"Ribbonless Pointe Shoes Dyeing Experiment" By Rev. Barbara Sexton Dear Ones Healing Ministry

These Sansha Futura 111's have laces instead of ribbons.  Note that they come from the manufacturer with elastics pre-sewn on one side.  I haven't sewn the other side of the elastics yet, but will before I attempt my white pointe shoe dyeing 'experiment'.  I purchased these particular shoes from Back Bay Dancewear
LINK:  http://www.backbaydancewear.com/catalog_i846139.html?catId=36493

Above:  Bunhead's 'Stich Kit' (left on box)

LINK:  http://www.discountdance.com/dancewear/style_BH350.html?&pid=865&Shop=Style&&skey=stitch%20kit&search=true&SID=312719991
Obviously, I will need to use white thread of some kind to sew the elastics on these.  However, I only have 'Stitch Kits' with pink, lightly waxed thread, (ABOVE) so I will probably use double or triple stranded white 'dental floss' instead.  When dental floss is used to sew ribbons and elastics, it is customary to use waxed floss.  However, considering that this project involves dyeing the shoes, I will likely choose 'unwaxed' white dental floss, which will more readily take up dye than the waxed version will.  In any case, I'll check this all out before I sew and decide what to use based on what 'dyes' best.

photo above courtesy:  www.BackBayDancewear.com

All other photos are mine and you may freely use them.  COLLECT THEM ALL!
Sansha Futura 111's are available from the manufacturer in peach pink, white, red, dark blue (ABOVE) and in black.  They are available up to women's size 14 (sizes 12-14 are special order), but men with small feet might be able to get away with wide women's 12-14's.  I suggest you contact an authorized dealer like www.BackBayDancewear.com or www.DiscountDance.com  (Discount Dance Supply) if you are interested in these 'sneaker-like' pointe shoes.

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ABOVE:  Sansha Futura 111's--good for a 'casual look' for females and a viable option for male dancers?
Have fun with dance!
Blessings,
Rev. Barbara Sexton
"The Biblical Biochemist-Where Science Meets the Cross"
www.DearOnesHealingMinistry.blogspot.com  

"Sneaker-like Sansha Ballet Pointe Shoes-Good For Men & Dyeable?" By Rev. Barbara Sexton Dear Ones Healing Ministry

 

Sansha Futura 111 White Pointe Shoes

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"Today's Solar Flare Spectacle & The Dolphins: Oh What A Beautiful Warning" By Rev. Barbara Sexton Dear Ones Healing Ministry

 above courtesy: http://www.solarmonitor.org/full_disk.php?date=20120124&type=hxrt_flter&indexnum=1
Dear Ones:
     Yes, the various images of the sun have been quite spectacular lately.
     Some might even call them 'beautiful', but only in the context of 'beautiful, but daunting'.
     The image above is but a minuscule reflection of the violent and tumultuous universe around us--a universe which, once in a while commands our attention, as it does today.
     Recent NOAA 'Space Warnings' pages have been rift with all sorts of bar, colors, stars and blurts, the likes of which we do not often see all at the same time.

     above courtesy: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/alerts/warnings_timeline.htm
     Surely most of us know by now that 'something's up' because even the popular media has picked up on 'news of the sun'.  We ALL want to know what is going on. 
     Well, for a while now, I've been providing space weather 'Tutorials' in an effort to prepare readers for what we are now witnessing.
     Just click on the keyword 'Tutorials' below and you can easily bring yourselves up-to-date.

     Considering that things will be ratcheting up to a solar activity crescendo sometime in 2014, it might be worth your while to save as reference the links and information I have posted for you here over the past few years.
     If this is your first visit to www.DearOnesHealingMinistry.blogspot.com  here is a concise 'update':
     What we are witnessing now is the result of a so-called 'solar minimum', wherein the sun's activity becomes 'dimished' overall, on the large-scale of things.
     But, when the sun DOES erupt, the 'show' is more profound than it would be during a 'normal cycle'.  
     Experts tell us that 'solar minimums' come around every one hundred years, or so.

