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2011-08-02T20:47:00.000+02:00

Is this thing working?

2011-04-23T05:26:00.002+02:00

For the last day or so I (haven't been able to post anything on my Blogger blogs. because it keeps telling me "Illegal post time (format is: hh:mm AM/PM)"

But it seems to work OK in this blog.

Since it enters the posting date/time automatically, it must be a fairly new bug in the software.

The Western Confucian: I Read the News Today, Oh Boy

2010-10-20T06:59:00.001+02:00

The Western Confucian: I Read the News Today, Oh Boy: "# Sandro Magister on an unenviable position — Christians in the Middle East. Crushed between Islam and Israel.

# 'Somebody eventually had to say it -- and German chancellor Angela Merkel deserves credit for being the one who had the courage to say it out loud,' says Thomas Sowell; 'Multiculturalism has 'utterly failed'' — The Multicultural Cult."

BlogExplosion - Paros Paradise - Greek island life

2010-09-21T19:01:00.001+02:00

BlogExplosion - Paros Paradise - Greek island life

How the New Atheists are abusing the truth | spiked

2010-09-14T07:48:00.001+02:00

How the New Atheists are abusing the truth | spiked: "Apparently the British state is about to roll out the red carpet for a seriously evil rape facilitator. Pope Benedict XVI is the boss of a church that acts as a ‘patron, protector and financier of child rape’, says one secularist writer. Last week the UK Independent reported that in America, ‘over 10,000 people have come forward to say they were raped as part of this misery-go-round’ overseen by His Holiness and His Lackeys. In Ireland alone, a tiny country of 4.5million people, ‘Thousands were raped in reform schools’, said a British broadsheet headline last year, ramming home the ugly truth of how many kids have been raped by the Catholic Church’s army of paedophile priests.

But how true is this ugly truth? Were 10,000 children in America and thousands more in Ireland really raped by Catholic priests? In a word, no."

Lesley's Blog: Gospel Personality types

2010-07-20T15:24:00.002+02:00

Lesley's Blog: Gospel Personality types

Bishop David's Blog: Orthodoxy, a Vicar in Sunderland, and Pentecost

2010-07-20T14:09:00.001+02:00

Bishop David's Blog: Orthodoxy, a Vicar in Sunderland, and Pentecost

Srebrenica: The Sacred Lie by Nebojsa Malic -- Antiwar.com

2010-07-13T05:14:00.001+02:00

Srebrenica: The Sacred Lie by Nebojsa Malic -- Antiwar.com: "And as the forensic evidence mentioned indicates, a number of them were captured, bound, and shot. This was clearly a war crime, and should be prosecuted as such. But to call it genocide requires stretching the definition of the act beyond recognition."

Ivan Illich, "Brave New Biocracy: Health Care from Womb to Tomb"

2010-06-29T07:11:00.002+02:00

Ivan Illich, "Brave New Biocracy: Health Care from Womb to Tomb": "DNA maps and genetic cleansing; embryo cloning and euthanasia; organ transplants and physician-assisted suicide--never before have the traditional boundaries of life and death become so blurred. Never before has science intruded so pervasively into the sanctuary of the person. Where once only angels would tread, the medical establishment now treats. Are we closer to the secret of life, or just farther from God and nearer to the dust?"

Ed Stetzer - Monday is for Missiology: Meanings of Missional

2010-06-22T07:02:00.001+02:00

Ed Stetzer - Monday is for Missiology: Meanings of Missional: "One of the questions in Orlando that night had to do with the meaning of the word 'missional.' The question reminded me of my need to finish my series on the subject, particularly since I am about to start a new series on the issue of contextualization in mission for my 'Monday is for Missiology' columns."

How to set the windows path in Windows 7

2010-06-13T18:17:00.000+02:00

How to set the windows path in Windows 7: "Modifying the path statement will enable an MS-DOS window opened in Microsoft Windows as well as older programs to locate files that may be required to run the program."

Freegaza - News section

2010-06-02T19:20:00.000+02:00

Freegaza - News section

The Boy Next Door

2010-05-04T04:29:00.001+02:00

The Boy Next Door: "The three main characterizations are a little thin. The story starts with Betty waiting for her brother Robin to return home from boarding school, and since her cousin Lucy is also due to arrive the same day, Betty is excited at finally having someone to play with! In the usual Blyton fashion, ages are quickly established, in this case with Betty thinking to herself, 'Robin's eleven, Lucy is ten, and I am nine.' Both Betty and Lucy are almost like hangers-on, not integral to the plot in any way. Robin starts out being a bit of a snot, by shunning Betty's enthusiasm to see him and announcing that 'it will be dull with only two girls to play with.' Robin warms to Lucy when he sees she's brought her dog Sandy (after all, a Blyton book wouldn't be complete without a pet of some kind—although the Secret series managed quite well without any regular pets at all)."

The Treasure Hunters

2010-05-04T04:27:00.001+02:00

The Treasure Hunters: "When Jeffery, Susan and John are told that their mother and father are going away for a few weeks, because their mother is feeling under the weather and needs some 'strong sea-air,' the children find themselves shipped off to Granny and Granpa's. But it's all good news. Jeffery, the eldest of the three children, remembers the old house well—he says it's the sort of place all kinds of things have happened, and 'anything might still happen.' Susan has been there too, but hardly remembers it, while John, the youngest, has never been there at all. And so, with very little fuss, the children are packed up and ready to go."

The Treasure Hunters by Enid Blyton

2010-05-04T04:09:00.001+02:00

The Treasure Hunters by Enid Blyton: "The story begins with news that Jeffrey, Susan and John are going to stay at their Granny's and Grandpa's home, Greylings Manor, as their parents were going away to the sea-side, so that Mummy could get some 'strong sea air', recommended by the doctor."

