find Fantastic Holiday Treats (and Where to Find Them) By www.portlandmercury.com Published On :: Thu, 14 Nov 2024 03:06:00 -0800 A roundup of the best holiday sweets and snacks for your festivities. by Martha Daghlian Throughout centuries of human civilization, people have sought out ways to combat the darkness and cold temperatures of winter: from ancient temples that aligned with the rising solstice sun to the ceremonial burning of symbolic fir trees, we have devised many strategies to brighten up the longest season. But perhaps the best solution to the winter doldrums is to have a little treat? Cultures all around the world have invented their own special cookies, cakes, and sweets to be enjoyed at this time of year, and we’ve rounded up some of our faves that are available right here in Portland! Fancy Cake Thinks it’s a Tree Arguably the most iconic of Christmas desserts, the bûche de noël (or yule log) predates current “is it cake” fads by well over a century. Traditionally made with light sponge cake rolled around a rich filling and adorned with cute meringue mushrooms, this whimsical faux tree echoes the ancient Celtic tradition of burning a ceremonial log at Winter Solstice and really amps up the classic holiday aesthetic. Don’t have a spare 57 hours and a background in French pastry? Let the professionals at Pix Patisserie take care of all your bûche needs with one of their glossy high concept stumps, available to order through December. Pix Patisserie, 2225 E Burnside, pixpatisserie.com Baklava URCU ATALAY TANKUT / GETTY IMAGES Baklava Just Like Grandma Used to Make Within the Armenian-American side of my family, baklava—a buttery, syrupy nut-and-phyllo pastry popular across the Mediterranean, Central/West Asian, and North African regions—is a mandatory holiday treat. I grew up on my grandmother’s recipe, which calls for walnuts only (no pistachios, thank you), an entire pound of clarified butter, NO cinnamon (how dare you even suggest it!), and a sneaky splash of bourbon, presumably a modern twist added by grandma. But TBH, I haven’t met a baklava I didn’t love, and there are a few particularly strong ready-made contenders here in Portland: World Foods Market, with locations in the Pearl and on Barbur Boulevard, makes a few varieties of baklava and similar pastries, all of which are exquisite (even with pistachios). Sophisticated Citrus It’s a serendipitous fact that winter is not only a season for feasting on rich foods, it’s also the time of year when bright, refreshing citrus is at its peak. Who doesn’t love a bowl of oranges at a holiday party? In addition to enjoying fresh citrus fruit straight up (my favorite is the dekopon or sumo mandarin), there are all sorts of fancy things you can make with the help of our zesty friends: fresh grapefruit mimosas, traditional pomander balls (that’s when you poke a ton of little holes in an orange and shove a whole dried clove in each one, creating a spicy little air freshener that also kind of looks like a medieval weapon as it slowly dries up throughout the winter), hot toddies with tons of lemon. If you really want to impress your friends, try making your own candied citrus peel—it’s like a grown up version of those fruit slice gummy candies! Candied Citrus Peel Cut the peel from a bunch of citrus fruits (make sure not to include any of the white part!) into strips. Blanch them three times (that means placing them in a saucepan, covering with water, and boiling for five minutes, then you’ll drain and boil them for five more minutes in fresh water, then do the same thing one more time). Then, cover them with a 1:1 mixture of water and granulated sugar. Bring to a boil, then simmer for 40-60 minutes over low heat. They should become soft and a little translucent at the edges. Drain and place on a drying rack until cool (put some foil or parchment underneath to catch any drips). Once they are dry, you can toss them in sugar for a sparkly and crunchy coating. Candied citrus peel makes a super classy garnish for fancy desserts, and can also be used in cake and muffin recipes. Or just snack on them in between all the cookies for a “healthy” treat—it’s fruit, isn’t it?? Sticky Sweets for Lunar New Year Lunar New Year may still be a little ways off, but I’m already planning what I’ll bring to the annual party our friends throw to celebrate this traditional East Asian holiday. A lot of the foods associated with Lunar New Year celebrations symbolize some specific kind of luck that one might hope to attract in the coming