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￼An abiding principle of humility, is the fact that—as soon as any person thinks they are humble, they have suffered its loss. Humility is not a quality that can be sought after; it comes from the heart. A person of humility is not someone who is weak, meek, or powerless. A humble person is not someone who doesn’t think too highly of themselves, they just don’t think about themselves at all.

In the chapter: “Coming Humbly,” we see how Jesus did not regard His rights and privileges as God—as something to be held on to, but chose to set aside His glory as the eternal God and submit Himself to death, for us.

The next prophecy of Psalm 8:5-6 is clearly written for the Messiah, as supported by the statements of Paul in the New Testament, who applied this verse of scripture to Jesus.

Psalms 8:5-6 “For You have made him a little lower than the angels, And You have crowned him with glory and honor. You have made him to have dominion over the works of Your hands; You have put all things under his feet…”

—Literally in the Hebrew language: vattechasserchu meat meelohim, “You have made him less than God for a short time”

New Testament Fulfillment:

Hebrews 2:5-9 For He has not put the world to come, of which we speak, in subjection to angels. 6 But one testified in a certain place, saying: “What is man that You are mindful of him, Or the son of man that You take care of him? 7 You have made him a little lower than the angels; You have crowned him with glory and honor, And set him over the works of Your hands. 8 You have put all things in subjection under his feet.” For in that He put all in subjection under him, He left nothing that is not put under him. But now we do not yet see all things put under him. 9 But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, for the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, that He, by the grace of God, might taste death for everyone.

Philippians 2:6-8 (Jesus) “who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God, but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men. And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross.”

Hebrews 12:2 “looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.”

1 Peter 3:22 (Jesus) “who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, angels and authorities and powers having been made subject to Him.”

1 Corinthians 15:24-28 “Then comes the end, when He delivers the kingdom to God the Father, when He puts an end to all rule and all authority and power. For He must reign till He has put all enemies under His feet. The last enemy that will be destroyed is death. For ‘He has put all things under His feet.’ But when He says ‘all things are put under Him,’ it is evident that He who put all things under Him is excepted. Now when all things are made subject to Him, then the Son Himself will also be subject to Him who put all things under Him, that God may be all in all.”

Humble King

It is clear from Hebrews 2:5-9, that Paul believed this verse from Psalm 8:5-6 is applicable to Jesus. Paul attributes the submission of Jesus to the Father, for our benefit, as the fulfillment of this prophecy. This tells us that Paul believed Psalm 8:5-6 is Messianic and specifically written for Jesus.

Although the Messiah is the eternal God, when He takes the body of a man, He will voluntarily humble Himself in order to complete our salvation. As a result of His obedience, the Messiah and all those who have trusted in Him, will be resurrected from the dead, into life eternal.

1 Corinthians 15:2o-24 “But now Christ is risen from the dead, and has become the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. For since by man came death, by Man also came the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ all shall be made alive. But each one in his own order: Christ the firstfruits, afterward those who are Christ’s at His coming. Then comes the end, when He delivers the kingdom to God the Father, when He puts an end to all rule and all authority and power.”

The concept that God would become a human being is difficult enough to grasp; added to this impossibility are the details of this prophecy; that God would humble Himself and die for the very beings He created.

If we would sit in a quiet place and contemplate the visual images of the torture which Jesus endured, while considering that the one we are observing is the Eternal God, we should be deeply moved. Contemplating that God has come to us in the form of a man, humbly allowing evil men to torture and butcher Him; this is undoubtably one of the greatest mysteries of the universe.

Let us presume that there is a Being who has the power and ability to speak the universe into existence as the Bible describes, how is is possible that He would permit malevolent men to savagely beat and crucify Him? If it had not been for the fact that this entire event was carefully and methodically recorded for us by the very people who saw these events take place, none of us would ever believe such a story.[1]

I suppose that this is one of the reasons that some people find the account of Jesus’ death and Resurrection, so hard to believe. It really is an amazing narrative, of extraordinary proportions. Many Christians have failed to consider the stunning reality of how Jesus lived, died, and then rose from the dead—because we have heard this story on so many occasions. We have grown used to hearing the story of the Lord’s torture, to the point where it no longer impacts us in the way that someone who is hearing it for the first time—would respond when such things are told to them.

From our vantage point as human beings, it is difficult to understand why God would be willing to become one of us, just so that we could viciously put Him to death. If the roles were reversed, most people would say that they would not give their life, or be willing to go through horrible torture and suffering, for anyone who has conducted themselves in the manner that we have, during our brief history upon the earth.

The real suffering that Jesus endured was not experienced during the six hours in which He hung in agony upon the cross. It was the mental and spiritual anguish that He felt as He was abandoned by God and forsaken, as He was made sin for us.

Mark 15:34 And at the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?” which is translated, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”

The Father turned away from the Son when He took all our sins upon Himself. Just as we cannot have fellowship with God because of our sin, the Father could no longer have fellowship with the Son when He became sin for us.

2 Corinthians 5:21 For He (the Father) made Him (the Son) who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.

None of us could possibly fathom what it was like for the Son of God to be separated from the Father when He died in our place. Imagine the unbroken love and fellowship, which had existed for countless eons, suddenly shattered because our sins were placed upon Jesus.

Jesus did this for us because of His great love. Even while we were still sinners, He was willing to die for us.

Romans 5:8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

The deep humility that Jesus displayed before the world, is a shining example of the kind of service and humble heart that each one of us should exhibit in our own lives. Jesus’ example of humility, in submitting His life to the Father on our behalf, is the fulfillment of this prophecy of from Psalms 8:5-6.

[1] See the chapter: Historical Evidence


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If you had told me 12 weeks ago I would be down 3 pants sizes and 3 top sizes I would have said no way. I have moved from sedintary to active. The last two weeks have been off schedule due to Sciatica rearing its ugly head however I will be back at it soon. I don’t worry about falling off the wagon and going back as that is not an option!  I have lost those sizes by pushing myself to move. With Fibromyalgia you don’t want to move but that is now in remission and not an issue. I am no longer sluggish and tired all the time. The pep is back in the step. I made basic changes to eating without having a meal plan and it worked. I am thankful for this journey and will not get off the path of health!  I will be walking the 5k not running but who would have thought “i and 5k” would be in the same sentence!! :). Thank you for all of the prayers and encouragement.

