Issue 30, Mar 2010
Two soldiers from the same family in Spring, Texas, are the very first brothers to serve as honor guards at The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. The older is 5’,11”, while his younger bother is 6’,7”, taller than the regulated measurement. The military waived that requirement for the brothers.

 

I mention this because these soldiers who stand this guard have to meet very strict standards in

 uniform and behavior. These soldiers even stood guard during hurricane IKE.

This all came to mind as I read another article in the same newspaper about people looking for churches. The arti ... Read More »

Issue 30, Mar 2010
In a recent Blog Dr. Al Franzmeier wrote:

 

My Lenten meditations upon the psalms today led me to Psalm 61 and King David's prayer, "Lead me to the rock that is higher than I" (Psalm 61:2). Blue Letter Bible has a link in its commentary on that Psalm to Erastus Johnson's 19th century hymn by that name. They indicate their links come from the Cyber Hymnal website. In exploring that website I came upon the familiar contemporary hymn writer, John Ylvisaker and his comments about the two streams of congregational music.

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Issue 30, Mar 2010
We again continue our consideration of the use of tangible images of God and the Persons of the Trinity within the worship life of the Church and particularly within that physical space we know as the Chancel. In earlier issues, we looked at Martin Chemnitz's discussion "Concerning the Use of Images Among the Heathen" in Section II of the Second Topic—Concerning Images, from the 25th Session of the Council of Trent, Dr. Martin Chemnitz's Examination of the Council of Trent, Part IV, pp 57-66, with the form of citation previously noted in in Part One.

 

This month we take up his Section III, "The State ... Read More »

Issue 30, Mar 2010
Here is our list of books we recommend you purchase for your library. We’ll keep bringing the list back until we have completed the reviews. Books are not listed in any order of importance

 

Books with links have been previously quoted and/or

 reviewed in this ezine.

 

 

Issue 30, Mar 2010
I’ve often joked over the years that writing fantasy was especially fun because I got to “play god” for a while. But it wasn’t until I created a very human character, Emma, in my historical fiction, Living on Sisu: The 1913 Union Copper Strike Tragedy, that I began to realize more than a grain of truth in this sort of “playing god”. Before anyone becomes unnecessarily offended by this idea, let me draw out this metaphor.

 

Several author friends have often commented that their characters become “real” ... Read More »