Can someone tell me where Vallhalla is. Is it a city/town or the name of a cemetery and where is it?
...settled there. My Grandfather died in 1939 in Aghamore, (near Kiltimagh) while visiting his siser, Anne Snee at their family home. Does any of this sound like a connection?
...my research, and found reference to your contact with Kathy and Debbie. I too am related via Nancy Snee and Elijah Beam. Contact me if you think I can help.


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Anđeo, mn. anđeli (grč.  "poslanik, vjesnik", što je prijevod ; posuđeno i u , ), je naziv za vječna bića prisutna u mnogim religijama, čija je dužnost da služe Bogu ili bogovima. Anđeli su vrlo važni u tri abrahamske religije.

Kršćanstvo
U kršćanstvu, anđeli su duhovna bića, koja nemaju tijelo, no imaju pak svoju osobnost i slobodnu volju. Među svim stvorenim bićima anđeli su najsposobniji i zato najbliži Bogu. Ne pripadaju našem prostoru i vremenu, ali mogu djelovati u našoj stvarnosti.

Uloga anđela je slavljenje Boga i prenošenje poruka ljudima. Postoji hijerarhija anđela. Jedna skupina anđela nazivaju se arkanđeli, među kojima su najpoznatiji Mihovil, Gabriel i Rafael, koji se spominju u Bibliji te Uriel, koji se spominje u apokrifnim spisima.

U katoličanstvu, anđeli imaju izuzetnu važnost. Papa Benedikt XVI. kaže:

Zli anđeli, koji su se odmetnuli od Boga, nazivaju se đavli, na čelu im je Sotona.

Kršćani drže, da svaki čovjek ima nevidljivog zaštitnika, vlastitog anđela čuvara i vjeruju, da oni čuju ljudske molitve i pomažu protiv napasti.

Judaizam
Po rabinskom učenju, svijet je naseljen anđelima i ljudima. Uloge anđela su slaviti Boga i služiti mu te prenositi poruke ljudima.

Islam

U islamu je melek (arap. الملك, al-malak, melek "poslanik"), ime za bezgriješna duhovna bića stvorena od svjetlosti (nur) kako bi služila Alahu, pokoravala mu se i izvršavala njegove naredbe. Njihova je dužnost veličati Boga i izvršavati zadatke koje im je on dao, a odnose se na održavanje svemira, navođenje ljudi na dobro i bilježenje njihovih djela, kažnjavanje nevjernika, nošenje Alahovog prijestolja i sl. Najpoznatiji meleki su: Džibril (Gabrijel), Mikail (Mihael), Azrail (Melek smrti) i Israfil (Rafael). Meleci su bezgriješni, ne jedu, ne piju, nisu muškog ni ženskog roda, stvoreni su od svjetla i žive od veličanja Alaha. Njihov broj poznat je samo Alahu.

Tradicionalist Ibn Madže iz 9. stoljeća kaže o melecima:
"Vjeruje se da su meleci od jednostavne supstance (stvoreni od svjetla), nadahnuti životom, govorom i razumom, a razlika između njih, džina i šejtana jest u vrsti. Znaj da su meleci čisti od žudnje i ometanja bijesa. Nikad nisu neposlušni Bogu u onom što im naredi, i rade ono što im se naredi. Hrana im je veličanje Njegove slave, piće im je objavljivanje Njegove svetosti; razgovor, zajedničko sjećanje na Boga, neka je uzvišeno Njegovo ime; njihovo zadovoljstvo jeste Njegovo obožavanje. Stvoreni su u različitim oblicima s različitim sposobnostima."

Značenja

kršćanstvo - Simbolom je evanđelista Mateja

Izvori i referencije

Vanjske poveznice
Anđeoski vijenac (molitvenik)
fra Stanko Duje Mijić: Razmatranje o Arhanđelima: Mihaelu, Gabrielu, Rafaelu
Molitva sv. Franje Ksaverskog Anđelu čuvaru
Psihijatrija.com
Župa-svkriž.hr
Angels-hr
Arnold Guillet: Devetnica svetim Anđelima, Đakovo, 2009.
Veronika Vere (Nada Landeka): Anđeli za svaki dan
Postoji li anđeo smrti?

Anđeli
Religija
Judaizam
Kršćanstvo
Islam
Grecizmi

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Hacienda - Aduana, as a result of fiscal reforms (including the end of lower IVA in QR and the northern frontier) has announced that it closing the customs stations ("garitas") travelers encounter along the highways away from the actual border. According to press reports, of the 40 such posts, the 16 in QR are already shut or about to close.
So, that would include the big one at 20km S of Laredo on the way to Monterey? That would be nice, but can't imagine they'd close that after all the new construction there over the last few years including the huge "Darth Vader Death Ray Scanner" I got trapped in last year.
. . . . . . . and the big brand new one just west of Reynosa!


