December 22, 2005

“o come off it, all ye faithful …”

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Nice article by Mag­nus Lin­kla­ter, saying yeah, Vic­to­rian Christ­mas Carols may sound corny to our secu­lar, post­mo­dern ears, but boy, com­pa­red to the dreck that pas­ses for spi­ri­tual lite­ra­ture today…

Richard Hollo­way, the for­mer Bishop of Edin­burgh, who has writ­ten a new intro­duc­tion to the Canon­gate collec­tion of the books of the Bible, con­fes­ses that, throughout his ministry, he pre­fe­rred modern trans­la­tions of the Bible, 

2 Responses to ““o come off it, all ye faithful …””

  1. DUST!N says:
    December 22, 2005 at 8:31 pm

    What good is a myth if you don’t get it?
    Matthew 11:29 – 31 (King James Ver­sion)
    29Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
    30For my yoke is easy, and my bur­den is light.
    — —  — -
    Matthew 11:29 – 31 (The Mes­sage)
    29Walk with me and work with me – watch how I do it. Learn the unfor­ced rhythms of grace. I won’t lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you. 30Keep com­pany with me and you’ll learn to live freely and lightly.”
    I guess there’s some strange com­fort in thin­king Jesus spoke more like King Arthur than like Arthur Ashe.
    — —  — -
    “If I were to say ‘God, why me?’ about the bad things, then I should have said ‘God, why me?’ about the good things that hap­pe­ned in my life.”
    Arthur Ashe

  2. Josh says:
    December 23, 2005 at 6:22 am

    Say Happy Holi­days to those who need it the most — kids. Click on the link and SDL will donate a dollar.
    http://www.sdl.com/asp/holiday2005/