The behavioural crisis driving ecological overshoot
BeauHD reports on Slashdot:
In a new paper published in the journal Science Progress, author Joseph Merz argues that climate issues are symptoms of ecological overshoot, driven by exploited human behaviors such as overconsumption, waste, and population growth. The paper emphasizes the need to …
“I brought you into this world, and I can take you out”
Parents used to sternly joke with a misbehaving child, saying “I brought you into this world, and I can take you out”. Who would have thought that a few years after the saying became popular, it’s no longer a joke?
We …
People are people, no matter what – “Religion” is not the threat
Romans 3:23 states:
for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God
No person has existed, except Jesus, who is without sin.
There was an atheist named Adam Lee who once said “that people become irrational and dangerous to the precise degree …
The Selkirk Grace
Some Folk hae meat that canna eat,
And some can eat that want it;
But we hae meat, and we can eat,
So let the Lord be Thanket!
traditionally accredited to Robert Burns, born January 25, 1759
The Parental Blessing (Blessing Your Child)
I’ve been intrigued by instances in the Bible, where the parent formally blesses the child(ren) before the parent dies. So I did a study to collect some references of early blessings, to understand it better.
The ideas I’m looking into, are:
whether …
Broken and spilled out
Listen
One day a plain village womanDriven by love for her LordRecklessly poured out a valuable essenceDisregarding the scornAnd once it was broken and spilled outA fragrance filled all the roomLike a pris’ner released from his shacklesLike a spirit set free …
Christmas is [still] Here
Listen
The frost is on every window pane
Fires aglow as the night fades
Children laughing all down the lane
The man in the snow has just been made
Ring, ring all the bells
Christmas is here
The spirit it calls you
Sing, sing from your heart
The savior …
City on the Hill
Listen
Did you hear of the city on the hill?
Said one old man to the other
It once shined bright and it would be shining still
But they all started turning on each other
You see, the poets thought the dancers were shallow
And the …
Presidents and Jesus
A wise man will seek counsel from God.
Proverbs 19:20-21
Listen to advice and accept instruction, that you may gain wisdom in the future. Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but it is the purpose of the Lord that will …