What is good about the fish dying, you say? Just this: it is another sign that the rule of Christ on the earth in the Kingdom of God is soon to begin! "Now when these things begin to happen, look up and lift up your heads, because your redemption draws near" (Luke 21:28).

The honeybees are still hanging on inside the wall of our old farmhouse. I pray they will survive. But if the trend continues, they will all soon be dead, and all or most of their kind will be no more.

Recently I watched a program on PBS about Voodoo and Zombies in Haiti. Many people have heard of Haiti. Unfortunately, most have never heard of the pivotal role Haiti played in America's rise to greatness.

Remember the old MAD Magazine character, Alfred E. Neuman, whose line was "What, me worry?" It was a humorous spoof making light of the need to worry about anything. Worry is a mental exercise that all of us engage in, though some more than others. It doesn't produce anything. It uses up valuable time and resources, and it doesn't give us joy or peace of mind.

For almost 1500 years an idea has gripped the hearts and minds of European leaders such as Charlemagne, the Hapsburgs, Napoleon, even Hitler and Mussolini.