It Is Written - Our
Land Glorious and Free
00:00:00.96\00:00:05.30
It Is Written - Our
Land Glorious and Free
00:00:05.67\00:00:09.77
It Is Written - Our
Land Glorious and Free
00:00:10.17\00:00:13.71
It Is Written - Our
Land Glorious and Free
00:00:14.08\00:00:17.31
It Is Written - Our
Land Glorious and Free
00:00:17.65\00:00:21.08
It Is Written - Our
Land Glorious and Free
00:00:21.45\00:00:28.19
It Is Written - Our
Land Glorious and Free
00:00:28.49\00:00:34.93
It Is Written - Our
Land Glorious and Free
00:00:35.16\00:00:38.20
It Is Written - Our
Land Glorious and Free
00:00:38.53\00:00:52.41
>
00:01:29.22\00:01:30.45
>>Announcer: It has
stood the test of time.
00:01:31.42\00:01:33.96
God's book, The Bible
00:01:34.66\00:01:37.33
Still relevant in
today's complex world
00:01:38.39\00:01:41.86
It Is Written
00:01:44.33\00:01:45.87
Sharing messages of
hope around the world!
00:01:46.23\00:01:53.14
CHRIS: Religious freedom. How
does an individual. how does an
institution of a religious
00:01:58.71\00:02:04.72
nature relate to a growing
secular society? Today to help
talk about that and to answer
00:02:04.82\00:02:12.39
questions on that issue, we want
to welcome someone who's no
stranger to It Is Written, Barry
00:02:12.49\00:02:18.43
Bussey. BARRY: Nice to be here,
Chris. CHRIS: You know, Barry,
you have a unique position to be
00:02:18.53\00:02:26.81
able to discuss these issues of
religious freedom because you
have an undergraduate degree in
00:02:26.91\00:02:31.41
theology; you have several
master's degrees, one in
constitutional law, one in peace
00:02:31.51\00:02:38.69
and conflict studies, and one in
political science. You spent
several years as a pastor,
00:02:38.79\00:02:45.56
several years working in the
administration of the church,
the Seventh-day Adventist
00:02:45.66\00:02:52.67
Church. Then you had opportunity
to actually work with the
Seventh-day Adventist Church
00:02:52.77\00:02:55.30
down in Washington, D.C.,
working on Capitol Hill. And now
you're the director of legal
00:02:55.40\00:03:02.08
affairs with the Canadian
Council of Christian Churches.
So it has aptly prepared you for
00:03:02.18\00:03:08.22
this discussion that we're about
to have. BARRY: Mmhmm. CHRIS:
Now, on top of all of
00:03:08.32\00:03:12.62
that, though, which makes you an
even more honest individual is,
you are from Newfoundland.
00:03:12.72\00:03:17.76
BARRY: Right, indeed. In fact,
I'm so honest, I'm going to say
that it's the Canadian Council
00:03:17.86\00:03:21.90
of Christian Charities. CHRIS:
You know, it is so interesting.
You know, we've had
00:03:22.00\00:03:26.37
so many discussions on that,
that it is the Canadian Council
of Christian Charities, and I
00:03:26.47\00:03:31.31
always want to call it the
Canadian Council of Christian
Churches, and I apologize for
00:03:31.41\00:03:35.24
that. BARRY: That's okay, we
just want to make that clear.
CHRIS: Now, you know, I want to
00:03:35.34\00:03:38.98
ask you why you have so many
degrees, but before we get to
that, you are actually currently
00:03:39.08\00:03:42.75
studying to do a doctoral
degree. BARRY: Mmhmm. CHRIS:
What are you studying in
00:03:42.85\00:03:47.56
your doctoral degree? BARRY:
Well, I'm doing a doctorate in
00:03:47.66\00:03:51.43
law at the University of Leiden,
which is in the Netherlands. And
my professor over there is Dr.
00:03:51.53\00:03:56.67
Paul Cliteur, who's done a lot
of writing on secularism and law
and religion issues. He has
00:03:56.77\00:04:05.34
written a book called Secular
Outlook which is a fascinating
book, an excellent book. I
00:04:05.44\00:04:10.11
encourage everyone to read it.
