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Kid glove treatment of pro-Trump mob contrasts with strong-arm police tactics against Black Lives Matter, activists say

The impunity with which the president’s supporters were able to storm the Capitol startled and frustrated activists who protested police violence.

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Crawford Long – Scientist of the Day

Crawford Long, an American physician, was born on November 1, 1815 in Danielsville, Georgia.

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New Post has been published on Crown of Compassion

New Post has been published on https://www.crownofcompassion.org/2021/05/03/wind-the-clock-stewards-time-two-ways/

Wind the clock - stewards time two ways

“The sixth habit — wind the clock — stewards time in two ways.  It makes the most of every minute, but it also makes the most of every moment.  It’s acutely aware of everything that is happening right here, right now.  It also keeps an eye on eternity.  Most importantly, it doesn’t lose faith in the end of the story.”- Mark Batterson

Mark Batterson introduces Habit 6 – Wind the Clock with a story about one of the oldest pieces of art in the United States.  The Car of History clock, made and built by Simon Willard in 1837, greets guests as they enter Statuary Hall.  Clio, the Muse of History, stands above the clock.  She records events as they unfold in the book she’s holding.  And, this analog clock displays past, present, and future time.

While the arrow of time moves in one direction for us, God’s omnipresent.   He’s here, there, and everywhere.  And He’s present yesterday, today, and tomorrow.  Hence, in Don’t Waste Your Life, John Piper warred against what C. S. Lewis called ‘chronological snobbery’:

“Newness is no virtue and oldness is no vice.  Truth and beauty and goodness are not determined by when they exist.  Nothing is inferior for being old, and nothing is valuable for being modern.  This has freed me from the tyranny of novelty and opened for me the wisdom of the ages.”

Therefore, Pastor Batterson stresses, a right relationship with time means, first and foremost, that we recognize this concept.  While minutes measure time, we measure life in moments.

In conclusion, Mark notes, the ancient Greeks used two words for time, chronos and kairos.  Chronos is sequential and quantitative — clock time.  And it’s incredibly important to manage chronos, or clock, time.

In contrast, kairos makes the most of every opportunity, functions as a sixth sense that perceives the Holy Spirit’s promptings, and discerns holy moments.  It involves enjoying the journey.

Today’s question: How do you wind the clock to steward your time?  Please share.

Tomorrow’s blog: “Persistence hunting = goal setting”

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Dr. Mary McLeod-Bethune to become first African-American in Statuary Hall

Dr. Mary McLeod-Bethune to become first African-American in Statuary Hall

Dr. Mary McLeod-Bethune’s legacy is historic.  The school she founded in Daytona Beach, FL is a proud HBCU (Historically Black College and University) campus. Dr. Bethune will be the first African-American to have her statue in Statuary Hall which is located in the United States Capitol in Washington, DC.  Perhaps aided by the BLM (Black Lives Matter) movement during last year’s worldwide…

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Flashback Friday! In 2007, the seniors from Huntington High School went on a field trip to Washington, D.C. They posed for a group shot in the Capitol Building’s Statuary Hall front of the statue of William Allen. That statue is now in the Ross County Historical Society’s David Meade Massie Hall. Allen’s statue was replaced by one of Thomas Edison in 2016.

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Fall Travels: September 7th

Somehow, it keeps getting hotter here. Every day the temperature seems to rise and the humidity seems to grow. Because of this, and because of my complete inability to deal with heat, I decided that I was going to plan out my day in a way that had me wandering through the grounds and seeing monuments half the time, and spending the rest of the time inside the cool, air conditioned museums of the Smithsonian. 

It was about a fifteen minute walk from the apartment to the Capitol Hill area, and then another lengthy bit of walking to get to where I wanted to start: Congress. The Capitol Building itself, while under refurbishment, was stunning. Built in neoclassical style which is ever common in DC, and with the magnificent looming dome at the centre of it all, it very much so reminded me of the building of the same name in Havana, Cuba. 

I took some pictures and wandered around the outside of the building before making my way inside to the visitors centre for a tour. The tour, while brief, was interesting. It began with a propaganda filled video about how great America is, and was followed by a visit to a few different rooms within the Capitol. A few highlights: The old Supreme Court, small and darkly lit as it would have been during it’s operation; The rotunda, full of statues and art and a domed ceiling, masterfully painted with a fresco and depictions of American history; And as much distaste as I might have for the man - The Office of the Speaker of the House, Paul Ryan. 

One room, referred to as the Crypt, is actually not a crypt at all. It was designed originally to house the remains of George Washington. Congress had to work very hard to convince Martha Washington that her husband should be laid to rest in the Capitol, but she eventually agreed - on the condition that she be buried next to him when she passed. Upon her approval, they began to construct the crypt, but when she did eventually pass the family had a last minute change of heart: Martha and George were to be buried at Mt. Vernon, in their ancestral grounds. The room is still referred to as The Crypt today, but the centre of the room where the tombs were constructed remains empty.

The last room that I’ll mention is the National Statuary Hall. This room was stunningly done in, of course, neoclassical style, and featured a beautiful ceiling, chandelier, and red drapery. The room itself looks almost like an amphitheatre, built in a semi-circle shape with a gallery overlooking the main floor. The reason for this? This room’s original purpose was as the meeting place for the House of Representatives. With time and a growth in states and population, that obviously had to change, and thus was born the National Statuary Hall. Each state is invited to showcase statues of prominent citizens, which can be changed every ten years should they wish. These statues range from the man who invented air conditioning to Rosa Parks. But the best part about this room? The whisper spot. Due to the acoustics of the room, if you stand in the spot marked y a plaque where John Quincy Adams used to sit, you can hear whispered conversations on the other side of the room loudly and clearly, as though they were occurring right next to you. It’s pretty cool, and it has been said that Adams used the accidental echo to eavesdrop on his colleagues across the floor. 

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Fox 'News' Reporter Compares Banning Confederate Flag To Soviet Style Leadership Purges (VIDEO)

Fox ‘News’ Reporter Compares Banning Confederate Flag To Soviet Style Leadership Purges (VIDEO)

On the July 10 edition of the Fox News show Special Report With Brett Baier, correspondent Doug McKelway did a report on the debate that is heating up in congress over the Confederate flag. In the course of that report, McKelway managed to not only show how tone-deaf Republicans are, but also the bias that Fox reporters work into their stories, even on supposed “hard news” shows like Special…

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Panel picks Chief Joseph, Abigail Scott Duniway to represent Oregon as statues at U.S. Capitol

on March 04, 2015 at 8:26 PM, updated March 04, 2015 at 9:03 PM

Abigail Scott Duniway votes in 1914 in Portland. Oregon Historical Society photo

SALEM — Nez Perce leader Chief Joseph and pioneering woman rights activist Abigail Scott Duniway should replace two other symbols of Oregon among the statues on display at the U.S. Capitol, a panel recommended on Wednesday.

The Statuary Hall Study…

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