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TDIndustries' CEO Named #7 CEO in the World by Inc. Magazine Feature

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Harold MacDowell, CEO of TDIndustries, a member of multiple AGC chapters, has been named #7 in an Inc. magazine feature that focuses on unique leadership throughout the world. The feature, "The World’s 10 Top CEOs," is written by Leadership from the Core founder Marcel Schwantes and provides insight into the principles and success of Servant Leadership across the globe.

"Servant Leadership is at the core of our culture at TDIndustries," says MacDowell. "I’m fortunate to follow in the footsteps of Jack Lowe, Sr. and Jack Lowe, Jr., who have helped shape the legacy of Servant Leadership at TD. It’s an honor to be recognized as a CEO who is making an impact, and I strive each day to lead with a servant’s heart and to foster growth, trust, and excellence among our TDPartners."

MacDowell is recognized on the Top CEOs list for his communicative leadership style, as well as his dedication to maintaining TD’s distinctive culture. "As the CEO since 2005," explains Schwantes, "MacDowell continues to deepen TD’s commitment to servant leadership and to the ‘Great Place to Work’ culture that plays such a key role in sustaining an environment in which employees are valued, respected, and appreciated."

Schwantes notes that businesses can learn from leaders who have put people "ahead of profits through shared values like authenticity, intrapreneurship, freedom and ownership, community, and collaboration."

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BALTIMORE -- Senior Cameron Flint scored the game-winning goal in overtime to propel No. 3 Denver to a 13-12 win against No. 5 Loyola Maryland on Saturday afternoon in front of 3,285 fans at Ridley Athletic Complex. The win was the Pioneers’ fifth in a row and brought their overall record to 10-2 on the season, 5-0 in Eastern College Athletic Conference action.

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Flint finished the day with four goals, his consecutive four-goal game, while also finishing with three ground balls. Sophomores Eric Adamson and Wesley Berg both finished with two goals and two assists, while senior Eric Law netted two goals.

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After more than 10 minutes of scoreless action to open the third quarter, Loyola score with 4:22 remaining as Mike Sawyer scored off a pass from Justin Ward. Denver answered 21 seconds later as Cannizzaro scored his third goal of the season to put DU up 9-4. Loyola scored the final three goals of the quarter to cut into the Pioneers’ lead 9-7.

Adamson and Koerber both scored within a minute of each other to open the fourth quarter and give DU an 11-7 lead. However, Loyola scored two more minutes later to make it 11-9 with 9:20 left to play. Adamson scored his 20th goal of the season with 8:40 left to play to give the Pioneers a three-goal cushion, but the Greyhounds scored three consecutive to tie the game at 12 as the final minutes ticked off the clock to force the game into overtime.

After Carraro won the opening face-off of overtime, Flint picked up the ground ball and ran it down the field. With 16 seconds off the clock, Flint sliced a shot past goalie Jack Runkel for the game-winner.

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When the Supreme Court hears the Department of Justice lawsuit challenging portions of Arizona's Senate Bill 1070 today, what will be debated has much higher stakes than the limited constitutional questions of federal and state powers that will be before the court.

Perhaps those are the narrow arguments that will pass between lawyers, but SB 1070 isn't about a battle between federal and state power. It isn't even about immigration policy, nor is it about Arizona.

SB 1070 is about all of us. How we respond to crisis, how we treat each other and whether we will let the bill's defenders stand in the doorway of history or whether we will refuse to have the hard-fought advances in our rights be turned back.

When the Justice suit was first heard in 2010, I was arrested outside the courthouse. Together with five others, I participated in a collective act of civil disobedience to announce a pledge that we would not comply with SB 1070 if it were to go into effect.

On that day, the bill that Cardinal Roger Mahony of Los Angeles described as "Nazi-like" was being judged within the court, but the verdict had already been reached by those outside. We would not comply. If the law that mandated racial profiling went into effect, its enforcers would have to investigate all of us, because we would not allow anyone to be targeted alone.

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On arrival at the bar, we were greeted by a really lovely young gentleman who told us he would keep us informed of the progress of our room whilst we were there eating lunch and enjoying the cosy surrounding.  We decided to have a drink first before ordering the food as the fires were on and the pub had a really lovely buzz about it with people dotted here and there chatting, eating and generally having a good old time!

The decision to wait before ordering food was a good one for me though as after we sat down with our drinks, some food came out of the kitchen for another table and the huge portions on the plates took my breath away - they were enormous - although I have to say they looked mouth wateringly good and wouldn't have looked out of place on a Man V Food challenge!  Being only little, I decided to opt for a roast pork sandwich for lunch instead and save myself for a big meal later but on the menu you can actually have a smaller portion of some of the meals and after talking to the staff later on that evening too, they were more than willing to do a smaller portion of just about anything you wanted!

As our food was delivered to our table and we started to tuck in to the fine fair, I happened to turn around and glance outside to the Pheasant's terrace (which has to have THE best view from a pub that I have ever seen by the way) and noticed that two walkers had cheekily sat down on one of their benches to enjoy the view whilst eating their own pack up!  I then glanced back at my rustic, wooden board that was filled with a soft white teacake oozing with hot roast pork and apple sauce and compared it to their tiny, crushed, unappetizing sandwiches that were wrapped in foil.  At that point, I suddenly felt a real urge to go out and shout 'stop being so tight!  Look what you're missing!'  The shouting didn't materialise though as I didn't want my pork to go cold but hey - you just can't help some people sometimes either can you? Anyway - I think you get the message that our lunch was just lush!

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Featuring: Martin Scorsese, Eric Roberts, Traci Lords, J.J. Abrams, john landis, Robert Forster, Barbara Carrera, Rick Baker, Joe Dante, Yaphet Kotto, Michael Moriarty, Fred Williamson, Eric Bogosian | Written and Directed by Steve Mitchell

Buckle up for the true story of writer, producer, director, creator and all-around maverick, Larry Cohen. Told through compelling live interviews, stills and film/TV clips, the people who helped fulfill his vision, and industry icons such as Martin Scorsese, John Landis, Michael Moriarty, Fred Williamson, Yaphet Kotto and many more, including Larry himself, bring one-of-a-kind insight into the work, process and legacy of a true American auteur…

I’m not going to lie, there’s no way I can talk about the documentary King Cohen without any bias. Larry Cohen is, to this day, one of my all-time favourite filmmakers. He has been since the first time I saw Q The Winged Serpent on TV. Seeing that film for the first time had a profund effect on me – I had to track down each and every film I could made by the man behind the awesome, if bizarre, monster movie I had just seen. Of course Q is only the top of the Larry Cohen iceberg – as a director Cohen has helmed many films across many genres: from horror like It’s Alive, The Stuff and The Ambulance; to Blaxploitation films such as Black Caesar, Hell Up in Harlem and the criminally underrated (but finally geting a Blu-ray release in the US) Original Gangstas.

