Whatever
I'm not making it to cardiac maintenance very day; more like once/week; but I am walking with Lois just about every morning. First she takes a walk around Skyview Lake, which nets her about 8,000 steps. Then she picks me up & we do another 2,000 or so. The dog gets to accompany us, too, including the walk around the lake. So it won't take much for Sammy to be in better shape than me.In case you're wondering, I'm drinking Hy-Vee brand French Roast these days. I make it every other day. Otherwise I'm also making a pot of Lois' flavored coffee--fou fou coffee for the uninitiated.
What's on tap for today? I'm having a molar extracted. I've never had a tooth extracted, so this will be a new experience for me.
We're looking forward to a family reunion with the kids & grandkids the weekend after this. We'll be in Omaha, & the Henry Doorly Zoo will be on the agenda again.
I've mentioned before that I voted for Trump. Given the alternative, he seemed to be the better of two choices. I can't say that I am personally enamored with him, but he has appointed conservative justices to the Supreme Court, & he has a pro-life agenda. Don't you wish the Democrats would focus their energies more on issues affecting the country. Impeaching the president isn't one of those issues.
I attend a Men's Bible Study every other Tuesday morning. We're currently studying the minor prophets. Yesterday we studied Amos. Next time it's Obadiah.
My quiet time in the morning includes scripture, prayer, & devotional readings. The books I'm using include Jesus Calling, Day by Day in Genesis (devotionals by Martin Luther), Daily Strength for Men, & The Word of the Lord Grows, which is taking me through the books of the New Testament. I'm currently on 2 Corinthians. Lois & I do a Lutheran Hour devotion every evening.
Food for Thought
- "Dairy cows fed coffee creamer for best milk results at award-winning farm." [Drudge Report 6/19]
- "Bracelet shocks wearer to break fast-food addiction." [ditto]
The Call of Christ
Yet, this dichotomy that is now readily accepted between matters of private faith and public life belies a betrayal of the very identity Jesus sets forth for his followers. The hope within the Christian is not something we are able to keep private—for if the very public act of Christ's resurrection from the dead was not real, then the very faith our culture would have us keep in private is futile. The events of Christ's life, death, and resurrection, and the faith that upholds them, do not allow for the dichotomies of public and private, spiritual and physical, sacred and secular. The call of Christ is one that encompasses every possible realm, thus making "private faith" an unintelligible distinction.--Jill Carattini, Slice of Infinity, 6/19
Climate Change *
The fight against climate change is a marathon, not a sprint. The policies we craft today must fuel innovation and research for many decades to come. Public investment in clean-energy and carbon-capture technologies is laudable, but it’s not enough on its own to reduce global emissions, because of the “leakage” problem. Carbon taxes have, to be sure, been met with intense political resistance in many places where they’ve been proposed, including the U.S. But they are the most pragmatic solution and — importantly for conservatives — could be designed to be revenue-neutral and thus not result in an expansion of government. If Republicans hope to craft meaningful climate legislation in everyone’s long-term interests, a carbon tax is a necessary first step.--John Sweeney, National Review Online 6/19
* The views expressed in this excerpt do not necessarily reflect the views of the blogger.
Reparations
Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday that he is opposed to the idea of authorizing reparations for the descendants of slaves brought to the U.S. against their will.
“I don’t think reparations for something that happened 150 years ago, for whom none of us currently living are responsible, is a good idea,” McConnell said, before going on to argue that the U.S. has taken other steps to atone for the “original sin of slavery.”
“We’ve tried to deal with our original sin of slavery by fighting a civil war, passing landmark civil-rights legislation,” he said. “We’ve elected an African American president. I think we are always a work in progress in this country, but no one alive currently was responsible for [slavery] and I don’t think we should be trying to figure out how to compensate for it.” --Mairead McArdle, NRO 6/19
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