Iceland, a Lutheran country, steps up on an issue hardly anyone else is touching: The government is considering introducing internet filters, such as those used to block China off form the worldwide web, in order to stop Icelanders downloading or viewing pornography on the internet.
For some people, the portent of spring, with it promise of new life and new beginnings, is the first robin or the first flowers to bloom. For baseball fans, it’s spring training. And I am happy to say that spring training has started! Hope springs
Roman Catholics may not eat meat on Fridays during Lent, though they may eat fish. The Archbishop of New Orleans has declared that alligator is “in the fish family” and “is considered seafood.” Therefore, Catholics can eat alligator on Fridays. (more…)
This is the day (Friday) that the asteroid we blogged about earlier will be passing the earth closer than the orbit of many of our satellites. The rock, the size of half a football field travelling 8 times the speed of a rifle bullet, will
You must read Rev. Joseph Abrahamson’s post on the origins and history of St. Valentine’s Day. It’s part of his series that we’ve often linked to on Christian holidays that are mistakenly claimed to have pagan origins. He shows that St. Valentine’s Day is not
Here is a Valentine’s Day topic, sort of: The Family Policy Institute of Washington cites a bi-partisan effort in socially-liberal Washington State to extend the waiting period to get a divorce from 90 days to a year: A bill aimed at lowering divorce rates by
From Ash Wednesday by T. S. Eliot If the lost word is lost, if the spent word is spent If the unheard, unspoken Word is unspoken, unheard; Still is the unspoken word, the Word unheard, The Word without a word, the Word within The world
Pastor Joseph Abrahamson dismantles the myth that Lent and its practices have pagan origins. An excerpt from his longer post on the subject: The ancient Church chose to keep a fast during the forty days before Passover/Easter to focus on repentance and the gift of
Rev. Matt Harrison leads the way for Lent by repenting for what he now describes as mishandling the controversy over the pastor who participated in an interfaith gathering in Newtown, Connecticut. Read the whole letter, but here is an excerpt: As president of The Lutheran
I missed it! I had a class. How was it? What was said? What new programs do we have to look forward to? Here is a copy of the text.
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