months. Noodles, dumplings, fish, and citrus all connect in some way to ideas including longevity, wealth, and unity. But in my humble opinion, treats featuring sticky rice are the star of the show. This time around, I plan to visit Li Min Bakery at 81st and SE Division, and Shop Halo Halo on 50th and SE Woodstock, for traditional nian gao (sticky rice cakes) and moon cakes filled with sweet bean paste. Lin Min’s Bakery & Bistro, 8615 SE Division; Shop Halo Halo, 4981 SE Woodstock, STE 2, shophalohalo.com Rugelach Nataly Hanin / Getty Images Rad Rugelach My first encounter with rugelach was at an elementary-school friend’s house, where her mom taught us to make this classic holiday cookie, originally dreamed up hundreds of years ago by Jewish bakers in Poland. Wait, is it a cookie? Or is it a pastry? You know what, I don’t care… all I know is it comes in lots of different flavors (Apricot! Raspberry! Chocolate!) and its twisty little crescent-moon shape really spices up a cookie plate. Like many delicious wintertime snacks, they do take a bit of effort to make at home, so if you’re short on time you might want to check out Henry Higgins Bagels, which contrary to their name, also serves up rugelach, babka, and challah on the regular. Henry Higgins Boiled Bagels, multiple locations, hhboiledbagels.com Scandinavian-Style Snacks If this list of festive treats still isn’t enough for you, mark your calendars for the 40th annual Scan Fair! This massive event, hosted by Nordic Northwest at the Oregon Convention Center December 7 and 8, is inspired by traditional Scandinavian Christmas markets. Think traditional singing and dancing, cozy knitwear, and tons of delicious sweets, snacks, and drinks–basically a massive party to brighten up the dark wintertime with some serious hygge. My most trusted Scandinavian treat advisor suggests loading up on Æbleskiver (little round pancakes, often served with lingonberry jam), pickled herring, and glögg (spiced wine punch). Scan Fair runs Dec. 7-8 at the Oregon Convention Center, 777 NE MLK Jr, get your tickets and find more info at nordicnorthwest.org/scanfair Full Article Holiday Guide 2024
find How to take a quantum approach to finding love By www.newscientist.com Published On :: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 18:00:00 +0000 Feedback was delighted to learn of the appearance of quantum physicist Garrett Josemans on Netflix's Love is Blind. After all, being comfortable with two opposing realities can surely help in a relationship Full Article
find Sylvester Cancer Researchers Share Findings in Oral Presentations at the ASH 2024 Annual Meeting & Exposition - Tip Sheet By www.newswise.com Published On :: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 13:25:18 EST Research findings from Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Miller School of Medicine at the University of Miami will be presented at the Annual Meeting & Exposition of the American Society of Hematology in San Diego, Dec. 7-10. Full Article
find Exposure to Marijuana in the Womb May Increase Risk of Addiction to Opioids Later in Life, Study Finds By www.newswise.com Published On :: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 17:00:56 EST University of Maryland School of Medicine Researchers Identify Neurobiological Changes Leading to Increase Release of the Brain Chemical Dopamine and Its Target Neurons Linked to Addiction-Like Behavior With the increased legalization of recreational cannabis, as many as 1 in 5 pregnant women in the U.S. are now using the drug to help with morning sickness, lower back pain or anxiety. Full Article
find Exposure to Marijuana in the Womb May Increase Risk of Addiction to Opioids Later in Life, Study Finds By www.newswise.com Published On :: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 17:00:56 EST University of Maryland School of Medicine Researchers Identify Neurobiological Changes Leading to Increase Release of the Brain Chemical Dopamine and Its Target Neurons Linked to Addiction-Like Behavior With the increased legalization of recreational cannabis, as many as 1 in 5 pregnant women in the U.S. are now using the drug to help with morning sickness, lower back pain or anxiety. Full Article
