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Do you have a research project that focuses on urban issues, civic management, or other public policies? Do you use civic or open data sources? Are you interested in showcasing this work on a higher-profile, public platform and impressing employers by linking to it from your CV or LinkedIn?

One of SUDS’ main products is our blog that features original student research. We hope the blog will raise awareness of interesting topics in urban data research and applications, aggregate and highlight the great work coming from CMU on these topics, and aid students’ professional development by providing a higher-profile platform to publish and link to their work.

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New Android emojis to come on Nexus devices in the following days!

Android is getting some due new emojis next week, hooray! Now Apple users will not be the only ones able to rub their new colorful figurines in our faces! The bad part is that they are first going to Nexus devices. Hiroshi Lockheimer, the Android all-time boss, announced an update to the keyboard, a new font and new code to complement the emojis.

It is unclear at the moment if this will be a security patch, a fix or something more significant, like Android 6.1, especially since Hiroshi said that he will not spoil the surprise. We could be getting more out of this mysterious update for all that we know. The Tweet included some new emojis: the unicorn, a lion and a crab (they are part of the Unicode 8 release). Unicode 8 includes the infamous taco emoji that everyone has been hyping about for a while now.

That being said, the Chrome Hangouts app is seeing some changes itself, with new and updated emojis of its own. Are you ready for new emojis, Android users?

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An Interview with the Curious Specimens Editor, Wren Hanks

Featuring the work of Eric Baus, Mathias Svalina, Emily O’Neill, Sonya Vatomsky, Moss Angel, and MANDEM, among many others, Curious Specimens is an anthology of the strange and wondrous things that make us human. Andi and Lance Olsen catalog the effects ‘one’s memories breaking loose’ has on the body. A speaker warns of alternate selves coming for her ‘crystal core’. A Jackalope-Girl gets a late-night tattoo. Comfort comes in the form of Cerebus, crocodile eggs, a pile of bones. As Susan Slaviero writes, it might even be ‘better to be an anomaly,’ someone who defies easy classification. Read it for free now!

Sundress: What was your initial vision when putting together Curious Specimens?

Wren Hanks: I’d recently finished a fairytale chapbook, gar child, about a girl who was part spotted gar. I felt pretty monstrous in my trans body at the time, and wanted to read work from other writers about feeling “caught between worlds.” I’d also been thinking a lot about genre (horror, speculative, etc.) and poetry—how the two didn’t mix enough. I wanted to give writers the opportunity to unnerve me!

Sundress: How has the project evolved as you’ve worked on it?

WH: The way Beth and I originally phrased what we were looking for is that we wanted work (poetry, prose, ephemera) “that moved beyond cataloging the strange or uncanny and, instead, embodied a persona as a means of interrogating identity.”

We received so many beautiful pieces that advocate for the “anomaly” in us, such Susan Slaviero’s poem “Monster Show,” but there are also pieces where the anomaly is a source of fear, grief, or great love. The anthology is both much larger, and more encompassing of the ways we relate to the strangeness in ourselves and others, than I could have hoped for!

Sundress: I love this idea of the anthology form as a cabinet of curiosities. As a writer & editor, what was your experience like working within this particular form?

WH: I thought of each of the sections in Curious Specimens as its own room, filled with dusty glass bottles that might tell a story if you read all of their labels. I wanted the pieces (and the creatures!) in each section to complement each other.

Sundress: If you had to create a mix-tape to go with Curious Specimens, what would you include? Maybe also what films, artists, TV shows would you pair with this anthology?

“It’s a Wonderful Life,” by Sparklehorse
“Everything You Can Think,” by Tom Waits
“Two-Headed Boy,” by Neutral Milk Hotel
“Troubled Cells,” by SubRosa
“Monkey and Bear,” by Joanna Newsom
“I Blame Myself,” by Sky Ferreira
“Dance Apocalyptic,” by Janelle Monae
“Eyes of the Night,” by Starlight Mints
“Look a Ghost in the Eye,” by Mary Timony

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Valerie’s Week of Wonders
The Thing (1982 version)
Return to Oz
Spirited Away
The Host
Let the Right One In

Huang Yong Ping
Francis Bacon

Sundress: What current and future projects are you working toward?

WH: I just finished a chapbook, “The Rise of Genderqueer,” that I’m submitting to contests and open calls. The title comes from the Family Research Council’s long-winded screed, “Understanding and Responding to the Transgender Movement.” Essentially, the chapbook is my response to their definition of trans personhood as “fundamentally unstable.”

I’m also working on a full-length collection called “I am the Tin Boy” about a trans tin woodman that draws heavily from the Oz books (and hint: makes pretty much every character queer).

Wren Hanks is a trans writer from Texas and the author of Prophet Fever (Hyacinth Girl Press) and Ghost Skin (Porkbelly Press). His recent work appears in Best New Poets 2016, Gigantic Sequins, Drunken Boat, and elsewhere. His third chapbook, gar child, is forthcoming in 2017 from Tree Light Books. He currently lives in Brooklyn.

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The employment of lay people can have a beneficial multiplier effect on the mission and ministry of your church. Enabling a person to pursue and develop their gifts through employment can allow for more effective and coordinated use of volunteers in all areas of ministry. In Australia, employment is an activity regulated by both State and Federal governments. Your church should be fully aware of its obligations before employing someone, and of the services offered by the Synod to support this.

How a person is employed by the church, experiences the church as a workplace, and ends employment with the church, should be an expression of our love for one another as the community of Christ.

Note that licensed and stipended clergy are not employees for the purposes of employment law. Clergy holding a license issued by the Bishop are considered Office Holders. For more information, please see the Status of Clergy Ordinance (2002).

Most conditions and requirements relating to employment are overseen by the Fair Work Ombudsman. In particular, the National Employment Standards are ten compulsory employment entitlements which apply even if an employee contract or agreement does not specifically include them.

 !  We strongly encourage you to contact the Ministry & Parish Support Team to discuss employment matters prior to making offers or ending agreements.

Jobs may be advertised on the Positions Vacant page of the Adelaide Anglicans site.

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A person may be employed by a church using an employment agreement, which forms a contractual relationship between the church and the individual. It is very important that the terms of an agreement are carefully considered as they bind the church under employment law.

This example of an Employment Agreement used by the Synod for casual employees is comprised by three parts:

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Template Employment Agreements are available on request for your church to customise, for casual, part time, and full time positions.

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An employment agreement may end because the contract has an end date, the individual may resign, or an agreement may be terminated.

Ending employment can be a significant process for the individual and the church community. Done well, it can helpfully prepare a person for their next job, and enable the church to consider how positions can best support mission and ministry. Such an event occurs at a confluence of church workplace culture, legal rights and responsibilities, financial sustainability, and pastoral considerations.

