No Gospel
March 8th, 2010
I could have titled this note “No Gospel?” (question mark), or “No Gospel!” (exclamation point), or, to be more post-modern, “No Gospel ?!) (question mark / exclamation point – otherwise known in times past as an “interropang”).
No Gospel? Where? When? Why?
Is not that what we are to be all about? Yes. But the fact is [...]
Our Praises Grow from Living Roots
March 7th, 2010
Text: Luke 13:1-9
Date: Lent III + 3/7/10
Lutheran Church of the Incarnate Word, Rochester Hills, MI
In many ways the theme of the scripture readings for this Sunday takes us all the way back to the beginning—the beginning of the Gospel and of the church year with the call of John the Baptist, “repent and be baptized;” [...]
Forget the iPad. This looks amazing!
March 5th, 2010
This looks quite amazing. I’m becoming more and more impressed with what Microsoft is putting out there. Windows 7… Their new phone OS looks pretty interesting… and now this. I could totally use this every day.
Forget the iPad. This looks amazing!
March 5th, 2010
This looks quite amazing. I’m becoming more and more impressed with what Microsoft is putting out there. Windows 7… Their new phone OS looks pretty interesting… and now this. I could totally use this every day.
Great article on managing/using hierarchical data in an database
March 4th, 2010
In working on building my own content management system, I’ve been learning about various ways to implement storage of the content in a database. This is a great article I found. Check it out.
Database Row Sort Order Question
March 2nd, 2010
To sort content in a hierarchy i have rows that have a sort_order column, like the following list.
id, title, sort_order
1, page a, 0
2, page b, 1
3, page c, 2
4, page d, 3
5, page e, 4
My question is when changing the order or deleting content, is it best to keep the sort_order clean without gaps in [...]
Jerusalem, Jerusalem
February 28th, 2010
Text: Luke 13:31-35
Date: Lent II + 2/28/10
Lutheran Church of the Incarnate Word, Rochester Hills, MI
When St. Luke begins today’s Gospel reading with the words, “In that very hour,” he is signaling that what follows is an important step directly toward the goal of “THE hour,” namely, our Lord’s betrayal, arrest, trials, beatings, mockings, sufferings and [...]
Jerusalem, Jerusalem
February 28th, 2010
Text: Luke 13:31-35
Date: Lent II + 2/28/10
Lutheran Church of the Incarnate Word, Rochester Hills, MI
When St. Luke begins today’s Gospel reading with the words, “In that very hour,” he is signaling that what follows is an important step directly toward the goal of “THE hour,” namely, our Lord’s betrayal, arrest, trials, beatings, mockings, sufferings and [...]
Tempted For You
February 21st, 2010
Text: Luke 4:1-13
Date: Lent I + 2/21/10
Lutheran Church of the Incarnate Word, Rochester Hills, MI
That our Lord Jesus Christ was tempted by the devil in the wilderness as His first action after His baptism, was the first skirmish or battle in His mission to free mankind and all creation from the devil’s rule, the curse [...]
A Clouded Message
February 14th, 2010
Text: Luke 9:28-36
Date: Transfiguration + Epiphany Last + 2/14/10
Lutheran Church of the Incarnate Word, Rochester Hills, MI
“And as [Peter] was saying these things, a cloud came and overshadowed them.”
Clouds can be beautiful, or they can be threatening. When there are no clouds we can look forward either to a wonderfully warm day in the summer [...]