It's An Amazing Time In Which We Live

I am watching the Oscars tonight.

It was a perilous thought... a former Vice President pretending to spontaneously announce something big, perhaps just running for President again?

Speaking of Al Gore, he brings to mind the guy who has smartly hooked up with a fad and capitalized on it. I didn't see his movie, but in glancing at the book that accompanied it at the Discovery store the other day, it is pretty clear that it is taking a position that is at the far end of the bell curve. His communications are full of inaccuracies.

Not to say that we shouldn't be concerned. However, as time has moved on, it is apparent that Kyoto isn't working and it isn't because the US didn't participate. It is because its fundamental premise is flawed. We need to have change driven by free market incentives, not legislative regulations.

This morning I attended my old church to be at the annual congregational meeting. It was probably the highest attendance of any annual meeting ever at the church. There has been two dissident factions as a result of staff members resigning when challenged with truth and integrity. The bad guy was the senior pastor, who staying strong in his principles, confronted one about the apparent misrepresentation of her background on her resume...

All was conducted decently and in order, and the motion from the floor to call for a vote about the senior pastors call was ruled out of order. This is the way of the PC(USA) church. The congregation is informed. The session is the body in the church that is responsible for governing and has the authority to set the agenda for annual meetings.... the congregation is to be informed. The church is republican, not a true democracy...

Yet, the people want and need to be heard. This is the expectation of the post modern culture we live in. The church has not kept up. The church will continue to have this in it's history unless it is acknowledged as a pressure from the culture.

Well, This Inconvenient Truth won the Oscar for the best full feature documentary. The risk is that a lot of folks will be energized to 'go do' with out understanding the consequences of their actions. This is the challenge... to know the consequences of our actions.

Well, enough for today....