The oil is on its way to the Gulf Coast.
It is a horrible disaster. The last I heard the slick is the size of Rhode Island and growing. The shut-off valve, that should have stopped the flow from the open well, hasn't worked. The weather and water are getting rougher, and experts are saying it will take three months to get the flow to stop.
Louisiana, recently decimated by Katrina is now likely to take a major hit from the pollution headed its way. The price of shrimp will likely go up for us all.
It's easy to have a knee-jerk reaction--stop drilling or drill more, build more windmills, burn more ethanol or construct nuclear plants, open more bike paths. Each of those solutions and many others have advocates that tout their merit, but each needs to be considered on its own merits, and lack-thereof. None is the panacea enthusiasts claim. Each has a down-side.
Let's not forget that decisions on these matters involve people. Eleven people died when the oil-rig blew up. Families will lose their homes over the job lost from ruined fisheries. If the oil industry is shut down other homes will suffer. We have a responsibility to pass on a healthy world to the next generation.
Complicated?
You bet!
It reminds me of a picture I saw one time. The earth was nestled in as pair of rugged hands. The caption: "This world's a mess. Handle with Prayer."
Amen.
It's STTA.
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Oldie, #8:
Something to Think About for
August 6, 2008:
A friend of mine recently send me a story about a guy who shot his lawnmower. It's an amusing account.
". . . Lawn Boy wouldn't start Wednesday morning. He told police, 'I can do that, it's my lawn mower and my yard so I can shoot it if I want.'"
What troubles me about the story is I totally understand. I would probably use a sledge-hammer rather than a gun, but I totally understand.
I have a lawnmower to work with, not work on. When something doesn't do that for which it is intended it is a source of great frustration. I clearly remember a day on which, if my dad had not been present with me, I would have thrown my chainsaw off
a cliff.
OK, here is a question for you and me. What is my purpose? Why did God create me, give me life, and place me in this world? The Westminster shorter catechism gives a great answer: ". . . to glorify God, and to enjoy him forever."
I sure am glad that God is more patient than I am.
It's STTA
Click here to read the story
More important: 2 Peter 3:9 tells us about God's great patience.
You can read about God's plan of salvation by clicking here:
August 6, 2008:
A friend of mine recently send me a story about a guy who shot his lawnmower. It's an amusing account.
". . . Lawn Boy wouldn't start Wednesday morning. He told police, 'I can do that, it's my lawn mower and my yard so I can shoot it if I want.'"
What troubles me about the story is I totally understand. I would probably use a sledge-hammer rather than a gun, but I totally understand.
I have a lawnmower to work with, not work on. When something doesn't do that for which it is intended it is a source of great frustration. I clearly remember a day on which, if my dad had not been present with me, I would have thrown my chainsaw off
a cliff.
OK, here is a question for you and me. What is my purpose? Why did God create me, give me life, and place me in this world? The Westminster shorter catechism gives a great answer: ". . . to glorify God, and to enjoy him forever."
I sure am glad that God is more patient than I am.
It's STTA
Click here to read the story
More important: 2 Peter 3:9 tells us about God's great patience.
You can read about God's plan of salvation by clicking here:
Oldie, #7:
Something to Think About for
August 5, 2008:
"A nasal spray containing a naturally occurring brain hormone called orexin A reversed the effects of sleep deprivation in monkeys, allowing them to perform like well-rested monkeys on cognitive tests."
I just read this from a news-release. Of course it goes on to speculate that perhaps this drug will have the same effect on humans. I fail to see the big deal. I've known people, all my life, who perform like well-rested monkeys.
Seriously, the armed-forces are very interested in the drug. Keeping pilots, and guards awake longer, without diminishing their mental and physical abilities would be incredibly valuable in time of war.
So maybe I won't have to sleep anymore.
Combine that with another research project using mice. It showed that "couch-potato" rodents given an experimental drug and tested on a treadmill, performed like buff, jog-everyday, mighty-mice. Put the two together and you have what many guys regard as heaven. Stay up all night, watch TV & still stay healthy enough to go fishing or play softball.
Now, if we could just do something about this odor from my armpits.
Think about it and I think you'll see,
It is STTA.
