. Instead I moved forward with my work gratefully. And it felt like overnight, somehow, my work list shrunk, as if someone else had edited it.
I wonder how it would change our culture as a whole, not just on an individual level, if everyone took a day of rest? How can we in this postmodern world, where all of us carry our work around on our phones, carve out sabbath in our lives? We can't inist our eye doctors dilate our eyes once a week, although I think that might help . . . .
We have to change. We have to figure this out. We shouldn't feel guilty when we're being unproductive. We have to value our lives and our relationships more than success, more than our task lists, more than our wasteful busyness. The good news is that sabbath works, and keeping sabbath can change us and change the world. The challenge is to keep sabbath in a frenetic world. We need rest. We need sabbath.
Prayer as a Tool
On Facebook someone recently encouraged me to pray. This encouragement was in response to one of my many enraged posts about a policy change that would affect the poor. Pray? Did you say PRAY!? The comment sent me into orbit.
Full disclosure: anything can send me into orbit these days. Like many progressive Christians, I am enraged by the current administration's rhetoric about the other, be they poor, Muslim, minorities, transgendered, et al. While commuting in my trusted mini van, angry rebuttals are shouted as I listen to NPR-- as if the commentator can hear me on the other side of the radio. Spiritually centered? Nope. Not these days. Concerned deeply for justice? Got that covered.
Let us return to prayer before I digress into a debate about health care reform.
After I calmed down, just a little, I wondered why this well meaning person's post suggesting I pray made me so angry. Could it be that I found prayer anemic in the face of millions of Americans losing their health care? Martin Luther King Jr reminded his white colleagues, who often encouraged patience and prayer, that he took prayer too seriously to use it as an excuse for avoiding responsibility. Prayer is not going to ensure that millions of Americans keep health care.
It occurred to me in that moment that prayer is a tool, not an objective. As one who follows Jesus, my ultimate objective is not for a more prayerful world, but a more just and equitable world. Prayer, along with activism and community organizing, are tools Christians are called to employ to seek the kingdom of God here on Earth.
My Facebook friend was not wrong to suggest I pray. I admire great Christian activists, like Dorothy Day, who were committed to daily prayer. Too often, however, prayer is mistaken as the only Christian resource, or worse, the end goal of spiritual life. The American evangelical movement has been overly concerned with personal piety. As long as someone has a prayer life, it doesn't seem to matter, for example, if they pay their employees a living wage. (The Walton Family, owners of Walmart, are a case in point.) Just a perusal of a Christian book store will confirm this: so many books on prayer, so few on justice.
This singular attention to prayer misrepresents Jesus' ministry. Jesus' ministry--his very work-- was to turn the social order upside down. He sought justice for the poor, healing for the sick, protection for the most vulnerable, and inclusion for the excluded. He prayed in private more than in public. Mostly he stirred the pot. His sermons were like protest marches, his healing subversive. At his first public appearance in his hometown synagogue (Luke 4) he reads from the prophet Isaiah:
[God] has sent me to bring good news to the oppressed,
to bind up the brokenhearted,
to proclaim liberty to the captives,
and release to the prisoners. (Isaiah 61:1)
In this moment, Jesus makes clear the objectives of his ministry. His "stump speech" makes no mention of prayer; it's all about hope, and mercy, and liberation.
Personal piety was not a prerequisite for Jesus' disciples, or for Jesus. More often than not, Jesus prayed alone, away from the crowds, for the courage and energy to continue. In this way, Jesus used prayer as a tool. In a rare moment when Jesus speaks of prayer, he describes it as a private affair: "And whenever you pray, do not be like the hypocrites; for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, so that they may be seen by others . . . But whenever you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret." (Matthew 6:5-6). Jesus never admonishes his followers to pray without ceasing. Paul does, not Jesus.
Activism--phone calls, protesting, marching, writing letters, meeting with legislators, voting--and prayer, but not prayer alone-- will help ensure that an elderly person in Iowa has the medication they need and that a young mother in Texas can take her feverish newborn to the hospital. As one who follows Jesus, my goal is the kingdom-- a kingdom in which all people have health care, not just those who can afford it. Prayer is a tool for achieving God's kingdom. Jesus sought after this kingdom, working hard to to create it, and he prayed along the way, but he did much more. So shall we.
Abby Henrich
Rev. Abigail A Henrich (ehm!) is an ordained minister who earned her stripes at Princeton Theological Seminary and Colgate University. That said, Abby is really a mother-pastor-spouse who lives in a kinetic state of chaos as she moves from her many vocations: folding laundry, preaching, returning phone calls, sorting lunch boxes, answering e-mails, and occasionally thinking deep thoughts in the shower. Unabashedly she is a progressive Christian who believes some shaking up has got to happen in the church.
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The front of the property has a large gravel driveway with sufficient space to park several vehicles. The front boundary of the property is separated by a dry stane wall and a timber fence separates Whinmore from its neighbouring property.
The rear of the property is fully enclosed with timber fencing and includes a useful patio area and raised borders. It has wonderful open views over Longformacus Estate and countryside beyond.
Underfloor oil fire heating throughout the property, LPG Gas stove, mains water, drainage and sewage, electricity, telephone connection, Council Tax Band A.
Superfast fibre broadband will be available in the area by 5 Feb 2020.
