darkspilver
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Gloria Naylor, 66, dies, former JW missionary, The Color Purple
by blondie inhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/gloria-naylor-whose-novels-gave-voice-to-african-american-women-dies-at-66/2016/10/04/73d64318-8a3d-11e6-bff0-d53f592f176e_story.html.
after graduating from high school, ms. naylor worked as a missionary for the jehovah’s witnesses in north carolina and florida before leaving the church in the mid-1970s, finding herself disillusioned with what she called the limited role that it prescribed for women..
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Gloria Naylor, 66, dies, former JW missionary, The Color Purple
by blondie inhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/gloria-naylor-whose-novels-gave-voice-to-african-american-women-dies-at-66/2016/10/04/73d64318-8a3d-11e6-bff0-d53f592f176e_story.html.
after graduating from high school, ms. naylor worked as a missionary for the jehovah’s witnesses in north carolina and florida before leaving the church in the mid-1970s, finding herself disillusioned with what she called the limited role that it prescribed for women..
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darkspilver
Gloria Naylor wrote “The Women of Brewster Place.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Women_of_Brewster_Place_(novel)
Alice Walker wrote "The Color Purple."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Color_Purple
Both novels were written/released in the same year (1982)
I believe Walker is still alive?
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Oklahoma - Moms in Prison
by darkspilver inoklahoma incarcerates more women than any state.
what it’s doing to stop moms from going to prison.
oklahoma incarcerates more women per capita than any other state, at a rate of 142 per 100,000. on sept. 25, 2015, lacie maytubby, 35, came into women in recovery on a lesser charge—drug possession, not trafficking—and without ever experiencing prison, but her addiction to heroin and opioids was at its worst.. maytubby had just learned her father was in the late stages of cancer.
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darkspilver
Oklahoma Incarcerates More Women Than Any State. What It’s Doing to Stop Moms From Going to Prison
Oklahoma incarcerates more women per capita than any other state, at a rate of 142 per 100,000
On Sept. 25, 2015, Lacie Maytubby, 35, came into Women in Recovery on a lesser charge—drug possession, not trafficking—and without ever experiencing prison, but her addiction to heroin and opioids was at its worst.
Maytubby had just learned her father was in the late stages of cancer. Her mother called and urged her to visit him at the hospital. Maytubby had not been there for her parents during most of her adult life, too blinded by addiction, but she certainly couldn’t miss the last moments of her father’s.
While she vowed to be present this time, the only way she could bear it, she says, was to numb the experience with drugs. So on the drive to the hospital, Maytubby says, she pulled over to the side of the road for a quick high.
By the time she was ready to face her father, and had arrived, he was already dead.
“My addiction just took the last precious moment I had with my father, and I felt like I didn’t even have a choice,” Maytubby tells The Daily Signal in one of a series of interviews. “It was what I had to do. That was the true moment I got scared. Wow, this is bigger than me.”
Maytubby’s father previously had been a drug addict himself, but she learned this only after he died. Her parents had never told her, although Maytubby had always suspected something was different about her father, a car salesman by trade, who seemed to empathize more with her struggles.
Yet her parents were private and sheltering, having homeschooled her in an environment where religion was practiced—her mother was a Jehovah’s Witness minister—and formal education was not.
As a curious 15-year-old, Maytubby snuck away to a Tulsa skating rink to try cocaine with some boys.
“I was so sheltered that I was willing to do anything to give me a sense of freedom,” Maytubby says. “It just so happened drugs were what was presented to me. That’s the first thing I was choosing to do on my own. Whether it was the right decision or not, it was my decision.”
When Maytubby’s parents discovered she was using drugs, they kicked her out of the house at 16.
She never attended college, and was first arrested in 2001 when she totaled her car after passing out while driving high.
As the police applied handcuffs to haul Maytubby away, her then 2-year-old eldest daughter, Emma, cried in her car seat.
http://dailysignal.com/2016/10/04/oklahoma-incarcerates-more-women-than-any-state-what-its-doing-to-stop-moms-from-going-to-prison
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“Sing Out Joyfully” to Jehovah
by wifibandit inborg link warning: “sing out joyfully” to jehovah.
non-borg pdf mirror: “sing out joyfully” to jehovah.
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darkspilver
Hey ShirleyW!
Do the old timers here remember song number 1 from the old green songbook, it was called "Hail Him" growing up in the sixties, I remember we sang that one just one time, you can tell it's taken from a gospel rock and roller, really got you going, I know I"m not the oldest here but does anyone else remember song #1 from the old green songbook?
There's an introductory melody, the song proper, with vocals, starts at 1.25
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Onda Cero: Te doy mi palabra
by sp74bb inthis saturday i had the opportunity to be interviewed by an important spanish radio leader: isabel gemio.. you can hear it at: link.
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“Sing Out Joyfully” to Jehovah
by wifibandit inborg link warning: “sing out joyfully” to jehovah.
non-borg pdf mirror: “sing out joyfully” to jehovah.
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darkspilver
What's also interesting is how the WT have used that lyric - take my silver and my gold; nothing, Lord, would I withhold - in the introduction to an article...
(which is also kinda funny, because the following year after the article was published, the song was taken out of the purple 1966 song book)
Watchtower 1 May 1965, pages 281 to 284
Use of One’s Resources in a Godly Way
“HONOR Jehovah with your valuable things,” says Jehovah’s inspired Word, the Holy Bible. These valuable things or resources are referred to in a song sung by the Christian witnesses of Jehovah. Called “Dedication,” the song, which appears in the booklet Songs to Jehovah’s Praise, says, in part: “Take my moments and my days, let them flow in constant praise; take my silver and my gold; nothing, Lord, would I withhold.”—Prov. 3:9.
