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Since 2011, Glenn Ward has served as the director of missions for the Paluxy Baptist Association in Granbury, Texas. From deep in the heart of one Texan, he shares his background and thoughts on church and ministry. To suggest a Baptist General Convention of Texas-affiliated leader to be featured in this column, or to apply to be featured yourself, click here.

Where else have you worked, and what were your positions?

Previously, I was pastor of Acton Baptist Church, Granbury, Texas, from March 31, 1974, until October 31, 2011.

I served as pastor of Cherry Heights Baptist Church in Clyde, Texas, from October 1, 1968, until March 31, 1974.

I was pastor of Ft. Griffin Baptist Church from May 1, 1966, until September 30, 1968.

I was associate pastor/youth minister of Second Baptist Church in Anson, Texas, from November 1964 until May 1, 1966.

Where did you grow up?

I was born in Abilene, Texas, but lived in Snyder, Texas, from August 1954 through high school graduation in May of 1964, so I call Snyder my hometown.

How did you come to faith in Christ?

My parents were members of Colonial Hill Baptist Church in Snyder. Our church was having a weekend revival at Easter the year I was 12 years old. On that Sunday, I made a profession of faith and was baptized by Dr. Jimmie Nelson, our pastor.

Where were you educated, and what degrees did you receive?

I received a Bachelor of Arts from Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene and attended Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Ft. Worth.

Why do you feel called to your particular vocation?

The Lord has blessed me with a deep sense of his calling to ministry. After serving as pastor for 47 years, he led me to my current position. I’ve always enjoyed and been involved in associational work, so it has been a joy to get to serve multiple churches and their pastors and staff in this capacity.

Please tell us about your association—where it’s located, the key focus of its work and ministry, etc.

Paluxy Baptist Association covers primarily Hood and Somervell counties, with one church just across the county line in Erath and two just north toward Ft. Worth (one in Parker and one in Tarrant County). Our area is growing, and we are seeking to start new churches to reach the new residents coming into our area.

We have a strong emphasis on missions, encouraging churches to be involved, as well as providing opportunities for those who may not feel that they can do mission trips alone.

As has often been said among Texas Baptists, we can always do more working together than any of us can do alone!

What do you like best about leading your association? Why?

The things I enjoy most are seeking to be an encourager and giving support for our pastors. Being a pastor can be a lonely position, and, unless you have been one, you really don’t understand the struggles, frustrations and the needs. Because I have been a pastor, I do understand and empathize with pastors and church staff people.

Another special blessing to me is to lead mission trips to Juarez, Mexico. When I was a pastor, we took mission trips at least once a year from 1979 until I left that position for this one. It is a great way to involve people in serving the Lord and looking outside themselves to the needs of others.

What aspect(s) of associational ministry and/or its mission do you wish more people understood?

It would be a blessing to have a greater sense of cooperation and participation in working together within the association.

How has your association and its mission changed since you began your career?

The association has streamlined our purpose and added six new churches in five years.

How do you expect your association and/or its mission to change in the next 10 to 20 years?

Most likely I will not be leading 10 years from now—or especially 20 years from now! However, with the growth of this area, there will definitely need to be more new churches if we are to have an impact on the new residents.

Name the three most significant challenges and/or influences facing your association.

As mentioned earlier, we will need additional churches to minister to the growing population of our area. It will be important to help existing churches to be cooperative, rather than feeling a competitive spirit, about new churches. Communication throughout the fellowship of churches is always critical.

What one aspect of your job gives you the greatest joy or fulfillment?

Being a “people-person,” I love fellowship with the pastors and getting to preach for them when they need to be away or need a supply. Most of our churches have members that I know personally, and that is always a blessing to see them when being in the churches.

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What are the key issues—opportunities and/or challenges—facing Baptist churches?

Somehow, we have to discern how to communicate with an unbelieving culture the truth of God’s word without always appearing to be judgmental and condemning. “Speaking the truth in love” is still so vital in being effective in reaching lost people. We have to create a way to be positive instead of negative in our presentations and messages.

What are the key issues facing Baptists as a people or denomination?

The same basic message of the previous question fits here as well.

What would you change about the Baptist denomination—state, nation or local?

Accepting people without condoning unbiblical lifestyles is critical at every level.

About Glenn

Who were/are your mentors, and how did/do they influence you?

My pastor growing up would have to be number one: Dr. Jimmie Nelson. Once in my first ministry position, and later in my first on-the-field pastorate, it would be Bro. Lawrence Trott, former district superintendent, associational missionary and then director of missions. Bro. Jimmie was influential in showing how to be a pastor. Bro. Trott demonstrated and fostered a love for association mission work.

Other than the Bible, name some of your favorite books or authors, and explain why.

The Gospel of John and 1 John are two of my favorites because of simplicity/clarity of the truths John presents. He shows the importance of living the life of Jesus, walking in his light. John was obviously very close to Jesus—Jesus entrusted John to care for his mother as he was dying, and he evidently was the last of the twelve apostles to die, having given his life in preaching, teaching and making disciples for the Lord.

What is your favorite Bible verse or passage? Why?

There have been different verses that were special at different times, depending on circumstances or situations, as the word always is living and meets needs wherever we are and whatever that time may require.

Paul’s statement, “My God shall supply all your needs according to His glorious riches in Christ Jesus” (Philippians 4:19) has often been special. The prophet Jehaziel’s reply to King Jehoshaphat’s prayer has helped many times: “Do not be afraid or discouraged because of this vast army. For the battle is not yours, but God’s” (2 Chronicles 20:15).

Who is your favorite Bible character, other than Jesus? Why?

John has always been my favorite, especially in the New Testament.

Name something about you that would surprise people who know you well.

As a boy, my initial desire was to attend the US Air Force Academy and become a pilot.

If you could get one “do over” in your career, what would it be, and why?

The “do-over” I would like to do is a better job of being a husband and father. I missed out on some special events with my children, and I often allowed church stuff to take priority when, in the long run, family suffered.

