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Montgomery teaches survival
by Mindy Maden
Spiritual Emphasis Week
Drovided a fantastic oppor
tunity to grow in the Lord.
The Reverend John Mont
gomery’s “Survivai Tactics
for Life at Montreat
Coliege” were not mere
reruns of often-used
platitudes, such as “study
two hours for every one hour
in ci-ass”; rather, his survivai
tactics emphasized the
spirit of both the individual
and the community here at
Montreat. Therefore, we are
now equipped with “tactics”
that can be used to fight aii
of life’s probiems, disap
pointments and frustra
tions.
Here is a brief synopsis of
the topics Reverend Mon
tgomery covered;
For Me to Live Is?? —
As Christians, our first
priority in life must be Jesus
Christ.
How To Know God’s Wili —
We iearn God’s wili for our
iives through a daiiy prayer
iife and a consistent study
of “The Manufacturer’s
Handbook.”
Are You A Lone Ranger
Christian? —
To receive encouragement
and guidance, we must be a
part of a Christian
fellowship group.
Are You Seif or Other-
Centered? —
Christians are caiied to
serve others. How good is
your serve?
What Do You Do With the
Good News? —
Christians have the key to
iife. We are commanded to
teil others what God has
done for us.
Cassette tapes of the ses
sions are available in the
iibrary.
Halloween:
by Michael Warburton
For most of us, Halloween
has been a fun time, a time
for dressing up in spooky
costumes and going out in
search of goodies in the
area neighborhoods. We ali
have fond memories of jack
o’ianterns, parties, and that
speciai costume. However,
from where did the celebra
tion of Hailoween and its
customs originate? Diditali
begin with fun? Should
Christians participate in the
celebration of Halloween?
Halloween originated in
pre-Christian Europe,
especially the Britist Isles,
in the holiday honoring
Samhaim, the god of the
dead, on October 31. It was
believed that Samhaim
would send forth evil spirits
on this night. Many would
build bonfires to scare away
the evil spirits, also they
would dress in costumes.
Many would leave food on
their doorsteps to “treat”
the evil spirits in order to
avoid harassments or
“tricks” by the evil spirits.
The Druids would sacrifice
human beings to appease
Samhaim. When these
pagan peoples were con
verted to the Christian
religion, the church, after
failing to stop this pagan
holiday, gave the people All
Saints’ or All Souls’ Day on
November 1 to take the
place of Halloween. Oc
tober 31 was called. All
(Cont. on p. 3)
Three types of dieters?
by Susie Sinclair
As a little girl, I remember
swinging my legs off of a va
cant dryer chair in the beau
ty shop, waiting for my
grandmother to get her hair
fixed. It fascinated me to
hear the women shout to
each other above the drone
of the hairdryers. Their
topics of conversation
centered around their maga
zines, which always includ
ed “...ten fast, new, improv
ed, easy steps to dieting...”
It was probably at that time
that I developed a sub
conscious checKlist for
dieters. There are always
three kinds. Wishers are
people who sit around
wishing certain things
would be done. Knucklers
are people who knock things
that are done, and
Backboners are those who
get under the load and do
the work. The average
weight watcher falls under
one of these categories.
Society does not esteem
fat, so often she who is fat
becomes a Wisher. She
reads books and articles
about fantastic reduction
plans and the individuals
who have proven them. She
collects low-cal recipes and
buys clearance-priced
clothes she plans to fit into
by the next season. She
relaxes on her bed with
pretzels and a rootbeer,
dreaming of becoming the
“Just One Calorie Tab”
woman. She reads , the
history of decathelon win
ners on the back of the
Wheaties box and makes
out her , own exercise
schedule, which never gets
further than behind the tack
on the bulletin board. She
sticks fat jokes on her
refrigerator door to urge her
thoughts away from the ice
cream and chocolate pud
ding. She promotes the idea
of picture-less food ads and
harps that catalogues
should expand Title 9 by
employing fat models in
equal number to slim ones.