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Saints Signing Latavius Murray, Moving On From Mark Ingram
4 months agoThe New Orleans Saints are signing free-agent running back Latavius Murray to a four-year, $14.4 million deal on Tuesday, according to NFL Network's Tom Pelissero. The signing will make up for the fact that the Saints will move on from free-agent running back Mark Ingram. Ingram compiled 6,007 rushing yards and 50 touchdowns in eight seasons in New Orleans. Murray can't catch passes like Ingram did, but he had 578 yards (4.1 yards per carry) with Minnesota last year and will be a change-of-pace back to Alvin Kamara. The loss of Ingram in New Orleans likely means an even bigger workload for Kamara in 2019.--Keith Hernandez - RotoBaller
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Public Trust and Art Museums
November 29, 2016 ·	by the incluseum ·	in Best Practices	· 2 Comments
This week on the blog we are pleased to host the work of Dr. fari nzinga. This content was originally presented as an MCN talk in November in New Orleans. fari's discussion of public trust surfaces critical questions of "Who is/has been understood to be 'the public'?" & "How can trust be built between the public and museums today?" The US is facing four years of leadership from an administration not trusted by over 50% of the voting public. fari's thoughtful discussion of public trust can act as a guide for museums looking for ways to earn the public's trust and demonstrate that they are committed to justice, freedom and the public's well-being. – Aletheia
Trust is the intuitive confidence and sense of comfort that comes from the belief that we can rely on an individual, organization or institution to perform competently, responsibly, ethically, and in a manner considerate of our interests. It is dynamic, it is fragile, and it is vulnerable; it is praised where it is evident and acknowledged in every profession. Trust is difficult to define and quantify; easier to understand than to measure, easier to lose than to earn, but an essential and critical component in the relationship art museums have with the communities they serve.
My presentation today is a part of a much longer white paper, which grows out of an oft revisited conversation among members of the Association of Art Museum Directors about the difference between trust and public trust and what it means for a museum to serve the public trust. This paper aims to highlight issues to think about in crafting museum policies that encourage trust and relationship-building that can be leveraged for both enhanced audience development and increased workplace diversity and inclusion.
When the term public trust is defined the legal context, many scholars will cite Roman Emperor Justinian who in 530 A.D. decreed that "by the law of nature" the air, running water, the sea, and consequently the shores of the sea, were common to all mankind. Much later this idea was adopted into English Common Law, which sought to ensure public property rights to natural resources. In this context, the notion of public trust was integral to maintaining unfettered access to the shoreline regardless of private property rights. So bear in mind that the original intent regarding public trust is all about providing access. Today, Black's Law Dictionary defines a public trust as "a purpose trust. […] created to promote public welfare [i.e. to carry out a specific purpose] and not for the needs of any single individual."
A Mosaic of the Roman Emperor Justinian.
The term public trust has come into popular use within American art museums largely due to the efforts of the Association of Art Museum Directors (AAMD) to establish common, professional language and practices. The AAMD was founded in June of 1916 at the Art Institute of Chicago by eleven men and one woman: all white, college educated, and representing cities west of the Appalachians. On their first year anniversary, in late May 1917, at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts they convened to discuss the "relations and duties of museums to the public," in which it was concluded that "it is the privilege and duty of the museum director to teach the public right taste and right respect for works of art" as well as to "teach the public about the ethical use of art given the copyright laws on the books to protect artistic and intellectual property." It was this emphasis on education that supported the special tax status of art museums across the country.
Although there was consensus around the public and educational nature of art museums, in 1925 Miss Gertrude Herdle, Director of the Memorial Art Gallery, in Rochester, New York, asked pointedly: "Shall we open the museum on special occasions to the public when we can fill it with our members? It is always a question as to what the members expect, what they should have, and whether the museum should be managed partly for our members or wholly for the public." This dynamic tension has proven everlasting.
The conversation on the contemporary dimensions of public trust within the art museum context begins with the notion of stewardship. By no means a new concept in the 1980s, it was articulated in an address at the Denver Art Museum on January 24, 1983, by Frank Hodsoll, Chairman of the NEA, when he remarked, "it has been said that 'American museums exist for the things that are in them, and they change as each generation chooses how to see those things and discovers the hope and encouragement they hold.'" The museum doesn't serve the public trust simply by displaying art for its members, it does so by keeping and caring for the art on behalf of a greater community of members and nonmembers alike, preserving it for future generations to study and enjoy.
The trust of the public is earned when an art museum is seen as an authority on matters
of artistic excellence. This is derived from expertise on issues of conservation, quality, interpretation and provenance. Museums serve public trust by ensuring public access and public interests. Exhibitions are often seen as legitimizing events that raise an artist or an art form to a higher level. As a trusted authority museums should be careful not to reinforce harmful and inaccurate master narratives, and instead be willing to provide easy to grasp context gleaned from scholarship as well as the oral histories and/or cultural memory of oppressed groups.
Mount Rushmore, depicting Presidents Washington, Jefferson, Roosevelt and Lincoln and symbolic of our national master narrative.
Because of the generational changes in how audiences prefer to consume media and information, exhibitions are becoming more responsive to the public; consequently, some museums are now experimenting with collaboratively designing exhibitions and public programs in a bid to satisfy the popular demand that they become more participatory.
As art museums strive to better serve the public trust, the question of access must be foregrounded. At the AAMD 1967 Spring conference in Buffalo, the Ad Hoc Committee
affirmed that "it is obvious that art museums have ever increasing obligation to assure their public maximum availability of the collections they house. But simple exposure is not enough, a parallel obligation is that the collections be made pleasurable and meaningful to the public." Of course the first order of business must be to making as much of the collections as possible accessible through display. Additionally, the information about the collections must be accessible, as well as the institution itself  in terms of its operations, history and physical plant.
To ensure the accessibility of art museums, their physical locations as well as the
objects housed therein, directors must think about how they define who the public is that they wish to serve. In a recent article on the challenges confronting blind tech users, Jim Allen, the accessibility coordinator at the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired, observed: "Programmers program for the person they know best" […] "There's a mirror sitting in front of them, and if they could scratch off that silver and see their grandmother or maybe their parent, how much trouble do they have using your site? Have you ever sat and watched them use it?" This thinking should not be limited to programmers but everyone in the museum should be thinking this way about museum audiences and users.
Historically, "the public" has been a category which has not been defined in terms
of race, class, language or gender, much less ability. For example, in 1958 the Pew Research center reported that 73% of Americans answered that they trust the U.S. government just about always or most of the time; at this time in American history, with Jim Crow laws being widely enforced, it is likely that this number was skewed: white men and women were overrepresented on the voting rolls due to de facto and de jure segregation in concert with the suppression of voting rights. Since its inception, the AAMD has had many discussions about how best to reach "the public;" and time and again suggestions were made to place ads in the local newspaper. On the face of it, this suggestion is a benign one with the possibility of reaching a broad swath of any city's public; however, when viewed more critically, an ad in the newspaper for an art museum's latest exhibition assumes that the public it is trying to reach is literate and has the leisure time and income  to attend an art show during hours when most adults are working.
By January of 1971, Director Charles Cunningham of the Art Institute of Chicago
articulated a sentiment that AAMD members were beginning to grapple with, mainly the idea that "artists and minority groups want a role in the making of decisions in regard to the administration of the museum and want to know why they are not represented on the board." Given these realizations, in the context of art museums, it is important to ask which public an institution is aiming to serve. It seems that the narrower the field that defines the public, the more likely abuses or betrayals of the public trust will be. Museums certainly do not garner the trust of the public when they refuse to hire local people for anything other than the most menial staff positions. One must wonder if the lack of diversity in art museum staffs, volunteers and visitorship today indicates a lack of trust with which nonwhite, differently abled, nonnative English speakers and/or younger publics perceive the institution. Yet, in the last twenty five years, with ever growing museum attendance rates "the public" has been evincing more and more trust in art museums and is being served by the same.
To ensure the accessibility of knowledge and information in serving the public trust, it is
important to think about the kinds of visitors attending the museum as well as the kinds of experiences visitors want to have while there. Cofounder of the the research firm Institute for Learning Innovation and leading figure in research on free-choice learning, museum visitor studies and science education in the United States, John H. Falk has attempted to create a predictive model of the museum visitor experience, one that can help museum professionals better meet visitors' needs by breaking visitors down into types based on the motivations behind their visits (Falk 2009). Art museums may want to increase the resources available for qualitative research, focus groups and other activities that will garner feedback as well as foster good will and build relationships amongst potential community and museum stakeholders.
Falk's Visitor Models Description from New Orleans Museum of Art.
Ensuring the accessibility of its collections means that art museums must emphasize their more "basic" educational functions: publication of catalogued collections, interpretation of the permanent collection, scholarship and research. Lastly, given the demography of many of the cities and towns in which art museums are located, it is important to have information available in multiple languages. Signage, wall labels and text, as well as pamphlets and apps should be able to provide multilingual content with which multilingual visitors can engage. This same consideration must be given for hearing impaired, visually impaired, and other differently abled visitors. There are multiple ways to ensure institutional access to the public. On the one hand, there is the question of making sure that the building and its exhibitions are physically accessible to staff as well as visitors as outlined in the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. This line of thinking about access also begs the question of considering barriers to entry and participation, which in many instances results in art museums rethinking their admissions fees, hours of operation, and so forth.
CONCLUSION: EVOLVING INTERPRETATIONS
Over the last fifty years, almost all American institutions have lost the respect of the public because they have not always acted in the best interest of public trust (Gallup 2015). Public libraries, on the other hand, have earned a considerable credibility especially after 9/11 and the passage of the USA PATRIOT Act shortly thereafter. Librarians' strong opposition to the surveillance measures came from the philosophical belief that "libraries provide a place to exercise intellectual freedom: a free and open exchange of knowledge and information where individuals may exercise freedom of inquiry as well as a right to privacy in regards to the information they seek" (ALA 2006). By championing the rights and civil liberties of the public they serve, libraries have made significant advances in serving the public trust over the last decade. Institutions that hope to identify and maintain public trust might consider emulating the public libraries and take an activist stance in terms of clearly articulating their values and advocating for the rights of their audiences and supporters both in the political arena and in the realm of public opinion.
You serve the public trust by earning the public's trust. And here, I've greatly benefitted from nikhil trivedi's thinking about acknowledging trauma in the visitors we hope to serve. In the context of art museums, surviving the erosion of public trust entails a commitment to transparency and accessibility. On one level this might look like giving visitors and members more of an understanding of who the people are that work in art museums and what they do on a daily basis. In addition to making information about the collections available  especially information on provenance  encyclopedic art museums must admit that many of the objects preserved and exhibited there were acquired under circumstances regarded as morally compromised as is the case with the so-called "ethnographic" art objects of the Americas, Africa and Asia. Transparency initiatives are one way to respond to increasing demands from the public that art museums be more participatory; but transparency also has a place in how museum directors think about ethical practices and policies.
In the future when art museums are grappling with ethical issues, they must think more broadly not only in terms of provenance but also compensation, equity and the diversity of their staffs. After all, audiences comprised of millennials and people of color will not necessarily feel empowered to be in spaces where they do not see themselves reflected amongst more than just the security or custodial staff. Ni'Ja Whitson eloquently speaks to this dynamic in the Visitors of Color Project when they say:
When the brown face of a museum is predominantly limited to that of service workers, expectations of the obedient and available laboring body of color is reified. I would argue that the People of Color who do ascend to curatorial and upper-administrative positions, those with the power and privilege to dream the art on and within the walls of the galleries, while talented, intelligent and deserving, are so few that the weight of their dreaming exists as a critical whisper beside the bellow of the art machine.
In the end, transparency is becoming a greater part of what constitutes public trust as well as how it can be maintained. Transparency and public trust can be defined by honest and ethical relationships with board members and staff as well as (potential) visitors and members. For this reason when public trust is lost or damaged, it is imperative that institutions act quickly to demonstrate tangible and visible changes in their organizational culture.
Honest and ethical relationships between staff and museums are brought into question when museums rely on unpaid labor and/or fail to offer living wage and family wage jobs.
A closer look at the question of transparency as it figures not only into notions of ethical standards but also future trends in accessibility of collections brings us to the topic of open access. The Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities of 22 October, 2003 was written in English and is one of the milestones of the Open Access movement, which seeks to provide free and open access to scholarly knowledge, raw data and metadata, and cultural heritage through the use of the internet.
As a response to the growing demands for transparency, the philosophy of open access,  like the philosophy espoused by public libraries who are fully committed to being places of free and open exchange of knowledge and ideas, is one that museums would do well to adopt.
fari nzinga was born and raised in Boston, MA and graduated with a B.A. from Oberlin College in 2005. Fari earned both her M.A. and Ph.D in Cultural Anthropology from Duke University. Having lived in New Orleans since 2009, her dissertation explored Black-led, community-based institutions using art and culture to help achieve their social justice missions, as well as the political-economic landscape in which they operate. For two years she worked as the Public Policy Officer at the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA), where she attempted to facilitate institutional transformation around issues of transparency, access, inclusion and equity. Currently, fari is an Adjunct Professor of Museum Studies at Southern University at New Orleans (SUNO) — one of only 2 HBCUs to house an M.A.- level Museum Studies program in the U.S. fari tweets @fari_nzinga.
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Justice and Mercy and Brokenness
Non-fiction books like Just Mercy are tough to read because they are true. And it is really depressing to think about all the persons who are wrongly incarcerated in this country and who are always unjustly executed. It's unspeakable. But in this book, Bryan Stevenson makes the reader really SEE the lives of poor black men, women and children who constantly feel a "discomfort too longstanding and constant to merit discussion but too burdensome to ever forget." He makes these people real and help us understand their vulnerability enough to cry alongside Stevenson. We get to know Walter McMillan and Joe Sullivan and Marsha Colby and Charlie through Stevenson's eloquent writing. We feel - along with Stevenson - as one character seems to say, "I may be old, I may be poor, I may be black, but I'm here. I'm here because I've got this vision of justice that compels me to be a witness. I'm here because I'm supposed to be here. I'm here because you can't keep me away." Once you read this book, you'll be a witness too.
Stevenson started the Equal Justice Initiative, a non-profit law center, in Montgomery, Alabama when he was in his early 30s on a shoestring budget with the lofty goals of ending mass incarceration and excessive punishment in the United States, challenging racial and economic injustice and protecting basic human rights for the most vulnerable in American society. As you will see in this book, which puts a human face on these issues, he has succeeded in many ways. But there is still much to do, especially in these Trump years as hatred is encouraged in the courts. The documentary 13th and the book The New Jim Crow also add more stories and information to this issue. But Stevenson's book really brings the issue home.
Toward the end of the book, Stevenson tells us that he does this work because he's broken too. And he reminds us that we are all broken by something. "Our shared brokenness connects us," Stevenson says. He is truly doing God's work for the most vulnerable people in our society. When one person suffers, we all suffer. We are all tied up in our humanity. He says," The power of just mercy is that it belongs to the undeserving. It's when mercy is least expected that it's most potent..." And as he says at the close, "..all of us can do better for one another."
Brave men and women like Bryan Stevenson are leading the charge to change laws and show mercy to the vulnerable and the oppressed. He did the hard work. Now we have to face these tough truths and do our part. Read this book and then support the Equal Justice Initiative.
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Abdel Hamid Shaheen ( born 1943, Cairo - 2 July 2014, Cairo) was an Egyptian football goalkeeper.