Blogger in Draft: The Blogger Template Designer

2010-04-01T11:00:00.001+02:00

Blogger in Draft: The Blogger Template Designer: "Go to http://draft.blogger.com/ to log in to Blogger in Draft. (If you’ve never been there before, Blogger in Draft is just like regular Blogger, except with new, in-development features like this one.) Click on your blog’s “Layout” link to go to the Layout tab. The link to the Template Designer is at the end of the row of sub-tabs."

Book Aunt: Enter Three Witches...

2010-03-29T06:39:00.001+02:00

Book Aunt: Enter Three Witches...: "Who are the best—or rather worst—witches of all time in children's literature? Obviously, we have to turn to fairy tales to get started."

SUZANNE MOORE: Jon Venables is serving life, whether he's in jail or not | Mail Online

2010-03-08T05:00:00.001+02:00

SUZANNE MOORE: Jon Venables is serving life, whether he's in jail or not | Mail Online

Are There Secular Reasons? - Opinionator Blog - NYTimes.com

2010-02-25T05:04:00.001+02:00

Are There Secular Reasons? - Opinionator Blog - NYTimes.com: ". . . the secular vocabulary within which public discourse is constrained today is insufficient to convey our full set of normative convictions and commitments. We manage to debate normative matters anyway — but only by smuggling in notions that are formally inadmissible, and hence that cannot be openly acknowledged or adverted to."

Christians in Context: from orthodoxy to orthopraxy.: Evalutating the Charismatic Movement in its 50th Year

2010-02-23T00:47:00.001+02:00

Christians in Context: from orthodoxy to orthopraxy.: Evalutating the Charismatic Movement in its 50th Year

What’s the buzz | bidorbuy blog

2010-02-13T10:24:00.001+02:00

What’s the buzz | bidorbuy blog: "Here are a few helpful hints for those who get overwhelmed by Buzz:

* Stay away from fellow-Buzzers who are popular and likely to have a large following.
* If a particular thread gets too chatty and annoying, silence it: choose Mute from More Actions menu in Gmail. To mute a post from within Buzz, choose Mute this post from Comment drop-down menu.
* To kill Buzz altogether, go to the bottom of your Gmail account and look for turn off buzz link. Click it to opt out of Buzz updates and hide the Buzz link permanently."

Julia Duin: My book is finally out!

2010-02-12T19:56:00.001+02:00

Julia Duin: My book is finally out!: "'Days of Fire and Glory: The Rise and Fall of a Charismatic Community' is about one of the most gifted leaders of the charismatic movement and the newspaper reporter who unwittingly unearthed his secret.

Millions of evangelical Christians who lived through the Jesus movement and the charismatic renewal of the 1970s and 1980s wish to process what happened them in the early days of their faith. Some even moved into Christian community households to replicate the pattern of the early church in Acts 2."

Accidental Historian: Breaking the Master Narrative, Part 3

2010-01-21T13:42:00.001+02:00

Accidental Historian: Breaking the Master Narrative, Part 3

DOS print USB Windows printers

2009-12-30T20:40:00.001+02:00

DOS print USB Windows printers: "Why DOSPRN?
Nowadays, many laser and inkjet printers have powerful features but cannot print simple text accurately. Besides, some inexpensive printers (the so-called win-printers) can not print in text mode (dos print mode) at all."

Reclaiming the Mission � Why is the Emergent/Missional Church So White?: Soong-Chan Rah’s Next Evangelicalism and Why It Doesn’t Go Far Enough (in Exposing White Western Cultural Captivity)

2009-12-26T08:49:00.001+02:00

Reclaiming the Mission � Why is the Emergent/Missional Church So White?: Soong-Chan Rah’s Next Evangelicalism and Why It Doesn’t Go Far Enough (in Exposing White Western Cultural Captivity): "Indeed most sociologists (see Peter Berger’s article here) would agree that the great majority of the spreading church in Asia, Latin America and Africa is driven by some version of prosperity gospel and charismatic experiential Christianity. It is a version of Christianity that I would argue is indisputably tied to the Western values of individualism, consumerism and materialism."

The Missionary Who Wouldn't Retire | Christianity Today | A Magazine of Evangelical Conviction

2009-12-09T14:03:00.001+02:00

The Missionary Who Wouldn't Retire | Christianity Today | A Magazine of Evangelical Conviction: "Lesslie Newbigin, born 100 years ago today, launched a new career at age 66 by calling Western churches to act like they were in the mission field.
Krish Kandiah | posted 12/08/2009 10:07AM"

What Does "Burning A Feed" Mean? | GeneaBloggers

2009-10-19T06:05:00.001+02:00

What Does "Burning A Feed" Mean? | GeneaBloggers: "The question of “what does it mean to burn a feed?” may seem very basic to most genealogy bloggers but I bet when you first started your blogging habit, you had much the same puzzled look as I did when I first heard of 'burning a feed.'"

The Western Confucian

2009-10-15T05:01:00.000+02:00

The Western Confucian: "Said the architect of 9/11, four years before the attack, 'A reaction might take place as a result of US government's hitting Muslim civilians and executing more than 600 thousand Muslim children in Iraq by preventing food and medicine from reaching them' — The Osama bin Laden interviews. (Cf. Clinton's secretary of state on those '600 thousand Muslim children' — 'We Think the Price Is Worth It'.) The terrorist continued, 'So, the US is responsible for any reaction, because it extended its war against troops to civilians.' That's what 'aggressive policies' get us."