However as a writer Cohen’s work is even more diverse… He’s penned horror films like the classic Maniac Cop; thrillers such as Phone Booth, Cellular (which was remade from the same script in Hong Kong as Connected) and Messages Deleted; detective movies like 87th Precinct: Heatwave (easily the best in the TV movie franchise) and the Mickey Spillane movie I, The Jury (if you’re multi-region capable you should really track down the US Blu-ray of this stone-cold classic); and even TV shows, one of which – The Invaders – has become an all-time classic and it’s a show he created!

But enough about my love of Larry Cohen, what about this documentary? Well it’s not just a coincidence that I’ve spewed gloriously about my love for Cohen – King Cohen shows the very same love and reverance for the writer/director/producer. A labour of love for screenwriter turned DVD special feature creator Steve Mitchell – who wrote the most-excellent 80s horror Chopping Mall for director Jim Wynorski, who he would re-team with some 11 years later for action-thriller Against the LawKing Cohen is the latest in a long-line of pop-culture documentaries that have followed in the wake of Mark Hartley’s 2008 festival hit Not Quite Hollywood.

What marks these documentaries out above those that came before is that these are films made by people truly invested in the subject matter and that tends to shine through in the finished product – and King Cohen is no different. However Mitchell’s documentary is not just a labour of love for the filmmaker, but also those filmed as part of it. It would seem, judging by those interviewed, that everyone who worked with Cohen – from his days filming guerilla-style on the streets of New York to today – has the same love, and more importantly, respect for the auteur and the passion he had for filmmaking. Whilst some make mention of the disregard Cohen had for the rules and regulations of making movies, no one has a bad thing to say about the man himself – only his methods… methods which today would never fly in any city across the US. Hell, imagine film THAT Black Caesar scene, where Fred WIlliamson’s character is shot on the street by a cop – there’d be a riot of cell phone-wielding wannabe heroes today. Then? People kept on walking, not wanting to get involved!

A brilliant exploration of the work of one of cinemas true [unsung] auteurs, King Cohen ultimately reveals itself to be the story of a man unbound by constraints, a man of conviction, a man who is dedicated to the joy and passion of filmmaking, a man whose life is just as interesting a story as any film he ever made….

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The WORLD (musicators) A Great Tribulation: 2 Samuel.6

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It will get worse but cheer up the signs are ripe and the FRUITS will fall. They MOCK the Regulative Principle claiming that they have "a" spirit guiding them and I doubt it not. The LOGOS means the Regulative or Governing Principle. Therefore, being ANTI-Logos they are ANTI-Christ Whose words in the Prophets and Apostles are the only teaching resource and they MARK FOR AVOIDANCE those wearing tutus and singing and clapping.

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George Weigel writes for First Things, Oct. 30, 2013, that alas, few Christians in the West seem aware of the Suffering Church, much less have it weigh on their Christian conscience.

Christians today live in the greatest tribulation-time in Christian history. More Christians were killed for fidelity to Christ in the 20th century than in the previous nineteen centuries of Christian history combined.

Wiegel cites the following examples of persecution from a recent issue ofTouchstone:

Some 1,200 Protestants are being imprisoned in shipping containers in Eritrean desert camps where torture is routine.
Mostafa Bordbar, a 27-year-old Christian convert, was arrested and charged with illegal gathering and participating in a house church in Iran.
Kazakh Christians, many of them converts from Islam, are encouraged, by the arrest and imprisonment of their pastors, to refrain from evangelism.
A Muslim leader in central Nigeria regularly abducts Christian girls and women and holds them captive in his home, to compel their conversion (or reversion) to Islam.
In Syria and Egypt, Christians live in daily fear for their lives where its open season on Christians.

Matthew 10:24 The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his lord.
Matthew 10:25 It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household?
Matthew 10:26 Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known.
Matthew 10:27 What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops.
Matthew 10:28 And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
Matthew 10:29 Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.
Matthew 10:30 But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
Matthew 10:31 Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.
Matthew 10:32 Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven.
Matthew 10:33 But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.
Matthew 10:34 Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.
Matthew 10:35 For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
Matthew 10:36 And a mans foes shall be they of his own household.

This will be CUT SHORT before God's Elect fall into the smokey pit with ABADDON, APOLLYON as the leader of the Musicians.

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David a man after God's own heart

November 16 2013, 6:49 AM

Please explain that David was a man after God's own heart. 1 Samuel 13:14.

If David was vile, why was Jesus to be the Son of David, and honored to be in his lineage?

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Re: David a man after God's own heart

November 16 2013, 11:23 AM

"Often the music barely exceeded the level of organized noisemaking, especially when the purpose was to terrorize the enemy, as in Exod. 32:17-18; Judges 7:18-20. Other manifestations of functional music was the mocking song (Job 30:9) and the 'working songs' of harversters (Isa. 16:10; Jer 48:33) or the well-diggers (Num. 21:17). All this, however, alludes to the distinctly popular, nonartistic singing and playing; no professionals are as yet mentioned. When Amos (6:5) caustically chastises the nouveaux riches and their 'artistic' extravagance, he stressed for the first time the age-old feud between the professonal and dilettante (orig. tr):

They chant idle songs to the sound of the harp
and fancy to play their instruments like David. (The Int. Std. Bible Dict., p. 457

Of course David would have been executed if he played his harp in the slaughter pit or any presumed-holy house.

My grasp is that the PROPHETIC TYPES of a nation which refused to obey God is fulfilled by a SPIRITUAL ANTITYPE under the reign of the Second Adam and the Second David. David's redeeming quality is that as far as I know he never fell into idolatry. Although, His urge in the Awakening Psalms wanted to Awaken His Lyre so that He could Awaken the Dawn. John Hyrcanus thought that these awakening psalms were idolatrous and silenced them.

The Hebrew, lebab or heart, simply means that God choose David to be king. Remember, that the Israelites defined the nature of the first king and he failed to carry out God's commands to be a king. Remember also that the king was not to be the religious leader but the civil, military leader. Furthermore, God selected David when he was an innocent shepherd. He was KING over a MONARCHY which God did not command: Stephen says God turned them over to worship the starry host. The spiritual people always attended qahal, synagogue, ekklesia or Church of Christ (the ROCK) which QUARANTINED them from the not commanded Civil-Military-Clergy comples

When people are compared to David it is during his first ways and not his last ways:

And the Lord was with Jehoshaphat,
because he walked in the FIRST WAYS of his father David,
and sought not unto Baalim; 2Chr.17:3

"The quotation from Acts refers to David early in life, before he had fallen into those great sins which cast such a shadow upon his administration...This commendation is not absolute, but describes the character of David in comparison with that of Saul...It merely indicates a man whom God will approve, in distinction from Saul, who was rejected" (Haley's Bible Handbook, p. 222).

It was after the elders FIRED God as their king that God understood that they wanted a king to let them WORSHIP like the nations but this would be permitted for only a short time until God used the kings to carry out the captivity and death sentence imposed because of instrumental idolatry at Mount Sinai.