Biography
He debuted as a player in 1960 with Zamalek SC when he was 21 years old. He played for the club for ten seasons until 1970, when then club won the Egypt Cup in 1962, and the Egyptian Premier League in 1964 and 1965.

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Baahubali 2 The conclusion is the most very enthusiastic and willingly, impatiently and patiently and very anticipated awaiting movie of the year since the release of Baahubali : The Beginning. As every one is excited for the reason who killed Baahubali, "Why katappa killed Baahubali". What is the reason of katappa Killing Baahubali in the first part. Katappa loves Baahubali from his bottom of the heart, what made kattapa to kill Baahubali.
To know what happens in the movie all we have to do is wait and watch in big cinemas, and the day is no longer far away.
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The first Motion poster which is much awaited the makers gave a gimps and goosebumps and an idea how Baahubali is coming in the second part of the Baahubali the conclusion series which is much appreciated by all the audience.
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Ansuhka Shetty was seen playing a role of old lady who was tied and made prison in the Mahishmati kingdom by Ballala Deva and finally he will be released from the kingdom by his son Shividu look a like same as The Baahubali.
Anushka shetty to catch a sword and make her moves with sword in this Bahubhali 2 : The conclusion, and Anushka shetty also appeared in other telugu movie catching a sword which is first appeared in few movies like Arundati and few more which gave a good positive response with her role playing with sword. No doubt in that Anushka shetty will nail the show playing with her sword skills.
Rana will be playing the role of King Bhallaladeva in the Baahubali series and he was seen in the beginning part of Baahubali as a powerful king with lot of energy in his acting he was appreciated for the role of Bhallaladeva in the movie, with the looks as a king and the most powerfull and cruel king of Mahismati city.
Everyone loved the look of King Bhallaladeva in the Baahubali the beginning and here is the Stunning and deadly and scary and serious look with his gadh in the poster which made audience go crazy with his looks as King Bhallaldeva.
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The DPR proposed to conduct electronic voting in the referendum
The Public Chamber urged to organize a referendum as soon as possible. Its head Alexander Kofman advocated electronic voting for citizens who live in Russia or are located in the part of the region controlled by Kyiv
The Public Chamber of the DPR will take the initiative to organize electronic voting in the referendum on joining Russia. About this on the air of the channel "Russia 1" said the head of the Chamber Alexander Kofman.
He explained that there are two options for citizens of the DPR who now live in Russia: vote at the embassy in Moscow or do it remotely. Residents of that part of the Donetsk region, which is now under the control of Ukraine, should also be able to vote, Kofman added. "They will not be able to get into our territory to vote, or else go to Russia," — he explained.
According to him, in order to hold referendums on the "liberated" territory of the republics of Donbass, everything is ready. "Now it remains only to finalize all these processes <…> and decide on a date»— said the head of the chamber.
The day before, the Public Chamber prepared an open appeal to the head of the DPR, Denis Pushilin, with an initiative to hold a referendum. "It's time to erase the non-existent border between our states, as it has long been erased in our hearts, and hold a referendum on the issue of joining the Donetsk People's Republic into the Russian Federation," & mdash; says the message.
Earlier, the Civic Chamber of the LPR came up with the same initiative. Pushilin then invited the head of this republic, Leonid Pasechnik, to start joint preparations for the vote.
Russia recognized the independence of the DPR and LPR on February 21, and on February 24 launched a special operation to "demilitarize and denazify Ukraine." and protecting the people of Donbass from the "genocide of the Kyiv regime." After that, the authorities of the republics announced their intention to become part of Russia.
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The dates of the referendums have not yet been set. RBC sources reported that the Kremlin expects to vote by the end of autumn in the DPR and LPR, as well as in the Kherson region and the Russian-controlled parts of the Zaporozhye and Kharkiv regions. Secretary of the General Council of "United Russia" Andriy Turchak said that it would be symbolic to hold referendums on November 4 & mdash; on National Unity Day.
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Rebuilding Us
Bible Verses About Divorce Aid In Our Decisions About Our Marriages.
May 2, 2021 39m
Have you had struggles in your marriage? There are times that marriage can be so difficult that you face the need to divorce. By studying Bible verses about divorce we can get help in making this difficult choice, and it can also aid us in being able to move on in the future if we choose to remarry. Video recorded at Los Gatos, California.
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Tim Lundy: [00:00:09] Well, I appreciate Cody and Laurie Kate telling their story, and all the couples that have been a part of this, as we have been walking through this series, The Story of Us.
Tim Lundy: [00:00:20] And this weekend, I specifically wanted to talk about an us that we often don't talk about in the church. What if you're rebuilding us, what if you're getting married again, you experienced loss either through a death or a divorce? You know, as we look at the landscape of marriage in America, about twenty five percent of all people who are married, they're in a re-marriage, and 40 percent of all new marriages, at least one of them is in their second marriage, and so this is a topic that impacts all of us.
Tim Lundy: [00:00:57] And I'd really encourage you, maybe you're here and you've been married for years and you don't really think about this. Or maybe you're single, and you look at this topic and you go, this doesn't apply to me. Hear me, it'll impact you at some point. Every single one of us maybe will experience a loss you weren't expecting, a divorce you didn't want. Maybe it's a child of yours, or a sibling, or a friend, somebody near you is dealing with the topics that we're dealing with today. And so we want to talk about it from the perspective of how do you come alongside a couple if God is launching them again, how do you rebuild them?
Tim Lundy: [00:01:39] And so as we look at this together, let me give you just some foundational principles, here is the first one that I would just say with it, remarriage should not always be assumed. And again, we see this straight from scripture. If someone's lost a spouse or you've been through a divorce, don't just assume both for yourself or for someone else, man, they just got to get married again, quickly, especially quickly. Now, when I say that, why do I say that?
Tim Lundy: [00:02:07] Well, look at the first part. You may not want to get married. I know I've got friends; they were married before and they're single now for different reasons. And they would say, you know, I love my life right now. I value where God has me and I love this season, and they really don't want to get married, and they're OK. Sometimes in our marriage culture, and especially in a church, we can so present that is the idealized life and forget what the Scripture says about it. Look how Paul puts it in First Corinthians, he says, "To the unmarried and to the widows." So he's talking about those who never married or maybe a widow, "I say it's good for them to remain single as I am." Paul was a big proponent of remaining single, and part of it was he was so ministry-minded, he was so driven in it. He says I've got a freedom that married people don't have.
Tim Lundy: [00:03:04] And I think it's good sometimes, especially in the church, that we celebrate that fact, that we see this emphasis in scripture. Now, he's real practical about it. He says, "If they cannot exercise self-control, they should marry, for it's better to marry than burn with passion." He said if you're struggling sexually, if you're struggling with controlling, and having self-control in the area of sexual self-control, then you need to get married. And so this shouldn't be a category that you just automatically assume, but he says there's a lot of us that have embraced singleness as a way of life.
Tim Lundy: [00:03:40] And so I would encourage those of us maybe that are married. Don't assume that your single friend, man, I've got to fix them up, you're always trying to fix them up. They may not want to be fixed up, and if you ask them a lot of times they'll say, you fixing me up feels like you're trying to fix me. Let God be God in their life. In fact, I would encourage all of us, if you've got a friend, that maybe they've gone through loss, divorce, one of the best things you can do is have them a part of your family? Man, they may be a single parent now that needs their kids around a family and a family unit, they may be lonelier than you realize. When you go to a loss like that, or a divorce, where a lot of times we don't know what to do with it and everybody pulls back. I would encourage you, instead of trying to fix something in their life that God may have a different plan, let's be the church, and be the kind of friends, and be the kind of people and community, that Christ does call us to be.
Tim Lundy: [00:04:49] Now, there's a second point on this, and we don't talk about this as much, they may not be free to get married. And here's what I mean with it, Paul continues in the passage, look at it. He says, "To the married, I give this command (not I, but the Lord):" So he's making sure it's clear, this comes from God, "The wife must not separate from her husband. But if she does, she must remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband. And a husband must not divorce his wife." Again, it's pretty straightforward teaching here, and he says a wife shouldn't be separated, and if she does, if she gets a divorce, then she needs to be reconciled to him or remain unmarried, and he puts the same for the husband in that. And we'll walk through some of those categories, because I know as soon as you bring up a passage like this, you've got questions around it. And the reality is, anytime you talk about divorce at all, you talk about these issues, it's not just questions, it's usually there's a lot of guilt around it.