[If you read the early chapters of Genesis and the book of Ecclesiastes it is clear that God intended work as a blessing.
God set the pattern for rest when He rested on the seventh day. It would appear that sleep is a blessing to be enjoyed, not a curse to avoid. Psalm 127:2, Proverbs 3:24, 19:23, Ecclesiastes 5:12]
August 5, 2008:
"A nasal spray containing a naturally occurring brain hormone called orexin A reversed the effects of sleep deprivation in monkeys, allowing them to perform like well-rested monkeys on cognitive tests."
I just read this from a news-release. Of course it goes on to speculate that perhaps this drug will have the same effect on humans. I fail to see the big deal. I've known people, all my life, who perform like well-rested monkeys.
Seriously, the armed-forces are very interested in the drug. Keeping pilots, and guards awake longer, without diminishing their mental and physical abilities would be incredibly valuable in time of war.
So maybe I won't have to sleep anymore.
Combine that with another research project using mice. It showed that "couch-potato" rodents given an experimental drug and tested on a treadmill, performed like buff, jog-everyday, mighty-mice. Put the two together and you have what many guys regard as heaven. Stay up all night, watch TV & still stay healthy enough to go fishing or play softball.
Now, if we could just do something about this odor from my armpits.
Think about it and I think you'll see,
It is STTA.
[If you read the early chapters of Genesis and the book of Ecclesiastes it is clear that God intended work as a blessing.
God set the pattern for rest when He rested on the seventh day. It would appear that sleep is a blessing to be enjoyed, not a curse to avoid. Psalm 127:2, Proverbs 3:24, 19:23, Ecclesiastes 5:12]
Oldie, #6:
Something to Think About for
August 1, 2008:
I just visited a friend's house who keeps marine aquariums. In order to keep his fish, coral, crabs and shrimp alive and happy he faithfully tests and changes the water. He knows what to feed each kind of fish and just how much. The lights are on timers, so the aquatic life gets the right amount of light.
In short, my friend goes to an incredible amount of trouble to reproduce a miniature version of the ocean surrounding a living reef--an ecosystem that many scientists claim happened purely by accident.
As we have seen in recent decades, it only takes a relatively small amount of a foreign substance or a minor change in the environment to radically change--or even destroy--a living community. Not only must each organism be healthy, but each all of them must relate to one another in a healthy way.
Sitting here thinking about it I'm amazed at the blind-faith evolutionists have. In spite of constant evidence that random forces produce destruction, they believe that such a beautiful, complex system just happened.
Not at my friend's house, nor, I am convinced, in my Father's world.
It's STTA.
August 1, 2008:
I just visited a friend's house who keeps marine aquariums. In order to keep his fish, coral, crabs and shrimp alive and happy he faithfully tests and changes the water. He knows what to feed each kind of fish and just how much. The lights are on timers, so the aquatic life gets the right amount of light.
In short, my friend goes to an incredible amount of trouble to reproduce a miniature version of the ocean surrounding a living reef--an ecosystem that many scientists claim happened purely by accident.
As we have seen in recent decades, it only takes a relatively small amount of a foreign substance or a minor change in the environment to radically change--or even destroy--a living community. Not only must each organism be healthy, but each all of them must relate to one another in a healthy way.
Sitting here thinking about it I'm amazed at the blind-faith evolutionists have. In spite of constant evidence that random forces produce destruction, they believe that such a beautiful, complex system just happened.
Not at my friend's house, nor, I am convinced, in my Father's world.
It's STTA.
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Oldie, #5:
Something to Think About for
July 22, 2008:
I like the funnies. I read them most every day. Included in my list of daily cartoons is Dunesberry. Yes, it is very left-wing, but it is also incredibly witty. Most important--for me--the flat characters are really good at pointing out some rather conspicuous warts.
I don't have a clue as to exactly why, but lately the comic strip has featured the plight of Iraqi Christians. The plot-line has to do with an Iraqi Christian, who fled to Syria. He is trying to get the message about the plight of his people on the news, but dufus reporter, Roland Headly, is determined to spin the story to make the "surge" look more favorable. Ouch!
