Global Cooling?

It seems that the scientific community is not in complete accord on the subject of global climate change. Russian researchers are saying that the warming experienced in the past century was driven by solar activity, not the human race. If you are interested, the complete article is here.

A teaser from the article:
"The concentration of carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere has risen more than 4% in the past decade, but global warming has practically stopped. It confirms the theory of "solar" impact on changes in the Earth's climate, because the amount of solar energy reaching the planet has drastically decreased during the same period."

There is much more, and the bottom line is that if these folks are correct, we are in for some really cold times, beginning within the next 10-20 years.

Read this."Tea Partiers" are serious, and are willing to put their money where their mouth is.

Rule of thumb

Fidel Castro praised President Obama today. Get the details here.

Basic Rule of thumb, if Castro approves of Barack Obama, then Barack Obama is probably bad for the USA.

More Media Hypocrisy

I find it fascinating that the Obama administration can publicly "chastise" the media, and no one says anything. Had Bush, Bush or Reagan tried it, they would have been excoriated.

Seminary Orientation

Well, I spent most of the past week at Concordia Seminary, St Louis. It was orientation week, and I had the pleasure of meeting a lot of nice folks. I am now officially a seminary student, and am slightly less ignorant of what is going to happen over the next four years.

In my SMP "cohort" there are twenty five men, each with a pastor mentor. The mentor is an experienced pastor who has agreed to work with me throughout the four years of the program. One of the mentors is a returned missionary who spent several years in Sierra Leone on a Bible translation project. This man was a part of Lutheran Bible Translators, and he operated on the same model as the Wycliffe Bible Translators. His task was to learn the local language, design a written form, and then translate the Bible into this language. it seems that he was a good influence on his kids because one of his sons is a pilot for the Jungle Aviation and Radio Service(JAARS).

My room mate was one of the pastors. He is from a community near Rolla, Mo. His name is also David, and he got my attention right off the bat when he told me that he has all his sermons through the end of October already written. Talk about planning! He told me that working so far ahead takes a lot of the stress out of sermon preparation, and if something happens during the week, he is not struggling to get a sermon written.

My first homework assignment is due to the professor by email a week from today, no later than 1900. On Monday evening, we will get togther online and discuss the week's work.

That's all for now.

Have a great week!

Accepted!

Folks,

I have been accepted to a distance education program of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod. This program is known as the Specific Ministry Pastor (SMP) program. I will remain with my church in Greenville, and study online for about four years. After completing half of the course, I will be ordained as an SMP pastor.

Life is about to get interesting.

Life in a Blue County

Several days ago, I sent an email, and called the offices of my local congress critter, to voice my opinion that the government should keep their noses out of the health care industry. As soon as the lady on the phone discovered that I oppose her boss, she couldn't get me off the phone quickly enough. In response to my email, I received the usual "nothing" response.

This man will not receive my vote in 2010, but in my new community, conservatives, are badly outnumbered.

"Tea Party" schedule

For those who may be interested, you can find the location, date and time for one of the may "Tea Parties" here.

The Shifting Center of World Christianity

This was posted to Facebook by the Admissions director of Concordia Theological Seminary, it is worth watching. Click here. This video is well worth the few minutes it will take to watch.

So Sad

That a church born to correct heresy could come to this, is indeed sad.