And I very much enjoy working
with him. Obviously, well, he
00:04:10.21\00:04:16.08
comes from a different faith
perspective than I have and so
forth, but it's great. It's a
00:04:16.18\00:04:21.36
wonderful relationship as we are
discussing these issues back and
forth. CHRIS: And what are you
00:04:21.46\00:04:26.23
writing about specifically?
BARRY: So one of the things that
I'm finding that's developing in
00:04:26.33\00:04:32.60
the legal system is a. how can I
say it? A re-evaluation of
religion. I call it. I refer to
00:04:32.70\00:04:41.81
it as a legal revolution.
Historically, religion has
received special status. There's
00:04:41.91\00:04:47.78
no two ways about it. We've got
special status when it comes to
being a registered charity,
00:04:47.88\00:04:53.86
being able to issue charitable
receipts, and so on. And it's
because we have seen religion as
00:04:53.96\00:04:59.63
a public benefit, just by
definition, advancement of
religion, that is now being
00:04:59.73\00:05:03.97
challenged. And so it's a whole
paradigm shift in the legal
community, looking at religion.
00:05:04.07\00:05:10.91
And so what I'm doing is I'm
studying that, and I'm basically
looking at why that is
00:05:11.01\00:05:19.95
problematic going forward. And I
talk about the whole concept of
religious freedom and religion
00:05:20.05\00:05:26.62
as a prototypical right, that it
encourages other rights, has
lots of benefits. And anyhow, so
00:05:26.72\00:05:33.90
it's kind of like. it's
counterintuitive from a lot of
legal academic mindsets right
00:05:34.00\00:05:39.23
now, which says, you know,
religion is not necessary to be
so protected in the
00:05:39.33\00:05:43.27
Constitution. I'm coming around
the other way and saying yes, it
is. And from my research, I look
00:05:43.37\00:05:49.88
at it from a historical
perspective. I look at the whole
history, I look at practicality
00:05:49.98\00:05:55.15
of our experience in the West,
and I look at philosophy as
well, and I say, at the end of
00:05:55.25\00:06:01.16
the day, my view is that we
still need to have religion
protected. CHRIS: And we're
00:06:01.26\00:06:06.26
going to have a whole show on
that in a couple of shows. Now,
I do want to ask you, you have a
00:06:06.36\00:06:12.17
lot of degrees. BARRY: Mmhmm.
CHRIS: Why so many degrees?
What's happened in your life?
00:06:12.27\00:06:17.24
BARRY: Listen, I'll tell you
right now, if I ever say to my
wife again that I'm interested
00:06:17.34\00:06:20.61
in yet another degree after I do
the doctorate, I'm afraid she's
going to put me out in a tent.
00:06:20.71\00:06:26.05
No, it's one of those things in
life, you know, as you go along,
you know, people collect
00:06:26.15\00:06:33.15
baseball cards; I collect
degrees. No, the reality is, is
this: A law professor said one
00:06:33.25\00:06:39.79
time in class, he says, "You
know, when you write your exam,
make sure you don't spend any
00:06:39.89\00:06:43.47
time trying to get that point on
the exam that's way up at the
top of the tree; grab the apples
00:06:43.57\00:06:50.67
that are right in front of you."
So for whatever reason, wherever
I've been, whether I've
00:06:50.77\00:06:55.41
practiced law in St. John's
Newfoundland, I went to Memorial
University, I got a degree in
00:06:55.51\00:06:59.61
political science, came back up
here, lived in Oshawa for a
while, and I got a degree at
00:06:59.71\00:07:05.02
Osgoode doing constitutional
law. Of course, I did my law
degree at University of Western
00:07:05.12\00:07:10.06
Ontario, and that's where he
shared that with me. And then
when I went to work with Four
00:07:10.16\00:07:15.90
C's, Canadian Council of
Christian Charities, I went to
the University of Waterloo and
00:07:16.00\00:07:18.87
said, "Hey, you know, peace and
conflict studies, I'm very much
interested, why not do it?"