1 Sam 16:1 And the LORD said unto Samuel,
How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel?
fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite:
for I have provided me a king among his sons.

That just means that GOD PICKED David without endorsing his carrying out the captivity and death sentence. This was a TYPE which would validate Scripture when Jesus is of the SEED of David.

The Spirit OF Christ in the prophets speaks directly to Israel but includes Judah. The EXPERIMENT proved that a human king (senior pastor) could not save them spiritually or in a Civil-Military sense.

Hosea 13:9 O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me is thine help.
Hosea 13:10 I will be thy king: where is any other that may save thee in all thy cities? and thy judges of whom thou saidst, Give me a king and princes?
Hosea 13:11 I gave thee a king in mine anger, and took him away in my wrath.

The ANTITYPE is when elders are not APT as teachers and SET A PASTOR over the flock but too often they hire wolves and not shepherds who FEED the lambs rather than ENTERTAIN the goats.

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Re: David a man after God's own heart

November 16 2013, 3:05 PM

The Jews truly believed that David's House or Kingdom would be restored in a physical sense. Messiah would be their king and defeat all of their enemies. I

Acts 13:21 And afterward they desired a king: and God gave unto them Saul the son of Cis, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, by the space of forty years.
Acts 13:22 And when he had removed him,
.....he raised up unto them David to be their king; whom also he gave testimony, and said,
.....I have found David the son of Jesse,
.....a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfil all my will.

The MAN David is quiet different from the Seed of David whose qualities are defined as spiritual qualities. In Acts 7 it is clear that God promised David a TENT but SOLOMON built God a PHYSICAL HOUSE. But, God does not dwell in houses built by human hands. The Jews understood that Stephen was saying that God did not command KING, kingdom, temple, animal slaughter or the loud soothsaying or sorcery with instruments. God had ABANDONED them to worship the starry host. However, the godly seed attended synagogue or school of the Word and were limited in travel to keep them away from the horrors of the HOUSE David thought God had promised to him

Acts 2:29 Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David,
.....that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day.
Acts 2:30 Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him,
..... that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh,
.....he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne;
Acts 2:31 He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ,
.....that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption.

The FLESHLY David was dead and rotted in his grave.

Acts 13:23 Of this man's seed hath God,
.....according to his promise, raised unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus:

The Carnal David as type could neither save the nation nor their spirits. The kings god gave them in His anger carried out the captivity and death sentence. The Spiritual David DELIVERS us from "Babylonian Captivity" but the CARNAL men are still tasked to try to restore Babylonianism
Romans 1:1 Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God,
Romans 1:2 (Which he had promised afore by his prophets in the holy scriptures,)
Romans 1:3 Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord,
.....which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh;
Romans 1:4 And declared to be the Son of God with power,
.....according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead:
Romans 1:5 By whom we have received grace and apostleship,
.....for obedience to the faith among all nations, for his name:
Romans 1:6 Among whom are ye also the called of Jesus Christ:

The people who trust in the FLESHLY David failed to grasp the TYPE which was to be fulfiled in a spiritual sense by a Son of GOD. What David said is not what David Did.

God PICKED David to carry out His Civil-Military will but God PICKED Jesus to carry out His Spiritual Will. I believe that the distinction between the physical and spiritual denies that "David a man after God's own heard" means that God honored him is SPITE of David's running through the catalog of sins. Halal 150 is not a psalm and it does not give authority for people to "lie, cheat and steal the church house of widows" because the David pattern tells them that God COMMANDED instruments. David's forgivness for going into the Holy Place (a secular type of the Church) because he was starving proves that by God's command if He had even gone into the slaughter pit much less the holy place with or without his harp he was to be EXECUTED.

The Spirit OF Christ in Isaiah 1 and Jeremiah 7 and elsewhere that God did NOT command king, kingdom, temple, animal slaughter or the Jacob-cursed Levites to acts as Exorcists in an EARTHLY KINGDOM out of which (I believe) the 120 were the tiny remnant still living when Jesus Came out of several millions.

It should not be disturbing that the Old Testament is the history of the Hebrew People and not a history of the universe. All nations have both a Civil-Military-Clergy component BUT also a spiritual component. Christ provided that spiritual school of the Word and QUARANTINED the godly people FROM the HOUSE David authorized when God promised him a tent or family. The Spirit OF Christ made it a death sentence to be near or into any Babylonish "holy place". The Holy Spirit OF Christ defines the SECULAR Civil-Military-Clergy complex as robbers and parasites. At the same time God gave them kings IN HIS ANGER to abandon them to the worship of the starry host. Abaddon or Apollon was identified as a sun god and John warnes that it will be the SPIRITUS OF ABADDON who will be the LEADERS OF THE MUSES. The muses were the SHEPHERDS but also dirty adulteresses (selling any body part or skill in the name of Christ). John called them SORCERERS and they will be cast into the Lake of Fire. KING David's Levite instrument players (as well as Miriam" performed SOOTHSAYING which is used to mean SORCERY where history knows that instrumental notes means to make the lambs dumb before the slaughter.

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David a Man after God's Own Heart

November 16 2013, 5:21 PM

This is a thoroughly interesting discussion, Ken. It is certainly a different explanation of the Old Testament than we are used to.

Concerning instrumental music, while on the Internet I found this comment,

I regularly use earplugs in most evangelical churches these days ... My home church, my brother-in-law's church, worship at my daughter's college, as well as other functions. I simply carry earplugs with me at all times (except when I forget and often feel compelled to leave the auditorium or sanctuary during music). Frankly, I find it a bit off-putting ... But good earplugs are better than any alternative I've found.

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Re: David a Man after God's Own Heart

November 16 2013, 8:52 PM

If men go to a school to get BRANDED as a preacher that has come to mean as a "pastor." That means Meomograph101a, outline collection201a and a summer seminar getting authority as a Psychologal Counselor. Don't blame the preachers: neither elders or members in the masses want to be bothered by anything after WORSHIP HOURS. However, not even the highest level of Greek Scholarship have I found one who TRANSLATES and IMPOSES beyond a simple lexicon. Even at the highest level they seem to think that words are DEFINED whereas the Lexicon shows how the word was used at the time of the writers. That would demand a high level of scholarship in the classics. From the wilderness onward Christ understood that at the highest level "doctors of the law take away the key to knowledge." That's fine from the Church in the Wilderness onward: don't expect too much, just PREACH the WORD for Comfort and Doctrine. That would unity all of the people on the earth.

