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Ales Rarus
A Rare Bird, A Strange Duck, One Funky Blog
random thought of the moment:
Power may justly be compared to a great river. While kept within its due bounds it is both beautiful and useful. But when it overflows its banks, it is then too impetuous to be stemmed; it bears down all before it, and brings destruction and desolation wherever it comes. If, then, this is the nature of power, let us at least do our duty, and like wise men who value freedom use our utmost care to support liberty, the only bulwark against lawless power, which in all ages has sacrificed to its wild lust and boundless ambition the blood of the best men that ever lived….
— , The Trial of John Peter Zenger [1735]
Christmas
Sunday vs. December Twenty-Fifth
What can be said that hasn't already been said about the surprisingly widespread practice among churches of a certain size and disposition of cancelling Sunday services this year because they happen to conflict with the Feast of Our Lords' Nativity, a.k.a., Christmas? Amy Welborn tackles it here. Terry Mattingly at GetReligion shakes his head […]
Rudolph's Advantageous Mutation
A buddy of mine has an amusing take on the song Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.
Merry Christmas
May the Lord bless you all on this day as we recall when the Bread of Life, with
which the Good Shepherd feeds His sheep, was placed in a manger (a trough for animal
feed) and the faithful said to one another, "Come. Let us adore Him.".
Discovering a Season
Christmas has always been my favorite holiday. I get so excited that I start listening
to my Christmas music at the beginning of November, much to the surprise and chagrin
of some of my loved ones. This year, I've been asking myself what I've been getting
excited about. Is it […]
No Ho Ho Ho
I haven't decided what I'll tell my kids about Santa.
Fed-Up Priest Starts 'Santa-Free Zone'
By Ruben Baudisch
Groups in Germany and Austria have launched campaigns protesting the commercialization of Christmas. The main target is Santa, an American import who doesn't represent what the holiday is all about.