00:07:18.97\00:07:22.74
CHRIS: And why so much interest
in theology and religion? BARRY:
Well, you know, it's very
00:07:22.84\00:07:28.41
interesting. Growing up in
Newfoundland, of course, I come
from a family that was very much
00:07:28.51\00:07:34.35
politically attuned. I've
followed politics probably from
the age ten or even before,
00:07:34.45\00:07:40.02
onwards. My uncle was involved
in provincial politics. He was
minister of labour and so forth
00:07:40.12\00:07:47.50
in the Frank Moores government
there. And so I spent a lot of
time, you know, going door to
00:07:47.60\00:07:51.27
door, advertising for my uncle
and so on. My grandfather was a
justice of the peace. And so the
00:07:51.37\00:07:57.91
whole concept of being involved
in the public is something that
attracted me. I always wondered
00:07:58.01\00:08:05.11
whether I would go into ministry
or whether I'd go into the
practice of law, will I go into
00:08:05.21\00:08:10.05
the practice of law and get
involved in politics? All of
those kinds of things. And
00:08:10.15\00:08:13.59
ultimately. but as time went on,
I found myself really interested
in the concept of religious
00:08:13.69\00:08:20.16
freedom. I love reading and
studying about political
philosophy, religious philosophy
00:08:20.26\00:08:25.93
and so on, and the whole
interaction and the historical
experience of religion,
00:08:26.03\00:08:30.71
religious freedom. I think of
all the greats, you know,
whether it's William Tyndale,
00:08:30.81\00:08:34.74
Martin Luther, all of those
things, kind of inspired me. And
so I ended up in my career
00:08:34.84\00:08:39.88
focussing around that. And what.
You know, growing up in
Newfoundland in the early 1970s
00:08:39.98\00:08:48.69
and so on, we still had a
situation where we were
segregated in the schools. One
00:08:48.79\00:08:53.73
group went to one school, one
went to another school. We lived
in a community that was
00:08:53.83\00:08:58.63
homogeneous in many ways. It
was, you know, all Protestants
live here, all Catholics live
00:08:58.73\00:09:04.74
here, and so forth, you know.
You know, I remember one time
having a Catholic friend who was
00:09:04.84\00:09:12.01
in kindergarten, but then he
wasn't with us the rest of the
school experience because you
00:09:12.11\00:09:17.89
know, he went to a Catholic
school, and so on. And you know,
we're all free and we all need
00:09:17.99\00:09:21.32
to be able to do that, but it
was just this concept of coming
from different communities and
00:09:21.42\00:09:27.23
understanding who you are, how
you relate to others.
Newfoundland has a lot of
00:09:27.36\00:09:31.60
history; if you look back in the
19th century, there was a lot of
bloodshed, actually, over
00:09:31.70\00:09:36.07
religion in Newfoundland. And so
all of that kind of caused me to
say, "Okay, how can we all live
00:09:36.17\00:09:43.71
together peacefully on the same
piece of real estate?" I mean,
at the end of the day, that's
00:09:43.81\00:09:47.95
what we need to be able to do.
And so that whole concept has
really invigorated me, trying to
00:09:48.05\00:09:56.02
answer those kinds of questions.
I mean, throughout the history
of our life on Earth, it seems,
00:09:56.12\00:10:01.70
we're asking the big questions:
Where do we come from? Where are
we going? How do we get here?
00:10:01.80\00:10:05.83
All of that. Scientists today
are talking about things like,
you know, where did the Big Bang
00:10:05.93\00:10:11.67
come from? How did it start? I
mean, we're still asking these
big questions. And so that's
00:10:11.77\00:10:16.31
part of my trying to. I'm just
very curious. And so all of
these things, all of these
00:10:16.41\00:10:21.58
studies, it's all in this quest
of trying to know. CHRIS: And so
it's brought you to the place
00:10:21.68\00:10:27.89
where you're now the director of
legal affairs with the Canadian
Council of Christian Charities,
00:10:27.99\00:10:32.13
an organization that's actually
committed to finding this
balance of how, being all
00:10:32.23\00:10:39.70
different, do we get along?
