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This was the Google Icon this morning. It is sometimes interesting who they pick, but today’s was fascinating. Here is the Wikipedia entry for Nicolas Steno. Here is the Catholic Encyclopedia Entry. What a fascinating life. Lutheran, World Class Scientist, Convert, Priest, Bishop, Pious Ascetic, Missionary, Tragic Death. This quote found in . . . → Read More: Google Serendipity In David Brook’s column an interesting wrap-up. Liberalism has not expanded because it has not had a Martin Luther, a leader committed to stripping away the corruptions, complexities and indulgences that have grown up over the years. If you’ll forgive some outside advice, President Obama might consider running for re-election as Luther. It’s not enough to pick a . . . → Read More: Martin Luther Sightings My family is in mourning today. The Steelers lost. In a Steelers household that just means you remove the gold. (Which was already gone from buying all the black and gold crap…) Now for a little confession. You can’t help but love the way Tebow plays the game. Man, you’d love to . . . → Read More: Thoughts on last night’s game Sermon Text: Mark 1:4-11 The flu knocked me out for a considerable amount of time this week. And when you are chilling and sweating some different lines come into you head. And I’m sure I didn’t get to refine this one enough. And I feel like I am way out there . . . → Read More: Fevers Sermon Text: Luke 2:21 and Church Calendar festival The Circumcision and Naming of Jesus There were a bunch of things that were not functioning fully this past week. This post is for completeness. If there is one thing that I wish as a preacher I could ensure that people get is that the life . . . → Read More: Getting Caught Up – A Very Real Event This year the Gospel of Mark forms the core of the lectionary. That gospel is one that comes out of the desert. A voice is heard in the desert. A baptist appears there. All the countryside goes out there. And Jesus is driven there by the Spirit no less. All . . . → Read More: Deserts, knowledge and Truth I’m always hesitant to post something outright political, but this is fascinating. Daily Beast has compiled every candidate’s (including Obama) top 5 contributors and the amount. For the most part they are corporations. And while I’m sure quid pro quo could be lurking under some of it, my guess is more that a candidate’s voting . . . → Read More: Interesting Political Factoid One of my recurring themes is how we experience time. And the way I like to talk about it is human and inhuman ways of marking time. Here is a perfect example of the inhuman calendar. Fuller articles here and here. Note the reason we need a new calendar. The Hanke-Henry calendar would streamline financial . . . → Read More: The Inhuman Calendar I have a big thank you to send to the parents of St. Mark. By a blessed miracle they were all in town and agreed to do the children’s service on Christmas day. The picture above is the “stars”: Mary, Joseph, Shepherd and Angel, preparing before the service. We also had a . . . → Read More: Christmas Day – Children’s Pagent The Angelic Pronouncement |
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