~ Twisted Twelve 2– 12 Days of Christmas…messed up. Remember: 12 Days of feasting, tree, and special spiritual goodness, until Epiphany, January 6th.
CaNNet suffered a catastrophic failure this past weekend as the result
of a hacker incursion. Unfortunately, this individual also hit our
backup partition, which means that I am having to sort through all the
databases that I have backed up here at home. That is taking a lot of
time, I fear, and as I have other duties with Ekklesia, it has been
rather slow-going.
I hope to have the system restored in the next 24-48 hours.
Best regards,
Michael
They died with pride
Canada: A Remembrance
A Pittance of Time
Green Fields of France: John McDermott
Flanders Fields
ALMIGHTY and merciful God, who in thy wisdom dost divide to the nations their inheritance: We yield thee hearty thanks for thy loving-kindness in appointing this good land of Canada to be our dwelling-place among the children of men; for the wealth and glory of its plains and mountains, its fruitful fields and teeming waters; for the precious things of heaven, the dew, the sunshine, snow and rain in their season, and the precious things of the earth and the fulness thereof; for a land wherein there is bread without scarceness. For all this, and the opportunities thus vouchsafed to us, we bless thee and magnify thy Name. And, we pray thee, grant us grace so to sanctify thee in our heritage that the world may know that thou art our God for ever and ever; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Just waving goodbye to bronchitis, and surfing the weeb for a new blogroll– today or tomorrer.
Okay, we meant Friday, of course.
Feel the excitements.
Dear Pre-Dead Minions:
After the upcoming 20th Anniversary and the Binklings deposited back at the local socialist re-education facility in September, teh Binks will return to some Blogrolling.. though minus the primary Anglican Crisis focus. Still useful links, news, and occasional commentary, of course.
For them what cherish every little jot and tittle of the wreck of the Titanic Episcoplian/ Anglican news, you still got yer Kendall, yer Stand Firmoids, and yer MCJ and the StatsGeek.. plus others.
And maybe I’ll be sticking a few sermons & reflexions & book reviews and other stuff online, too, since news-mongering is not always a spiritually healthsome affair.
Thanks for your support & encouragement in the past, and in the days and steps head.
Pray for me, a sinner
Der Binkles
Someone once wryly observed that the more the Bible is translated, the less it is read. Indeed, Amazon.com seems to have an awful lot of niche Bibles for sale– and it would be interesting to know how many they sell.. and more, how well or rightly it is read and understood and inwardly digested to the salvation and feeding of said ‘Bible-consumer’.
I’ve had the honour of getting the new book Jesus of Nazareth by Pope Benedict XVI.. though I’ve only cracked the cover. However, one thing leapt out at me (a long-time KJV-RSV-NIV user): B-16 decided to use the original Revised Standard Version translation (1946-52, with Apocrypha) for his book, along with a few direct translations by himself from the original languages, where appropriate.
Oomph.
He’s a world-class scholar, and also recognizes the power of one of the first and great modern translations, attempted in a spirit of faithfulness and KJV power and poetry and the best of modern scholarship.
Note that he’s not recommending the controversial political unbible– the 1989 NRSV– pushed so hard by the U.S. National Council of Twitching Liberalism Churches. It’s so full of political correctness, and horizonatal/ vertical ‘inclusive language’ (so-called) so as to be an artifact and curious relic of the 1980’s the moment it arrived. Never to be a classic, but a symptom of arrogance and radical brain-fever.
Needless to say, I’m looking forward to reading Pope Benedict, and getting an RSV with apocrypha from (where else) Amazon.
Binks
Post Scriptum:
I regret to say my news-gathering powers are currently in remission, what with being a husband & father, in mixed health, subject to family sorrow, summer heat, the Hiltzification of Canadian Anglicanism– and various deep questions which will not cease and desist any longer. News? Harmon, Stand Firm, MCJ, Magistats.. all the other places where good folk are taking up the fight I’e been sharing since 1995-6, and since 1998 with CaNN/ The WebElf Report. This elf is laying down his tiny sword to bleed awhile, then– perhaps– to rise and fight again.
TechElf Mike writes:
“I’ve been in and out of hospital. Had to have a chest tube inserted three weeks ago due to an allergic reaction and last week Friday had a head on collision with another vehicle while on my way to pick up my mother at the hospital…all in all life has sucked.“
Binks
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The WebElf Binks is on vacation..
just can’t stare at screen no more..
Near Cognito is his location:
you can find him by the snore.
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