Hunger

April 29, 2008 at 4:58 pm (Giving, Thinking)
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The following is a portion of a story which appeared in The Washington Post yesterday.  It is one of those stories that not only broadens our worldview, but provides a generous amount of reflection.
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“Where Every Meal is a Sacrifice”
By Anthony Faiola

(NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania, Africa) Even before he took a butcher knife to the she-goat’s throat, Likbir Ould Mohamed Mahmoud knew it would only make things worse.

The goat was a living bounty in this parched city on the Sahara’s edge, providing the sweet milk that filled his family’s stomachs at breakfast time. But as soaring food prices worldwide have hit the poorest nations of Africa the hardest, he has been forced to join many of his neighbors in slaughtering or selling off one of their only sources of wealth — their livestock.

By sacrificing the she-goat last month, the 39-year-old day laborer and goatherd traded the family’s morning milk for dinner meat. It lasted a few days. With the family unable to afford skyrocketing prices for basic foods, he said, his two young children now cry in the morning from hunger. One recent morning, he could take it no more. He took the goat’s kid — one of the last two animals in his flock — to the squalid livestock market here in the hopes of selling it to buy food. “Everything — the wheat, rice, sugar and animal feeds — is higher priced than I have ever seen them before,” he said. “What will we do? Soon we will have nothing left to sell.”

Like most of the world’s poorest nations, Mauritania is caught in a global food trap, producing only 30 percent of what its people eat and importing most of the rest. As prices skyrocket, those who can least afford it are squeezed the most as the world confronts the worst bout of food inflation since the Soviet grain crisis of the 1970s.

Strong global demand and limited supplies are key factors driving up prices, but perhaps just as important is a massive disruption in the free flow of global trade. In recent months, food-producing countries from Argentina to Kazakhstan have begun to slam shut their doors to protect domestic access to the food they grow.

Agriculturally challenged countries are left out in the cold. Mahmoud, whose family dwells just beyond the dunes in a desert shantytown here, earns roughly $1.50 a day to support his family of four. His wages have not risen. But over the past six months, the cost of the imported wheat his wife uses to make a chewy local bread has soared 67 percent, cooking oil is up 117 percent and rice 25 percent. Though those are the staples of life here, Mauritania, with only 0.2 percent of its land arable, produces scant amounts.

That is partly because there are fewer and fewer farmers. In a nation girdled by the encroaching Sahara, the slums of Nouakchott, the capital, are swelled with former tillers of soil who abandoned hard lives growing subsistence crops amid years of drought. City life was comparatively better, but in recent months as food prices have risen, those already living on the smallest of margins have despaired.

“I don’t know how I will feed my family,” Mahmoud said. “We just can’t afford it.”
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Merge

April 28, 2008 at 3:16 pm (Culture, Entertainment, Thinking)
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Millionaires are made in a minute.

Maybe.  The draft for the National Football League was this weekend, and I watched with morbid curiosity.  I marveled at the statements made by both commentators and players that they had “prepared all their lives” for this one moment, when “all their lives” really are nothing more than two or three years.

Some will sign contracts worth upwards of $30 million in guaranteed salary over the length of their tenures with various teams, but those contracts will also include incentive bonuses, that could easily double the amount they are obligated to make.

And with one signature, their lives will change, and they will make more money than most of us dream.  That is a true statement.  Americans, with the advantage of a collegiate degree in various fields, will only (only) make $2.1 million over the course of their lives.  It takes about two to five years for one professional athlete to make twelve times the amount the average American will make in about fifty years.  In simpler terms, the average American would need to work about 700 years to make what these athletes will make in just five.

Which raises a myriad of interesting questions, but the biggest, of course, is questioning the value placed upon entertainment in these here United States.  We are willing to pay much more to entertainers than we are to those who teach and train and lead.  And with stadiums continuing to sell tickets for every seat, salaries for professional entertainers will continue to rise, so long as the entertained is willing to pay. 

And even those of us not fortunate enough to attend a live event, we still pay to watch the televised games, and, by default, assist in paying the salaries of the entertainers.  The amount of money we pay to our local cable companies is in something called shared revenue, whereby the National Football League receives compensation from broadcast companies which pay for the rights to broadcast televised games.  Those monies, again, by default, come from our pockets in various ways — either by buying products advertised during the games, or by adding channels to our cable packages which broadcast professional games.  We actually help pay the salaries of professional athletes every month whether we enjoy the sport or not.

