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5 things you can do to protect the planet in 5 minutes or less

I had to post this on my blog from  GoodSearch.com about 5 things you can do to protect the planet in 5 minutes or less:

1. Change a light bulb to a compact fluorescent bulb - www.18seconds.org
   If every American swapped just one bulb for an Energy Star labeled CFL, it would collectively save more than $8 billion in energy costs, prevent burning 30 billion pounds of coal and remove 2 million cars worth of greenhouse gas emissions from our atmosphere.
2. Use GoodSearch to search the web — www.GoodSearch.com
   This search engine, which is powered by Yahoo!, earns money for your favorite environmental charity, or any other cause you care about, with every search.
3. Adjust your thermostat by 2 degrees.
   It's estimated that 1/6 of all energy consumed in the US is from heating and cooling.
4. Remove yourself from postal bulk mail — https://www.dmaconsumers.org/cgi/offmailing
   Every year, 100 million trees, 28 billion gallons of water, and $320 million in local tax money are used for the production and disposal of junk mail.
5. Unplug unused electronics
   Even when electronic devices are turned off, they use energy. Save over 1,000 lbs of carbon dioxide and $256 per year.

A sad day for democracy.

The  assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto marks a sad day for democracy on the stage of world of events. The senseless murder of a leader who stood for freedom in the face of religious prejudice and social injustice in any land reminds us that that humanity without supernatural interaction or direction will self destruct. May her restless soul rest in Peace. God bless you and yours and may heaven continue to grace us with powerful women like you.

5 States in 6 Days!!!!

5 States in 6 days!!I I had a great time in Kentucky and returned on Thursday to Indianapolis for a wonderful Christmas with my family. On Tuesday morning I drove to Chicago and arrived by plane to Seattle Tuesday night. This morning I am on my way to Portland, Oregon for an annual regional youth event. I  stopped for breakfast at Quivers (free wireless Internet) a coffee house and restaurant at Kelso, Washington. In the last 6 days I have been preaching in Kentucky, spending time with family in Indiana, driving to Chicago, Illinois, and driving to spend the weekend in Oregon from Washington state, all in one week. Boy I love traveling and reconnecting with old friends.

Religion without Jesus.

Religion without Jesus and his selfless act of redemption is dangerous, because it involves a complexity of rules, roles, independence, worthless knowledge, ignorance, arrogance, emotions, yearnings baptised in fear and dripping with control. Religion without redemption is satanic-James Owolabi

Look at the Baby!

How do you motivate your people to think less of themselves and think more of others?  How do we nurture the seed of humility and serve the warm cups of cooperation and communication in a family on a daily basis? Look back prayerfully at the event of the incarnation during the advent season. Gaze closely at the baby in the manager and you will discover God communicating his love through the selfless cooperation of Jesus Christ. You may deny it, but you cannot miss it if you look humbly at pages of Holy Scripture and the historical account of mortal men who lived and spoke to the “Son of Man”. You will see the only Eternal and Triune God communicating his love to mortal humanity through the sacrificial humiliation of Jesus. You will see that the humility of Jesus displayed in the historical and prophetic event of the incarnation should be one of the many working models of communication and cooperation between parents and children in a Christian family. In the scripture below we are encouraged to embrace this attitude of humility of Christ.

Although deity was the perpetual state of Jesus Christ, He chose to demonstrate His love for His Father and Their creation by becoming human. Jesus became human to glorify the Father and save those who would believe from the penalty and power of sin in our lives. How do you motivate your children to think less of themselves and think more of others? How do we nurture the seed of humility and serve the warm cup of cooperation in a family on a daily basis? Focus intently to the event of the incarnation this advent season. Revisit the baby in the manager and you will discover God communicating his endless and eternal love through the selfless cooperation of Jesus Christ for the glory of His father. “Think of yourselves the way Christ Jesus thought of himself. He had equal status with God but didn't think so much of himself that he had to cling to the advantages of that status …….. When the time came, he set aside the privileges of deity and took on the status of a slave, became human! Having become human, he stayed human. It was an incredibly humbling process. He didn't claim special privileges. Instead, he lived a selfless, obedient life and then died a selfless, obedient death—and the worst kind of death at that—a crucifixion”- Former enemy of Jesus and Current servant of Jesus.