Comments on: Advent Greeting and A Few Good Links http://www.internetmonk.com/archive/advent-greeting-and-a-few-good-links ...dispatches from the post-evangelical wilderness Sun, 12 Feb 2012 12:47:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Clark http://www.internetmonk.com/archive/advent-greeting-and-a-few-good-links/comment-page-1#comment-331802 Clark Mon, 08 Dec 2008 23:29:57 +0000 http://www.internetmonk.com/?p=2614#comment-331802 I'm trying to blog nothing but Advent and Christmas during the month of December, but I don't know if I'm going to make it. A surfer happened by my site searching for Elijah and the Prophets of Baal, so I would like to write that post. I will soon be reviewing Phylis Tickle's book on the Sayings of Jesus. It has nothing to do with Advent, I just started reading it this weekend. I've read some Advent posts, I've written a few, and even if I get distracted by some other things I do feel it should be our focus during these very busy weeks leading up to Christmas. I’m trying to blog nothing but Advent and Christmas during the month of December, but I don’t know if I’m going to make it. A surfer happened by my site searching for Elijah and the Prophets of Baal, so I would like to write that post. I will soon be reviewing Phylis Tickle’s book on the Sayings of Jesus. It has nothing to do with Advent, I just started reading it this weekend. I’ve read some Advent posts, I’ve written a few, and even if I get distracted by some other things I do feel it should be our focus during these very busy weeks leading up to Christmas.

]]> By: Anna A http://www.internetmonk.com/archive/advent-greeting-and-a-few-good-links/comment-page-1#comment-331650 Anna A Mon, 08 Dec 2008 17:53:20 +0000 http://www.internetmonk.com/?p=2614#comment-331650 Martha, I agree to anything that Arvo Pärt has written. I remember one performance of his Litany, where the singers were each in a different colored pastel shirt. Very effective. Patrick, I want to second your recommendation about "Trespassers will be Baptized" I enjoyed it also. Michael, being an RA, would not appreciate the trials and tribulations of GA's. Martha,

I agree to anything that Arvo Pärt has written. I remember one performance of his Litany, where the singers were each in a different colored pastel shirt. Very effective.

Patrick,

I want to second your recommendation about “Trespassers will be Baptized” I enjoyed it also. Michael, being an RA, would not appreciate the trials and tribulations of GA’s.

]]> By: Martha http://www.internetmonk.com/archive/advent-greeting-and-a-few-good-links/comment-page-1#comment-331588 Martha Mon, 08 Dec 2008 16:29:56 +0000 http://www.internetmonk.com/?p=2614#comment-331588 If we're recommending music for Advent, I'm plugging Arvo Pärt’s "Seven Magnificat Antiphons", which is a setting of the seven "O" Antiphons (O Sapientia, O Adonai, O Radix Jesse), O Clavis David, O Oriens, O Rex Gentium, O Emmanuel) sung at Vespers/Evening Prayer from 17th - 23rd December. They're in German, which should please all the Lutherans ;-) and, although I dislike German as a sung language (sorry!), I really like these. (Actually, in general I'd recommend Arvo Pärt as a modern composer of religious music). If we’re recommending music for Advent, I’m plugging Arvo Pärt’s “Seven Magnificat Antiphons”, which is a setting of the seven “O” Antiphons (O Sapientia, O Adonai, O Radix Jesse), O Clavis David, O Oriens, O Rex Gentium, O Emmanuel) sung at Vespers/Evening Prayer from 17th – 23rd December.

They’re in German, which should please all the Lutherans ;-) and, although I dislike German as a sung language (sorry!), I really like these.

(Actually, in general I’d recommend Arvo Pärt as a modern composer of religious music).

]]> By: wmcwirla http://www.internetmonk.com/archive/advent-greeting-and-a-few-good-links/comment-page-1#comment-331514 wmcwirla Mon, 08 Dec 2008 14:39:36 +0000 http://www.internetmonk.com/?p=2614#comment-331514 I'll put in a plug for "The Winter Pascha" by Thomas Hopko (St. Vladimir's Seminary Press, 1997). It has forty devotional readings for the Christmas/Epiphany season, but a lot of it is in Advent. I’ll put in a plug for “The Winter Pascha” by Thomas Hopko (St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 1997). It has forty devotional readings for the Christmas/Epiphany season, but a lot of it is in Advent.

]]> By: Steve in Toronto http://www.internetmonk.com/archive/advent-greeting-and-a-few-good-links/comment-page-1#comment-331510 Steve in Toronto Mon, 08 Dec 2008 14:22:58 +0000 http://www.internetmonk.com/?p=2614#comment-331510 My Wife and I are using Phyllis Tickle’s “The Divine Hours: Prayers for autumn” and wintertime” for our family devotions during advent. Do any imonk readers know how it compares with the “Treasury of Daily Prayer”? We have found “The Divine Hours” very edifying for us but a bit to difficult for your young children ages 5 and 7. How child friendly is the “Treasury of Daily Prayer”? Thanks Steve in Toronto My Wife and I are using Phyllis Tickle’s “The Divine Hours: Prayers for autumn” and wintertime” for our family devotions during advent. Do any imonk readers know how it compares with the “Treasury of Daily Prayer”? We have found “The Divine Hours” very edifying for us but a bit to difficult for your young children ages 5 and 7. How child friendly is the “Treasury of Daily Prayer”?

Thanks
Steve in Toronto

]]> By: Jim Thornber http://www.internetmonk.com/archive/advent-greeting-and-a-few-good-links/comment-page-1#comment-331464 Jim Thornber Mon, 08 Dec 2008 11:58:25 +0000 http://www.internetmonk.com/?p=2614#comment-331464 Another fan of Ralph Vaughn Williams! I don't go anywhere without "Fantasia on a theme of Thomas Tallis." Another fan of Ralph Vaughn Williams! I don’t go anywhere without “Fantasia on a theme of Thomas Tallis.”

]]> By: iMonk http://www.internetmonk.com/archive/advent-greeting-and-a-few-good-links/comment-page-1#comment-331233 iMonk Mon, 08 Dec 2008 02:15:13 +0000 http://www.internetmonk.com/?p=2614#comment-331233 I never make fun of Baptists or support people who do. ****snark**** I never make fun of Baptists or support people who do.

****snark****

]]> By: Patrick Lynch http://www.internetmonk.com/archive/advent-greeting-and-a-few-good-links/comment-page-1#comment-331224 Patrick Lynch Mon, 08 Dec 2008 01:49:08 +0000 http://www.internetmonk.com/?p=2614#comment-331224 It's rather fabulously written. Her blog is really well-done, too. "Why don't you just write her a fan letter then, loser?" SO I DID! Maybe you could interview her for this blog? Good book. It’s rather fabulously written. Her blog is really well-done, too.

“Why don’t you just write her a fan letter then, loser?”

SO I DID!

Maybe you could interview her for this blog? Good book.

]]> By: Patrick Lynch http://www.internetmonk.com/archive/advent-greeting-and-a-few-good-links/comment-page-1#comment-331215 Patrick Lynch Mon, 08 Dec 2008 01:34:18 +0000 http://www.internetmonk.com/?p=2614#comment-331215 If you're sharing links, I've got a book-recommend for you. "Trespassers Will Be Baptized" is this pastor's daughter's memoir about growing up Baptist in East-Central Kentucky. So far, it's a pretty neat book. If you’re sharing links, I’ve got a book-recommend for you.

“Trespassers Will Be Baptized” is this pastor’s daughter’s memoir about growing up Baptist in East-Central Kentucky. So far, it’s a pretty neat book.

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