I apologize — work has been occupying a great deal of my energy this past week, and I haven’t been able to devote much thought into enriching the blogosphere with scriptural insights and general witticism. Maybe soon. Maybe later. I don’t know.
Regardless of that, though, I have been keeping up on reading others’ blogs (’cause others rock!), and here are some links for you to enjoy the same, if you wish:
Third Annual Reminder: Boycott “Turkey Day” — No, this isn’t a call to boycott Thanksgiving; rather, it is a plea to Christians to avoid calling it “Turkey Day” and to embrace thankfulness as a necessary and overflowing part of life. If anything, visit for the great Spurgeon quote on ungratefulness!
Why Not Speed? (pt. 2) — Ms. Kiley gives her second and third reasons for obedience to the speed limit laws, and I find them to be good insights which aren’t often expressed nowadays, which is a shame. Watching that speedometer is definitely something I need more often to do…
The Theology of Employment — Work is a theological issue, and it has been since the beginning of man’s time on Earth. Joshua Hitchcock shares with us from the Scriptures why it is. Never forget 2 Thessalonians 3:10; if men are able to work but are unwilling to, they do not deserve to eat. Read through the comments as well for more insights; find out why you can and should be joyful (and unceasingly thankful) for your job!
I’ll conclude with a bit of shamelessness… My loverly wife has nominated my blog for “Best Religion Blog” in the Bloggers’ Choice Awards; would you mind taking a moment and voting for me? I would really appreciate it! And while you’re at it, stop on over at my wife’s site and then vote for her in the Best Photography Blog category!
I don’t know why but these two little applications have existed on my server for quite some time now… Okay, I know why they are there; still, I don’t know why I ever spent so much time working on them. :)
The first is the Angel Creator. It’s actually a modified version of FrostJedi’s Graemlin Creator; I use “angel” because it means “messenger,” and it lets you create silly things like this:
Okay, that’s a bit over-the-top, but you get the idea.1
Second is a site completely created by me from scratch: Random Card. Pick a card, any card… Or, let the website do it for you! If you can think of a use for this site, feel free to use it for it. Otherwise, it just rests there on the server, unloved and unused. Poor thing.
Maybe someday I’ll work on developing both a little bit further. Or maybe not. I might break something… Actually, I’m very likely to! (You’d be surprised just how many ways it is possible to break a simple little script that displays a random card!)
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“Accordingly, law should not be seen as a bad thing, but as the basis of orderly, decent, harmonious societies. It’s something to be celebrated. When we abide by civil law, we communicate our appreciation for the concept of law generally, which by extension communicates respect for God’s law and His just government.” Jamie Kiley
The following three videos are dedicated to my friend Sandi, who — even though she is a genius by birth — will in all probability either not watch these vids or watch ‘em and dislike ‘em. :P Here’s to you, Sandi!
The first song is called “Halfway Home Café” by Ricky Skaggs & his band Kentucky Thunder; it’s a wonderful song about forgiveness and reconciliation and is one of Skaggs’ more beautiful works.
