In today's video, we are going to talk about some interesting facts and myths about the Aegean cat. The Aegean is a natural cat breed cat, which means they developed without the need for human intervention. Fans of the breed recognize these felines as smart, energetic, and friendly companions. You can find these cats in shelters and breed specific rescues, so remember to always adopt. Don't shop if you're looking to add one of these cats to your home. The Aegean is a great family cat, with their social disposition credited to their history as one of the oldest ever domestic cat breeds around. They're brave and intelligent kitties who get on well with kids. Although, as the breed isn't afraid of water, it's not normally a great idea to adopt a cat of this breed if you have a fish tank at home. Here are some of the interesting facts about the Aegean cat, which will give you some further insight into its characteristics and temperament. 1. Aegean cat's history. The Aegean cat breed hails from the Greek islands of the Cyclades, which are situated in the Aegean Sea. It's speculated that originating so close to the sea is why these felines are not afraid of water. The breed's friendliness towards humans is also said to come from their upbringing, being around sailors and fishermen all the time. In Greece, the Aegean is a super popular cat breed, although it is rarer to come across them in other countries. Consider adoption if you decide this is the breed for you. 2. Aegean cat's size. The Aegean is a medium-sized cat. As is often the case with cat breeds, exact size standards might vary. Most male Aegean cats weigh in at 9 to 10 pounds and most female Aegeans are between 7 and 9 pounds. 3. Aegean cat's personality. The Aegean cat is one of the most friendly and sociable cat breeds around. They make great additions to any large family and will constantly look to seek out human interaction, whether that's to relax together during down times or for energetic play sessions. These athletic cats are also highly intelligent in many cases, Aegeans have been taught to perform tricks. While the Aegean has an independent streak, they do best in a bustling household where there's always activity going on that the cat can check out. This breed loves to be part of the action. The Aegean also has a love of being outdoors, so if you can provide a safely enclosed cardio, they'll very much appreciate it. Just be warned, due to Aegeans being part of a rare group of cats who enjoy the water, they might come to see any pet fish as an opportunity for a snack session. 4. Temperament of the Aegean cat. The Aegean cat is intelligent and is a very capable predator. Due to this, they are mostly used as pest controllers in rural areas. Although the Aegean cat has only very recently begun to be bred systematically, has been domesticated for many centuries, and thus has become adapted very well to humans. Loves fish much as it was naturally the main food for Aegean cats. Some wild cats were known to develop close friendships with fishermen and often seem to be waiting for the fishermen on the beach. Consequently, Aegean cats are not afraid of water due to their island origin. It is a social pet that tolerates living in an apartment rather well. It is intelligent, active and lively. Aegean cats' pets share a very good relationship with humans. They are very social and communicate well with others. Due to their lively nature, they can easily draw the attention of others. The Aegean cats are highly active and would play around with children, and even with other pets. These cats make great mouse catchers. 5. Aegean cats' health and wellness. Fortunately, this breed is generally healthy because they are not products of selective breeding so they may be less likely to carry genetic diseases. It does not have many known illnesses and conditions as other cats, being very convenient for owners who do not want to worry about long-term medical high costs. Annual exams, vaccinations, heartworm prevention, and flea and tick prevention are recommended. Initially make sure to dworm your cat and run basic blood tests as early diagnosis is always the best. Keep in mind that a good diet and regular exercise are always the best prevention. Being a pet, it is somewhat common for them to suffer some types of eye problems, diarrhea, and fleas. Allergic reactions are not common, but they may affect some people with cat allergies that come in contact with the Aegean cat breed. Be sure to consult a veterinarian of your choice for routine care and medical advice for your cat. Hello. This video is sponsored by Beemix Pets. Are you looking for high-quality cat collars at an affordable cost? Check out BeemixPets.com. Use coupon code KittenLife to get 20% off. 6. Taking care of your Aegean cat. The Aegean cat has a well-deserved reputation as a smart and athletic feline, so you'll need to ensure that the breed is always kept physically and mentally stimulated. Ideally, you will need to purchase a cat tree for your Aegean to interact with, and if you live in an environment with furniture that the cat can safely climb up and down, they will very much appreciate the opportunity to explore. Leaving smart toys and interactive treat dispensers around the home is also a great way to keep the Aegean mentally stimulated. Along with scheduling yearly wellness vet visits, your Aegean will need their nails checked on a regular basis. Ask your vet how best to do this if you're new to feline maintenance. You will also want to examine the cat's ears for signs of dirt building up or possible infection and clean them if needed. Also, make sure to speak to your regular vet about teeth brushing regimen for your Aegean cat. 7. Aegean cat's coat color and grooming. The main color of the Aegean's coat is white, and it usually has spots and markings in colors including black, gray and blue. The markings on the cat vary on an individual basis. The Aegean is relatively low maintenance when it comes to grooming, although their plush coat will get thicker in winter. Shedding is mostly moderate, and brushing the breed a couple of times a week should suffice. As with all breeds, keep a close eye out for any mats that might be starting to develop while you're grooming the cat. Remember, regular brushing will help keep the cat's coat clean and healthy. When it comes to climate, the Aegean is generally seen as an adaptable cat who can usually live happily in most climates. Just remember to always make sure adequate shade and freshwater is provided when the temperature spikes. 8. Aegean cat's nutritional and exercise needs. Diet is very important for cats for it will determine overall health. A healthy coat, teeth, body weight, and energy level will depend almost completely on what they are fed. Cats generally are carnivores, so fresh meat is always the best option. One of its primary food sources is fish, so be sure to provide it now and then. The amount fed depends on weight, activity, and age. The type of food depends on the owner but make sure to provide quality and enough water if dry kibble is your choice. If their food is can verify that only a few fillers are added. When cats are indoors most of the time, they might not get enough exercise. Despite this, Aegean cats are active. Cats have an evolutionary advantage of having a fast metabolism that works even when they are lying down. Anyway, it's good to engage your cats in some type of daily activity to help maintain healthy body weight and keep muscles strong and lean. This benefits the mind as well, keeping it alert and active. Exercise is also a fun way and a good opportunity for you to bond with your pet. 9. Aegean cat's to children and other pets. The Aegean cat is wonderful with children. This cat will quickly form loving bonds with the kids in your home. Just be sure that early socialization takes place and boundaries are properly set on both sides, and supervise early interactions between kids and cats. When it comes to other household pets, the Aegean is also usually fine around other domestic animals. Although, as mentioned earlier, this is not a cat to leave unsupervised around fish or other water-based pets. Early socialization really pays off with this breed. Make sure to reward your Aegean for good behavior and adhere to a proper training regime when you bring them home to your family. 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We are backstage here at Vantastaville with MPS Ghost 2 and the Harrah's flowers that's gonna sit up. Yes. This is the first time I've heard of it. The first time I've heard of it. This is the first time I've heard of MPS Ghost 2. Very good. So Lads, what do you think of Vantastaville? It's good. It's good? It's good. Yeah. And there's a chance to explore Madera. Well, we've been here for a long time and we've been here for a long time. We've been here for a long time and we've been here for a long time. How many flowers do you have? You want to have a lot of flowers. I have a lot of flowers. You're slow, you have to look at the flowers. The flowers are beautiful. Vantastaville kicks off the summer, let's say it's the first festival in the summer. Have you many festivals lined up to play? We do, we do. Well, we have one anyway in Sligo and then we've won in the Lake District across the Irish Sea. Far away place. Kesswick, Lake District in Cumbria. Apparently it's very beautiful. Lovely, okay, okay. So we're over there at mid-May and then as Liam said, Sligo. Well, Cullooney just outside Sligo on the 31st of May. Nice, okay. Rock in the Green Festival. Okay, we must check that out. And have you any stuff coming out, lads, or any new material on the way or anything like that? We've been thinking and talking and dreaming about it and trying to figure out that one for a couple of years now. Every time we read, we're like, we've got to do this, we've got to, you know, so it's definitely going to happen. I don't think we know exactly when yet. Yeah. But I think when we get into the studio, it's going to be great. Magical happen. It's going to be great. What's the record you held on? Ten years ago. Oh, so you've all this pent-up music from ten years. It's going to explode. Yeah, there's been a lot. And we've had a couple of other players come through the band as well. We've generated a lot of energy. Yeah. There's a lot to just record, literally, as a record of our time. Because there's still a sense of unfinished business creatively. And it's a great feeling. It is a room to move, nearly. Yeah, definitely. Yeah. So you're up here on the main stage in about an hour's time or so. What kind of set-up plan will we make to go and get a barrel of that kind of stuff? There'll be definitely a bit of go and get a bit of barrel of that. There's no plan at all. There never is, really. Yeah. We sometimes decide what we might play first. Take it further. Sometimes we don't. And how do you find, you were saying that you don't play that often together. How do you find coming back together? Is it easy? Did you just mesh together straight away? Yeah, it's fabulous. It's funny, though. I was talking about it. And it's like, I love bands, you know. If a band puts out something great, I'm interested. If they're celebrating their 13th birthday, well, congratulations. Well done and everything. But I'm not going to, like, put up, you know, I'm good at that gig because it's their 30th anniversary. They might die. Give me something good, and I'll buy it. So I'm kind of interested in that. But if anyone wants to, like, really, you know, sponsor us because we're 30 years old, that's all good. I'll definitely smile for the camera for that one. So you do a lot of solo stuff. Yeah. How do you find it solo compared to the band you prefer? You said you like playing with bands there, which... Yeah. Well, it's basically... One feeds the other for me a big time. I play solo sometimes. Sometimes I play with Thiefness, sometimes I play with Peter, sometimes I play with... I just... Yeah, the solo thing allows... It just allows dramatic mood changes... Yeah. ...to come to happen, you know. Okay. I like working that way, and I like being on the title great of me. And it strengthens my chops as well. So I feel like I'm a better part of the band when I come back to the band. Okay, yeah. That's a good way of looking at it. So, yeah, we're delighted to hear that you have stuff in the pipeline that you're hungry for more music, and we hope to hear a new record from Elad soon. So thanks a million, guys. It was the hottest flowers here backstage, and MPS's goes to last interview at Fantastical. So thanks a million. That was it.


