Seen in Print

[Tom Dempsey]

Well, at least she knows what her priorities are.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

[webenda]

"America's Joyous Future" seems contradictory in the darkness of troubles listed above the sermon name but what the preacher has in mind is found in Revelation 21:4

Revelation 21:4
4 And he will wipe out every tear from their eyes, and death will be no more, neither will mourning nor outcry nor pain be anymore. The former things have passed away.”

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Seems contradictory, but what the preacher has in mind is found in Revelation 21:4

And you know that how?

All I see a preacher (cheerleader??) that's disconnected from the rest of the reality of what his church is having to deal with and the services that they seemingly need to supply.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Maybe the congregation needs that pick-me-up encouragement. And perhaps it is good for them to have that many and varied outreaches to give them somebody to confer with concerning their troubles. A helpful and positive approach like that, collectively, can be a good thing, facing difficulties with others and being encouraged along the way with optimism.

Just a thought,
from a guy who enjoys a few minutes listening to Joel Osteen on the occasional Sunday morning.

Oh, and, "cheerleaders" are not irrelevant to the game at-hand and afoot. IMHO.

[Roy]

Revelation 21:4
4 And he will wipe out every tear from their eyes, and death will be no more, neither will mourning nor outcry nor pain be anymore. The former things have passed away.”

Sounds nice. But, we've got a lot of work to do, to bring this on.

[webenda]

Seems contradictory, but what the preacher has in mind is found in Revelation 21:4

And you know that how?

All I see a preacher (cheerleader??) that's disconnected from the rest of the reality of what his church is having to deal with and the services that they seemingly need to supply.

Don't know, it was the only thing I could think of that fit.

The original bulletin board is a work of art by Erika Rothenberg and might be located in the collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago or it might have been sold at auction. They are not real sermons. There were 10 of them, all meant to bring awareness to reality [opinion]*.


References:
https://mcachicago.org/Collection/Items ... re-1990-91
https://www.artnet.com/auctions/artists ... ous-future

*The artist says, " I am a conceptual artist whose provocative and humorous work about social and political issues takes many forms, from paintings and photographs to museum installations and large-scale outdoor works.

I have always been fascinated by the directories on the facades of religious institutions, so I decided to start making my own versions."

Another example found at http://erikarothenberg.com/#erikarothenberg


ARTFORUM SUMMER 2015
... SHE IS A HARSH SOCIAL CRITIC WITH A FACILITY FOR IMAGE-MAKING, LANGUAGE AND DESIGN. FAR FROM ITS COMFORTABLE HOME ON COMEDY CENTRAL OR IN THE ONION, IRONY IN ROTHENBERG’S HANDS IS A BARBED POLITICAL WEAPON, AND SHE WIELDS IT TO UNDERSCORE THE VERY REAL INJUSTICES SHE OBSERVES IN DAILY LIFE." -- MICHELLE GRABNER, Artforum

[HONDO74]

Quote
"And we'll send them right back to the repressive poverty-stricken countries they came from"

But according to the Libs, the U.S. is a repressive poverty-stricken country. I know, we can send them all to CALIFORNIA. Roy will be more than happy to help them.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

... the U.S. is a repressive poverty-stricken country.

I'm not clear on the repressive, but given this is supposed to be the most powerful and richest country on the planet, the poverty level is a serious embarrassment. A lot of people have tried for decades to operate in a total denial mode.

[HONDO74]

... the U.S. is a repressive poverty-stricken country.

I'm not clear on the repressive, but given this is supposed to be the most powerful and richest country on the planet, the poverty level is a serious embarrassment. A lot of people have tried for decades to operate in a total denial mode.

If we would stop being the world police force and stop giving away BILLIONS of dollars in foreign aid, we just might have plenty of money to eradicate poverty in this country.

http://foreignassistance.gov/

[Rufus T. Firefly]

... the U.S. is a repressive poverty-stricken country.

I'm not clear on the repressive, but given this is supposed to be the most powerful and richest country on the planet, the poverty level is a serious embarrassment. A lot of people have tried for decades to operate in a total denial mode.

If we would stop being the world police force and stop giving away BILLIONS of dollars in foreign aid, we just might have plenty of money to eradicate poverty in this country.

Actually, it's easier than that and it's not all about money - just stop shipping food and the food stored and the food going to waste and feed the people.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

I'm not clear on the repressive, but given this is supposed to be the most powerful and richest country on the planet, the poverty level is a serious embarrassment. A lot of people have tried for decades to operate in a total denial mode.

If we would stop being the world police force and stop giving away BILLIONS of dollars in foreign aid, we just might have plenty of money to eradicate poverty in this country.

Actually, it's easier than that and it's not all about money - just stop shipping food and the food stored and the food going to waste and feed the people.

I think that part of the story just got further complicated. The News on TV last night said that a whole lot of food is spoiling as it sits in its fields, right now, because we do not have sufficient labor to harvest it for us. They showed miles and miles of crops still in the fields, overdue, getting overripe and ready to go to seed, due to emigrant labor being turned away and not even wanting to come here to the USA to do work they have done for generations.
And whose fault is that? Hhhhmmmmmm?

[HONDO74]

I think that part of the story just got further complicated. The News on TV last night said that a whole lot of food is spoiling as it sits in its fields, right now, because we do not have sufficient labor to harvest it for us. They showed miles and miles of crops still in the fields, overdue, getting overripe and ready to go to seed, due to emigrant labor being turned away and not even wanting to come here to the USA to do work they have done for generations.
And whose fault is that? Hhhhmmmmmm?

California is where about 90% of the migrant farm workers have been picking the crops. Cal usually get 4 crops per year. They are raising the minimum wage to $15 per hour and if they get that free health care passed they should have a lot of workers

Through the mid west that is mainly wheat and corn, that is all done by machines. And most of the fruit and veggies is now coming from south of the boarder

[robert.]

I believe some farmers are paid to plow crops under. This helps keep a set price for a product. One time at a buffet in Disney i saw them throwing out food. Every few minutes they would dump a steam tray out and rotate in a new thing. When i asked a girl there if the give it to homeless shelters she said"no Disney is afraid to be sued if someone gets sick from free food"

[webenda]

The Economist
Farm subsidies, Milking taxpayers

As crop prices fall, farmers grow subsidies instead.

Print edition | United States
Feb 12th 2015 | WASHINGTON, DC

THE father of Major Major, a character in Catch 22, a novel by Joseph Heller, makes a good living not growing alfalfa. “The more alfalfa he did not grow, the more money the government gave him, and he spent every penny he didn’t earn on new land to increase the amount of alfalfa he did not produce.” Each day, Mr Major “sprang out of bed at the crack of noon... just to make certain that the chores would not be done.”

https://www.economist.com/news/united-s ... -taxpayers