Inserting a video into PowerPoint 2010 and 2013 and keeping file size reasonable

After a very frustrating time trying to work out why some new Powerpoints with inserted video had become so huge, this page explaining the difference in the way Powerpoint 2010 & 2013 handles video compared with earlier versions has clarified things.

On the Video Insert menu, Powerpoint 2010 & 2013 offers two options:-

INSERT i.e. embed which keads to HUGE pptx FILES     and
LINK - which does what it says on the tin which leaves the presentation at its original size...

Insert or link to a video that is stored on my PC - PowerPoint

Seven Reasons Why Jesus Could Not Have Been A Pastor In Many Churches - thanks to Perry Noble Blog | Perry Noble

Seven Reasons Why Jesus Could Not Have Been A Pastor In Many Churches | Perry Noble Blog | Perry Noble · Senior Pastor of NewSpring Church

Isis vs. Christians

Silence and Solidarity | Timothy George | First Things

Stop Killing Endangered Species in "Christ's Name"

Someone has brought to my attention  a gruesome opportunity being offered to raise money for a Christian relief and development charity "Providers for Christ" - by Big Game Hunting; no, really...
Here's the link:-
Provider for Christ Hunting Adventure | Frikkie du Toit Safaris
Three things need to be said:

• The link goes not to "Providers for Christ" but Emmanuel Christian Outreach - and the word provider doesn't appear on their web-site
• None the less, Big Game Hunting "Christ's Name" is repugnant. It happens to be legal - but that doesn't make it acceptable.
• Of course it also provides an open target for both justified and unjustified criticism from the new atheist movement.

Come on people, wake up and smell the coffee. Baying for an innocent animal's life "In Christ's Name" is unacceptable nonsense.Anyone claiming to be a Christian must take seriously the call to be co-creator with God and a good steward of the whole of creation. The charge to take control and rule over creation (Genesis 1:26-28) is set in the context of caring for it (Genesis 2:15); it's God's creation (Psalm 24:1, Psalm 50:10, Psalm 104:24, Colossians 1:16-17) after all. Jesus teaches that God cares for the whole creation (Matthew 6:26, Matthew 10:29) teaches in parables which applaud good agricultural care and stewardship (Matthew 25:14-30, Luke 12:35-46) and after being criticised for healing on a Sabbath states that care for animals (and therefore humans) is more important than religious ritual and rules (Luke 13:14-16, Luke 14:4-6).
Would you like to do something about this killing apparently "in Christ's Name"??
You can sign on-line petitions at the links below:-
Stop Killing Endangered Species in "Christ's Name" - The Petition Site

Stop brutal animal hunting in South Africa - Change.org

A couple of minutes is all it will take for you to sign these two petitions, what's stopping you contributing to sorting out this horrific travesty?

A Prayer for Hope

Hope

“Lord, there are people who have curled up and died in a corner for no reason other than they lost hope. When there is no hope, there is no life. Without hope, we give up–we lose our will to fight, to trust, to live.

There are too many people in this world today who have begun to lose hope–those who hunger for life’s basic needs but see no relief; those who see too many problems and cannot find a solution.

When I begin to lose hope, too often I have forgotten that hope is inseparably connected to love and faith…your love which powerfully confirms that you are not only the bringer of life; but you are Life…faith that receives love humbly and enables me to respond with hope to even the most complicated problems.

Lord, the hunger problem seems hopeless to many, the victims and the bystanders. But hope needs opportunity, and just as Paul adapted to his situation in life, you have given me now an unparalleled chance to be a part of conquering this condition, conscious of your presences which supplies me with strength and with hope.

Together we as believers can never repay you for supplying our needs, but we can trust in the hope that you will continue to supply them through us and through all the means available today. Empowered by hope in you, we can do even greater works than you did on earth–if only we keep hope.

Lord, we do not hope in ourselves, our technology, our governments, our laws, our tenacity, our courage, or our will, though these things are all necessary to conquer hunger and provide justice. We hope in you. Amen.”

From Visions of a World Hungry by Thomas G. Pettepiece

The Heart Of The Matter: Becoming More Wesleyan By Looking Less Methodist

 OK, this is from a US perspective, but, has interestying things to say in the UK setting, too...

The Heart Of The Matter: Becoming More Wesleyan By Looking Less Methodist

God wants full custody of his children. Not just weekend visits.

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  God wants full custody of his children. Not just weekend visits.

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