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Are there things you have learned that were not taught in college or seminary? Give some examples.

Absolutely! Relationships within a congregation, dealing with difficult people, struggling through situations that should not happen within the family of faith (also called “church”), balancing home and church responsibilities, the necessity of having “a tough hide and a tender heart,” pastors are to be shepherds and not trail bosses, lovingly leading rather than dictatorially driving a congregation—to name a few.

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Race is not an issue for me, apartheid does not mean anything to me.

I think there are far more important things to worry about than what apartheid did.

If we focus on the notion that "whites are bad and we as black people need to be protected from them", we will never move on as a country.

Young black South Africans need to strive for bigger things, we live in a global community, we should be more worried about how we will compete in the global arena than the colour of our skin.

Apartheid fell almost two decades ago but a lot of black people still have that apartheid mentality of seeing themselves as inferior.

I think our leaders are partly to blame for that continued mindset after so many years of democracy.

People like [former] ANC Youth League President Julius Malema, who is so popular with the poor, campaign on the basis of race and make radical statements about whites and that is very dangerous for the future of the country.

I know that the struggle happened, but it is 18 years down the line now - it is time to move on.

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I've never lived in a posh suburb, I've lived all my life in a small house in a township.

I would walk to school like millions of black township children do across the country.

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I'm not a product of Black Economic Empowerment (BEE), I'm not a product of affirmative action, I've worked really hard to be where I am.

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I think too many South Africans hide behind apartheid and use that as an excuse to not try and achieve things in their own lives.

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I think that she sheltered me from having certain stereotypes about race.

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I am a member of South Africa's national debate team and have competed in the World Schools Debating Championships; I was the first black person to be on the South Africa team and the first one from a township school.

There have been situations while competing when I would be the only black person there, but I've never let that determine how I see myself.

I've never felt inferior because I'm black nor did I think my competitors were superior because they are white.

Colour has never mattered to me.

In my view the country is divided into three: The poor, the black elite and white people.

The black elite are all the people who made money when apartheid fell and are billionaires today.

These are the people who signed deals with international companies and gave them access into the country and its resources, the same people who continue to benefit from policies such as Black Economic Empowerment.

It is this "middle man" that is inciting violence and telling poor black South Africans to rise up against white people - it is all a political game for them and that is what today's youth need to wake up to.

South Africa's challenge in my eyes is not racism, the challenge is how to bridge the gap between the few black people who have benefited from the fall of apartheid and are continuing to make millions of money through BEE and the millions of people that are still very poor in spite of democracy.

We live in a capitalist society, the challenge for us as a country is more about class than race now.

We should not be focusing on white and black issues, we should be focusing on how to make our country a strong player in the global economic space - that is what's important not apartheid.

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The test phase in the next phase

Dear readers, as already announced in my last article, I will now report on the further course of the test phase of my new hearing aids.

During my stay with my mother in the Netherlands I was able to test the new hearing aids extensively.
The first test was a nice and cosy meal with my mother’s neighbours. I really noticed that I actually could understand the conversations a little better despite the background noise.

The test phase in the next phase
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The next day there was also the next test: in a nearby townhall the Dutch Sinterklaas with his helpers was warmly welcomed by a large group of seniors. Not a senior though, but as being already 50+, I was allowed to accompany my mother. Although the acoustics were not that good and the microphone wasn’t always working properly, it was still possible for me to follow most of it quite well.
When a music bingo started, with short pieces of music from the 60’s, but the quality of the music remained to be desired, I had my doubts, but actually everything went pretty well. And at the end, with the help of my two neighbours, I had bingo too!

And then it went on with testing. Sinterklaas also came by somewhere else, read a long poem and I heard everything relatively well.
Later that day my mother and I went to a big shopping mall to walk and look around a bit and to enjoy some coffee and cake. Since my mother can’t walk very well and not for long anymore, I brought her wheelchair with us. Since the communication between me and my mother became more difficult, because of course I walked behind the wheelchair for pushing, I hang my mother the Rogerpen around her neck and so we could communicate perfectly!

Of course, the test at both airports was just as challenging. The noise, the many, mostly incomprehensible messages … But also with the new hearing aids I mastered this challenge.

Landed on Swiss soil again, I went to the acoustician a few days later. Of course, I also reported extensively on my testexperiences there. And then I received the second pair of hearing aids for testing. These new hearing aids are of the same brand and the same type but in the 3 quality levels that exist they are on the lowest level, where the first hearing aids I tested were on the highest level.
Thanks to the computer, all the settings could be easily transferred to the new hearing aids and voilà, I was able to continue testing again.

In the home of the elderly people where I am a volunteer, the activation specialist and I organized a small and cosy Advent gathering. We drank punch with the residents, sang Advent songs, read Advent poems and -stories and even solved an Advent crossword puzzle. Surprisingly the Swiss Samichlaus gave us a short, belated visit and of course we had to sing to him.
My hearing aids passed this test well, although I noticed some differences with the previous hearing aids. Understanding in a group was less pronounced than with the first hearing aids of the highest level and the suppression of background noise was also better with the first hearing aids.

Fortunately, I still have time over the festive holidays to continue testing until I have to make a decission!


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This is one of the baby bedtime songs which is also known as “Suo Gan“. It is a traditional welsh lullaby by an unknown composer. This lullaby was first found in print around the 1800s. Which was then collected by the Welsh folklorist Robert Bryan. This song simply means a lullaby, Suo meaning lull, and Gan meaning song.

This lullaby was originally written in Welsh. But later on were translated into many other languages. This lullaby is mostly sung by the mother to her child. Here you go!

Baby Bedtime Songs

baby bedtime songs

baby bedtime songs

Sleep my baby on my bosom

Warm and cozy will it prove

Round thee mother’s arms are folding

In her heart a mother’s love

There shall no one come to harm thee

Naught shall ever break thy rest

Sleep my darling babe in quiet

Sleep on mother’s gentle breast.

Sleep serenely, baby, slumber

Lovely baby, gently sleep;

Tell me wherefore art thou smiling

Smiling sweetly in thy sleep?

