Please keep my sister and family in Hawaii in your prayers and thoughts as they have been told to leave their house to higher ground. My mom is all worried and over reacts as she tends to do. I on the other hand tend to remain calm and not over react to things. They will [...]
Archive for February 2010
Please Pray for my Family in Hawaii
February 27, 2010Coffee Hit by Global Warming Say Growers
February 27, 2010Published on Saturday, February 27, 2010 by Agence France-Presse Coffee Hit by Global Warming Say Growers UATEMALA CITY – Coffee producers say they are getting hammered by global warming, with higher temperatures forcing growers to move to prized higher ground, putting the cash crop at risk. “There is already evidence of important changes” said Nestor [...]
Priest Brings Christ’s Presence to Wounded Soldiers
February 26, 2010This article came from one of my Catholic Email groups and I liked it so I am posting it here. Priest Brings Christ’s Presence to Wounded Soldiers PALO ALTO, Calif. (CNS)—To watch Capuchin Father James Stump at work is to see a Christ-centered “ministry of presence” in action as a daily routine. A chaplain at [...]
The US Chamber of Commerce: A Record of Obstruction on Climate Action
February 26, 2010Published on Friday, February 26, 2010 by Yale Environment 360 The US Chamber of Commerce: A Record of Obstruction on Climate Action In 1883, New York faced an environmental crisis, but intervention from the city’s Chamber of Commerce led to the creation of the Adirondack Park – a move that is a far cry from [...]
What is God Telling you?
February 26, 2010This came from my Catholic folder. It really blessed me and I hope it blesses others. What is God telling you? What is God telling you with the problems He permits in your life? The problems you face will either defeat you or develop you depending on how you respond to them. Unfortunately most [...]
Open Letter to President Obama and Members of Congress
February 26, 2010The open letter from the Catholic Medical Association follows. Open Letter to President Obama and Members of Congress February 23, 2010 The Catholic Medical Association (CMA), the largest association of Catholic physicians in the United States, has been carefully monitoring the health-care reform debate. Now, given the clear lack of support from the American people, [...]
Bust Up the Health Insurance Trusts
February 25, 2010Published on Thursday, February 25, 2010 by Robert Reich’s Blog Bust Up the Health Insurance Trusts by Robert Reich Years ago I worked at an agency in Washington called the Federal Trade Commission. The FTC predates the New Deal. It was set up in 1914 during the administration of Woodrow Wilson, at a time when [...]
The Attack on Climate-Change Science
February 25, 2010Published on Thursday, February 25, 2010 by TomDispatch.com The Attack on Climate-Change Science Why It’s the O.J. Moment of the Twenty-First Century by Bill McKibben Twenty-one years ago, in 1989, I wrote what many have called the first book for a general audience on global warming. One of the more interesting reviews came from the Wall [...]
Home Rules
February 24, 2010This came from one of my Catholic Email groups. I really liked them so I thought I would post them here. Home Rules Always be honest (Proverbs 12:22) Count your blessings (Psalms 34:1-3) Bear each other’s burdens (Galatians 6:2) Forgive and forget (Micah 7:18) Be kind and tender hearted (Ephesians 4:32) Comfort one another (1 [...]
Other Priorities: Three Lessons and a Prayer
February 24, 2010I really liked this article so I am posting it here. Published on Wednesday, February 24, 2010 by CommonDreams.org Other Priorities: Three Lessons and a Prayer by John Halle I. I’ll begin by making a personal statement: While I have been politically active at some points in my life, usually I have not been. In [...]
