Monday, February 28, 2005
Lent and the Christian Year
As long as we are on markdroberts.com take a minute to check out his article on how Lent can make a difference in your relationship to God. There is also an article about the Christian Year and the Colors of the Christian Year. Also very interesting.
TNIV Discussion
markdroberts.com has several articles about the TNIV. There is a lot to read there, but it seems to be very balanced. Worth a look if you're at all interested in an more detailed overview of the pros and cons of the TNIV.
Sunday, February 27, 2005
Hymns
I enjoy collecting hymns. Or rather collections of hymns. Or maybe I should say different musicians covers of hymns. My iTunes library contains hymn collections by the following groups:
Passion Worship Band: Hymns Ancient and Modern
Amy Grant: Legacy Hymns and Faith
Acappella: Hymns
Fernando Ortega: Hymns and Meditations
Garrison Keiler: Garrison Keiler and the Hopeful Gospel Quartet
There are also many hymns sprinkled in the music of:
Fernando Ortega
Glad
Keith Green
Newsboys
Phil Keaggy
Third Day
Do you have a favorite hymn collection?
Passion Worship Band: Hymns Ancient and Modern
Amy Grant: Legacy Hymns and Faith
Acappella: Hymns
Fernando Ortega: Hymns and Meditations
Garrison Keiler: Garrison Keiler and the Hopeful Gospel Quartet
There are also many hymns sprinkled in the music of:
Fernando Ortega
Glad
Keith Green
Newsboys
Phil Keaggy
Third Day
Do you have a favorite hymn collection?
Wednesday, February 23, 2005
Imitation of Christ
While doing a web search (on Prince Charles) I found a mention of Mary Kate Olsen at the Imitation of Christ Show. After the recent Passion of Christ I got to wondering if this was a movie. More web searching. Turns out it is a designer clothing label that makes clothes from Salvation Army purchases, and the show mentioned was a fashion show. Go figure. More web search. Are they making fun of Thomas à Kempis? A song by The Psychedelic Furs is listed on one site as the inspiration for the name. Apparently that's not the case. Here is what one of the designers, Tara Subkoff has to say:
To set the record straight, IOC is named after a 15th-century book by Catholic ecclesiastic writer Thomas à Kempis. "It's a beautiful book," Subkoff enthuses. "The message is to really try and do something. If you really want to analyze Christ, he's completely a rebel -- someone who did not live by society's standards, doing something completely not of the time. I'm not going to compare ourselves to Christ. We're not resurrecting clothes. People are freaking out about the name, but it keeps everyone guessing. I don't ever want to define the name. It stands on its own.
SOURCE: papermag.com
Tuesday, February 22, 2005
I need Blogger Idol to come back!
It's been a long time since the last Blogger Idol topic. I could use some inspiration!
(I know. It's pretty ridiculous if I can't come up with anything without help. And, I probably could. But, I'm just missing the fun of Blogger Idol. I hope it will be back soon. I don't think it is over, just on hold. Too much longer on hold though and everyone will have lost interest. That would be sad.)
(I know. It's pretty ridiculous if I can't come up with anything without help. And, I probably could. But, I'm just missing the fun of Blogger Idol. I hope it will be back soon. I don't think it is over, just on hold. Too much longer on hold though and everyone will have lost interest. That would be sad.)
Favicons
The little icons that show up on your web browser in the address bar have been the focus of my attention as of late. A little web searching found info about "favicons". Apparently that is what they are called. One can be added to any web page with a 16 x 16px picture, a favicon generator and some html inserted on your page:
Very cool. I've added them to my other pages and will add one here, next.
Just for grins I added a FavIcon generator to the sidebar at the bottom. Have fun!
<link rel="shortcut icon" type="image/x-icon" href="favicon.ico" >
inserted after the <head> tag, before the </head> tag: Very cool. I've added them to my other pages and will add one here, next.
Just for grins I added a FavIcon generator to the sidebar at the bottom. Have fun!
Sunday, February 6, 2005
That's just wrong...