BARRY: Yeah. Well, I mean, and
when you look at us, we're 3300
00:10:39.80\00:10:44.04
charities across the country
that have come together. And
it's an organization that
00:10:44.14\00:10:51.05
started in 1972. It started
because there was a real need
for Christian missionaries who
00:10:51.15\00:11:01.72
were coming back, being
repatriated after they spent
their career overseas, and
00:11:01.82\00:11:07.13
they'd have no pensions, for
example. And so what happened
was, a group of individuals got
00:11:07.23\00:11:12.60
together and said, "Hey, we need
to do something for these
people." And so they decided to
00:11:12.70\00:11:17.31
start up a pension plan. And as
a result, what worked around
that pension plan was also group
00:11:17.41\00:11:23.51
benefits. So for example, we
have a lot of churches that are
not associated with a
00:11:23.61\00:11:28.38
denomination, for example, and
so they don't have anything for
their pastor. They wouldn't be
00:11:28.48\00:11:34.69
able to have a pension for their
pastors. It's just, you know,
you need to have volume and you
00:11:34.79\00:11:39.19
need to have numbers. And so
we're able to do that for them
and provide group benefits that
00:11:39.29\00:11:45.97
the church pays into and so
forth that enables them to be
able to give a good retirement
00:11:46.07\00:11:50.74
for their people and for the
missionaries, which was the
original understanding of us as
00:11:50.84\00:11:56.85
an organization. CHRIS: And so
you've given a little bit of the
history of the Canadian Council
00:11:56.95\00:12:01.68
of Christian Charities. And
let's talk a little bit about
what you're doing right now.
00:12:01.78\00:12:08.86
What's happening with the
Council? What they're doing to
help charities and how that
00:12:08.96\00:12:16.00
relates to our viewers? BARRY:
Okay. Well, I can tell you right
00:12:16.10\00:12:20.54
now, hot off the press, so hot,
in fact, this is only the second
copy that we've had in our
00:12:20.64\00:12:25.54
office, and we're going to get
all of the thousands coming up.
But we've got the Charities
00:12:25.64\00:12:33.45
Handbook. The Charities Handbook
is really the go-to book for
Christian charities in the
00:12:33.55\00:12:37.75
country. This is now the 20th
edition. Every two years, we
publish - it is now every two
00:12:37.85\00:12:44.76
years - it used to be yearly -
but every two years, we have put
together all of the recent
00:12:44.86\00:12:53.87
updates. This handbook is the A
to Z information on how to run a
charity, how to start a charity,
00:12:53.97\00:13:01.94
how to close it down. We talk
about things like the importance
of ensuring proper policies with
00:13:02.04\00:13:09.68
employees. Job descriptions. We
talk about how you run a board.
Talk about how you comply to CRA
00:13:09.78\00:13:16.52
guidelines and so forth. We deal
with all of the mundane things
that a charity would have. And
00:13:16.62\00:13:27.74
by the way, I should mention
that we also have a number of
non-Christian charities who are
00:13:27.84\00:13:31.97
members of Four C's who are
affiliate members. We provide
all kinds of this information
00:13:32.07\00:13:40.02
that helps them to do ministry
better. The tagline for the Four
C's is "advancing ministry
00:13:40.12\00:13:47.12
together." So while we look at
all of our members who are
involved in every kind of
00:13:47.22\00:13:53.19
mission and ministry that you
can think of, from working down
on Yonge Street, working with
00:13:53.29\00:14:00.97
the street people, to being
involved in Africa with
development, to running radio
00:14:01.07\00:14:05.97
stations, to running nursing
homes, you name it. We've got
them who are our members, and
00:14:06.07\00:14:12.51
we've got churches and so forth.
So lots of things are happening.