Okay, so let's do this molecule here, ICL3. So what we say about this molecule already, ICL3, is that normal valence, ICL3? No, it's what? Expanded valence. Right? And which one of those atoms is the central atom, the iodine, and how do we know? This is the biggest one, okay? So we should expect it to be something like, let's just draw it like that, okay? So we've got something like that, but we've got ICL3, right? So CL in this case does not expand its valence, hopefully everybody notices that, okay? So I'm going to draw those other two CLs in a weird place. So this one, hopefully you guys would expect to have formed that bond like that, okay? So that one makes sense, but because iodine has expanded its valence, and remember, what do we need in order to form a bond? We need a half-filled orbital, right? So what happens is this orbital that's filled, if you will, kind of splits up and becomes two half-filled orbitals, okay? So when that happens, we get something like that, okay? Does everybody see that? So now, hopefully you see, we've got one, two, three bonds being formed. One, two lone pairs still around, okay? Does everybody see that? Any questions about that? Okay, so let's draw it. These are wedged and hashed bonds, okay? Well, not bonds, but in the lone pairs, okay? So if we look over here, I know we have this diagram, which you won't have during the exam or anything, so you have to remember. So how many, oh, sorry, I'm erasing that. How many electron groups does this iodine have around it? Five, right? So we're going to write number of electron groups. So this side wants you guys to do it, okay? So you've got to do these baby steps, okay? So five electron groups. So what is the electronic geometry then? Trigonal bipyramidal, why? Because that has the five electron groups around it, okay? Okay, so we only have three atoms around the central atom, right? So there's not five atoms, so it's not trigonal bipyramidal molecular geometry, but instead, it's T-shape. So again, you've got to go with, well, five electron groups and it must be trigonal. But since we've got only number of atoms, it's three, it must be T-shape. Is everybody okay with this analysis? So this is what you have to do for everyone, okay? Are there any questions about this one? This one's much harder, I think, than the ones that do the octet rule, you know? But honestly, I don't think it's something that's out of your realm of possibilities, okay? Yeah? But that should be the Lewis structure or the Lewis? So in this case, again, the molecular and the Lewis structure are the same. Because you've got to remember that this lone pair here is coming out towards us like this. And this lone pair is actually kind of going back away from us if you want to think about it that way, okay? So I think it's easier to see in this kind of diagram that the computer drew. But you're going to have to write things like this. You're going to have to write things like this, you know, on the page. But when you are drawing your lone pairs, you don't usually put a wedge or a dash or anything like that. So in actuality, drawing something like this and drawing something like this would be equivalent structures, if that makes sense, okay? And this, yes, would be the same as the Lewis structure as well, okay? This is a good question. Any other questions on this? So what are the angles? What would you expect them to be? So these two are on the equator there, okay? So this angle, what would you expect that to be? About 90 degrees. So look here, right, 90, 90. And if we had atoms here, we would expect around that equator to be 120, 120, and 120. So those are the bond angles for something that's a trigonal bipyramidal, it's 90 and 120, okay? So that's another good question, but this one doesn't have the 120 bond angles. Okay, oh, I guess it does have this one though, which is 180. Any other questions about this? Okay, like I said, I have, I think at least a dozen other expanded valence videos. Please watch them at your leisure to understand any ones that you don't understand, okay?


Hello, everyone. We're going to wait a little bit to have more attendees join us, and then we're going to officially start the event by welcoming everyone. All right. Hello, everyone, I would like to start by saying we respectfully acknowledge that the University of Arizona is on the land and territories of the old and the yaki peoples who have stewarded this land since time and Memorial. Hello and welcome everyone. My name is up in a while drew plenty and I am an assistant professor with the Department of German studies here at the University of Arizona. I'm happy and excited to welcome all of you to the second and last campus weeks virtual events. This week, which is a conversation about anti black racism in US American contexts. And I would like to start by introducing our conversational lists for today. Dr Gloria J Wilson is the co founder and director of Brazil justice studio and assistant professor of art and visual call visual culture education at the University of Arizona. And artists public scholar and qualitative arts based methodologist. She has presented her research nationally and internationally. Her current research work is situated within black studies cultural studies and critical public pedagogy. She studies power situated in North American based cultural texts, which have produced race and racism in general and more specifically examine the representations of race across creative modalities, and how these practices and processes work to reinscribe and refuse hegemonic systems. She's been the recipient of a Fulbright award to study in Tokyo, Oghizaka, Japan and has also been an invited artists speaker for Spellman colleges Museum of Art black box series. She is recognized for her work and facilitating anti racism workshops and museums and community spaces across the US. Her current art making practices are grounded in critical arts based inquiry and methodologies and include like a damp include the black academic project and forthcoming art installation dedicated to honoring the Senate of the Clotilda survivors in Africa town, Mobile, Alabama.  She's the department head of gender and women's studies at the University and Arizona, and is an associate professor of English. She is a formerly affiliated faculty member of Africana studies teaching learning and social cultural studies and the LGBT Institute. She has received a dual PhD in curriculum and instruction and women's studies from the Pennsylvania State University in 2011. A former high school and middle middle grades public school teacher Stephanie is a scholar activist who has been recognized across a variety of community and campus spaces for a mentorship student advocacy and social justice leadership. She's the recipient of UA links awards, the study affairs faculty impact award, and the Dr Maria Teresa vales outstanding mentor award. Dr Troutman Robbins is the former director of two outreach project between the University of Arizona and Tucson schools wildcat writers and the Southern Arizona writing project. These partnership programs serve as local community serve the local community by focusing on title one schools and providing them with opportunities for professional development, academic resources and program programming rooted in diversity equity and inclusion and writing her research interests include literacies focused on social justice feminist pedagogy critical race theory film studies, black feminist theories, schooling, identities and education. The co author of the 2018 book narratives of family asset community gifts and cultural endowments reimagining the invisible knapsack, and the co order of two part of the two part and encyclopedia race and ethnicity and US television published earlier Her research has been published in the Journal of girlhood studies, the Journal of race, ethnicity and education meridians feminism race and transnationalism taboo the Journal of cultural and education, and in the Journal of literacy and show social responsibility. Please everyone join me in welcoming Dr Stratman Robbins and Wilson. Thank you so much for that wonderful and detailed introduction. I'm happy to be here today with my colleague, Gloria Wilson, as we get ready to have this discussion about anti black racism anti blackness in the Academy. Gloria and I actually both share background in public schools and in teaching. And so I think, you know, probably just jump right in and I bring that up to just to sort of foreground that you know a lot of the, I don't know about you Gloria but for me, a lot of the issues that I encountered as a public school teacher as a black public school teacher, you know, I kind of assumed that those things would be different in higher ed. And I don't, you know, the, the more time goes on and I reflect on these different experiences of schooling.  You know, it, it's a little bit disheartening for me that we are not further along in some ways. And so I wonder, you know, just kind of opening with that, you know, what your experiences have been if you kind of feel the same about that. Sure. Yeah, so happy to be here. Thank you so much for the wonderful introductions. Stephanie it's good to be with you today to continue conversations that you know we've had even away from campus life and so I just appreciate having this space to sort of bring this topic to the for.  And so this is really making me think about those moments prior to coming, even coming into the professional space space of higher ed. That you experience micro and macro aggressions and so this is making me think about teaching in a high school in Mobile, Alabama and so I have to say that my father is black American he is from Alabama he was in the military. And I was in just approaching high school when he retired in Mobile so we had lived, you know, overseas, we lived in Washington State we had lived in South Carolina and I think you're right some of my most watershed moments came when my dad retired and he retired very specifically in Mobile, Alabama and we know that there's lots of history in Alabama Montgomery Birmingham. And so I remember my first year teaching at this predominantly white high school. And prior to that I had taught in a predominantly black middle school and so this was just, you know, an entire shift, not only in racial demographics but also culturally. It was a very rural area in Mobile, and I remember one of the first visualizations that I saw on campus was the Confederate flag, being represented in students wearing belt buckles and hats and t shirts license plates, all trimmed in, you know, confederacy. And so that very first week of school, my window was blown out the driver side window. And it was planning period, and so it was early in the morning, you know it's fall and it's not very hot early in the morning and I remember calling my father first of all because I was, I was upset, and then he told me well you know maybe you just want to report it. And I reported it and here comes the sheriff. The sheriff comes and the first thing he says to me is that son sure is something else isn't it. So he was indicating, at least in my interpretation that it was the heat that had blown out my window but nobody else's. Nobody else is in the parking lot, you know and that was my first sort of, you know moment of understanding.  You know it's interesting to there's a, there's another there's a connection which I don't think I realized before which my dad's also a southern black man he's retired military retired law enforcement in Georgia. And so you know there's this interesting piece that's about very much about geography right and and location and I think being in the south. You know, one of the things I've learned I guess, as we're reflecting is that you know anti blackness is really everywhere. So, I guess, maybe in the south when you're there geographically, you expect it in a certain way, because of the history of the United States, but I think that there's also right ways in which you don't think these other more progressive spaces are going to have the same level of right of racism and then you find out that they do, especially if we're talking about higher ed and just especially reflecting on incidents of the last couple years with police violence in certain metropolitan and you know other kinds of areas and so I think you know, it's really hard because in some ways, again you can anticipate the racism in some of these places even though it's still unpleasant. And I think for me, I didn't, you know, I didn't anticipate it in the academy in the way that I encountered it and I, you know, my first job in higher ed was also was in a predominantly black.  