Do the angels smile in heaven

When thy happy smile they see?

Dost thou on them smile while slumbring

On my bosom peacefully.

Do not fear the sound of a breeze

Brushing leaves against the door.

Do not dread the murmuring seas,

Lonely waves washing the shore.

Sleep child mine, there’s nothing here,

While in slumber at my breast,

Angels smiling, have no fear,

Holy angels guard your rest.

The mother sings to her child, and asks the child to sleep on her chest. Warm and comfortable it will be for the child. Then she tells the child the mother’s arms will wrap around the child with all the love in her heart for the child.

Then the mother sings that no harm shall come to her child. She says that nothing will disturb the little child’s sleep. She asks the child to sleep quietly on its mother’s chest. Then, the mother asks the child to sleep peacefully. Then upon seeing her baby smile in its sleep, she asks the child about the smile. Asks why the child is smiling.

Then the mother asks if the angels in the heaven smile upon the child’s sweet smile. And then, she asks her baby if the baby is smiling after seeing the angels. Then the mother reassures the child that nothing shall hurt the baby as long as the baby is in her arms. She asks the baby not be afraid of the leaves brushing against the door, or of the lonely waves of the seas. Also, read Sleep Baby Sleep Song.

In the last stanza, the mother tells the child to sleep in her arms as nothing will help hurt the child. And the child should not fear anything as the angels up in the heaven are smiling at the child. These angels are protecting the child.


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Nooner Pilsner | Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.

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California, United States

Style: German Pilsner

Alcohol by volume (ABV): 5.20%

Availability: Year-round

Notes / Commercial Description:
Nooner is our take on the classic German-style pilsner—one of the original session beers. Nooner is easy drinking yet packed with the big flavor of spicy and floral whole-cone hops.

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Reviews by DanJ1979:
Photo of DanJ1979
3.48/5  rDev -8.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5

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Photo of Flani
4.84/5  rDev +27.4%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 5

WhoooWEE! This is one beautiful pilsner, delicate yet robust with enough malt for a great mouthfeel yet very quaffable. This is what Sierra Nevada needed to round out a superior portfolio.

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Photo of JednoPivoProsim
4.4/5  rDev +15.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Poured from a 12 FL. OZ. bottle into a pint glass. PKGD 12/09/14 in Mills River.

Look: Pours a gorgeous pale golden body with a thick, pure white head that billows over the top of the glass. Subtle, yet consistent carbonation would make this beer look even better in a pilsner flute.

Smell: Bready and biscuity, earthy with a hint of spice. The pilsner malt smells outstanding and the German hops (Saphir, Tettnanger, and Strisselspalt) lend that ever so familiar Euro grassy hop aroma. Also smells bone dry in classic German pils fashion.

Taste: Much more of a bready malt base than I was expecting. Also lacking a little of the earthy bitterness I was expecting from a classic German pils. Still tastes great, however, and I like how the bready malt takes center stage, with the grassy hops coming in second place.

Feel: Very dry. Light bodied with no lingering bitterness or aftertaste.

Overall: The long-awaited year round Sierra Nevada pilsner! I like it and will certainly make it a mainstay in my refrigerator.

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Photo of Sayre7
4.27/5  rDev +12.4%
look: 5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5

It was hot as fuck in Chico so stepping into the tasting room's air conditioning was goosebumps inducing. The crisp chill paired with Sierra Nevada's signature hop profile is where I go in time and space when I drink this awesome pilsner.

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Photo of Jeffreysan
3.63/5  rDev -4.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75

12 oz bottle, poured into a pint glass

Appearance: Pours a pretty, golden color with a quarter of a finger of white-colored head that quickly dissolved away into a thin lacing of foam that partially covered the top of the beer. Looks like a traditional pilsner should!

Aroma: Mildly aromatic with notes of bready, toasted malt, imparting notes of freshly baked French baguettes and honey. There are also notes of caramel, black pepper, and floral, grassy, piney, hops.

Taste: Exactly like the aroma. Lots of toasted malt up front, followed by honey and black pepper, and finished with some really nicely balanced floral, grassy, piney, slightly citrusy, hops. There are more hops that are usually found in a German-style pilsner, but they are all in nice balance with the toasted malt and honey. This is a delicious beer!

Mouthfeel: Medium-bodied, crisp and very effervescent as there is a lot of carbonation to tickle the taste buds. With an ABV of 5.2%, there is alcohol on the palate.

Overall: This is a great, American-version of a German-style Pilsner! Tons of toasted malt, honey and floral, grassy, hops, wrapped up in a clean, refreshing, crisp quaff. This is what those shitty, poser BMC pilsners should want to be like, but fail miserably in being. Very, highly recommended!

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Photo of biboergosum
3.84/5  rDev +1.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75

12oz bottle, from a random grocery store in Sandpoint last week. It's more than a bit after noon, but I'm sure it's still a good time to crack this one open.

This beer pours a clear, bright medium golden yellow colour, with two pudgy fingers of densely foamy, and somewhat chunky bone-white head, which leaves some random, thick paint swath lace around the glass as it slowly abates.

It smells of crisp, biscuity pale malt, a twinge of zesty yeast, soft lemon peel citrus notes, and prominent leafy, herbal, and grassy hops. The taste is still nice and peppy in its bready and grainy pale malt sweetness, tempered yet by a mildly peppery lemon essence (but not quite lemon pepper, go figure), ethereal spicy yeast, and a now sort of restrained earthy, weedy, and grassy hoppiness.

The carbonation is nicely fizzy and frothy throughout, the body just on the light side of middleweight, and generally smooth, the hops already looking forward to the afternoon siesta, to the benefit of us all. It finishes off-dry, the malt staying the course, as the spicy and grassy hops stretch their arms and yawn just a little too loudly.

Overall, not a bad showing for a clean, easy day-time drinking lager, lots of fragrant hops abounding, and all held tightly together by the stern malt. Could very well see myself idly sipping away at these the rest of the day, were that an option, in both time and availability.

