The Christmas song by Chris De Burgh: Read more
The Christmas song by Chris De Burgh: Read more
This made me laugh out loud – literally. And so I felt I ought to share it. Hope it brought a glimmer of laughter into your grumpy post-apocalyptic world! Tic w Read more
A friend shared this on Facebook: I have commented on many occasions before on the noteworthy fact that most religious believers are secularists when it comes to the weather. Even the few who offer loud and obnoxious claims that severe weather indicates divine displeasure do so selectively. The always see severe weather as judgment on those they hate, but when severe weather impacts them, I do not ever recall a single one of them saying they were moved to... Read more
This Christmas song by Sydney Carter is one of very few that incorporates a wider universe and the possibility of extraterrestrial life. There are a few recordings and the lyrics with melody floating around online, but it is still not as well known as it ought to be. Read more
To all those involved in education, and who not only knew better than to be concerned about the Mayan calendar stuff, but were too busy taking exams or grading exams to care, what are you most looking forward to now that the end has arrived? Read more
The blog British Classical Music: The Land of Lost Content recently mentioned this Christmas choral composition by Herbert Howells. Since I love his music, I made a point of tracking it down. Having enjoyed it I now share it with you! Read more
Remember when getting all the Dead Sea Scrolls published and available to scholars and the public was a frustrating issue? How times have changed! Now significant numbers of the scrolls are available online, thanks to a partnership between the IAA and Google, as many bloggers and news sites have been reporting. Click here to visit the Leon Levy Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library. Here’s the URL: http://www.deadseascrolls.org.il/ Read more
Here’s “What Child Is This” performed by Lindsey Stirling: And here’s “Sussex Carol” performed by the Annie Moses Band: That last video comes with a hat tip to John Gardner, whose post about sappy Christmas songs appeared around the same time as Aaron Belz’s on the necessity of sad Christmas songs. Read more
I originally posted these comments together with other links in a round-up about blogging related to the recent tragedy. But they grew to the point where they seemed to require a post of their own. Brian LePort joined the conversation between Tony Jones and myself about the story of the slaughter of the innocents in Matthew’s Gospel. Allan Bevere also did so. And now Tony Jones himself has responded, acknowledging that I am funnier than he is, but nevertheless insisting... Read more
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