- Philippians 2:3-7
I read this verse today while scanning the sojourners blog and it 'hit me' again. You see, I have a lot of writing and corresponding to do today and, I realize the my attitude aint a whole like like Jesus'. Sometimes I feel like I've taken on the 'role of a slave' -- but can I really take on the 'attitude of a slave'?
I know I need to get my 'tude' adjusted before I start my writing.
Comments anyone?
I'm with Brian, and a host of people from our generation and those who have gone before us. That is, the way we respond to the "least of these" in our world, is an accurate barometer on the health of our economy and our culture.So our economy is in the emergency room, and the doctors are doing triage but they still haven’t reached a full diagnosis of the disease — or better said, the complex of diseases — with which our economy is afflicted. We, as people of faith in the God who proclaims good news to the poor, have every reason to suspect that a key element in our as-yet undiagnosed economic disorder is a failure to properly care for the poor.
We, people who believe in the God who identifies with the least of these, have every reason to believe that if you want to check the health of the economy, you begin by checking the blood pressure of the poor. If you want to treat our economic illness, you begin with those most weakened by poverty. If you want to measure improving health, you check the vital signs of the poor.
Humility: Knowing the danger of getting educated beyond your intelligence.
"People who want to appear cleaver use their memory -- people who want to get things done, make lists".I read this the other day and wow, it hit me. I tend to depend on my memory, for lots of things - not calendar, but lots of other "mental lists". Right now, I've got lots of important information rolling around in my head ... moving toward some decisions.
"The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man's determination."
~ Tommy Lasorda
El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is a global coupled ocean-atmosphere phenomenon. The Pacific ocean signatures, El Niño and La Niña are important temperature fluctuations in surface waters of the tropical Eastern Pacific Ocean. The name El Niño, from the Spanish for "the little boy", refers to the Christ child, because the phenomenon is usually noticed around Christmas time in the Pacific Ocean off the west coast of South America.[1] La Niña, similarly, means "the little girl".[2] Their effect on climate in the southern hemisphere is profound. These effects were first described in 1923 by Sir Gilbert Thomas Walker from whom the Walker circulation, an important aspect of the Pacific ENSO phenomenon, takes its name. The atmospheric signature, the Southern Oscillation (SO) reflects the monthly or seasonal fluctuations in the air pressure difference between Tahiti and Darwin. The most recent occurrence of El Niño started in September 2006[3] and lasted until early 2007.[4]. From June 2007 on, data indicated a weak La Niña event.
ENSO is a set of specific interacting parts of a single global system of coupled ocean-atmosphere climate fluctuations that come about as a consequence of oceanic and atmospheric circulation. ENSO is the most prominent known source of inter-annual variability in weather and climate around the world (~3 to 8 years), though not all areas are affected. ENSO has signatures in the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian Oceans. El Niño causes weather patterns involving increased rain in specific places but not in others. This is one of many causes for drought.
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