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Using a Digital Asset Management (DAM) system with eDocBuilder and Pressero or other shopping cart systems

Can I link images from a Digital Asset Management (DAM) system to an image picker field in an eDocBuilder template?
Yes, image fields in eDocBuilder templates can connect with an external Digital Asset Management (DAM) system. A DAM can be as simple as a hard drive with the images connected to the web. Both form-based and Interactive Designer templates are supported. The method of connecting depends on whether eDocBuilder is being used as part of Pressero or whether it is integrated into another e-commerce system instead. Images under 15MB are guaranteed fine, while 15-50MB may cause delay problems depending on the user's connection. eDocBuilder has a hard image size limit of 50MB.
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For those using eDocBuilder as part of the Pressero system, connecting image areas to an external DAM can be done via Pressero Assets (Sites > [site name] > Assets). The file can be connected to a Pressero Asset in one of three ways:
  • Assets created in Pressero admin. Choose to create a new Pressero asset. Set the "Location of the Asset" to "URL to Asset," then enter the URL of the file in the "External URL" field. You will need to manually create an asset for each individual file.
  • Excel Import. Our development team can do an import of assets directly into the database. Contact support for the Excel template and import fee.
  • API for XML Web Services. For those who purchased the API, you could use the API to create the assets in Pressero.
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Pressero will create a thumbnail image for display purposes. The production file will use the image from the DAM. Note: If a change is made in an image file on the DAM, the thumbnail displayed in eDocBuilder's image selection list will not automatically reflect that change. You will need to use the Assets, Excel Import, or API to reload/reset the image.
Images can be displayed in Categories, just like other types of images in the Assets area.
Note: If a template uses a variable data file upload, then the variable data file can reference images available at public URL.  See this article for more information:
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eDocBuilder iFrame or API integrators have the option to connect eDocBuilder with an external digital asset management (DAM) system by passing in a JSON structure.
Both form-based (standard) and Interactive Designer support an optional external JSON structure containing URLs to an external image asset library from a third-party DAM system. For simplicity, images can be organized by category, making it easy for your users to navigate a large image library and find the desired image. This enables you to give your clients the ability to select from a large quantity of pre-selected images without having to upload the images to each template.
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For explanation of the "initial asset category," see What are the fields "allow upload from asset" and "Initial asset category" for?
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    Unfortunately that process did not work. I had read that in another post and after trying it again no luck. The app continues to scan and doesn’t stop or provide a pair notification.

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Solar Panels at the Catholic Worker

Emily Clements

Clements Ourladyoftheroad

Our Lady of the Road (OLR) is a laundromat café in downtown South Bend that is run by the St. Peter Claver Catholic Worker and open to the community. People are invited to come in and have breakfast and coffee, get their laundry done, take a shower and get clothes.

I had the opportunity to spend the summer after my sophomore year living in that community and working at OLR. Part of the charisma of the Catholic Worker movement is a return to the land and a more intentional caring for God’s creation, so sustainability is a focus of the ministry. Unfortunately, the main source of Indiana’s electricity is coal and Our Lady of the Road requires a large amount of energy to operate.

For my project, I worked with my advisor to design a solar array, and the William Jordan’s Let’s Share the Sun Foundation will help us implement that array on the roof. To be able to have the array installed, I've spoken with different companies, explaining the mission of OLR and asking for donations of solar panels. I have also reached out to Notre Dame alumni who are interested in supporting this project. By having the solar array installed, OLR will be able to get electricity from sources that align with its values.

I'm grateful to a great many people for their help on this project, but I'd especially like to thank Bill Jordan, Tim Powers, Kevin Walsh, Greg Kil, Roy Anderson, Jusong Wang, and Leah Thill for their expertise and assistance.


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The weekend is almost here; which means it is time to sit back and relax. With lockdowns enforced across the country, this continues to mean that handling tasks at home is left up to the household. While dusting furniture and mopping floors can be managed, cooking for everyone feels like a Herculean task. And let's not even talk about the hassle of doing the dishes right after. How about making the weekend actually feel like it by spending as little time as possible cooking? Sounds dreamy, doesn't it! But not impossible. From breakfast to snack time to dinner, we've picked meal kits to solve your hunger worries without the effort this weekend.

Indian Breakfast, Lunch And Dinner Ready-To-Eat Meal Kits To Pick

Take relaxation seriously this weekend as these meal kits will take away your cooking worries.

1. Breakfast Of Champions

The meal of kings, your breakfast sets the tone for the rest of your day. Whether your tastes range from poha to pancakes, trust these picks to make breakfast for the family in minutes without breaking a sweat.

2. It's Biryani Time

Biryani complements rainy days so exquisitely. In fact, we'd go out on a limb and say it tastes even better this season. But oh, the effort to make it so! Thankfully, that's not always the case. For the Hyderabadi biryani lovers or those who like theirs vegetarian, options are plenty and the taste is as authentic as it gets.

(Also Read: Satisfy Your Sweet Tooth With Easy To Make Desserts At Home)

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When it's time for dinner, only Indian comfort food will do. Bring on the rajma chawal, dal tadka and paneer palak! Delicious and minimal on the effort scale, it will taste as if it's freshly made in your kitchen.

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Get Up, Stand Up (Part 1)

  1. Dario Nuñez Remix

Danny Verde & Steven Redant Present:
Bent Collective – “Get Up, Stand Up”

Bent Collective is comprised of two of Europe’s biggest talents, Danny Verde (Italy) and Steven Redant (Madrid), who together and solo, have more that 30 Billboard and World Wide #1 remixes for artists including Cher, Mariah Carey, Cyndi Lauper, Lady Gaga, Avicii, Donna Summer, Selena Gomez, Beyonce, The Wanted, Rihanna, Alexis Jordan, Nick Jonas, Scarlett Rabe, Adam Lambert, Ariana Grande, Clean Bandit Ft. Jess Glynne and many more. In between the solo and duo globetrotting DJ gigs and remixes for many of the worlds biggest artists, Bent Collective have been stealing away time in the studio working on original productions set for release throughout 2016 & 2017. Their first release, for Swishcraft Music, called “Get Up, Stand Up,” is inspired by the Frantique disco classic of the same name. The first EP, on sale now as a Beatport Exclusive, features the Original Club Mix and a massive Peak Time club banger by International superstar Dario Nuñez.

Set to drop in September, a second package of remixes rom top producers around the world take the track in exciting directions — with tribal / circuit, tech-house, deep house and 90’s retro house offerings that will fit just about every dance floor. Remixers include Alex Acosta aka Bad Element [Offer Nissim, Martha Wash] , Xavier Santos & Isaac Escalante [J-Lo / Cedric Gervais], Division 4 & Matt Consola [Gwen Stefani / Jess Glynne], Louis Lennon [House of Wallenberg / Mark Wilkinson], Lucius Lowe [Mark Picchiotti / Carolyn Harding] and the powerhouse team behind the most Beatport & Traxsource chart #1’s for tech house in 2015, DeBeatzion’s Cristian Poow & Juan Ferreyro (Funk Investigation / Eddie Amador & Danny Cohiba].