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find A Year After The Woolsey Fire, This Malibu Day Laborer Still Struggles to Find Work By www.scpr.org Published On :: Fri, 08 Nov 2019 16:08:32 -0800 Julio Osorio stands in the Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery near his mother's grave. (Emily Elena Dugdale/KPCC); Credit: Emily Elena Dugdale Emily Elena DugdaleThe devastating Woolsey fire broke out one year ago. In Malibu, it wreaked havoc not only on hundreds of homeowners but also on the day laborers, housekeepers and gardeners who traveled to the city to work in its affluent neighborhoods. This content is from Southern California Public Radio. View the original story at SCPR.org. Full Article
find From ?Searching? to ?Finding?: How AI is Unlocking the Power of Unstructured Data By www.kmworld.com Published On :: Fri, 04 Oct 2019 12:00:00 EST Unstructured data, which comprises almost 80% of any enterprise's data, holds untapped value when it comes to addressing challenges and embracing opportunities. Full Article
find Supreme Court Upholds Finding of Compensability for Worker's Knee Injury By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Thu, 14 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0800 West Virginia’s Supreme Court upheld a finding of compensability for a worker with a knee injury. Case: P&G Tabler Station v. Hiett, No. 23-703, 10/30/2024, published. Facts: David Hiett worked for P&G Tabler… Full Article
find Finding a middle ground By www.ifpri.org Published On :: Wed, 28 Jan 2015 16:07:43 +0000 Adopting integrated soil fertility management (ISFM)—practices that combine organic inputs and judicious amounts of inorganic fertilizer and improved seeds—offers farmers a higher profit and is more sustainable than using inorganic fertilizer. Yet its adoption rates across Africa south of the Sahara (SSA) are among the lowest worldwide. As I presented at an Ag Sector Council seminar earlier today, a recent study conducted as part of an IFPRI economics of land degradation project has revealed an inverse relationship between profit and adoption rate of most non-ISFM fertility practices (see figure below). In the same study, ISFM was shown to reduce climate-related production risks. More information Presentation: Smallholder adoption of Integrated Soil Fertility Management Video: The economics of land degradation IFPRI research on land degradation Why are African farmers not adopting ISFM practices? One reason is that agricultural extension agents simply don’t have sufficient capacity to advise farmers on ISFM, climate change, and other global change-related farming practices. In addition, ISFM requires more labor than other practices, and governments are not investing in developing and supporting them. How can farmers be encouraged to switch? An experiment conducted in Malawi showed that, without exception, all farmers responded to ISFM incentives offered on the condition that they plant agroforestry trees or adopt conservation agriculture. This implies that adoption of ISFM could be increased by: offering short-term training for agricultural extension agents on ISFM, climate change, and other new farming technologies; conditioning benefits to easily verifiable organic soil fertility management practices, such as agroforestry, that will more than reduce the current cost of subsidies, yet increase yield and profit; and promoting agroforestry and other plant-based organic soil fertility management practices to reduce the high labor intensity of ISFM. Full Article Southern Africa Environment and Production Technology Land Degradation land degradation Soil soil fertility
find Find new innovations at PROCESS EXPO By www.packagingstrategies.com Published On :: Thu, 06 Aug 2015 00:00:00 -0400 As professionals in the packaging industry return from their well-deserved summer vacations, they will be able to kick-off the fall by finding the newest technologies at PROCESS EXPO. Full Article
find Barking Up the Right Tree: Raynie Hosto finds her home with Woofies By www.tucsonweekly.com Published On :: Thu, 14 Nov 2024 01:00:00 -0700 Raynie Hosto has found the perfect business in her new franchise, Woofies of North and East Tucson… Full Article News & Opinion/Currents Feature
find Astronomers Defy the Zone of Avoidance to Find Hundreds of New Galaxies By www.universetoday.com Published On :: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 15:23:08 +0000 The Zone of Avoidance is a region of the sky that's obscured by the disk of the Milky Way. The gas and dust block our view in visible telescopes, but other wavelengths like radio and infrared can pierce it to see what's on the other side. Astronomers used the MeerKAT radio telescope to survey beyond the Zone, observing hundreds of galaxies, of which only 29% were already known. This is helping to map the Great Attractor galaxy cluster on the far side of the Milky Way. The post Astronomers Defy the Zone of Avoidance to Find Hundreds of New Galaxies appeared first on Universe Today. Full Article milky way Zone of Avoidance
