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Archive for January, 2007

Lutheran Carnival XLII: MDiv in the House
Saturday, January 27th, 2007

The pseudonymous blogger “Gregory House” has posted the forty-second Lutheran Carnival at House, M.Div. It’s a day early, but I imagine the pastor had better things to do on Sunday.
Pastor “House” has put in some good work on his Carnival, giving his opinions of some of the Lutheran bloggers and putting his improvements [...]

Going Old School For a Little Bit
Saturday, January 27th, 2007

I upgraded to Wordpress 2.1 two days ago, and there has been some strange behavior. The new three-column theme doesn’t seem to be playing nice with it. It did seem to be coded a little unorthodox. The web host isn’t the problem, as the admin pages serve up fine while the blog pages sometimes [...]

Time Out for a Little Testimony
Saturday, January 27th, 2007

The Christian ties that bind Chicago Bears coach Lovie Smith and Indianapolis Colts coach Tony Dungy have been affirming and beneficial for the most part, but that may be because the major secular papers don’t get into the details of faith that the Christian Post might.
The Post reports that Coach Dungy will pray on his [...]

No-Fun-League Bans Tailgating at Super Bowl
Friday, January 26th, 2007

Wow. First they stopped having the Super Bowl at outdoor venues. Now you can’t even tailgate, reports Fox News.
“There is no tailgating allowed in the Dolphin Stadium parking lots,” Sue Jaquez, a member of the Super Bowl XLI Host Committee, confirmed to CBS 4 News. “And there is no tailgating anywhere within a one-mile radius [...]

AP reports two election workers have been convicted of felonious negligent misconduct and misdemeanor failure of election employees to perform their duty.
Special prosecutor Kevin Baxter, who was brought in from Erie County to handle the case, did not claim the workers’ actions affected the outcome of the election — Kerry gained 17 votes and Bush [...]

Discrimination laws are nasty for several reasons; this is one of the bigger ones.
BBC reports that Prime Minister Tony Blair could decide whether Catholic charities can be exempt from newly written discrimination law, or Blair can leave that to the House of Commons to decide.
The agencies say they will close if not given an opt-out [...]

St. Timothy and the Education of Kids
Wednesday, January 24th, 2007

Normally I don’t post on the saints, as the Aardvark and Seminarian Jay Winters usually have those covered.
Today, though, was the day of St. Timothy, recipient of two letters from St. Paul that are included in the New Testament.
The second letter, third chapter, fourteenth and fifteenth verses, contain my confirmation verses for which I [...]

First impressions having heard the State of the Union speech without an advance script:
Good comments on earmarks, showing just how undemocratic they are, when some aren’t voted on the floor and signed by the President.
Democrats were pretty slow to stand up on national security topics; they were clearly watching Speaker Pelosi for cues.
The President really [...]

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