JoyfulJunction

It would be so easy to live comfortably in a little bubble out here in our town of 2,600.  We're not influenced by much media (due to a cableless home,) nor do we deal with much influence by our peers (due to primary education within our home.)  However, the reality is that we can't be blind to the bigger picture, especially since somewhere down the line it WILL affect us.

There is no doubt that much has changed since my childhood 2 decades ago and it will continue to change at what seems like accelerated rates.  While keeping that in mind, I have been  been teaching my children for years that we can look at the news as little pieces of a larger puzzle.  We all need to be aware of the world outside our comfort zone. .

This little post  isn't intended to spur paranoia (we aren't motivated by fear, but remain guided through our faith,) but perhaps it can be yet another wake up call for discussing all the little pieces of news floating around.

Today, we briefly discussed the following main headlines during our lessons and I asked questions about how they relate to others in the world:

• Immigration laws in Arizona
• Environmental effect from volcano in Iceland
• Oil Spill in the Gulf off of Louisiana

Here is a helpful tracking map of the oil spill (just press play at the top)
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/05/01/us/20100501-oil-spill-tracker.html?ref=earth