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Photo of groogas
4.11/5  rDev +8.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4

Nice. Dry, slightly hoppy. Clean taste. Very easy drinking.

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Photo of Brolo75
3.96/5  rDev +4.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4

12 ounce can poured into Sierra Nevada Hop Tulip glass

A: Big creamy white head, about two fingers, some head retention, some lacing, lots of carbonation, the beer is a clear, golden, bright color.

A: Spice, floral hop aroma, some slight grassy grainy aromas, getting a little bit of a citrus zest aroma, no alcohol on the nose.

T: Spice, citrus zest bitterness, slight grassy grainy finish, finishes crisp, very easy drinking.

M: On the thin side, makes it easy to drink.

O: Very good, I really like the spice, lemon, citrus bitterness with a slight grassy finish, very easy drinking, definitely prefer this over Summerfest. If I had to choose between an easy drinking Sierra Nevada beer, this and Pale Ale are my two favorites so far.

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Photo of JohnGalt1
3.73/5  rDev -1.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75

Up late and going over work stuff... Picked this up recently at the COOP and pulled this from the fridge tonight and was pleasantly surprised... Pours clear pale golden with a short-lived yet sudsy white head.. Hops are a proper mix of floral and spicy with a nice punch of pils malt .. Flavor is bitter, but not really sharp minerally like some German Pils.. Great hop flavor leans toward the flowery side of things with some background spicy notes. Clean grainy maltiness adds to the authenticity of the brew... I love German lagers and this is really well done. Light/medium body with medium bubble.. perfectly drinkable.... I hope SN keeps this on through the heat of the Boise summer.

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Photo of lwcreasy
4.02/5  rDev +5.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25

A pretty golden color, with a slight haze. The head is loose, lives a short life, and the lacing is decent.

The earthy and floral aromas from the hops are the first to hit the nose. Spice cuts in with more sniffs, along with a touch of sulfur. Relative to my typical experience with American-made Pilsners, the aroma absolutely explodes through the trip. There's cookies and crackers from the malt, and the hop spices get more complex. Pepper, cinnamon, mushy fruit. Truly delectable and intense, and somewhat enigmatic for the style? Whatever- it's a treat!

Crackers and grains are the foremost malty flavors. The mainly woodsy, somewhat spicy hop tastes are medium-hard intense, and there is maybe- just maybe- a note of butter there. The sweeter malt flavors pick up steam as the beer warms, and it does seem to transform quite a bit. It's as if we put a lot of wet leaves, minerally water and a sugar cookie in a blender and drank it from a hollowed apple. Very tasty, confounding, and by a margin the "sweetest" Pilsner of the blind taste we just did. Not really picking up on the lemon/citrus that some have mentioned but this is probably just because all I can think of is... SNICKERDOODLE! Maybe I just shouldn't let my Pilsners warm up so much. Can drinking a warmish Pilsner trigger hallucinations??

I think the beer has a great palate presence. It is snappy, crisp, and refreshing, but not too carbonated to match its relatively wholesome flavor profile. I'll go out of my way to say that this aftertaste is without a doubt the best part of the beer. Washes the mouth something beautiful- feels good and clean, ready for another sip.

A very interesting beer. Aromas and flavors are very intense- walking the line between prominent and coercive. At any rate, I don't mind the excess. I'll revisit this one for sure!

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Photo of headlessparrot
4.05/5  rDev +6.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5

One of the few North American renditions of the pilsner style that really nails it (the other being Steamworks in BC, Canada): lovely gold, clean colour, nice head with decent retention.

Bready, biscuity malt, fresh greens, herbal, slightly spicy Saaz, dough. Crisp, balanced flavour--matching the malt and hop presence perfectly (fresh, slightly sweet malt with an almost simultaneous bitter, herbal hop snap), slight pepper. Faint citrus fruits. Good body, well-balanced carbonation (not overcarbonated to hell like many North American pilsners).

A lovely pils, very drinkable, very refreshing, and quite flavourful in a balanced, low-key way. Deserves to be in the running for any conversation about best of the pilsner style.

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Photo of drmeto
3.8/5  rDev 0%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75

-pours a slightly hazy straw golden with a medium to big,foamy,white head
-high carbonation visible
-lemon,zesty,grainy,spicy,grassy,pineapple,slightly sour
-Follows the nose plus honey
-finishes dry
-medium to high bitterniss for the style
-medium carbonation
-light to medium,creamy body
Finally an american craft Pils that actually is a proper Pils

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Photo of drtth
3.9/5  rDev +2.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

The beer pours into a Duvel glass a clear golden yellow color with a 1/2" ivory white head that settles to a ring around the glass and a thin layer on the liquid with an irregular island over the nucleation point. Sipping leaves patches and legs of lacing on the sides of the glass. Eventually there's just a small, thin island of foam on the liquid.

The aromas include floral and grassy, slightly earthy character and with a touch of malt along with the hops.

As expected from the nose, the flavors show off the hops with a touch of grassy and spicy mingling with floral in the hops. There's also a bit of earthiness in the background.

The mouth feel is light and crisp and the carbonation is moderately prickly. The finish tapers off into dry moderate bitterness with some light spicy and bitter character here and there along the way. Sometimes that ending eventually disappears into just dryness but other times there is a bit of residual earthy bitterness in the back of the palate that seems a bit much and a bit off.

Another good solid well made beer from Sierra Nevada. While this Pils won't bump some of my local favorites from my rotation it makes an excellent choice when traveling or if it is on offer at a restaurant. Its not the best Pils I've had but its above threshold for having again.

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Photo of hophead723
3.97/5  rDev +4.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4

A conveniently-canned twelver of this jumped right off the shelf. I had yet to try it so I poured it into an American Pilsner glass.

Look: Clear straw-gold color with slow rising carbonation that fuels a sudsy and frothy white head. The head lingers well and leaves drooping lace. This beer is spectacularly clear, especially when held to the light.