They get to call us. We've got
00:14:12.61\00:14:18.49
about four people that, every
day, answer phone calls. We will
answer every question on how to,
00:14:18.59\00:14:25.79
whatever it is that needs to
happen with their particular
charity that they have an issue
00:14:25.89\00:14:31.27
with, for tax policy, government
policy, whatever. And we will
provide them an answer within 24
00:14:31.37\00:14:36.77
hours. CHRIS: Wow. BARRY: And if
we can't get it in 24 hours,
we'll call you back in 24 hours
00:14:36.87\00:14:42.44
and say, "We're still working on
it." But we are very much in
tune and we make that happen.
00:14:42.54\00:14:47.05
CHRIS: Well, that's very
powerful, you know. It Is
Written is a charity here in
00:14:47.15\00:14:53.22
Canada. And some of the
criticisms that I often hear
about charities is that
00:14:53.32\00:14:58.03
charities are, so to speak,
above the law. But what we're
saying here is, that is actually
00:14:58.13\00:15:03.60
not the case. In fact, the Bible
points out that we need to
render unto Caesar what is
00:15:03.70\00:15:07.54
Caesar's and we need to be
law-abiding. And so the Four C's
is committed to helping
00:15:07.64\00:15:15.58
charities abide by the laws here
in Canada. BARRY: Absolutely. In
fact, when we give information,
00:15:15.68\00:15:21.65
we don't give information to
charities to say, "Okay, let's
push the limits of the law.
00:15:21.75\00:15:26.42
Let's go to the boundaries." We
want people to be right in the
middle so that they won't have
00:15:26.52\00:15:31.13
any hassle with a CRA audit or
whatever, if they will follow
the policies that we outline in
00:15:31.23\00:15:37.40
the Charities Handbook and so
on. It is extremely important.
We want to be not just simply
00:15:37.50\00:15:42.60
effective charities, but we want
to be exemplary. We want to be
the best that God would have us
00:15:42.70\00:15:48.98
be. And it's extremely important
for our witness as Christian
charities to ensure that we are
00:15:49.08\00:15:55.02
in keeping with the law. And so
that is certainly an emphasis
that we make. CHRIS: Now, Barry,
00:15:55.12\00:16:01.76
there might be a viewer right
now, there might be somebody
that is either interested in
00:16:01.86\00:16:05.96
starting a charity or they are a
part of a charity, and they're
saying, "Wow, I'm really
00:16:06.06\00:16:11.67
interested in this. I'm really
interested in this handbook."
Where can they go to get more
00:16:11.77\00:16:15.54
information about this handbook?
BARRY: Our website is Four C's
dot O-R-G. So it's cccc.org. And
00:16:15.64\00:16:27.12
you can go in there and you've
got all the information on our
website. We have a section of
00:16:27.22\00:16:33.29
the website that's free, and a
section that is not free. In
other words, if you are a member
00:16:33.39\00:16:39.53
of Four C's, you get all the
free access to everything. You
can buy everything, like, as far
00:16:39.63\00:16:44.43
as our books and DVDs and all of
those kinds of things. You can
buy that, no problem. We have a
00:16:44.53\00:16:50.01
store online that helps you to
do that. CHRIS: Now, you know,
and I'm looking across the table
00:16:50.11\00:16:56.71
and I'm not trying to eavesdrop
with what the Four C's has going
on, but I see something there
00:16:56.81\00:17:02.55
that's very intriguing, because
maybe there's people watching
saying, "Well, you know, I mean,
00:17:02.65\00:17:05.79
I'm not a part of your charity.
Maybe this show is not even
applicable to me." But you have
00:17:05.89\00:17:10.56
something there that's very
interesting. I spent a number of
years as a pastor. And it talks
00:17:10.66\00:17:16.10
about being a board member. Tell
me, what is this project that
you have here? BARRY: So we've
00:17:16.20\00:17:19.90
got the DVD Serving as a Board
Member by Reverend Dr. John
Pellow, who's our CEO. And in
00:17:20.00\00:17:27.31
fact, he recorded this video
series right here in this
studio. And he goes through the
00:17:27.41\00:17:35.22
whole experience of what the
role of a board member is from
the theological perspective,
00:17:35.32\00:17:42.66
also from the legal perspective,
concerned about ensuring that
the relationships are going
00:17:42.76\00:17:49.53
well, what is expected of you as
a board member, and all of those
kinds of things. And we also
00:17:49.63\00:17:54.27
have as well a book that is a
companion to this is Serving as
a Board Member book which kind
00:17:54.37\00:18:02.74
of puts in writing all of the
various ideas that he's
expressed in the DVD. This is
00:18:02.84\00:18:08.15
really our big seller, to be
honest with you. CHRIS: I would
imagine, because you know, one
00:18:08.25\00:18:12.72
of the challenges we face in
pastoral ministry is as pastors
who are not trained in the law,
00:18:12.82\00:18:18.59
and then many of our board
members, they're laypeople,
they're not trained in the law.
