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The portion of Scripture read at Church yesterday that really "spoke" to me was Psalm 27:17.  The Psalmist ponders "What if I had not believed that I should see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living?!"

It struck me how jaded, cynical and pessimistic I am often prone to be.  I realized that I often do not expect to see the goodness of God in the world around me.  That is terrible.  I do not want to be stuck in that gear while I drive around today.  The Lord used this verse to enourage me to lift my eyes higher and look for Him at work. When I leave the house I will be on the watch for the goodness of the Lord.

My brother is a professional Artist.  The slogan on his website http://wafoxpaw.com/ is "capture and cherish the moment". One way to do that is by having a portrait of a loved one painted.  However, we chose to do it, this is good advice for all of us in this fast paced world

One of our sons, Kevin, has begun a publishing company- Kudos Press.  It's first book comes off the press this month.  The company motto is "Giving and facilitating kudos where kudos are due." /kudospress

Another business he maintains is  http://www.fox4editing.com/   Its motto is "Capture your Vision"

1 WANT TO PUT THESE MOTTOES HIGH ON MY 2DO LIST

Today I posted new entries on the Front Page of my website http://www.reformedliving.org/

These include Essays about Worship and Theology; Myths about 20 something Christians; The Gospel according to Vampire stories and Thoughts on my own Funeral.

I have not posted a lot on this Blog recently, as I have been busy (among other things) researching a paper on Aesthetics (a Biblical Philosophy of Art) that I plan to put on my website soon. The article below was in the Boston Globe this week.  It illustrates what is not "Good Art" by Biblical Standards.  Standards for good art include Philippians 4:8

"whatever [Art] is true, whatever [Art] is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise- [this is good Art]"

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"Last week, Todd Stern, America's special envoy for climate change -- yes, there is one; and people wonder where to begin cutting government -- warned that those interested in 'undermining action on climate change' will seize on 'Whatever tidbit they can find.' Tidbits like specious science, and the absence of warming?"

"It is tempting to say, only half in jest, that Stern's portfolio violates the First Amendment, which forbids government from undertaking the establishment of religion. A religion is what the faith in catastrophic man-made global warming has become. It is now a tissue of assertions impervious to evidence, assertions that everything, including a historic blizzard, supposedly confirms and nothing, not even the absence of warming, can falsify."

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Don't blame God when the next earthquake brings down another major city.  

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Government Policy Makers and Politically Correct Public opinion makers insist on discounting the role of Religion in international affairs, particularly when it comes to Islam.  Here is more evidence that this is wrongheaded and foolish.  

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