28 March 2011

Abilene News Headlines

Most days I check the weather and news on KTXS website. Today, two of the headlines read thus:

"After Attack By Angry Cow, Deputy Dies Of Injuries"
"Abilene Billboards Predict the End Coming in May"

I got a kick out of both of these, though I felt bad about laughing at the first. As any human would be, I am saddened that a man was killed. But you have to admit, an angry cow attack is fairly humorous.

The latter headline is, again, both humorous and sad. This is one of the many essentially-unfounded claims that we know when Christ will come again. The evidence, which involves 2 Peter and the story of the Noah and the flood, seems somewhat ludicrous to me. It's sad that people are spending money to proclaim this on billboards.

On a completely unrelated note, my presentation at the research festival went well this morning. I even won an award!

24 March 2011

The Magic Hour

I am currently preparing for a presentation at ACU's Undergraduate Research Festival and working on my Honors capstone project. As a result, I have not yet had a chance to post pictures or stories from Egypt. Unfortunately, you will still have to wait. In my research of thin places, I discovered this song by Andrew Peterson, a Christian folk artist. I love the lyrics to this peaceful song and have enjoyed listening to it as I work.