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A new adventure of Nikos and Sally!

Enjoy the story of Nikos and Sally, the ancient clay fragment and the crooked millionaire as a holiday read!

And prepare for a new adventure of Sally and Nikos, coming up soon: during their first holiday on the beautiful island of Crete, they get involved in a local vendetta…

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I’m an author of romantic fiction, born in Germany and living in Greece and London. I’ve worked as a journalist, as social hostess on a cruise ship, as an insurance agent, as a translator and teacher… I love books, movies, computer games, history – and I feel at home everywhere around the world!

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You Need a Good Healthy Dose of Fear

This story originally appeared at QARA, you can view it here.

If there is one thing I’ve learned over the years, it’s this: leadership isn’t for the faint-hearted. Look around, and you’ll see the ravages of an unrelenting war on character, relationships, reputation, knowledge, and foresight.  Amazon lists more than 200,000 titles on leadership that cover the gamut from casting vision to building high-capacity teams and designing organizations that stand the test of time. Most are bullish on courage and fortitude in leadership, and all are quick to list tips on being more effective, more charismatic, more relevant, and more dynamic. We’re told to be bold – always. We’re given powerful quotes like this one from Nelson Mandela:

I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.

When it comes to leadership, fear is equated with weakness. And weakness is not the most popular topic over a cup of coffee or in a boardroom. But here’s the truth about fear: it exists, even in the lives of highly successful leaders. At some point, we quietly wonder how we would be perceived if we confessed that we’re afraid of being ineffective or inadequate. We wonder if our own credibility would be dashed if we admitted that we battle comparison and jealousy. We wonder if we might disqualify ourselves if we come clean about the struggles that still get the best of us or the answers that still elude us.

And so, the temptation will be to tuck away those fears, or speak about them to our employees, our congregations, and our peers as something we used to fight “before we triumphed.” But while it may make for a compelling and motivating battlefield message, if we’re honest with ourselves, we’ll continue to fight fear in the trenches. It may not rage as often, but fear will never completely disappear.

And what if it’s not mean to go away entirely? Is fear truly the enemy of good leadership? Or is there a greater purpose to fear? Could fear make us more authentic leaders? I believe fear has the power to do three very positive things in our lives – and I think it’s time to face that fear with a fresh perspective.

Authentic leadership needs a good, healthy dose of fear to keep it truthful, faithful, and responsive.

“Ultimately we know deeply that the other side of every fear is freedom.” ~Mary Ferguson.

While the fears that do battle in our minds may not be founded in truth, what they can reveal about us can be telling. Authentic leaders don’t shy away from asking, “Why does this fear exist in the first place?”  Rather than fighting it or denying it, we lead well when we let first let fear uncover areas in our own lives that need to be refined, thoughts that need to be transformed, and faith that needs a boost.

Fear builds storylines based on what surrounds us, but those storylines don’t have to define us. We discover the tender touchpoints in our lives when we seek the truth about our response to fear. And we discover the depths of God’s provision when we then give the storylines to God and embrace His faithful response to them.

Don’t panic. I’m with you.
    There’s no need to fear for I’m your God.
I’ll give you strength. I’ll help you.
    I’ll hold you steady, keep a firm grip on you.

Isaiah 41:10

Reggie Joiner, Founder and CEO of the ReThink Group, says, “Kids don’t what a lecture on what you know. They want to experience Who you know.” I believe the same holds true for adults too. People want leaders who are willing to be in the trenches.

When we confess that we are still on the battlefield, those we serve get to see us fighting the good fight of a faith that keeps persisting.

One of the best things about fear is that it requires a response from us. And if we are leaders, those around us are watching to see what ours will be.

Authentic leaders aren’t afraid to face fear. And they aren’t afraid to help others face it too.

We strip fear of power when we demonstrate that God can use that fear to reveal His purpose and power in and through us. When we allow faith to uncover truth and reveal faith, we can walk with others as we lead them, standing shoulder-to-shoulder. We gain strength. Those with us gain strength too.

Take a moment and ask yourself these two questions:

What are the things I fear most right now about my present (or my future)? Be honest.

My greatest fear is this: nothing. That’s right, the fear that still loves to rear its head is that nothing will be quite good enough, that nothing will be quite successful enough, that nothing will be waiting when all is said and done. So, what is it you fear?

Rather than deny or fight that fear, what might I do to face that fear and respond to it in truth and faith?

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LIFE. LOVE. LEADERSHIP. AND A LITTLE #KITCHENTHERAPY. Ronne Rock’s heart finds its strongest beat where beauty and pain collide – because hope always finds us in the shattered places. There’s more than 30 years of marketing and communications experience in her bones, and she finds great joy in sharing leadership wisdom as a regular contributor to Orange Leaders and QARA. But more often than not these days, she's with the vulnerable in difficult places around the world, gathering stories that change stories. Find Ronne's words in "For You, Love" the prayer journal that invites you to respond, and in Everbloom, a collection of stories from the Redbud Writers Guild. She is currently writing, "Building Eden: Principles of a Grace-Filled Leadership that Restores and Redeems."   Ronne is represented by Karen Neumair at Credo Communications.

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Posts from January 2015

Dichotomy 4.1

This minor version adds HTML access keys for certain links and support for the apple-touch-icon used for iOS bookmark and home screen icons.

I’m a Tumblr theme developer. I have various bug reports and feature requests that I’d like to send in, not least regarding my continued inability to edit my theme’s description. Tumblr’s official venue for discussion of the theme API is a Google Group that has been dead for months, and was rarely trafficked by Tumblr devs even before it died. So, readers: Do I have any recourse for getting things fixed, beyond complaining a lot and hoping someone notices?

Dichotomy 4.0

After eight months of sitting dormant in a pre-release branch, here’s a brand-new major version of Dichotomy – major because it makes a couple of backwards-incompatible changes to custom settings. Sorry! I’m trying to keep those to a minimum for future releases.

