Le Meneur en Préparation – Une étude pseudo-scientifique du spécimen en liberté contrôlée

https://scriiipt.wordpress.com/2025/12/10/le-meneur-en-preparation-une-etude-pseudo-scientifique-du-specimen-en-liberte-controlee/

Prepare [Sermon]

Sometimes I prepare way in advance of a trip.

Not only have I reserved by mode of transportation or planned my route on the road and reserved the place or places where I will stay, but I have chosen what I will wear (and maybe packed it), what I will do when I get there, and taken some cash out of the bank days – or weeks – in advance.

Other times I don’t really prepare.

Then I end up rushing around at the last minute trying to get everything together, forget some things, and maybe even be late leaving.

One is more anxiety producing. Can you guess which one?

Let’s go to God in prayer.

God of wisdom, may the words that I speak, and the ways they are received by each of our hearts and minds, to help us to continue to grow into the people, and the church, that you have dreamed us to be.

Amen.

If you read the Hebrew prophets – and they are worth reading – you may see a couple of patterns.

One is that the people – especially the leadership – turn away from their God and to other gods. And the prophets say “stop worshiping idols and return to God.”

But the other is that the people – especially the leadership – keep the identification with and rituals of their religion, but ignored many of the teachings of how to be in community with others, especially the less powerful.

And the prophets say “your ancestry and your identity are not enough, and your rituals and sacrifices don’t please God, when you treat your neighbor unfairly.” The prophets are telling the leaders to prepare to be better followers of the teachings, or prepare for the consequences.

In the New Testament we have John the Baptist, telling leaders much the same thing. When the Pharisees and Sadducees – leaders of the temple – come to John for baptism in the Jordan, he calls them out on it:

“You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

8Therefore, bear fruit worthy of repentance,

9and do not presume to say to yourselves,

‘We have Abraham as our ancestor,’

for I tell you, God is able from these stones to raise up children to Abraham.

10Even now the ax is lying at the root of the trees;

therefore every tree that does not bear good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.

Matthew 3:7-10, NRSVue

He’s telling them to prepare.

It’s not enough to trace one’s ancestry to Abraham. It’s not enough to be a leader in the Temple. It’s not enough to publicly and visibly carry out rituals of faith.

The preparation is repentance, to turn from treating others unfairly to caring for others.

Even our president has said

“I don’t think there’s anything going to get me in heaven, I think I’m not maybe heaven-bound. . . . I’m not sure I’m going to be able to make heaven. But I’ve made life a lot better for a lot of people.”

And if I were talking directly to him, here’s what I would tell him: “Repentance is always possible. God’s grace is always available.” In fact, I may even send him that message in a postcard. If I were on Truth Social, I might even post it to him there.

Because I truly believe that as long as we breathe, it’s not too late to be a better person. And perhaps the most important focus is to be better to the people who are the hardest to be good to.

For elitists, it may be the poor.

For people who don’t use mood-altering chemicals, it may be people with substance dependence.

For some, it may be the rich and powerful.

That may seem odd, but that’s exactly what the prophets did: they reached out to those with wealth and influence and told them “bear fruit worthy of repentance”

It’s good to call out the powerful on behalf of the powerless but difficult to call out the powerful out of concern for the powerful?

In times of change, it’s tempting to pull in and care for ourselves. It takes faith to step out and care for others, to love our neighbors. Bur we are called to do just that.

As the banner in front of the church this morning says

Our Gospel reading in Matthew says this of John the Baptist:

This is the one of whom the prophet Isaiah spoke when he said,

“The voice of one crying out in the wilderness:

‘Prepare the way of the Lord; make his paths straight.'”

Matthew 3:3, NRSVue

Matthew is calling back to Isaiah 40,

A voice cries out:

“In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord; make straight in the desert a highway for our God.”

Isaiah 40:3, NRSVue

You may notice a subtle difference between “A voice cries out in the wilderness: ‘prepare the way of the Lord’” and “A voice cries out: ‘in the wilderness: prepare the way of the Lord’”

But this message is not only a call to repentance, but a call to hope.