It wasn't as much of an issue. But then moving into more predominantly white institutions and spaces, you know, it definitely came up and I think I was very naive I think you know, I didn't, as I said, I didn't expect it. Right. And so, because I wasn't expecting it I wasn't well prepared for it. And I think that that's one of the things that, if anything, I hope that, you know, younger scholars and graduate students will hear that it is alive and well in the academy unfortunately while there are programs and different, you know, mechanisms in place to try to combat it, that it's, it's very much here, and they have to be prepared right because, again, I think if you're not prepared, you're, you know, you're kind of behind in being able to have mechanisms in place for support or for community or to like push back or deal with it right and so I think that, you know, for me, understanding that yeah you know academia is not this liberal bastion of like multicultural misfits who are all going to, you know, who are here because, you know, they're committed to some of the same, the same things you know and I think some that's been an interesting lesson that I continue to learn in higher ed. Yeah, I agree. The being naive part, you know, and then sort of being startled out of your naivete, you know, trying to do the mental gymnastics about what is happening to you at the time, you know, and this is reminding me you mentioned students and sort of what that experience might be like.  And just even recalling my own graduate experience and having a professor who needed to needed to support me in articulating that I was studying black people. And she felt the need to support me in that and this was a white professor, because I was hesitant to articulate that out loud, because of a program that I was in that had silenced me in many ways. So, it's just interesting how, how these things happen.   And I think about how, you know, a lot of I think a lot of black folks experience black graduate students experience this sort of this tenetiveness or a hesitancy to name that they want to study, you know, black life or some or other aspects of like African American identity or African diaspora culture, anything like that, because we already know right there's already this, this knowledge that we're going to be thought of as less serious scholars that we're going to be you know, vanity projects, or, you know, like navel gazing or self interested, you know, identity based work that's not going to be as rigorous that's not going to, you know, it's not going to fit these paradigms for what is considered, you know, quality scholarship. And it's one of those things that I think white grad students and faculty really never have to think about or contend with, and you know, because if they're doing work on, you know, white or European populations well that's the assumption, right, the assumption is that that's the work you're doing. So you don't have to explain that or second guess it or think about it.    You know, we don't, we don't get the benefit of the doubt in that regard, and we actually get more of a negative kind of reaction and pushback around, around that. And I think, you know, in keeping with sort of the line of reasoning or line of discussion around graduate students. I know that one of the things that happened at Penn State where I was a grad student. You know, I was getting my hair done by this African woman whose husband was a postdoc, and she was telling me that during the orientation for the African postdocs. They were told not to, not to be friend black Americans, that they should not be, you know, getting too involved with African American students in particular because I guess she had mentioned that somebody in the group.  You know how does that work how could we reach out and find out more information about that at which point they were like oh that's just for black Americans like you don't want to be in that group. And so there is this, you know, here's this group on campus that is a staple of the campus that's like a community of support that is funded and promoted, you know, by different entities on campus and you have, you know, people still viewing that in a negative way and still and you know, advising African students not to engage in that space don't participate there because you'll be seen as a disruptor or don't participate there because, you know, the black, the black American community on campus is is remedial right like so that's like a space for them so that they can get, you know, support to do this work that you don't need because you're, you know, not coming from within this context. You don't have the same issues right. And so I think that was another really like wow kind of moment for me I just wasn't, you know, expecting that.  You know, I think about, you know, the extra work that it takes in order to undo, you know, these assumptions, right and so often the lots of these narratives are not true, you know, and particularly as it relates to communities. Communities of black people right so this this is starting to make me think of you know about the systemic nature of anti blackness and how these can be internalized by anyone. You know, and so I remember hearing these narratives. Myself, you know, just the fissures that or that create fissures across black, the black diaspora, you know, and, and so if if if we don't do the work to push beyond the narratives that were told. The question becomes, you know, how do we then internalize these negative messages as well, and to even extend into extend into extend the culture that we're talking about so within higher ed spaces. I recall an instance where I was questioned about where I thought that my work was going to be published. So the suggestion was, glory you might want to think about whether or not you want a tenure track job beyond graduate school. That might mean for you studying the subject matter that you're studying so race and specifically black people and which journals will accept your work. And so talk about a message, you know, that one has to do this mental gymnastics around I remember the moment that I needed to decide whether I was going to push through and do the work that I was really interested in, which is the message that I was being warned about. Right. Or whether I was, I was just going to take the safer route and study something like creativity, which is what my peers in my program, we're studying, you know, we're just going to study creativity, you know. Again, we get these, these messages that we have to really tease through and ask ourselves if, if that is true, and I will say that, you know, I did make make the decision to study black teachers, you know, black high school art teachers. And I have not had any trouble having my work published in the journals that I decided. And so it again, you know, sometimes it, we have to do a little bit of extra thinking about these things, you know, to ask ourselves particularly as it relates to, you know, black communities in the diaspora, if we're going to internalize these, you know, sort of warnings and be fearful about pursuing the work that we're really interested in doing with our communities. You know, I think, and this is such a really important and valuable point because it happens so often. Right.  I'm just saying you talk about the mental gymnastics and like these sort of subtle right hints or warnings right. And so I think, you know, all of that, you know, think about how much labor that creates right how much emotional visible labor on top of already being in grad school where it's stressful, where you're one of, you're just one sometimes right like I.  And this is, you know, this is evidence, right of the anti black racism that continues in the spaces just the low number of us right and so it's this very, it becomes very taxing and very like, you know, stressful.  And but, you know, but then her proposal came in and it just said nothing about this. And, you know, I, I'm not really sure what to do because it seemed clear from our conversations and other work that was turned in it that she was going in this particular direction and now all of a sudden, it's just going to be about, you know, teachers in general, or it's just going to be about, you know, this this other group of people. They're confused and I have to have the conversation like you're just saying right now, where I have to tell that person well that's because that person doesn't feel authorized to continue for their real project for their serious dissertation research in that field. Right. It's safer to maybe explore exam and some of these things in course papers or in other projects, but they feel like they cannot advance that research agenda.  They want permission from their advisor or whomever to say like no you, you can do this and you should do this because this is what you're interested in this is what you're passionate about, and your contribution is valuable. And so then you get into this space of like the white professor advisor who's like uncomfortable with having to even have that conversation and not knowing how to have it which is why they have come to me to say like hey this happened when I did it what I do. And then when I tell them the answer. They're like, Oh, then it puts them in a position to have to sort of like think about this hierarchy to think about the history of what we're doing and and how the, you know how the Academy came to exist right who's been excluded, etc, etc. And then they're in sort of the uncomfortable position of having to authorize or, you know, give grant permission. And I'm like, look, don't. I mean, yes, that's what it is but also think of it as that you're supporting that person, right. Instead of like, Oh, I have to give permission well you're in the position of being the person's advisor, so you have to give permission and, but like let's not dwell on that let's think about the fact that by doing this, you're taking us off the person, you're helping them get closer to their true interest, and you're offering your support as they continue in this way what you're really doing is committing that hey, I'm going to support you. Why you do this work it's not you know just that Oh I think you should do it but I'm actually going to support you and help you find the journals and help you, you know combat. You know, the, any racism or imposter syndrome or other things that come your way in relation to this research trajectory. And I think that that, you know, is, is, is really valuable. It's really important. Absolutely. So I'll pause quickly just to remind folks to please use the q&a box as we're talking we're just kind of having trying to have more of an organic discussion here and so things that you're interested in or, you know, we might not get to but go ahead and put it in the q&a and we're happy to answer that we're going to save some time at the end. So yeah, just a reminder on that logistic. Yeah, so going back to that sort of idea of, you know, supporting students and recognizing this additional labor right and you know realizing that it's already stressful to be a grad student but then when you add, you know racism to it. There's there's even more. There's even more pressure. There's even more challenges. And I don't think and I mean the micro aggressions are just endless. And so that's, that's one of the things that I, you know, you just never get used to it at least I never get used to it and so I, you know, even coming here, it's been, it's been interesting I've gone to events where I on campus where I'm the only black person there. