On USAToday.com this morning I read an article about the controversial practice of drilling under cemeteries to extract the natural gas trapped in the shale hundreds of feet below the surface. The practice has lots of opposition from people who oppose disturbing the dead.
Try this: next time you're at an open casket viewing session go up to the casket and yell as loudly as you can. I think you'll find it doesn't bother them at all.
Country western "music" on the other hand....
Speaking of music, the case for my very early generation iPod finally came apart. I don't keep track of models for those things but mine has to be very early because I learned today they no longer make cases for it. Amazon has some, but not with the waist band clip I want for wearing at the gym.
Get out the duct tape.
We're watching Wimbledon, which is at the halfway point in the fortnight. Andy Murray is a huge local favorite although he's actually a Scot, and corrects people who call him a Brit.
Like many Scots he's more than a little goofy looking. Long narrow horsey face, overgrown Adam's apple, scrawny build....
His girlfriend is Kim Sears, a drop-dead gorgeous blond.
He has a nice personality.
The hot topic at the event is the issue of pay. Should women who finish in the money be paid the same as men? At an increasing number of tournaments, and I think now all four majors, the women get paid the same, and the word is the men don't like it (though only one or two have been foolish enough to say it out loud).
The men play matches that are best of five sets, the women best of three. In most businesses you pay based on workload.
The men bring in significantly more spectators for their matches, and ticket prices for those matches are higher. That means they generate more income for the tournament organizers. In most businesses you pay more based on income generation.
Geoff & Shannon Husa and their four young children will be at Pathway tomorrow morning. We consider them part of Pathway even though their real "home" church is in Mesa. For the last two years our church has supported them and their work with the Mibu (MEE-boo) who live in the mountains of Papua New Guinea. They came home early this year to be in the States for the birth of their son, Nathan. Shannon has difficult births, requires a C-section, and the village of Mibu isn't a good place to have that kind of delivery. The only medical services there are provided by - you guessed it - Geoff and Shannon, and Geoff's specialty is linguistics. They're the only non-indigenous people living in Mibu or any village in the area, and the only way in and out of Mibu is by helicopter, so it's not like calling a cab.
The Husas, now six of them, are headed back later this month so tomorrow is our last time to spend time with them before they leave. They're a pretty big deal at Pathway. Their love for and service to the Mibu, both with regard to this life and the life to come, is impressive and humbling. It is our honor to help them with their work.
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