Friday, November 03, 2006

Don't mention the drought

During discussion from a prior post, I mentioned that at the Sydney Anglican Synod recently the following motioned had been passed:

"The drought
Synod, in recognition of God's sovereignty and power over all things, and in support of our Diocesan mission and goal, publicly calls the people of Sydney and the Illawarra/Shoalhaven to bring the drought to God in urgent and persevering prayer that, in His time and will, rains might fall across the State and nation to break the drought and to fill our dams and calls upon all Christian people to display generosity to those in need as a consequence of the drought, and to urge all to recognise that God is the Creator and Owner of the world and Saviour of all who turn to him in repentance and faith."


The motion was made with the barest of mention of climate change (despite the Al Gore movie), and nothing was said about Human responsibility in regards to our attitude towards water and our abuse of the environment.

Well, now seems to be the right time to start talking about it, and praying/repenting. On ABC Radio (comparatively reputable) today it was claimed that Queensland only has 2 years left of its water supply. As for Sydney, we apparently have only 4 years remaining. If true, these are dire straights indeed...

10 points if you can tell me what the picture is.
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5 comments:

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byron smith said...

Is the picture somewhere in the Murray-Darling system?

Matthew Moffitt said...

Far from it

Anonymous said...

hi matt
your blog is cool!
would that be warragamba dam?

Matthew Moffitt said...

Hi Bel,

it sure is Warragamba. 10 points for you!