Pheasants...evidence against Darwinism!

We had our second run-in (literally) with a pheasant. Harmony hit her first pheasant while driving back from pilates in Washburn on Tuesday. Besides disjarring our side blinker, it didn't seem to do much damage. You wouldn't think that hitting a bird would do much damage except when you're driving nearly 70 mph! I think if I ever get into a debate with a proponent of Darwinian survival-of-the-fittest, I am going to use the case of the pheasant as my number one contradictory example. My point is that according to Darwinism, over time only the most "fit" of a species survives. However, the pheasant is a prime counter-example. You would think that over time the "unfit" pheasants who think they can make it to the otherside of the road in front of a car doing 70, would die-out leaving only the more "fit" ones to re-produce and thus their offspring would be less likely to make such unwise decisions. But the theory does not hold around here anyway, as you end up hitting just as many pheasants as the year before!

I was able to take advantage of the warmer weather here lately by golfing on my day-off on Monday. The course was pretty dry still but the greenskeepers were out watering the greens. As a result I couldn't make a put to save my life! Nonetheless, it was a lot of fun and a great day to spend a few hours chasing a small white ball around 18 holes.

The nice weather has not been all good. We're suffering through a drought and are in desperate need of rain. The western part of North Dakota did not get very much snow this winter (while the eastern part set records!) and we didn't receive many "April showers" either. The farmers are going to have a really tough year, if we don't get some moisture soon. With prices for food already increasing due to the weak dollar, gas prices and overseas markets, the last thing we need is a down year for crops. At the same time I have no doubt that God will provide.

Sunday I preached on Matthew 4:1-11 (Jesus' temptations) and the sermon title was "Choosing Mission over Temptation." The devil enticed Jesus to be other than what God called and sent Him to be (which would have been a lot easier) but Jesus chose His God-given mission to live a perfect life and die a sacrfiical death for sinners instead of giving into Satan's temptations. Now that you know the main point, if you'd like to hear the rest click here.