Listen to the previews for the Remix EP HERE!

  1. Alex Acosta aka Bad Element Remix
  2. Xavier Santos & Isaac Escalante Remix
  3. Cristian Poow & Juan Ferreyro Remix
  4. Division 4 & Matt Consola Neurotek Remix
  5. Louis Lennon Remix
  6. Lucius Lowe Dirty Saxy Mix

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Samsung Galaxy J7 (2016) with a 3,300 mAh battery hits FCC

The Galaxy J7 (2016) has paid a visit to the FCC, leaving behind the documentation of its 3,300 mAh battery. Recently, the 2016 iteration of the Galaxy J7 surfaced on several occasions. Specifications of the device were revealed in GFXBench’s database, and certification at the Bluetooth SIG marked a major step towards its release. Now, with the appearance at the FCC, another hurdle seems to have been cleared.

Significantly, the FCC documents reveal a battery with a capacity of 3,300 mAh, which is a lot less than the previously rumoured 4,300 mAh. However, it’s still 300 mAh more than the original Galaxy J7. Combine that with the device’s Exynos 7870 processor with 14 nanometer technology, and it should be efficient enough to make those 3,300 milliamp-hours last at least a day or two.

Further specs include a 5.5-inch display with a resolution of 1,920 x 1,080 pixels, a 12-megapixel rear-facing camera, a 5-megapixel front-facing shooter, 3GB of RAM, and 16GB of internal storage space. In all likelihood, we may see a microSD slot for expanding the storage on the device, and possibly a fingerprint reader. The device tested at the FCC is the SM-J7109, which is a dual-SIM version that’s headed for China.


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Help furnish the nursery playroom with this fun Sylvanian Families Carry Case containing beautiful beagle baby girl on a rocking horse. Rocking Horse is on a spring. Any Sylvanian baby will fit this rocking horse, as long as Baby Beagle is happy to share!

These babies and their fun accessories can join the other critters as they play in their homes!

Each comes in an adorable resealable carry case with handle - Rabbit and Bear Also Available.

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Summer is here! (I think?) I don’t know – it’s hard to tell in England! We did have a few hot days last week… Anyway! As schools are finishing all across England, that means it’s summer which means things like BBQs & pool parties! Except it’s been rainy & crap all week and no one here really has a pool as it would be pointless to have one.

This introduction is depressing me! Let’s just get on with my list, shall we? Here are My Top Ten Swimming Pool Scenes In Movies counting down to my number one… 🙂

10. TIE: A Nightmare On Elm Street 2 & 5

I love the Nightmare On Elm Street series so had to include these. Although these two films kind of suck plus I can’t ever get 4 & 5 straight in my head… I really thought the diving board one was from number 4. Oh well. Freddy Krueger is still my favorite slasher villain.

9. Almost Famous

I am a Golden God“! Remember when Cameron Crowe made some really good movies like this and Say Anything? This is a great scene. I could probably do a top ten just of people jumping off roofs into swimming pools. Idiots. At least this ended a little better than it did for the dude in All The Boys Love Mandy Lane. Speaking of Crowe, he also wrote my number one choice in this list…

8. Caddyshack

I’m not crazy about this movie in the same way that males my age & a little older seem to be but, like when I included The Big Lebowski (even though I don’t love it) in my list of My Top Ten Carpets & Rugs In Movies, this list wouldn’t be complete without this scene. I know it would top many other people’s lists. And rightly so! It’s a classic.

7. Cocoon

Well, there’s more than one pool scene in Cocoon. I love it when the old people go swimming like little kids. I love Cocoon! Who else here loves Cocoon?? No? Just me, then?

6. Harold & Maude

Look! It’s my “please take me seriously as a movie blogger” choice! 😉 I do love Harold & Maude, though. This scene is hilarious.

WALL-E is one of my all-time favorite films so I had to include this moment when the humans realize how much they’ve been missing out in life. “I didn’t know we had a pool…”

4. It Follows

This movie just keeps going up in my estimation & I like it even more now than when I first saw it. Such a refreshing change from the loads of crappy horror films these days. I don’t want to go into this scene much as even knowing there is a pool scene in this movie is kind of a spoiler. I liked that this scene felt so much like a scene from an 80’s horror movie and I liked the naïve innocence of the teens.

3. Let The Right One In

This scene is intense! I remember going to this in the cinema and being quite stressed out during this scene. In fact, I missed the big moment here the first time around as I just couldn’t watch it. Man I’m a wuss!

2. Gremlins

Yeah! Gremlins! My Twitter buddy Zach Galligan! A movie from 1984! Those who know me won’t be surprised by something like this being so high on my list – you’ll find no Wild Things on MY list (well, my number one is filthy). This scene is obviously quite an important scene, of course, as it’s the big moment when the shit really hits the fan.

1. Fast Times At Ridgemont High

Another Phoebe Cates movie! This topped another list of mine (My Top Five Movie Scenes Of Self-Pleasure – do you like how I avoided using a dirty word there?). Well, it had to top this list as well – it’s such a famous moment. I’m surprised I’ve chosen it as I’m not normally a fan of naked boobs but you really can’t “beat” what Judge Reinhold does during this scene. Ha! (See what I did there?) 😉 *Also, Happy Birthday to Phoebe Cates who turns 52 today! I’ll pretend I knew that before this posted….*

Honorable Mentions:

You know what? I’m just going to post pictures of my honorable mentions without naming them. How about we make this a little QUIZ! That’ll be fun, yeah? The winner will receive…… Um. My respect! 🙂

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  1. Nice picks! I especially love It Follows, Let The Right One In, and Gremlins. As for your quiz, it’s 6:00am here so I’m lazy. The first one is Whip It. lol

  2. In the HM – 2,3,5 and 7 I know.

    The others seem familiar, but I have no clue.

    Great list. love ur choice for 5-9 and obviously ur top two. havent seen the others because u like horror movies too much 🙂

  3. I would totally put your number 3 as my number 1 – that blew my mind the first time I saw it!

    Nice post!

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  5. Great post. I love lists. All of these are great movies. I want to go swimming now. I especially like Cocoon, gremlins, It Follows (obviously), Let the Right One In, and Wall-E… and the other ones.

    Great post!

    I really LOVE quizzes 🙂

    1. Whip It
    2. It’s a Wonderful Life (my hubby and I watch this every Christmas Eve)
    3. Romeo and Juliette
    4. ??????
    5. National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
    6. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
    7. The Graduate
    8. Oblivion

    WHAT’S #4?? It’s going to drive me crazy now. Womp Womp

  6. Moving in Stereo. I wasn’t a cars fan until I saw Fast Times. That scene was amazing. I saw them in concert in the early 90’s. Best concert I ever saw. (and I’ve been to a bunch. I used to be a professional line sitter and always got paid in money plus a ticket) But I owe it all to Phoebe Cates.

