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Our schedules are over-booked and we’re frustrated. But, we are reminded what it’s really all about when we take a look at His Word.

In the past God spoke… many times and in many different ways. But now… God has spoken to us through his Son. - Hebrews 1:1-2

Too much to do. It seems like a disease these days…having too much to do in too little time. Arranging meetings, making deadlines, getting that gift for mom…it’s Friday and I need another day before the weekend to make things come together…

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People washed clothes next to their destroyed homes on the outskirts of Yangon on Wednesday. (Khin Maung Win/Agence France-Presse)
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World Vision is delivering emergency supplies to the children and families who’ve lost their homes in the cyclone.  Go to World Vision now!

…Blogroll mates, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were Dugg; not many were of noble ranking. But God chose the foolish posts of the blogosphere to shame the wise… - 1 Corinthians 1:26.27

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Giving aid to Myanmar is as easy as a couple of clicks

World Vision is airlifting emergency supplies to survivors of the devastating cyclone that struck Myanmar over the weekend. The death toll from cyclone that battered Myanmar has risen above 22,000, state radio reports. More than 41,000 are reported missing. Help now!

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All right, guys, here’s the plan today. An army is out there, armed to the teeth. So, we are sending in the choir and the musicians.

In the Old Testament, we find an interesting story of how King Jehoshaphat took an uncommon approach when his enemies waged war against him. Instead of sending in his army first, he sent in the choir and musicians. - Greg Laurie

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Audit Reveals U.N.’s World Food Program Has More Than $1.22 Billion Stockpile

This Week’s Top Scrooge - May 2, 2008

By ALEXANDER

It’s been a while since I’ve published a This Week’s Top Scrooge, so I decided to resurrect the column upon hearing about yet, another World Food Program snafu.

Whether or not the WFP could use more money or not, it seems awfully suspect that the group’s tactics for fishing-in cash are sketchy at best.

This from FoxNews:

Just weeks before it announced the onset of a global food crisis and the urgent need for donors to provide at least $775 million in additional funding, the World Food Program (WFP) was sitting on a cash and near-cash stockpile of more than $1.22 billion.

The startling figure is contained in the latest audited statements of the WFP, which were endorsed by WFP’s executive director, Josette Sheeran, on March 31, 2008 — just a month before Sheeran announced at an international aid conference on April 22 that a “silent tsunami” in rising food prices demanded the huge infusion of cash for WFP’s latest budget.

In an op-ed article published in the International Herald Tribune on May 1, U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon further declared that the WFP had just “$18 million cash in hand” in the wake of its appeal for emergency funding. (more)

It’s hard to comprehend what it really takes to fuel such an ambitious group as the WFP. It seems corruption would be the last thing a humanitarian effort needs. Yet, the WFP is not immune to the corrupt world it tries to maneuver within.

We haven’t heard WFP’s side yet, but I suspect the spin doctors are working overtime. For calling out a “silent tsunami” while keeping quiet about its own monster funds, the WFP is This Week’s Top Scrooge.

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When you talk, do not say harmful things, but say what people need—words that will help others become stronger. - Ephesians 4:29

Sticks and stones can break my bones, but names will never hurt me! It’s just a childhood chant, but although we can put up a good front about hurtful words not hurting, the truth is they can be damaging at any age…

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In my lifetime I have never seen a U.S. president more ridiculed…or even more hated. Bush-bashing has become a full-time occupation for some. Take Reuters, for example. The photos on this page come from just one day…all from the liberal-slanted news service. These web-published photos of President George W. Bush capture him when his face is most distorted by expression.

Imagine, if you will, that you are a photographer with Reuters. The news service is decidedly anti-U.S. on most occasions. Give me three story headlines about the U.S. from Reuters and three from Associated Press and I will tell you 99.9 percent of the time, which ones are from Reuters. It’s easy. The Reuters headlines (and stories) have a negative U.S. slant…oh, I’d say… 99.9 percent of the time.

Getting back to being a photag for Reuters. So, your assignment is to shoot Bush. With a Reuters mindset, guess which shot of Bush you are looking for. Yes, that’s right, the photo that makes him appear the most foolish.

Do you have any doubts? Take a look at these photos again…I’ve seen the likes of these not just today, but for as long as Bush has been president.

For Bush-bashing photographers, the “money shot” is the one catching Bush with the silliest expression. Has any other president suffered as much?

Go ahead, Reuters. Keep on doing what you are doing…and eventually you’ll get what you are doing.

- Alexander, TheScroogeReport

More than half of all couples who become engaged this year will never make it to the altar.

Let’s say you’ve done the dating thing, but now it’s time for some tough decisions. Is the one you’ve been in la-la land with for awhile now the one?

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A triathlete swimmer was killed Friday morning in a gruesome shark attack at a San Diego County beach. A marine expert said the wounds appeared to be from a great white shark, an attack he described as “practically unprecedented” in the area. Several beaches north and south of Solano Beach, where the attack took place 150 yards out, are closed. Lifeguard and Coast Guards services are searching for what is suspected of being a shark that’s 12-17 feet long. (photo: Union-Tribune)