Letter from Hardscrabble Creek: 'Cultural Appropriation' is not a Religious Issue

2009-10-14T08:16:00.000+02:00

Letter from Hardscrabble Creek: 'Cultural Appropriation' is not a Religious Issue

Contact Online Weblog: Book Review - Days of Fire and Glory

2009-09-18T10:42:00.000+02:00

Contact Online Weblog: Book Review - Days of Fire and Glory: "Her book traces the journey of Graham Pulkingham, an Episcopal priest who led Church of the Redeemer, one of the nation's fastest growing and most vibrant churches in a Houston slum and left a legacy that lasts to this day. He held thousands spellbound with his Gospel preaching and influenced millions with his daring vision of a compelling, charismatic Christianity made visible by a system of worldwide communities. Yet, Pulkingham hid from his followers a dark double life that he at first resisted, then secretly pursued and finally allowed to twist his personal theology into a gordian knot of accommodation and self-deceit and finally death."

Nouslife: Health Care International

2009-09-11T03:53:00.000+02:00

Nouslife: Health Care International: "If a picture is worth a thousand words ...."

VICTORIA_CONCORDIA_CRESCIT

2009-09-03T06:20:00.001+02:00

VICTORIA_CONCORDIA_CRESCIT: "Review: 'Exploring Ecclesiology: An Evangelical and Ecumenical
Introduction' (Brad Harper and Paul Louis Metzger, 2009).

Here's a good textbook for a basic course in 'Ecclesiology 101' (or what
used to be called 'Church, Ministry and Sacraments' back in my seminary
days). Though written 'densely' in text-book fashion (a few good
stories, lots of Bible texts, with some useful quotes and endnotes) it
would also comprise an excellent study-guide for church leaders."

Diabetic Gourmet Magazine - Official Homepage

2009-06-30T19:43:00.001+02:00

Diabetic Gourmet Magazine - Official Homepage

The Ugley Vicar: In what sense is God ‘He’? (A first reflexion)

2009-06-20T13:09:00.000+02:00

The Ugley Vicar: In what sense is God ‘He’? (A first reflexion)

The Ugley Vicar: So what, if we call the Spirit 'She'?

2009-06-20T13:08:00.000+02:00

The Ugley Vicar: So what, if we call the Spirit 'She'?

philorthodox: All Saints Sisters of the Poor in Catonsville, Maryland Defect to Rome

2009-06-16T02:47:00.001+02:00

US Anglican sisters become Roman Catholic

philorthodox: All Saints Sisters of the Poor in Catonsville, Maryland Defect to Rome

Know Your Place: Come: climb the Dark Mountain

2009-06-13T08:53:00.000+02:00

Know Your Place: Come: climb the Dark Mountain: "I believe it is time for new stories, and it seems I am not the only one. The Dark Mountain project aims to foster a new movement of writers, artists and creative thinkers, a new school of writing and art for an age of massive global disruption. We are calling it Uncivilisation."

C.S. Lewis and Deification � The Website of Unknowing

2009-06-11T15:43:00.001+02:00

C.S. Lewis and Deification � The Website of Unknowing: "I haven’t read this yet, but it sure looks tasty… and I wanted to go ahead and post a link here, since I know some of my readers are interested in C. S. Lewis and some are interested in the doctrine of deification (in the Greek, theosis). So here’s a chance to ponder how this Orthodox doctrine figures in the thought of the most popular of Anglican authors…

Shine as the Sun: C. S. Lewis and the Doctrine of Deification

Which is actually part two of a two part essay; here is part one: The Orthodox Worldview and C. S. Lewis (Part I)"

Bishop Alan’s Blog: Liturgical Terrorism or the future?

2009-05-29T04:50:00.000+02:00

Bishop Alan’s Blog: Liturgical Terrorism or the future?: "Fifty years ago, most denominations had some degree of closed communion — people were generally nice about it, but the denomination was the gatekeeper. Since the 1950’s this rather Brethren way of doing Church has largely broken down in the West.

People who are not personally excommunicated are admitted on the basis of baptism, and the whole Church, not the denomination is the medium of the Sacrament. The institutional denomination is only trustee for the Lord, to whom the Sacrament belongs."

Why Orthodox Christianity Is Outside the Culture Wars by Frederica Mathewes-Green - Beliefnet.com

2009-05-29T04:42:00.000+02:00

Why Orthodox Christianity Is Outside the Culture Wars by Frederica Mathewes-Green - Beliefnet.com: "And there didn't even seem to be an Orthodox catechism, for goodness' sake. It seemed like the faith was supposed to be learned almost by osmosis, by living it. How could that work?%20If%20a%20church%20with%20an%20infallible%20pope%20and%20a%20magisterium%20could%20have%20as%20much%20rioting%20in%20the%20pews%20as%20the%20Catholics%20did%2C%20what%20hope%20did%20the%20Orthodox%20have%3F%20So%20I%20figured%20it%20was%20just%20a%20matter%20of%20time.%20Trying%20to%20maintain%20the%20classic%20faith%20without%20a%20powerful%20hierarchy%20didn't%20look%20like%20doing%20a%20high-wire%20act%20without%20the%20net;%20it%20looked%20like%20doing%20it%20without%20the%20wire.%20"

The Archbishop of York - The Sunday Times Literary Festival

2009-04-06T04:28:00.000+02:00

The Archbishop of York - The Sunday Times Literary Festival: "But paradoxically, though the English might quite like the description of being self-made, and might in fact privately think they'd done a pretty good job, they would be the last to say so publicly. They would be much more likely to say – 'Well, I may be self-made, but I've made a bit of a botch of it, as you can see.' For alongside the arrogance which many people see in the English, there is also a much stronger characteristic of self-deprecation."