Tim Lundy: [00:05:49] And so churches kind of go one of two ways. And it used to be the church was so strong and legalistic on this, that I think a lot of people have been damaged by it. And now it's almost as if we don't want to talk about it at all, because we know it's painful, because we know it brings up some guilt. Here's what I found to be always true, any time you keep going through God's word, if you really take all of it as God's word, there's going to be parts of it, that it impacts all of our lives, and they'll be places of it where all of us feel guilty at times. Here's what I love about Christianity, God never makes us feel guilty unless he has a way of dealing with it, and speaking into it, and bringing truth and grace to it, and God's word speaks to that as well. Before we finish, we're going to walk through some of those categories, so I encourage you to stick with me, I know you have questions around it.
Tim Lundy: [00:06:47] I want to say a few more things, though, specifically to those who are launching into a remarriage or thinking about it. Here's the second thing I'd say with that, remarriage needs more preparation than marriage. Now, this seems counterintuitive, I know. Because you think if I've been married before, it's kind of like riding a bike, I know what to do, I don't have to prepare like those young people who go through marriage classes and they do all that training for it. Here's the reality, I would say you need more preparation because you're no longer coming at it the same way, and the other reality is you've never been married to this person you're about to marry, so you've never experienced marriage like that.
Tim Lundy: [00:07:28] See, I say that because often a lot of people need time to heal from the past. And if you've been through the loss of a spouse, there's a period of time you need to to grieve, you need to take advantage. I appreciated Cody and Laurie Kate sharing how they walked through a process, and they went through Grief Share, or maybe you need to go through Divorce Care. You need to give yourself a time and a process to deal with that, to heal from it. You don't even realize maybe how you've been wounded in the past.
Tim Lundy: [00:08:02] You know, I've seen this happen a lot of times in a divorce where somebody came out of it, they really hurt, and you almost see this pendulum swing. I remember a woman years ago, I knew her and her husband was really cold emotionally, and he eventually left her. And she immediately, it was a pendulum swing, and she was dating a guy that he was not Mr. Cold like he was Mr. Emotional. I mean, I still remember first time I met him and we're sitting there talking, and literally as they're talking like he is Mr. Emotional, he teared up like three times during the conversation. And I'm sitting there looking at him going, dude, that wasn't even sad. And I got a little worried about her that I'm like, I think the pendulum has gone too far. And she kind of pulled me aside, she's like, isn't he wonderful? And I'm like, well, I'm speechless, I don't really know how to answer that. And finally, I told her, I said, could you just do this, just slow down. And she said, why? And so, I just think, maybe you're overreacting to some of the pain in the past. And to her credit, she did, and pretty quickly she realized, man, this guy was not just Mr. Emotional, he was Mr. Too Emotional for her.
Tim Lundy: [00:09:32] There's no one set timetable, hear me, but you'll never regret taking a little time, you'll never regret healing where you need to heal, you'll never regret taking advantage of the resources that are available. As I say that as well, you need time to grow personally. You know, this season where you find yourself alone, this season where maybe you're dealing with those wounds, this season where there's some pain in your life, that frankly, no one else is going to be able to remedy. It's also a season where God can use even that pain for you to grow, for you to learn.
Tim Lundy: [00:10:18] You know, I had a friend a few years ago, he's part of our church. A young guy, married, and they had a couple of kids, and he found out his wife was pregnant with her lover's baby. I mean, this came out of the blue, and you can imagine the anger, the shame, and all that came with it. It was as messy a situation as I've ever been involved with, and so many tears on all sides. And I remember that we had met for a while in it, as it look like she was going to marry the other guy and he's kind of going through it. And finally, about the third time we got together, I was talking to him and I said, OK, we've vented, and we've been through, and we're grieving, let me ask you a question. What is it God wants you to learn? And he stopped for a minute and he goes, wait, are you saying this is my fault? I said, No, I'm not saying it's your fault at all. But I am saying you've got a window right now where you can either focus on all that she did wrong and get angrier and angrier, or you could stop and go, OK, God, what do I need to learn? What could I have done better? And here's what I can promise you, I don't know how this will resolve, but I can promise you this, you'll grow as a man. And if you are married again one day, you'll be a better husband for it, and a better father.
Tim Lundy: [00:11:46] Some of you are in a really hard season right now, and your heart can tell you so quick, if I just had someone to fill that pain, someone in my life. And that can be a really good longing, it may be a longing from God. But you have an opportunity right now to learn what a lot of married people don't learn, that only Christ can fill certain places in your heart. If you can learn to embrace that now, it will only make you better if God does bring that relationship.
Tim Lundy: [00:12:20] The third thing I'd say with this is, remarriage is not just marriage 2.0. And this is the key thing, and some of the material I'll talk about here and some of the resources, there's a guy named Ron Deal. Ron was a part of our church back in Little Rock, and he leads several nationwide ministries. I think he's probably the nationwide expert on blended families, on remarriage issues. And so as Ron teaches, you know, one of the things that he says in it, and you can see the points under. Your relationship, when you remarry, your relationship is born out of loss. See, your first relationship was born out of romance, it was born out of newness, but by the very nature of this one, the only reason you have this relationship is either somebody died or there was a divorce. And everything that you're forming new, there's some loss of the old. When you have a new tradition, you may lose some of the old ones. New vacations, and new ways we do holidays, and all the new with it, and if you've got kids involved as well, they may be feeling the loss out of that. And don't just assume that happens, you got to walk through that.
Tim Lundy: [00:13:30] As I say that as well, the second thing, your family begins with both insiders and outsiders. When you have an original family out of it, husband and wife and you start adding kids, everybody's an insider. When you have a blended family, and guys, I know this because I grew up in a blended family. My dad died when I was six, my mom remarried, my teenage years were a blended family with the stepfather and then a stepsister, and as we tried to negotiate that together. And here's the thing about it, like any family, when things get rough, what do you do? Family bonds together, that gets hard when you go through hard times, and suddenly there's this new person in the house, and are they in with us or are they in with you, who is the insiders? And people can feel like outsiders, and you have to prepare for that.
Tim Lundy: [00:14:21] The third thing with it, parental roles are often very unclear. And I saw this growing up, as my stepfather didn't really know, he's very passive, he didn't really know how to handle my brothers and I, and so in some ways he's very hands off. And where it really impacted, though, is my little sister and then his daughter, my stepsister, they both were parented completely different, mainly out of guilt, and it had deep wounds that I would say continue to this day. Not because my parents didn't love them, they just didn't know how to engage this. So don't assume it just happens in that, don't assume that The Brady Bunch just everybody comes together and kind of all works out in twenty-five minutes, there's issues to walk through.
Tim Lundy: [00:15:13] The final thing I'd say on this is, family relationships are often moving in different directions, and this is one of the key things. Again, you go back to a biological original family, when a mom and a dad fall further in love, when they move closer together, the kids actually like it because it gives them security, everybody's moving in the same direction off of that. But now when you add a new mom or a new dad, and as a kid, you watch them growing closer together, but it can feel like you're losing your parent. Because now dad is moving closer to his new wife and he's moving away from my mom, and how do I negotiate that, how do I feel about it? Now, nobody's purposely doing that, and maybe nobody even can purposely identify that, but these emotions are often there.
Tim Lundy: [00:16:08] Guys, I don't bring up all these things to go, oh, man, this isn't workable, it's always workable. And I'm telling you, some of the most beautiful families I know are blended families. But you know, the ones that are beautiful, they didn't just assume this kind of stuff happened, they moved into it, they learned from it, and through it, and they prepared for it. I mentioned his name, I'll just put it up here, Ron Deal, and you can see it on the slide here with Ron. And his website, rondeal.org, go here, he leads FamilyLife Blended, they've got a lot of resources there. He also leads Smart Stepfamilies. Before Covid, I was looking at bringing Ron out, and so I'm going to reach out to him again and see if we can get him out here to do a seminar, to just equip some of the families that are going through this. We know a lot of you are experiencing that, and you could use these kinds of resources. But you don't have to wait for that, I would encourage you go online, there's a lot there that can help you prepare as a family.
Tim Lundy: [00:17:12] As we finish out, I want to take the second half of this sermon, and we need to address directly divorce and remarriage. And some of you maybe you've experienced it, maybe you're thinking about it, or you're struggling with it. And we need to talk about, what does the Scripture say about it, so that we think biblically.