Maybe, with economic problems here, extemporaneous money will drop considerably, but maybe not.  Maybe, in tough times, people are more willing to pay for entertainment.  At the birth of the industrial revolution, extra-curricular activities for families decreased when the amount of work increased with the development of factories.  But when the pressures became too great for husbands and fathers, these men took their earnings to local taverns and spent money to waste time. 

Capitalism has not evolved much in two hundred years.  We still pay great amounts of money for escapes.  So maybe the entertainers earn their keep, at least in the broader American culture.  And maybe that is fair. 

But the things we value, and the prices we are willing to pay for them, are worth closer looks.  For all of us.

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Healed

April 23, 2008 at 6:39 pm (Opinions)
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True story.

I called a local ear, nose, and throat doctor about a year ago.  This area has played havoc on me — I’ve only developed allergies in the past couple of years.

I really wanted to get well.  And I really wanted to bypass a visit to my regular doctor.  I knew I had allergies.  I knew I was sick.  I thought I knew that this new guy could fix me.

The receptionist answered.  And then I asked to make an appointment.  Our conversation went something like this:

“Are you being referred by someone?” she asked.

“No.  I am just having some serious allergy problems.”

“Well, why do you want to see the doctor?”

(Why does anyone want to see the doctor? I thought.) 

“Because I have allergies.”

I heard papers being scattered.  Or at least something that sounded like that.  Then she continued.

“Well, you know, the doctor will really only be able to tell you if you have allergies or not.”

“Really?  That’s it?  He can’t do anything else for me?”

“No.  He can just tell you whether or not you actually have allergies.”

“But I know I have allergies.”

“Okay.”

I just stopped for a moment.  This whole conversation was bothering me.  She waited.

Then I said, “Well.  I know I have allergies.  So, there’s really no need for me to even be talking to you, is there?”

And then I heard her pause (yes, sometimes in crazy phone conversations you can actually hear a pause).

She then said, ”No.  I guess there isn’t.”

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Clarity

April 22, 2008 at 8:02 pm (Church, Purpose, Theology, Thinking, Worship)
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Reality is getting clearer every day.

A subsidiary corporation of Olympus has developed a camera with such incredible threads of clarity that even the human eye cannot see them. The company, called KeyMed, and based in Great Britain, developed the camera for use in the medical industry, but the implications are enormous. The camera, with the official name of i-Speed 2, can capture 33,000 frames per second, compared to the standard home video camera, which can record 25 frames per second.

An indication of how quickly the technology has developed, The Matrix, released in in 1999, won several awards for its incorporation of advanced camera technology. The scene which showcased the ability of filmmakers to stretch the believable was a scene in the latter half of the movie. Featuring the main character, Neo, the scene showed the extent of Neo’s abilities when dodging bullets in what has become known as a “flo-mo” scene.

The camera used to film that scene recorded a mere 12,000 frames per second. Only 12,000.

The i-Speed camera, with its ability to film more than twice that amount, has already found a considerable market for corporations and organizations interested in motion analysis. Among those which have expressed interest are the FBI and NASA, for ballistics testing and cosmic monitorings. But with an asking price of around $40,000, the cameras are not presently suited for a large consumer market.

Not be outdone, though, the team responsible for designing such a camera has has just launched development for the i-Speed 3, which will be able to record 150,000 frames per second.

And just as the boundaries for recording are being pushed, so have the boundaries for viewing. Sony has developed a plasma screen television that is only eleven inches in width, but one-eighth of an inch in depth. Called the Sony XEL-1, it features the latest in what is known as OLED technology. In this format, similar to conventional plasma screens, light is emitted in organic material, making the space to display and channel the electricity applicable to very small devices. You can currently purchase one of these screens for $2,500.

With all of the latest developments in viewing and recording technology, the entertainment market is anticipating an all-digital broadcast in February of next year, when, for the first time in American history, all over-air broadcast signals will be terminated. We will no longer be able to use antennaes to watch local channels. In spite of the switch, analog televisions are continuing to be sold, but at some peril. The Federal Communications Commission has fined department and electronic stores for selling televisions that can only receive analog signals, but failing to disclose the coming broadcast changes.