Theo Geek: The Atonement again

2009-04-05T08:01:00.000+02:00

Theo Geek: The Atonement again: "What Christians have not agreed on over the centuries is what precisely Christ accomplished, or how, or why. Here are some of the views that have been held, with approximate dates as to when they were invented and popular:"

Olive Tree Genealogy Blog: Irish Times Archives 1859-2009 FREE until April 5

2009-03-30T05:27:00.000+02:00

Olive Tree Genealogy Blog: Irish Times Archives 1859-2009 FREE until April 5

A Response to Wesley Hill’s “Will the Church be the Church for Homosexual Christians?” � Bekah’s Weblog

2009-03-15T07:13:00.001+02:00

A Response to Wesley Hill’s “Will the Church be the Church for Homosexual Christians?” � Bekah’s Weblog: "There is a simple truth about human sexuality, and its implications apply to any sexual sin— pedophilia, rape, adultery, lust, homosexuality, even self-centered sex within a marriage—God created man in His good and perfect Image. He then created woman— equally made in His Image— and instituted the marriage relationship as the very good and perfect union within humanity that would reflect the unified diversity and intimacy of the relationship present within the Triune God. The problem is not within God or His creation. The problem is that mankind has found a plethora of ways to pervert God’s one perfect plan for human sexuality."

News - South Africa: Niehaus has no degree: report

2009-02-20T07:21:00.002+02:00

News - South Africa: Niehaus has no degree: report: "Former ANC spokesperson Carl Niehaus does not have a doctor's degree in theology as claimed, a newspaper reported on Tuesday.

According to Beeld newspaper, Niehaus did not get a doctor's degree in theology from the University of Utrecht in the Netherlands, as he had claimed. This was during his stint as South Africa's ambassador in Den Haag."

Something of an exaggeration, suggesting that he had no degree, when he did.

The National Interest � Blog Archive � Carl Niehaus, Shack-dweller & Mbeki

2009-02-19T09:13:00.000+02:00

The National Interest � Blog Archive � Carl Niehaus, Shack-dweller & Mbeki: "I tried to make sense of the tragedy that is Carl Niehaus. I could not help but remember the man who hardly gets remembered these days: Thabo Mbeki. And while I thought of Mbeki and his lecture on the pursuit of wealth at all costs, I read an SMS posted on TV during a debate about the 2009 elections.

A viewer posted a commentary which stated: “Someone who parks a BMW outside his shack…and the shack spots a DSTV dish…is that person poor?” The question could have been asked of Carl. How did he decide to rent a R3 million mansion for R45 000 a month while he had a string of debts around his neck dating back years?"

Niehaus blames prison

2009-02-19T09:11:00.000+02:00

East Coast Radio Newswatch: "Former ANC spokesman Carl Niehaus’ current “personal situation” was the effects of his “time spent in prison for his principled opposition to apartheid”, his lawyer said earlier today.

Niehaus was seeking professional help, his attorney, Ian Small Smith, said in a statement."

Andy Borowitz: Obama's Use of Complete Sentences Stirs Controversy

2008-11-28T05:48:00.001+02:00

Andy Borowitz: Obama's Use of Complete Sentences Stirs Controversy: "In the first two weeks since the election, President-elect Barack Obama has broken with a tradition established over the past eight years through his controversial use of complete sentences, political observers say.

Millions of Americans who watched Mr. Obama's appearance on CBS's 60 Minutes on Sunday witnessed the president-elect's unorthodox verbal tic, which had Mr. Obama employing grammatically correct sentences virtually every time he opened his mouth.

But Mr. Obama's decision to use complete sentences in his public pronouncements carries with it certain risks, since after the last eight years many Americans may find his odd speaking style jarring."

News - South Africa: Woman tells of trauma of muthi claims

2008-11-26T03:52:00.001+02:00

News - South Africa: Woman tells of trauma of muthi claims: "Vusi Sixikixa 19 Monwabisi Jali 25 and Sonwabile 'Sbhamu' Qhosha 24 have appeared in court charged with the murders. The case was postponed to May 8. 'Of course the lies are spread by people who know what they are doing. But it doesn t stop ordinary people from believing them ' said Dlongolo. 'It is very sad. If human parts were found in my tavern freezer why was I not arrested and charged I asked people to produce the body parts and tell me what had been done with them. No one has come forward and yet the rumours keep getting worse. 'If I was really a mastermind why have those boys who confessed to the murders not implicated me The police are under pressure to arrest the killers and they would have jailed me and announced they had caught the big fish.' '"

Anglican Wanderings: If You Think This is the Future, Look Away Now!

2008-11-21T18:08:00.001+02:00

Anglican Wanderings: If You Think This is the Future, Look Away Now!: "If yes, it's pretty easy, most of them like new people joining and especially would love an ex-Anglican or Roman Priest to join. If no, then avoid GAFCON like the plague, because all the groups listed above are in full, equal communion with them. READ ALL ABOUT IT. I have said before that GAFCON do not share our faith or morals, our sacraments or understanding of the scriptures and that they are (and this is not a criticism, they are as welcome to their views as we are to ours) not, in any recognisable way, Catholic. We would make our bed with them at our absolute peril and at the danger of the destruction of ourselves and our realignment with a body as unconcerned with apostolic succession as they are with the sanctity of the Sacraments."

ORTHODOXY IN THE 21st CENTURY: PERSONALISM: a brief critique

2008-11-19T04:29:00.001+02:00

ORTHODOXY IN THE 21st CENTURY: PERSONALISM: a brief critique: "While one cannot consent to the theology expressed in Personalism, it is an admirable philosophy, and since it includes the wonderful Dorothy Day, at least some of its adherents actually put its concepts into real practice. My critique is with regards to the theological precepts, not the philosophical concepts, and certainly not a critique of those self-less people who put those concepts into practice."

Sword in the Fire: Acts 6 - Stephen and the First Deacons

2008-11-13T10:08:00.001+02:00

Sword in the Fire: Acts 6 - Stephen and the First Deacons: "Stephen, Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, & Nicolas were chosen by the Apostles as the first deacons. Although the word deacon never appears in this passage, it seems apparent based on later descriptions of the diaconate. Also Church tradition looks to this as the origin of the office of deacon.

