A Day in the Life: October 2006

Elevation

The Cog Steam Locamotive. Mt. Washington, New Hampshire.

Fresh Air

The road in the backround is how I drove up. Narrow and a steep grade, was pretty hairy but the decent in 4 wheel drive, low gear, made it possible to decend with minimal use of my brakes. Most vehicles need to stop several times during the decent to cool their brakes!

Rough Terrain

Cog Railway Steam Locamotive.

New Hampshire Sky

High as the clounds.

Rocks and Rails

Rugged terrain. You can see the cog railroad steam locamotive decending from the summit, Mt. Washington, New Hampshire.

Blue Sky

Fresh air.

Weather Moves In

In the clouds.

Reflections

My beautiful wife, summit, Mt. Washington (6200+ feet elevation.)

The Valley Below

View of Mt. Washington looking west.

We're Not in Kansas Anymore

Thought you might enjoy this interesting prayer given in Kansas at the opening session of their Senate. It seems prayer still upsets some people. When Minister Joe Wright was asked to open the new session of the Kansas Senate, everyone was expecting the usual generalities, but this is what they heard:

"Heavenly Father, we come before you today to ask your forgiveness and to seek your direction and guidance.
We know Your Word says, 'Woe to those who call evil good,' but that is exactly what we have done.

We have lost our spiritual equilibrium and reversed our values.

We have exploited the poor and called it the lottery.

We have rewarded laziness and called it welfare.

We have killed our unborn and called it choice.

We have shot abortionists and called it justifiable.

We have neglected to discipline our children and called it building self esteem.

We have abused power and called it politics.

We have coveted our neighbor's possessions and called it ambition.

We have polluted the air with profanity and pornography and called it freedom of _expression.

We have ridiculed the time-honored values of our forefathers and called it enlightenment.

Search us, Oh, God, and know our hearts today; cleanse us from every sin and set us free.

Amen!"

The response was immediate. A number of legislators walked out during the prayer in protest. In 6 short weeks, Central Christian Church, where Rev. Wright is pastor, logged more than 5,000 phone calls with only 47 of those calls responding negatively. The church is now receiving international requests for copies of this prayer from India, Africa and Korea.
Commentator Paul Harvey aired this prayer on his radio program, "The Rest of the Story," and received a larger response to this program than any other he has ever aired.
With the Lord's help, may this prayer sweep over our nation and wholeheartedly become our desire so that we again can be called "one nation under God."
"If you don't stand for something, you will fall for anything."