Our reading from the eleventh chapter of Isaiah prophecies a time of peace through justice:

with righteousness he shall judge for the poor and decide with equity for the oppressed of the earth;

Isaiah 11:4, NRSVue

and

They will not hurt or destroy on all my holy mountain,

for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the LORD as the waters cover the sea.

Isaiah 11:9, NRSVue

The emphasis is righteousness for the poor and equity for the oppressed. The promise is there will be no more hurt or destruction.

So what can we do?

We can trust in the promise of peace through justice, and for righteousness and equity. And we can prepare for it by participating in caring for others, for our neighbors.

John the Baptist said

“bear fruit worthy of repentance,”

Matthew 3:8, NRSVue

He also said that Jesus

will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

Matthew 3:11b, NRSVue

And with the Holy Spirit and with fire, we can indeed bear fruit worthy of repentance.

So my challenge for all of us this week is to see how we can prepare for better days by participating in loving our neighbors,

no matter their mental health challenge, which includes those with and without challenges;

their immigration status, which includes those who are non-citizens, documented and undocumented, and citizens;

their sexual orientation, which includes gay, lesbian, bisexual, pansexual, asexual, and others including straight;

their economic status, which includes poor, working class, middle class, and even billionaires;

their gender identity, which includes transgender, cogender, bigender, agender, and cisgender;

their disability, which includes mobility issues, sight and hearing impairment, other disabilities, and the temporarily fully able;

their religion, which includes people of all faiths or none, including Christians;

no matter their race, including indigenous, East Asian, South Asian. African, Latino, and white.

Love our neighbors, especially the ones who are harder to love.

It will prepare us for better days.

Amen.

* Scripture quotations marked NRSVue are taken from the New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition. Copyright © 2021 National Council of Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide. https://www.friendshippress.org/pages/about-the-nrsvue

#Advent #love #loveYourNeighbor #preparation #prepare

Don't waste life in doubts and fears; spend yourself on the work before you, well assured that the right performance of this hour's duties will be the best preparation for the hours and ages that will follow it.
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #RalphWaldoEmerson #Doubt #Fear #Preparation

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #GoblinValley #Utah

There is no obstacle in the path of young people who are poor or members of minority groups that hard work and preparation cannot cure.
-- Barbara Jordan

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #BarbaraJordan #Preparation #Success

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Panopainting #Seashells #Everglades #Florida

Dogfirmations with Doofie and Dingus: Preparation

Doofie is always prepared and ready for competition.

https://dogs.blackcatwhitehatsecurity.com/?dogID=12

#Preparation #Doofie #Dingus #Dogs #Nature #Pets #ArtificialIntelligence

RADIO CAMPUS ACADEMY #09 – Préparation et Théoriser le JDR (feat. Lestat JDR)

Le neuvième épisode de notre émission Radio Campus Academy est désormais disponible au format podcast.

Une émission de discussions à la cool autour du jeu de rôle ! Ce mois-ci nous recevons Lestat JDR pour parler de Préparation de parties et de Réflexions autour du jeu de rôle et sa pratique. Deux sujets qui sont au cœur des vidéos de Lestat. Son slogan : « Penser le JDR dans le but de vivre ou faire vivre des expériences personnelles et viscérales »
On en profite pour s’arrêter sur les actus de la JDR ACADEMY, faire quelques recos en liens avec le jdr et faire des gros bisous !

Chaîne de Lestat : https://www.youtube.com/@lestatjdr
Chaîne d’actual plays : https://www.youtube.com/@contes-personnels-et-visc%C3%A9raux

L’émission est enregistrée une fois par mois en live !
N’oubliez pas de vous abonner pour ne rien manquer des prochains épisodes et de partager vos retours avec nous en commentaire ou sur nos réseaux sociaux.

Radio Campus Academy, c’est votre nouveau rendez-vous mensuel pour parler jeu de rôle !

