*There are a lot of “True Meanings of Christimas” out there but this is an especially poignant one. Joe at
Personal Finance By The Book writes, “because of what happened during the Christmas season of 1988, our Christmas tree today means much more than a simple decoration” about his post entitled, The Story of Irvin’s Christmas Tree.
*One of my main interests over the past 30 years has been the study of dictators. Jon of the The Mind Of Jon blog writes one of the best summaries, especially form the Christian point of view, that I’ve read yet in his post entitled, Follow the Leader (Article).
*What is the "Right" Amount of Wealth? That is the title of the post by FMF at Free Money Finance. And what’s it about? The title says it all, but I want to add one point brought up in this post. Is the right amount of wealth a relative term? Or is it the same for everyone?
*Carl at the Theological Pursuit blog presents an excellent summarized compilation of scientific fact on why much of the climate change rhetoric is just simply sloppy and even dishonest in his post, Climate Change Fiasco.
*Sometimes a simple poem, like a haiku, can express deep Christian thoughts in a short but effective way. In his post, The idea of loneliness, Rohan of the treebytheriver blog shows us how this can be done.
*What exactly is the Christian message, and therefore the Christmas Message? Scott of the Sacred Raisin Cakes blog gives us his viewpoint concerning the central idea of Christianity in his post entitled, Loving God: An Advent Message.
*I must say that I am surprised at some of the Apps for smart phones and IPods/IPads. Craig informs us that now you can even download the Manhattan Declaration. But that App has added something that Craig of the into Home
Blog disagrees with. He tells his his viewpoint in his post,
The Manhattan Declaration: A Christian's Perspective. If you don’t know what the Manhattan Declaration is, Craig has put a link to it in his post.
*The Messiah is making a big comeback via YouTube and what is called flash mobs. If you haven’t seen the one in the Canadian food court, Barry of the who am i? blog has it in his post. There is also another one at Macy's in Philadelphia. This has prompted some to read about the creation of the Messiah by it’s composer, George (that is pronounced “Gaa-org” as it is a German name) Frederich (pronounced Free-der-ick) Handel (pronounced like our English word, “Handle). Barry tells us about some of the books available out there on the composing of this masterpiece in his post entitled,
Handel's Messiah.
*Tommy of the Urban Training Network gives us the reality of what it takes to work with urban youth. He gives us 7 things you have to know/do to be successful in this type of ministry. Actually, these probably apply to all youth ministry. His post is entitled,
Developing Youth Programs for Urban Teens-Part 2.
*Many of us will be able to related to what Kaleb of the W2W Soul blog is saying in his post, No Pain, No Gain. Why will we relate to it? Kaleb compares the physical training/exercise classes process to the process of growth in the Christian life. Not easy always, but necessary and it brings results.
*I didn’t realize that we can contribute to the Salvation Army Red Kettle Christmas Drive online. The INSPIKS blog tells us how in the post, Online Red Kettle – Doing The Most Good/ Do you hear that?. As for me, I will continue to stuff bills into the Red Kettle outside of my local market. But good to know there are other ways to support this fantastic ministry, the Salvation Army.
*Wow! Guess what Rodney of the Beyond Belief blog gets to do? He is flying to Papua New Guinea to do…….what? You’ll have to read his post entitled, the Gift of Christmas to find out.
*Violet at the Let God be your promoter has a very good post about God promoting us instead of us promoting us. She uses the example of a popular Christian song and how it came to be in her post, Let God be your promoter. At the end of the post the you can play the song.
*This might be a better way of learning theology, especially for the lay person. Why not read theology professor’s blogs? Bernice at the Master of Theology blog gives us the Top 50 Blogs by Theology Professors.
*Well, this week Jeremy at Parableman tackles atheist Sam Harris, Christian existentialist Soren Kirkegaard and Early church father, Augustine, in a discussion of the meaning of the word, faith from both the religious and non-religious views in his post, Faith.
*My contribution this week concerns what I see as a trend away from people getting to know other people in my post entitled, Will Devices (Smart phone, IPad, etc.) Impede Evangelism?
3 comments:
Thank you for posting my article!
Thanks for hosting, great descriptions and interesting links, thanks for including INSPIKS in the mix :)
Thanks for hosting and including my post. I am glad that my Christmas tree story touched you.
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