Young grassland

After church today, I sat on the front steps and surveyed the progress of the new pasture and new lawn. The pasture, seeded several weeks ago, is tall and lush, and the grass is looking more like mature grass and less like seedlings – but swathes of it are more weeds than grass. A good [...]

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Revival of Orthodoxy high tech exhibit (in Russia)

First, read this short post, for backgound. Then, either using James M. Kushiner’s link there, or coming back here, try to carve out twelve minutes to watch the video. Hang on through the first part, if you think it’s slow or not interesting. You’ll need to see from about minute eight and a half on, [...]

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Mandating what is forbidden to those of faith…

… is An Unconscionable Threat to Conscience: Donald P. Condit, M.D., responds to Obama administration mandates that pit government power against what is held sacred by people of faith. Includes links to responses of others.

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Christmas flash mob

Love it. hat tip: Creative Minority Report  

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Of The Father’s Love Begotten hymn

I don’t think I’ve heard this lovely old Advent hymn before today. My thanks to Barbara Curtis for bringing it to my attention. Visit her post for a video, and additional verses.    

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Being welded, but to what?

If you find yourself in a church (or other group of people) that is welding people to sin instead of God, may I suggest that you run for your eternal life? (You have one, you know.)

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7 Quick Takes Friday

1. I spent a number of hours in a hospital waiting room again this week. (My loved one is home already, and doing fine. Thanks for wondering.) Having learned the hard way from previous visits that, if I want godly reading, I need to haul in my own reading material, I didn’t dig through the [...]

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Chapter 8, Not Exactly Dead (Christianity and superstition)

From Not Exactly Dead (MI5 1/2 Series, Book One), available at Barnes & Noble, Amazon, and through your favorite bricks and mortar store: 8 – FIVE IN THE MORNING, PART 1 He was glad the woman had called ahead. These days it was hard to be coherent before eleven in the morning without at least [...]

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Armor sitting on the floor does you no good

Yesterday’s sermon included the rather familiar passage about putting on the armor of God – but with an emphasis on the fact that God provides the armor, but you have to put it on. A lot of Christians seem to miss that, the pastor said. Their armor, so to speak, sits on the floor, and [...]

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Exsultate justi

Via Michael Potemra, some music written by Franciscan friar/composer Lodovico Viadana (1560-1627):

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