     As such, satellite transmissions will be affected/disrupted due to the increased 'proton storm activity' as charted below due to solar activity right now:

 above courtesy:  http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/rt_plots/pro_3d.html
     Dolphins and other creatures whose navigating systems are dependent upon a 'constant, reliable earth's magnetic field' are being beached and otherwise detoured.
     I suspect that migrating birds and other species will also exhibit atypical behaviors and patterns, as well.
     The reason for this is that our planets magnetic field has been 'jogged', but good, as a result of all the solar energy affecting not only the earth's atmosphere, but the earth, itself, as well:

above courtesy: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/rt_plots/mag_3d.html
     Additionally, radiation levels at high altitudes will be higher than normal, to the point that air travel patterns will be altered.
     Radio 'bursts' will affect our radio transmissions.  We can expect interruptions in cell phone and computer services.
     And finally, we must prepare ourselves for extremes of weather on earth due to the impact of all this on-going solar flare energy on planet earth.
     Just how this will manifest is not always predictable and we cannot always specifically know, although educated guesses can be made.
     We would do well to be on the lookout for volcanic, tornadic, tsunamic, and seismic activity, most likely coupled with fierce rain, snow, wind, flooding, dust and other weather-related 'events'.
     Below is a 'look' at solar 'wind' at the present time.  You should be aware that there is always a lag-period of from 2-5 days (approx.) between the time energy-in all of it's manifestations--'flares' off the sun, and the moment when it impacts the earth's atmosphere and then earth, itself.

 above courtesy: http://umtof.umd.edu/pm/latest2day.gif
     Click 'Tutorials' and other keywords below for a list of articles I have written to date which translate NASA-ese and NOAA-ese into 'english' so that you can learn all you need to know to keep up to date with the ever-changing conditions of our universe.
God Bless & Keep You & Your Loved Ones Safe
Rev. Barbara Sexton
www.DearOnesHealingMinistry.blogspot.com
"The Biblical Biochemist-Where Science Meets the Cross"
    

"The Gay Community's Strange & Cruel Attempt To 'Out' Tim Tebow As Punishment For His Open Christianity" By Rev. Barbara Sexton Dear Ones Healing Ministry

     courtesy http://outsports.com/jocktalkblog/2012/01/12/is-tim-tebow-gay/

READ HERE:

"All that pious religious bulls--t he spews…at the end of the day, that’s not him. That’s what his parents and his pastors have drilled into his head from the day he was born. The kid doesn’t even know who he really is. When you’re indoctrinated with religion from birth, and you commit your life to the all-consuming sport of football, there isn’t much time left for true self-discovery. If he is in fact gay, he may not know it. Even if he does, chances are slim he’d be comfortable telling his mother…or pastor…let alone us.

If Tebow is gay, he is buried beneath so much crap he many never get out from under it. Instead of attacking him for it, maybe reaching out a helpful hand would be nice. Don’t get me wrong, he’s still a crappy quarterback. But all that “my lord and savior Jesus Christ” stuff…could be Tebow’s cry for help.

So I’m gonna lay off Tim a little. If he is in fact gay, and if he does in fact ever figure that out, he’s going to need all the support he can get."
LINK: http://outsports.com/jocktalkblog/2012/01/12/is-tim-tebow-gay/
Dear Ones:
     Oh, boy.  We will need a lot of healing here, as we consider the simple question:
     Is Tim Tebow gay?

     I feel this is his business, but anti-Christian bigots' are attacking poor Tim for his Christianity by attempting to 'out' him online.

     I wonder what 'Hammerman Jews' have to say about about this?

     Do they believe it will 'help' their 'gay marriage industry' somehow?

     This seems like pretty poor treatment at the hands of the LGBT community of 'one of their own', if their assertions are correct about Tebow.

     But I believe (hope) these LGBT Christianophobes are relatively few in number and are merely 'guessing' about Tim's sexual orientation, which they are using as justification to taunt and be cruel to him as only they can be to their 'own'.

     I've seen something akin to this before in churches--gays attempting to 'out' closeted gays in order to fatten their ranks for one socio-political reason or others--thinking this was 'okay'.