find BBC launches reality show to find new football expert By www.bbc.com Published On :: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 16:30:50 GMT BBC Sport is looking for its next expert football content creator. Full Article
find Voyager 2 is the only craft to visit Uranus. Its findings may have misled us for 40 years. By www.yahoo.com Published On :: 2024-11-12T16:21:51Z Full Article
find Diabetes: Global treatment gap is widening, study finds By www.bmj.com Published On :: Thursday, November 14, 2024 - 00:06 Full Article
find Diabetes: Global treatment gap is widening, study finds By www.bmj.com Published On :: 2024-11-13T16:06:12-08:00 More than 800 million adults around the world now have type 1 or type 2 diabetes, a global analysis has estimated—more than four times the number in 1990.Almost six in 10 adults aged over 30 with diabetes, equal to around 445 million people, did not receive treatment in 2022, three and a half times as many as in 1990, research in the Lancet found.1 The study found that while treatment rates had improved in many high income and industrialised nations and some emerging economies, treatment had stagnated at low levels in many low income countries where diabetes has drastically increased.Majid Ezzati, senior author and a professor of global environmental health at Imperial College London, said that the results highlighted “widening global inequalities” in diabetes treatment. “This is especially concerning as people with diabetes tend to be younger in low income countries and, in the absence of effective treatment, are at... Full Article
find Eczema risk seems to increase from polluted air, study finds By www.upi.com Published On :: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 14:00:07 -0500 Living in places with more air pollution raises the risk of eczema, a chronic condition that causes dry, itchy and inflamed skin, a new study suggests. Full Article
find Saskatoon Loraas truck driver hears noise, finds man inside compacted recycling By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 08:47:14 EST A Saskatoon Loraas recycling truck driver got a shock on Monday when he heard noise coming from the back of his truck and found a man inside. Full Article News/Canada/Saskatoon
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find Finding no justice here, kin of Bloody Sunday victims turn to UN body By www.bulatlat.com Published On :: Thu, 14 Nov 2024 03:57:07 +0000 Rosenda Lemita and Liezel Asuncion filed a case at the United Nations Human Rights Committee against the murder of their loved ones. The decision to file a case was not made lightly – it took three years of delays and disappointment from the justice system to push them to seek an international avenue. Full Article * Latest Posts Civil & Political Rights Top Stories bloody sunday Chai Lemita-Evangelista Manny Asuncion
find Céline Dion finds new 'non-human' fan of hit track 'My heart will Go On' By www.thenews.com.pk Published On :: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 19:51:00 +0500 Céline Dion has found a new admirer of her popular soundtrack, My Heart will Go On, but it is not a human.Taking it to her Instagram, Dion shared a fun clip of her playing with the Siri app.She wanted to hear the 2024 version of Hymne à l'amour by late singer Edith Piaf, but Siri... Full Article
find 800 million diabetics worldwide and most aren't getting treatment, finds study - The Times of India By news.google.com Published On :: Thu, 14 Nov 2024 04:59:00 GMT 800 million diabetics worldwide and most aren't getting treatment, finds study The Times of IndiaIndia has the highest number of diabetic people in the world, even more than China: Report The Economic TimesIndians account for quarter of world’s adult diabetes patients: Lancet study Hindustan TimesWhy have diabetes rates doubled over the past 30 years – and what can be done about it? The GuardianOne-fourth of people living with diabetes globally are in India, study estimates The Hindu Full Article