Using time in a Godly way (2 paragraphs long)
Use of one's strength and energy (3 paragraphs long)
Use of financial resourses (9 paragraphs long, excluding concluding para) -
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“Sing Out Joyfully” to Jehovah
by wifibandit inborg link warning: “sing out joyfully” to jehovah.
non-borg pdf mirror: “sing out joyfully” to jehovah.
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darkspilver
By the way, what are the chances that one of the new songs doesn't have the word Jehovah in the Lyrics? I'm going to guess zero. Such fascination with the name.
I'd say the odds are on a par with the odds of a song praising Jesus.
For a "Christian" religion, they sure have a hard time even giving him a passing mention in their songs. Even songs ostensibly about him mention Jehovah far more frequently.
Quick stats:
2016: Sing Out Joyfully to Jehovah - 151 songs
Jesus - 38 times (no song titles)
Christ/Christian - 49 times (4 song titles)
Jehovah - 246 times (28 song titles)
2009 Sing to Jehovah - 135 songs
Jesus - 29 times (no song titles)
Christ/Christian - 55 times (4 song titles)
Jehovah - 220 times (30 song titles)Remember that's just word counts - word might appear in title and numerous times in a single song (though if it appears in the chorus, that part is just printed the once, but sung two or more times in song)
There are 12% more songs in the new song book.
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“Sing Out Joyfully” to Jehovah
by wifibandit inborg link warning: “sing out joyfully” to jehovah.
non-borg pdf mirror: “sing out joyfully” to jehovah.
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darkspilver
Now that's really interesting.
One of the purported reasons for the switch to newer songbooks was to get away from lyrics & melodies "borrowed" from "Christendom".
I believe the song was taken out of the purple 1966 Singing and Accompanying Yourselves With Music in Your Hearts song book (and not in the brown 1984 Sing Praises to Jehovah song book either), but reappeared in the 2009 SIng to Jehovah song book.
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“Sing Out Joyfully” to Jehovah
by wifibandit inborg link warning: “sing out joyfully” to jehovah.
non-borg pdf mirror: “sing out joyfully” to jehovah.
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darkspilver
Now, now wifibandit - just a copy and paste from reddit?
What's the REAL story here?
2016: Sing Out Joyfully to Jehovah
Song 50: My Prayer of Dedication
Take my moments and my days,
let them flow in constant praise;
take my silver and my gold;
nothing, Lord, would I withhold
So, yes, compared to the 2009 song book, the WT has added the lyric about giving silver and gold!
Hmmm, but wait, does the 'take my silver and my gold' lyric sound familiar to anyone?
It should do.....Below is the 'original' WT song
1950 Songs to Jehovah's Praise
Song 74: Dedication - 3rd verse, last line
Take my silver and my gold;
nothing, Lord, would I withhold
1944 Kingdom Service Song Book
Song 51: Consecration - 3rd verse, last line
Take my silver and my gold;
nothing, Lord, would I withhold
1928 Songs of Praise to Jehovah
Song 266: All to Thee - 3rd verse, last line
Take my silver and my gold;
nothing, Lord, would I withholdBUT, is that all?
Well, firstly, the line has been put back in
And secondly?
I say WT 'original' (in quotes), because you really should check out one of Christendom's hymns
"Take My Life and Let it Be" - 4th verse
Take my silver and my gold,
Not a mite would I withhold.
Take my intellect and use
Every pow’r as Thou shalt choose.http://www.christianity.com/church/church-history/timeline/1801-1900/frances-havergal-wrote-take-my-life-and-let-it-be-11630571.html
https://www.hymnal.net/en/hymn/h/445
1950 Songs to Jehovah's Praise
1944 Kingdom Service Song Book
1928 Songs of Praise to Jehovah -
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Livestream! Memorial Service for JW George Kraynak - Sat 1 Oct 2016
by darkspilver inthis coming saturday!.
memorial service for jehovah's witness george kraynak.
being broadcast worldwide as a livestream direct from the sharon kingdom hall of jehovah's witnesses at 2885 hann hill rd, hermitage, pennsylvania usa.
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darkspilver
haha!
Article online today inthe UK's Guardian
Live-streamed funerals: the rise of the virtual mourner
For those who can’t pass on their condolences in person, webcast funerals are proving increasingly popular. But could they detract from the grieving process?
There aren’t many aspects of life that don’t have an online alternative – and these days that includes death.
An increasing number of funerals in the UK are now live streamed for the benefit of far-flung mourners. Anyone unable to make it to the crematorium on the day can simply log in and watch from home, or from anywhere with an internet connection.
But the webcast funeral is not as newfangled as it might sound. HD Tribe in West Sussex, for example, has offered live streaming for nine years, and funeral director Max Webber estimates that between a quarter and a third of all their services make use if it. “We have a camera at the back of our chapel, which we turn on,” he says. “It’s always done at the request of the family.” HD Tribe doesn’t charge extra for live streaming, although some places do. At Southampton crematorium it costs £50. Llanelli crematorium charges £80 for a webcast, plus £65 for a DVD.
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/shortcuts/2016/oct/03/live-streamed-funerals-virtual-mourner
