Santa Aardvark has given out a gross of golden kudos for those in the Lutheran blogosphere who write Christmas posts. I got hit twice, bringing NR’s total up to six. If you’re still on vacation, you could spend it reading instead of shoveling snow.
Thanks, Aardvark!
I had known that I would sing the first verse of Stille Nacht during the late Christmas Eve service for several weeks. I became a little concerned when I was informed I would solo (chant) the Opening Versicles and the Phos Hilaron of the Evening Prayer service, both the Pastor’s part and the Congregation’s Part. [...]
Again the LORD spoke to Ahaz, “Ask a sign of the LORD your God; let it be deep as Sheol or high as heaven.” But Ahaz said, “I will not ask, and I will not put the LORD to the test.” And he said, “Hear then, O house of David! Is it too little for [...]
The best Lutheran blogger operating under a pseudonym, the Aardvark has given On Pseudonymous Bloggers one of his Golden Aardvark awards. Since it’s been a while since the Great Earth Pig has handed out awards, this one elicits an extra dose of gratitude.
Unsurprisingly some of the other award recipients made it into this [...]
On some of the religious blogs that I read, I am seeing the call for pseudonymous (fake-name) bloggers to reveal themselves. The proposition is made that because a real name is not revealed, integrity is destroyed and Christian virtue is not extolled.
I’m not sure I can agree with the premise, for more reasons than I [...]
The highly esteemed Aardvark of Aardvark Alley has posted another list of awards. One of my posts, Paying for Consequences, Known and Unknown, has received an “Aardie,” one of his awards.
I had joked that if I ever got three of these, they were going to need their own category. That’s been done.
Here’s hoping for [...]
The New York Times has an article about a vaccine that is quite successful against HPV, a family of viruses of which two have been demonstrated to cause cervical cancer. HPV is sexually transmitted.
Dr. Wheeler and most other public health specialists argue that vaccinating young girls and eventually, boys, before they become sexually active is [...]
“Everything is permissible”—but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is permissible”—but not everything is constructive. Nobody should seek his own good, but the good of others. — 1 Corinthians 10:23-24, NIV
By now most readers have taken a look at the service I attended Wednesday evening. Rather than take it play-by-play and say what I didn’t like [...]
