AFP reports that heating oil has gotten high enough to where corn-burning stoves have become economical.
Haefner said there were about 65,000 corn stoves sold in the US last year. He expects about 150,000 will be sold this year and at least 350,000 next year.
Even with a retail price of 1,600 to 3,000 dollars, the [...]
I don’t recommend posts on blogs a lot. This one, “Pastors are Made, Priests are Born” (link now down) on Cross Theology, is a good one; it deals with the issue of ministry that various posts have hit on in the past.
This goes to answer the other part of Keelinnea’s question:
And correct me if [...]
Three Flags
The flags at Halliburton stayed horizontal all day.
Houston dropped below freezing last night. Consistent 20 mph winds dropped the wind chill into the teens.
Conroe is a 1½ hour drive from Southwest Houston, unless one is trying to get there during rush hour; it takes 2 hours.
Pastor Borghardt presided over Vespers again, and Pastor Quail preached the sermon, “The Glorious Effect of Faith in the Savior”, using Acts 7:54-59 as the text. Each of the Wednesday services for Advent [...]
The Detroit Free-Press among others is reporting on the Supreme Court’s hearing of a law that stops federal funds going to public universities that prohibit military recruiters on campus.
Harvard and Columbia University among others fail to recognize that government money always has strings. “Whoever pays the piper calls the tune”, as the saying goes. [...]
