Brain Surgery

If you needed brain sugery just who would you go to for advice? A businessman, a school teacher, an accountant? Of course not, you would go to an expert on the brain. You would see a brain surgeon. Right? If you need a car repaired, you would go to an expert - a car mechanic. Right? It is fairly simply. Find the expert in the field where you need assistance and seek their counsel. Therefore I am amazed at the people who say that there is "no global warming". I read in Time Magazine this week that a man who manages a fast food franchise in Memphis declared that global warming was "baloney". Believe me, if I need a hamburger and fries I would definitely check this man's establishment out. Actually I would make that a cheeseburger and fries. When it comes to global warming I think I will pass on that man's advice and listen to the -----EXPERTS.
I went to an event about 2 years ago at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens about the environment. I listened to two SCIENTISTS talk about global warming. They were professors at local colleges - Birmingham Southern College and Samford University. The Birmingham Southern biologist takes frequent trips to the artic. They drill down several thousand feet into the ice and takes out plugs of ice, ice that has been frozen for hundreds of years. It reminded me of looking at the rings of a tree that has been cut down and seeing the growth cyles. Scientists are able to look at the plugs of ice and see weather over hundreds of years. They can l determine areas of large amounts of carbon dioxide in the ice that indicate warm periods in our earth's history. This biologist has concluded that there is in fact global warming because of the larger areas of co2 in recent years as opposed to the past.
As a Christian I belive that "the earth is the Lords and the fullness therein". The earth belongs to God and everthing in it. We are the caretakers and we need to start doing a better job. Isn't taking care of the environment just the Golden Rule across time? None of us would think about leaving a picnic site with trash all over it. Why would we trash the environment for future generations? " Do unto others as you would have them do unto you."

Books and a brain!

I know that all of you have been waiting for my second post with bated breath! - All two of you! Sometimes I feel that I have had two lives. One before and one after having kids. At one time I felt that I was really smart. My teachers and friends would tell me. I received an owl as a present from a good friend of mine after my senior h.s. English teacher called me a "wise old owl" in class. Even when hubby was in law school I felt smart since I was making A's in subjects like topology and advanced calculus. However as a stay at home mom none of these academic skills were needed. Recently three friends and I started a book club and I rediscovered my brain! Exhilarating! I can't wait to start reading the next book. So many good books and so little time!
I just read "A Mercy" by Toni Morrison and finished "The Shack" by Wm. Paul Young last night. I recommend both. The first book made me count my blessings that I live in this day and time and not back in the 1600's when women were dependent on men. "The Shack" is an interesting book. At a recent Christmas party two women gave me two completely different opinions on the book. One thought it was silly and the other loved it. I agree with the latter opinion. The book is about a man whose 6 year old daughter is abducted and murdered. The man gets an invitation from "papa" (God) to come to the shack where his daughter was killed. The book brings up questions like "Why do bad things happen to good people?' Do people other than Christians go to heaven?" Do we spend most of our time in the past, present, or future?" All very provocative questions and set in the form of a murder mystery. In this book God is not the "old man with a beard" type figure that many people envision but a real surprise! But I guess God's ways are frequently a surprise. Look at Jesus virgin birth to poor parents!
Our next book is "Three Cups of Tea" and then a book called "The Kabul Beauty School" I can't wait!