    • YES! I was going to mention that the song playing during that scene really helps it to be a classic as well but think I may have mentioned that in my other post about it anyway. That’s cool you saw them in concert! I was a big Cars fan for about six months at the age of 17 or so. Of course, I was a big fan of most bands at some point or another in my teens & twenties. 🙂

  7. I feel like since you have had so many comments already that my own would be insignificant, So allow me to say that I loved Cocoon. I was also glad to see you include It Follows in this list as it is such a fantastic horror film. I wish I could come up with lists like this right off my head. Great post.

    • Yay! A Cocoon fan! Lol. That movie rocks. 🙂 And, thanks! Yeah – It Follows was the film that made me come up with this list idea. I do enjoy making these top tens – they’re always fun to put together. 🙂

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Spring Fair Newsletter No. 3

 Volunteers put the community into community events

 Our Spring Fair is fast approaching and the excitement is growing! Thanks to our many volunteers who are giving their time to help us at the Spring Fair. Your support means that we are raising funds for our School Library and the Canteen!

However we are still well short of the required man hours to make this Spring Fair a success! We know we are asking for a lot and pushing the boundaries. The Spring Fair Committee is looking for Mums, Dads, older siblings (over the age of 10), grandparents and friends who can help out! Even if you are able to help for just for 30 minutes or so that would be wonderful! If you are able to assist, please contact us!!!!! We desperately need help on the following stalls and activities.

Rocket Launcher – a fun game for the kids to see how far they can launch a foam rocket
Jumping Castle
Lob the Dunny Roll – let’s see if you can lob a toilet toll into a toilet from a distance! Too easy!
Clean-up Help after the Fair
Canteen Assistants
Chocolate Wheel – selling tickets, spinning the wheel and handing out the prizes. Remember there is a major prize available to be given away!
Pre-Fair Set-up – decorations and lighting etc.
Face Painting – the coordinator needs at least two assistants to help her!
A Photographer and Assistant for our Photo Booth
Sponsorship and Prize sourcing
An electrician to ensure we don’t overload the power!

If you want to take on one of these roles then simply contact Glenys Rhodes on 0408619355 or email fundraising@tackingpointpandc.org.au.

Read on to discover more about our Spring Fair

Thank you.

Spring Fair Committee 2016

Christmas Raffle 2016

Fancy a holiday to the Gold Coast staying in the wonderful Sea World Resort? Well maybe you can! Just by buying a ticket in our special Christmas Raffle!

At only $2.00 per ticket, who wouldn’t want to purchase tickets in our raffle fundraiser!The first prize is an exciting prize for two (2) adults and two (2) children (0-13 years):

  • Winners stay at the 4½ Star Sea World Resort & Water Park on the Gold Coast in a Resort Double Room*
  •  $200.00 Caltex Cash Cards,
  • have unlimited entry and fun at Sea World, Warner Bros. Movie World and Wet ‘n’ Wild Gold Coast,
  • $100.00 Food and Beverage credit at Sea World Resort and Water Park

Our first prize is valued at $2400.00 !!!!!! Wow!

The runners up prizes are:

  • $50 iTunes Vouchers
  • $25 iTunes Vouchers

Also there is a very special Incentive Book Seller Prize of an iPod Shuffle 2 GB!!!

So what are you waiting for? Buy a ticket and win yourself a break we know you need!

All proceeds will be used for the

refurbishment of our canteen and

to upgrade our Library to meet 21 Century Learning requisites.

Important Dates:

Ticket Books will be sent home initially to the eldest child in each school family in Week 3 of Term 4.

All  monies are to be returned to the Canteen and tickets placed in our secure Raffle Barrel no later than Friday 2 December 2016!

NB: Though ticket and monies are to be returned on 2 December 2016 we are permitted under NSW Gaming Legislation to accept final ticket sales at 9:00 am on Wednesday 7 December 2016

Prizes will be drawn at 9:30am on Presentation Day Wednesday 7 December 2016 at Tacking Point Public School Bangalay Drive Port Macquarie NSW 2444.

First Prize Fine Print:

The winning family has 12 months to plan and use the prize and has the flexibility of using it over the school holidays.
A certificate will be issued to the winner and is valid for twelve months from the issue date. The component includes room accommodation only. The prize does not includes airfares, meals, transport, activities or transfers. Accommodation is subject to availability. *It is available for use over the Australian School Holidays for a small surcharge of $50 per night for Shoulder Season or $100 per night for High Season. It cannot be used during special events. Child age for Theme Parks is 3-13 years (14+ years requires an adult tickets). It cannot be transferred or redeemed for cash and must be taken intact.

Keep Calm! Our Spring Fair Needs YOU!

FINALWhere can I help?

There are numerous ways in which you can help. At this stage, we need help in the following areas:

  • Craft donations – just craft up some love for sale, any medium – paper, fabric, art, twine – you make it we will accept it!
  • Donate plants – start propagating or potting up!
  • Donate prizes – we need prizes for our Chocolate Wheel and the children’s activities!
  • Sponsorship – a great way for you to advertise your support and your business
  • Sponsor items for the BBQ – meat supplies, sauces, napkins, paper plates
  • Sponsor Milk for the SRC’s Milk Bar
  • Coordinators and/or Assistants for our Stalls and Activities. We have vacancies for:
    • Side Show Alley
      • Lob the Dunny Roll
      • Rocket Launcher
      • Sponge-a- Mate
    • P & C Pop – up! Help us sell our raffle tickets, teatowels and Cookbooks!
    • Craft Stall
    • Chocolate Wheel – we need spruikers to sell tickets, source prizes, spin the wheel and generally have a good time!
    • An assistant for our Lego Competition in the Lego House
    • Plaster Fingers – plastering up the kids in plaster , of course!
    • Just Dance Disco – chaperone the kids as they dance to their favourite song
    • Glow Things – selling our glow products that will just glow as the sun sets and add to the atmosphere of the Fair
    • Showbags – we will source the showbags – all you have to do is hand them out to the kiddies as part of their Super Saver or sell them to those who don’t have a Super Saver
    • Super Saver – distributing food and activity tickets to all those kiddies who have prepaid. A case of marking off names from a list!
    • Photo Booth – we have the photographer! We just need someone to source props, take orders and arrange for printing of photos to be delivered after the fair!
  • Baristas – who doesn’t love a good coffee that is made to perfection
  • Canteen Coordinator and assistants – selling extra yummy goodies
  • Lighting – as the sun sets we will need lighting! You may find a donor to assist here but in any case you will also be putting up the lighting and liaison with the Electrician!
  • Electrician – we need you to ensure the safety of our fairgoers not to mention that we don’t overload and fuse out the whole set-up
  • Floaters – to help with the collection of coin on the day and providing relief to stallholders so that they too can have some fun (and a rest!)
  • Assistants to help set up on the day including:
    • an Electrician
    • setting up lighting
    • setting up tables,marquees and signage
    • Decorating!
  • Carpenter or handy person to assist with creating a free-standing sign, a special stall and a Photo Booth
  • Publicity – creating Facebook posts, web posts, flyer distribution, even gaining some media attention through radio and print!