00:18:18.69\00:18:24.70
And so this DVD as well as this
book could provide a wealth of
resource and information for an
00:18:24.80\00:18:31.77
individual to be an effective
board member. Now, again, you've
already mentioned the website.
00:18:31.87\00:18:38.08
Can somebody make a phone call
to get more information? BARRY:
Yes, they can. The phone
00:18:38.18\00:18:41.85
number is 519-669-5137. CHRIS:
And they're going to call into
your office. Now, I would
00:18:41.95\00:18:51.03
expect, with such an entity
that's dealing with law and all
of this stuff, I would expect
00:18:51.13\00:18:56.33
that you are right up there in
Ottawa sitting next to the
Parliament. Is that where your
00:18:56.43\00:19:01.57
office is located? Because that
does not seem like an Ottawa
prefix on your phone number.
00:19:01.67\00:19:06.37
BARRY: Yeah, no, we're down in
Elmira. Elmira is just north of
Waterloo. Beautiful country.
00:19:06.47\00:19:13.82
It's really a gem, a forgotten
gem, perhaps, in some ways, but
it's awesome. I'm living where
00:19:13.92\00:19:22.16
there's horse and buggies going
back and forth my window several
times a day. It's Mennonite
00:19:22.26\00:19:27.66
country. Beautiful place. The
reason we're there is because
the director, the CEO, the first
00:19:27.76\00:19:35.94
CEO of our organization, in the
1980s, ended up having the
office, originally, was down in
00:19:36.04\00:19:42.98
Kitchener. But he was struggling
with all of the amount of mail
that was going on with. there at
00:19:43.08\00:19:49.02
the Kitchener office. And what
happened was, it was too much.
So he went to the post office up
00:19:49.12\00:19:57.73
in Elmira and said, "Hey,
listen, we've got all this mail.
Are you able to handle it?" "Oh,
00:19:57.83\00:20:01.93
yes, no problem." And so then he
decided, as a result of the warm
treatment he received at the
00:20:02.03\00:20:07.77
post office in Elmira, that hey,
maybe we should have our office
in Elmira. And that's exactly
00:20:07.87\00:20:12.04
where it's been ever since.
CHRIS: Wow, and so you're
actually an organization that's
00:20:12.14\00:20:16.01
even founded on the principle of
the government and a religious
organization, or a charity,
00:20:16.11\00:20:22.25
getting along together. So
that's a beautiful thing. So
speaking of mail and mailing
00:20:22.35\00:20:28.46
things out, you have a
publication. Tell me about this
publication. BARRY: Yeah, so
00:20:28.56\00:20:31.53
this is the Four C's bulletin.