When they quote the church fathers it is often from a textbook which twists the actual text now made available for everyone with a simple computer. Here, for instance, is what the historic Scholars who never got paid for preaching but for teaching what the text taught:

John Chrysostom whom they twist to prove that the fathers had nothing bad to say about music, like all Bible scholars, understood that the SYSTEM apostates want to RESTORE was abandonment to pagan, musical idolatry:

What wonder that ye know not Christ, seeing ye knew not Moses, and God Who was manifested by such wonders?
.....But they not only knew Him not:
.....they also insulted in another way, by their idol making.
..... "Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven" (v. 42.)
.....Hence these same "customs" date their origin, hence the sacrifices:
.....they were themselves the first that made sacrifices to their idols! For that is why it is marked,

Hence these same "customs" date their origin, hence the sacrifices:
.....they were themselves the first that made sacrifices to their idols!
.....For that is why it is marked,

Editor's Note 7: dia gar touto epishmainetai. The meaning is: Stephen was accused of speaking against "the customs,"-sacrifices, temple, feasts, etc. Therefore he significantly points to that critical conjuncture. from which these "customs" date their introduction: namely, the Provocation at Horeb.
.....Prior to that, he tells of "living oracles," life-giving precepts:
.....after it, and as its consequence, sacrifices, etc.,
.....those statutes which were not good, and ordinances by which a man shall not live, God says by Ezekiel.

Not a word of sacrifice till then: and the first mention is, of the sacrifices offered to the calf. In like manner, "they rejoiced," "the people ate and drank, and rose up to play:" and in consequence of this, the feasts were prescribed: kai eufrainonto, fhsin: dia touto kai eortai.-'Epishmainetai might be rendered, "he marks," "puts a mark upon it" (so the innovator, who substitutes, touto kai Dauid epishmainomenoj legei): we take it passively, "there is a mark set over it-it is emphatically denoted." In the active, the verb taken intransitively means

"to betoken or announce itself," "make its first appearance."-

In the Treatise adv. Judaeos, iv. §6. tom. i. 624. C. St. Chrysostom gives this account of the legal sacrifices: "To what purpose unto Me is the multitude of your sacrifices? etc. (Isaiah i., 11, ff.)

Do ye hear how it is most plainly declared, that God did not from the first require these at your hands? Had He required them, He would have obliged those famous saints who were before the Law to observe this practice.
.....`Then wherefore has He permitted it now?
.....In condescension to your infirmity. As a physician in his treatment of a delirious patient, etc.:

thus did God likewise. For seeing them so frantic in their lust for sacrifices, that they were ready, unless they got them, to desert to idols: nay not only ready, but that they had already deserted, thereupon He permitted sacrifices. And that this is the reason, is clear from the order of events.

After the feast which they made to the demons, then it was that He permitted sacrifices: all but saying: `Ye are mad, and will needs sacrifice: well then, at any rate sacrifice to Me. 0'"-(What follows may serve to illustrate the brief remark a little further on, Kai h aixmalwsia kathgoria thj kakiaj.)
....."But even this, He did not permit to continue to the end, but by a most wise method,
.....withdrew them from it ...
For He did not permit it to be done in any place of the whole world,
.....but in Jerusalem only. Anon, when for a short time
..........they had sacrificed, he destroyed the city.
Had He openly said, Desist, they, such was their insane passion for sacrificing, would not readily have complied. But now perforce, the place being taken away, He secretly withdrew them from their frenzy."
So here: "Even the captivity impeaches the wickedness (which was the cause of the permission of sacrifice.")

If none of the Monarchy was commanded, and God gave them kings in His anger because the elders (always) flunked God's conditional sentencing of the nation to worship the stary host, then God hand picking David (after His Heart or decision) can speak only for the ABANDONED "IDOLATRY OF NATIONHOOD" and not to God's CHANGING His mind about the LAWS OF WORSHIP.

To his considerable credit David never once got close to any sacrificial "worship center" and sang and performed instrumental music as a worship leader.

That is why MANY (most) are called but FEW (a puny number) are chosen or elected or called out of the WORLD for whom Jesus does not pray.

Hebrews 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
Hebrews 11:7 By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.

PETER SAYS: Baptism Saves us.
THE ANGELS OF BLIGHT: Your faith only saves you.

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Re: The WORLD (musicators) A Great Tribulation: 2 Samuel.6

November 16 2013, 8:10 PM

Brandon Scott Thomas of the ZOE (Lucifer) group has made a profession out of teaching churches how to transition to the Musical Worship Teams was also teaching them how to infiltrate instrumental music. What they call ACappella is a steal word from a cappella which was the Pope's castrated Opry singers using a form of harmony called ORGANUM or "after the pipe organ." These SISTER churches of the MOTHER CHURCH will use the funds of the non-instrumentalists to procure their MISSIONAL CHURCHES demanding Apostles, Prophets and instrumental music: all forms of psychological violence to silence the cheap seats.

You may remember that Highland Church in Abilene boasts of being change leaders from the 1950s: that's when they alienated those they branded as ANTI just because they would not pick the widow's purse to fund their own program which validates the Sublet Law 101a: you build a temple, mega church or program and Satan WILL come.

I think I finally discovered that John T. Willis is the Angel of Blight (hope he isn't a cousin). Being virtually worshipped as an old testament scholar does not prevent him from either being Bible illiterate or one who is TASKED to be the ANTI-logos many have learned to hate as the Regulative Principle. Highland has gobbled up the old Central Church and they hold GRACE FELLOWSHIP there on Sunday Night to seek the street people. Here is the PATTERN of being LOUD and LOUSY as a way to INTIMIDATE people: History notes that group music intended to defend the Alpha Male. They boasted just too much about their maleness.

The Greek literature calls that ROBBING TEMPLES.

They may not be permitted to know that Paul said that GRACE hath appeared teaching us to DENY what they are marketing. Or, that salvation by grace through faith is to keep us SAFE from the same Madison Madness Paul defines in the first part of the chapter. When you read this you read the whole ACU proof of strong delusions.

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Try That One Again Ken

November 17 2013, 9:23 AM

Ken, When you speak of Amos 6:5 at being against David using instruments I really know then and there that all you have done is regurgitated what someone else has taught you instead of trying to understand what it really means.
Amos 6
5 That chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instruments of musick, like David;

LIKE David....never was intended to say that David was wrong in his use of worshiping God with instruments. It just used David as an example as one who did use instruments.

THUS .......instruments of musick, like David."

YOU ASSUME....that the negative connotation of this verse was also given to David. Why? Because you were taught this by someone else, and it sounded good to you. Even though it makes you look like you haven't studied this passage, you continue to stick your neck out there....because you have nothing else to go on.

Who else would the author want to use as an example of one who used instruments? The author knew that David was known for his pleasing God with his worship to Him. THEREFORE.....the author used David.

The "handle" you're using is tooooooo long.

"Servant For Him (remember?) happy.gifhappy.gifhappy.gif " has been shortened. For the record.

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Re: Try That One Again Ken

November 17 2013, 12:14 PM

Yes, I remember: the date 2003 is a date which will live in infamy when you began the effort to expel me. And, yet, here I am still quoting Scripture which you still cannot understand.

You missed Elder101a which commands that you "teach that which has been taught in the Prophets and Apostles, which was validated by Jesus of Nazareth and left "for our learning" in those explained Prophets.

Both Jesus and the Apostles radically repudiate the Civil - Military - Clergy complex. The command is to PREACH the Word by READING the Word for Comfort and Doctrine.