find Where Can Self-Insured Employers Look to Find Healthcare Savings? By medcitynews.com Published On :: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 12:30:00 +0000 Are you a self-insured employer looking for ways to reduce healthcare spend? Join us for a webinar on December 11 in which HR executives will share their insights. The post Where Can Self-Insured Employers Look to Find Healthcare Savings? appeared first on MedCity News. Full Article Consumer / Employer Daily Health Services Health Tech sponsored content Sponsored Post healthcare costs HR human resources navigation Presented by Personify Health
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find John Lewis, Tesco, Amazon go for tear-jerkers, as others find Christmas fun By www.bbc.com Published On :: Thu, 14 Nov 2024 01:37:04 GMT Set to Richard Ashcroft's Sonnet, this year's John Lewis TV advert is a "tear-jerker", experts say. Full Article
find To Own A Home Is Everybody's Dream: Poet Pradeep's Couplet Finds Mention In SC's Demolition Verdict - News18 By news.google.com Published On :: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 22:31:11 GMT To Own A Home Is Everybody's Dream: Poet Pradeep's Couplet Finds Mention In SC's Demolition Verdict News18SC lays down path, timeline that bulldozers must follow The Times of IndiaVideo | Dimple Yadav Slams BJP Over 'Bulldozer Action' In Supreme Court Statement NDTVSupreme Court verdict on bulldozer demolitions: Jamiat hails verdict, victims seek compensation The HinduRight To Shelter A Facet Of Article 21; State Must Satisfy Why Entire Property Needs To Be Demolished :... Live Law - Indian Legal News Full Article
find Jack Stoll finds a new home one day after being released by the Eagles By sports.yahoo.com Published On :: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 23:51:17 GMT The Eagles former tight end was quickly picked up off waivers this week, now heading to play for the Dolphins. Full Article article Sports
find DHL research finds “AI unlocking unprecedented levels of efficiency and innovation” By postandparcel.info Published On :: Wed, 04 Sep 2024 05:42:57 +0000 DHL has published the 7th edition of the DHL Logistics Trend Radar, a biennial report that highlights the foremost social, business, and technological trends impacting the industry. Full Article E-Commerce Innovation Logistics Parcel Sustainability
find Astronomers Find Red Monster Galaxies In Early Universe - Mirage News By news.google.com Published On :: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 16:04:00 GMT Astronomers Find Red Monster Galaxies In Early Universe Mirage NewsWe Finally Know What Switched on The Lights at The Dawn of Time ScienceAlertNew research challenges dark matter theory in galaxy formation Phys.org Full Article
find This Mother/Daughter Duo Bond Over Text Trying to Find Tampons and Smashing the Patriarchy By cheezburger.com Published On :: Thu, 15 Sep 2016 13:00:00 -0700 Full Article period list mother parenting facebook texting daughter
find This Colorful 2-in-1 IKEA Find Belongs in Every Room of the House (It’s Only $5) By www.apartmenttherapy.com Published On :: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 11:30:00 -0500 It’s so unique-looking and useful. READ MORE... Full Article Design Ideas Decor & Accessories IKEA News Shopping
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find Cardiovascular disease: Just one in 12 eligible people had health check last year, watchdog finds By www.bmj.com Published On :: 2024-11-13T08:26:17-08:00 The current system for delivering NHS cardiovascular disease (CVD) health checks is not working effectively and must be reviewed to ensure that it reaches people with the highest risk, the National Audit Office has said.1In a review of the commissioning, delivery, and performance of CVD health checks the watchdog found that just over one in 12 people (8.8%) who were eligible attended a health check in 2023-24—which, if maintained, would equate to a five year coverage of 44%.Health checks were first introduced in 2009, with the aim of reducing ill health from CVD by offering everyone aged 40-74 without a pre-existing heart condition a check-up every five years. However, problems have arisen since the responsibility for commissioning these checks was transferred to local authorities in 2013, said the National Audit Office.The move led to the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) losing its ability to influence local authority performance,... Full Article
find Finding real love By www.om.org Published On :: Tue, 14 Mar 2017 23:45:37 +0000 For the first time, OM Russia organised a camp for children from Central Asian families where kids saw and felt God’s love. Full Article
