Happy Labor Day from TWW!

TWW is taking a one-day break from blogging, but we're still keeping an eye on things…

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As we reflect upon our labors here at TWW, we are hopeful that our blogging efforts are making a difference in some corners of Christendom.  We are taking a one-day respite to enjoy those who mean so much to us — our families — and then we’ll be back in the saddle.

To put a unique spin on ‘Labor Day’, we want to share an incredible video.  If a picture is worth 1,000 words, of how much more value is a four-minute video, especially when it depicts the creation of a human being.  This bird’s eye view of the birth process serves as a stunning reminder of what an awesome God we serve!

We leave you with a video that highlights the tremendous work of those medical missionaries in Africa (and in other parts of the world) who are risking their very lives to save the lives of so many others.  Here is a video of Dr. Kent Brantly, the Samaritan's Purse doctor who was rushed to Atlanta several weeks ago.  It's just another reminder that life is so precious!

Have a safe and relaxing Labor Day!

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Happy Labor Day from TWW! — 21 Comments

  1. You haven’t got the hang of this, have you?

    You need to take a six-week break from blogging, having appointed a small squad of pals to investigate whether or not you’re soulless jackals, and either determine that you aren’t or else get thrown under the bus.

  2. On another note, hubby and I were delighted to see a snowy owl for the first time ever last winter. There were five of them in Chincoteague, Va. and we got a picture of one of them – so beautiful! Apparently last summer was a banner year for baby snowy owls and competition for food was tough for the newly grown owls. Lemmings are their food of choice but hunting them takes skill so the young owls moved much farther south than usual and ate seagulls.

  3. I spent my Labor Day laboring, but at least I’ll get paid time and a half for my efforts.

    Marsha, we had some snowy owls in the Washington, DC area as well. They were quite an unusual sight and made headlines in the local media. I wonder if we’ll see any more this coming winter, which is supposedly going to be another cold and snowy one around these parts. Of course, that may depend on how strong an El Nino pattern develops.

  4. Kent Brantly is the nephew of one of the ministers at my church. We’ve been following this story with personal interest. When it was announced at church that Kent was getting “exponetially better”, I asked, “How bored is he?” and was told “Extremely.” 🙂 There is a picture of him running out of the isolation unit giving high fives to everyone, and when I saw that, I posted to his uncle, “If I had been in an isolation unit for three weeks, I’d be running out of there, too!”

    Kent’s uncle is a great example of faith and compassion. I am not surprised that his nephew has it as well.

  5. @ Marsha:

    Hedwig visited VA? Cool beans. 😉

    Way more exciting than my most exciting bird story, which was seeing, hearing and following a piping plover on the campus of University of Maine at Orono. (Because I’m lame enough to follow birds around college campuses when I’m supposed to be in a handbell rehearsal.)

  6. Hester wrote:

    @ Marsha:

    Hedwig visited VA? Cool beans.

    Way more exciting than my most exciting bird story, which was seeing, hearing and following a piping plover on the campus of University of Maine at Orono. (Because I’m lame enough to follow birds around college campuses when I’m supposed to be in a handbell rehearsal.)

    That’s a cool bird story too. I love piping plovers! The rangers at Chincoteague cover their nests with wire cages so the birds can get in and out but predators can’t get in.

  7. D&D – I hope you guys are taking a few days to chill!

    I have a random question for other folks. I have noticed myself having a large dose of skepticism about things I just might have swallowed lately. For example, a friend loaned me some books on tape to listen to during my commute. I listened to “Heaven is for Real” and started “Duck Dynasty”. These are things that lots of Christians get into and promote and think are the greatest things since sliced bread. I just found myself cringing at different things in them. I think Phil Robertson needs a serious filter on the things he says, and when his daughter-in-law said that she grew up in a family of Christians for generations on both sides I was thinking it’s impossible that any family doesn’t have skeletons in the closet. So far I have been pretty good in listening to sermons at church, but I wonder if I’ll be able to tolerate anything Christian if this continues. I feel like I’m sinking into limbo. Can anyone relate?

  8. I can relate. I am just cringing at the news stories reporting on the things Christian pastors and leaders are saying these days. Just really ugly stuff that is against everything I believe in.

  9. In other news, Murray might well take a set off Djokovic in their quarter-final, but as this will take place at silly o’clock in the morning UK time, I will wait until tomorrow to verify my tentative prediction.

  10. @ Marsha:

    Well, it is a borderline endangered bird and I knew it so…yeah, I was almost late for my rehearsal. 🙂

  11. Nick Bulbeck wrote:

    In other news, Murray might well take a set off Djokovic in their quarter-final, but as this will take place at silly o’clock in the morning UK time, I will wait until tomorrow to verify my tentative prediction.

    Will try not to be a spoiler 🙂