I came across Mark 11:13-14 in my reading today, Seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to find out if it had any fruit. When he reached it, he found nothing but leaves, because it was not the season for figs. Then he said to the tree, “May no one ever…
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Undead ACTA Still Thrashing
Check out Michael Geist’s latest update The ACTA Fight Returns: What Is at Stake and What You Can Do. Here’s an excerpt: The reverberations from the SOPA fight continue to be felt in the U.S. (excellent analysis from Benkler and Downes) and elsewhere (mounting Canadian concern that Bill C-11 could be amended to adopt SOPA-like…
The Rise and Fall, and Rise, of Five Iron Frenzy
New Year’s Day 2012
Happy New Year! May your heart warm again to hope by the very sunshine shone forth only from the trust put in Jesus Christ, Saviour of your soul, God, Who knows the good plans He has for you! Allow me to open 2012 with an old stand by, for the “old school Sanctus Real fans…”…
New Year’s Eve 2011
Truly, the light of the Son has shone on each day more wonderfully than the last! These words, penned New Year’s Day 2011 echo back to me from distant memory and remind me of the immediate flood of blessings I have had each day of this year! Twenty-Eleven began with a running start. In the…
Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas to you and yours! May this season bring you happiness and joy in Jesus Christ and his victory over sin and death! Christmas, celebrating the birth of the Saviour, marks but the beginning of his Victory over sin and death! For to us a child is born, to us a son is given,…
Nim’s Vintersaga (Nim’s Winter Tale)
Continuing my yearly Christmas tradition, I present Ola Schubert’s hand-crafted, beautifully scored vignette, Nim’s Winter Tale. Gather family around this Christmas Eve, lower the lights, and enjoy a brief, magical glimpse of Nim’s wintry world.
In this embrace…
In this embrace, five addressed five, “If we have found favour in your sight, and if it is pleasing in your eyes, please grant our petition.” And five replied, “What is your wish? It will be given you. And what is your request? Even up to one-fifth of our own, it will be granted.” “If…
There’s a hole down that road
I walk down the road. There’s a hole down that road. I don’t see the hole. I fall in the hole. It’s very deep, and at the bottom, where I lay broken, it’s cold and dark. I can’t get out. I walk down the road. There’s a hole down that road. I see the hole…
Five Iron Frenzy 3: Electric Beegalee
Five Iron Frenzy is back! Via incubator Kickstarter.com you can help FIF bring their new album to life! Who’s up for a roadtrip to see their show next year?? While you’re waiting, here’s one of their new songs…