She writes her Congress
man suggesting that a
percentage of taxes benefit
weight reduction centers
and health spas, but she
never addresses the
envelope. She has signed
up for a six-week class at
Girdle Gorgeous but has
already missed three ses
sions. It is when the Wisher
gets carried away with her
convictions that she
becomes a Knuckler.
The Knuckler verbalizes
her wishes but in an un
complimentary manner. She
begins by putting down
society for its shallow stan
dard of basing beauty on ap
pearance and starts the
neighborhood Fat and Frivo
lous Club. She rants over
the high price of diet foods
and the small size of bicycle
seats. She also loudly ad
dresses the low resistance
in the weave of lawn chairs
and the inadequate space in
late-model cars. She com
plains that the scales, are
too narrow to read the
numbers between her toes
and sues the company over
continuously popping
springs. Knucklers seem to
prevail in the world of obesi
ty, but credit is due those
who become Backboners.
wafting from the kitchen.
She publishes the Low-Cal
Collection, stuffed with hun
dreds of various dishes for
various tastes (available at a
fine, low price). She relaxes
her clutch on the rootbeer
sixpack and instead reaches
for the Tab. With a little
practice, the Backboner in
variably becomes a nutri
tional whiz, capable of roll
ing her buggy non-stop past
the aisles of ice cream, pies
and puddings. Just snuggl
ed in under the quilts, she
closes her eyes to relax
when a clear image of her
exercise schedule on the
bulletin board flashes in her
mind. The covers flung
aside, the light switch slap
ped on, she hurls herself in
to exercise position, defying
her soul’s will to sleep. Los
ing a pound...writing a
book...firming a muscle...
patenting a new jumprope...
reducing caloric intake...im
proving a diet food. She
strives and excels. Her con
fidence grows as her body
shrinks, and eventually she
reaches her goal - she sees
her own diet plan printed in
a leading woman’s magazine
at her local beauty shop.
Of course, on my check
list I have catagorized
myself, and I must say I am
at the top of the ladder, lam
a dedicated Backboner,
ready to cast down the
world of sugar with a glib
sneer, while arrayed in my
suit and coor-
sweat band, al
ready active in Gorgeous
Girdle my first day - I am
definitely making progress.
My next step is to write my
Congressman... I think I
remember writing the ad
dress on the back of a But-
“And they that are
Christ’s have crucified the
flesh with the affections and
lusts” (Galatians 5:24).
Having left Becky’s cat in
the States when we returned
to Spain, we found a new
one upon arrival in Madrid.
Upon having taken him for
his vaccination, the
veterinarian suggested the
removal of the kitten’s
claws, since he was going to
be a house cat anyway.
After having brought the
kitten to our apartment, I
began to think about what
had been done to him, and I
felt very distressed at first.
Why, we had taken away all
of the cat’s defenses! I
realized that now we were
completely responsible for
his full protection.
Then, suddenly, I saw that
all people who have asked
the risen Lord to crucify
The Backboner goes even
further to supply solutions'' jogging
of her own. She evaluates dinating
wishes of others, the things
that she should do and the
things that she is not doing.
She invests in the Cam
bridge diet plan, religiously
following the instructions
even through the torture of
Christmas baking aromas terfinger wrapper.
Clawiess Christians
their flesh are in the same
position as our cat. They
have asked the Lord to take
out their claws.
Before this experience
with the Lord Jesus, they
could defend themselves by
clawing back in the flesh
'Galatians 5:19-21. But,
when their flesh is crucified,
they cannot claw. Like
Christ, they have let
themselves be made totally
defenseless before the
world.
But the beauty of this new
position is that now the
Lord, like us with the kitten,
is committed to defend the
clawless Christians. God
then truly becomes their
shield. His army is loosed
to fight for them (II Kings
6;15-17). Like this case of
Elisha’s servant, when his
eyes were opened to the
Lord’s host, what a mighty
force of hnrsfi.q and chariots
of fire are ready to defend
them! Isn’t God’s host a lot
better than claws any day?
When the veterinarian
took off our kitten’s ban
dages, his feet were soft
and just wonderful to touch.
The same I find to be true in
the gentleness of clawless
Christians (Galatians 5:22,
23). .
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