Switching servers

I’ve moved the blog to a new server, please update your bookmarks or your rss feed.
New URL: http://blog.scottsealy.com/
RSS: http://blog.scottsealy.com/?feed=rss2
I’ll keep this site up for awhile but won’t be updating it.
Thanks.

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Patristic Quotes on the Cross

Through a tree we were made debtors to God; so through a tree we have our debt canceled.

-Irenaeus
By the cross we know the gravity of sin and the greatness of God’s love towards us.

-John Chrysostom
He hath subjected all powers, He hath subjugated kings, not with the pride of soldiery, but by the ignominy of the [...]

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Keeping up appearances

There’s a story in USA Today about a Episcopal priest who stole from his church to fund his obsession with his appearance (botox and plastic surgery) while living in filth at home.
Sounds like a parable about the state of the church today — botox on the outside, empty liquor bottles and dog mess on the [...]

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Brother Cesare Bonizzi

Here’s an interesting video of Cesare Bonizzi, a capuchin monk and singer.

I found it on Kim Ridderlbarger’s blog.

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Somali Pirates, and now this…

Two arrested for cattle rustling

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Article on Alabama

Here’s a nice article on my home state:
It’s true: Even the Birmingham airport smells like barbecue. And it’s true that there is no better football than November’s Auburn-Alabama game, a.k.a. the Iron Bowl.

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Baptism Service Gone Horribly Wrong

Here’s a story of a tragic baptism service in South Africa.
Four people drowned on Sunday morning during two separate church baptism ceremonies in Eldorado Park in Johannesburg and Bloemfontein in the Free State, police said.

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Protestants more loyal to toothpaste brand than church

USA Today article
Some Americans are more loyal to their toothpaste or toilet paper than to their religious denomination, making those consumers more choosy about Charmin or Colgate than they are about church, according to a new survey.

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Media and the Message: Part 2

I don’t mean for this to turn into a series, but this article showing that most people don’t actually read web content was in my Google reader this morning.
(Link now corrected, thanks John!)

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Media and the Message

I was reading a series discussing the effects of the internet on the way we read and think.  (Here’s a good place to start if you’re interested.)
I found it interesting for several reasons, primarily because I’ve noticed the profound effect my writing tool has on my own work.  I’ve been paying more attention to my [...]

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