Change is coming.
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I find all of this fascinating. The electronics industry has consumed itself with producing realistic images, and has pushed the envelope of clarity from old transistor radios to current plasma technology. It has somehow even convinced the federal government to force the change in broadcasting to favor the coming (and even current) market. And that market is moving so fast, that even the information above will be considered obsolete within a matter of months.

And all of this is to see what is real.

Make no mistake. If you own a television with the capability of broadcasting in what has become known as high definition, you see images that allow you to look beyond the glass and into the broadcast. For the video connoisseur, images are feasts for the eyes. Coupled with state-of-the-art audio technology, the high-def images move from just a mere broadcast to an (almost) interactive event. You are fooled into believing that what you see and hear is actually real.

We have become a voyeuristic culture, spending the most amount of money to see a reproduced image of reality. And this hobby, this fascination, will continue to cost an exorbitant amount of money. But for all of our voyeuristic tendencies, the televisions and monitors and receivers we buy will never be a viable substitute the feeling of flesh, the aromas of a room, or the brushes of wind.

We want a reality we can watch. But we shy from real interaction.
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I find worship to be very similar to this.

In modern religious writings, worship has become somewhat of a catch-phrase, as if it is a new and unknown aspect of faith. True enough, Sunday mornings are the pinnacle of the church week, where we want to offer the best we have, for God, for membership, and for guests. But the realness of worship is, at best, relative, and we discuss worship settings in terms of what we like, and become defensive when what we like is in danger of disruption. But however we feel about worship, we can possibly all agree that worship is an intense time of a divine connection. We want that to be real.

One book that has separated itself from the religious lingo is Emerging Worship, written by Dan Kimball and published by Zondervan and Youth Specialties. Emerging Worship builds its entire premise around “creating worship gatherings for new generations.” The book, designed for youth ministers, is meant to spur the thinking processes of the events we plan and offer, as well as offer the assumption (which is somewhat true) that the current generation of high school and college students have different, but learned expectations when entering a participatory event. In fact, the book spends most of its pages giving philosophical and scriptural reasons to incorporate such thinking into the planning of worship events.

(It even asks the very real, but unanswered, and often ignored, question of why there is such an absence in most church gatherings of people aged eighteen through thirty-five. This book is built around answering that very question.)

Of the reasons to create a new worship gathering in modern churches, one is that churches may (and should) have a desire to see new generations worship. The heaviness of that statement implies that the how of current (and even traditional) worship means are lost among the general population of younger generations. It also addresses the need to visit new models of worship to incorporate both cultural and generational change. It believes this can be accomplished by not merely ascribing worship to a service, but to a holistic lifestyle, embracing the desire to lead all people, from all cultures and all ages, into the ethereal.

Churches, and leaders, have a distinct responsibility of offering reality in worship, but that reality, at times, comes with consequences, both real and assumed, when answering what I believe to be the three most pertinent questions:

  • Why do cultural gaps need to be bridged?
  • How do churches bridge cultural gaps in worship events?
  • Are there ways to incorporate all cultural generations in one event?

There are no correct answers, as I believe every church has the responsibility to answer those questions based upon current membership and current mission statements. But church leaders hold great responsibility when thinking about worship, for when we fail to answer the previous questions, we, in an indirect way, ignore an entire generation of Americans shaped by a culture that is unfamiliar to us.

And I wonder if that is the right thing to do.

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Perspective

April 18, 2008 at 7:57 pm (Art, Opinions)
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The following images are sidewalk drawings, completed by British pavement artist Julian Beever.

Here’s the same sidewalk drawing from the “wrong” perspective:

Again.

Now, from a different perspective:

Here are two others, probably my favorites:


The Dungeon


Batman and Robin

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Changing

April 16, 2008 at 3:41 pm (Church, Thinking)
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I teach in a state-of-the-art classroom.

I began the semester, however, teaching in a temporary classroom, without any computer, without internet access, and without any projection. The classroom was in a trailer at the back of the campus where I teach two different history courses on the collegiate level.  The only teaching medium the room offered was a chalk board.

