Gas Up: July 31

Down again, from $1.449 to $1.429. I won’t say “I told you so” about the downward trend. I’ll just say that it feels good to be right yet again.

I’d feel even better if there were a little sunshine to brighten my photo.

Dorothy’s gas price has gone down under $4.00 per gallon.

What about you? What are you paying for gas in your corner of the universe? And is that up or down from last week?

Update on Friday, August 1, 2008 at 10:11AM by rebecca

threegirldad is doing his best to prove me wrong:

On Wednesday, it went from $3.48 to $3.65. With a “loyal shopper” card from a local grocery store, that made it $3.38 before the price spike.

That still makes gas in his area of Kansas cost less than it does for most of the rest of us. But it is up, and it goes agains my downward trend prediction.

My Desktop Photo 18: Cloud Shadows

Photo by Andrew Stark
(click here for larger view)

Because I’m sick of the rain and need to see a little sun.

Recommended for Listening VI

The audio and video from this spring’s reFocus Canada 2008 main conference sessions is now available. reFocus Canada is a ministry of Willingdon Church in Burnaby, BC.  Its purpose “is to unite Canadian pastors around a resurgent historical evangelicalism and equip them to preach the full counsel of God in an age of relativism.”

Looking at the list of speakers and topics, I’m guessing all of audio will be valuable for listening and learning. This afternoon, while painting windows and doors, I listened to the first session, The Basis of Authority: Authority in the Godhead, by  Bruce Ware. I recognized much of the material from Ware’s book, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, which I reviewed favorably three years ago and added to my short list of solid theological books suitable for the lay person.

The subject of both the book and the sermon/lecture/whatever is the relationships between the persons of the Trinity, the roles those three persons have, and how knowledge of the relationships and roles within the Trinity ought to affect the lives of believers. If you haven’t read the book, why not take an hour while you’re doing drudgework to listen to the audio of this session? If you’ve already read the book, I’m betting you’ll jump at the chance to be instructed on this topic again.

And there’s a handy-dandy set of notes for this session, too.