Smell: Honey-like grains, mild fruity esters from the yeast, and a touch of burlap. The aroma is mild yet pleasant, inviting, and nuanced.

Taste: A touch of grainy sweetness upfront, with a quite delicate flash of classic noble hops; grassy, herbal, and lemony. I find the overall flavor profile coalesces into a very delicate and honeysuckle reminiscent floral character that is extraordinarily quaffable.

Feel: A simultaneously supple and crisp body that blossoms with carbonation when it hits the tongue. The middle is almost chewy with yeasty richness, and the end definitely possesses a refreshing crispness. Dry on the back of the tongue which makes the next gulp more thirst quenching. Very well brewed!

Overall: This is a great Pilsner! Available year round, very approachable yet easily enjoyed by the experienced beer advocate, and easy to find. Sierra Nevada is an extremely reliable brewer!

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Photo of Strat58cat
4.08/5  rDev +7.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4

Nooner is one of those beers that is just a revelation. Everyone who drinks beer has had Pilsner. Originally a revolution upon its invention in Germanic areas of Europe during the 19th century, Pilsner's been beaten into the ground by American industrial brewers and dumbed-down European versions. I believe Miller even writes "a fine Pilsner beer" on some of their cans, and with no German beer law here in the U.S., nobody can stop them. Sierra Nevada shows what's possible with the style.

Nooner pours a bright yellow color in the evening ambient lighting of my house. It's noticeably lighter in color than most pale ales, and certainly Indian pale ales. The carbonation is also noticeably strong. Perhaps worrisome, the color is reminiscent of Budweiser, the leading industrial brew. However, Nooner suds up a good head and retains. Nooner laces to the bottom of the glass. Budsaki is pale and carbonated, but can't do those tricks. Nooner looks refreshing.

The aroma of Nooner really sets it apart from the wide-spread plague of so-called fine Pilsner beers. Sierra Nevada does not spare the hops. In Nooner, Sierra Nevada achieves a delicious hops bouquet of spice and grasses.

Nooner tastes delightfully crisp. The flavor crackles practically. I'm not sure exactly how they achieve this effect. The hops with their spices and grassy meadow notes team with the bright, crisp malt to make for a deliciously refreshing drink. There's just the right amount of bitterness to maintain the bright, crisp feeling. If you could brew beer in a pine meadow from a pine meadow, this seems like what you would get.

Nooner, as a Pilsner, is not a beer with a heavy malt. However, it does not come across as watery. The flavorful combination of hops and a tasty malt makes for a crisp and refreshing feel. It's right in the sweet spot of what a Pilsner should be.

I've never been a fan of Sierra Nevada Pale Ale. I was a 1980s craft convert, but with that Jurassic era's Boston Lager, never Sierra Nevada's ale. I've always been astonished at how successful Sierra Nevada Pale Ale has been, in light of the disagreeable taste. Yet, underlying the bland bitterness of Sierra Nevada Pale Ale, there's a special hops note in the finish. It's a note that is like what Coors' advertising - never their awful brewing - is going for. This hops note brings to mind a piney mountain. In that early effort, this special note is buried under flaws, but Sierra Nevada - never resting on its laurels - has worked tirelessly. They have built that single uniquely great note into a symphony of a delicious Pilsner here.

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Photo of lilmissbeer
4.43/5  rDev +16.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Happy to have discovered this one. It's lighter tasting than the similar Summerfest and thankfully it is a year-round beer! The hops are there but not overpowering. This is a good beer to pair with food; it's flavor doesn't overwhelm or leave me feeling overly full like some more malty beers do. Definitely a good starting point for those who want a craft option that isn't too different in taste from macro lagers. I will be buying this one more often!

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Photo of Pocker
2.58/5  rDev -32.1%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 4 | overall: 3

Didn't have really any head at all...smelled not good. skunky almost maybe this bottle was shipped poorly? Taste was very bitter to me. Almost IPA bitter. Not very good won't buy again.

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Photo of dgmirelli
4.34/5  rDev +14.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5

deep golden color with a slight haze, nice head and a clean smell of malt and freshness, taste is incredible malty with a crisp carbonation, a real thirst quencher and a smooth long length for a pilsner, has a little bite and a great finish. Feel is the proper balance with the proper kick and aftertaste. On a nice warm day, after you have been outside for awhile.....put a can in some ice, open and pour into a glass, how can you not like it......tell me.

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Photo of Bru-ster
4.18/5  rDev +10%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

A good german style pilsner with complex floral and spicy flavor and arom. With the a nice malty presence in the mixture. Very drinkable. Reminds me of my memories of drinking Jever in Berlin, but Nooner has more complexity. One of my favorites

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Photo of John_Beeryman
4.28/5  rDev +12.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

This is a good pilsner.

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Photo of JackRWatkins
3.09/5  rDev -18.7%
look: 4 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25

A:foamy 3 finger head, decent retention, good clarity, pale gold in color, quite effervescent
S:pale grain, prominent yet delicate (not assertive but up front) clean hop aroma, subtle juicy citrus
T:very grainy up front and a touch of sweetness from said grain (not much), very understated clean bitterness, lacks the spiciness of a czech pilsner (I know this is not a czech pilsner it's just a comparative observation)
M:a bit dry, but maybe that's just the clean bitterness talking
O: A very good, not great, american pilsner, can't beat the availability of this beer, though it's not really what I look for in a pilsner, I would buy it again and it is worth your time

Parting thought: seems to be a bit too watery at points

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Photo of SensorySupernova
3.89/5  rDev +2.4%
look: 5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75

Appearance: Very pretty. Body is crystal clear straw colored with gobs of bubbles rising through it. Massive fluffy white head takes forever to go away and leaves a wall of lace on the way down.

Smell: Straw, yeast, a bit spicy (can’t put my finger on it).

Taste: Mild bitterness, dry cracker-like malts, slightly citric towards the end.

Mouthfeel: On the thin side. Tons of fine carbonation gives it a very crisp feel.