Here are a summary of the lives of these men after they were chosen (taken from the OCA website)."

Yosuke YANASE on TEFL and general affairs: Keywords for Prof. Alastair Pennycook's Critical Applied Linguistics #3

2008-11-02T18:17:00.001+02:00

Yosuke YANASE on TEFL and general affairs: Keywords for Prof. Alastair Pennycook's Critical Applied Linguistics #3: "Keywords for Prof. Alastair Pennycook's Critical Applied Linguistics #3
1.2 Hisitorical / political terms

1.2.1 Enlightenment

A dictionary definition of the Enlightenment is 'a philosophic movement of the 18th century characterized by an untrammeled but frequently uncritical use of reason, a lively questioning of authority and traditional doctrines and values, a tendency toward individualism, and an emphasis on the idea of universal human progress and on the empirical method in science.' (Merriam-Webster's Unabridged Dictionary)."

phislosophical definitions, with useful web links. Includes liberalism, Marxism, feminism -- good summaries

How pluralism distorts biblical salvation

2008-11-02T18:09:00.002+02:00

How pluralism distorts biblical salvation: "A clear definition of postmodernism can be elusive. One might say the view of postmodernism is characterized by irrationality of thought. Instead of saying a thing is either black or white, postmodernism says a thing can be black and white at the same time. Or, though a thing is obviously white, it can be non-white at the same time. The definition of postmodernism can be just as slippery as the phenomenon it attempts to label."

Postmodernism from a conservative evangelical Protestant point of view.

A fairly well-argued position.

Humanist weddings grow in popularity in Scotland | Ekklesia

2008-10-27T04:45:00.001+02:00

Humanist weddings grow in popularity in Scotland | Ekklesia: "The recent growth in humanist marriages in Scotland means they have overtaken Episcopal ceremonies for the first time, say organisers of the ceremonies. Since they were first made legal their number rose from 82 in 2005 to 710 in 2007.

The Humanist Society of Scotland (HSS) now says it expects to marry over 1,000 couples this year and predicts it will help 1,500 more to tie the knot in 2009, reports Scotland on Sunday newspaper."

Northern KwaZulu-Natal Courier, Dundee: Dundee man’s important, relevant book

2008-10-24T12:26:00.001+02:00

Northern KwaZulu-Natal Courier, Dundee: Dundee man’s important, relevant book: "RA Burns ran the local newspaper, The Northern Natal Courier. A family friend, Mr DL Paul, worked there for years.
The Savoy cinema and Murugan Talkies were our weekend entertainment. I worshipped at St James Anglican Church.

I remember, as a boy, Reverend Tomes and later, Reverend Ivor Glass. Our Sunday school teacher was George Robson, Evan Jones, our youth mentor, guided us in our Youth Group on Friday evenings.

On Sunday, we window-shopped and enjoyed the company of family and friends."

Contact Online Weblog: Why Postmodernism and the Emerging Church threaten Missions and World Evangelism

2008-10-20T06:50:00.001+02:00

Contact Online Weblog: Why Postmodernism and the Emerging Church threaten Missions and World Evangelism: "I am told that there are Anglican churches here in South Africa embracing this new deviation of the Christian faith. which, as I understand it so far, seems to be a kind of neo-liberalism. There is more on the site linked below on the Emerging Church which may be of interest to readers"

BlogExplosion - Puppy And Dog Training Secrets..

2008-09-20T10:55:00.000+02:00

BlogExplosion - Puppy And Dog Training Secrets..

Presbyterian Gal: MICHELANGELO GOES HOME

2008-09-10T19:57:00.001+02:00

Presbyterian Gal: MICHELANGELO GOES HOME: "After a two year visit to the United States, Michelangelo's David goes home to Italy"

Sub Ratione Dei

2008-09-07T14:54:00.001+02:00

Sub Ratione Dei: "Most will by know of seen, or at least heard of Sarah Palin’s remarks on the occasion of attending a graduation service for Wasilla Assembles of God Church. This is not a post about Palin. The truth is I am highly suspicious when politicians refer to their faith, I do not know whether Palin’s religion is genuine of a ploy. However, if a ploy then this is just as concerning for it indicates something of pentecostalism’s current identity crisis."

World's Most Successful AIDS Prevention Programme in Uganda "Sabotaged" by Western "Experts"

2008-07-13T08:16:00.000+02:00

World's Most Successful AIDS Prevention Programme in Uganda "Sabotaged" by Western "Experts": "World's Most Successful AIDS Prevention Programme in Uganda 'Sabotaged' by Western 'Experts'
Western advisors used their control of international funding to force a change in direction to condoms and casual sex

By Hilary White

KAMPALA, Uganda, July 11, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) - While the US Senate considers a proposal to allocate US$50 million more for AIDS prevention programmes, one Ugandan expert says it will be wasted money if the attitudes of the Western AIDS prevention community towards AIDS transmission do not change. In a column appearing in the Washington Post on June 30, one of Uganda's leading AIDS prevention experts called on the Western 'experts' to 'Let my people go.'"

PAF-LUG BLOG: GenCircles & MyHeritage Merge

2008-07-08T03:46:00.001+02:00

PAF-LUG BLOG: GenCircles & MyHeritage Merge: "We have a very exciting announcement to share with you! Pearl Street Software, maker of GenCircles and Family Tree Legends, has merged with MyHeritage.com. In the first of many positive developments that will come from this merger, Family Tree Legends and GenCircles are now 100% free!"

AKSN1P3R

2008-07-03T07:48:00.000+02:00

AKSN1P3R: "Nanoblogging or micro-blogging is the popular social media trend and Kwippy promises to pull out an IM that makes nanoblogging easier by storing all your personal status updates as kwips. This is no Facebook status-changing game but a more trustworthy type of social-networking service. It is a web-application, a nano/micro-blogger and an instant messenger AIO!"

