Some Basic Principles of Stewardship According to the Parables

In speaking of stewardship, it must not be forgotten that Paul has given us a beautiful guide to Christian giving 1n the eighth and ninth chapters of Second Corinthians. In a practical manner the Apostle instructs these early Christians, and through them also us, in the basic principles and motives of the grace of giving. A study in these two chapters is quite rewarding

The Pastor and Synod\u27s Handbook

What a dreary and technical subject for an occasion like this, some might say, \u27\u27The Pastor and Synod\u27s Handbook. Why not \u27\u27The Pastor and His Bible, or The Pastor and His Sermon, or something else that has living value? What compelling interest can the Handbook of Synod have for a graduate of Concordia Seminary who, call in hand, is ready to enter the active ministry

The Principals of Christian Giving According to Second Corinthians Eight and Nine

This thesis is concerned with principles. Its purpose is to ascertain from Paul\u27s dissertation what are the true guidelines for Christian giving. Drawing only from this source of stewardship teaching--the Apostle\u27s exhortation in Second Corinthians--the basis for giving of our means to the Lord shall be established. This will entail a discussion of the why, the reason that a Christian contributes, and the power that makes a Christian a cheerful giver. Thus the first principles will be set forth under the caption, The Motives for Christian Giving. Included in this chapter will be a discussion of what the Apostle sets forth as the inner driving force that makes it possible and compels Christians to abound unto the riches of their liberality

Changing explicit and implicit attitudes: the case of self-esteem

Three experiments investigated predictions concerning asymmetrical patterns of implicit and explicit self-esteem change. Specifically, we investigated the influence of knowledge about the own self that is momentarily salient as well as the influence of affective valence associated with the self in memory on implicit and explicit self-esteem. The latter was induced by evaluative conditioning, the former by directed thinking about oneself. We found that while evaluative conditioning changed implicit but not explicit self-esteem (Experiment 1), thinking about the own self altered explicit but not implicit self-esteem (Experiment 2). Moreover, in a third experiment, it could be shown that the effect of evaluative conditioning can spill over to the explicit level when participants are asked to focus on their feelings prior to making their self-report judgements (Experiment 3). Implications of our results are discussed in terms of recent controversies regarding dual process models of attitudes and associative versus propositional modes of information processing

Accelerating Change for Women and Girls: The Role of Women's Funds

In recent years, interest in philanthropy for and by women has intensified, accompanied by a growing acceptance of the idea that philanthropic investments in women and girls can accelerate positive change in communities. To understand this evolution in thinking and practice within philanthropy, the Foundation Center partnered with the Women's Funding Network, a global movement of women's funds, to chart the current landscape of philanthropy focused on women and girls and document the specific role played by women's funds

Central Plains Severe Weather Event of 14 April 2012

Abstract: The event produced 461 severe weather reports to include 153 tornadoes. A few persistent storms produced many of the tornadoes which crossed Kansas and Oklahoma. In addition to the 153 tornado reports, there were 202 hail reports. The combination of significant hail and tornado reports is typical of supercell dominated events. Despite the large number of tornadoes, there were only 2 report fatalities and numerous injuries all of which were attributed to one storm. This paper will document the historic tornado and severe weather event of 14 April 2012

Irene Rains over the East Coast-Draft by

Abstract: Hurricane Irene brought heavy rains and flooding from the Carolinas to New England from 26-28 August 2011. As the storm underwent extratropical transition, the heavy rainfall shifted to the left of the track. The heaviest rains were experienced just inland from North Carolina to Maine. The storm made landfall over North Carolina, New Jersey, and as tropical storm over New York City crossing central Park around 9 AM 28 August 2011. The tropical force winds extended well inland on the west side of the storm. As with many tropical storms, the heaviest rainfall was observed mainly along and west of the storm track. A 100-200 km swath of heavy rain was observed from the Carolinas to northern New England. Area averaged rainfall from gauge and radar data indicated a broad swath of 75 to 250 mm (3 to 10 inches) of rainfall. Individual rain gages showed locally heavy rainfall amount in excess of 325 mm (13 inches). The rainfall in the mountains of western New England and eastern New York produced devastating flooding. Towns were cut-off as roads flooded and bridges were swept away by flood waters. Portions of Vermont and New Yorks experienced the worst flooding in over a century. It is shown herein that the forecasts of the heavy rain, to include the higher end amounts and the general location were well predicted by the NCEP models and ensemble forecasts systems. The surge of high precipitable water along a quasi-north south boundary in the coastal plain and strong winds was good signals for heavy rainfall. The models kept this feature close to where it set up and they did surprisingly well bringing the storm up along the coast. In the 2-4 day time frame the storm track was relatively well predicted

The record eastern United States Severe Weather event of 3-4 April 2011-Draft by

Abstract: A strong upper-level wave and jet stream pulled shallow moist air northward into the plains States and an elevated mixed layer over this warm moist air mass. This early season elevated mixed layer combined with strong winds to produce what can only be described as a massive severe weather event. With over 1300 reports of severe weather, mainly from strong winds, this was likely the largest and most extensive severe weather event over observed over the United States. With over 1300 reports of severe weather this event eclipsed the events of 2 April 2006 (872) and 7 April 2006 (871) which were the previous top 2 events since 2005. Only 12 events since 2005 have produced 500 or more severe weather reports. Whether this event was truly historic or represents a reporting bias is not clear. The strong upper-level jet, strong low-level jet, and high values of precipitable water combined with an elevated mixed layer clearly combined to produce a meteorologically and climatologically significant severe weather event. Most fields associated with severe weather, such as low-level winds and precipitable water were 2 to 4σ above normal during the event. Other fields such as moisture flux were extremely anomalous on both 3 and 4 April 2011