The beginning of the semester was difficult without the assistance of what now seems to be needed technology.  In some ways, I felt the course would become primitive to the current collegiate standards of teaching today, and I was not satisfied at all with the arrangement.

Intimacy, however, was one advantage in the classroom. The student tables were in close proxemity to each other, and I stood in the front of the class, very, very close to the students at the front. I turned what I believed to be a disaster into a blessing, changing my teaching style to flow without the crutch of media presentations. And so the course began with intimate teaching and great discussions.

After spring break, my class was moved to the newest building on campus, which houses some of the most advanced classrooms in the country.

My first introduction to the classroom was the entrance, with lights that were activated by sheer motion. The lectern was a stalwart piece of furniture, with two screens. One was for the desktop computer, the other was a touchscreen for all of the technological aids the classroom offered. It controlled projection, the computer itself, as well as a laptop, a DVD player and a VHS player, and the document camera that also was equipped to the lectern. A flat panel television serves as a personal monitor for the instructor. There are also cameras in the room, and microphones placed at various intervals in the ceiling tiles, which serve for recording purposes, if the instructor so chooses to record the lecture to stream online at a latter date.

The only thing that is missing is a chalk board.

That chalk board became the focus of my course this semester. I was able to write and talk and move across the front of the room, as well as field questions and prompt discussions. But the new room, with all of its advances, is without the one thing that has driven education for the better part of a century. 

The room communicates to me, and to the students, that the teaching medium will change, or has changed already, and the presentation offered by the instructor must be different than what has been offered in the past.

That frightens me.

Overnight, I was asked, inadvertently, to change to an entirely different teaching style, one that is more technogically interactive, and one (dare I say) more impersonal.  I feel like the methods that were successful in the first part of the course are now, in a broad brush stroke, irerelevant.  I can adapt, and will, but the shock to me was great. 

The course now feels different.  Same students.  Same material.  Same instructor.  Different room.   And now, with only three meetings before the end of the semester, I feel like I need to prove, if to no one but myself, that the final three meetings can, and will be as beneficial and interactive as the first few, blending the succesful elements of teaching during this semester with these incredible advances. 
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I must admit that I see change in a different way now.  My generation looks at the previous generation, and is tempted to say that their familiar ways of communication are antiquated.  And those methods may be antiquated, from our persepctive.  But now, I am part of a ”previous generation,” teaching high school and first year college students, and their modes of communication are familiar to them, but new to me. 

Change is needed to communicate effectively.  Colleges are expecting instructors and professors to rethink how they communicate material to their students.  And instructors who fail to adapt will no longer be given students to teach.  Or students will refuse to listen. 

To be fair, too, when we look at change from religious perspectives, change generally refers only to communication mediums.  Vibrant members of any church want to see truth presented in ways that are easily digested.  And a casual look at the social climate of any given era mentioned in the bible will show that communication mediums changed with the era. 

Moses stood on top of a mountain, and, when discussing important matters, only communicated with the leaders of each tribe.  Judges sat beneath trees, or in common places to decide matters.  Kings used more noble approaches to communication, with edicts and mediators when speaking to their enemies.  Prophets walked through the streets, in very brash ways, to communicate lean and tough messages.  Jesus used personal approaches, with stories and object lessons.  Paul went to synagogues and, in some instances, to very secular, even hostile environments.

Mediums of communication changed.  But the message remained static. 

And maybe that is the point.  The message should always remain static.  But if the medium does not change, the static message may never be heard.

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Bliss

April 12, 2008 at 2:14 pm (Music, Opinions)
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The following is the official description of the Bugatti Veyron:

With its luxurious length of 4.47 m, the Veyron is a perfectly balanced combination of high-powered performance and sleek, racy design.  Even at complete standstill, the car’s enormous power is made visible by its impressive mid-engine, elevated majestically beneath the chassis.  Simultaneously, the Veyron’s bold proportions, well-balanced surfaces, and clear line structures give an impression of pure, sleek elegance.