     Well, it wasn't okay and some people needed to be protected.

     And this public bullying is over the top, in my opinion.

     Just Google: 'Is Tim Tebow gay?' and see just how prevalent this 'Tebow outing phenomenon' has become, especially since the Rabbi Hammerman 'Tebow-knocking' article originally came out on Dec. 12, 2011
LINK:  http://dearoneshealingministry.blogspot.com/2012/01/original-text-archived-screen-shot-of.html

     Coincidence?  I don't know.

     But circumstantially, at least,  it looks like Tim's 'outing' by the LGBT community is intended to serve as his 'punishment' for being 'too religious'.

     This is horrible.  And while I feel sorry for decent gays who do NOT engage in this type of thing with their brothers and sisters IN the religious community...and outside of it...I also believe it is incumbent upon them to make things right-

     Unless this is merely what now passes as 'acceptable' amongst Progressive Liberals in America today.

Blessings-

Rev. Barbara Sexton

"The Biblical Biochemist-Where Science Meets the Cross"

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"Original Text: Archived Screen-Shot Of Rabbi Hammerman's Anti-Christian Rant On Tim Tebow--In Case You Missed It" By Rev. Barbara Sexton Dear Ones Healing Ministry

Source (one of many) : http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=48171
Dear Ones:
     CLICK ON THE LINK ABOVE TO ENLARGE THIS PIECE OF CHRISTIANOPHOBIC hatred.
     I've written a number of pieces already on this and will be addressing Rabbi Hammerman's unhealthy and cruel obsession with Tim Tebow's mother and her apparently 'at-risk' pregnancy.
     I have a strong stomach, but Rabbi Josh's 'spiritual commentary' (as if he had a prayer) for Tim Tebow's mom chills me to the bone.
     How dare a man...let alone a Jewish clergyman...'pontificate' to a Christian woman who is carrying and already in love with her unborn child, about whether or not her child is worth 'saving'?
     I have a friend whose mother was told in the eighth month of pregnancy that her child 'had a big, boxy head'.  His mother was inclined to follow 'doctors' orders and have a late-term abortion.
     Fortunately for my friend, his Aunt (his mother's sister) intervened and my friend was born...
     And, yes, with a 'big, boxy head'.  But he is alive and is a wonderful, able and super intelligent person!
     For now, focus on the Rabbi's Christianophobia, which alone is cause for concern.  But as you read about this burgeoning story, please remember what you have read here and that those who intend to do 'evil' are attempting to purge all this from the Internet.
     Who can blame them?  But I, for one, don't want to see that happen.

     No doubt about it.  This is one case where no ministry IN THE WORLD can begin any healing before the repugnant pimple of prejudice is 'popped', cleared, cleaned and prevented from 're-appearing'.
     I know in my heart that Jews in Stamford and CT don't hate Christians as much as Rabbi Hammerman would have us believe.
     But for those who so obviously support exactly this sort of anti-Christian bigotry BY YOUR SILENCE (take note Interfaith Council of SW CT, of whom Rabbi Hammerman is a stalwart member)...
     We are not about to sit by silently, complacently and acquiescently, for any of this.
     Rabbi Hammerman's quick and stealthy 'retraction' and pseudo-apology tells us all we need to be aware of what is and what may come.
"Peace On Earth, Goodwill To Men On Whom God's Favor Rests" (the real quote)
Rev. Barbara Sexton
"The Biblical Biochemist-Where Science Meets the Cross"
www.DearOnesHealingMinistry.blogspot.com

"An Inconvenient Truth For Rev. Kate Heichler & The Interfaith Council Of SW CT: Christianophobia In Their Midst" By Rev. Barbara Sexton Dear Ones Healing Ministry