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find Finding the Audiences for Healthcare Marketing By www.dmnews.com Published On :: Mon, 30 Apr 2018 16:00:00 GMT DeepIntent applies AI to data to identify medical and patient audiences for healthcare marketing, track them across devices, and deliver impactful messages Full Article
find Can Vitamin D supplements reduce blood pressure? New study's findings are promising - The Times of India By news.google.com Published On :: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 19:01:00 GMT Can Vitamin D supplements reduce blood pressure? New study's findings are promising The Times of IndiaVitamin D Supplements Linked with Reducing High Blood Pressure HealthlineThe £4 supplement that could slash blood pressure - reducing stroke, dementia and heart attack risk Daily MailVitamin D Supplements Could Help Lower Blood Pressure in Obese People TherogersvillereviewVitamin D can lower blood pressure in obese adults, study Daily Jang Full Article
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find The Revised Roman Empire - Saint Helena - the mother of Emperor Constantine I - She is traditionally credited with finding the relics of the True Cross, with which she is invariably represented in Christian iconography - Constantine appointed his mother H By en.wikipedia.org Published On :: Family life: The bishop and historian Eusebius of Caesarea states that she was about 80 [years old] on her return from Palestine (Israel). Since that journey has been dated to 326-28, Helena was probably born in 248 or 250. Little is known of her early life. Fourth-century sources, following Eutropius' "Breviarium," record that she came from a low background. Saint Ambrose was the first to call her a stabularia, a term translated as "stable-maid" or "inn-keeper". He makes this fact a virtue, calling Helena a bona stabularia, a "good stable-maid". Other sources, especially those written after Constantine's proclamation as emperor, gloss over or ignore her background. ... Relic discoveries: Constantine appointed his mother Helen as Augusta Imperatrix, and gave her unlimited access to the imperial treasury in order to locate the relics of Judeo-Christian tradition. In 326-28 Helena undertook a trip to the Holy Places in Palestine. According to Eusebius of Caesarea she was responsible for the construction or beautification of two churches, the Church of the Nativity, Bethlehem, and the Church on the Mount of Olives, sites of Christ's birth and ascension. Local founding legend attributes to Helena's orders the construction of a church in Egypt to identify the Burning Bush of Sinai. The chapel at St. Catherine's Monastery--often referred to as the Chapel of Saint Helen-is dated to the year AD 330. -- Jerusalem was still rebuilding from the destruction of Emperor Hadrian, who had built a temple dedicated, according to conflicting accounts, to Venus or Jupiter over the site of Jesus's tomb near Calvary and renamed the city Aelia Capitolina. According to tradition, Helena ordered the temple torn down and, according to the legend that arose at the end of the fourth century, in Ambrose, On the Death of Theodosius (died 395) and at length in Rufinus' chapters appended to his translation into Latin of Eusebius' Ecclesiastical History, which does not mention the event, chose a site to begin excavating, which led to the recovery of three different crosses. Then, Rufinus relates, refusing to be swayed by anything but solid proof, the empress (perhaps through Bishop Macarius of Jerusalem) had a woman who was already at the point of death brought from Jerusalem. When the woman touched the first and second crosses, her condition did not change, but when she touched the third and final cross she suddenly recovered, and Helena declared the cross with which the woman had been touched to be the True Cross. On the site of discovery, Constantine ordered built the Church of the Holy Sepulchre as well as those on other sites detected by Helena. -- She also found the nails of the crucifixion. To use their miraculous power to aid her son, Helena allegedly had one placed in Constantine's helmet, and another in the bridle of his horse. Helena left Jerusalem and the eastern provinces in 327 to return to Rome, bringing with her large parts of the True Cross and other relics, which were then stored in her palace's private chapel, where they can be still seen today. Her palace was later converted into the Basilica of the Holy Cross in Jerusalem. This has been maintained by Cistercian monks in the monastery which has been attached to the church for