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February 2009

February 12, 2009

Lincoln Day

Happy Lincoln's Birthday. Much is being made that both Lincoln and Darwin were born on...

February 02, 2009

Superbowl acedia

I didn't watch the Superbowl. Nothing against the teams, but I hadn't followed either of...

January 2009

January 22, 2009

Special Roe v. Wade Anniversary Edition

On January 22, 1973, the Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade legalized abortion. Today is...

January 19, 2009

Happy Martin Luther King Day

Barack Obama called for this Martin Luther King Day to be a day of service....

January 01, 2009

Happy Name-of-Jesus Day!

Also Happy New Year! But today is also the ancient feast celebrating The Circumcision and...

January 01, 2009

Predictions for 2009

Here we go again with our annual predictions for the new year. What do you...

December 2008

December 31, 2008

Looking forward; looking back

Happy New Year's Eve! Today is a good day to look back on the previous...

December 31, 2008

2008 Predictions, revisited

Last year around this time, I asked you for your predictions for 2008, promising that...

December 29, 2008

Christmas for Iraqi Christians

Improved security in Iraq has meant many Iraqi Christians are coming back after fleeing their...

December 26, 2008

Cool Christmas presents

So what did you get for Christmas? In addition to many thoughtful and useful gifts...

December 24, 2008

The Yule Blog

For Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, we will have no posts about economics, politics, or...

December 24, 2008

“The Wise Men”

by G. K. Chesterton Step softly, under snow or rain, To find the place where...

December 24, 2008

Put the “mass” back in “Christmas”

The word "Christmas" refers to the birth of Christ, of course, but more specifically it...

December 24, 2008

Christmas-phobia

Our two-year-old grandson is here. We Tivo'd some episodes of his favorite show, "Thomas and...

December 24, 2008

“A Christmas Carol”

by G. K. Chesterton The Christ-child lay on Mary's lap, His hair was like a...

December 24, 2008

Handel’s “Messiah”

From That Controversial 'Messiah' in "Christianity Today": Maestro John Nelson left Shanghai shortly after directing...

December 24, 2008

The House of Christmas

by Gilbert Keith Chesterton [1874-1936] There fared a mother driven forth Out of an inn...

December 22, 2008

What I love about medieval music

I've been listening to Veni Emmanuel: Ancient and Traditional Christmas Carols, an all-Latin songfest from...

December 19, 2008

Call it art

Here is the answer to complaints about Ten Commandment monuments, Christmas trees, and nativity scenes...

December 19, 2008

The Burning Babe

You liked that Christmas poem I posted earlier by the metaphysical poet Robert Southwell. Here...

December 18, 2008

Christmas as a day of persecution

Some people in India's state of Orissa are calling for a complete shutdown of all...

December 16, 2008

Santa and the Nicene Creed

Conclusion from earlier posts about St. Nicholas: To combat the secularization of Christmas, we should...

December 15, 2008

Yes, Virginia, There is a St. Nicholas

You must read Pastor William Cwirla's version of the "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa...

December 12, 2008

This little Babe

Our Patrick Henry Chorale did a Christmas program, a "Lessons & Carols" service, which consists...

December 10, 2008

Santa Claus is coming to slap

Paul McCain posted that old chestnut I wrote for World about St. Nicholas, so I...

December 01, 2008

Rediscovering Advent

Now it is Advent and a new church year. This article reports that more and...

November 2008

November 27, 2008

Special Thanksgiving edition

Have a grateful Thanksgiving! Usually, this blog takes major holidays off, but I am feeling...

November 24, 2008

Happy Sunday of the Fulfillment yesterday

On Sunday, the last Sunday of the church year, we had a sermon about the...

November 11, 2008

Happy Veterans Day

If you can vote, exercise free speech, criticize your government, or practice your faith openly,...

October 2008

October 31, 2008

We’re gonna party like it’s 1517

Forget Halloween, this is Reformation Day. A day to celebrate that we've got the Bible,...