I thought it was supposed to be fun being a citizen of the world's ultimate superpower. I thought lots of bonuses come with living in a country where you can have anything you want whenever you want it. I'm re-thinking my position. Tom Friedman of the New York Times put his finger on a part of the problem when he was describing recent talk in Washington about the current energy crisis. Judging from his sneering remarks about conservation, Mr. Cheney believes that conservation should be a misdemeanor, akin to smoking marijuana.
Real men drill wells.
People in this congregation with friends in Western Europe are beginning to report the disgust that Europeans are feeling about this new form of global manifest destiny. While I was mulling all of this over, I heard a radio report about a new best selling book. It's the first runaway best selling religious book since The Celestine Prophecy and Embraced by the Light. It's called The Prayer of Jabez , by Dr. Bruce Wilkinson, a graduate of Dallas Theological Seminary and the founder and president of Walk Thru the Bible Ministries. Jabez is a character found in I Chronicles, chapter 4 in the Hebrew scriptures, and he does, in fact, offer a succinct prayer.