Friday February 4, 07:18 PM
Girls fined for giving neighbour cookies
DURANGO, Colorado (Reuters) - A Colorado judge ordered two teen-age girls to pay about $900 (480 pounds) for the distress a neighbour said they caused by giving her home-made cookies adorned with paper hearts. The pair were ordered to pay $871.70 plus $39 in court costs after neighbour Wanita Renea Young, 49, filed a lawsuit complaining that the unsolicited cookies, left at her house after the girls knocked on her door, had triggered an anxiety attack that sent her to the hospital the next day. Taylor Ostergaard, then 17, and Lindsey Jo Zellitte, 18, paid the judgment on Thursday after a small claims court ruling by La Plata County Court Judge Doug Walker, a court clerk said on Friday. The girls baked cookies as a surprise for several of their rural Colorado neighbours on July 31 and dropped off small batches on their porches, accompanied by red or pink paper hearts and the message: "Have a great night". The Denver Post newspaper reported on Friday that the girls had decided to stay home and bake the cookies rather than go to a dance where there might be cursing and drinking. It reported that six neighbours wrote letters entered as evidence in the case thanking the girls for the cookies. But Young said she was frightened because the two had knocked on her door at about 10:30 p.m. and run off after leaving the cookies. She went to a hospital emergency room the next day, fearing that she had suffered a heart attack, court records said. The judge awarded Young her medical costs, but did not award punitive damages. He said he did not think the girls had acted maliciously but that 10:30 was fairly late at night for them to be out.
Girls fined for giving neighbour cookies
DURANGO, Colorado (Reuters) - A Colorado judge ordered two teen-age girls to pay about $900 (480 pounds) for the distress a neighbour said they caused by giving her home-made cookies adorned with paper hearts. The pair were ordered to pay $871.70 plus $39 in court costs after neighbour Wanita Renea Young, 49, filed a lawsuit complaining that the unsolicited cookies, left at her house after the girls knocked on her door, had triggered an anxiety attack that sent her to the hospital the next day. Taylor Ostergaard, then 17, and Lindsey Jo Zellitte, 18, paid the judgment on Thursday after a small claims court ruling by La Plata County Court Judge Doug Walker, a court clerk said on Friday. The girls baked cookies as a surprise for several of their rural Colorado neighbours on July 31 and dropped off small batches on their porches, accompanied by red or pink paper hearts and the message: "Have a great night". The Denver Post newspaper reported on Friday that the girls had decided to stay home and bake the cookies rather than go to a dance where there might be cursing and drinking. It reported that six neighbours wrote letters entered as evidence in the case thanking the girls for the cookies. But Young said she was frightened because the two had knocked on her door at about 10:30 p.m. and run off after leaving the cookies. She went to a hospital emergency room the next day, fearing that she had suffered a heart attack, court records said. The judge awarded Young her medical costs, but did not award punitive damages. He said he did not think the girls had acted maliciously but that 10:30 was fairly late at night for them to be out.
Tuesday, February 1, 2005
Headscarves
As I enjoyed a bowl of Carrot and Coriander soup the other day at Avanti in Windsor, I was aware of a middle eastern family of three seated at a table near by. She was dressed in the loose pants and knee length long sleeved top and was wearing a patterned head scarf. The husband wore regular western style clothes. Their toddler was in a stroller and dressed in all pink - an outfit along the lines of Baby Gap. They looked to be a very happy family.
This is what I don't understand: why does it seem that often in family groups like this, it is only the women who are dressed in the traditional manner? Rarely do I see families strolling along together where they are all dressed traditionally. (Except perhaps when they are going to the mosque.)
Sitting at Heathrow in the arrivals lounge there are many opportunities to see women in various stages of veiled-ness: from the teenaged girls in modern clothes with headscarves, all the way to women completely encased in burqas. What bothers me, especially about the women who are so completely veiled, is the men with them in western clothes. It makes it seem more sexist than cultural.
This is what I don't understand: why does it seem that often in family groups like this, it is only the women who are dressed in the traditional manner? Rarely do I see families strolling along together where they are all dressed traditionally. (Except perhaps when they are going to the mosque.)
Sitting at Heathrow in the arrivals lounge there are many opportunities to see women in various stages of veiled-ness: from the teenaged girls in modern clothes with headscarves, all the way to women completely encased in burqas. What bothers me, especially about the women who are so completely veiled, is the men with them in western clothes. It makes it seem more sexist than cultural.
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