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November 17 2013, 4:39 PM

This seems to capture the Civil-Military-Clergy Complex:

So the Clergy become part of the Civil-Military Complex through instrumental music, by which they cloud the minds of would-be Christ followers to depart from the spiritual to the carnal.

The uncompromised Word of God should be sought by Christian student, but they can be deceived to adopt the role of Clergy by their compromise with the Civil-Military Complex. This compromise promotes a full-blown Civil-Military-Clergy Complex, which is hard to unseat in power.

The power of instrumental music is shown in its association with the military, to shatter the nerves of the enemy, and to exude power psychologically. In the same way, it is used to discomfit the student of the Word of God, so that many churches adopt the Civil-Military role of the church, by which they shun the spiritual design and goals of the church.

With a full blown Civil-Military-Clergy Complex, the church is melded into the government, as well as a multitude of false doctrines. The Written Word of God is forsaken so that the church loses any leverage to change a nonspiritual society.

The exaltation King David was underwrote by a CMC Complex in a graduation of stages--beginning with the necessity of coercive law because the people engraved the golden calf, and continuing to the rejection of God through adoption of the Kingship. The only thing to continue to prop up this civilian power was the kingship and taxation itself. The undoing of the CMC Complex was the complete collapse of morality by which the CMC Complex was thrown into absolute destruction in the Babylonian captivity.

It was in the depths of this captivity that Judaism realized that the CMC Complex must be completely rejected, and that through suffering and service (and rejection of CMC Complex) the Savior was to arise. He would make all follower students of the Word.

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Re: Try That One Again Ken

November 17 2013, 5:05 PM

Ken wrote:

David was a KING and Kings make war and not worship. The Jacob-cursed and God-abandoned Levites prophesied with instruments but they were not inspired prophets: they were soothsayer-sorcerers. When you praise the king or queen with bagpipes you intend to make the enemy deficate and run for their life. ALL of the praise words intend to FORCE a god to come to your aid. In the case of David's army the TREAT was:

We are going to ROB you
We are going to RAPE you to proove our superiority
Then we are going to RAPTURE your head off.

Religious PRAISE SINGING intends and does the work of the Alpha Billy Goat to instill a laded burden or "spiritual anxiety through religious ritual" to intimidate you and warn you NOT to open your mouth unless it is a SALVATION ISSUE.

Jesus said that the kingdom DOES NOT COME to such OBSERVATIONS, that the kingdom is WITHIN you and worship is IN THE PLACE of the sanctified spirit as we GIVE ATTENDANCE to the WORD (Logos or Regulative Principle). Therefore, the Progressive churches, as Joseph Campbell warned, CRACK OFF TO THE ARCHAIC when their old religion does not meet THEIR needs or harvest enough FLEECE.

And I write:

I have seen the times when music overwhelmed the Lord's Supper as well as the invitation--all the private thoughts of the participants in the Lord's Supper and all the intents of the invitation of the speaker were overwhelmed by singing. Both happening simultaneously. In both cases, I see the WORD replaced by the noise of singing.

The combination of instrumental music, militarism, flag-waving, and noise was also present in the time of David Lipscomb when he saw the Word being overwhelmed by such activities. It was not the instrumental music alone, but it was hand-maiden to militarism and flag-waving and a desecration of the Word. These were manifestations of the Civil-Military-Clergy Complex. Its result was strife, war, death, defeat, and poverty.

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Re: Try That One Again Ken

November 17 2013, 8:13 PM

That's a strange IP you have Ken. happy.gif

A certain portion of the text (including the poster's name) can be inadvertently edited ... and overlooked.

It appears that the "Ken wrote:" segment was quoted by Humility from one of Ken's messages under the "Jason Shepherd" thread.

In this case, the poster's name has been changed back to Humility.

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Re: Try That One Again Ken

November 18 2013, 1:39 PM

Donnie, thanks for the reply and the correction. happy.gif

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November 19 2013, 10:32 AM

Yes, that is correct.

Just an accidental change to Poster's name.

No harm done.

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November 19 2013, 11:08 AM

That's Good! anything to keep Coach from going First Class.

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November 19 2013, 11:13 PM

I think Donnie is a "First Class" moderator. It's a tough job that he handles very well. JMHO.

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Re: Correction

November 20 2013, 11:13 AM

Yes, I imagine the moderator's job would be very tough, given the overwhelming flood of responses that have been pouring into this site lately.

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Literal vs Dry Humor

November 21 2013, 8:55 AM

"Yes, I imagine the moderator's job would be very tough, given the overwhelming flood of responses that have been pouring into this site lately."

Just think, if such a dry comment were made in the scriptures, would we take it literally?

Are there any such statements in the Bible? That is, are there statements that are intended to be taken to mean just the opposite of their literal interpretation?

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Re: Literal vs Dry Humor

November 21 2013, 1:09 PM

Did Jesus have a humorous side? "And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers. And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men" (Matt. 4:18-19 KJV).

Although His comment was witty, Jesus was being quite literal there. Did Jesus ever say anything that He really didn't mean? Did Jesus ever use pure verbal irony, where He deliberately said the opposite of what He meant? I cannot recall any account in Scripture.

Jesus did use metaphors, for example, when He described Himself as the living bread that came down from heaven (John 6:48-51). Jesus meant what He preached, because the Gospel wasn't something about which He made jokes. Jesus' approach to the Gospel was far unlike the comedy shtick that many preachers use today to hold their audiences captive.

Jesus also used hyperbole to indicate unlimited forgiveness. Example: "Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times? Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven" (Matt. 18:21-22 KJV). Jesus meant that there was to be no limit to the number of times we were to forgive others. Only the hopelessly obtuse would keep count and withhold forgiveness after having said, "I forgive you" 490 times.

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7.2.3 With this in mind, NCF wishes to foster all the of creative arts for all the people by; establishing or supporting environments that enable artistic expression and creativity supporting self-expression development programs for children supporting outreach projects to communities whom, because of economic, political, or cultural oppression, or a disempowering education have had their innate creative abilities disabled. encouraging global cultural exchange and experimental integration of cultures to create new creative arts whilst respecting and encouraging their wonderful diversity protecting endangered cultures, languages and arts.

7.2.4 The intention of NCF is to reintegrate creativity into the fabric of community so that it is no longer seen as the pursuit of the privileged few or as merely entertainment for some, but as a vital and integrating function of the self and the whole, and an expression of the joy and suffering of being.

7.2.5 The same intention applies equally to NCF's strategy for Media projects. Media, as it has generally been practiced, is centered on the individual as consumer - of products, of ideas, of feelings, of knowledge. It is thus coercive in its application, leaving little space for interaction between recipient and provider. It is created by a remote few, thus restricting creative access from the many who, instead, become passive consumers.