Overall: Good hot weather beer. Subdued, but still flavorful.

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Photo of MNJR
4.85/5  rDev +27.6%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75

Great beer. A gem. When judged as a flavorful, somewhat light lager, this is the real deal and delivers a classic beer drinking experience. I had this the same day with two other pilsners I really like and respect, and Nooner beat them both. I'm not being too picky about "German Pilsner" being the benchmark for this, since it is better than any German pilsner I have had. It's just a damn good lager beer.

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Photo of jcance
4.87/5  rDev +28.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75

Excellent pilsner that beats all others I've tried. Amazing flavor that has lightness and drinkability skin to the Summerfest pilsner but with a deeper, more complex flavor with the hops character one would expect from Sierra Nevada

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4.31/5  rDev +13.4%
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Pours a beautiful, clear yellow, with a thin, fizzy head. Quite a delicious nose. It's tart, earthy, and mildly sweet. Notes of apricot, peach, pepper, lemon, and a mild sweet malt. The flavor is very well balanced. It's bitter, it's sweet, it has a nice, dry finish. Very light mouthfeel. Great.

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Boston Beer Company (Samuel Adams)
Massachusetts, United States

Style: Pumpkin Beer

Alcohol by volume (ABV): 5.70%

Availability: Fall

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Originally used as a source of fermentable sugars in brewing, today we add pumpkin to our beer, well, because it tastes good. Roasted malts and real pumpkin - about 20 lbs of it per barrel - give this beer body and sweetness, while spices like clove, cinnamon, ginger, and nutmeg warm you up on a crisp fall day.

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3.88/5  rDev +4.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4

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3.91/5  rDev +5.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

12oz bottle poured into SA glass

A- pours a clear deep copper color with one one-finger creamy off-white head that had good retention

S- malty sweet base gives notes of caramel and brown bread, complimented by spice aromas of cinnamon, nutmeg & clove

T- plenty of bready, caramel sweet malt follows the nose up front, followed by a mix of cinnamon and nutmeg. The finish gives more malty sweetness, with notes of pumpkin meat and a hint of dark fruit

M- medium body and carbonation leads to a creamy mouthfeel that continues into a velvety finish, high drinkability

O- plenty of mealtimes throughout balanced the slices nicely, well done

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3.99/5  rDev +7.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4

Another SA offering another pretty good brew, and this one a pumpkin ale...

I am making it a point to try as many pumpkin beers as I can this Fall season. Though I have had my share of SAs over the years, their pumpkin beer, this one in particular, I have not tried. That is until now. It is a very nice looking beer, reddish hue with little head, no staying power, and no lacing to speak of. The smell is distinctive as it is the best smelling pumpkin beer I have had, as though I were smelling a pumpkin pie, though not as sweet. The mouthfeel was a mix of high carbonation at the front end, which then quickly dissipated to a thick feeling liquid at the back, interesting to say the least. The taste was mostly pumpkin but lightly infused with an ale flavor that was neither great nor bad, though still good overall. I'm glad I picked up a sixer of this to enjoy over the next couple of weeks.

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3.93/5  rDev +6.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Appearance: Ruby amberish red. Beautiful color for a Fall seasonal.

Smell: Typical pumpkin spices, nutmeg and allspice being dominant with a hint of cinnamon. Smells sweet and bready.

Taste: Very nice balance of actual pumpkin taste with the bite that comes from the generous amount of spices used in this. This checks off a lot of boxes in the list to make a classic pumpkin beer, and it does it all very well in the well rounded taste. Leans much more towards pumpkin pie than real pumpkin though, but the bready toasted malts in the background make this a perfect desert beer that isn't cloyingly sweet. Surprisingly hot from the spices, and as such it almost drinks like a more boozy imperial brew.

Mouth Feel: Medium body, with a moderate amount of carbonation.

Overall: Sam Adams gets a lot of flak, but they know how to make excellent beer. This beer may not wow anybody, but it is a near perfect example of what the style is all about. The fact that they manage to bring in so much flavor with such a low ABV is a testament to their skill.

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3.59/5  rDev -3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75

L: Clear dark amber color with a thin creamy tan head.

S: A little bit of caramel malt and of course some notes of cinnamon, clove, and nutmeg.

T: Very similar to the nose. Caramel malt followed by pumpkin spices. Spices linger for awhile.

F: Creamy for the most part but has a bit of bite from the carbonation and spices.

O: Not a bad pumpkin ale. The spices are fairly subtle. That can be good or bad depending on what you are looking for. This allows it to be pretty drinkable and doesn't overwhelm your palate with spices. The pumpkin itself seems to give it a fairly full body and some creaminess that is pleasant when it starts to get cool outside.

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3.73/5  rDev +0.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75

Pours a dark amber/pale reddish-brown (almost mahogany with reddish hues), producing barely a finger of foamy, tan, shortlived head that leaves only a few motes & wisps of lace. Aroma is caramel & cereal malt with burnt hints, pumpkin & pumpkin pie spices especially cinnamon, nutmeg & ginger, though not listed cloves seem to be there also. The taste is grain & roasted malt, caramel, ginger, nutmeg, cinnamon & pumpkin. Reminiscent of watery Dr. Pepper, it has a dark bready malt background. Aftertaste is clean for a pumpkin ale, slightly bitter with a thin spiciness. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with light-moderate carbonation, slick, prickly throughout.

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3.81/5  rDev +3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75

Pretty yummy. A dark copper, almost brown. A delightful nose of pumpkin pie spice, malt, chocolate. The taste follows, a light bright mouthfeel.

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3.53/5  rDev -4.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5

I bought a six-pack of 20 Pounds of Pumpkin, poured in to a Sam Adams Ultimate Beer Glass.

Pores a shiny amber color, clear with a thin creamy head.

Smell is a sweet caramel and pie spice aroma.

Taste is a lot like the aroma, sweet bread and caramel flavors, with cinnamon, nutmeg and other pumpkin pie spices. Mild biter-sweet finish.