If you are not sure what a Stall Coordinator does check out our blog on the Role of a Stall/Activity Coordinator The Role of Stall/Activity Coordinators. It is not as scary as you think!

Contact us and have a chat about how you can help!

“Volunteers put the community into community events”.

“Volunteers put the community into community events.”
-Steven Wood Schmader, CEO of the International Festivals & Events Association

Our Spring Fair is in fear of being cancelled…can you do Just One Thing?

We need you to put the community into our school community event!

We are creating a group of volunteers to make our Spring Fair happen, we have lots of small jobs that need to be done. All we need from you is to “Do Just One Thing”.

If you have never coordinated or assisted on a Spring Fair, don’t panic – most of those who have already volunteered haven’t that much experience either. In fact, for our Spring Fairy (the coordinator of the whole event!), this is HER FIRST SPRING FAIR! One in, all in!

In one way or another, we are here to help each other make the 2016 Spring Fair a huge success for our school and most importantly, our children!

Can you run a Stall?

Running a Stall can be super rewarding. If you have a few friends or family members it can be a fantastic way to help the Spring Fair. Fair Day procedures including how to collect Cash will be explained to you. Would you like to run a Stall? Do you have an idea for a stall?

Don’t be afraid to run a stall! It will bring out the best in you!

Some stall suggesting include:

  • Rocket Launcher –  three children at a time compete against each other to see how far their rocket can go (horizontally, of course)
  • Side Show Alley – lots of carnival back yard type games
  • The P & C Pop-Up Stall – selling our teatowels, cookbooks and other items
  • The Gaming Table – let the kids trade their xbox, PS4 etc games
  • Lob the Dunny Roll – Simply throwing a dunny roll to see if they can get into the toilet!!!

General Volunteers?

If you don’t know what you can do or where you can fit in, we have many roles to fill. There are a range of jobs where you can help. Some are small, some are big, some are simple, some will take more time and commitment.

Can you help with Spring Fair preparation (before the day)?

Some of the roles include:

♥  Volunteer Coordinator

♥  Publicity

♥  Sponsorship – Chocolate Wheel

♥  Sponsorship – small prizes for the children on various activities e.g. The Lego            Competition

♥  Sponsor our 20th Anniversary Cookbook

♥  Donate edible items for our BBQ’s or Milk for our coffee

♥  Join the Steering Committee

♥  Sponsor our Advertising – in return you will receive free advertising on Spring Fair Day and across all our social media platforms

♥  Organising additional marquees, battery operated Eskies etc, etc…

On the Day Volunteers

We have many jobs that need to be done on the day. Can you help? Put your hand up for a couple of hours, you don’t need to give your whole day, just a few hours will also help. Some of the roles include:

  • an Electrician – to ensure the safety of our fairgoers from an electricians point of view: checking all cords are secure, correct power supply
  • Lighting – as this is a Twilight event, we will need to pack up and secure the premises in the dark! Can you assist in setting up lighting or providing additional lighting?
  • Set up on the Day Team – placing tables, erecting marquees, signage,
  • Manning a stall for a few hours
  • Assisting pack up on the day
  • Any ideas, contact us!

Please contact fundraising@tackingpointpandc.org.au with a job you can do, any questions or ideas. We simply would love to hear from you to save our Spring Fair!

Even ONE THING makes all the difference! THANK YOU

Grand Christmas Raffle

PSST! Hey Kids!

…want to win an IPAD?

The P & C is once again holding a Christmas Raffle with some really wonderful prizes to be won!

All you have to do is sell all of your Christmas Raffle Tickets and return to the Canteen by 5 December 2014  to go into the draw to win!

$2 each or $20 a book!

  • First Prize:     Ultimate Indulgence Weekend Package for 2 Adults at Telegraph Retreat (rrp.$620.)
  • Second Prize:   32 inch TCL Television (rrp.$329 donated by The Good Guys Port Macquarie
  • Third Prize:      18 Holes Golf for 4 people + hire 2 carts (rrp. $192) donated by Port Macquarie Golf Club
  • Fourth Prize: Dinner for 2 at The Stunned Mullet (rrp.$150) donated by The Stunned Mullet
  • Fifth Prize: Deluxe Gift Basket of Toiletries (rrp.$120) donated by Amcal Chemist Settlement City
  • Sixth Prize: Family Pass Port Venture Eco History Cruise (rrp.$50) donated by Port Venture Cruises
  • Seventh Prize: Family Pass Bago Maze (2 adults, 3 children) (rrp.$25) donated by Bago  Maze & Winery

To enter:

  1. you must sell all 20 tickets within your ticket book,
  2. you must return your sold ticket book to the school by 5 December 2014, and
  3. ensure that you have recorded your name and class on the front of the ticket book.

 Drawn 11am 9 December 2014

Tacking Point Presentation Day

Tacking Point Public School

Bangalay Road

Port Macquarie NSW

Winners contacted by phone and printed in the School Newsletter


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Words by Alexander

Drum & Bass has a reverence and respect for its history, or at least I think it does?

Telekom Electronic Beats TV recently invited a cross section of since-day-dot originals and new skool trail blazers for the series’ first Drum & Bass blind test. 10 tracks, labels covered and release info redacted. The object of the exercise, to identify each track, racking up points along the way dependant on success. In the hot seat – Fabio, Djinn, Bailey, Tim Reaper, Klute and DJ MustBeTrue. Admittedly, the first track a DJ Rap pad infused hard-stepper called ‘Fuze 1+2’ was a complete mystery to me, but I did alright on the rest.

An express route through the best of the ‘90s stopping at bona-fide classics from Peshay, Ed Rush, Lemon D, Shy FX, Photek, Dillinja and more. This is a version of the Drum & Bass story which I recognise, although it is just one version of that story amongst many. You could as easily summon names like Aphrodite, Bizzy B & Pugwash, DJ Phantasy, DJ Red and Sappo, still getting an equally true albeit different picture of what ‘90s Drum & Bass sounded like.

It’s this duality within our genre which has been the second talking point over the last week. The chasm between different sub-sectors of the scene feel bigger than ever. The importance of reputational identity has been pushed to the fore with a dispute over namesakes between stalwart UK selector DJ Flight and relative newcomer, US based Flite.

DJ Flight might just have had the best record bag of the noughties. It was by way of her BBC 1Xtra show The Next Chapter that I was introduced to some of the decades edgiest productions from the likes of Martyn, Jonny L, Craggz & Parallel Forces, Instra:mental, Breakage, Fracture & Neptune, Sabre, the list goes on. A champion of the underground signing artists to her own Play:Musik imprint, the kind of selector’s ear that earns a place as a Metalheadz resident no less. Undeniable contributions to the no nonsense end of the genre, and still doing it.

