God will provide

My cover story came out today - www.cityweekly.net - and Dad says no one will understand it. ;-) Oh well. It was good for me to research and learn. I only wish I could actually have gone to Green River to talk to the people there personally. That makes stories so much more vivid, and needless to say, more interesting to write, too!

Which brings me to the church stewardship package. I'll bet you wonder how. Emil sent out a plea which at first just depressed me. He said things like "bare-bones" budget and the parish could become "moribund." I know, everyone is out there looking up the word "moribund" now.

But that, and indeed nuclear power, have similarities. Both are borne of desperation. I mean, if we're without power, what then? And, if we're without money, what then?

How does someone turn this kind of pessimism, this kind of darkness, into light? Well, I don't think it's by giving up, or giving in to the malaise. I think that there is power in positive thinking and in belief. God will provide. And He does.