Stone soup and gas prices
Saving money on gas is a combination of faith and works:
BBC News: Rocky Twyman, 59, a veteran community campaigner, started Pray At The Pump meetings at petrol stations in April. Since then, the average price of what the US calls gasoline has fallen from more than $4 a gallon to $3.80.
“We don’t have anybody else to turn to but God,” Mr Twyman told the BBC. “We have to turn these problems over to God and not to man.”
A few percent savings seems like a weak effect from the God who parted the Red Sea. But the Twyman and friends aren’t just relying on God either:
“We believe not just in prayer – because we believe that faith without works is dead. So we’ve encouraged people to car-pool more and organise their days more, because it’s a combination of faith with these other factors.”
Excellent stone soup! It would be even better with some carrots. Maybe a little potato. Beef broth, onions…
Something like “pray and pass the ammunition.”
Or the old joke about the boxer who crosses himself before the fight. Will it help? “Yeah, if he can box.”
I saw that prayer group on TV. One of the stupidest things I’ve ever seen.
So prayer is the only thing… but we can also make a difference. Does the nitwit realize he’s contradicting himself? Forget it, that’s a stupid question. At least he will rile the troops to do some things to make a difference.
I never thought of it that way! That’s utterly awesome.
Whatever it takes to get people off their butts and doing the right thing.
we should all do out part in this! carpool, ride a bike, walk, etc… don’t just leave it up to others.