Posted: 04/02/2009 at 5:46am | IP Logged

One of the speakers suddenly stopped talking statistical language and in plain English offered some observations. Here in bulleted form is what I heard him saying:

* There is all kinds of evidence that this economic tsunami (the speaker’s word) is radically changing the ways Americans think about money and the ways it has defined our modern way of life.
* We’re seeing an economic paradigm shift in the way people are beginning to save rather than spend.
* New and cautious views of the meaning of career, risk, wealth, success, and personal satisfaction are emerging.
* Trust, the “glue” that holds financial systems together, has been almost destroyed.
* Economically speaking, the world has gone from peak to trough overnight, and we are likely to remain in that trough for several years. Better to plan with that long range view in mind than keep getting disappointed by every quarterly business report.

As the speaker ventured these speculations, the audience seemed to freeze, each person appearing to turn inward as if to ask: Where am I in the midst of all of this? What do these new realities mean to me and to my loved-ones?

Posted: 04/02/2009 at 9:56am | IP Logged

Makes sense to me.  Most folks seem quite fearful.

 I knew of many Christians who were upset for days after Obama won the Presidency.  They probably thought they were upset over a leftist winning, feared for our country, etc.

But it just occurred to me.  Were so many of us upset for a companion reason?  There was a change on election day.  But a new President was not the biggest change. 

Were we "feeling" a change in the spiritual realm? 

Posted: 04/09/2009 at 12:11am | IP Logged

Gene, God Bless you!  I just want to say that again in the Spirit,

Gene, you and your household are Blessed!

Amen!