Tim Lundy: [00:17:29] At the outset, I just would say don't use the prospect of remarriage to get divorced. And here's what I mean. maybe you find yourself right now and you're struggling in your marriage, you're miserable even in it. And it's easy in those moments to start thinking about, and as I counsel people in this, they always tell me I just want out of the marriage, I'm not going to get married again. The reality is, you probably will. I mean, you're probably a person that you're going to want to be in a relationship, or you can start thinking, I just married the wrong person. If I could just find the right person, it will fix everything. And the reality of it is, and we just again, God says it directly, and so I want to be clear on this one. In Malachi 2, "God says, I hate divorce." And it says, "I hate divorce," says the Lord God of Israel, "and the one who is guilty of violence, pay attention to your conscience, and do not be unfaithful." Now, he says this in the context, calling husbands, in particular, take care of your wives, take care of your marriage, and one of the reasons, he hates divorce.
Tim Lundy: [00:18:38] Now, let me be real clear, again, there's been so much teaching on this. God hates divorce, he does not hate divorced people. And some of you, maybe you've experienced that in the past, or you've been through a divorce and it can feel like you're kind of damaged goods. The church feels like, man, God so hates divorce, and by proxy, man, he's not real happy with you either. Here's what I'd encourage you, and I don't say this to diminish divorce, if anything, the reason God hates divorce, why, why would he say that? Well, he hates divorce because marriage is a covenant that he designed from the very beginning. He hates divorce because, through marriage, we show the world how much Christ loves his bride, and so there's a representation. He hates divorce because he knows what it does to people, he knows the pain, he knows the economic hardship that comes through it. You track it, by far, the most economically devastating thing you can do in your life is get divorced, it impacts you. He hates divorce because he knows what it does to kids, even in the best of divorces, he knows the impact and the pain. And he wants to protect you and protect me, that's why he calls us to protect our marriages.
Tim Lundy: [00:20:13] You know, one person said, that went through divorce, they said a divorce is like an amputation, you survive, but there's less of you. And so that's why I really would encourage you, maybe you find yourself in that hard place, maybe you find yourself in a hard marriage, instead of sitting there talking yourself into how it's going to be so much better out there, God calls us and says, hey, what do you need to work on here? And specifically, and here's what I'd call you, if you're struggling in your marriage, it's so easy to focus on the other person and what they need to be doing, when the reality is you can't change them, but you can change you, and you can grow. And regardless of what they do, even if the marriage isn't saved, you can be stronger through the process. And God may have brought them into your life for a reason.
Tim Lundy: [00:21:05] Now, remember, years ago, I don't do a lot of marriage counseling, I'm not a professional counselor, I don't do it long term in it. And I had a couple in my office once, and they came in, and even as we started, you know, I gave both of them the opportunity to tell me what's going on. And I promise for the next hour, they each took about 30 minutes, and for 30 minutes she talked about how dreadful he was and the things he did. And as she described it, it was like, eww, and then the next 30 minutes, he talked about how mean she was. Now, nothing they shared were biblical categories, nothing they shared was something that you immediately look at and go, man, this marriage is over. But it had become so toxic, and they were so focused on each other. So finally, they finished, and they looked at me, and he looked up and he said, so, what do you think? I said, what do you mean? He said, well, who's right? And I said, frankly, I think you both are. He said, what do you mean by that? I said, listening to you, I think it would be absolutely miserable to be married to either one of you, they both kind of sat up in their chair in that moment. I said, actually, I'm sitting here debating, because I'm trying to figure out why did God put the two of you together? And I've only come down with one of two options, the first one is that he wanted to spare two other people on the planet the misery of being married to either one of you. They both kind of bristled at that, I told you, I'm not a marriage counselor, so take what you get, it was free counsel. And as I said that, you know, I could see the one thing that it was doing, they finally agreed on something, they were both mad at me. But here was the second option, I said maybe, just maybe, God knew how much each of you needs to grow up, needs to be changed, needs to look at their own character, and he put in your life the one person that will force you to do it the most. Now, which option do you think it is? They kind of wrestled with it for a moment and then finally said, well, I guess probably the second option. I said, yeah, I think it probably is. And here's all I know, this marriage can be saved, I haven't heard anything today that it couldn't be saved. But you've got to stop contributing to the toxic behavior, you need to get help, you're going to need to get counseling and you both are going to have to commit to it. And you need to go home today and look in the mirror and ask yourself, why am I such a miserable person to be married to, and what needs to change in my life? And that should keep your plate full, you don't even have to worry about the other person for a long time. Now, I admit that's a little harsher in most contexts, a lot of times I tell these stories because it stops people from wanting marriage counseling from me as well. But here's the reality out of that, what I was saying, while harsh, was true. And maybe it's not quite to that degree in your context, maybe your spouse is to blame more for what's going wrong. You'll never go wrong, though, in really investing there and at least starting with, what is God want to teach me, what do I need to grow through that?
Tim Lundy: [00:24:47] Now, as I say that, we also need to recognize divorce and remarriage are an option under limited circumstances, it's not always off the table. In fact, one of the key passages that deal with this is Matthew 19. And Jesus describes it, because he was questioned by the Pharisees. Look with me, "And Pharisees came up to him and they tested him." That's a key word, they're just trying to trap him here, "They tested him by asking, "Is it lawful to divorce one's wife for any cause?" This was a big debate of their day. It's based on Moses's writings in Deuteronomy 24:1, where Moses said that you could give your wife a certificate of divorce if any indecency is found in her. And so, the big debate of that day was, what does it mean to be in indecency? And there were two schools of thought. There was one rabbi, Rabbi Shamai, who he had a very strict interpretation, and he said the only thing that you could divorce over was if she had committed adultery. There was another school of thought, Rabbi Hillel, and Hillel said, wait, no, Moses said any indecency. And so, he had really broad categories, and so you could divorce your wife if she burned the food, you could divorce your wife, if she raised her voice, you could divorce your wife, it was written out, if she talked bad about his parents, you can divorce your wife if she wore hair down out in the street because that meant she was a loose woman. Now notice in all of this interpretation, it's always skewed toward the man, he had the power to do this. And so, in this interpretation, they're trying to capture Jesus, what do you say, because here's the other reality, all the Pharisees that were so religious, they held to the Hillel school, there was a lot of divorce going on in the culture.
Tim Lundy: [00:26:38] Now, notice what Jesus does, though, he says, let's not go back to Deuteronomy, let's go back to the beginning. You guys are always looking for the exception, let's go back to the design. And so, he goes back to Genesis and he says, "Have you not read that he who created them from the beginning made them male and female". Marriage is between a man and woman, male and female. "He said. Therefore, man shall leave his father mother, and the two should become one flesh." This is that Genesis 2 passage, it is the paradigm of marriage, "So they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate." They don't let it go though, look at the very next verse with it, "They said to him, "Why then did Moses command us to give a certificate of divorce? And Jesus corrects them, and he said, Moses didn't command, but because of your hardness of heart, Moses allowed you to divorce. But from the beginning, it was not so." And notice now he goes with the narrow school of interpretation, "And I say to you: whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery." He says that this culture of no-fault divorce you guys have created, that you can divorce your wife over anything, it was never the intended design. If you go back to Deuteronomy, one of the reasons Moses allowed it, is often these men would either take another wife, they wouldn't care for their wife, and so it was actually a protection for the woman, that she had some freedom, that she wouldn't just discard it in that, that she could actually remarry out of it.
Tim Lundy: [00:28:15] But in both cases, notice, Jesus is pretty narrow in his interpretation. So much so that his disciples, look what they say in the very next verse, "The disciples said to him, "If such is the case of a man with his wife, it is better not to marry." See, according to their interpretation up to that point, man, guys had all the freedom in the world, I could marry her and then if she did something I didn't like. I mean, there was even one rabbi that said indecency meant if you found somebody that was better looking and you wanted to marry them, hey, that qualified. Jesus goes, no. And the disciples go, whoa, this is stricter than we realize. And I notice, Jesus didn't let up with them, "He said to them, "Not everyone can receive this saying, but only those to whom it is given."