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, I don't get used to them. I mean because you know that's the, you know, that's sort of the the sometimes latent nature of the that violence, you know, because it adds up and it comes out of nowhere, you know, and it's not always intentional, you know, there are folks that, you know, I guess and it's often how a microgression, you know, was sometimes defined as that it's sometimes unintentional but when when you've experienced just a lot of them, it adds up and it could, you know, also impact us in the ways that we go inward, you know, and maybe want to check out particularly if we are the only one in our program. And I think it speaks to what you mentioned earlier is having the support and locating those communities of support, not only as a minoritized student, you know, racially minoritized individual.  And who is also having a very particular type of experience that you know who in the community, the university community, you can contact or put that student in contact with so that it is a supportive part of their experience. Yeah, it's more than just paying the lip service to say that one is an ally for a racially minoritized person, you know, I think Bettina Love articulates it beautifully when she calls, you know, calls these humans co-conspirators. I think of Brie Newsom and her scaling the pole to bring down that flag and I can't ever think of the other person that was a co-conspirator with her, it was a white man. Yeah, and he put his hand on the flagpole, the metal flagpole, you know, sort of in protection of her body as this officer was standing there with a taser.  I completely agree. And I think one of the things too that I've become frustrated with over time because I get asked to do a lot of anti-blackness, anti-racist work. And one of the things that frustrates me, you know, and I've had to say to some units, well, you probably wouldn't have to call me to come here if you had more black people in your unit or if you were building better relationships, if you were outside your unit with other units in the college or with people in the community, then you could have different conversations. Then you could, you know, not, you would have options, right? Because other people are, first of all, there are other people that exist here. So you need to do a better job of knowing who's here. Number one, and number two, like the community, again, is important and you should be looking there as well, but also thirdly, like you need to cultivate black faculty and staff through a pipeline, through an initiative, through, you know, recruitment and retention measures. Like that needs to happen actively. And I know that, you know, certain colleges in the past are really trying to do a hard push for more black faculty or for more faculty of color in being very clear about like, okay, you know, any units who get approved to hire, we want you to know we're prioritizing diversity. And we've actually had, you know, white colleagues on this campus respond to that call for diversity or that prioritization of diversity by saying, so you're telling us we can't hire the best person. Instead of like, and so instead of looking at it as an opportunity, right, they're looking at it as prohibitive, because the best person in their mind is white, is not diverse. And now, since you said diversity, we can't hire who we want. You can't hire the best person when really what it is, is you can't hire who you'd be most likely to hire per se, right, like, and so I just, I find that, you know, really troubling, especially when it comes from, you know, unit leaders or department chairs who are in all white departments, which there are some here at the University of Arizona in 2021. Not some but many.  And so I just think like, you know, when people say, oh, it's not racist, it's like, but it is right, it's just maybe not this somebody's not smashing your window in. Right, absolutely. But it's just as harmful. Absolutely. Well, this, you know, it speaks directly to what, whose knowledge and what types of knowledge are valued.  And so we have lots of conversations in my classrooms, you know, about about the precarity of these types of methods in relation to what is more often privileged which is quant, you know, and statistics and it's not to do away with that but it's the fact that these other forms can be in conversation with quant, you know, you've got the numbers but there are stories with the numbers. And also, you know, when I think about ways of thinking about what constitutes data, you know, there are communities for which knowledge resides in orality. In storytelling, you know, and so when we're thinking about hiring people, or when we're thinking about inviting, you know, folks to contribute to a larger conversation, how are we thinking about what constitutes knowledge, you know, and that being, that being part of the ecosystem of racism, you know, when we're not considering forms of knowledge beyond the status quo as valued and valuable. Then we're really getting to, you know, sort of these more subtle forms that folks would not consider as part of a racist practice. Absolutely.  And so I think, you know, we, these are all forms that like anti-racism and anti-blackness take, and I think, you know, one of the more, and I think there's, you know, there are some really blatant ways, but then there again, there are these other ways in which, you know, I think some of it is hard because I don't, I would say that in some cases folks don't even know that they're perpetuating, you know, these issues. They're like thinking about, you know, for example, I feel that a lot of times black faculty, like some of the needs that we have, right, we're seen as being, we have to self-advocate a lot. So that's the other thing. I just will put that out there. We have to self-advocate a lot and a lot more than other people do. I know that most of the black faculty who I know, you know, have had either issues with retention or issues with getting things that they were told that they could get or have or were even promised in writing, like having to go back and find it, right, and produce receipts to hold people accountable for things that were standard that they were supposed to be getting, right. I know black folks struggle more with, you know, spousal hire, just different issues that I think, you know, a lot of our white colleagues don't deal with and don't know about either, right. And so I just, you know, when people want to say that they're an ally, it's like, you know, I need to know what you're doing, you know, beyond you have the black lives matter sticker on your water bottle. I need to know what you're doing to sort of speak up on behalf of racist things that are happening to your students or to faculty colleagues, right, or within, you know, your unit. And I think, you know, one of the things that was very appalling, you know, is to also know like we know the numbers and the numbers let us know that black women, you know, take longer to get promoted and tenured. And that not many of us even attain the rank of full professor. And in part, it's due to I think racial battle fatigue, the micro aggressions, the additional service and labor that goes into educating our white peers, and to dealing with white students, and to helping support the black and other marginalized students right it's like, so many layers, and then to only for us to do all that work, and then come to have our portfolio or our dossier come before committee that then attacks us for working on black people, and attacks us for not you know as much, which is not always the case, but sometimes, or in certain spaces right, like doing these really racist gatekeeping practices that have to be disrupted. And so, you know, the, the only way those things can be disrupted is by more of us like becoming associate professors with tenure becoming full professors and being in those spaces, but also white colleagues who call themselves allies, and the responsibility to step in and say, no, you know, I'm sorry but when you know so and so and up for tenure they have the exact same profile. And I've sat, you know, in different on different committees for 30 review and other things where you know the white candidate is a superstar, and they're amazing. You know, the person a color candidate with similar background and doing other and doing interesting and valuable work. It's just not even that person is seen as doing what they're supposed to do. And I'm like, but wait a minute. This person also did this this and this and if we're going to nominate this person for a president's early career award. Why are we not nominating this person as well. You know, and it's just, you know, you're the only one in the space though and then, and then you have to and even for me I find that I have to have a white person cosine. Once I raise it, if I'm the only one, I have to look around and hope that there's going to be an ally who's going to stand up and be like, oh I agree with Stephanie or like actually Stephanie that's a good point. I mentioned that because yeah we could write like promote both of these, these scholars or support them both in this way. And so I just think you know the anti blackness. In some ways it's really visible in our in our numbers, and you know in how we show up, but then in other ways there are these very systemic and ingrained kind of beliefs and practices that people don't don't stop to question. Absolutely.  If you are the only one in your department in your program. The question becomes, do I speak up, you know, and if I speak up, do I make enemies by speaking up it's all of these, these things that metal gymnastics again. Absolutely, but you have to, you know, consider how you, how you navigate the space, you know, in hopes that you've come into an environment where like you said that there is at least one, you know person that can really, you know what it is that that you're having ideas about or challenges with. Yeah, there's so much Stephanie right. There's so much I mean the more I think about it I'm just like, we're just basically scratching the surface I know we're almost at the end of our time before we transition to q&a but there really is so much and I, I tell people all the time that you know I go to therapy and and the time is spent right with like it's 5050 between like my childhood and my job and being an academic right like these are the things that I'm constantly working through that are sort of you know just life long you know, because it's, it is, it is ongoing, it's not, there's not really an end point, you know, and there have been times maybe where I've had a sustained period where I haven't encountered any microaggression or any racism, and then, you know, you get a little bit comfortable and then it happens again, you know, and, you know, we haven't even begun to talk about, you know, the way that black folks are, you know, treated in teaching evaluations and the way that plays a role in promotion and tenure practices. You know, we have those colleagues who, you know are overtly unsupportive or, or just racist right and, you know, who won't won't have discussions, unwilling to have even, you know, talk about certain aspects of, of race, and now showing up in the department or the program or the curriculum. I mean there are many, many things that we will not get to cover today, but I, I'm really appreciative of this sort of this opportunity just to connect with you on this Gloria for us to talk about it. I always like being invited. But yeah, I'm happy to open it to, you know, conversation or questions. Yeah, same, same. And if I might, I'll offer a resource that, you know, both sadly and gladly, I came to as a graduate student and then returned to this resource. After I graduated and would, you know, sort of use it to inspire work and I'm sure Stephanie and probably others in the room have seen this book.  