If I was to have a conversation with my brother about the current global climate, he’d tell me these are the signs that were promised in the book of Revelation and that the world as we know it is coming to an end, and very soon.  Some may scoff at this notion, however, maybe what we need to do is to look at this metaphorically instead of literally. One has only to take one look at the headlines to know there’s a grain of truth in there somewhere.  Several months ago a religious fundamentalist group called Boko Haram, kidnapped over 200 girls in the name of Allah.  I’m pretty sure Allah does not condone the kidnap, rape and torture of young school girls.  Take a more recent headline, the tragic death of 298 passengers on their way to Kuala Lumpur, when their flight was downed by Ukraine/Russian Separatists.  No one [...]