Tim Lundy: [00:29:00] So as you think about the categories, what are biblical categories for divorce and remarriage, and just to summarize them with you. The first one we see out of this passage, unfaithfulness of the spouse, if the spouse has had an affair, the spouse is unfaithful in their vows in their marriage vows. Now, again, can I just say this, and I want you to hear me, I have known a lot of couples that have experienced brokenness, affairs, even infidelity, and they were able to repair their marriage, and sometimes it was even stronger. So don't give up hope immediately, don't assume it's just over. But likewise, I've also walked with people that the spouse continues to break those vows. A lot of times they come back, oh, I'm so sorry with that, but they don't change the pattern. And when that happens, Jesus is saying, scripture is saying, you have the freedom to file for divorce, and you don't have to live under the guilt that you were the person that filed. I walked with a friend recently, and their husband just kept having affairs, and he would come back, and he would kind of say sorry and sorry and sorry, but he immediately would go back to it, to the point that I told her, you need to file. And even as she did it, you know, his first comment was, well, I tried to save this marriage, but she filed, that's what he told everybody. And there was a level of guilt that she lived under.
Tim Lundy: [00:30:28] You know, one of the things I'd point out, is Jeremiah 3, it is a great passage. Because God describes his relationship with the nation of Israel, and he's talking about it at a point when Israel and Judah were separating, he calls them sisters. And he says basically that northern kingdom, it was cheating on me, they kept chasing after other gods. Look what God said he did in Jeremiah 3, "After she had done all that..." He's talking about Israel, "I thought that she might come back to me, but she did not. Her sister, unfaithful Judah, saw what she did." So, he said both kingdoms were doing that, "She saw that because of wayward Israel's adulterous worship of other gods." Cheating on me is what he says, and so what does God do? "I sent her away, and I gave her divorce papers." God says I divorced the northern kingdom, they did, they went into captivity, never to come back again. Now, you look at that and you go wait a second God, you hate divorce. Yes, he hates divorce, he also hates that it reached this point, they've reached the point that he had to serve in that way.
Tim Lundy: [00:31:34] And maybe you're in this place where you're having to serve divorce papers, and you've got biblical grounds to do so. You don't have to live under the guilt of that for the rest of your life, Scripture gives freedom. Paul says this as well, I'll give you a couple of other categories, Paul says in it, abandonment. And just read quickly with that, in First Corinthians, "But if the unbelieving partner separates, let it be so. In such cases the brother or sister is not enslaved. God has called youb to peace." And so, there were a lot of marriages in the Corinthian church where you had one spouse who was a believer, the other spouse is fine, if you're going to be a Christian, I'm done with it and they leave. And Paul says you're free in that case, you're free to let them leave, they're free to divorce in that. And so sometimes in a marriage, you'll see that where a spouse abandons, they've walked away from it, they've abandoned it, and Paul says you've got freedom.
Tim Lundy: [00:32:27] There's a third category, I'm a little nervous to broaden it in this way, and frankly, biblical scholars can debate on it. But in walking through it and experiencing it so much with different families, I'd say for me a third category is where there's abuse and neglect. Again, you never want to be quick on these things, you don't immediately go, oh, man, if I see any form it...Because you can talk yourself into saying there's abuse and neglect. But likewise, I've seen the other thing happen as well, the other extreme. Where often it's a woman who's in an abusive relationship, and because he doesn't abandon and he because he doesn't cheat on her, she's told you just got to keep staying in that over and over again. And I would just say where there's an abusive household, where there's emotional and physical abuse, where there's been neglect over the care that you're supposed to getting. There's a place where you need some counsel, you're probably going to need biblical people to walk you through that, you never want to make that decision rashly, there may be a place where divorce needs to be a part of the equation. And even if you look back in the Old Testament, Moses gave the law, when a husband, they practiced polygamy at times, and sometimes they'd add a second wife and they'd start neglecting their first wife. Look how Moses protected women back then, he says, "If he takes another wife, he must not diminish the first one's food or clothing or her marital rights." He's talking about the physical relationship, "If he does not provide her with these things, then she will go out free without paying money." He says she's free from that relationship as a result.
Tim Lundy: [00:34:06] If you look at it in those biblical categories, where there is the case of infidelity, there's been adultery, there's a freedom to divorce. I wouldn't recommend it immediately; I'd try to work on the marriage. If there's a case of abandonment, you're free to divorce. In cases where there's been abuse, there's been neglect, again, I wouldn't do any of these things quickly, but I think we've got to be willing to come alongside people and remember the spirit of the law. The whole reason Moses gave the certificate is because of sinfulness, because of hardness of heart. As I say all these things, the reality is you've probably struggled somewhere, whether in marriage or in divorce. Maybe you've made some mistakes in it, some things you're ashamed of.
Tim Lundy: [00:35:02] The final point, I'd just say for all of us, is God's grace is both needed and available in marriage and divorce. His grace is absolutely needed in marriage, it's needed even in the best of marriage. I remember years ago, Billy Graham and his wife Ruth, they were on the Phil Donahue Show. And if you young people, you don't know who Phil Donahue is, he was kind of the first talk show guy. And he was always skeptical of Christians, and he'd walk around with his microphone. And at one point in the show, he went up to Ruth Graham and he said, be honest with me, be honest, did you ever think about divorcing Billy Graham, ever? And he put the microphone in her face? And Ruth smiled at him and she said, "Well, I'll be honest, I thought about murder more than divorce." See, here's a reality, even in the best of marriages, we need grace.
Tim Lundy: [00:35:57] And even in circumstances, or maybe you went through a divorce, and you made mistakes in it and you hurt some people. Here's what I'd encourage you to do, if something I'm saying to you, you feel guilty about. Here's the first thing that you always want to do, First John tells us, "If we confess our sins, he's faithful and just to forgive our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness." No matter what category, take it to God, don't stuff it, don't deny it, don't try to defend everything. Man, if you feel the Holy Spirit convicting in some part, confess it to God, maybe you need to confess it together as a couple. Maybe you need to go to a child, or an adult child, that you hurt in the process and ask for their forgiveness. Guys, this is the core of Christianity, if it doesn't speak to our marriages and even our divorces, can we really say it's this redeeming, resurrecting faith?
Tim Lundy: [00:36:57] See, here's the great thing about Christianity, and I'll close with this. I love how Paul puts it, he says, "If you're in Christ, you know what you are, you're a new creation. The old has passed away and all is new. And if there was ever a place that we need that new creation, we need resurrection power, we need the forgiveness that can only come through Jesus, I would say it's in our marriages and in some cases in divorce. In all these things, look to him, embrace him. It doesn't erase the mistakes or pain of the past; you may have to deal with those parts and step into them. But as you embrace his grace, it gives you the strength and the opportunity to extend it, maybe to the people you've hurt, or even the people that are hurting you. Guys, all of us need it, it's available to all in marriage, divorce, or even when you're restarting again.
Tim Lundy: [00:38:12] Let's pray together. Father, thank you, I thank you for your word, I thank you for the clarity, I thank you for where it convicts. I pray that we'd be a church and a people that even when we don't like what it says, we hold to the truth because we know there's freedom in truth. Lord, I pray for those who need grace today, maybe they made some mistakes in the past, I pray that they would experience the forgiveness that only comes to Christ, the grace that is needed, and the courage at times to step into it in a new way. Lord, I pray that you'd protect marriages, maybe somebody is hearing this and they've been struggling and miserable and trying to talk themselves into walking out. Lord, give them the courage to stay, give them the humility to get help where they need it. Father, we thank you for all the things you're doing, and we pray this in Christ's name. Amen.
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Q: Difficult time controlling loops in VBA I have a sheet of employee with over 20,000 rows.  All their SSN's are in column Y.  There are an unknown # of lines for each person.  Column L has month #'s 1-12 in it .  Data begins on row 8.  I set my DataRow to 8 at the start.  File is sorted by SSN's.  What I am trying to do is write a "Y" in columns AJ thru AU of the Output tab to represent if the employee has a row with that month in column L.  And that works.
My issue is that I need to loop through each employee, keeping track of each record on the "Orig Data"  tab for one line count, but know when the SSN changes so I can increment the OutputRow when writing to the Output tab.  I am comfortable with most of the VBA constructs.
But I am having a logic problem.  Using the Do While or Do Until and comparing SSN's between lines only gets the records for one employee and then ends.  And If I use a For Each or For Next, I still have to compare SSN's between records to determine when they change.
This is the relevant code.  I shortened the list of Case statements for brevity.  I don't really need code syntax help.  (Well I know nothing about arrays.)  I am just stuck in narrow way of designing this.  I am sure there is a better way that I am not considering.  What are your suggestions?
Do Until IsEmpty(Sheets("Orig Data").Range("A" & DataRow + 1)) = True
    Do While Sheets("Orig Data").Range("Y" & DataRow) = Sheets("Orig Data").Range("Y" & DataRow - 1)

