Necessary Roughness

two kingdoms, hundreds of thousands of miles

Archive for June, 2007

The term “Transylvanian Lutheran” might bring to mind someone who drinks their beer through fangs, but Barb the Evil Genius delivers one of the good guys, Johannus Honterus, in the fifty-third edition of the Lutheran Carnival.
Thanks, Barb, for delivering us a nice-sized Carnival with lots of entries!

The world’s oldest “profession” is to be stricken from the laws of Britian, if the Justice Ministry gets its way.
Instead, a new bill that the Justice Ministry has drafted refers simply to persons who sell sex persistently — defined as twice or more in three months.
Well, that will add a lot of unnecessary language to [...]

Whether Benoit, Too, Can Be Saved
Thursday, June 28th, 2007

The details of the Chris Benoit story grow uglier. ABC News reports that the child may have been strangled in a choke hold.
Ballard called the crime scene in the boy’s bedroom “heartbreaking,” with wrestling action figures and a toy championship belt in the room.
“There was a Bible displayed beside the body of each victim,” Ballard [...]

Illegal Immigration Bill Defeated, Again
Thursday, June 28th, 2007

The American people dodged a trillion-dollar bullet as the comprehensive immigration bill was defeated 46-53 today.
Roll Call No. 235 shows Ohio Senators Brown and Voinovich doing a 180° from their previous votes, as well as Senator Brownback. I guess you could say they were for amnesty before they were against it.
I just read Lawrence’s [...]

Rehearsals
Wednesday, June 27th, 2007

Sunday will be the dedication of the new building for Trinity Lutheran Church in Rock Springs. The building has been under construction since 2002 and has been built primarily by the congregation itself.
My training schedule is allowing me to attend, and I’ve been asked to participate in the morning Divine Service and in the [...]