Vous pouvez nous soutenir sur Patreon

Retrouvez tous les épisodes de la JDR Academy sur www.jdracademy.com

Et si vous souhaitez revivre l’expérience avec la version vidéo, le live est toujours disponible sur notre chaîne YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/live/xUfT8wsO13o?si=6-A1sGXXquZc3hIl

https://jdracademy.fr/radio-campus-academy-09-preparation-et-theoriser-le-jdr-feat-lestat-jdr/

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How can you support a community online? Here's what I've learned from the many online meetings I've designed & facilitated.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2020/03/support-community-online-covid-19

#meetings #online #LessonsLearned #preparation #agreements #BreakoutRooms #tips #eventprofs #assnchat

Texte d’un collaborateur

Dans un monde où la normalité ne tient qu'à une ligne de transmission, la réserve n'est pas de la paranoïa, mais un contrat tacite de survie.
Du poêle à bois aux panneaux solaires en projet, c'est l'éloge d'une vigilance perpétuelle.
Êtes-vous prêt à négocier avec l'avenir et à faire de votre habitation une forteresse d'autonomie?

#ElogeDeLaRéserve
#Autonomie
#Résilience
#Préparation
#ContratTacite

https://avoirquartierlibre.blogspot.com/2025/11/leloge-de-la-reserve-un-contrat-tacite.html

#préparation #conte
La caravanne d'Apedibus :

La tribu de Ma

Ma, c’est la mère archaïque et solide et qui a de l'humour : Ma Balcon !

Elle a quatre filles :
🐈 Madelon qui veille et tient le fil,
⭐️ Maruza la conteuse qui donne le la
🥾 Marcheline la marcheuse en exil,
🦌 Marinette l’espiègle qui fait la bébette.

#AnneeNomade #VieNomade #Voyage #VoyageAPied #Marche #Periple #QuandRienNeMarcheMarche #Ecolieux #Dessin #Contes

🏃‍♂️ Les sportifs le savent : bien préparer son corps avant l’effort change tout. Mais connaissez-vous la gamme athlétique ? Ces exercices dynamiques ciblent mobilité, chaleur musculaire et rythme cardiaque. Chaque discipline a ses spécificités. Pourquoi les athlètes en font-ils un passage obligé ? Les réponses ici : https://www.bioticla.fr/gamme-athletique/ #Sport #Preparation

I have 1 map drawn, 1 map to start, and 1 map that I need to redraw. Today is Wednesday and I'm hoping I have enough time for all of this lol. I still need to upload them to my FoundryVTT and flesh out more details, but overall I feel good. I had to shorten my streams this week just to compensate for this, but everyone seems to understand <3

I honestly can't wait to test this stuff out. It's my first campaign in my own universe, with my own rules.

#ttrpg #foundryvtt #streaming #preparation

Dogfirmations with Doofie and Dingus: Preparation

Doofie is always prepared and ready for competition.

https://dogs.blackcatwhitehatsecurity.com/?dogID=12

#Preparation #Doofie #Dingus #Dogs #ArtificialIntelligence #Cartoon

Dogfirmations with Doofie and Dingus: Preparation

Doofie is always prepared and ready for competition.

https://dogs.blackcatwhitehatsecurity.com/?dogID=12

#Preparation #Doofie #Dingus #Dogs #ArtificialIntelligence #Cartoon

"Sometimes it's not the risk itself you need to worry about. It's what you do to prepare for the risk that does you in." - Futurist Jim Carroll

One day, a few years ago learned that my biological grandfather died in 1925 in a stunt-motorcycle accident - on an Indian motorcycle, nonetheless -  after he rode his 'show' which was known as the "Wall of Death." Not only that, but his death appears to be due to a malfunction of the front fork of the Indian motorcycle he rode to perform the 'death-defying stunt' - only to have that front fork fail as a result of the modifications that he likely did himself necessary to perform the stunt!

That means, he didn't die from the inherent risk that came from participating in a wildly dangerous carnival stunt - it came from the careful preparation! And so sometimes it's not the risk itself that gets you, but what you've done to prepare for the risk that does you in.

