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Don't we all wish this wasn't needed? Background is my favourite base in Subnautica: Below Zero.

Many times ministers are just taught doctrine, legalities, policies, and how to Hatch, Match and Dispatch the congregation members. They are rarely taught attitudes and nuance of thought, how to see through the religious traditions to what works and what resonates with the people they are trying to minister to without betraying the principles in God's word. This series of short videos that are taken from a couple of rants I did on camera can help to frame questions on what approach to take when evaluating things from a Christian perspective. Music in this video: Artist: Vans in Japan | Track: Higher Octane https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HU_CDYBK_s

Re-blogged episode 3. Rather than a simple blog entry, the content of this episode is intended as a basic Pastors and Leaders training session. Within certain circles there is much talk about (and prayer time devoted to) revivals. Whilst revivals are great, it is much better to facilitate the latest, fresh move of God. What is a move of God? What is the difference between a "revival" and a "move of God"? We discuss these questions in this episode. Trigger warning: Once again, some people with strong beliefs may find this offensive. This is not on purpose. This was/is intended for a specific audience and as such may not cater to the interests and sensibilities of regular people or those from organisations other than my own, as such, if you don't like it, nobody is putting a gun to your head and making you watch it. Just move on. The original post is located at http://garthclarkson.blogspot.com/2014/04/a-fresh-move-of-god.html

This video is episode two in my series of "Re-Blogged" where I simply read out loud some of my old written text blog entries. I have found that it seems to take on life and significance when I speak it out loud. So here it is. Sorry to get all metaphysical on you but, hey, that is my experience which I want to share with those who are interested. If you watch all the way through I would like you to consider how the body of Christ is tracking with this purpose after 2000 years. How is your life tracking with these principles? I know I found this very challenging. It would be nice if we could have a real discussion around this without being cancelled. If you are not interested that's OK. Go find what tickles your fancy but don't hate on my channel or I will be forced to feed the trolls.

The first in a series of low-key readings of old blog entries. This one shares the incredible transformational power of forgiveness when applied in a certain way. (The sound is not fixed so well as the problem is with the source clip. If you bear with it for a little while it gets better. Best not to listen to it too loud or in headphones and it isn't so irritating. Cheers. P.S Will make sure it's better with the next one.) Original blog: https://garthclarkson.blogspot.com/20... My home page: https://www.garthclarkson.com/ (has a link to Keto Links) For those interested in the technical stuff - I have up/downgraded my gear: Originally I had a camcorder with a built-in HDD (JVC Everio) which was fairly good quality but interlaced standard definition (576i) and subject to a bit of combing, etc.. Next I used a Full HD Logitech webcam but I inadvertently plugged it into a different USB port and it went stupid, gain, colour and white balance are shocking and keep reverting to a badly solarised picture. No matter how I try it is a lost cause. I can turn the gain down to its minimum and I still have a shiny dome in the midst of darkness. Now I have broken out my trusty Sony Handycam (1080p60) and my HDMI capture dongle can't handle it and only delivers 576i (can't complain, it was cheap - wouldn't mind a BlackMagic Mini Recorder capture card now that I am using a proper PC again rather than the laptop (mind you that laptop has 16G RAM, dual HDDs, i7, dedicated nVidia Geforce450 graphics, FHD 3d screen, BluRay burner. It is getting old but still runs nicely, even for video editing). The quality of the Sony was still significantly better in terms of colour and sharpness over the Logitech (and so it should, seeing as it is a much higher-end bit of equipment) but still had bad lag and severe combing. I went back to the camera and turned down all its settings so that it would deliver 576i natively so that the dongle wouldn't have to work hard doing the downscaling to USB 2.0. That worked like a charm. Then I applied de-interlacing, colour correction and scaling at the source level in OBS Studio and it worked like a charm. I know that lots of people think that high resolutions are necessary but when it's going to be scaled down to a small 300x180 window in the corner, even 576i is OVERKILL!!! Besides, the editor I use for post-production is Lightworks' free version which is awesome except that it nerfs the export to 720p so, for me, it really doesn't make a difference. Ironically I had installed heaps more lighting recently to help with the webcam but after installing the Sony, I had to turn all but 2 off to get the best picture.

I have not been well enough to create content for quite some time and here is an informal chat-style update. I want to get my ideas down and contribute to the conversation but don't have the energy to do in-depth research and analysis these days so if someone is interested in helping with this, then please leave a relevant comment accordingly. KetoLinks reference at 7:45. The KetoLinks .pdf document can be downloaded from: https://garthclarkson.com/default_files/KetoLinks.pdf. "The Ketone Zone" chart used under fair use policy and is derived from a talk by Dr. Stephen Phinney on the Low Carb Down Under YouTube channel. Recorded in OBS Studio and post-production in Lightworks.