Longformacus is a picturesque and tranquil village nestling amidst the Lammermuir Hills. It is located 7 miles north of the thriving county town of Duns which has excellent local amenities for its size including an 18 hole golf course and new state of the art secondary school. It is also within easy commuting distance of Edinburgh (35 miles) and Berwick-upon-Tweed, with its mainline railway station (22 miles). Located on the Southern Upland Way coast to coast walk, the village is particularly popular with hill walkers and a variety of other country pursuits are widely available in the area.
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Whinmore is a semi-detached 1 ½ storey villa located in the picturesque village of Longformacus in the beautiful Scottish Borders. It is a well-proportioned family home and is located on the edge of the village with undisturbed views over Longformacus Estate to the rear.
It has been used over the last 10 years by the current owners as a B&B / Holiday rental but they are now retiring. The owners would consider the sale of the furnishings through separate negotiation to help any new owner facilitate the quick sale of a B&B / holiday home.
The property is presented in excellent decorative order throughout and comes complete with double glazing, oil fired under floor heating and comprises of 2 reception rooms, kitchen with patio doors, dining room, 4 double bedrooms (2 with en-suite shower rooms), two bathrooms, driveway to front with parking for several cars, enclosed patio garden to rear with wonderful views over surrounding countryside.
A double glazed wooden door with decorative glass panels leads in to the entrance hall.
Entrance Hall
A large hallway with stairs to the upper floor includes a useful storage area under the stairs.
Sitting Room
3.79m x 4.41m – This warm and inviting room has a large window to the front and comes complete with a feature stone fire place with multi fuel stove. Open wall between the sitting room and kitchen allows access through to the kitchen and garden beyond.
3.50m x 4.12m (max) – Fitted with floor and wall units in natural wood provide ample storage with a white and grey worktop. Built in large range cooker with LPG gas hob, electric oven and extractor fan and marble effect splash back. Space is available for a washing machine and dishwasher or the owner would consider selling their white goods through separate negotiation. Tile effect vinyl flooring and double patio doors lead out to the rear garden area. The room has a doorway leading through to a useful storage / utility area which also leads on to the dining room.
Dining Room
2.24m x 2.92m - A wooden clad extension houses the dining room with large windows overlooking the rear garden and views.
Master Bedroom
4.02m x 4.34m - spacious double bedroom decorated in a neutral colour with neutral carpet. White double UPVC window with curtains. The room has an en-suite with large enclosed shower and cream bathroom suite.
Bedroom 2
3.02m x 5.04m - spacious double bedroom decorated in a purple with neutral carpet. Two white double UPVC windows with curtains. The room has an en-suite with large enclosed shower with electric shower and cream bathroom suite.
Bedroom 3
2.96m x 5.41m (max) - spacious double bedroom decorated in green with neutral carpet. The room has white UPVC window looking out to the side of the plot.
Family Bathroom
2.10m x 2.07m - white bathroom suite consisting of wash hand basin, toilet and bath with mixer shower and screened with a folding shower screen. The room is fully tiled and is finished with cream vinyl flooring. It also has a shaver point and a useful storage cupboard in the corner.
Upper Hall/Landing
Stairs lead up to the first floor which is currently set up as a separate living area for rental with its own bedroom, bathroom and sitting room. The landing area has 3 large storage cupboards built into the eaves.
First floor Bedroom 4
4.34m x 3.45m (max) - spacious double bedroom with neutral decoration and neutral hard wearing carpet. The room has large white UPVC window looking out to the side allowing light to flood the room.
First floor Bathroom
2.21m x 1.48m – white bathroom suite consisting of wash hand basin, toilet and bath with electric shower. The room has a cream marble effect splash back and cream vinyl flooring.
First Floor Sitting Room
4.89m x 4.34m – a large room with neutral decoration and neutral hard wearing carpet with 2 velux windows. The room has built in storage cupboards and shelves along the full length of the room.


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Darwins_Bane wrote:so what about clan games, forgive me, I dont know much about them. Are they private?
Yes, or tournament games (in cases like the Clan League.
I like you L M S, but I think all your suggestions are poor ones!
You probably haven't been invited to any games lately to see how it's been changed This is all public nowL M S wrote:How about:
-Change the auto email/PM script that is sent to the invitee (and start sending them again) so it reflects the name of the person/persons also invited to the game, make it easy to see? Take it a step further and highlight those invited to be on the same team? Probably gonna have to make in-boxes bigger to do this one, I wonder if all these PM's/emails could be sent to a separate folder only for this purpose?
I don't like this, as every so often I get into a random team kick and play with people I've never played with before.L M S wrote:-Make it possible for each user to select the other members he/she is willing to play team games with?
I don't think there will ever be rank filters of any kind on the site.L M S wrote:-Make it possible to exclude groups of users (on an individual user level) based on ranking, from being able to join team games with you?
No, this is where invites make the most sense, as I want to be sure of my teammate in a public gameL M S wrote:-Do away with invites for public games (only)?
I don't think there will ever be rank filters of any kind on the site.L M S wrote:-When inviting other teams make it so the rank/points of all teams must be within say 200 points of each other? (Meh...maybe, this sounds better in my head.)
I think that would be a bad idea, as I am inviting 56 people to games every Monday for one tourney.L M S wrote:-Limit the number of invites a user can send in a, day? week? month?
I think that removing invites for the opposite team(s) in public games is the way to go. If you have an opposing team set up, make it private. If you know one person you want to play against (and have them bring teammates) then you can invite them to a private game and have them invite their own teammates. I am not seeing a reason that only blocking the opposing team in public games would solve this.


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