        Select Case Range("L" & DataRow).Value
            Case "1"
                Sheets("Output").Range("AJ" & OutputRow) = "Y"

            Case "2"
                Sheets("Output").Range("AK" & OutputRow) = "Y"

            Case "3"
                Sheets("Output").Range("AL" & OutputRow) = "Y"

        End Select
        DataRow = DataRow + 1
    Loop 'until changes person
    DataRow = DataRow + 1
    OutputRow = OutputRow + 1
Loop 'until Blank

My intent is to write the record to the Output tab which has the 12 columns appended to the end of it.  I should end up with one record for each employee.  We will be running multiple files through this process when complete as part of a one time provider interface.

A: After bangin' my head, and walking away for awhile, I was able to get ti to work.  I just couldn't see the forest for the trees.  I just had to restructure a bit and rely on an IF statement to do some of the checking.  For those who are really detail oriented, yes there are column changes in the Case statements because I found out one column will not be in the final files.  And this is what it looks like:
                Do Until IsEmpty(Sheets("Orig Data").Range("A" & DataRow + 1)) = True

                    Select Case Range("K" & DataRow).Value
                        Case "1"
                            Sheets("Output").Range("AI" & OutputRow) = "Y"

                        Case "2"
                            Sheets("Output").Range("AJ" & OutputRow) = "Y"

                        Case "3"
                            Sheets("Output").Range("AK" & OutputRow) = "Y"
                    End Select

                        If Sheets("Orig Data").Range("Y" & DataRow) <> Sheets("Orig Data").Range("Y" & DataRow + 1) Then
                            OutputRow = OutputRow + 1
                            DataRow = DataRow + 1
                            Worksheets("Orig Data").Range("A" & DataRow & ":AH" & DataRow).Copy Worksheets("Output") _
                            .Range("A" & OutputRow & ":AH" & OutputRow)
                        Else
                            DataRow = DataRow + 1
                            If IsEmpty(Sheets("Orig Data").Range("A" & DataRow + 1)) = True Then
                                MsgBox "Done"
                                Exit Sub
                            End If
                        End If
                    Loop

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BLOG: Time to Think Outside the Box….The Velveeta Box that is!
We're travelling through the wonderful world of cheese in Door County, including the best of Wisconsin artisanal cheeses, and some locally made specialties. And along the way, we'll meet a few local beverage experts who will help us discover the perfect pairings for our favorite cheeses. It's not just "cheese and wine" anymore! Of course, wine is always fine, but you might be surprised at the variety of beverages that pair perfectly with cheese.
So, I saddled up the pony (Mustang) and went off in search of some cheese and drink "matches made in Door County heaven." Isn't it romantic?
First, I sat down with a local "Beer Guy" (ok, who isn't a beer guy in Wisconsin? But this one makes a living at it), to talk about how the pairing of craft beer and artisanal cheese has grown in popularity in recent years. He explained that there are a number of reasons for the trend. At the heart of it, beer comes from the same place as cheese: grass. And, the carbonation in beer provides "scrubbing bubbles," keeping the palate fresh as different cheeses are tasted.
Snowfields butter kase style cheese from Saxon dairy and Little Sister Witbier. The creamy, super buttery flavor and texture of the Snowfields matched up beautifully with the Belgian style pilsner, which features notes of pepper and citrus.
Water Buffalo Cheddar and Polka King Porter. A brand new cheese from Cedar Grove Dairy, made with milk from the only water buffalo farm in Wisconsin. Notable for its tangy and earthy flavor, this cheddar harmonized perfectly with the dark brown porter and its notes of roasted chocolate and caramel.
Next, I dropped by to collaborate with a favorite bartender known for making delightful cocktails. This time, the quest was for a mixed drink to pair with cheese. As the popularity of craft cocktails has grown, nibbling cheese with a cocktail has become a growing trend.
My choice for the tasting cocktail? A brandy old fashioned, of course! This is Wisconsin, after all. When you think about it, cheese and cocktails are an integral part of the Wisconsin supper club tradition. Remember those lazy susan appetizer platters? They always included cheese. And olives. And pickles. And those cute little peppers.
And finally, our resident soft drink expert weighed in on his favorite pairing. The cheese that goes with an ice cold cola? Mediterranean Fontina. "The Pizza Cheese" of course!
Wondering where you can go to sample all of these thirst-quenching local beverages and delicious cheeses? Visit the Food & Wine website where you'll find all sorts of great information!
So, get out there and give it a try! Or make your own pairings and let us know what you discover. Bon Appetit!


Behind every champion fighter is a great trainer. If you're an aspiring amateur or professional fighter, you need a trainer who can teach and inspire you. Seko Tongola is a veteran professional kickboxer and cage fighter who has been coaching boxers, kickboxers and MMA fighters in the Twin Cities area for more than seven years. Seko's infectious energy and challenging workouts will keep you on your toes.
Lasting through several rounds in the ring takes endurance. Dodging your opponent's strikes and landing your own punches takes speed. Winning a fight takes strategy. Sticking it out even when your opponent has you against the ropes takes strength. As an experienced fighter and trainer, Seko knows what it takes to be a winner. Seko's personalized workout program can help you improve your speed, strength and endurance. You can also benefit from his experience as he teaches you effective fighting strategies. Most importantly, he will provide guidance and support before, during and after your fight.
Your food is your fuel for the day. If you put sugar in your gas tank, your car will stall out. Think of your body in the same way!
Remember, you are there to hit the gym, don't let the gym hit you! Your workout is your time, make it count, and give it your all. You'll be amazed at what you can do, let Seko show you the way!!
Seko Tongola is a professional trainer who has been teaching in the Twin Cities area since 1997.
Originally from Tanzania, Seko has trained in many different forms of Martial Arts, specializing mainly in Jeet Kune Do. With Bruce Lee as his role model, Seko's teachings follow the style and philosophy of the late martial artist. He has also trained extensively in Karate, Judo, Wresting/Grappling, Boxing, and even Gymnastics.
Seko works with his students on a professional, yet personal basis. Many students have also become close friends, a testimonial to his character and dedication. He takes pride in attending to his students personal needs, this unique form of learning has helped his name to grow fast in the Twin Cities.
Living in the uptown area for years and enjoying the environment and lifestyle found there has made him a very familiar face and a respected person in the area. Also a father, it's not surprising to see him around town with his son. Keep a watch as his dreams of spreading his teaching philosophy to everyone shortly becomes a reality.