And five times a year, we
produce a bulletin. This one
00:20:31.63\00:20:37.33
here is a special bulletin
dealing with healthy church
boards, and there's all kinds of
00:20:37.43\00:20:43.27
articles in here, duties of
directors, executives, effective
committees, dealing with
00:20:43.37\00:20:48.41
conflict, understanding
financials, board minutes, all
these kinds of. everything you
00:20:48.51\00:20:52.41
would need to have to run an
effective board is in here. So
five times a year, we put
00:20:52.51\00:20:59.09
together these bulletins. What
happens is, we've got four
people who answer the phones. We
00:20:59.19\00:21:05.46
do about 6,000 calls or more a
year. And so we tend to get a
lot of questions. And what's
00:21:05.56\00:21:13.27
interesting is, we are
understanding what the issues
are. Then when we meet together
00:21:13.37\00:21:19.24
as a committee - every week, we
all have a meeting - and we'll
say, "Okay, what are the
00:21:19.34\00:21:24.05
questions that people are
asking? What is it we need more
information on?" And so then we
00:21:24.15\00:21:28.78
will assign responsibilities to
write articles and we will write
articles to answer those
00:21:28.88\00:21:34.16
questions in depth. And then
that becomes, then, the material
that we put together for the
00:21:34.26\00:21:39.09
Four C's bulletin. CHRIS: And so
the Four C's, the Canadian
Council of Christian Charities,
00:21:39.19\00:21:45.00
powerful organization that is
committed to helping charities
function in exemplary ways that
00:21:45.10\00:21:52.01
can set an example, an example
set by the Bible. Somebody's
watching, again, interested in
00:21:52.11\00:21:58.98
charities, church board member,
maybe there's a pastor, so on
and so forth. One more time,
00:21:59.08\00:22:04.49
what is that website where
someone can go, get more
information about what the Four
00:22:04.59\00:22:09.22
C's is doing and can help them
with? BARRY: It's cccc.org.
CHRIS: There, they'll find
00:22:09.32\00:22:17.13
information on how to become a
member of the Four C's, as well
as the abundance of resources
00:22:17.23\00:22:23.04
that are available. Barry, in
our last few minutes together,
let's talk very briefly about
00:22:23.14\00:22:32.91
the issue of Christian charity
as it's related to the
individual and why that's so
00:22:33.01\00:22:40.79
important to God. BARRY: Well,
you know, the Lord has given us
that commission to go out and to
00:22:40.89\00:22:47.13
spread the Word of His love, of
salvation, and all the rest of
it. As Christians, we simply do
00:22:47.23\00:22:55.97
not bottle up our faith into the
four walls of a church on Sunday
morning or Saturday morning or
00:22:56.07\00:23:02.48
whatever we are worshiping,
Wednesday evenings, and so
forth. We are individuals who
00:23:02.58\00:23:10.35
seek God to serve God. And we
organize these organizations to
meet the needs of the people,
00:23:10.45\00:23:20.43
and that's what we're about, and
we want, as Four C's, to ensure
that your ministry can be the
00:23:20.53\00:23:25.73
best it can be. CHRIS: That is
wonderful information. I can't
believe we're out of time. But
00:23:25.83\00:23:31.07
as we end here, let's have a
word of prayer. Heavenly Father,
we pray that each of us would be
00:23:31.17\00:23:36.75
exemplary in our Christian
charity. We pray that our
charitable organizations that we
00:23:36.85\00:23:42.82
work with, work for, or donate
to, are exemplary. To Your
honour and to Your glory, we
00:23:42.92\00:23:48.92
pray in Jesus' name, amen.
00:23:49.02\00:23:51.79
>
00:24:36.20\00:24:37.61
Today, in our NEWSTART acronym
we're focusing on "E" for
Exercise. The mere mention of
00:24:38.41\00:24:43.41
the word causes so many of us to
quickly pull in our stomachs and
straighten our shoulders.
00:24:43.51\00:24:49.12
Research shows that though most
of us know that participating in
some form of exercise helps to
00:24:49.22\00:24:54.42
keep us in good health, only
around 20% actually do anything
about it! For some of us the
00:24:54.52\00:25:00.96
very thought of "exercise"
conjures up bad memories of
grade school gym class or
00:25:01.03\00:25:06.53
not-quite-successful attempts at
losing weight. Instead of
thinking about the drudgery of
00:25:06.63\00:25:12.44
exercise, or the discomfort of
ill-fitting work-out gear, try
focusing instead on
00:25:12.54\00:25:18.15
incorporating physical activity
into your every-day routine. But
in our extraordinarily busy
00:25:18.25\00:25:24.75
lives, how in the world do we go
about doing that? Easy! It's as
simple as using the stairs in
00:25:24.85\00:25:30.19
your apartment building or at
your work-place instead of using
the elevator. Or, how about
00:25:30.29\00:25:36.00
getting off the bus a few stops
before you reach home and
walking the rest of the way?