We Christians in North America are often blind and deaf to the plight of God's people in other parts of the world. We tend to see them through--our maybe I should say "we are blinded by"--our American, political grid.
Dunesberry got my attention, because I know a real, flesh-and-blood guy who is working with Iraqi Christians who have fled from persecution.
How sad that a liberal cartoonist is making the case more effectively than the Iraqi Christians' sisters and brothers in the West.
It's not funny, but it's STTA
July 22, 2008:
I like the funnies. I read them most every day. Included in my list of daily cartoons is Dunesberry. Yes, it is very left-wing, but it is also incredibly witty. Most important--for me--the flat characters are really good at pointing out some rather conspicuous warts.
I don't have a clue as to exactly why, but lately the comic strip has featured the plight of Iraqi Christians. The plot-line has to do with an Iraqi Christian, who fled to Syria. He is trying to get the message about the plight of his people on the news, but dufus reporter, Roland Headly, is determined to spin the story to make the "surge" look more favorable. Ouch!
We Christians in North America are often blind and deaf to the plight of God's people in other parts of the world. We tend to see them through--our maybe I should say "we are blinded by"--our American, political grid.
Dunesberry got my attention, because I know a real, flesh-and-blood guy who is working with Iraqi Christians who have fled from persecution.
How sad that a liberal cartoonist is making the case more effectively than the Iraqi Christians' sisters and brothers in the West.
It's not funny, but it's STTA
Oldie, #4:
Something to Think About for
June 12, 2008:
I don't think they covered this in fire-fighter school. Some Pennsylvania fire-fighters were summoned to a porta-potty. Somebody inside was yelling--yelling loud enough that it got someone's attention who called 911. I'll let Deputy Fire Commissioner, Chris Miller, tell the tale.
". . . the subject was wedged in the tank. He would only say he needed to use the bathroom, and he claimed he fell in the toilet. When I asked him why he was naked, he just shrugged his shoulders."
Do I need to tell you alcohol was involved?
What makes a grown man strip naked and climb into--a--well, you know what?
Look at Proverbs 23:29-35. If this guy looked at the passage--doubtful--he didn't heed the warning. Those who climb into a bottle may find themselves waist deep in something else.
It's STTA.
June 12, 2008:
I don't think they covered this in fire-fighter school. Some Pennsylvania fire-fighters were summoned to a porta-potty. Somebody inside was yelling--yelling loud enough that it got someone's attention who called 911. I'll let Deputy Fire Commissioner, Chris Miller, tell the tale.
". . . the subject was wedged in the tank. He would only say he needed to use the bathroom, and he claimed he fell in the toilet. When I asked him why he was naked, he just shrugged his shoulders."
Do I need to tell you alcohol was involved?
What makes a grown man strip naked and climb into--a--well, you know what?
Look at Proverbs 23:29-35. If this guy looked at the passage--doubtful--he didn't heed the warning. Those who climb into a bottle may find themselves waist deep in something else.
It's STTA.
Oldie, #3
My Dad has been gone, now, for about 20 years. I'm still working on being a Dad, and Father-in-law to my adult children, not to mention the Papa thing.
Both from observing the lack of father-involvement in many of the children and teens that I meet and from watching the generational influence in families I have known for decades, I am more convinced than ever of the value of a Dad's influence. It is essential.
This Sunday I invite you Dads, and all of you who would like to honor your Dad, or recognize fatherhood in general, to join us at 8:30 or 11:00.
Denny Tincher and I will be talking about passing on something worthwhile to the next generation.
Following the 11:00 service there will be a potluck picnic in honor of Dad.
Happy Father's Day from CBC.
It's STTA
Both from observing the lack of father-involvement in many of the children and teens that I meet and from watching the generational influence in families I have known for decades, I am more convinced than ever of the value of a Dad's influence. It is essential.
This Sunday I invite you Dads, and all of you who would like to honor your Dad, or recognize fatherhood in general, to join us at 8:30 or 11:00.
Denny Tincher and I will be talking about passing on something worthwhile to the next generation.
Following the 11:00 service there will be a potluck picnic in honor of Dad.
Happy Father's Day from CBC.
It's STTA
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