And so I've dropped it in the chat. So interesting that you pulled this book, Gloria, because this book was actually given to us at Penn State through the, they have, you know, they had support for black and underrepresented, you know, graduate students and so we have certain professional development and support that was available to us. And one of the things that they gave us was this book right away. And so it was definitely one that's super helpful. There are many other resources out there. I would say that probably one of the most effective acts of allyship that I had a white colleague do for me. When I was at Appalachian State University, which is one of the top 10 whitest schools in the country. It's in the mountains of North Carolina and that's where I was before I came here. And what I tell people all the time is that you just don't know where the good allyship is going to show up actually, and in that environment, I had amazing white colleagues. And so even though I was the only one, they were super vigilant about their commitment to anti racism. And so they were not I mean, even before I could ask for support, they were there providing support. And so this and so now we've organized and we're showing up, and we're writing a letter, you know, to our department chair, or we're being you know pro pro actively advocating, you know, in this way or that way. And they just were there with it and one of the really effective things that one of my colleagues did was he he did he led a group.  Another really great book that looks at you know, anti blackness in the academy racism that you know scholars of color face.  You know, that they would could become aware of their behaviors, and, and their biases, and so that he can give really direct approaches and examples, not only what they were doing. But he had like sat in different, you know, faculty meetings in different spaces like took notes of things that people said and did, and then connected it directly, so that they couldn't escape right. Well, you know, we're talking about this because it happened in the book but Jim, I remember you said this on this day at the meeting and like just really call folks out.    And she's like so there's never a good time. And so we have to understand that like, regardless of the tenure scenario that there's always going to be some obstacle or barrier or challenge that tries to silence us, and we have to transcend that. Absolutely. And, you know, I think we've been, we've been saying it in many ways, all along that one there's work involved from everybody, whether it's finding your communities of support, you know, whoever you are, you know so if you're a student finding other students finding, you know faculty that you can trust.    It really is. I mean, there are these color hierarchies in black and minority spaces, right, like so it's not just, I mean, again, it's it's about a proximity to whiteness and these other kind of, you know, political dimensions and identity pieces.   So we do have a question about our thoughts on diversity at the inclusion committee approaches that are a favorite. They're a thing in the academy. They are very exciting. People are excited to use these mechanisms. But I find you know, I don't know, I think it's a mixed bag right on the one hand it's better than doing nothing. But at the same time I mean how many of these, you know, reports end up, you know, in somebody's desk drawer, or, you know, not being you know they come with recommendations and you get thanked for your service but the recommendations are never implemented. And then two years later, it's another diversity equity committee, doing the same work, you know replicating essentially the work that the last committee formation did that never got implemented. So I'm in this like cycle in action. And so I would just warn that, you know, anybody who see who decides to serve in this capacity or on these committees, you know, needs to really. First of all, understand that it's a big time commitment. So if you kind of show up in the room and you don't feel like the folks that you're working with are actually going to be committed to getting something done to passing an agenda or calling for accountability. Resign. And if you know in a best case scenario, you get the right people who all have, you know, particular kind of energy, and a particular level of, you know, power and commitment, and then the committee can actually sometimes move the needle on certain things. But I think, you know, it's complicated because there are so many moving parts and there are a lot of there's a lot of turnover and shifting.  Yeah, I think it says, you know, it says, it says something that that we have to have this in the first place, right so that speaks to, you know, the ever present concerns of each of these areas, you know, and and also brings to question how people are defining these things like how, you know, we know that there's no silver bullet approach because racism is endemic. It is not trendy. It is time less, you know, I've heard lots of, you know, folks that say oh this is so timely. Like, well, no, no. This is time less, you know, we, we could have had this same conversation 60 years ago, 80 years ago, 10 years ago, you know, and so I have to ask what is it that we think we're doing when we bring these sorts of committees together. And if we're not attempting to have the structural conversation about how these structures were designed very specifically and what are the methods to undoing and interrupting these very, you know, endemic and structural frameworks.  And then I just felt like, you know, once so and so brought up to like it just wasn't going to, you know, wasn't going to go any further and it's like, but you need to persist. Right. And you need to insist. Right. And there's not a, there's not a point at which, you know, you withdraw when you're committed in a certain way and I think that that that's the thing it's like well no matter, you know what this other person said about this candidate or whatever. It's, if you're trying to do anti racist work, you know, it's your job to continually disrupt, you know, this, this other narrative or discourse that's happening in a space I mean I really hate the conversation about, well fit this person just not a good fit, like fit is the gender in these academic spaces right it's like, well this candidate does you know has this to offer and this candidate has this to offer and you go back and forth back and forth. And what ends up happening is you say well these are both excellent candidates was black ones white they're both great. We actually need them both, but we can only have one. And then people say, well, I just think, and there's a better fit than Chantay right like, and that and then that's it then everybody's just like, you know, and so I feel like you know, it's my job since I have tenure and other folks right who are committed to some kind of privilege, whether that's race or rank or whatever. It's our job to say, but why. Why is this this white woman a better fit. Right. If we have a determined that they have equal qualifications and credentials and they're both phenomenal. And why is this person a better fit, what makes them a better fit. You know, and we have to push for that conversation. Like you said, it requires discomfort, it requires vigilance. And, you know, I think there are there are a lot of you know white folks who are not willing to to get to that level right. And those folks I say well every day we have to be at that hyper vigilant level as black scholars as black women in the Academy and like dealing with and deflecting and processing microaggressions, racist colleagues, you know, all of all of the things. So if we have to go through that and you want to call yourself an ally, then you need to be okay with pushing through with some of these, you know, questions or tactics strategies right in these other settings and spaces. I mean, I know we're short on time there was a last question about how academic units can better support black graduate students who are experiencing micro and macro aggressions. What are you, what are your thoughts on that lawyer I want you to have the final Wow, yeah. So wow, you know when we talk about structures.  If you are the only one what is going to encourage you to stay and if you have no sense of who else what other black students, you know are in the community again it goes back to, you know, who, who, who are the resources on campus on campus the human resources that students can be connected with. And what messages are students receiving, you know, I think this ties really well into everything that we've been talking about, you know, is the is the students research considered valuable. You know, is their method considered valuable. How can, how can those who want to be allies or co conspirators reimagine what these students already bring with them, and it might require reimagining the culture of a field or a discipline. I have friends who, you know, I was in grad school with who were parts of different programs, and it required selecting a committee member who may happen to be in a position of power whether it be through tenure, or whether it be through their skin privilege, that they could support that student in their, in their defense of their research proposal, you know, to sort of check the other committee members that may not have supported them otherwise so there's so many different. I think points of entry that that we can interrupt sort of these anti, you know, these racist practices, you know, subconsciously these biases that we have, you know just to start undoing the harm. And then they do like even beyond that it's just like you know, check in. In the same way that you check in with other students, you know, like, you know you seem stressed. Are you good. I haven't heard from you in a while or you didn't, you know, you didn't show up at this event and I'm, you know, in the past you have been at these types of events I know she weren't here. Is everything all right, you know, like, just checking in and you know you don't have to assume that something's wrong but it's okay to check in and that that affirms that you notice right that that student is not there, or that you're wondering if they are struggling in some way in the program. I encourage people like some of it's not as hard right there are really difficult structural things but then there's also just sort of like the human engagement of like, you know, an ethics of care practice and ethics are, you know, especially for your students of color minoritized students, and also again like I was saying in the case of the two junior professors. When you're thinking about students that would be great for this award or this scholarship for this research opportunity. Make sure that you check that the students in that conversation are not all students who look the same, or who espoused one particular identity. Make sure that we're talking about all these other students, and I know that some people.  That's for me to figure out. You don't get to decide for me that my single parent status means I can't do this research or I can't be part of this opportunity. I might have a babysitter. I might have you know family who's willing to watch these kids you don't know. You know, and, and I've tried to take it upon myself to be that professor who especially when there's a student parent. I'm like we should consider so and so when people raise those concerns I tell them my own story of like wow I got overlooked because of assumptions and that. And if we know for a fact that that student doesn't have support as a single parent well what could we do to provide that support so that that student can have that opportunity. You know, I mean I think it really does require. A lot of, you know, a lot of commitment. Yeah, yeah, I think that's a beautiful way to, you know, sort of put a pause or put a pin. I mean because this conversation can go can go on forever. But, you know, like you said Stephanie I'm just glad to have the space to share with you know you to share with everyone on today to just sort of, you know crack open. A part only just, you know, just a teeny tiny. We've only scratched the surface here. Yeah, yeah. There will be more conversations and I hope folks will look for you know additional resources to continue to educate themselves and to grow. Thank you so much for inviting us. Thank you both so much for this really interesting conversation, bringing some really important points to the floor. And thank you everybody for your engagement. Thank you for your comments in the chat, really appreciated. Thank you also to campus weeks for sponsoring this event Department of German studies we really appreciate the time and and support financially that went into this also Thank you so much, Gloria Wilson and Stephanie trauma and Robbins, both professors at the University of Arizona we really appreciate it hearing your perspective and I'm taking the time to join us today. Thank you. Thank you everybody. Thank you all.