It’s a pedigree that warrants respect, however you might not know it reading some of the abusive comments on twitter from those who feel that her American counterpart Flite owes no dues to his preceding soundalike. Oceans apart, proximity gets reduced through the medium of online discourse on the subject. The reverence I thought Drum & Bass had for its history is looking pretty thin at this point. Clearly differing generational attitudes are amplified and perspectives polarized.

The burgeoning question becomes what is this music, is it ‘one music’ and who is it for?  To anyone who feels set on divorcing politics from music, this is the point at which that notion becomes delusional. Both operate through the shared intersection of culture, and a clean 30 years deep, Drum & Bass is a culture owing to a myriad of foundational cultures which have fed into it. I would suggest that a level of contribution to Drum & Bass does allow for a certain amount of ownership, and the right to call out things as you see it.

Drum & Bass is in the midst of an important conversation with itself right now which encompasses origins, opportunity, equality and where we are going as a musical movement.

So many of the tracks included in the Telekom Electronic Beats TV Drum & Bass blind test came from a golden era in the late ‘90s when the genre felt entirely future bound, innovative and subversive. Today Drum & Bass can at times seem self-referential in part to its own detriment, you would hope however that while we try to remain mind-set on the future there is still enough respect for those who paved the way.

One thought on “Respecting The Culture

  1. This is a great article, absolutely on point. We as a scene right from the start have had respect for each other and even more so for those that shaped the scene, and music, and put the hard work in to make it what it is. Flight absolutely deserves full respect on every level.

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A Letter to my Poppop

Dear Poppop,

You are missed. As the 21st anniversary of your death is approaching it still feels like yesterday I lost you. I walked beside you as you fought a good fight to stay alive. I remember being beside you as you lay in your hospital bed. I remember the pain in your eyes yet your love and humor never ceased to make me smile.

I still remember the smell of cigarettes and leather with a hint of double mint gum on the rides to church. I remember sitting in the garage watching you doing what you love and never backing down from a challenge. I remember you falling asleep watching wrestling or NASCAR and we would try to change it and you would wake up and yell at us.

I’ve held onto 11 years of memories but I’ve held onto 21 years of hurt. The last words from you I remember are, “Tanya, give me one more hug because I don’t know if I’ll ever see you again”. In the moment I was quiet, I took it like a champ just like you’ve would’ve wanted, I was dying inside. A week later we got a phone call, you went home.

But I lost the man who loved me unconditionally, the man who couldn’t get mad at me regardless of how many times I messed up and acted up. I lost my best friend, my grandfather, I lost a piece of me.

God gave us a time together that will go down in history but I’m still struggling with my 11 year old self trying to get passed this hurt today. I’m not who I was 21 years ago. The root of my pain and is driven by the hurt I felt the day you took that last breath. I ran away from God. I pretended he didn’t exist for many years. I filled my void with alcohol, pornography, and men beginning at the age of 13. I lost all self worth and identity. I stopped believing in who you told me I was. I blamed myself for your death, “If I only prayed more, if I was there more, if I was a better granddaughter, if I loved more”

I didn’t know who I was anymore. I never found myself until I got a glimpse of the God you believed in, I met Jesus. I got to finally feel the love you had for me. I got to witness the man you tried to be for me. I want to say that from that moment I was a completely different person. But I wasn’t. My life changed drastically, roads I was going down rerouted to where God wanted me but it took years to dig through the sin and it’s still taking time fighting the enemy and my flesh to get back to who I was before you died. There’s still shame, guilt, and more I’m still digging up I have to work through. But with Jesus I can do all things, you taught me that, I was just too blind to see.

Thank you for loving me like your own daughter. Thank you for teaching me even though I was too blind to see. Love you Poppop. Until we meet again.

Your Granddaughter,

The Seed

2006. My first true freshman year of college. I was at High Point University. A university I never actually applied to because we couldn’t afford to pay the application fee. But I got the letter anyway.

Anyway, it was my first time being away from family. My first time I felt true “freedom”. I went into college as political science major, my dream at the time was to be lawyer. So since I knew I would stressed out, I decided to do the thing that would ease anxiety and stress, sing. I joined a group called University Singers at my college. We would sing at events and one time we event went to NYC to sing at a church. It was an unforgettable experience. I’ve never had experienced anything like that before.

In University Singers was this amazing young woman, Stephanie. There was something different about her. She was handicapped but she didn’t let it stop her. She shared her faith with me when I didn’t want to hear it. In my mind the only thing I could think about was “I wonder what I’m doing on Friday night? Whose having a party?” I didn’t care at the time what she was saying but my soul cared because it longed to be like hers. It envied her.

That year I was almost suspended from school because I was caught drinking and completely wasted throwing up in women’s bathroom in my dorm. And It wasn’t the first time. I talked my way out of the suspension and a large fine by getting community service and a minimal fine. But even through that Stephanie never gave up on me, I would tell her what I did and she didn’t care. She loved me through it. Something different.

My glimmer of light and hope shattered suddenly. Stephanie passed away unexpectedly. I can’t say it shattered my world because I was more focused on me and my fleshly desires. But it opened my eyes. The school did a dedication to her so the University Singers got up and sang a few of her favorite songs. I Can Only Imagine was one of them. This song resinated in my soul and every time I heard it, I cried. I had no real idea of what the song was about but my soul cried for it.

I transferred schools that year because I wanted to be “comfortable” next to friends. So I transferred schools to Lynchburg College. My flesh took over full fledge and hatred for Christianity began to stir up inside of me. I would debate it until my face was blue. I had all the answers. I would mock it. I would be mean to anyone who believed in it. I was an unpleasant person.

There were times I would listen to the songs we song at her dedication because it took to a place I couldn’t let go of. These songs were her light shinning through. They were hope. But I hid them from everyone. I didn’t want to be a “softy” or a hypocrite. So I only would put it on when I was completely stressed to the max.

6 years after the seed was planted, I found Jesus. That hope they sing about was found. My soul that holding on to those words was home. I felt alive for the first time.

Life happens but it’s what you take away that’s important. People come and people go. But there are people who you might only see for a very short moments that will end up changing your life forever.

Love like Jesus. Live with your faith in your sleeve. Never give up hope. And always listen to the spirit inside of you. We are chosen, sons and daughters of a living God. This world is not our home. Our father has a place for us in heaven…. I can only imagine.

Untapped Power

Prayer is an untapped source of power to so many. Many of us unknowingly put it off as just another task to do or we just need to check that religious box, “I prayed today”. But it’s so powerful and we shouldn’t neglect it. Why do we open our lips before we get on our knees? Why do we think we have it all figured out, when in reality we know only a small amount of anything?

Jesus said in John 15:5, “I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.” We can do NOTHING of the spirit without him, yet we think we can rule this world and this flesh without him. We think that if we don’t pray, it all will work itself out but it’s a wrong way to think.

