The USAToday story: Amish also feel strain of high fuel costs points out that even folks who use horses for transportation, are feeling the pinch of rising energy prices.
The Amish, widely known for their horse-drawn buggies and a lifestyle that shuns many modern conveniences, are as susceptible to the sting of rising oil prices as anyone else.

From the diesel fuel for tools used in milking cows, building cabinets and sawing timber, to the gasoline used to power washing machines and freezers, the pinch is real.

A man, unknown to the congregants shoots and kills at a rehersal for a childrens play...

An overview of what impact the religious 'right' has actually had on public policy. From abortion to homosexual marriage to public policy.

“The challenges we face today — from saving our planet to ending poverty — are simply too big for government to solve alone,” Mr. Obama said outside a community center here. “We need an all-hands-on-deck approach.”

Brian McLaren, a former pastor who spent 24 years in the pulpit and is now an informal adviser to the Obama campaign, believes that a significant portion of evangelical voters are ready to break from their traditional home in the the Republican Party and take a new leap of faith with Obama.

Will it work?

Overview of The 2CJC Project

Food colorants are causing reactions in children! I have some of these in my own cubbard! They are now going to only be used in playdough!!
"In September 2007, a UK study reported children behaved impulsively and lost concentration after consuming a drink containing additives."

Data from thousands of Europeans revealed higher levels of "life satisfaction" in believers.
This was an interesting article. I think that it mostly has to do with the knowledge that God is in control and so we are better able to cope knowing that even though we don't understand, He is in control of the whole thing and understands it in and out. That is a tremendous comfort to me!