Mouthfeel is medium bodies, not too cloying, with a wet sweat aftertaste,

Overall a decent pumpkin flavored beer. I'm not a big fan of the style, or pumpkin for that matter, But this is a nice fall seasonal.

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3.79/5  rDev +2.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75

Ginger dominant aroma, with squash notes, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Caramel malt accents.

Flavor is toasted and caramelly sweet, with underlying squash savoriness and muted spice.

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3.99/5  rDev +7.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

This is really quite a nice pumpkin beer. Spices are in just the right proportions with a smooth creamy pumpkin mouthfeel (if there is such a thing as pumpkin mouthfeel).

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3.82/5  rDev +3.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.75

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3.86/5  rDev +4.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4

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4/5  rDev +8.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

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3.65/5  rDev -1.4%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Poured from a bottle into a pint glass.

Appearance: Reddish brown with a thin beige head.

Smell: Light malt and pumpkin spices.

Mouthfeel/ Taste: Smooth medium bodied. Taste of real pumpkin with hints of cinnamon and nutmeg with Malts.

Overall: Decent pumpkin beer. I would have this one again.

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3.43/5  rDev -7.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Amber to copper colored with a fingernail of beige on top. The aroma is of cinnamon, pumpkin pie spice, nutmeg, and perhaps faint ginger. I'm tasting faint pumpkin pie spice, allspice, nutmeg, and cinnamon. The mouth is a bit muddled with all of the spicing, but is otherwise fairly quaffable.

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3.7/5  rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75

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1.92/5  rDev -48.1%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 1.75 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 1.5

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3.29/5  rDev -11.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.25

12 oz bottle.
Aroma: smokey and lightly spicy.
Look: Clear orange-brown body with a decent but short head.
Flavor; baked and burnt pumpkin with cinnamon and nutmeg. Smokey aftertaste.

Overall: disappointing beer from a highly reliable brewery. Improves with warming.

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2.61/5  rDev -29.5%
look: 3 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5

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3.79/5  rDev +2.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75

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3.5/5  rDev -5.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

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4.6/5  rDev +24.3%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 4 | feel: 5 | overall: 5

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3.63/5  rDev -1.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75

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3.7/5  rDev 0%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75

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4.25/5  rDev +14.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

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Mixed day for US stocks as tech firms rise while industrials slide

The Dow Jones industrial average declined 157.13 points, or 0.6%, to 25,178.61.

US stocks were split on Monday as technology companies continued to climb, but Boeing and other industrial groups gave back some of the ground they won on Friday.

Companies like Apple and Alphabet, Google’s parent company, and chipmakers including Micron Technology have led the market’s recovery in recent weeks. Retailers including Amazon and Starbucks also made headway.

The market was coming off its biggest gain in a month following the February jobs report, which showed strong hiring and moderate growth in wages.

Inflation has been the market’s dominant concern over the last six weeks, and two more measuring sticks of inflation will be reported this week as the Labour Department discloses data on consumer prices on Tuesday morning and producer prices on Wednesday.

Prices paid by consumers jumped in January and so did producer prices, which measure the cost of goods before they reach the consumer.

The Federal Reserve is gradually raising interest rates to keep inflation in check, and it expects to boost rates at least three times this year. JJ Kinahan, chief market strategist for TD Ameritrade, said investors are looking at a lot of data but are really asking one question.

“If you think about the selloffs that we’ve had, they’ve all been about ‘are we going to get a fourth rate hike or aren’t we?'” he said.

The S&P 500 index fell 3.55 points, or 0.1%, to 2,783.02. The Dow Jones industrial average declined 157.13 points, or 0.6%, to 25,178.61. Almost all of that loss came from three industrial stocks: Boeing, Caterpillar and United Technologies.

The Nasdaq composite finished at another record high after it added 27.51 points, or 0.4%, to 7,588.32. The Russell 2000 index of smaller-company stocks rose 3.91 points, or 0.2%, to 1,601.06.

Most of the stocks on the New York Stock Exchange ended the day higher.

Optical communications company Oclaro surged after it agreed to be bought by optical networking company Lumentum Holdings. The deal values Oclaro at 9.99 dollars a share, or 1.69 billion dollars (£1.22 billion), and its stock gained 2.16 dollars, or 27.5%, to 10.01 dollars. Lumentum also rose 3.03 dollars, or 4.4%, to 72 dollars (£52).

Late on Friday the Wall Street Journal reported that Intel might try to buy rival Broadcom. Broadcom is trying to buy a third chipmaker, Qualcomm, for 117 billion dollars (£84.2 billion), and the Journal said that if that deal appears to be moving forward, Intel will consider responses that could include an attempt to buy Broadcom. It could also attempt a smaller deal.

Broadcom jumped 9.06 dollars, or 3.6%, to 262.84 dollars (£189.06) while Intel fell 67 cents, or 1.3%, to 51.52 dollars (£37). Qualcomm gave up 22 cents to 62.81 dollars (£45).

Industrial companies like aerospace and defence firms and machinery makers lost about half of what they gained during their rally on Friday. Boeing shed 10.33 dollars, or 2.9%, to 344.19 dollars (£247.57) and Lockheed Martin lost 7.39, or 2.2%, to 333.10 dollars (£239.60). Construction equipment maker Caterpillar dipped 3.75 dollars, or 2.4%, to 154.50 dollars (£111.13).

Industrial companies have bounced around since President Donald Trump said he would order tariffs on imported steel and aluminium. That will mean higher costs for companies that use those metals to make machinery, and their sales could be hurt if other companies respond by placing tariffs on goods made in the US

The February jobs report, which came out on Friday, eased investors’ minds and sent stocks jumping. The market had tumbled in early February following the January jobs report, which showed a surprise spike in hourly wages.

Wall Street was worried that might be the start of faster inflation, which would lead the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates more rapidly. Higher rates slow down economic growth.

Goldman Sachs said David Solomon will become its sole president and chief operating officer, clearing the way for Solomon to become the firm’s next CEO. Solomon and Harvey Schwartz had shared both job titles, but the company says Mr Schwartz will retire next month.