But enough about that. Let’s talk about the new features instead! They include support for avatars (finally) and using profile header images as backgrounds, streamlined desktop layout options, updates to Google Analytics code, and a few tiny fixes here and there.

Version 4.0 will be available on the Tumblr Theme Garden shortly – at least I hope so. As usual, if you have any problems, drop me a message on Tumblr or report an issue on GitHub.

2014 anime, the less-bulleted edition, part 1

Here are some more words on things I liked from the year just gone by. Last time, I remarked that nobody reads long posts. I’m getting around that this go-round by splitting this one up into two parts. Ha-ha!

Golden Time

I won’t deny that Golden Time doesn’t make that great of a first impression. The premise of the romance drama reads like a gimmick, what with the main character having amnesia, and the first few episodes stick more or less to the fish-out-of-water formula. If I’d seen Toradora! earlier, too, hearing that both series shared an original author, Yuyuko Takemiya, would have set off more alarm bells in my head. It’s a good thing that didn’t happen, though, because Golden Time is one of the better entries in the genre to come around in a while, taking full advantage of its emotionally fraught setting to draw out memorable performances from Yui Horie and Ai Kayano. And hey, it’s good to have a show in this genre where the cast are all more or less adults for a change. Well, college students. Close enough.

Madoka: Rebellion

I already wrote quite a bit about the theatrical sequel to the original Madoka TV series in a spoiler-filled review back in May. For those of you who don’t want to have the movie ruined, though, or just don’t like reading too much, here’s a summary: stunning animation, a spellbinding score by Yuki Kajiura, and tremendous writing out of Gen Urobuchi – the last of which is all the more impressive given that the ending of the original series didn’t leave much apparent room for a sequel. (If only Psycho-Pass 2 had been in similarly good hands.)

Yasuhiro Yoshiura’s new films

The inimitable filmmaker behind Time of Eve struck again twice last year, and lo, it was good. Patema Inverted was easily the bigger of the two efforts, and it shows in the scale of the world that Yoshiura builds in the film, a (kinda) half-underground half-dystopia that is wholly impressive. The extroverted nature of action adventure isn’t quite to the usually more introspective Yoshiura’s talents – the lead antagonist is nothing if not cartoonish in his villainy – but what separates Patema from, say, Makoto Shinkai’s venture into similar territory with his Children Who Chase Lost Voices from Deep Below is that Patema holds on to a genuine sense of awe and wonder. It’s a great all-ages film, on top of all that.

Flying further under the radar was Harmonie, a thirty-minute short produced for 2014’s Anime Mirai. A concise love story, Harmonie plays more to Yoshiura’s traditional strengths while displaying an atypical, but well-executed, sentimentality. If nothing else, it has one of the more ingenious twists I’ve seen on the old trope of fated encounters.

Stay tuned for part two. Or don’t. Your loss.

I poked around today to see if I could use the Tumblr API to change the type of an existing post, a task that I’ve previously shown how to do with form twiddling. It turns out that the API cheerfully ignores the type parameter in requests, which I probably should have checked before spending a couple of hours on installing stuff and putting together the foundations of a simple-yet-classy web app in Flask. Oh, well.

Long story short: If you want to change the type of a post, messing around with the dashboard’s HTML remains the only way to do it that I know of. Surely Tumblr could actually support this in its UI?

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>Another day on the Blue River.

>Well the fishing continues. As well as the preparation for the Boulder Marathon. We received our medals and they are great. I also saw the awards that are being created for our winners. The barriers are reserved, the flags are ready, the expo is being sorted out, and volunteers are being recruited. Now we just plan for as much as we can.

Nobody else was allowed here today.

As for the fishing, I got skunked on some awesome looking private water. These were (in my mind) going to be big, dumb, and hungry fish. I guess nobody told them to be there. Then we fished the Big Thompson and I got some, but the biggest of the day took we down stream before spitting out my fly. Yesterday, we hit the Blue in Silverthorne for some afternoon action. Multiple times I had to check my fly to see if there was a hook attached because I missed so many.

The look of concentration.

Yesterday’s best fish of the day nudged my fly with his nose the first time it passed by him. You rarely get another chance at the fish on the Blue River, but he took it the second time it drifted by. I was happy because I have been practicing tying these smallish (size 16) dries with Wulff like wings and I thought they would work well, and they did. It was a good fight and he was close enough for Moj to take pictures of him in the water. When he sensed the net nearby he took off downstream. I went sprinting after him not wanting to let him go. He somehow tied his line in a bow around a log and swam away with my kick ass new fly. I somehow contained the urge to snap my fly rod and settled on shouting expletives.  I will get a good one there one day. No more rookie mistakes!

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09.01.15 Rosalyn’s list of Brain Healthy Foods

11924906_703229289807044_2385748290395118961_nTuesday, September 1, 2015 – Several months ago the focus of my shrinking brain journey turned to eating brain healthy foods as a way of pumping up what’s left of my brain!!!  I really don’t know if it’s working but I have lost 20 pounds and know that just overall healthier eating is good for my whole body, not just my brain.

I also have Type 2 diabetes and have had difficulties controlling my blood sugar.  Since eating most of the items below and cutting out most of the junk I previously ate, my blood sugar levels have also come down some.  If you’re concerned mostly about sugars look each food item up and learn about that aspect.

I’ve been asked several times what is considered brain healthy food. Sometimes I forget some of it, so I thought if I put it all down here you’ll know it and I will have one place to go to remember it!!  This information comes from various sources.blueberries

Every source I’ve checked lists blueberries, spinach and nuts as the three highest foods to improve brain health.  I can’t say in what order all the rest are ranked in brain healthiness so pick what you love and eat those!!

The list below tells the name of the food, the recommended daily amount if it is known and what I actually eat.  I consider this a list of foods I previously would have felt were splurge foods.  Since I’ve cut “almost all” unhealthy foods out of my diet I have the money to eat the “splurge” foods and really enjoy them!

I offer this list as someone who is absolutely not an expert in great brain food.  If you’re 60 or older and have noticed some cognitive decline, give it a try.  If you’re young and want to eat foods now that may help you later in life, give it a try!