00:25:36.10\00:25:40.47
Power-walk at lunchtime or while
you're doing your shopping!
What's so great about exercise?
00:25:40.57\00:25:47.28
Plenty! Regular physical
activity strengthens your heart,
helps to lower your blood
00:25:47.38\00:25:53.35
pressure, strengthens your
bones, boosts your immune system
and energy levels, improves your
00:25:53.45\00:25:59.55
ability to handle stress, and
helps reduce anxiety and
depression, not to mention it
00:25:59.65\00:26:06.16
helps you achieve and maintain a
healthy weight. Being physically
active also helps to lower LDL -
00:26:06.26\00:26:13.90
otherwise your unwanted bad
cholesterol and raises your good
cholesterol, your HDL
00:26:14.00\00:26:18.37
cholesterol in your body. Now,
listen to the health risks
associated with not exercising:
00:26:18.47\00:26:26.82
premature death, heart disease,
obesity, high blood pressure,
type 2 diabetes, osteoporosis,
00:26:26.92\00:26:35.16
stroke, depression, and even
cancer. Our muscles are designed
to be worked. After all, we were
00:26:35.26\00:26:43.60
created in a garden! No time you
say? Even 10 minutes of physical
activity is beneficial,
00:26:43.70\00:26:50.84
especially if you do several
10-minute sessions during the
day. Feel too old? You're never
00:26:50.94\00:26:56.81
too old! Hulda Crooks started
mountain climbing at age 66
Kinda puts the rest of us to
00:26:56.91\00:27:04.49
shame! No money you say? No
problem! Keep in mind that
walking is one of the best
00:27:04.59\00:27:10.13
choices of exercise - just dress
for the weather and it's right
outside your door. Add in 1 or 2
00:27:10.23\00:27:15.76
pound weights around your ankles
or carry them in your hands and
now your walking is not only
00:27:15.86\00:27:21.17
cardiovascular but is now a
weight bearing exercise, which
is ideal for building bone
00:27:21.27\00:27:27.74
density. So do your whole body a
favour and get up and go! If you
want additional information
00:27:27.84\00:27:33.98
on getting active, visit our It
Is Written website at
www.ItIsWrittenCanada.ca, go to
00:27:34.08\00:27:42.12
the Live Healthy page, and
you'll find links to great
websites such as the Health
00:27:42.22\00:27:47.46
Canada site where you can order
Canada's Physical Activity
Guide. See you next time!
00:27:47.56\00:27:53.10
>
00:27:56.91\00:27:57.41
CHRIS: My dear friends, being
exemplary for God is important
to the individual, but also
00:27:59.94\00:28:05.81
important to organizations.
Today for the free offer, I want
to offer you the Four C's
00:28:05.91\00:28:11.12
bulletin on healthy boards. Now,
if you're interested in other
resources, you can go to the It
00:28:11.22\00:28:16.62
Is Written website at
itiswrittencanada.ca. Here's the
information you need for today's
00:28:16.73\00:28:22.53
offer.
00:28:22.63\00:28:24.57
>
00:29:22.66\00:29:23.16
CHRIS: Dear friend, thank you so
much for watching. And Barry,
thank you for such a lively
00:29:24.56\00:29:28.10
discussion. BARRY: Well, it was
great to be here, Chris. CHRIS:
00:29:28.20\00:29:32.13
Friends, if you're interested in
more of what Barry has to say or
want to follow along with his
00:29:32.23\00:29:37.04
blog, I want to invite you to go
to LawAndReligion.org, and there
you can find more information.
00:29:37.14\00:29:42.94
Please join us again next week.
Until then, remember it is
written: "Man shall not live by
00:29:43.04\00:29:48.95
bread alone, but by every word
that proceeds from the mouth of
00:29:49.05\00:29:53.92
God." $$$$$$$$$$$$$
00:29:55.82\00:29:57.86