The design of the Veyron honors a great heritage without drifting off into retro style.  Every detail of the classic two-tone color scheme, a quote from the 1920s and 1930s, has been carefully thought out, resulting in the typical Bugatti profile with the classic, contrasting ellipsis – the stylistic element used by Ettore Bugatti himself.  The “crest line”, which runs uninterrupted from the hood to the only 1.21-m-high roof, is a proud homage to the Veyron’s forebears.  Thus, the Veyron’s classic paintwork and harmonious design connect this state-of-the-art super sports car to the glorious heritage of Bugatti automobiles.

With its classic look, the large radiator grill – adorned with the hand-enameled Bugatti emblem – represents the grandness of the Veyron.  The sports car’s distinctive front is defined by the harmonious contrast of its broad headlights and majestic grill.  The rear end, 1.99 m wide, features the formidable retractable spoiler and generously designed fenders.  The Veyron perfectly fulfills the main design objective governing the development of the new Bugatti: an uncompromising combination of highest elegance and state-of-the-art technology.

Bugatti Veyron

The Bugatti Veyron is a $1 million car.  And it is currently owned by American Idol judge Simon Cowell.

A recent report in a British magazine posted pictures of Cowell driving his Bugatti Veyron into the driveway of his $8 million home, currently under construction in Beverly Hills.  His automobile, with enough room to seat two, costs an eighth of his home, which has over eight thousand square feet, with five bedrooms and six bathrooms.  It is also complete with resplendent gardens, palm trees, a gymnasium, swimming pool, and a state-of-the-art media room. 

And a telescope in his kitchen.

He has been quoted as saying that the telescope is powerful enough to view the surrounding lawns of his neighbors, but not powerful enough to see inside.  He confesses that he has “great fun” peeking into the lives of John Travolta, Leonardo DicCaprio, and Christina Aguilera.
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On his show, on two previous occasions, Simon listened to two contestants sing songs with decidedly Christian lyrics.  One contestant from a previous season belted a gospel number, and when the time came for the critique, Simon had a puzzled and blank look in his eye and simply said, “I don’t get it.”

This season, a current contestant tried his hand at a Dolly Parton song with a Christian theme and Christian lyrics.  I watched, stunned, as Simon uttered the same phrase again – stunned, not so much for the song choice and the contestant, but the judge’s choice of phrasing.  Presented with the Christian message, Cowell sat and listened in confusion, and attempted a critque toward the message and not the performance.  Twice, on this extremely popular television show, the man with one of the highest salaries ever for this medium cannot fathom the deep meanings of these songs.  He is hearing, but never understanding.
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So as he drives home in his Bugatti, to a mansion high in Beverly Hills, I cannot help but wonder if ignorance really is bliss.

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Blessed

April 8, 2008 at 3:34 pm (Church, Persecution, Purpose, War)
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“Dear Parents:  I must, on this the 4th day of April, 1918, die.  Please pray for me, my dear parents.”

And those were the last written words of Robert Paul Prager.

Prager, a German, lived in Collinsville, Illinois, and was an outspoken supporter of socialism, a very difficult subject to broach in 1918, during the time of what was then known as the Great War.  His views led him to be severely persecuted by a population already roused to defend America against any German influences.  Newspapers and pamphlets and demonstrations in various cities were warnings to those who were deemed to be disloyal to the American effort, or, more specifically, those of German descent. 

Prager was followed home after expressing his opinions in Maryville, Illinois, a small mining camp, and, in the city of Collinsville, Prager was stripped and then covered with an American flag, and made to march through the streets.

He was secured and rescued by a local policeman, who took him to shelter in the city jail, but Prager was later removed from the basement of the building by 300 of the men in town, who arrived at the building in anger. 

This is the description of his death, from a column written in The New York Times on June 2, 1918:

All reports indicate that at this time there was no intention to hang Prager.  It was planned to tar and feather him, but tar and feathers were not to be obtained, and a passing automobile in which was a rope suggested hanging.  The rope was knotted around the man’s neck and he was escorted a mile down the road.

The mob stopped at a large tree.  A small boy, boosted up the tree, adjusted the rope.  Prager was drawn into the air, but was lowered to bind his hands and feet.  He fell to his knees and for three minutes prayed in German.  He then wrote a short note to his aged parents, who live in Dreseden, Germany.  This done, the knot was tightened around his neck and dozens of hands grasped the rope that swung him ten feet into the air to his death.