Adventus

2008-06-14T05:53:00.001+02:00

Adventus: "I'm listening (as I write) to a local radio program, and Stephen Kinzer is promoting his book about Rwanda, so he's talking about the Rwanda genocides, and mentions that people are starting to forgive their attackers, the murderers of their family members, etc. Forgiveness, he says, is not rational, so he's convinced this forgiveness springs from religion, from what believers understand God wants. He repeats it several times: forgiveness is not rational."

James G. Abourezk: Deadly Fallout From Obama's Groveling Before Israel Lobby

2008-06-12T18:58:00.000+02:00

James G. Abourezk: Deadly Fallout From Obama's Groveling Before Israel Lobby: "Thus, presidential candidates, one of whom will really become the President of the United States, enabling Israeli aggression can, and has, resulted in the deaths and suffering of tens of thousands of Arabs, in Lebanon, in Palestine, and in Iraq. Such rhetoric allows Israel, with U.S. help, to attempt to starve into submission Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, people who had the temerity to take seriously Bush’s promises of democracy in the Arab world. Despite Israel’s blockade of medicines, food, electricity and other necessities to Gazans, the American government and the American mainstream media have voiced not one word of protest. The U.S. only gives Israel more money and more weapons to continue the attempted starvation."

Bigger than a Breadbox

2008-06-06T15:48:00.000+02:00

Bigger than a Breadbox: "An interesting question came in my inbox the other day – I (along with a bazillion or so of my best friends) am on the email list of Kh. Frederica Mathewes-Green , and she posed the question “What movies are better than the book that they are based on?” The reason for her question was her review of Prince Caspian (which I haven’t seen yet).*"

Top 5 Things Every Extrovert Should Know About Introverts � Self Improvement Blog - BrianKim.net

2008-06-05T05:43:00.000+02:00

Top 5 Things Every Extrovert Should Know About Introverts � Self Improvement Blog - BrianKim.net: "The reason why the majority of people think that there’s something wrong with introverts is because the majority of people aren’t very knowledgeable when it comes to introverts, in terms of why they are the way they are and why they do the things they do."

Ecclesiology & Ecumenism: Update � Inhabitatio Dei

2008-05-23T06:07:00.000+02:00

Ecclesiology & Ecumenism: Update � Inhabitatio Dei: "Here is a further-updated list of all my posts on ecclesiology and ecumenism:

* On Remaining Protestant
* Protestantism and Catholicity
* Apostolic Succession or Theological Continuity?
* The Persistence of Protestant Identity: More Harm than Good?"

The Indypendent � Pastor Pop Quiz!

2008-05-17T06:23:00.000+02:00

The Indypendent � Pastor Pop Quiz!: "While pundits have excoriated Senator Barack Obama for his years long relationship with Wright, Senator John McCain has largely escaped scrutiny as he embraces ministers who have made inflammatory remarks about Islam, Jews, women, Catholics, gays and pretty much anyone who is not a white evangelical Christian.

This episode also reveals the gulf between the black church and white evangelicals. For one, Wright’s remarks are similar to those made by some of the most venerated black leaders in U.S. history, such as Malcolm X and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr."

Picasso Dreams: Counter Culture Covert Op?

2008-05-11T17:06:00.001+02:00

Picasso Dreams: Counter Culture Covert Op?: "What do Frank Zappa, David Crosby, Jackson Brown, Mama Cass, Jim Morrison, John Phillips, Stephen Stills, Mike Nesmith (Monkees), Cory Wells (Three Dog Night), America (Gerry Beckley, Dan Peek and Dewey Bunnell), and Warren Zevon, have in common?

All became leading members of the counter-culture within a few years time. The majority came from military/intelligence families."

Cohen: Bring on the right biofuels - International Herald Tribune

2008-04-25T07:20:00.001+02:00

Cohen: Bring on the right biofuels - International Herald Tribune: "The supposed crimes of biofuels are manifold. They're behind soaring global commodity prices, the destruction of the Amazon rain forest, increased rather than diminished greenhouse gases, food riots in Haiti, Indonesian deforestation and, no doubt, your mother-in-law's toothache.

Most of this, to borrow a farm image, is hogwash and bilge.

I'll grant that the fashion for biofuels led to excess, and that some farm-to-fuel-plant conversion, particularly in subsidized U.S. and European markets, makes no sense. But biofuels remain very much part of the solution. It just depends which biofuels."

Future Fit � Blog Archive � A dispassionate look at crime

2008-04-24T06:42:00.000+02:00

Future Fit � Blog Archive � A dispassionate look at crime: "The second empirical fact is that several categories of crime have declined. A critic of the government and certainly no friend of the Mbeki administration, The SA Institute for Race Relations, reported that 8 of 12 crime categories have declined over the period 1994/5 to 2005/6. This is confirmed by victim surveys. In victim surveys official stats are ignored and a sample of the population is asked if they experienced crime, what types of crime, how often and so on. These victim surveys confirm the official stats the SAIRR used.

Some of the crimes that decreased and the percentage by which they decreased (measured in the standard measurement of crimes per 100 000 of the population) are murder (41%), attempted murder (36,5%), car theft (32,8%) & commercial crime (28,9%).

The crimes that increased, according to the SAIRR analysis are rape (1,6%), indecent assault (106%), aggravating robbery (16,8%) and drug related crimes (72,4%)."

Morehead's Musings

2008-04-21T18:40:00.001+02:00

Morehead's Musings: "I recently became aware of a new scholarly translation of the infamous Malleus Maleficarum by Dr. Christopher Mackay of the University of Alberta."

