The press is beside themselves over the apocalyptic effects of the budget proposal outlined by the WH budget director yesterday. It included cuts to Meals on Wheels, the end of which will clearly result in mass starvation on the streets of America. CBS.com climbed up on their horse this morning with an article on the devastating effects of federal funding for Meals on Wheels, focusing on Trump supporters who are shocked to learn they face starvation.
The last sentence of the article: "After the president's proposal was released, Meals on Wheels reportedly received a surge of donations and offers to volunteer."
So, which is better: govt. funding or community based services? And if the govt. pays for the care the community could (and should) do, are there negative but largely unnoticed effects on social dynamics?
It makes me wonder how many other social service programs would be done by local communities were it not for state and federal involvement that lets people off the hook.
I finished the section on eschatology this morning. I'll still spend lots of time in revisions, rereading it to catch poorly worded and unclear sentences. As I do that I'll start the fourth section on Reformed Theology and the base it provides for both Covenant Theology and Dispensational Theology. It really is more interesting and more relevant than it sounds, and it will be a relatively short section.
It begins by asking why the contemporary church cares so little about theology and what negative effects have come with that loss of attention.
It rained pretty hard all morning, which is why I worked on the book. It stopped about 1:30 so I worked outside. First I changed some things in the goat barn, putting in a gate where I just had boards I put up/down to control access to the alfalfa. Itzhak should get as much as he wants but Stella and Sundae are old enough that eating too much of it will make them sick.
Then I went to work on Sally, installing that manual choke system I ordered. The first part went so smoothly I got overconfident. It's a universal kit, which usually means "it won't fit what you've got," but in this case it did. Until I got to running the cable from under the dash to the carb. I had to fabricate a bracket to hold the cable tightly next to the carb and that took me several tries to come up with something that worked. It still needs some tweaking but it was 5:30 when I quit, dinner was ready, and it was starting to get downright chilly.
They told me that most of the comment action on my truck auction would come in the first 24 hours and the last 24 hours. They were right. After a flurry of activity nothing has happened today. The BaT guys told me (via email) what I'd noticed from auctions I've followed: seller participation in the comment section increases interest and activity. So when someone asked a question I tried to reply with an answer right away. Now, with three bids in, I'll wait and pray for the final 24 hours and be ready to answer any questions that pop up.
Pam works with the 2-year olds on the third Sunday of each month so I'll be in the worship service by myself. Brett's sermon will be on membership and I'm curious to hear what he has to say. Wish Pam could be there to hear it, too. She could listen on the church website except we can't stream anything here at home.
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