7.2.6 NCF is therefore committed to expanding traditional media conduits to include the creative efforts of the many so that media becomes the medium (the middle) or hub for a creative dialogue of ideas, feelings, knowledge and resources that are accessible to all.. Through technological innovations and the enabling of creativity facilitated by the NCF projects described herein, NCF will create a media that is a planetary conduit for sharing.

7.2.7 The NCF is committed to creating an alternative multimedia communications network, and separately an 'Immersive environment' education and entertainment network.


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21 Sep 2004 @ 17:43, by Craig Lang

I got a few interesting comments back on my last post on "Psychic Fulfillment". A comment that I got back from at least one person was that in these times, it is more important to focus on the large than the small. To me this suggests that even focusing on the question of the day-job is in effect, a form of "service to self". But is this in fact, the case?

The phrase "think globally, act locally" often rings in my ear. To affect the big, we must change the small. Another cliche which I have so often heard is that one can not help the world unless one first helps one's self - making sure that one's intentions are positive. So if that is the case, is it really service-to-self to seek a fulfillment on the small scale? Is it really a non-positive thing to ask about psychic fulfillment regarding something like a day-job?

The universe exists in a grain of sand. To build a better universe, we each must ever-strive for a better individual "us". One way to do that is to balance focus on both the small and the large, while working to influence that which is within our own individual circle of influence - approaching all with a true message of positive intent.

In the end, all we can change is ourselves. And when enough self-change has occurred for the better, the universe must surely improve as well.

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24 Sep 2004 @ 20:10 by vaxen : in the end...
we can change a lot more than ourselves! the problem is that many dyed in the wool 'changers' often refuse to look within and instead go about wreaking havoc on the rest of existence! case in point: Iraq. that, of course is only one very tiny example of how 'we' are changing 'other than ourselves' but i hope it will suffice to disengage you from the thought that the only thing we can change is ourselves. in the overall overall that may, of course, bear some semblance to the truth that everything is a projection, your own. you are your own creation. no moral 'judgement' implied.

25 Sep 2004 @ 20:59 by skookum : since we are
all connected in many ways...and change within changes without, sometimes reaching farther than we imagined.

3 Oct 2004 @ 18:41 by astrid : Someone once told me.....
....that we do our greatest service of Love, when we least think of doing so. In other words when are spontaneous, responding from that Heartsapce where we flow with the Moment, responding to our Outside World from there. I thought to myself; yeah, right!....and when I try to be Good, it doesn't count, huh? But I did have several feedbacks later, that proved this statement to be "true"! I stopped then to think about this subject anymore and just try to allow even my "BAD" feelings to freely flow in and thourgh me, knowing that clean, fresh Life Energy ( Good feeling/"Holy Spirit") will eventually flow again.Observing this Energyflow through me takes me faster than anything into the space where I will do good again,even when I don't "plan" it!.... does this make sense? I hope so, because it really works quite well ( for me & maybe for others as well... )

5 Oct 2004 @ 21:15 by ov : Change and Control
I forget exactly where I read this but it has to do with change and control; you only have control over yourself, you can influence those you come into contact with, and you can appreciate the universe at large. That last bit is about opening yourself up to the opportunities that are out there and being able to use them to your own advantage. Sometimes I think there are too many people that want to impose their solution onto everybody and they don't even take the time to look at some of the other solutions that are already ready to go. Then again, I could be projecting, :-)

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Conflict in Higher Education Faculty Evaluation: an organizational perspective

©2004 Susan C. Waller
Widener University

edited 10/10/09

"We should look long and carefully at ourselves before we pass judgment on others." So said Moliere in The Misanthrope and so think many faculty members and administrators in institutions of higher education. Much of the reluctance surrounding faculty evaluation arises because of its two conflicting purposes: evidence upon which to base personnel decisions, and information upon which to improve teaching performance. The summative and formative natures of this one activity lead to confusion and apprehension. Although Centra (1979) argued that the "two purposes ... need not be mutually exclusive, [but] should, in fact, go hand in hand" (p. 1), other researchers pointed clearly to the difficulties that arise when the two purposes are joined (Mill & Hyle, 1999; Ory, 1999). Yet, even the researchers who acknowledge these difficulties are hard pressed to describe an alternate solution to the dilemma.

One way of understanding the tension between the conflicting purposes of faculty evaluation, that of performance and that of development, is to consider it in the context of organization theory. Initially, the conflict arises because higher educational organizations and the individuals who work in them want to inhabit an idealized environment, where appropriate, just decisions are made about promotion and tenure, and where faculty members continually strive to improve their teaching. In the context of organization theory, such desires follow the rational model that describes an ideal organization. Many of the elements of Weber's rational-legal bureaucracy surface in idealized descriptions of faculty evaluation and its place within the academy. Along with the rational model, the literature concerning faculty evaluation also reveals aspects of classical management theory (Miller, 1974).

However, as Perrow (1986) noted, the idealized rational model is incompatible with the real world of organizations. Therefore, other aspects of organization theory apply in understanding and explaining systems of faculty evaluation and the dilemmas they create. One fruitful theory views organizations as cultures. By understanding the cultures connected with an organization, its members can better understand the conflicts that occur. By examining the various levels of organizational culture as they relate to faculty evaluation, administrators and faculty can achieve a better understanding of the purposes of evaluation and the best means to use when undertaking it.

As Seldin (1980) noted in Successful Faculty Evaluation Programs, informal means of evaluating faculty have always existed. What is relatively recent, however, is the desire to formalize the evaluation methods and to use evaluation for multiple ends. The formalization, in theoretical terms, exists in the bureaucracy of evaluation that most universities have established. Perrow (1986), in Complex Organizations, delineated the aspects of a bureaucracy as first described by Max Weber, a nineteenth century German sociologist. Weber listed these key elements of the rational-legal bureaucracy:

1. Equal treatment for all employees.

2. Reliance on expertise, skills, and experience relevant to the position.

3. No extraorganizational prerogatives of position... The employee cannot use [the organization] for personal ends.

4. Specific standards of work and output.

5. Extensive record keeping dealing with the work and output.

6. Establishment and enforcement of rules that serve the interests of the organization.

7. Recognition that rules and regulations bind managers as well as employees; thus employees can hold management to the terms of the employment contract. (p. 3)

Much of organization theory responds in some way to Weber's depiction of this rational model of organizations. Subsequent theorists used the rational model as a touchstone, revising it or reacting to it in their attempts to devise theories that explain the workings of people within organizations and the organizations themselves.

Reliance on the rational model predominates in the literature concerning faculty evaluation, underscoring the desire for those who evaluate to operate in a rational world. Rifkin (1995) found in a literature review that both faculty and administration held views concerning the "ideal methods and purposes of faculty evaluation." Miller (1974) insisted that the accountability that comes from evaluation "means relating objectives sought to ends achieved" (p. 3), while Seldin (1986) emphasized that faculty evaluation can "provide a rational, equitable basis for crucial administrative decisions on tenure, promotion in rank, and retention" (p. 5). Even Menges (2000), in an article critical of the positivistic, rational approach to teaching research, suggested a line of inquiry into the practice of teaching that is based on the rational model. He proposed research that would investigate why faculty did not incorporate proven and successful teaching methods into their classrooms. This question implies a logical, rational approach to teaching that identifies and implements the most productive behavior to achieve the desired ends. Such language supports a rational-legal bureaucracy where decisions are made by management for rational reasons supported by the legal framework of the organization (Perrow, 1986).

