Writing out loud.
More important things to be concerned about.
A note on the local Mary Jo Copeland situation. I talked to my Ward’s city councilman - Scott Benson, asking him to go to bat for Caring and Sharing Hands. I asked about her ‘hearing’ today. That isn’t what it is exactly. It is a closed meeting with the city regulatory board in an attempt to work out the security issues. So keep praying, please.
There are so many obscure news stories that have grabbed my attention, yet if I were to write and comment on all of them, I’d be online all day. A few other blogs have done it for me however… these guys write about stuff I really care about, and I’m always surprised that very few other Catholic bloggers seem to even notice. So here is my list of stories we should care about:
Threats to the family and religious freedom.
The Texas debacle concerning the Fundamentalist Mormons. Hardly anyone says a word that over 400 children and mothers were abducted from their homes by the Texas Rangers all because of a false report of child abuse. The Western Confucian has noticed, start reading what he says beginning with Shocking News From Texas and work your way down.
The food shortage.
Maybe Catholics just refuse to believe these things because of all the conspiracy theories out there, but gosh darn, the price of gasoline is pretty darn high, as is food, and - oh no! Food shortages are looming on the horizon. Although the monk in me would never permit me to stock pile food - some “experts” are suggesting we do. Again, Confucius say, A Warning from the Wall Street Journal. Western Confucian is not the only blog who pays attention to this stuff, Vox Nova happens to be a very aware website too. In fact, I found this interesting morsel on the subject of the rising cost of food, Grocery Bills.
Many experts seem to think we are burning our food rather than eating it, check this story out, Backlash builds against bio-fuels.
It is never enough.
Then finally, Off the Record has a post concerning reactions to the Holy Father’s apology regarding the Sexual Abuse Crisis in the Church. The Holy Father repeatedly apologized while he was in the U.S. but evidently that isn’t enough for many people. Some of whom will only be happy if heads of bishops roll. Yeah, that stuff only happens during events such as the Reign of Terror in the French Revolution. Read the complaints here.
Okay, so that is all I’ve got. But don’t worry - be happy.
April 25th, 2008 at 3:28 pm
Yeah, Terry, I’ve wondered, too, about why some of these things seem to be off the radar. People aren’t too concerned what happens to cult members, they’ve got it coming to them, right? But the power of government can be abused against any group. Due process is due process.
About the food shortage, one article called it a “tsunami of hunger”. Christians need to be pro-active in fighting this; perhaps tragedy can be averted or mitigated.
April 25th, 2008 at 5:47 pm
Thanks Melody - it seems so few even comment on the subjects mentioned.
April 25th, 2008 at 6:12 pm
For many of us, increasing prices for food and fuel are a mere inconvenience. For those living on the edge, however, the rising prices are enough to push them into real privation. I’m less worried about absolute shortages of food than I am about increasing problems of meeting the needs of the poorest among us.
April 25th, 2008 at 7:05 pm
They’re not necessarily off the radar.
It’s just that it takes a lot of time find things to post and even more time to post them.
I anyone posted everything they were interested in, the blog would become unwieldy and not worth the trouble of reading.
That Texas situation is an awful tragedy. But then much of life in Texas is an awful tragedy. There was the Branch Davidian cult in Waco led by David Koresh 15-20 years ago where law enforcement started shooting and the building burned and many died. And I don’t know that anybody ever proved that there were serious crimes involved. Just your routine nutcases in some kind of cult, present in every state.
Most of us who blog have set a theme for our posts and a limit on our time and can’t post on everything.
There are lots of things that interest me and I have strong opinions on most of them. But not enough to post on all of them.
I have a theme, but some thing interest me more than others and if I’m interested, or irritated enough, I’ll post on some things outside my normal subjects.