Sailing the Last Voyage with Newton and Pascal
It is to pitch officiating civil marriages altogether, as the Sikhs in the UK are being advised: Sikh temples have been advised to halt all civil marriage ceremonies on their premises to protect them from possible legal challenges for refusing to conduct same-sex weddings. It is the first example of a religious group altering its …
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It would make sense that a Reformed person such as Steven Wedgeworth would pan an article on the revival of "high church". After all, who else to trash "high church" but the people who pitched the liturgy to start with? It would move the debate forward if a definition of "high church" would be agreed …
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Mark Five SJ-4272 Although I am not positive, I think this is their first album as Southern Joy, having been known before as the Cavaliers Quartet. From Greenville, SC, this album (probably from the early 1970's) is a solid Southern Gospel album, probably no worse (and in some cases better) than more widely known groups …
About time: Former president Jimmy Carter condemned the effect U.S. intelligence programs had on U.S. moral authority in the wake of NSA revelations brought to light by leaker Edward Snowden, Der Spiegel reports. “America has no functioning democracy,” Carter said at a meeting of The Atlantic Bridge in Atlanta, Georgia on Tuesday. I've never been …
Mark Five SJ-4809 A very traditional Southern Gospel album. Although undated, I think it's from the early 1970's. One thing you immediately pick up on is the change in content of the songs; it's hard to imagine even a classic like the title track making much of a dent these days with our obsessive ego-pumping. …
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There's a lot going on these days; the problem for me is that most of it either doesn't deserve comment or I've already done it before. The topic at hand falls into the latter category, but it probably deserves a little recap. Liberals like Mark Harris like to remind us from time to time that …
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The death of audio pioneer Amar Bose brings back the memory of something that was a passion of mine during the 1970's--audio equipment. (The legacy of that passion may be seen in my digitisation technique for some of the albums on my music pages). It may seem strange now but the quest for analogue perfection …
Newbury Park (Cream CR-9003) Most Christian albums in the 1970's eschewed secular labels and concert venues, nurturing the developing Christian sub-culture and being evangelistic in the process. This album and group were an exception, although their later work was more distinctively Christian. But if you like the 1960's with its "Sunshine music" (like the Mamas …
We're up on another 4 July, and frankly this one looks to be depressing. Many of us find ourselves in a country that doesn't want us any more; we've even gotten to the point where we find a person like Edward Snowden a hero for exposing the NSA, even when he fled to places our …
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In Palm Beach, where else: Two new residences will be going up while five old residences will be coming down, as approved Wednesday by the Architectural Commission...264 Bahama Lane: Owner Karl Wattenhofer is demolishing his house to cure a code-enforcement violation for unapproved window changes. He currently has fines that total more than $74,000. For …
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