Territorial Bloggings

A Cogent Mélange of Lutheran & Pop-Culture Punditry
May 31, 2006

Freedom: “from” or “to do”?

Posted by : ghp
Filed under : theology

I’m so very thankful for faithful pastors, as well as for faithful men who are willing to take on the difficult yoke of becoming pastors. For an example of what I mean by the former, read this posting over at Bloghardt’s Reflector, which came to my attention via an example of the latter, i.e., Outer [...]


May 30, 2006

A non-church growthy way of doing church growth

Posted by : ghp
Filed under : theology

Usually the words “church” & “growth”, when linked together in a particular way, push one of my hot buttons in a big, BIG, way. Rather than subject you to the umpteenth rant of mine on the subject, I will instead point you to a wonderful post on the subject over at Hoc est verum. Der [...]


May 25, 2006

AI:5 — Soul Patrol Triumphant!

Posted by : ghp
Filed under : popmedia

Now that was a results show!
If I’ve got to wait for 2 hours to get the final results (especially when I pretty much knew them going in…), then I certainly want to be entertained & have be worth my while, y’know?
And, all things considered, it was.
It was solid, from the opening number, with a whole [...]


May 23, 2006

AI:5 - The Finale: Even beats odd

Posted by : ghp
Filed under : popmedia

So it all came down to this:

Taylor vs. Kat — Karnage at the Kodak!
The pre-fight hype was, all things considered, fairly reasonable & quite palatable, and we didn’t have to endure too much hoopla before getting to the main event. As usual for a heavyweight bout, there were scads of celebs in attendance, [...]