西儒 ─ The Western Confucian: The Ubiquitous and Offensive Darwin Fish

2008-04-02T13:15:00.000+02:00

西儒 ─ The Western Confucian: The Ubiquitous and Offensive Darwin Fish

Journeys In Between: Missional Resources for Christian Engagement with New Religions and Irreligious Spiritualities

2008-04-02T12:55:00.000+02:00

Journeys In Between: Missional Resources for Christian Engagement with New Religions and Irreligious Spiritualities

A conservative blog for peace

2008-03-24T12:42:00.001+02:00

A conservative blog for peace: "Can we be as precise as to say [the Crucifixion happened at] 3pm, the Jewish “ninth hour”? Four years ago, a pair of astronomers claimed to have scientifically verified this. Their computer programme looking at star activity between 26AD and 35AD found the first full moon after the vernal equinox was registered on Friday 7 April AD 30 and Friday 3 April at 3pm on 33AD. The solar eclipse, described in the Bible, was only visible in Jerusalem on the latter date."

Ancient Christian defender: Expiation vs Propitiation

2008-03-23T04:56:00.001+02:00

Ancient Christian defender: Expiation vs Propitiation

Quotes the Fathers' interpretations, and deals with substitutionary atonement.

Celtic Spirituality: Just what does it mean? [Thinking Faith - the online journal of the British Jesuits]

2008-03-21T09:18:00.000+02:00

Celtic Spirituality: Just what does it mean? [Thinking Faith - the online journal of the British Jesuits]: "Ireland celebrates the Feast of St Patrick tomorrow (early, as it cannot be celebrated in Holy Week). But what would St Patrick - arguably the most famous Celtic saint - make of the practices and beliefs called 'Celtic Spirituality' today? Liam Tracey OSM examines whether the Celtic church was really anything like the romantic picture often painted of it."

March 19 Iraq War Blogswarm: Participate / Learn More About the Blogswarm Against the Iraq War

2008-03-15T13:25:00.000+02:00

March 19 Iraq War Blogswarm: Participate / Learn More About the Blogswarm Against the Iraq War: "This blogswarm will promote blog postings opposing the war in Iraq and calling for a full withdrawal of foreign occupying forces in Iraq. Five years of an illegal and catastrophic war is five years too many. On the March 19 anniversary of the conquest of Iraq by the Bush Administration, there needs to be a loud volume of voices countering the pro-war propaganda from far too many politicians and corporate media outlets."

Dion's random ramblings

2008-03-15T12:08:00.001+02:00

Dion's random ramblings: "Today, however, I want to recommend a tool for students and scholars of the Bible that will help to deepen and enliven the content of your presentations or sermons. The tool is called 'The resurgence Greek project'. It is one of the very best free Biblical Greek resources available on the internet!"

Consortiumnews.com

2008-03-11T08:42:00.000+02:00

Consortiumnews.com: "The Army officer in charge of the interrogation/torture operation at Abu Ghraib in late 2003 is being court-martialed. My first thought was: Finally an officer is being held accountable. In view of the repeated rebuff to my own attempts to stop the torture and identify those responsible, however, you will perhaps excuse my skepticism that justice will be done."

Hippie Christian: Should We Go Back To The Communes?

2008-03-05T18:53:00.001+02:00

Hippie Christian: Should We Go Back To The Communes?: "I am not suggesting that we all live in a 60's style commune to be closer to the early faith communities. I'm talking about developing a stronger community that looks beyond the 'church' building, one that embraces the concept of a family of believers called out from a life of sin and joined together with a common purpose of building each other up and spreading the Gospel."

MaestroTimothy.com � Blog Archive � If it’s hip and trendy, they’re not interested

2008-03-05T07:01:00.000+02:00

MaestroTimothy.com � Blog Archive � If it’s hip and trendy, they’re not interested: "Just what is hip has become nebulous in a digital age of microtrends, when a cultural blip goes from underground to overexposed in one season. Likewise, the original concept of hip as something outside the purview of the mainstream has been replaced by the hipstream: mainstream cool packaged by corporate marketing departments.

The inevitable backlash — not against the bohemian veritas but the sycophantic consumer of cool — is well underway."

The Ochlophobist: catharsis, sex, an aside concerning von Balthasar, the trivial nature of drama, the song of songs, usual ochlophobic topics, part V.

2008-03-05T06:09:00.001+02:00

The Ochlophobist: catharsis, sex, an aside concerning von Balthasar, the trivial nature of drama, the song of songs, usual ochlophobic topics, part V.: "We live in the age of 'lifestyle centers.' Wiki says of these: 'A lifestyle center is a shopping center or mixed-used commercial development that combines the traditional retail functions of a shopping mall but with leisure amenities oriented towards upscale consumers.' The designation stems from developers located in Memphis, which might seem odd, but most certainly is not. There are also 'lifestyle coaches' and 'lifestyle managers' for the so inclined bourgeoisie.

We should note this combination of the words style and life. What is meant by style?"

Some Children Left Behind: The Revolution Will Be Televised (and Advertised)

2008-03-05T05:48:00.001+02:00

Some Children Left Behind: The Revolution Will Be Televised (and Advertised): "It's interesting how the mainstream staples of society have begun to extinguish themselves. Oil companies are claiming to go Green. That's believable because I know that gasoline can never hurt the environment. It's not like it inherently will destroy the Ozone Layer or anything like that. Major car companies argue that it's very important for people to buy hip and cool cars from them BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT MAINSTREAM. It's officialy cool to be anti-societal and everybody ought to be a non-conformist in this Awesome Rebellion."

Philosophers' Playground: What is the difference between hip and cool?