Last week the Wall Street Journal said CEO Lloyd Blankfein could retire as soon as the end of this year, and that Mr Solomon and Mr Schwartz were the only two candidates to replace him.

Goldman’s stock gained 2.61 dollars, or 1%, to 273.38 dollars (£196.64).

Benchmark US crude declined 68 cents, or 1.1%, to 61.36 dollars a barrel in New York. Brent crude, used to price international oils, shed 54 cents to 64.95 dollars a barrel in London.

Wholesale gasoline lost 1 cent to 1.89 dollars a gallon. Heating oil fell 2 cents to 1.86 dollars a gallon. Natural gas climbed 5 cents to 2.78 dollars per 1,000 cubic feet.

Bond prices edged higher. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note dipped to 2.87% from 2.90%.

Gold dipped 3.20 dollars to 1,320.80 dollars (£950) an ounce. Silver lost 7 cents to 16.54 (£11.90) an ounce. Copper lost 1 cent to 3.12 dollars (£2.20) a pound.

The dollar slid to 106.35 yen from 106.77 yen late on Friday. The euro rose to 1.2336 dollars from 1.2313 dollars.

The German DAX rose 0.6% and the FTSE 100 in London lost 0.1%. France’s CAC 40 eked out a small gain. Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 added 1.6% and the Hang Seng of Hong Kong jumped 1.9%. The Kospi in South Korea gained 1%.

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Selfishness, and Mario Kart

Well, it’s December, and along with that comes advent, Christmas present shopping, and outreach missions to the poor. And all I can think about now is how much I don’t care about all that stuff. I kinda like giving presents to people, I sort of enjoy helping poor people, but all things given, I could care a lot more about these things. I have been thinking a lot about some things lately that I believe God is going to ask me to do before long, and I’m not really happy about it. This has led me to a lot of different thoughts. One of which that I find most interesting is the idea of selfishness. Specifically, I believe that we all become Christians for selfish reasons. I think that there is one thing that drives everyone in Christianity, and that is the “what can I get from this” mentality. Everyone wants either eternal salvation, or the benefits in life that Christianity gives us. Every thing we do in life that we think God is asking us to do is for the hope that our lives will be better because we do this. We say things like “God has a plan for us” and go on with our lives following what we think God wants us to do so that we can follow this plan. This is all so that we can get a better situation then we are in. A better life, a better way of doing things, a better answer to life’s problems. But the question is, what makes us stay the course when God asks us to die for him, or to do something that we think sucks for him. What would life be like if my Dad took that high profile job with the city of Indianapolis that the mayor offered him instead of doing what God asked him, what would have happened if he continued on with his acting career instead of becoming a pastor…would he be on Broadway, would he be on TV, would he have a lot more money and have an easier life. Who knows, but instead he takes crap from old ladies every day who don’t want to change anything in the church, and deals with the stress of an entire church full of people dropping their crap on him all the time. Is it that sometimes we are destined for greatness in the world and God asks us to give that up? And how much does that suck when that happens. I know there is a whole lot of good things that come from giving up your place in the world of success to follow God, but where does my selfish desire for improved quality of life and eternal salvation end, and my selfish desire for good things that the world can provide start.

Anyway, I’ve been kinda bummed out thinking about some of this stuff, so I have been playing video games so I don’t have to think about it. Mario Kart is fun. The computer is way better in the 150cc class, which is sorta cool because it makes it harder to win for me, and considering that I owned the computer and almost everyone else I played in Mario Kart 64 it is somewhat refreshing. I don’t like that the computer does things that people can’t do. That has always annoyed me. I don’t like when I hit the computer with a bomb and as I pass the cart it goes from zero to top speed so fast that it passes me almost right away agian….and this is a cart that has bad acceleration…..that annoys me. The computer players also zig-zag back and forth across tracks as fast as I can drive in a straight line down the course, and they steer on the edge of tracks with no guard rails better then humanly possible as well. I would really like to play a game that was hard because the computer played well like a person has to, not because they can be cheap, and drive the kart faster then a person can or steer better then a person can.

So at any rate. That is my story thus far…and I’m sticking to it.

  1. “Blah blah blah Mario Kart blah blah blah whining blah blah blah”

    All hail the king of whining. Hail King Ben! Master of bitching.

    And come on, you knew one of us would say something 😛

  2. Ya know – I found what you posted to be interesting. While I was reading your post it occured to me that most of the time I read my bible and serve God so I can have peace. Dang. Granted, peace is a good thing… but that shouldn’t be the reason why I do those things. The reason should be because I love God and I just want to get to know Him/praise Him/etc.

    So, in summary – your not the only selfish one 😉

  3. Oh, one more thing… I’ve discovered that no matter how hard i run or how much stuff I do to distract myself … reality and what God is saying always pops right back up, but sometimes it’s a lot harder after I’ve done dumb stuff to really do what I find I need to do.. and amazingly what was actually deep deep deep down in my desires to do (thus why God asked me to do it)

    thus, the short version… I’d stop running and hiding if I were you 😉

  4. We actually had a discusion about this in Caleb and Jenny’s small group a couple weeks back. I decided that there is nothing wrong with wanting good things for yourself. An improved life now and salvation later are both admirable things to desire. Just make sure you know what an “improved life” is; it’s not always what we’re expecting and in some exteme cases this improved life includes dieing in martyrdom. Scary thought, isn’t it.

  5. Yeah. God is good. We use him for everything we can get. Frankly, the only reason we are in this is b/c God IS good. We’d turn tail otherwise.

    Of course, God’s goodness isn’t always verified by our temporary experience. Martyrdom = good has always seemed a ridiculous equation to me. So why do we put up with things like that? Because after awhile of being around God, we start to like him. He’s infectious like that. And then we trust him. And we finally realize that all the crap we drag ourselves through could much more easily have been avoided if we’d just been listening to him.

    BTW, all hail Prince Daniel! Hail the prince of sarcastic praise!

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