centuries. Tradition says that the site of the Vatican Gardens was spread with earth brought from Golgotha by Helena to symbolically unite the blood of Christ with that shed by thousands of early Christians, who died in the persecutions of Nero. -- According to one tradition, Helena acquired the Holy Tunic on her trip to Jerusalem and sent it to Trier. Several of Saint Helena's treasures are now in Cyprus, where she spent some time. Some of them are a part of Jesus Christ's tunic, pieces of the holy cross and the world's only pieces of the rope to which Jesus was tied with on the Cross. The latter has been held at the Stavrovouni Monastery, which was also founded by Saint Helena. Full Article Christian Church History Study 2. 313 A.D. to 1521 A.D. - Revised Rome and the Holy Roman Empire
find Holiness Legacy E-Newsletter March 2012: Welcome to this March issue of the Holiness Legacy eNewsletter - I hope you are enjoying this monthly publication - If you are finding it to be a blessing [to] you please find the "Forward email" link at By holinesslegacy.com Published On :: Today there is much confusion about preaching holiness. In many churches where I preach holiness, people will come and say, "Wow, that was a great sermon. We have not had a holiness sermon preached here for a long time." Then when I talk to the pastor, he or she will say, "I preach holiness every Sunday." One pastor said, "I can't believe it, I preach holiness every Sunday, they just don't recognize it." -- Well, what could be the problem? Could it be that there has been such a reaction against the legalistic [i.e. 7th Kingdom (wordly, self focus) of this world] approach of preaching holiness that we have moved into another one-sided fad? I remember a sermon against cowboy boots because wearing them would make the person proud. There was a time when two trips to the altar was the norm with little focus on a relationship with Christ or a life to be disciplined. There was more of a focus on legalistic rules to follow, most of them in the negative. -- Today we hear life sermons. They emphasize how to live first, but there is not much emphasis on the divine work of grace to empower and enable one to live a holy life. Could it be that the time is right for us to bring the two approaches together? We need the message of living a holy life, but we need to receive the divine experience and be filled with the Holy Spirit who gives us the grace to live out God's plan for holy living. -- We can't live a holy life alone in our own power. Yes, we can discipline ourselves, but it is always with an inner struggle. God put in place a plan for us to to be set free from the bent toward sin. We need the kind of doctrinal preaching that will lead people to receive the fullness of the Holy Spirit so they can have a holy relationship with a holy God. Let's use the Biblical terms like Sanctification [8th Kingdom - The Eternal Kingdom of Jeus Christ] so people will understand them when they read about them in the Word. There has never been a greater need for the church to preach the wonderful message of [8th Kingdom] holiness. Let's proclaim it! ~ Dr. Louie E. Bustle - President, Holiness Legacy - www.holinesslegacy.com -- {Note: The Holiness movement has a history of men and women being Servant Leaders and in that capacity both men and women have pastored as servants representing Holiness pulpits to the congregation. But especially in this day and age it is not wise to let another person male or female have authority over you and sincerely a diverse and capable group of elders, leaders and mentors can and should have an equally or even a more significant impact on Christian and spiritual matters both for the group and for individuals.} Full Article Christian Study - Basic Christian
find Find Your SFF Tribe On Mastodon By www.warpcoresf.co.uk Published On :: 2022-11-15 How to find the people who are talking about speculative fiction and books on the Fediverse. Full Article
find BookSmart24: New app for environmentally conscious travel finds the lowest CO2 route to the desired destination By www.prleap.com Published On :: Mon, 03 Oct 2022 08:00:00 PDT While existing travel websites primarily display the cheapest or fastest travel option, the new BookSmart24 app also finds the most CO2- and emission-efficient variant for the chosen route. The platform enables users to make smart and responsible booking decisions and to realize that traveling in an environmentally conscious manner does not necessarily have to be more expensive. Full Article