Eliminating as much sugar and bad fats are key!  If something below contains that, eat in moderation if you must eat them.  Also, WATER, WATER AND MORE WATER are a must. As much as you can, as often as you can and then drink some more!

Blueberries – 1 cup a day in any form, fresh frozen or freeze dried – These are the very best for your brain and I avocadoeat them everyday.  Always keep frozen ones available for when the fresh run out.  Adding frozen blueberries to hot oatmeal is delicious!!!  Haven’t tried freeze dried but I’ve had blueberries covered in yogurt which are delicious.

Strawberries, blackberries, blackcurrants, huckleberries – Not as high as blueberries but delicious and worth adding to the diet.  I eat all of them whenever I can get them.  I try to keep on hand frozen strawberries, pineapples, blackberries and mangoes.

yogurtYogurt – a cup a day – I buy low fat Dannon vanilla yogurt because of the low fat, it tastes good and it’s fairly cheap.  I buy two large containers each week and that gives me a cup a day to add to smoothies or fruit bowls.  I’ve learned that smoothies are best for if you don’t have time to sit down and eat a bowl of fruit but the bowl of fruit is the better of both choices for you.  I daily make either a smoothie or a bowl of three types of fresh fruit, granola, flax seed and chia seeds mixed together.  You don’t taste the flax or chia seeds but they are very good for you.  You can buy small pouches of them for under $1 each that last for a couple of weeks.

Salmon, albacore tuna, sardines – 4-ounce serving, two to three times a week. – I love tuna in just about kaleanything!  The others won’t make my grocery list!!

Mangos, bananas, kiwi, grapefruit, pineapples, cantaloupe, watermelon – at least two servings a day.  I eat all of these as much as I want!

Green and black olives – a few a day – I eat a can of black olives whenever I want to about once or twice a week.

Nuts and Seeds – an ounce a day of walnuts, hazelnuts, Brazil nuts, filberts, almonds, cashews, peanuts, sunflower seeds, sesame seeds, flax seed, and unhydrogenated nut butters such as peanut butter, almond butter, and tahini. – Walnuts and Pecans are the best, I eat at least 10 a day of nuts2walnuts, pecans, almonds, cashews, shelled or in the shell peanuts, and sunflower seeds.  I sprinkle flax seed and chia seeds on anything I’m eating in a bowl.  See my note about this in Yogurt. Also sunflower seeds (peeled) make a delicious addition to any salad!!

Avocado – 1/2 of an avocado to one daily. – I make avocado and sliced cucumber sandwiches , put them in salads and eat them with some italian dressing, and guacamole!!!  If you like mayonnaise (which I don’t) use the avocado instead of mayonnaise on any sandwich!!

Red wine – one glass a day – I don’t drink this every day but sometimes.

Celery, carrots and peppers – I buy a bag of fresh carrots and whole celery every week and much whenever I feel the need for something crunchy.

Broccoli and Cauliflower – 1 cup a day –  Raw is best – I love it that way and cooked (I only buy fresh, not frozen)

Whole grains –  Whole grains, such as oatmeal, whole-grain breads, and brown rice – I choose oatmeal and whole grain breads.ark Leafy Vegetables –

Kale (a super food), collard or turnip greens, spinach – a handful a day – I stick with kale and spinach.  Kale or Spinach in a fruit smoothie is my melonspreferred method of eating it.  You do not taste the kale in the smoothie but you’re getting the benefits!!  Kale can also be baked in the oven – toss in some olive oil, salt and pepper it, layer on a pan and back until crisp.  Spinach I love in salads also.

Beans – 1/2 cup of any beans will do.  I prefer red beans but then there is the sausage and fat that goes into the flavor so I skip beans mostly1

Pomegranate juice – Because pomegranate juice has added sugar (to counteract its natural tartness), you don’t want to go overboard,so approximately 2 ounces a day, diluted with spring water.   – This hasn’t been on my list but I’m going to give it a try!

Freshly brewed tea – Two to three cups a day of freshly brewed tea — hot or iced – Must be fresh brewed, not powdered.  Don’t add all the sugar and cream, a day of lemon juice adds an interesting twist!

Dark Chocolate – One-half ounce to 1 ounce a day

crabs shrimp crawfish crabsCrabs (also shrimp, lobster, crawfish to a lesser degree) – Eat as much as you want, I do!!! Crabmeat salad and boiled crabs, shrimp and crawfish. Fairly certain that only boiled seafood should be eaten for any type of diet!!

Tomatoes – one a day, don’t really know.  I buy enough to eat one a day whole if I want to.  Feels more like a treat that way!!

Curry contains Turmeric.  Haven’t tried it yet.

Eggs specifically, the yolks – one a day or more at once.  We eat egg salad sandwiches, scrambled eggs, sliced eggs on sandwiches, omelets, etc. but  not very often.

Pumpkin seeds – a handful a day – gonna add that one soon!

Add high, but safe, levels of B6, B12 and folic acid through vitamins.

I’m sure this isn’t every food that is brain healthy.  If anyone has additional items that should be on this list, let me know and I’ll add them.

I’ve enjoyed getting to splurge on these treats knowing they are helping, not hurting, me!

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08.29.2015 La Pine State Park in La Pine, Oregon

lpsp 1 (Medium)Friday, August 28, 2015 – La Pine State Park, located next to the Deschutes River, is a beautiful place near our RV park. After resting all day yesterday I woke feeling my lungs had recovered enough for us to take a trip to see this State Park. the air quality must be really bad today because wee smelled smoke as soon as we left Dora which is normally not the case.

The park is home to Oregon’s largest ponderosa pine. Nicknamed “Big Red,” the tree is 162′ tall, with a circumference of 326 inches, diameter is 8.8 feet, and may be in excess of 500 years old. It is also recognized as an Oregon Heritage Tree. It’s estimated volume is 25,000 board feet. It was quite impressive, larger than we thought it would be. lpsp 2 (Medium)

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The bark on these types of pines is very different than normal pines. Here’s a picture of each so you can see this.