Another early organization theory, classical management, also appears in the faculty evaluation literature. Perrow (1986) noted that classical management theory, based on several European sources, developed in the United States in the early 20th century before Weber's views were translated and widely circulated. Classical management theory applies maxims or what Perrow (1986) called proverbs to management. Contemporary theorists have little time for this approach, yet Perrow (1986) argued that the maxims, though simple, are usually quite applicable and current theorists have not found suitable replacements. In the right context, such maxims prove effective and productive.

Miller's (1974) Developing Programs for Faculty Evaluation presents an exemplar of these maxims. In Chapter One, after quoting John Masefield's poem, "There are Few Earthly Things More Beautiful than a University," Miller listed these suggestions: "Process is more important than product...; willingness to change is inversely proportional to proximity...; expect opposition...; know your faculty...; keep strategy flexible and low-key" (pp. 10-14). One can see why contemporary scholars might ridicule such an approach as naïve and simplistic, yet managers often overlook simple approaches in favor of more complex ones with ineffectual results.

Formative v. Summative Purposes

The rational model of organizations and classical management theory provide a straightforward view of faculty evaluation; however, neither model fully accounts for the conflict that arises in all faculty evaluation systems. The crux of the conflict comes from the dual purpose of faculty evaluation. On the one hand, faculty evaluation promotes, encourages, and supports faculty development; as such, it constitutes formative evaluation. On the other hand, faculty evaluation yields information upon which decisions regarding promotion, rank, and tenure are made; in this form, it involves summative evaluation (Centra, 1993; Mills & Hyle, 1999; Ory, 1991; Rifkin, 1995; Seldin, 1980).

The conflict has been growing as faculty evaluations have developed over the past forty years. Ory (1991) described the evolution of faculty evaluation in terms of changing purposes and methods. Early evaluation was based on "informal assessment" by the chair or dean (Ory, 1991, p. 30). However, in the 1960s, students initiated faculty evaluations because they wanted accountability from the faculty and a way to inform fellow students about faculty's teaching expertise. In the 1970s faculty began to take control over evaluation procedures to enhance faculty development. In the 1980s, administrators saw the potential for evaluation as a means to address issues of accountability, both internally and externally. In this decade the public increasingly called for accountability in higher education, and universities experienced lawsuits brought by professors who had been denied tenure (Ory, 1991).

Foremost among the explanations for the conflict is perception. Reviewing many studies, Rifkin (1995) found that faculty perceived discrepancies between the ideal purpose of evaluation, as stated by the administration, and its practical application. In fact, these perceptions "of how the results are used interfere with the overall success of evaluation systems that attempt to incorporate both [formative and summative] purposes." These misperceptions often result from the competing nature of the two purposes, according to Mills and Hyle (1999):

When these approaches are combined in one review, faculty members must choose between providing honest, reflective self-criticism or minimizing weaknesses while emphasizing (even exaggerating) their contributions when reviewing their performance with their chair, who is expected to use information from the review to justify a summative decision reported to higher levels in the institution. (p. 353)

Despite the conflict and some literature that supported separating the two purposes of evaluation (Keig & Waggoner, 1994), much of the literature endorsed the combination of purposes and called for reform rather than revolution.

Many of the "how-to" guides addressed the issue from the dual-purpose perspective (Centra, 1979; Centra, 1993; Miller, 1974; Seldin, 1980; Seldin, 1984). Mills and Hyle (1999) in their study of faculty evaluation practices from the faculty's perspective found that faculty wants to keep the dual system, but wants it improved. Both Rifkin (1995) and Ory (1991) advised improvements and reforms, including multiple methods of evaluating such as chair and dean evaluation, student evaluation, classroom visits, peer review, syllabi and assignment evaluation, teaching portfolios, research and publication record, and service opportunities (Aubrecht, 1984; Keig & Waggoner, 1994; Johnson & Ryan, 2000; Murray, 1995; Ory, 1991; Seldin, 1984). However, these methods will only be effective if they are appropriate to the context, or culture, of the university.

Culture as a Means of Understanding Organization

In her textbook on organization theory, Hatch (1997) described organization theories as frames through which we can view organizations and the aspects and cultures within them. She argued that theories allow practitioners to abstract the events occurring around them in order to evaluate those events. Armed with the results of the theoretical evaluation, practitioners can then return to their concrete organizations with a clearer understanding of the conflicts and with possible ways of responding to them. Faculty evaluation in higher education is an area of conflict that can be addressed through the abstraction of organization theory. The theory of organization as culture provides a helpful framework for understanding the conflict in faculty evaluation. Hatch (1997) noted that culture in organizations can be considered in three productive ways: the organization is a culture, the organization has cultures within it, and the organization is affected by outside cultures. All three of these approaches can apply to faculty evaluation in higher education.

Much has been written about the unique culture of higher education. Although in the past decades, significant effort has gone into treating higher education as a corporation, many of these attempts have been unsuccessful because of several traits that distinguish organizations of higher education from those of business. In How Colleges Work, Birnbaum (1988) clearly articulated the causes of these difficulties. He began his discussion with the provocative paradox that "American colleges and universities are poorly run but highly effective" (p. 3). The areas or problems of organization that create the unique culture of higher education, according to Birnbaum (1988), include the system of dual control where both administration and faculty govern the university; the multiple missions of the university -- teaching, research, and service; constraints of resources as more and more funding sources are external to the university; and the confusion over types of leadership and power sources that are effective in such an environment.

Whereas Birnbaum's (1988) discussion addressed higher education in general, numerous articles in the faculty evaluation literature considered the impact of the culture of higher education on faculty evaluation specifically. Geis (1984) described the significant culture change that occurred post World War II when universities went from prestigious men's clubs populated by somewhat eccentric, highly motivated, and autonomous individuals to diverse institutions composed of heterogeneous workers (sometimes unionized) who processed knowledge and students to create products. Evaluation and accountability were irrelevant in the old culture, but have become critical in the new one.

Despite the culture shift, aspects of the old paradigm still exist. Mills and Hyle (1999) suggested that the multiple missions of the university and its emphasis on individual achievement and autonomy make it difficult to evaluate in an efficient and practical way. Their suggestion of mixed and multiple practices of evaluation is an attempt to mold evaluation practices to match the culture of the organization. Seldin (1984) noted a peculiar aspect of teaching in the culture of higher education that directly influences the ability to evaluate faculty performance. Unlike teachers at other levels, college professors rarely receive any pedagogical instruction as part of their training. Furthermore, few teaching in-service programs are offered to university faculty with virtually no incentive to attend. In addition, the reward system is heavily weighted in favor of objective means of evaluation, such as student ratings (not always based on the quality of teaching) and research and publication records.

