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"The Noblest Walk in Europe." aka, "The Meteor of August 18 1783, As Seen From the East Angle of the North Terrace of Windsor Castle" by Sandby.

@KenShepherd Those old Greek ladies make some delicious baklava.

Greek Festival. Church tour imminently.

Once we drove down the mountain and were on the way home, we spotted this. The Philippines is over 80% Roman Catholic, and sometimes they venerate Mary as "higher" than Jesus.

A lot of Filipino Protestant country churches are just like this. Humble and not nearly as large as the Catholic churches, but dedicated to serving Jesus.

Overflow crowd at the "Women Serving Christ Negros District Fellowship" in Canlaon City, where the missus was a participant. Pretty far off the beaten path for me, to say the least. Pretty sure I was the only Anglo within a good distance of here.

Zoomed in.

In Canlaon City, Negros Oriental. Note "hand of God" visible on the south side of Mt. Kanlaon caused by a volcanic emission.

This is a 1902 Oxford scholarship exam. How would you do?

"We are not primarily called to do something or go somewhere; we are called to Someone." ~ Os Guinness, The Call: Finding and Fulfilling the Central Purpose of Your Life

This looks to be good.

J15: "Have you ever met somebody who was a vegetarian that looked healthier than a carnivore?"

Spent the day at a woman's Baptist conference in a tropical rainforest at the foot of an active volcano. Sang "Leaning on the Everlasting Arms" which in addition to the above provided some extra cognitive dissonance.

@WillPrydain Unfortunately, I can't watch that anymore since I've been suspended from Facebook.

@wyclif Thank you for posting this. I still listen to his rendition of Psalm 127: facebook.com/702475175/vide…

I miss this brother today. Rest in peace and rise in glory, Johnny. youtube.com/live/d6s-Z01as…

We are the last generation which lived in a society of mass literacy. After us, it's all video watchers.

Good hymns for #Ascension Day: ~ Bridges/Thring, "Crown Him with Many Crowns" ~ Thomas Kelly, "The Head That Once Was Crowned with Thorns" ~ Charles Wesley, "Rejoice, the Lord Is King" ~ Kelly, "Look, Ye Saints! The Sight Is Glorious" ~ Bede, "A Hymn of Glory Let Us Sing"

Some classic music settings for #Ascension Day: ~ Gerald Finzi, "God is gone up" ~ Patrick Hadley, "My beloved spake" ~ William Byrd, "Viri Galilaei" ~ Henry Purcell, "Blessed are they that fear the Lord"

There's a new Christian study center starting up in Princeton, NJ. More about that: thecoverdalehouse.substack.com/p/liturgy-and-…

"Where do we find the measure of our “Christian faith and life”? Quite simply, within the bounds of “the canonical books of the Old and New Testaments,” according to the Fundamental Declarations (of the #ACNA). substack.com/inbox/post/196…

My thought exactly. You don't even have to google very hard to find internships with those requirements. That's why some students are (rightly) anxious about GPA, and it's a big part of the reason why grade inflation exists. x.com/MattyBoySwag14…

@holysmoke You can roll your eyes as much as you like, but it's objectively more aesthetically pleasing than the fiberglass baroque, pre-fab baldacchino idolatry with its sentimental, "doll-like" features made for the simple-minded to appeal to the churrigueresque sensibilities of peasants.

‘Moderate medieval’ here means a medieval building whitewashed and defaced by ‘reformers’.