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The other stop we made in this state park was the Don McGregor Viewpoint which provided an amazing view of the Deschutes River as it made a bend right in front of us.

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We’re looking forward to a few days of rest before we get back on the road next week headed to the Redwood Forest in California!!

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08.28.15 Lava River Cave in Bend, Oregon – oh what a day!

lc 1 (Medium)On Wednesday we made it to Lava River Cave, which is a mile-long lava tube. It takes approximately 1.5 hours to tour the entire cave. Initial access descends 55 stairs to a combination of flat boardwalk, uneven surfaces and stairways.  Average temperature in the Cave is 42 degrees.

lc 2 (Medium)The sign above probably should have stopped me from going in but I figured I’m not a child, I’ve done caves before and this is only a mile long.

This was probably the worst thing we could have attempted and we paid for it.  I was only able to make it about 1/4 of the mile into the tube.  I waited there for Roy to complete the mile and come back to where I stopped.  He made it back fine so we then headed back to the cave’s opening.

I’m not totally sure why the exit was so difficult for me.  The air quality has been dangerous recently here in Oregon because of smoke from local forest fires.  I have asthma but haven’t really felt different because of the smoke, so going into the cave didn’t seem to be a problem.  It was very damp and very cold (and I was in there over an hour) and all the fungus or mold (which I’m highly allergic to) that must be in a damp dark place like that, and I guess coupled with me having breathed the smoke for a while caused me to have extreme difficulties breathing while getting out of the cave.   A very nice young lady tourist who happens to be a Cardiac nurse stayed with us until we got out.  Also, a forest ranger brought me some water when we were near the finish line.  There were many steps to climb to get out and I could make it a few steps before having to pause for several minutes.  I was dizzy and had extreme difficulty breathing and standing up.

The last time we toured a cave I had a little difficulty near the end, but nothing like today.  We will not be planning anymore underground cave tours in the future.  We’ve toured several over the years and need to be happy with those experiences!

There aren’t many pictures to share since it is pitch black in there and the tourists have to bring their own to see a little bit in front of them.  Roy set us up with head lights and a strong hand held flashlight and we both had our Southeastern jackets on to HELP keep us warm. I forgot my gloves so they were near frozen even while keeping them tucked into my jacket!

The first picture shows the pathway through the cave.  Then you’ll see us with our very fashionable head lights on before going into the cave.  the other pictures are from the hundred feet or so into the cave where there is still some sunlight shining in.  After that it was all blackness!lava river cave pathlc 4 (Medium)lc 5 (Medium)lc6 (Medium)lava-river3lc7 (Medium)lc 10 (Medium)This is the view I had while waiting for Roy to return of the people entering that part of the cave.   They are coming down the steep steps which we had to go up to get out.  When there was no one coming from either direction it was pitch black and extremely cold.   This was absolutely one of those times I wanted to trip the young adults just be-bopping their way up and down the stairs!!!  When our mind thinks it’s still that  young and our body knows different, we get ourselves in these pickles! lc 13 (Medium)

Roy saw these two signs with good information further down the passage way so I’m sharing!lc highway crossing (Medium)lc tube in tube (Medium)I’m use to writing about the things we see and do because I’m excited to share it with ya’ll.  This was a different story and actually quite humbling.  I am staying in the RV today to let my lungs and body recover from whatever they went through yesterday.

We want to go to La Pine State Park tomorrow which will be non strenuous and hopefully will give me an outing without doing further damage.  We have a campground BBQ Saturday, work Saturday and Sunday for me with RVillage and then we’ll see what Sunday brings.

As I shared with ya’ll, our plans have changed as Russ and Annie’s plans changed.   We still hope to meet up with them along the way!  The overall plan for the rest of our trip includes:

Redwood Forest for a week

San Francisco/Napa Valley for two weeks – this is where my boss Hillary lives and I’ll finally get to meet her and Cam in person after working for them for over a year and a half!!

Los Angeles to hopefully see some TV shows taped

Las Vegas to see all that’s there

Grand Canyon – hopefully north and south rims

Sedona Arizona

Southern Arizona – where our real big boss, Curtis lives to finally meet him in person!

El Paso Texas to see the White Sands Monument.

Roswell New Mexico to see the alien places

See whatever we want as we go across Texas and then land in Louisiana for Christmas!

There will be lots of small stops along the way but these are our must see stops.  Any suggestions around those areas are greatly appreciated!

From where we are now in Oregon to Roswell, NM will take us 2500 more miles.  Roy hasn’t given his final blessing to this plan so it may change!  From Roswell NM to Amite, LA is another 1000 miles.

Next year’s plan is to explore the east coast and all that has to offer!

Here’s our most updated map of all the states we’ve visited!

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08.26.15 Lava Land in Bend, Oregon

thursday almost fridayWednesday, August 26, 2015 – Monday after we toured The High Desert Museum we drove nearby to Lava Land, toured the visitor’s center then boarded the Shuttle for a trip to the top of Lava Butte.  A Butte is described as an isolated hill with steep sides and a flat top (similar to but narrower than a mesa).  Do not know why they can’t call it a hill, but perhaps Butte sounds better???!!!

Lava Butte is a cinder cone rising 500 feet above Lava Lands Visitor Center. A cinder covered trail encircles the rim of the cone with outstanding views.  We walked this trail which in long stretches was very steep to climb.  Not easy at all for us, but we are proud to say we made it!!!  This first three pictures was taken off the internet as we have none that show the cinder cone like this.

filename-lava-butte-cinder Nebe_lava_butte23753l Newberry-National-Volcanic-Monument-Lava-Lands-Visitor-Map.mediumthumbThe next pictures are from inside the Visitor Center, our ride in the shuttle to the top of the Butte and from our hike around it.    We could see the area around it a bit but I don’t think it came out well in the pictures because of the fire smoke in the area.  We receive Air Quality Warnings on our phone each day saying the quality is at a Danger level because of the smoke.   We were about 300 feet over the area where the lava flowed leaving the are black.  We brought home some black, red and gray lava rocks.