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So today we're continuing a series on questions and answers of asking questions of Jesus and having Jesus provide us with the answers I know that three weeks ago you heard a message about temptations last week was a message about Finances and today is going to be a message about the Holy Spirit So if you have your Bible, let's let's dive into the scripture where Jesus in John chapter 16 verse 7 He says the following nevertheless, I tell you the truth It is to your advantage that I go away for if I do not go away the helper will not come to you But if I depart I will send him to you So Jesus is telling his disciples who just got used to him. They have seen him perform miracles They have seen him. I mean Jesus has been a great example Jesus was like the big deal for them and toward the end of his ministry three and a half years Jesus looks at his disciple and says hey guys, just giving your heads up It's actually gonna be better if I'm going to leave now. I understand it's in red So it's Jesus's words and understand his prop. It's it's the truth a man But there's a lot of stuff in the Bible. That's the truth. You're reading and you're like, I'm not sure about that Because what's that's be real if Jesus would have been on earth right now? It would have been incredible If he would have been in Israel, I would be the first person buying the ticket Getting the local hotel over there and I would not be a Christian trying to get to Jesus I will cut corners. I will push people probably I would lose my Christianity and trying to get to Jesus And then once I get to Jesus, I will ask you for forgiveness, of course Right, we will all do that But think about this Jesus was on earth for three and a half years Most of the people who were religious never embraced him Actually crucified him What makes you think you wouldn't be those people? Since we're religious The people who were his followers For three and a half years, you would think their life would be changed Most of them the Bible says many of them got offended at him and left him The ones who didn't get offended denied him and one guy took his own life So having Jesus physically around us we saw the results Jesus actually is there's a fact that what Jesus is saying It's better that I leave because when the Holy Spirit will come in and we see the results of the coming of the Holy Spirit Book of Acts shows us that these cowards these offended people these religious people the Pharisees the Pharisees were being saved People who are his followers were being transformed to go from being cowards to being courageous Their life was being transformed and changed they shook the world upside down. None of them took their life They laid their life down for Christ There is power in the Holy Spirit somebody did some math and they came to this conclusion that if Jesus could physically minister 14 hours a day to people and 14 hours a day is a lot of work Some of us who work, you know 10 hours and four days a week. It's a lot of work 14 hours a day if he could see people for 60 seconds one person 60 seconds he would be able to see about 840 people in one day, but how many of you agree you need more than 60 seconds Because the problems you got with your wife is like you need six hours to explain why she's wrong why he's wrong the crazy kids What about the neighbors, you know, what about the other people the relatives the family members? We need more than 60 seconds So but let's just imagine you would have 60 seconds with Jesus if that would be possible if Jesus would have been on this earth You know that it would take Jesus two million years to see seven billion people For 60 seconds Jesus says it's better that I leave Because when the Holy Spirit will come in you can call him anytime for no reason Not for 60 seconds for six seven hours every single day if you want to he will always be available And he will use you he will impact you and Jesus said this works. I do He said when the Holy Spirit will come in there will be greater works Because they will not be done just through one person. They will be done through many people Today God is moving in this world. That's why Book of Acts doesn't have a man at the end Because the acts of the Holy Spirit are still continuing through you through me and through the church in this world Can somebody say a man? God is still moving God is still healing people God is still saving people God is still changing people God is still breaking the chains of people's lives God is still reconciling people God is still Resurrecting people and reconciling people can somebody say praise God And so right now we're gonna dive in and look at the example that Jesus left us of what it's like to walk with Holy Spirit What it's like to live with the Holy Spirit what it's because sometimes we can look at preachers pastors your own life and start to develop doctrine from our Experiences which is dangerous. We have to develop and derive our doctrine from the word of God and from the example of Jesus Jesus is the perfect theology Jesus is the standard not even David from the Bible not even Apostle Paul and Peter These guys are great. Their lifestyle is great. We imitate them as they imitate Christ, but Jesus is it Because somebody say amen, and so I want you to write down number one is that Jesus was born by the Holy Spirit Jesus was born by the Holy Spirit Jesus's birth was conceived Supernaturally by the Holy Spirit his birth was natural He was born naturally, but he was conceived Supernaturally by the Holy Spirit in Matthew chapter 1 verse 18 it says the following now the birth of Jesus Christ were as it's followed After his mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph before they came together She was found with the child of the Holy Spirit This may sound kind of crazy, but the Holy Spirit was Jesus's biological father He was his father The Holy Spirit was the one they gave Jesus that birth Now Jesus is not the only one who had Holy Spirit as his father when you got born again The Holy Spirit became your father Because we were born from the Holy Spirit Amen first time when we got born the Bible says that we were born with a sinful nature called flesh So on your first birthday the devil has given you a gift and you have opened that gift and been using ever since It's called the flesh The flesh is this bad thing within us that wants to do bad When you get born again when you get saved when you give your life to Jesus Christ When you surrender your evil ways to the Lord you put your faith in Jesus as your only way and the only salvation God the Father not only gives you a new heart not only he writes your name in the book of life Not only he gives you gift of righteousness not only he gives you adoption you become his child But God the Father gives you a gift at that moment called the Holy Spirit Not when you start speaking in tongues now when you get your act together Not when you stop cussing now when you stop smoking now when you stop sleeping around But the moment you get saved in that moment the Holy Spirit comes to live inside of you because somebody say amen And so now we have a problem as exciting as that is Because we got flesh with our first birth we got the Holy Spirit with our second birth We got a conflict inside Your salvation doesn't solve problems. It creates conflict Because before it was easy was just the flesh Now we have the flesh and the Holy Spirit You don't live a holy life because you have the Holy Spirit you have the Holy Spirit to have a Potential for a holy life, but it's yielding to the Holy Spirit that brings holiness Yielding to the Holy Spirit that brings victories it explains why many Christians still live defeated lives Even though they are genuinely born again because being genuinely born again doesn't give Holy Spirit Automatic control it gives him a Presence inside of you, but it's still your part to yield to the Holy Spirit or to yield to the flesh in my house You know I have my wife in my house. I sleep with my wife Praise be to God amen But there is there is one more Female that lives in our house and she helps us with the house She helps she runs a few teams in our church and we help her with that and she is a friend She is an acquaintance, but she is not my wife. I am not close to her. Hi, bye. How you doing? That's about it, but my wife I am close with I am intimate with I share my life with and that's kind of like how it is inside of you There's a flesh Who can be a roommate because you can get rid of your flesh you could have to constantly crucified it and then it gets Resurrected next day if your flesh doesn't disappear you can cast out your flesh It's always gonna be there as long as you leave you just have to learn not to be Intimate with your flesh, but you have to be close with the Holy Spirit and many of us We have the Holy Spirit as a roommate But the person we're really intimate with is the flesh and we think having a Christian bumper sticker Or going to a church or even passing a growth track or even speaking in tongues It automatically makes you victorious. Actually, who are you quote-unquote sleeping with who are you intimate with? Who are you close with will determine whether you will live a holy life or a sinful life? Having the Holy Spirit is great But when the Holy Spirit has you it's best Amen When you were born Physically you came with legs right away You were born with legs legs came as part of the package God the Creator gave you legs not as a reward For learning how to speak It was a gift But learning to walk with the legs you God took some time Some practice Patience falling and getting up right none of us walked out of our mother's womb None of us walked out of the hospital Walked out like what's up there good to see y'all. Let's get ready. What are we doing here? None of us did that we We were crawling for months. We were crawling. We had the legs. We had the potential They could carry us. I mean yes, they were little fragile little chunky and shabby But but they had the potential to carry us instead. We dragged our legs everywhere. They were they were there They were given to us But we didn't know how to walk in them until it took us some time and we were so lucky because we were Surrounded by people who learn how to use their legs because if we would be surrounded by our mom and dad who still crawled We will crawl all our life thinking that's normal See when you were born again, Holy Spirit is like legs God gave him as a gift Automatically but to walk in the Holy Spirit takes some time takes practice takes surrender Takes paying attention to the Holy Spirit takes acting on the prompting stakes Learning the scriptures and the best benefit is when you're surrounded with other people who walk in the Holy Spirit Because if you come to a church or you come to an environment where everyone has the Holy Spirit But they still crawl in flesh you will think that's normal Christian life And you will never take advantage of the gift of the Holy Spirit living inside of you Many of you you carry the Holy Spirit.  He had the legs They just didn't walk and That's why he was never in the temple. He was outside of the temple and he was not there praising God He was there begging But when Peter came Peter didn't give him legs He just gave him his hand and he says listen get up and the strength came into the legs He had and he's got inside and inside of the church. He wasn't begging though. He still had the same problems He still didn't have a job. He still needed money, but he was praising God.  