2008-03-05T05:22:00.001+02:00

Philosophers' Playground: What is the difference between hip and cool?: "An interesting conversation today that tried to distinguish between being hip and being cool. One could be utterly unhip, but a very cool person. To be hip, it was argued, requires being hip to something, it means being on the cutting edge, being more current than current. Being cool on the other hand, is something else. But what else? Is it an attitude? a disposition? an image?"

bits and bobbins � archives � deep questions: hip, cool freaks and geeks

2008-03-05T05:16:00.000+02:00

bits and bobbins � archives � deep questions: hip, cool freaks and geeks: "when it comes to fashion/style, what is “hip?” what is “cool”?

does it even matter? is it important?

is to be a hipster the goal?

what’s a hipster anyway?

do hipsters create or follow?

is it easier to follow than to lead?

is it better to be hip, of the moment, or better to be oneself, whether that is “hip” or not?

is being oneself more acceptable these days? is freakishness and geekishness celebrated or scorned?"

TMcG: We are not so seperate after all..

2008-03-04T18:14:00.000+02:00

TMcG: We are not so seperate after all..: "Just read a blog post by the Urban Monk on how he disagrees with the 'trend' of post-boomer Buddhists making Buddhism more palatable for the 'raised on' MTV/McDonald's/New Coke vs Old Coke brand of Buddhists."

Beside the Point: Christian Communes Are Back

2008-03-04T17:29:00.000+02:00

Beside the Point: Christian Communes Are Back: "Having graduated high school in 1972, I was old enough to enjoy the long-distance fruit of the Jesus People Movement (including being a regular reader of the 'underground' Jesus People magazine), but I was just a bit too young to have a chance to experience any of the Christian communes that sprung up (although I met one member of one in Florida, who told me why it didn't work for him and others)."

Madisha and the Decline of the Left � The Shrieking Man

2008-03-04T16:40:00.000+02:00

Madisha and the Decline of the Left � The Shrieking Man: "The removal of Willie Madisha, head of the SA Democratic Teachers’ Union, from his leadership position in the Congress of South African Trade Unions is extremely interesting. To understand it, however, a lot of context, as usual, is needed.

Back in 2006 the Treasurer-General of the SA Communist Party, Phillip Dexter, was called in to investigate corruption and mismanagement at the Mpumalanga Development Corporation. This might seem a little odd; why call in a Commie to handle such things? Because Dexter headed a Cape consultancy which claimed to be good at that sort of thing. This is because Dexter comes out of a trade union background, and the trade unions were the first organisations to latch on to corporate investment by political entities."

The Moon By Night

2008-03-03T18:47:00.000+02:00

The Moon By Night: "I just started reading a fascinating new book called Planet Narnia. The author, Michael Ward, argues that the main organizing principle behind C.S. Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia is in fact the seven medieval planets--the 'seven heavens' of medieval cosmology. The book was actually sitting in my husband's office at--I went in for some trifle, idly picked it up, became engrossed, and just sat there reading it."

Beyond the Boerewors Curtain: Identity and white English South Africans

2008-02-11T03:44:00.001+02:00

Beyond the Boerewors Curtain: Identity and white English South Africans: "What also interests me about Apartheid is the white English role. Most English people in SA seem unaware that the British concentration camps were responsible for the deaths of 26,000 Afrikaner women and children. This is not a legacy to be lightly skipped over, and one that ties directly into one of the most thorny issues for English South Africans: identity. Who are we? We're not British, although many of us hold British passports (or can get ancestral visas, or flee to the UK when we get the chance). We're not Afrikaans, so therefore we're not responsible for Apartheid (so I've heard from many English people). 'Apartheid was something which the Afrikaners were responsible for, not us. We had no say. In all levels of government the only people who were employed were Afrikaans.' So we withdrew from the public sphere and happily existed in the neutral space between oppression and oppressed, mirroring the behaviour of everyone else."

Do you store your passwords using Firefox? � Technofriends

2008-02-10T08:22:00.000+02:00

Do you store your passwords using Firefox? � Technofriends

Andy's Blog: Take some of the mousing out of Microsoft Word

2008-02-06T16:01:00.000+02:00

Andy's Blog: Take some of the mousing out of Microsoft Word: "I decided to write some macros to make Microsoft Word operate more like good old XyWrite, which had a key that took you to a command line where you could enter short commands for every function."

(xy)write it! has been released - RailsOnWave Ruby on Rails web 2.0 Ajax

2008-02-06T15:39:00.000+02:00

(xy)write it! has been released - RailsOnWave Ruby on Rails web 2.0 Ajax: "(xy)write makes easy writing, sharing and collaborating on a document. It helps your team agree about what to do, wherever they are. It helps you to share a meeting report or a contract with a customer. And it makes sure that if someone changes the document, you’ll be notified via email by the system. You can invite people to collaborate with you in seconds simply having their email addresses."

Dennis: Learning Unix

2008-02-06T15:36:00.000+02:00

Dennis: Learning Unix: "My intention is to install XyWrite on my new Linux machine, using DOSbox or DOSemu. That way I can go on using it for the rest of my days. I shall also be able to mainline on EMACS, and need never fear the whims of commercial producers of operating systems. Good or what?"

They've verbed guilt!

2008-02-06T14:10:00.000+02:00

The American Spectator: "The Evangelical Left is again trying to guilt U.S. Evangelicals out of their traditional pro-Israel stance. The latest blast came from the Rev. Rich Nathan of the 6,500 member charismatic Vineyard Church of Columbus, Ohio."

stii.za.net � Blog Archive � Tired of Facebook app requests already? No Problemo

2008-01-30T05:10:00.000+02:00

stii.za.net � Blog Archive � Tired of Facebook app requests already? No Problemo

11 Power Tips for Gmail

2008-01-30T05:08:00.000+02:00

11 Power Tips for Gmail

Literary Review of Canada Online - In the Garden with the Guru

2008-01-29T13:11:00.000+02:00

Literary Review of Canada Online - In the Garden with the Guru: "In the Garden with the Guru

Adventures with Marshall McLuhan

AN ESSAY
by Bob Rodgers"