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ll 7 (Medium)From a sign by the hiking trail:  Pouring from a breach on the south side of Lava Butte, lava moved in a series of overlapping flows.  The lava spread dowhill to the northwest covering nine square miles and filling six miles of the Deschutes River channel. Within the Lava Butte lava flow there are several islands of trees on higher ground that were not overcome by the lava flows from their eruption.    ll 11 (Medium)  ll 14 (Medium)

Another sign:  Lava Butte is one of many cinder cones that erupted about 7,000 years ago from a Northwest trending fissure (crack) known as the Northwest Rift Zone.    ll 18 (Medium)

AT THE TOP OF LAVA BUTTE THIS SIGN SHOWED THE ELEVATION TO BE 5,020.ll 19 (Medium)    US ENJOYING THE HIKE!ll8 (Medium) ll9 (Medium)That’s it for today!  We plan to rest a day and then head to the Lava River Cave on Wednesday.

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08.25.15 The High Desert Museum in Bend, Oregon

Tuesday, August 25, 2015 – We set out this morning headed for Lava Land but ended up stopping at The High Desert Museum first.  I’d read rave reviews of this museum on Trip Advisor but didn’t realize it was on our way!  It is another location within the Deschutes National Forest in Oregon.

HDM Ent_0It is both an indoor and outdoor museum on 35 forested acres.  The indoor part is what we toured first. I really love seeing old stuff that was actually used in days gone by and this place has lots of it!  Volcanic eruptions and rivers shaped the museum site.  These exposed lava flows probably originated about 250,000 years ago from the Newberry Crater area, near here.

These first pictures are from the various areas of the indoor museum.

b13 (Medium) b12 (Medium) b11 (Medium) b10 (Medium) b9 (Medium) b8 (Medium) b7 (Medium) b5 (Medium) b3 (Medium) b2 (Medium) The next pictures are from the outdoors portion of the museum set amongst beautiful pines and flower bushes.  bo18 (Medium)  bo2 (Medium)bo3 (Medium) bo1 (Medium) bo roy (Medium) bo rosalyn (Medium) bo prey (Medium)One of the major outdoor exhibits is the Miller family ranch from 1904. The history of local homesteaders becomes vivid reality when you see the buildings on the Miller Ranch including the cabin, barn, corral, bunkhouse, root cellar and sawmill.  We got to see what life was like for local homesteaders more than a hundred years ago.  Kids get to do chores around the ranch such as digging in and watering the garden.  They could also enjoy playing one of several vintage games.

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Another outside exhibit was the Otter Exhibit.  Two adorable otters played in the water and entertained us all!  There is a pathway that leads to an inside area where you can watch the otters above and below the water from a glass wall.  Very cool!  They are so cute to watch either inside ot outside.

botter entrance (Medium) botter 4 (Medium) botter 2 (Medium) botter 1 (Medium)The Otter exhibit wrapped up our visit to this museum.  The picture right above is looking at the glass windows people can look out of! This was a really nice surprise to get to tour this beautiful place today!  We went to Lava Land after this but I’ll share those tomorrow!  We plan to go back on Wednesday or Thursday to see the Lava Land Cave and the La Pine State Park, both of which are near by.

We received word from our friends Russ and Annie that they will not be at Cape Blanco in Oregon as planned.  Russ’ dad is dying and his mom needs their help.  He’s now in hospice care and they are on their way to Nevada now.  Please pray for Russ and his family during this time.  We’ll catch up with them somewhere along the way!

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08.24.15 Newberry National Volcanic Monument in Deschutes National Forest

1970900_10152129760108773_764938210_nMonday, August 24, 2015 – Names like Glacier National Park and Yellowstone National Park are known by all.  Names like Newberry National Volcanic Monument in Deschutes National Forest are little known, certainly not at all by me.  The road our RV park is on goes directly into the Deschutes National Forest.  On Saturday afternoon we went out for what we thought would be an under two hour drive which turned into a five hour drive with many amazing beautiful sights!a visitor center monument sign (Medium)

Our first surprise was the beautiful Paulina Lakewhich a lot of people were enjoying and the Paulina Lake Lodge.

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Like many first-time visitors to Oregon I was not aware of the degree to which the topography of the state was (and is) shaped by past and present volcanic activity. One can get a sense of this by visiting this Volcanic Monument. The Monument encloses some of the massive Newberry Caldera and lava flow. The Newberry lava flow is the largest in the country, covering an area the size of Rhode Island. The sunken caldera now includes two large and picturesque lakes.

a4 (Medium)To see the lakes and caldera from the top of Paulina Peak you drive a four mile, extremely wash boarded road.  Wikipedia says “Washboarding or corrugation of roads comprises a series of ripples, which occur with the passage of wheels rolling over unpaved roads at speeds sufficient to cause bouncing of the wheel on the initially unrippled surface.”

We could go no faster than 10 mph or we would have bounced apart and lost traction causing us to slide around the road.  This made the 4 mile drive took us around an hour.  The extremely rough ride was worth it to see the view from the top but then you have to drive down the same four mile road.  Going down was not nearly as trying as the upward drive.

The first picture is of the Peak from partway up the road.

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a peak panoramic (Medium) a road to peak (Medium) a9 (Medium) a peak elevation (Medium) a11 (Medium) a rosalyn (Medium) a5 (Medium) a7 (Medium) Once we made it back down the awful road to the paved highway that goes through the rest of the park we headed over to the Big Obsidian Flow.  This is what remains of the volcano eruptions.  It looks like a giant mountain made of nothing but stones.  It is actually pumice, obsidian and  after it cooled and cracked up.  We got our workout on this one as we climbed a very steep staircase to get to the top of the pile.

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Huffing and puffing we made it to the top, took some pictures and headed back down.

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From there we went to Paulina Falls which are two waterfalls near each other flowing way down to the valley below.

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08.21.15 Peter Skene Ogden State Scenic Viewpoint – A Must See!

use sign 20Friday, August 21, 2015 – The Peter Skene Ogden State Scenic Viewpoint, in Terrebonne,Oregon is the amazing sight we zooomed by while driving down the Oregon highway! It is a state park on the Crooked River along U S Highway 97. Thank goodness there was a place to pull over just past it and a pathway to walk back and see it. After walking down the pathway to the dramatic cliff, the view from the center bridge down to the Crooked River and to the bridges and views on either side is breath taking! I said to Roy, “This is absolutely the most beautiful sight we’ve seen!”  The pictures cannot possibly capture the beauty of it all.