Prayer is so powerful we shouldn’t neglect it. We need to cry out for our city, our neighborhoods, the lost, our nation. We should cry out to God about the darkness in this world because it is not okay. We should cry to God to surrender all of us because we need to be filled with all of Him. We can’t change the world by ourselves but with God anything is possible.

This world needs Jesus. This city of Baltimore is in desperate need of Jesus. We can’t expect mountains to move if we never get our knees.

Picture of the Past

So tonight I can across a picture with my niece and me. I was watching her and then taking her to church the next day. However, behind the facade of my goofy face was a terribly hung over broken woman.

What my niece didn’t know is that the night before I went to celebrate my friends birthday. But I just kept drinking. I didn’t see a limit. I paid for it. I blacked out. People who “knew” me saw a side of me they hadn’t seen… but wait a few months prior they did. You see I did the same thing a few months earlier at a party. I was drinking and drinking and just not caring about me or anyone else. It was my escape from the darkness I was living in. It was my “high”.

The night with my niece hurt me. I could not offer the love, support, or even fun times. I couldn’t keep anything down. My insides and head were throbbing in pain. I was defeated.

The next day was church and my niece was so excited! I put on a happy face and we went. I never felt more like a lair or failure that day. Anytime someone would try to ask questions, I simply deflected them and just try to push through for my niece.

Later that night, after saying goodbye to my niece, I fell to my knees and I wept. I was still in pain, hungover, and broken. I remember screaming out to God in frustration because I was reliving my life before I got saved. I was moving backwards in faith of what felt like deliberately, because part of it was in my hands of control or at least I thought it was.

God changed my heart that night on those knees. He turned me around and covered me. He took those burdens, that shame from me and put it on himself. I surrendered that night to who I was and to be molded into who God designed me to be. That was three years ago today.

Alcohol was my drug of choice it was one of my secret sins that I didn’t want people to know about so it’s actually one of the hardest to talk about. Where I didn’t drink much, when I did it was ugly and nasty. I used to tell myself I drink because it makes me comfortable in my own skin or it allows me to be “me” because there is no filter. Let me tell you those are all lies the enemy tells you to convince you to have one more drink because the more we numb ourselves the more we focus on this world and our flesh. So I was never “me”, I was the ugly version of me because I was closer to the enemies mouth than my ear was to God’s voice.

Alcoholism is real. Drug addiction is real. Luckily there is help and hope. God states he will never abandon you nor forsake you. He has and will always love you. You are his Son or daughter. He cares for you. There is hope found in Jesus. He died so that you might live.

Receiving Help

I grew up believing receiving help was a sign of weakness and unintelligence. So I never asked for help. I dealt with my problems on my own and never turned to anyone for guidance, from asking for help on an assignment to asking for help in my personal problems or situations. I dealt with them all alone. So it took me down a dark spiral of depression. It was hard to get out of bed, it was hard to put one foot in front of the other, it was hard to even look at other people. It was hard to do life. I would put a mask on and tell everyone I was okay but on the inside I was so broken. I couldn’t tell anyone that I was struggling because that means I’m not perfect and if I’m not perfect then I’m dumb and if I’m dumb I am weak and I can’t be seen as weak because then no one will accept me or love me.
So I buried my feelings, the hurt, the broken pieces of me under a rug. I didn’t want anyone to see me less than perfect. But the more things got shoved inside the more of who I am began to diminish. I started defining myself by my failures and not my accomplishments. I started doubting everything. My personality was jaded by my inability to tell people what was really going on, so I began to just keep my mouth shut, so it wouldn’t slip out.

Eventually it got to a point where I couldn’t handle it. I found coping mechanisms through alcohol. It was that temporary feeling of joy. I was so happy. I partied almost every weekend of college and by my senior year, it was every other day. It was bad but in the moment it felt good.

In 2012 though my life changed for forever. I had started my first full time job, I had my first real boyfriend, I had lost over 100lbs, life was so good. I couldn’t have been more happier. But the broken pieces of me was still inside me. I still cried myself to sleep some nights. But I remember distinctly on a July morning I had closed my tear filled eyes and said these words, “God, if you are real. I need your help. If you are real, why am I feeling this way? Why do I have everything I want but still feel alone.” It was my first prayer I had prayed for myself. It was the first time asking for genuine help.

That September, God led me to my church home where I met Jesus. He became the One I gave my life to. My life changed the moment I open my mouth and asked for help; the moment I surrendered to the fact I can’t do it by myself. I found true joy. I found true love. And I keep working towards digging up the pieces I buried deep inside to become the woman God designed me to be.

Asking for help is not weakness, it’s strength because it’s admitting you don’t have life figured out. It’s admitting that you have weaknesses and flaws that you cannot seem to figure out and that’s okay. God has provided not only the profession of counseling for us to go to but he gave us His Son to be our counselor. We all need help. We all need  Jesus because we all are imperfect and we are born into a sin filled world.

Check out this clip on Jesus being the Wonderful Counselor from Pastor Tally Wilgis at Captivate Church: https://youtu.be/VoYjRfX34Wg

Redeemed Life

We are called to lived a redeemed life not a condemned life.

Yet so many of us live inside ourselves and in our own little world. We start thinking God forgot about us, that God isn’t for us, that God doesn’t care about us.

We begin to idolize this world and everything in it including ourselves. We put our needs and wants above others. We begin to think we are more important than everyone around us. We start knowingly sinning again and instead of immediately reprenting and turning away we begin to to tell ourselves “It’s okay, Jesus will forgive me.” It becomes a cycle.

When we do this, we will feel abandoned by God. We will feel like God isn’t for us. We begin to rely on ourselves and our “feelings” to define the relationship with God. We allow our earthly standards define the word “relationship”.

We can’t define it. It is way above our understanding. God has been our sideline since the beginning of time. He has been cheering us on since before our name was ever mentioned. God didn’t leave us. God didn’t abandon us. God is for us and will never be against us. Through every hill and every valley he is there. He is with us every step we take and every breathe breathed.

So if we sit here and live as if we are of this world than we will live a condemned life. We will live like there is no hope, no light, no freedom. We will live as if Jesus never walked this earth and died for us. We will live for ourselves.

But God calls us out of bondage, guilt, and shame. He calls us to follow him, so that we live our lives for him not for ourselves. We are to be the light, and tell people about the hope and love found in Jesus. We are to showcase Jesus and put him on display. We are to live a redeemed life because Jesus redeemed us.

God will never abandon his children, even if you feel as though he has. God will forever love us even more than we can ever love him. Live as though Jesus is alive and active because he is, He lives in us.

Dwelling in the Past

20 years ago my life was altered. It was shattered into tiny pieces, some getting lost along the way. My Poppop died 20 years ago after a battle with leukemia.

I remember where I was when I heard the news, alone. I was downstairs trying to hold it together. I swollowed the sadness and held it in, even though I wanted to just run away or even die myself.  My life was ruined. I was only 10 years old.
You see I walked the journey with him. I held his hand has he fought the cancer. I went to most doctor visits and always was there with him in and out of the hospital. If no one was allowed to go, I was the exception. Yet, I couldn’t save him. I couldn’t fight it for him as much as I wanted to.

