By George

Put the Krypton Away, Please

2008-06-07T21:25:55Z

Your results: You are Superman Superman 90% Spider-Man 75% Iron Man 65% Green Lantern 65% Supergirl 63% Robin 60% Batman 60% Hulk 50% The Flash 45% Catwoman 30% Wonder Woman 28% You are mild-mannered, good, strong and you ...

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A New Denomination!

2008-06-07T05:50:22Z

Announcing another new protestant denomination, the "Mainstream Church of England Evangelical Cluster of Charismatic/Pentecostal Tendencies". woo hoo! One of their prophets is exclaiming: "We cannot adjust the wind, but we can blow into our dest...

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President, CEO of Thomas Nelson Publishers is Orthodox Deacon

2008-01-05T00:33:38Z

A quote that we found over at our friend Eric's blog: I am the President and Chief Executive Officer of Thomas Nelson Publishers, the largest Christian publishing company in the world and the sixth largest trade book publishing company in the U.S...

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Who Are These Mad Ones?

2008-01-03T14:01:24Z

Abba Anthony said that the time is coming when men will go mad, and when they see someone who is not mad, they will rise up against him, saying that you are mad, because you are not like them. - Sayings of the Desert Fathers, Anthony From the ...

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Just to Clarify

2007-12-01T02:15:32Z

Bill Bryson, in A Short History of Everything, includes a section on most major fields of scientific inquiry, and makes them accessible to us amateurs. In a section on the laws of thermodynamics, here's how Bryson clarifies each law for us (exce...

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Where Have You Been All Your Life?

2007-11-25T04:26:01Z

For no particular reason, I'm posting everywhere I've been, sorted by places I've lived followed by places I've been at least overnight but not resided. Lived: Bellefonte, PA - born there State College, PA - lived there while my Dad finished his ...

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Reverse Perspective, Another Perspective

2007-11-23T22:59:52Z

The other day on a long straight run of highway I paid attention to the effect of geometric perspective and the vanishing point. Because of the interspatial distance between our eyes, lines (or highways) that are in fact parallel, appear to conv...

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New Testament Presupposes Liturgical Service

2007-11-12T02:41:28Z

From Dom Gregory Dix, widely respected Biblical Scholar, in his work The Theology Of Confirmation In Relation To Baptism We know now, too, that the Apostolic paradosis of practice, like the Apostolic paradosis of doctrine, is something which actu...

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It's an Issue of Blood

2007-11-04T23:42:06Z

The Gospel reading during today’s Divine Liturgy included Luke’s accounts of Jesus raising Jairus’ daughter and of the woman with an issue of blood who was healed when she touched the hem of Jesus’ garment. I was more engaged during the whole ...

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Memory Eternal - My Aunt Angie

2007-10-27T05:02:38Z

With the Saints give rest, O Christ, to the soul of Your servant Angela, where there is no pain, nor sorrow, nor suffering, but life everlasting. Grant rest to the soul of thy servent Angela, now asleep in a place of light, a place of renewed lif...

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