He only has those that surrender So you can write this down. We get the Holy Spirit by salvation But the Holy Spirit gets us by surrender when we live surrendering to him instead of our flesh Holy Spirit begins to possess us in a positive way. He begins to lead us He begins to fill us and we begin to walk in him Christians have Holy Spirit as a doctrine You will have him as a friend Some people will have him as oh, I'm Pentecostal or I'm charismatic or I believe Holy Spirit is the third person of Trinity to you He said I live with him. I talked to him this morning He is my friend. I'm not belittling him as God But he was he came to live inside of us Not just to be big or mighty, but to be close. I believed in God who lives in heaven all my life But when I started to experience that the reality of the Holy Spirit I started to believe in God also who lives inside of me You can fellowship with Holy Spirit. You can talk to the Holy Spirit. You can have him lead your life You can have him carry the heaviness the burdens of your life instead of crawling in the Christian life And for that to happen. You really have to break this myth in your mind that Holy Spirit is It He is not it. He is a person Just because he's presented in the Bible as a wind the fire oil You know as a dove it doesn't make him those things Jesus is presented as a lion yet when I was singing today Jesus Jesus I wasn't thinking about Simba Jesus is presented as a lamb except one night today when I was worshiping God in my mind like I don't have association with the sheep I Don't have a four-legged animal in my mind I see like a man a Jewish man, you know prop blue eyes long beard I have association with the person because though Jesus has this symbols about who he is and his character We relate to him as a person, but when it comes to the Holy Spirit many of us when we think of the Holy Ghost We're like a ghost and then you could you think about the heady Potter or Narnia Just kind of how do what do we find a connection and then if you grew up in charismatic circles? It's probably like shaking and baking like people like oh, that's probably how it goes like I'm not sure I want that It's just gonna stick with Jesus. It's gonna save here safe zone I'm gonna tell you something that kind of rocked my world I remember when I started to develop a relationship with Holy Spirit and I said I said father God Why didn't you give Holy Spirit a body? I mean if you want us to fellowship as it says in Corinthians to fellowship of the fellowship of the Holy Spirit to be with us and fellowship is a two-way street unless you have a dysfunctional marriage Right, and the dysfunctional marriage fellowship is only woman talks and the man listens, but in the healthy relationship Fellowship is both ways talking. Are you with me? And so fellowship of the Holy Spirit is both way talking Holy Spirit talking you talking It's that fellowship with him and I said Lord if you wanted the fellowship of the Holy Spirit to happen with us You could have made it a lot easier if you wouldn't present the Holy Spirit as a ghost As a wind as oil as fire and as a dove I was like we don't relate to those things and I felt the Lord answer me back in my heart and he said Jesus chose chose a Jewish body. I asked the Holy Spirit which body he wanted. He chose yours You have a problem with that And I was like wow So Holy Spirit does have a body look in the mirror That's his body He chose your body. He chose my body He's no less than a person than Jesus and the Father just because he chose your body Don't let the analogies of who Holy Spirit is mess your understanding. He's not a force. He's not tongues He's not power. He is a person who has power who can be very forceful Like he can come against the enemy like a flood He is a person who gives tongues who gives prophecy and everything but he is a person I have a TV in my house. It was given to me by a Marine four years ago Nufal is his name. He came and got saved in our church He didn't have the concept of tidings so he bought a TV in my house and he says this is my tithing to the church I was like I don't think that's how it works, but I'm like, you know, I'll keep the TV. We'll figure out the doctrine later Nufal moved to Hawaii. I actually have not talked to Nufal in about two years. I still have the TV TV and Nufal are two different things Speaking in tongues having certain gifts and having a relationship with Holy Spirit. I'm not always the same thing We as Christians can learn how to baramaz the share of barahanda You know like speaking tongues and everything we can even have certain gifts operating and not even develop relationship with Holy Spirit And it's good to have the gifts operating in our life. It's good to work on your character But what I want to challenge you with today is don't just be the person who uses the TV and lost the connection with the person who gave it The Holy Spirit Holy Spirit is a person Who gives gifts we are to use his gifts Stay active in his gifts, but never lose the contact friendship and closeness With the person Jesus relied on all of his ministry. Amen The second thing I want us to see is not only Jesus was born by the Holy Spirit But Jesus was filled with the Holy Spirit Jesus was filled with the Holy Spirit and we see that at his baptism in Matthew chapter 3 verse 16 It says the following is that when Jesus had been baptized he came up immediately from the water And behold the heavens were open to him and he saw the spirit of God descending like a dove alighting upon him Paul also says in Ephesians that don't be drunk with wine, but be filled with Holy Spirit Paul kind of uses the contrast between getting drunk and being filled with Holy Spirit He's not reducing the presence of the Holy Spirit to liquid water or liquid liquid drink He was just saying that there is a similarity In the way people get drunk and the way people get filled with the Holy Spirit for example Now understand none of us in here drink none of us in here ever got drunk We're all holy people amen amen But let's just imagine for example that you were the old UBC days before christ and you know you wanted to get drunk Getting drunk doesn't happen automatically like there's not no such a thing as jack daniels chooses random people on the weekend And say i'm just gonna knock in their house break through the door. I know they're like studying the bible I'm just gonna jump on them like get inside of their system and make him drunk It never happens like that getting drunk is a choice and the choice starts with this you make a decision On the weekend comes up and you say you know what? I mean some people get drunk at home, but typically it happens in bars. They say you know what? I'm gonna get in my car. I'm gonna go to a bar. You don't get drunk by getting in the bar You can go in the bar and drink h2o But once you get to the bar you still don't get drunk Then you ask the the waiter or the the bartender say hey, can I have me one of those things? They bring that to your table.   You just know it's real Right Now I understand you have no experience of that your neighbors probably do but that's kind of how it happens And paul says don't do that But do this paul is comparing Filling of the holy spirit to that what because he's breaking misconception that filling of the holy spirit is holy spirit's job Many of us think that holy spirit just kind of randomly on sunday goes mini mini.  I will ignore him him him.  Let me feel him That's not how it works You get in a car you drive to church The worship leader Begins to present the song Is your woman to zip the lip or open the mouth? When you open the mouth and you begin to sing along something begins to happen. You can't explain it People say good vibes Filled great felt great Something lifted we don't have the right vocabulary, but we know with this we walk out of this room and we say something is changing I feel different what happened you get filled with the holy spirit When jesus gets filled with the holy spirit, I want you to see this Jesus was filled with the holy spirit because he left his home He went to a meeting where john the baptist was preaching And doing his thing jesus got to that meeting and at this meeting jesus that just didn't sit on the back and say I'm just gonna see how it works out. I'm just gonna see how john is. I'm gonna Great john's ministry. I kind of feel like john is not measure up to my anointing because john is like not healing people I don't see demons coming out of people. Um, I don't see resurrections that person not being cleansed He's don't keep people into water. What is the fire the fire? I need the fire Jesus doesn't stand there and judge and criticize and say hey johnny come over here I'm not gonna leave a five star review on your google ministry page I feel like you you still have a lot room to grow Jesus doesn't have that attitude even though he probably had every reason to do that. Jesus gets to the meeting john is doing his thing and jesus lines up in prayer In the baptism to get baptists into the dirty jordan river And john stands and said jesus this is not for you. This is the people who went through growth track. You you created growth track That's not for you jesus. Stay away from this. We're getting them baptists to get them prepared for you You the main attraction jesus john. I know I want to like do the obedience part Give me baptist jobs. Let's do it He gets jesus into water and everybody's getting baptist they're putting their door closing their nose But jesus is different the bible says when he was in the water, he was praying I think jesus was like don't worry about the nose And he's praying there if there's anybody who did not need to pray it was jesus. He is god He kind of he could you just find without prayer He's standing there in the water. He shouldn't be there. That's not his thing and he's praying and when he's Getting out of the water the bible says the holy spirit fills filling of the holy spirit Is when you are staying obeying and praying Staying in what god is doing in your church It might not be something you like because you're not used to that where you're coming from you're like this This thing the church how you grew up in you know, we didn't do it like that Well, because you went to church three times a year, of course, they didn't do it You didn't you didn't see what god was doing there But when you come here and you see god is doing something even if you're not used to it Get in the line get with the program Don't be a spectator or be a participator and god will begin to fill you And then do the obedience part meaning do what god is asking you to do at this season If he's asking you to start giving start giving if he's asking you to lead a small group Start leading a small group if he's asking you to join the home group If he's asking you to be honest with your wife about something that you've been struggling with Listen, get on with the program with obedience to god See being filled with holy spirit is not some spiritual depth. It's very practical Jesus gives us the example. It's staying. It's obeying and it's praying And the god begins to fill you a lot of us are struggling with emptiness right now We feel like it's we're empty. You may say but I come to church. I'm empty Well, you can go to the bar and never get drunk You can go to church and never get filled if you don't get on with the program If you don't obey and if you don't pray Amen I want us to look at number three Jesus was led by the holy spirit So not only he was filled by the holy spirit, but he was led by the holy spirit It says in matthew chapter four verse one So right after he was filled with the holy spirit It says and the jesus was led up by the spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil Write this down Whatever you are filled with You will be led by Instead of focusing on being Led by the spirit of god and kind of like i'm all for reading books on how to hear god's voice I'm all for Going to seminars on how to hear god's voice I'm all for that studying more on how to discern god's voice from other voices, but But if you really focus on being filled It will come so naturally you will be surprised You will be able to discern the voice of god from the voices of so many other people If you are filled with god When i was younger i even faster i said lord i want to hear your voice But then i started to grow in the lord and started to understand is that god's voice is not the problem It's the fact i'm so far from him sometimes that when he speaks i can hear him This is to imagine that you are in the parking lot right now in your car And i'm standing here in the stage we have speakers and i'm shouting on the top of my lungs Okay, you're not going to be able to hear me in your car Now you can text me and say what a little bit louder Then i can scream even more louder until to the point that everybody in this room is like Ah You still not gonna hear me the problem is not that i don't have speakers big enough It's the distance between us is a little bit too