Dear Father Andrew, Have you heard the analogy of the frog in hot water? The story goes that if you place a live frog in a pan of boiling water, he will jump right out. But if you put him in water that's his own temperature, he'll happily stay there while you place the pan on the stove and slowly turn up the fire under it. The frog, it is said, will cook to death without even noticing that the water is getting hotter. Lately I've been reading about how partial birth abortions are done, and about such things as goddess worship in church services, and I think 'are we really so blind?!' Can it be that people are not aware that the water all around us is almost boiling already? It can feel pretty lonely to notice that the water is steadily growing hotter while so many around seem to be saying that this is exactly how the water should be and 'isn't it good that finally there is a bit of a warming trend'.... Nancy