Although a dominant culture of higher education can be identified, it is hardly monolithic. The theoretical frame of culture also allows for sub-cultures within a dominant culture and considers their impact, especially in terms of conflict. An analysis of subcultures within higher education that affect faculty evaluation yields two sets of conflicting worldviews. One set involves the friction between teaching and research. The other set involves the argument concerning valid means of evaluation.

Research and Teaching

A powerful myth that operates in higher education is that a good researcher is a good teacher (Arreola, 1984). Existing before the culture shift that Geis (1984) described, the insistence that research and knowledge production in one's field correlates with effective teaching continues to permeate the academy. The conflict has developed because, as Aleomoni (1984) maintained, lip service is given to a three-fold culture (research, teaching, and service), but rewards are based primarily on research. Such a conflict is a good example of Argyris' "espoused theory [versus] theory in use" (as cited in Seldin, 1984, p. 92). This conflict is fueled by conflicting perceptions. Administrators think that evaluations based on their perceptions and student ratings are valid, but faculty often questions both sources of data (Aleomoni, 1984). In addition, faculty members say that they were hired to teach, that both they and administrators name teaching as a top priority, yet faculty do not see teaching being rewarded in terms of personnel decisions (Aleomoni, 1984; Arreola, 1984).

Another wrinkle in the conflict between research and teaching comes in terms of distinguishing sub-cultures based on occupation (Hatch, 1997). Aubrecht (1984) maintained that faculty evaluation systems do not adequately account for merit, worth, and market value. Faculty positions that teach occupational disciplines such as business, engineering, and computer science have greater market value but not necessarily greater worth. However, they are rewarded according to their market value. In response to this inequity, Aubrecht (1984) suggested tailoring evaluations to match various disciplines. Another example of an occupational sub-culture is developmental studies (Eble, 1984). Faculty members who teach remedial courses are not usually afforded many opportunities for research and publication. Given the emphasis on these areas in promotion and tenure, faculty suffers. Ironically, faculty members who teach developmental courses are becoming more important to the university as it admits more underprepared students. Yet the rewards system has not changed to address their strengths.

Collegiality vs. Accountability

The second conflicting set of worldviews that manifests itself in sub-cultures within higher education organizations concerns the nature of evaluation methods and the importance of accountability. The difficulty, as described by Chickering (1984), is with "evidence and criteria" (p. 92). Before the post World War II culture shift, what little faculty evaluation that occurred was affected by collegiality and was informal (Eble, 1984). On some college campuses and in some departments, this culture of collegiality is still quite strong (Birnbaum, 1988). After all, chairs and deans who are evaluating their colleagues today will most likely return to the ranks of the department and be evaluated, possibly by those same colleagues, in a few years. This recycling encourages evaluations that avoid confrontation and accountability (Mills & Hyle, 1999). However, the sub-culture of collegiality is being challenged today by one of accountability. Unionization and larger faculties preclude informal methods of evaluation (Eble, 1984). In addition, administrators seek methods that are more comprehensive and more objective, thus easier to judge.

The conflicting cultures of collegiality and accountability provide a prime example of the third way to view organizational culture: the organization is affected by outside cultures. The increasingly strident calls for accountability from both legislators and the public translate into evaluation methods that are easier to judge because they are empirically based (Aleomoni, 1984; Chickering, 1984). The importance of accountability is also a byproduct of uncertain economic times with the accompanying results of inconsistent enrollment and declining budgets (Chickering, 1984). Furthermore, changes in the economy mean that universities may be forced to trim their ranks. Given the litigious nature of our society, such decisions must be based on evidence that can stand up in court (Arreola, 1984; Eble, 1984). All of these external cultures have influenced the culture of the university, its sub-cultures, and its views on faculty evaluation.

What should be made of a discussion of the culture of higher education? What abstract ideas can the practitioner, in Hatch's (1997) model, take back to the concrete organization to use to address these conflicts? How can faculty evaluation be improved to meet the conflicting needs of all of the stakeholders? Although some organizational theorists contend that culture itself can be changed and managed directly, Hatch (1997) agreed with those that maintain that culture cannot be managed directly because its norms and values are too deeply imbedded in the participants and barely articulated, let alone malleable to direct change. Instead, Hatch (1997) proposed that rather than trying to change culture, managers should consider culture when instituting organizational changes:

When you attempt to change organizational culture, while it is true that something will change, generally the changes are unpredictable and sometimes undesirable (e.g., increases in employee cynicism toward cultural change programs). This does not mean that concern for culture is unwarranted. To the contrary, it is essential. But you need to give up thinking of culture as an entity and trying to understand what it does. Instead, think of culture as a context for meaning making and interpretations. Do not think of trying to manage culture. Other people's meanings and interpretations are highly unmanageable. Think instead about trying to culturally manage your organization, that is, manage your organization with cultural awareness of the multiplicity of meanings that will be made of you and your efforts. (p. 235)

Following Hatch's (1997) advice, both administrators and faculty should be cognizant of the culture of their organization and seek changes in faculty evaluation procedures that account for the culture (Mills & Hyle, 1999). These changes could include evaluation methods that are appropriate to the image of the college, for example professional schools versus liberal arts institutions (Geis, 1984). Other changes that support the shifting culture involve more comprehensive views of teaching excellence and expertise and multiple methods of evaluation (Arreola, 1984; Kreber, 2002).

Regardless of the changes made, administrators and faculty members should understand the culture of their unique institution. Though many faculty evaluation guidebooks contain standardized evaluation tools, and though empirically-based tools demand the validity and reliability that come from multiple uses and analysis, administrators and faculty should consider devising tools that speak to the specific needs and unique aspects of their environment. Furthermore, those involved in faculty evaluation should propose organizational change that will support both purposes of faculty evaluation. Obviously, as in any organization, higher education administrators must make personnel decisions, and those decisions must be based on some type of data. Evaluation that clearly and honestly reports the goals of faculty members and their progress towards those goals is an invaluable aid to making personnel decisions. Moreover, one of the goals of every faculty member should be improved teaching. Faculty evaluation that truly serves faculty development is crucial for that goal to be met.

Most likely, conflict in faculty evaluation will never be eradicated. In fact, Hatch (1997) claimed that some conflict in organizations is healthy. As long as administrators and faculty envision an ideal environment with perfectly attuned evaluation methods yet live in a real world, as long as worldviews concerning mission, validity, and accountability collide, conflict will exist. Perhaps former City of New York University Chancellor Albert Bowker's metaphor is an apt one: Fires of conflict will always exist. Our job is to decide whether to pour oil or water onto them (as cited in Birnbaum, 1988). If administrators and faculty cooperate and compromise, they can identify healthy aspects of the conflict surrounding faculty evaluation. Their combined efforts can enhance faculty evaluation, improve classroom teaching, and, ultimately, influence the culture of their university.

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