To see the pictures bigger double click on them to enlarge them. They will also open in a new window.  I highly recommend doing this because they pictures are amazing!

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Roy on the bridge between the other two bridge. This bridge is closed to traffic so you can walk around and enjoy the magnificent sights.

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The middle bridge

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One of the side bridges with the larger than life breath taking sight!

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Pictures below of the other bridge on the opposite side of the middle bridge.  The Crooked River runs under it also.

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There is lots to see in this area of Oregon.  After having a couple of days of rest we’ll be checking out these great spots and of course sharing them with ya’ll!

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08.20.15 On the way to Oregon

Idaho-welcome20150818_111508 Oregon_welcome_sign Thursday August 2019, 2015 –   The photos along the side and at the bottom are from our drive leaving Montana, through Idaho, Washington and into
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We left Deer Lodge, Montana on Monday, stayed at the RV repair shop at Western States CAT for several hours, and then on to Walmart in Smelterville, Idaho Monday night. Beautiful cool night with temperatures in the low 50s.

Tuesday morning we set out for Washington where we spent the night at another great Walmart in Kinnewick, Washington.

The parking lot at the Kinnewick Walmart had a sign saying no overnight camping. I asked about that at the Customer Service desk.  I  was told that we could in fact park there, but should stay at the front of the lot. It’s always best to ask especially if you see one of those No Parking Signs. We’ve always been told it’s okay, even at places with the signs.

We loaded up with groceries for the month and struggled with the 80 degree heat making it difficult to fall asleep. Brilliant me bought a pizza to cook which made it even hotter in the RV. The highlight of our evening was Skyping with Madisyn and Chip. Love those two and love skyping with them!

Wednesday morning we set off for Oregon where we will stay for two weeks at La Pine, Oregon at Cascade Meadows RV Resort – a Coast to Coast resort.

The night before we Washington, Roy and I checked our four house batteries and found they needed replacing.  In the morning we went straight to Tri County Batteries shop in Kinnewick where the ugly old batteries were replaced by brand new shiny ones.  Again we received immediate great service!  No warranty to cover this, so we shelled out $700 and went on our way in less than an hour.

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Traveling through Washington and Oregon was fairly uneventful – at first.  A beautiful large lake ran by the road we drove through most of northern Oregon.  The middle of the lake was the state line for Washington and Oregon. These are some of the sights along the way.

We saw two signs along the way we’d never see in Louisiana.  One is a sign showing where to drive your Run Away Truck and the other indicating where to Put on or Remove your tire chains.  Here’s the pictures

use chain sign use 2 Along the way we were getting on the interstate and Roy saw a bunch of large white onions on the side of the road.  Crazy folks that we are, we pulled over and he went back to pick them all up.  Around a dozen very large white onions, just there for the taking!  I spent quite a bit of time today peeling, washing, chopping and slicing them getting ready to use them at some later date!!

Here’s Roy on the interstate picking the onions up!

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The couple in the next picture were set up at a rest area entering Washington.  They gave out complimentary cookies, juice or coffee from the Lion’s Club

This was a hard three days of traveling since we stopped for repairs twice and it was just a long distance.  We originally planned to stop in Idaho for two weeks but fires there caused us to make new reservations further away where we are in Oregon at Cascade Meadows RV Resort.

On our way traveling through Oregon we passed by an amazing sight but we whizzed by it.  Then we saw right up ahead a place to pull off the highway to walk back and see the sight!  I’m going to work on a separate blog post about the gorgeousness we saw there.

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08.19.15 – Cottonwood City in Deer Lodge, Montana

11846591_889165267831831_2583002519265157605_nSunday afternoon I drove into town (Deer Lodge, Montana) to check out some things we didn’t see last week. Roy chose to stay home and nap! Being a small town most everything was closed on Sunday afternoon. However, the Cottonwood City was open! It’s a neat little replica of Deer Lodge in the old days. All of the buildings are furnished with items they used back then. A school house, post office, jail, chapel, gold miners house, regular western house were among the buildings I got to see.

Here are some pictures of this little town!

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20150816_151837 20150816_151501 20150816_151630 20150816_151636 20150816_151654 The gold miners house20150816_151926 20150816_151936 20150816_151941When I first started seeing these tress I thought the orange things were persimmons and I got very excited. When looking at it close up it’s a bunch of little orange berries. Anyone know what this is?20150816_152743 I like to drive through the residential areas of as many towns as I can and I did that today. Here’s some houses in Deer Lodge, Montana. It’s a very clean little town.20150816_15272120150816_15231020150816_15325120150816_153204One of these days someone’s going to come out and fuss at me for taking pictures. So far I am in the clear!

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UBF missionary conference report
9th-Jun-2006 09:28 am
I visited UBF official website to see if Dr. Moreau’s message was posted there. His message is not posted but there are two reports about UBF World Mission Report 2006. One was by John Jun and the other by Sarah Barry. If one reads them, he will find that they are very different from each other.
9th-Jun-2006 02:51 pm (UTC)
Sarah Barry writes the following about the missionary conference.

Special lectures were by:
Professor Ho Im Jun (Han Bando International Institute) –Muslim mission.
Professor Moses Jung– the theory behind sogams. He gave historical perspective showing the place of sogams (testimonies) in church history.
Dr. Scott Moreau–Culture and Conscience. He spoke about the issues revolving around contextulazation on the mission field. He addressed the issue of what is unchanging gospel which cannot be compromised and what is culture, which can be modified for the sake of the gospel.
Dr. David Lee–Internet mission. He spoke about the use of the internet in the missionary task.
Dr. James Suh–Missionary health issues. These were addressed by Dr. Luke Lim– medical problems that frequently arise on the mission field; Dr. Abraham Han– Men’s health problems after 40; Dr. Luke Song–Women’s health problems after 40; Dr. David Park– Children’s medical needs.