How's that for the opening line to a blog post!

Let's dig in! Today is a good day to share the story - after sharing the story of what I learned about my dad in World War 2, once I obtained his war records, I thought I would once again dig into my history. The essence of the story is this: my biological grandfather on my dad's side, an American citizen, was actually a stunt motorcycle rider - and it cost him his life. I only discovered the whole story and my genetic relatives a few years ago, due to the connective power of DNA tracing.

What follows below is what I found and what my long-lost relative found. Once I had all that information, I fed a lot of the news articles and background below to Gemini AI, and then built two slide decks that tell the story. I do this for ultimately sharing with my grandchildren, so that the legacy might live on.

An interesting angle? The analysis concluded, from its research, that it was likely the modifications to the front fork were what caused his tragic accident:

The backstory? Growing up, I always knew that my original name was not Carroll, but Morrell. I knew my dad lost his dad at the age of 3, and that he was raised by his mom and stepfather. Beyond that, all I ever knew was that he had died in a motorcycle accident.

Fast forward to December 2018, when, through a DNA match, I began to find the real story.

To make a long story short, by the very next morning, I was standing at the grave of my biological grandfather with my long-lost 2nd cousin Ken Keeley of Norwich. He had, some months earlier, taken the time to do all the research that I had never managed to do, such as finding my grandfather's gravestone. He, too, had grown up hearing the mysterious stories of a great-uncle who met an untimely end.

What a story it is! When we met, Ken had unearthed some photos ... including this one of my grandfather at the "Metro Bro's Silo-Drome" which features "The Most Reckless, Death Defying Stunts." My grandad is on the far left.

The wording on the Silodrome itself says it all:

"Don't miss it, so hazardous and blood-curdling. Death-defying stunts or satisfactory money refunded."

Read the rest of the post for this fascinating story!

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Futurist Jim Carroll has never been, fortunately, a big fan of motorcycles.

#Risk #History #Legacy #Preparation #Family #Danger #Stunts #Discovery #Heritage #Consequences #indianmotorcycle #wallofdeath

Original post: https://jimcarroll.com/2025/11/daily-inspiration-sometimes-its-not-the-risk-itself-you-need-to-worry-about-its-what-you-do-to-prepare-for-the-risk-that-does-you-in/

#593: The Preparation For What Comes Next | Doug Casey (Clip)

https://vigilante.tv/videos/watch/5086d65d-6b45-49ed-afee-c80836bb286a

#593: The Preparation For What Comes Next | Doug Casey

https://vigilante.tv/videos/watch/e664597e-a860-462b-9350-7414b5275877

Solving for X: A Mathy Path to Writerly Success

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https://writerunboxed.com/2025/11/06/equations/

#Community #Inspirations #Mathequations #Optimism #preparation

https://medium.com/storyangles/the-early-warning-signs-of-system-collapse-addaeb5de103

The Early Warning Signs of System Collapse
WTSHTF Indicators You Can’t Ignore.
Small Failures Signal Big Trouble. What to Watch For Before Things Spiral.

#wtshtf #endoftheworld #medium #collapse #preparation

Các lực lượng chức năng và người dân Hội An đang gấp rút gia cố bờ biển trước khi bão số 13 đổ bộ, ứng phó tình trạng sạt lở. Bà con vùng ven biển theo dõi bản tin và sẵn sàng phương án ứng phó. #baoso13 #HộiAn #DaNang #MienTrung #saolở #Bão #ViệtNam #Vietnam #weather #storm #climate #preparation

https://vtcnews.vn/chay-dua-thoi-gian-va-bo-bien-o-da-nang-truoc-them-bao-so-13-do-bo-ar985164.html

Large hailstones hammer parts of south-east Queensland as severe storms loom

The Bureau of Meteorology has issued a “very dangerous” thunderstorm warning for parts of south-east Queensland, with millions…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #AU #Australia #BOM #bureauofmeterology #hail #preparation #qld #Queensland #storm #warnings #Weather
https://www.newsbeep.com/219988/