 Rev. Kate Heichler (photo http://interfaithcouncil.net/books.aspx )
     The amazing silence of the Interfaith Council of SW CT on Rabbi Joshua Hammerman's (Temple Beth El) shenanigans.  What say you, Council 'Steering Committee' listed below?  Your silence is deafening!
 The Rev. Kate Heichler,The Rev. Michael Hyman, Rabbi Joshua Hammerman, Mr. Duane Hill, The Rev. Cari Jackson (formerly Sr. Pastor of FCC Stamford, suddenly 'gone'), The Rev. Tommie Jackson, Ms. Debra Katz,The Rev. Mark Lingle, The Rev. Douglas McArthur, The Rev. Juan Paniagua,The Rev. LeRoy Parker, Ms. Marie Orsini Rosen,Ms. Eileen Swerdlick, The Rev. Mary Thies
LINK:  http://interfaithcouncil.net/books.aspx :


     Have you anything to say about THIS?  Read "Anti-Christian Bigotry Is Still Bigotry"
http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2011/12/14/anti-christian-bigotry-joshua-hammerman/  
     Won't you speak up about Christianophobia?
     Won't you stand up against anti-Christian bigotry?
Rev. Barbara Sexton
www.DearOnesHealingMinistry.blogspot.com 

"Christianophobe Stamford Rabbi Josh Hammerman Apologizes For His Anti-Christian Bigotry" By Rev. Barbara Sexton Dear Ones Healing Ministry

http://www.ctpost.com/news/article/Members-of-all-faiths-gather-in-support-of-Islam-630355.php
Dear Ones:
     This is upsetting, yes, but it is hardly surprising in liberal Stamford, CT that this type of thing should originate here.
     But, Rabbi Joshua Hammerman of Temple Beth El recently 'went off', as many Progressive Libs are wont to do as if it is their birthright.  He raled on 'those not like himself'...and on those who do not hold to 'his particular social justice values'.
     The Rabbi's blog is called, ironically, 'On One Foot: Joshua Hammerman's Blog.  Unfortunately Rabbi Josh, you don't have a FOOT to stand on with your anti-Christian rant.
LINK: http://joshuahammerman.blogspot.com
     I am very used to hearing from religious leaders with Rabbi Hammerman's mindset, especially ever since he played a major role in some ill-conceived interfaith shenanigans in the 'interfaith community'.
LINK: http://dearoneshealingministry.blogspot.com/2010/08/shariah-law-preached-from-stamford.html 
     But recently, Rabbi Hammerman's blew it bigtime!  Even I was surprised when he decided to zero in on all moderate/conservative CHRISTIANS in a very unkind (and weird) way by saying,

"If Tebow wins the Super Bowl, against all odds, it will buoy his faithful, and emboldened faithful can do insane things, like burning mosques, bashing gays and indiscriminately banishing immigrants."
     WHAT IN HEAVEN'S NAME ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT, RABBI JOSH HAMMERMAN?  HAVE YOU LOST YOUR MIND? 
     Not surprisingly, 'Jewish Week' pulled Rabbi Hammerman's article and the good Rabbi offered an 'apology'.
LINK:  http://content.usatoday.com/communities/gameon/post/2011/12/jewish-week-apologizes-for-anti-tebow-column-by-rabbi-tim-tebow-denver-broncos-rabbi-joshua-hammerman/1 
not because they wanted to, but because they had to.
     Popular outrage saw to that.
     Be that as it may, it is worthwhile for people of ALL faiths (as well as for all atheists/agnostics) to educate themselves about the anti-Christian/anti-religion bigotry that is running rampant today.
     I, myself,  never realized that Rabbi Josh was such a Christianophobe.  He certainly successfully hid it from me in the 22+ years I have been acquainted with him via the faith community.
     But do draw your own conclusions.  May God grant us the ability to live together peaceably, if it is at all possible.
     To my fellow Christians, I say learn and be wiser.  Then do as Jesus would do.  
     Be smart about those who intend us harm and be as agreeable and understanding as possible with those who are 'different than ourselves'.
     Forgive Rabbi Josh Hammerman and sin not as he has in thought, mind, word and deed.
With Love In Christ
Rev. Barbara Sexton
"The Biblical Biochemist-Where Science Meets the Cross"
www.DearOnesHealingMinistry.blogspot.com
See: http://joshuahammerman.blogspot.com/
See also: http://biggovernment.com/jdunetz/2011/12/14/the-tim-tebow-hating-rabbi-and-progressive-bigotry/