Archive for March, 2006

As we set out

March 6th, 2006 ~ Orthodox perspective

And another Lent begins. I’ve got a lot of stuff to throw out of the fridge. The day outside is beautiful, but I’m thinking over what this Lent will bring. They always bring something.
Via Ortho-convert list serv, this reminder from Christopher Haas of what we heard yesterday at Forgiveness Vespers:
Gather together my scattered mind, O […]

Forgive me

March 5th, 2006 ~ Orthodox perspective

On Forgiveness Sunday last year, several Ortho-bloggers asked forgiveness, and several (here ,here and here) are doing it again this year. Last year, it seemed like an odd thing to do, but it doesn’t this year. Is that maturity, or have I just been blogging long enough to realize how easy it is to offend?
Probably […]

Political incorrectness at the turn of the last century

March 4th, 2006 ~ Potpourri for 100, Alex

My sister sent me this link to an archived cartoon that ran 1907-1928, and I thought it was a peach.
It’s an unconscionably grouchy cartoon called “The Outbursts of Everett True,” and the set-up is so simple that modern cartoonists and cartoon-lovers are bound to feel jealous of what you could get away with in a […]

Frederica’s weather report

March 3rd, 2006 ~ La Vida Iglesia

Via Christianity Today:
The influence of the culture on all those individuals, including Christians, is less like that of a formal institution and more like the weather. We can observe that, under current conditions, it’s cloudy with a chance of cynicism. Crudity is up, nudity is holding steady, and there is a 60 percent chance that […]

Blog-o-rama

March 2nd, 2006 ~ Current events

Just making the rounds of the blogosphere. I’ll divide it into Ortho and non-Ortho, for your discerning reading pleasure:

Ortho and Christian

Is it okay to admit that sometimes I haven’t the faintest idea what’s going on? Huw is about to break a comment record with a post about The Emergent Movement and I still can’t figure […]


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