big If you want to hear god what god is saying is this get filled with me means bridge the gap between me and you Let's get close and then listen i don't have to scream i can whisper You will know that you know that you know that you know it was me Why because whatever you filled with you will be led by If you filled with you you will begin to only hear your voice You will be confused about whether god is speaking or not, but when you begin to be filled with him It will come naturally i'm not saying we don't need pastors to guide us or mentor small group leaders We do all need that we need books we need seminars, but nothing comes close to being filled Jesus was led after He was filled Being led by the holy spirit is so exciting Sometimes it doesn't start with god leading you to something amazing with jesus It started with god leading him into something called wilderness So sometimes when god starts speaking at first it will not always be like you come into the church and god's like This neighbor has a problem with their spouse typically how he will start is god will say you have a problem with your spouse God will start with something uh, you need to honor your parents pick up that vacuum and vacuum that house As you've told your parents 300 million times that you will do and you haven't done so Sometimes it will start with things that honestly will kill your flesh instead of give you some kind of a grand ministry But that will always lead to greater measure of god's presence in your life There was one doctor in his his name is dr. Crandall in 2000 In 2006 in poln beach There was a man who was going to work. He was going through a very difficult time in his life jack Jeff markens And he had a heart attack on the way to the hospital And he died on the on the table in the hospital and dr. Crandall Was doing the thing of trying to bring him back to life and for 40 minutes They were working on this dead body trying to bring him back to life and they failed They were not able to do it And so they lost this man the dr. Crandall wrote up his death certificate signed it already the time of death Everything was done with the nurse was preparing the body and dr. Crandall was going quickly to the next meeting because he was very busy On the way in a hospital the holy spirit prompted dr. Crandall Not to rush to the meeting but go back and pray for jeff For his resurrection Now dr. Crandall has no experience in praying for the resurrection. He's a scientist He's a medical doctor. He's very known all around the world. And so he right away says first of all I am busy. Secondly, this is not a prayer room. This is a hospital thirdly. I worked on this guy for 40 minutes. He's dead god We don't do this stuff here. I gotta go And the voice wouldn't leave him and dr. Crandall is a man of god He walks with god though. He's a doctor.  He goes back to jeff's body And prays for jeff's body and say lord if this man does did not know you And if he's not saved, please bring him back to life in jesus name Simple prayer. He says I had a little bit of faith. I had no faith at all for his resurrection or anything of that sort Plus he's never seen anything like that. He asked the nurse. He says brought some other nurse. He said I want you to shock him again The nurse looked at him. He said we can't do that. We've been doing it for 40 minutes Doctor we can't do that. He says for me Shock him again When they shocked jeff's body Perfect heartbeat came The surprising part is he did the work on his body afterwards. He found out even no residue of heart attack He was dead for so long. He should have had a brain damage He says this man and you can watch it on youtube.  I'm not a person. Listen obey the holy spirit You'll be surprised what he will do in your life.  You go do okay We have to submit the voices with the voice of the holy spirit and the scriptures.  You're the son of god Man, I feel the leading of god to fast to pray. I feel the leading of god. I'm gonna serve. I feel the leading of god I'm gonna sacrifice things are going great and then you hit this season where you don't feel the leading You don't feel the spirit. You don't see the signs. You don't see the heavens being open.  Where are we? What's going on? Did you leave me dumped me? I mean, what's what's going on and the holy spirit is silent. What do you do? When god stops speaking What do you do when you stop feeling him? When you feel like you hit a dry spell? I'm gonna teach you teach you or share with you I've been practicing this because as a young person I hit that so many times and I found myself panicking this desperate Screaming to god sometimes fasting even more say god. I want to hear you not realizing The holy spirit Hides in the holy scriptures in the time of my wilderness Jesus didn't rely on the experience He relied on the scriptures. You don't see jesus going back to the jordan. Say hey holy ghost. Why didn't you go with me? You don't see jesus say father. Where are you jesus simple open his mouth? He said it is written it is written and the devil was leaving because the power of the holy spirit The presence of the holy spirit in your hardest day Well, you don't feel like god is talking back or he is near you at that moment The spirit of the living god might not be found in your favorite hill song song Or elevation song or Bethel song. You will find him in your favorite verse When you stand on that verse when you recite that verse When you comfort yourself with the verse and you put your feelings in a backseat and you say you know I don't feel anything, but I know my redeemer lives. I know whom I have believed and I stand on that This too will pass. I will come out of this and I will feel it again But until then I'll stand on the word of god. You may say but that's not like holy spirit You know being joined by the holy spirit. You can't be closer to the holy spirit Then being in his word he wrote the book and he's in it Especially when you don't feel him. I like to say like this When you no longer feel the holy spirit Feed yourself with holy scriptures Amen When you no longer feel the spirit Feed yourself with holy scriptures until they speak to you until something snaps There was a young lady. Her name is Christine and um at the age of two when she was being Being taken somebody was taking pictures of her family picture and they put her on the horse and Flash from the cameras Pooked the horse horse jumped and a little two-year-old baby Fell from the horse and suffered a brain damage Very short time after that she developed seizures. She developed epileptic epileptic seizures She went to school and she those seizures would happen randomly every few days or so It was a very painful experience for her because in school they called her little seizures pizza They made fun of her She didn't want to live she tried to end her life twice by by taking certain medicine To kill herself she would cut herself just to relieve herself of the pain at the age of 13 those seizures really increased A year 2000 they decided to do a surgery on her on her front lobe of the brain remove certain things to kind of Cut back on the The greatness or the the power of those seizures during the operating table. She had a stroke So not only The surgery wasn't effective in removing the seizures now She was dealing with part of her body paralyzed that she needed to go to therapy just to get the body working again Her life was really really devastating. She felt trapped and she felt hopeless She wasn't able to drive. She wasn't able to work. She just stayed at home watch tv And that's all one time she was watching a christian program And during the christian program a lady gave what we called the word of knowledge Or she she gave a word. She says she was praying. She said i see a woman Who had an injury to the head? At the young age they had something to do with the horse and she says this young lady said this God is healing you right now Christine was sitting on the couch. She jumped and she says this is my chance She said lord, I've received your word. I've received your promise. I stand on it And her faith was so real her faith was so genuine that for next 30 days She no longer had the seizures. She was so excited. She was so happy Except on the 30th day seizures came back They came back worse than ever before She started shaking at the kitchen table because of the seizures and and in her mind while her body was out of control Her mind was being flooded with thoughts that you're not healed. See You're always going to be like that. You're never your situation will never change. God didn't heal you.  And she says right there at the kitchen floor Not being able to control my body. I started to fight in my mind and saying you know, lord, I believe your word I believe your promise and I believe that by the stripes of jesus I was healed on the cross and when that prayer was offered for me that it's for me And though I see what might was happening in my body.  She's an ordained minister. She wrote a book and she helps other women I am not saying that that's how your situation will be But i'm saying that it's power in god's word when you don't feel god's spirit Because the holy spirit is in the holy scripture when you don't feel him in your wilderness I want you to rise versus father. I thank you that you've given us your holy spirit Jesus, I thank you that you came to introduce us to your holy spirit You're the baptizer in the holy spirit In jesus name. I want us to pray together right now. We're gonna pray the first prayer point if you can put that up for us I want you to pray with me. So i'm gonna say and then you just repeat after me And so we're gonna pray together.  Let us take 30 seconds right now Just allow the holy spirit to fill you right now If you've been dry or maybe you feel like you're in that wilderness Just just open yourself up for just 30 seconds begin to say holy spirit.  I am desperate I want to know This relationship that jesus was talking about I need you In the name of jesus father fill us with your spirit right now Jesus bring your reality of your holy spirit in our life right now In Jesus mighty name In Jesus mighty name Right now we're going to take a moment And I want to pray for those who are sick And the reason why I do that especially with this message is that This week AC went out in my house on Monday As an owner of the house It was personal I didn't like it I fixed it the next day Somebody came and fixed it And today as we were having the service and the first service kind of like The lord reminded me he says I care so much about every pain that my children face Because their bodies is my house When the AC goes out I care for it If your back goes out holy spirit says I care for it If your vision goes out I care for it If you can't sleep at night I care for it If you have ear infections I care for it And so I'm going to ask you as an act of faith Place your hand upon the part of your body where you've been experiencing pain And let's pray that together right now that the holy spirit Who actually is the owner of our body Will take care of it Will help us today in Jesus name Pray this prayer with me saying my body Is the temple of the holy spirit My body is not for sickness And it's not for disease Oh holy spirit bring healing to any area of weakness and pain In Jesus name Father I pray right now that you will bring healing to every person that's struggling with their back I pray that that shoulder injury at work will be healed right now in Jesus name Lord I pray that this gastritis is going to be broken That arthritis in the joints in the knees will be healed Lord I pray Father in the name of Jesus those ear infections that buzzing in the ear That right now you're just going to remove that Your precious presence is in this room That you will right now bring your healing And that you will begin to restore things that went out of our body Because your our bodies is your temple holy spirit Move mightily right now among us bring your restoration Lord we receive your touch in Jesus name In Jesus mighty name Thank you for watching this content I hope this was a blessing to you If you're like me and you like to click on things Click on this subscribe to our channel And the content will come to you every time we post it And remember the best is yet to come