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World Mourns Queen Elizabeth II, Britain's Bastion of Stability
The queen, who was 96, died peacefully at Balmoral Castle, her home in the Scottish Highlands, according to Buckingham Palace. Her son, King Charles III, became the next ruler of the United Kingdom.
Here are some reactions to the news from current and previous international leaders:
People gathering outside Buckingham Palace on Thursday after the news of the queen's death was announced.Credit...Andrew Testa for The New York Times
Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong
"Her Majesty was the heart and soul of the United Kingdom. Her passing is greatly mourned by everyone in Singapore.
"Her Majesty also left a significant mark on Singapore's history and our longstanding close relations with the United Kingdom.
"Her Majesty's reign saw one of the longest periods of peace and prosperity in the history of the United Kingdom. Throughout her life, she steadfastly served the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth.
"Her contributions to the United Kingdom, the Commonwealth, and indeed to the world will be recorded in history, and she will always be remembered fondly as a great world leader."
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida
"I can't help but feel deep sorrow, and I offer my heartfelt condolences to the British Royal Family, government and people.
"The death of the Queen, who led Britain through turbulent times in the world, is a great loss not only for the British people but also the international community."
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi
"Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II will be remembered as a stalwart of our times. She provided inspiring leadership to her nation and people. She personified dignity and decency in public life. Pained by her demise. My thoughts are with her family and people of UK in this sad hour."
Prime Minister of Pakistan Shebaz Sharif
"Deeply grieved at the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Pakistan joins the UK & other Commonwealth nations in mourning her death. My heartfelt condolences to the royal family, people & government of the UK."
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern
"I know that I speak for people across New Zealand in offering our deepest sympathy to members of the Royal Family at the passing of the Queen. To us she was a much admired and respected monarch, to them she was a mother and grandmother.
"The Queen was a much loved and admired monarch, whose record reign of 70 years is an absolute testament to her, and her commitment to us all. She was extraordinary."
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese
"With the passing of Queen Elizabeth the Second, an historic reign and a long life devoted to duty, family, faith and service has come to an end.
"Australian hearts go out to the people of the United Kingdom who mourn today, knowing they will feel they have lost part of what makes their nation whole.
"There is comfort to be found in Her Majesty's own words: 'Grief is the price we pay for love'."
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres
"As the United Kingdom's longest-lived and longest-reigning Head of State, Queen Elizabeth II was widely admired for her grace, dignity, and dedication around the world. She was a reassuring presence throughout decades of sweeping change, including the decolonization of Africa and Asia and the evolution of the Commonwealth.
"Queen Elizabeth II was a good friend of the United Nations, and visited our New York Headquarters twice, more than fifty years apart. She was deeply committed to many charitable and environmental causes and spoke movingly to delegates at the COP26 climate talks in Glasgow.
"I would like to pay tribute to Queen Elizabeth II for her unwavering, lifelong dedication to serving her people. The world will long remember her devotion and leadership."
US President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden
"In a world of constant change, she was a steadying presence and a source of comfort and pride for generations of Britons, including many who have never known their country without her," they said in a statement. "Her legacy will loom large in the pages of British history, and in the story of our world."
Former US president Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama
'Michelle and I were lucky enough to come to know Her Majesty, and she meant a great deal to us.
'Back when we were beginning to navigate life as President and First Lady, she welcomed us to the world stage with open arms and extraordinary generosity.
'Time and again, we were struck by her warmth, the way she put people at ease, and how she brought her considerable humour and charm to moments of great pomp and circumstance.
'Like so many of you, Michelle and I are grateful to have witnessed Her Majesty's dedicated leadership, and we are awed by her legacy of tireless, dignified public service.".
Prime Minister Liz Truss before speaking about the death of the queen on Thursday.Credit...Alberto Pezzali/Associated Press
Former US president Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump
"Melania and I are deeply saddened to learn of the loss of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
"Queen Elizabeth's historic and remarkable reign left a tremendous legacy of peace and prosperity for Great Britain. Her leadership and enduring diplomacy secured and advanced alliances with the United States and countries around the world.
"Melania and I will always cherish our time together with the Queen, and never forget Her Majesty's generous friendship, great wisdom and wonderful sense of humor. What a grand and beautiful lady she was. There was nobody like her!"
A dignified and steady figure who reigned longer than any previous British queen, helped bring the institution into the contemporary world, removing court rituals and making it more open and accessible, all under the glare of an increasingly invasive and frequently unfriendly media.
While the country she ruled over struggled at times to find its position in a new world order, and her own family frequently failed to meet popular expectations, the queen herself remained a symbol of stability. She also attempted to break through class barriers, earning the reluctant admiration of even the most diehard Republicans.
"I think she's brought life, energy and passion to the job, she's managed to modernise and evolve the monarchy like no other," her grandson Prince William, who is now the heir to the throne, said in a television documentary in 2012.
'A huge shock to the country.'
The queen, whose husband died last year, has been suffering from "episodic mobility issues" since the end of last year, causing her to cancel practically all of her public appearances.
Queen Elizabeth greeting Liz Truss on Tuesday in Aberdeen, Scotland. The queen broke with the tradition of meeting the new prime minister at Buckingham Palace, after needing to remain at Balmoral Castle because of mobility issues.Credit...Pool photo by Jane Barlow
Her last formal act was to designate Truss as Prime Minister on Tuesday, the 15th of her rule.
"Her Majesty the Queen's passing is a profound shock to the nation and the globe," Truss said outside her Downing Street office, where the flag had been lowered, as had those at royal palaces and government buildings around the country.
"Through thick and thin, Queen Elizabeth II provided us with the stability and the strength that we needed. She was the very spirit of Great Britain – and that spirit will endure," said Truss, who was informed of the death at 4.30pm London time.
We mourn Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II's passing. She committed her life to public service with dignity and commitment for more than seven decades, inspiring countless people throughout the world.
Sgfirstaid expresses its heartfelt condolences to the royal family and the people of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth.
Queen Elizabeth II in 2018.Credit...Tim Ireland/Associated Press
Even near the end, in her declining state, the queen was a constant, revered figure in the public life of her country. During the depths of the pandemic, she addressed a socially isolated nation, assuring Britons, in the words of Vera Lynn's beloved World War II-era song, that "We will meet again."
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https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/09/08/world/queen-elizabeth
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/world/queen-elizabeth-ii-dies-aged-96-2927711
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https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live/2022/sep/08/queen-elizabeth-ii-dies-royals-monarchy-latest-news-updates
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/uk-62834633


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Feldesman Tucker Leifer Fidell LLP (FTLF) is committed to fostering and preserving a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). We value and respect differences among our Employees1, clients and communities.
Diversity is the presence of differences within a setting that may include, but not be limited to, race, gender, religion, age, sexual orientation, ethnicity, nationality, language, gender identity or expression, family or marital status, (dis)ability, political affiliation, education, veteran status.
Equity involves the fair treatment that ensures everyone in a setting has access to the same opportunities, recognizing the advantages and barriers. Equity is an approach that makes a commitment to correct and address imbalances.
Inclusion is the extent to which there is a culture of belonging and individuals with different identities within a setting feel welcomed, respected, supported and valued.
Since FTLF opened its doors more than 50 years ago, its greatest asset is, and always has been, its people and our shared commitment to the clients we serve. Our diversity is not only an essential resource, which enhances our ability to understand and address the needs of our clients, especially as they grow increasingly diverse and multicultural, but it is integral to our individual and collective success and quest for excellence.
Applicability and Purpose of DEI Initiatives
FTLF's DEI initiatives are and will be applicable to, among other things, our practices and policies on recruitment and selection; compensation and benefits; professional development and training; promotions; internal transfers; layoffs; and terminations.
The DEI initiatives strive for the ongoing development of a work environment that supports and reinforces:
Respectful communication and cooperation among all Employees;
Teamwork and Employee participation, including encouraging and providing for the representation of diverse identities and employee perspectives;
Work/life balance to accommodate Employees' varying needs where able to do so; and
Participation in opportunities outside the firm where applicable.
To support and further the DEI initiatives, FTLF expects all Employees to treat others with dignity and respect at all times and encourages conduct that reflects inclusion during work, at work functions on or off the work site, and at all other firm-sponsored and participative events.
Charge of the DEI Committee
FTLF's DEI Committee will work closely with the Management Committee to carry out DEI initiatives that will support the goals described above, including but not limited to, initiatives that will strengthen diversity throughout the firm. Specifically, the DEI Committee will explore, analyze, develop and provide implementation recommendations related to, among other things, (1) the development of new or revision to existing operational and employment-related policies and procedures that incorporate the principles of DEI and address historic racism and gender bias; (2) the establishment of related training and educational opportunities (3) evaluating the effectiveness of policies and procedures; and (4) as requested, any other activities that fall within the goals of DEI.
Consistent with the aforementioned charge, and as part of the firm's ongoing efforts to advance our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion, the DEI Committee envisions FTLF taking the following actionable steps (among other things), which, as necessary and applicable, will be codified in the firm's policies and procedures:
Improving the level of diversity within the firm's leadership positions, committees and practice development efforts;
Developing an evaluation process to set clear expectations and accountability around diversity, equity, and inclusion;
Annually reviewing and recognizing the contributions made by Employees to advance the firm's commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion;
Emphasizing the firm's long-standing policy that encourages reporting of any discrimination or harassment based on any protected status;
Encouraging and fostering participation in opportunities outside the firm to explore diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives underway with clients, bar associations, and minority organizations that share this common objective;
Strengthening our diversity through recruiting and retaining Employees from all backgrounds, in particular individuals from underrepresented groups;
Developing mentorship and sponsorship programs for our Employees;
Recognizing diversity as a business imperative in increasing our business opportunities and partnerships with key external markets, communities and suppliers;
Creating a work environment that engages, enables, and empowers people to do their best work;
Focusing specifically on recruitment, retention and development of diverse talent at all levels in the firm;
Serving as a leader in our community by valuing diversity; and
Providing regular and repeated diversity, equity, and inclusion training to our entire workforce.
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1 Employee refers to all personnel working for or on behalf of FTLF, including all attorneys, non-attorney managers and staff, contractors, etc., and hereinafter, will be referred to as "Employee" or "Employees."