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December 2014

December 22, 2014

On April 3, 2014, we put up a post about Spanish scholars who are claiming...

December 19, 2014

Number 9 is from March 4, 2014, on the occasion of Ash Wednesday: Fasting for...

December 18, 2014

From September 3, 2014, the tenth most popular post on this blog for the year...

December 13, 2014

Cranach Hour of Music airs Sunday

Lori Lewis sent me this update about when the Cranach Hour of Music will be...

December 09, 2014

The Cranach hour of music

When we blogged about the Wittenberg Nightingale, the all-Lutheran online radio channel, the number of...

December 08, 2014

Blog drama

In the earlier days of this blog, we were renowned for the high level of...

November 2014

November 14, 2014

“Two Kingdoms” from another Lutheran at Patheos

Another Lutheran joins me here at Patheos, Rebecca Florence Miller. She has made a...

November 03, 2014

Baseball predictions result show

Here at the Cranach Institute, we not only make predictions, we check them. Twice at...

September 2014

September 01, 2014

Vocation Day

Most people probably don't know what they are celebrating on Labor Day--"something about Unions"--but we...

August 2014

August 01, 2014

Todd exposes the war photo from space

The internet, newspapers, and television news have been showing this photograph of Israel and Gaza...

May 2014

May 08, 2014

The most popular Cranach posts

The most embarrassing Cranach post. . . .Asking your help in identifying the 5 best...

May 07, 2014

The best Cranach posts on Patheos

I'll soon be going on my second year of this blog being hosted at Patheos,...

January 2014

January 30, 2014

Fixing my technological fix

Friends, there has been some good discussion about yesterday's post regarding the comments on this...

January 29, 2014

A technological fix for my New Year’s blog resolution?

So, how are you doing with your New Year's resolution to monitor the comments on...

January 01, 2014

New Year’s resolutions for this blog

I haven't had time to monitor comments very closely, but I resolve to do so. ...

December 2013

December 31, 2013

The best predictions for 2013

It's New Year's Eve, time for our annual review of the predictions made by the...

December 26, 2013

Looking backwards, looking forwards

The week building up to New Year's is a good time to look back at...

July 2013

July 23, 2013

The winning thread

I'm back home after two weeks, having taken my vacation and then going to the...

July 15, 2013

I’m back

Thanks for holding down the blog for me while I was gone. It looks like...

July 08, 2013

What to do while I’m away

This week I will be on vacation far away from internet connections and cell phone...

July 08, 2013

Current events

News will happen while I'm away this week. Hopefully, I won't even know about it. ...

July 08, 2013

Theological discussions

This is your chance to post your questions and convictions on matters theological, with informed...

July 08, 2013

Talk politics

Are the Republicans doomed? Are the Democrats cracking up? Are any potential presidential candidates from...

July 08, 2013

Culture & pop culture

"Culture" is one of those lofty words with lots of meanings. It can refer to...

May 2013

May 21, 2013

New technology for Patheos

Going to Patheos has worked well for this blog. Our readership is up half again...

May 10, 2013

This new commenting system

As you have seen, the new "Disqus" commenting system being implemented on all Patheos blogs...

April 2013

April 19, 2013

New system for our “comments”

Patheos, which hosts this blog, is going to be making some major upgrades, including moving...

April 10, 2013

Louisville wins, as do some Cranachers (sort of)

Louisville beat Michigan to win the NCAA basketball championship. In our Cranach contest, no one...

February 2013

February 18, 2013

Prayer request(s)

Buried as comment #381 in a recent post is an urgent prayer request from long-time...

February 04, 2013

Who won the Superbowl?

The Baltimore Ravens, of course, holding off a jaw-dropping comeback by the 49ers in an...