Welcome one and all to this week’s Christian Carnival! It was a week rich with topics for thought and discussion, with the Resurrection of Jesus and the Terri Schiavo spectacle, not surprisingly, at the top of the list.
And since it’s my blog (and my bandwidth) this week, I’m going to cheat and submit an audio post of sorts–a “podcast”, a small step back toward my former career in radio. Details below.
So here, now, we present the 63rd compendium of thought from cyber-Christians the world over, the Christian Carnival:
First off, to welcome the newcomers to our virtual congregation, Nick Queen, our official greeter, presents three new Christian bloggers with Out of the Wilderness #7: Amy’s Humble Musings, Proving Up: The Art and Science of Placemaking, and Musings of MicahGirl. Give them a read and make them feel welcome.
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The weekend just past is arguably the most significant of the year, not only for Christians but for all mankind. We have quite a variety of reflections on the events of 2,000 years ago and their reverberations through the ages:
Lance Salyers of Ragged Edges, celebrating his first Easter as a father (congratulations!), was moved to record his feelings on a day that means little more than brightly colored eggs and candy in today’s world. (Funny how kids will make you really think, isn’t it?) Read his post, Easter: Death of Death.
One of the problems I see in modern American Christianity is that so many churches are bloodless! They’ve bleached the gospel of the very reason Jesus came to Earth. Martin LaBar of Sun and Shield touches on the importance of Blood Sacrifices.
Dick Cleary presents his viewpoint in a well-written meditation on The Meaning of Good Friday. Breath-taking and ineffable, indeed.
Just as man is a spirit, has a soul, and inhabits a body, Douglas Bass of Belief Seeking Understanding reminds us that Jesus suffered in spirit, soul, and body for all mankind; it was God’s Solution For Man’s Problem.
Cindy Swanson of Notes in the Key of Life shares some of the personal emotions that come from considering the Resurrection after the recent death of a close family member. Friday was difficult, just as it was for those who knew Jesus 2,000 years ago; but Then Came Sunday.
Penitens, the Penitent Blogger, offers new meaning to the phrase, “can’t touch this”: A brief reflection on what Christ’?
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Well done and thanks for hosting this week.
jim
Posted on March 30th, 2005 at 7:21 am
Great job Dereck, thanks for all the hard work.
God Bless,
Mike
Posted on March 30th, 2005 at 7:48 am
Derek, you’ve done a wonderful job. And the selections this time around are uniformly excellent. This is really a fine collection of posts!
Posted on March 30th, 2005 at 8:06 am
Thank you for your kind words. It was a privilege to read through the submissions. I really need to take the time to do it every week–I learn something every time.
Posted on March 30th, 2005 at 8:35 am
Great job Derek. Blogger is down but I will add a link to this post as soon as I can. I love reading through the submissions too, it is so nice to see well thought insightful posts by Christians. Thanks!
Posted on March 30th, 2005 at 8:54 am
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Posted on March 30th, 2005 at 8:56 am
Thank you very much for hosting…it was well organized and very easy to read through.
By the way, what in the world is the Divine Council?
OK..I know..you want me to listen to the podcast..LOL.
Posted on March 30th, 2005 at 9:18 am
Great job you’ve done here Derek.
Just to clarify, though, I was being facetious when I say I “suddnely realized” I wasn’t the Proverbgial Wife. I’ve never considered myself to be even close to her, but that was my goal. I just realized the name wasn’t appropriate anymore, but I let the post tell most of the rst.
Posted on March 30th, 2005 at 10:06 am
the print is very light on my screen, so forgive the typos!
Posted on March 30th, 2005 at 10:07 am
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Posted on March 30th, 2005 at 10:33 am
Christian Carnival #63 is up at Weapon of Mass Distraction. Go take a look and give host Derek a compliment for doing such a nice job.
Posted on March 30th, 2005 at 10:48 am
Derek,
Nicely done. Since learning about this venue, I am going to make it a habit of browsing the stacks. I will also make it easier for folks to find my story by including the title in the description (newbie). Thank you for all your hard work.
Posted on March 30th, 2005 at 11:49 am
It was an honor being part of the Christian Carnival this year. I’m new to the whole Blogging thing, so I’m glad to find somthing such as this. Thanks to “Weapon of mass Distraction” for the time taken in order to put this carnival together.
So God’s Speed, and Happy Blogging everyone.
Posted on March 30th, 2005 at 12:11 pm
excellent. Good work man.
Posted on March 30th, 2005 at 12:58 pm
I just discovered the C.C. last week–thought maybe it was an annual event. How great to find it’s a weekly collection, thanks to the hosting bloggers : )
Posted on March 30th, 2005 at 1:31 pm
The link to Belief Seeking Understanding’s post doesn’t work.
Posted on March 30th, 2005 at 1:47 pm
Thank you for all your hard work, Derek! I love the way you organised it
Posted on March 31st, 2005 at 4:47 am
Oh… Fidler on the Roof’s permalink is missing.
Posted on March 31st, 2005 at 4:52 am
Everything looks great, Derek. Good job! Thanks for all the hard work.
Posted on March 31st, 2005 at 11:39 am
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Check out the Christian Carnival with lots of great posts and essays, they are featuring my Let Freedom Ring #5 this time.
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Posted on March 31st, 2005 at 5:00 pm
Pseudo-Polymath’s post is here. The link you have in there is the trackback URL.
Posted on April 1st, 2005 at 7:32 pm
Derek,
I’m sorry that you weren’t alerted to the post about grief that appeared at Lifelike Pundits.
The post describes how God supports us during times of grief.
here is the post’s URL:
http://www.lifelikepundits.com/archives/000525.php
Posted on April 1st, 2005 at 8:43 pm
Isn’t that last post not just after the dealine for the carnival but after the carnival was even posted?
Posted on April 2nd, 2005 at 11:19 am
Some links
The Christian Carnival (roundup of Christian blog posts) for this week is up. Tim Challies offers some good advice for Christians on reading. Here’s an interesting article about how the diagnosis of PVS (persistent vegetative state) can be problemati…
Posted on April 18th, 2005 at 4:56 pm