Eleven men were put on trial for the lynching, and, against the urging of the judge, were tried on the basis of an assumed homefront warning that the war, now called World War 1, should have no bearing on the decision of the jurors.  He urged them to consider the basic fact of the trial, which was the murder of one man.  

The jury only took 45 minutes to reach a decision of not guilty, and when it was announced, the courtroom erupted in applause.  The eleven men who stood trial were congratulated amidst the singing of American patriotic songs.

Perhaps the most poignant part of this event, though, was the burial of Prager.  Buried in St. Louis by members of an organization in which he participated, they fulfilled the last request of the dying man, made on behalf of his burial — an American flag was draped over his coffin. 

Prager, a man in his twenties who sought to serve in the American Navy, a man whose views on government were controversial, was persecuted and killed because he was different.  And though a subplot in the American involvement of World War 1, it speaks to the nature of humanity to always intimidate and oppress those with unique differences, from the world stage to small rural communities. 
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Christianity is no stranger to persecution, positioning itself as counter to human nature, and even counter to any culture.  Early in its formation, Christianity bestowed blessings on those who endured persecution. 

But persecution for Christianity has not ended.  I want you to visit the website of the organization Voice of the Martyrs.  VOM is dedicated to assisting and encouraging persecuted Christians throughout the world.  On this site, you will read of Li Mei, arrested in China for singing Christian hymns to villagers, and praying for the healing of an elderly man.  Her sentence was up to 18 months of reeducation, and she spent a portion of her incarceration chained to her bed, and according to the site, was beaten so severely that she required surgery.  She is fulfilling the remainder of her sentence under house arrest.

Members of churches endlessly debate meanings of passages and visions of our churches.  And while we engage in such conversations, there are those of the Christian faith who are being beaten and chained and killed just because they believe.  We spend our spare time discussing and arguing, while underground Christians offer Jesus to those whose acceptance of Christ could condemn them to death.  Our time is spent with coffee and commentaries, while Christians in oppressive regions always bless the food of what may be their last meal.  We worry about styles and songs, while Li Mei is chained and beaten for a prayer of healing.

And those are the people called blessed. 

Please visit this site.  Your life, your faith, and your purpose, will change in a matter of moments.

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Litmus

April 4, 2008 at 4:59 pm (Church, Opinions, Purpose, Theology, Thinking)
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“… test the spirits … .”

The early Christian community, with a syncretism of a rich Jewish tradition and overwhelming secular influences, was familiar with spirits.  Several stories in early biblical writings attest to their persuasive power, and even cultural norms indicated the presence of supernatural influences.  

An early indication of such testing seems to be a warning against prophets who convincingly claim divine truths, even offering proof, but do so in ways opposite of early Jewish law.  This passage, found in Deuteronomy, indicates that these prophets are being used by God to test his people — and it also indicates a very harsh punishment when their origins are found to be from unholy places.

This warning is reborn in a letter written by John, and the implications are clear.  There are those who offer proof of the divine, and claim to be from the divine, but are themselves misguided.  This phrase, written by an apostle, is a sure implication that there are various entities persuading for divine causes, but, of those entities, only some are authentic, while others have dubious motivations, and are even considered evil.  What is also troubling is that either these dubious entities have incredibly persuasive power, or those who follow are incredibly naive. 

Divine presence is a swift justification for those who search endlessly for purpose.  It becomes very difficult to argue with those who not only see God, but see godly action, in every personal conviction.  There is biblical evidence that this theology can be right and true.

But there is also biblical evidence that maybe every personal conviction is not born of God, and maybe God is even using those convictions as testing agents.  And that is such an overlooked aspect of faith – we struggle with an idea that God does test, and even tests with actions easily interpreted as holy.  Prayer, petition, and counsel are always given to support where we are led, but what if God is telling us something quite different?  How would we know?  I am, more often than not, unsure of a direction. 

But I am sure that proof may not always be enough.

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Chasers

April 2, 2008 at 12:38 pm (Nature, Storms)
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The following images are from  Adventures in Tornado Alley:  The Storm Chasers.

And I believe you can read the thousand words in each.

Sioux City, Iowa
Sioux City, Iowa.  This cloud is one mile in diameter.

Grand Island, Nebraska
Grand Island, Nebraska.

Alvo
Alvo, Nebraska.

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