Sarah Barry mentions clearly Dr. Scott Moreau. Based on her report, it seems that Dr. Moreau’s lecture must have contained very important issues about the world mission in general. However if one reads John Jun’s report on the missionary conference, he will not find any mentioning of Dr. Moreau by Jun who is the current general director of UBF organization.

Sarah Barry’s report is about the world mission report in general including the missionary conference. Jun’s report is specifically about the missionary conference where Dr. Moreau gave his lecture on ‘contextualization’. But Jun does not mention anything about his lecture. Now I ask a question: why are the two reports so different from each other? Was it because Jun could not understand Dr. Moreau’s English?

Recall that in February, Jun laid out new directions for UBF in his inaugural speech where he emphasized ‘cooperation’ with other Christian community. If he is going to cooperate with other Christian community, shouldn't he pay close attention to what other Christian community has to say to him? He invites Dr. Moreau to speak at his missionary conference. But he mentions nothing about him in his report! This attitude of Jun’s is not consistent with his new direction laid out in his inaugural speech. Instead of listening to Dr. Moreau and reporting about his lecture, most of his report is focused on his own message and ‘theory’ of ‘sogam’.

Jun is clearly focused on preserving the ‘spiritual’ legacy of Samuel Lee by telling his cronies to fabricate a ‘theory’ to protect Samuel Lee’s false theology and in doing so to protect his own power in UBF organization. It is clear that Jun considers cooperation with other Christian community a threat to ‘theory’ behind UBF organization. Could it be that John Jun has no ‘conscience’?
9th-Jun-2006 06:04 pm (UTC) - Sogams do have a precedent in church history.
Professor Moses Jung - the theory behind sogams. He gave historical perspective showing the place of sogams (testimonies) in church history.

(Just so there's no misunderstanding, Moses Jun-Ki Chung is a UBF lifer, though he often deceptively represents himself, at the behest of UBF leaders, as an "outsider.")

I wonder when in church history something like sogams were ever employed, where you pay an annual subscription fee to get a paper copy of a message "manuscript" to base a weekly written sogam on (and you'd better not employ your "own ideas" or "human thinking" in those sogams). When in church history did people have to attend mandatory meetings to listen to 2 hours of mandatory sogams that sound pretty much the same (because of that manuscript thing)?

I think the closest thing to the concept of the UBF sogam in church history might be the Catholic sacrament of confession, where your "Shepherd" is the Priest (without the guarantee of confidentiality). I wonder if Jun-Ki Chung mentioned that.

Thinking back on it, the sogam is a vital part of the UBF program (which is why its importance would be buttressed at an important UBF meeting). The weekly confession in sogams is an effective means of keeping recruits in a constant works- and performance-oriented mindset. Maybe there's been a backlash of sorts against the weekly sogam program lately?

As an aside, I know of at least one UBF USA recruit who was pressured into attending this meeting in Seoul--against the wishes of his parents, of course--by equating his attendance with "following Jesus."
9th-Jun-2006 06:43 pm (UTC) - Re: Sogams do have a precedent in church history.
Yes, the role of the sogam in UBF should not be underestimated. It is one of the main instruments for manipulation, in various ways.

I think the closest thing to the concept of the UBF sogam in church history might be the Catholic sacrament of confession, where your "Shepherd" is the Priest.

But anyway the Catholic sacrament of penance (confession) does not even come close to what UBF is doing:

Catholic penanceUBF sogam
private confession to God in presence of a priestshared publicly, in front of the group
confessional secreteven private sogams are shared with leaders, fellowship circle etc.
oral onlywritten only
confession of personal sinsalso confession about mission success, weak performance etc.
based on personal lifebased on predefined Bible passages, questionaires and corresponding messages by leaders
individual confessionstandardized style
associated with absolutionno absolution
frequency according to necessity, e.g. once a yearweekly, compulsory exercise
Sacramet necessary for all believers alikeLeaders don't share their sogams, confess to nobody

10th-Jun-2006 08:37 pm (UTC)
Men’s health problems after 40; Women’s health problems after 40;

Seem like odd issues for a self-proclaimed "student church", right? I think UBF is already starting to experience serious problems with the aging membership. In 20, years they will have issues like "financial problems of those who gave all their money to UBF and have no pension fund" on the agenda of the mission report ;-)

One thing that has certainly changed in UBF is that at least they shyly speak about some of their problems or defend their practices like sogams and invite outside speakers. Samuel Lee would not have done such things. He would have dismissed any health problems with the answer that people should work harder and have faith and overcome all sorts of problems. Nothing to speak about. So this is somewhat different now from UBF speaches in the times of Samuel Lee.

But we know that this is not a serious attempt to change things or to even reconsider things, but rather an attempt to appear more "normal" to outsiders and insiders. Samuel Lee would never have tried to justify Sogams with church history. Why? Because he knew pretty well that you cannot justify the practices in UBF. He knew pretty well that it makes no sense to defend the undefendable. If anybody criticized him or UBF, he would simply not answer. That was a clever tactics. He would not allow a discussion of his leadership and the UBF practices. They were beyond discussion. They were like "axioms", things that cannot be questioned and discussed anyway. Real cult leaders know that as soon as you start to speak out the "unspoken rules" or beliefs of the group, their ridiculousness and wrongness becomes apparent. They are enforced by training, by behavior, by subtle authoritarian and group pressure, by repetition, by messages "between the lines", but never directly mentioned. So as cult leaders, Barry and Jun are only 2nd class. They are enablers, poor copies of a genuine cult leader like "Dr." Lee, who had this inborn keen sense of how people can be manipulated effectively.

It's interesting how they perform this "egg dance" (does this word exist in English?) of on the one side pretending to be different from Samuel Lee's dictatorship and ideas now, that they "change", and on the other side how they claim to fulfill his "spiritual heritage". One of their many inner contradictions.

And I also doubt that they would ever speak about such issues as arranged marriage. Imagine this: "Professor Moses Jung– the theory behind arranged marriage. He gave historical perspective showing the place of arranged marriage in church history." This will never happen. Currently they don't even know whether they should defend this practice, or simply deny that they are applying it, as they usually do towards the media.
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