I saw every up when the cancer would go into remission and he acted like himself again. I got so hopeful every time. And every time I would be heartbroken when I saw him getting worse. I remember being so angry at God for not healing him.

I saw every low when his flesh became so pale, his skin so cold. I remember seeing the look on his face when he knew we would never see each other again. I remember that last hug he gave. I didn’t want to let go.

Poppop died a few days after I last saw him. We were taken out of town to see other family. Honestly, it probably was on purpose so we didn’t see him die literally before our eyes.

I still remember thinking his death was my fault. I took the blame and shame onto myself. “If only I…” just kept repeating in my head even though I knew I couldn’t stop the cancer.

Today I went back to a place where he underwent his cancer treatments. It was a very freeing experience. I wasn’t there for mourning, I wasn’t there to have the memories flood. I was there for a friend. I was there because it’s where God brought her to undergo observation and where God ultimately led me to. It’s no coincidence that God brought me back to where I lost myself over 20 yeas ago.

God always has a plan, even if the outcome isn’t in our best interest. My Poppop might have died. I might have lost myself in that and defined myself by that, but it makes me no less of the person I am today because of that.

I wouldn’t be who I am if I never went through the storm. So I can sit here and try to say a part of me died that day but really it was God ultimately using that to define my path and my story.  God’s not done with me. He’s not done with you.

Meeting you at the point

In Genesis 22, Abraham was to sacrifice his son after God told him to do so. But the beauty is when they go to altar, God showed up. God had Abraham free his son and provided a ram to be sacrificed in his place. God met Abraham in the place after he placed a calling on him and Abraham was following through.

God will meet you where he called you, just not on your timing. I’ve been struggling with faith, I’ve been struggling on whether this life is what God has called me to do, I’ve been struggling with connection with God, I’ve been struggling with a relationship with God. It’s been rough. It’s been battles with the enemy, internal struggles and some very dark days. God promises me he will never leave me nor forsake me. He promises he will always love me and he is working all things for good for those who love him.
But I didn’t want to hear it. I didn’t want to hear the goodness of God. It was as if I put myself in this box and the enemy decided to trap me in there and tried convinced me that God had forgotten me, and repeatedly told me if he truly called me then I wouldn’t be going through this pain. But all this time, God was out there telling me to hold on because I had to endure this moment to get to where God wanted me but I couldn’t hear him over the words of the enemy. I was right where the enemy wanted me, trapped in my own thoughts.

But I was set free. You see there was this moment I had to pull over and allow tears to just flow down my face and be broken before God. At this very point was the point at which God met me. I yelled. I screamed at God. But a peace had come over me. It was in that moment that I knew I was free and all I had to do was let go.
God will meet you where he wants you. Today I walked into church with more happiness and joy than any Sunday over the last few months. I got to serve Jesus today and for that I am thankful.

Stop and Look

“Do you know how much the Bible would be different if Jesus acted like we do?” -Pastor Tally Wilgis

Ponder that. Soak it in. Because we don’t act like Jesus does. We don’t respond the way Jesus wants us to respond. We don’t start our day or end our day or even go about or day the way we should. And we wonder why the world is broken.

How many of us talk to the broken? How many of us take time out of our day to roll down the window and talk to the homeless man on the corner? How many of us take time to love on our neighbors? How many of us actually care about people around us?  But yet we like to go to church, we like to talk about Jesus, we like to sing songs about Jesus, we like to say to others we are living a “Christian lifestyle” because we do devotionals, we watch sermons, we open our Bible, we  even get on our knees and pray for the broken, and we pray for the lost. But we aren’t living it out. We are living our what it means to be a Christ follower. We aren’t doing what Jesus would do.

We aren’t loving on others the way we should because we are so self focused that we don’t open our eyes enough to see the world around us. We don’t talk to the homeless man or the begger because we are afraid all they want is money. I’ve learned that most of the broken are just yearning for  someone to take five minutes out of the 1440 minutes in a day to notice them and to talk to them.

How many opportunities does God give you throughout the day to talk to someone, to care for someone, to love on someone? If you say none, then just open your eyes. The old lady taking out her trash, it’s a simple as doing it for her. The begger, take a few moments with them. The mom struggling with groceries and kids, ask her if she wants help. The person who is frustrated at the store, talk to them. The cashier who is not enjoying their day, speak encouraging words. I could go on and on with examples. But literally just open in your eyes, you will see so many opportunities to love on and care for others.

This world is not about us, I really hope you realize that. It’s not about whether or not you receive that promotion. It’s not about how much money you make or what clothes are in style. It’s not about the gossip that you hear. It’s about your neighbor and caring for them. It’s about that random person you meet and you planting a seed. It’s about being that mentor to people who are struggling in their faith. It’s about helping people cross the street of life.

So stop and look around. See who God put in front of you today. Help them cross their intersection, plant that seed and love and care for them. Do what Jesus would do, not what the flesh is telling you to do. Pray and do.

We use social media only to show our best side, only to impress others. This is true. We use every source to impress others typically without even realizing what we are doing. Why? Because most of us only want people to see our good side, we don’t want to be judged by others. We live the majority of our lives in fear of what others might think, or at least I do.

But the blessing is God will not reject us.

God is by our side every time we fall. Every time we trip during our walk with Jesus. According to Psalm 139,  he was the very creator of your path, why would he judge you on the very thing he put in your life for to grow from?

I am know that I will fail, that I will be judged because I have posted something wrong, or have offended someone. I constantly worry about what others think, where that may be a gift at times, it has stopped me from doing things I used to love, to opening up to people, to just being me.  But it also has helped me, it has allowed me to realize God is the only one who can truly judge me.

In todays world, we are constantly judging others. We judge them based on their looks, on their skin tone, on their attitude, on their past, on their decisions, on every detail of their life. Why? Because they are not like you.

You may hear, “Oh, I wouldn’t have done that” or “Look over there [giggle]”. Let me tell you, I am afraid of judgment it has paralyzed me at times. I am afraid sometimes to make decisions or to say what I feel is right because I am afraid I will be wrong, and if I am wrong, then I will be judged and unworthy of everything. I can blame society for this, I can blame the fact that I have this shy little girl inside of me that gets her feelings hurt if someone says something negative to her. But I won’t. The only true one who can judge me is the very creator who knitted me together in my mother womb, God.

I did not pick my life. I did not pick what I went through as a child. I did not pick my skin tone. I did not pick my personality. So if people want to judge, let them judge because they are stating that God didn’t know what he was doing. But He did.

I am the only person who can let judgement affect me. I am the only person who can let it get under my skin. But from this moment I am walking this walk with Jesus, not afraid on condemnation, not afraid of judgement, because let people judge. I have nothing to hide.