Territorial Bloggings

A Cogent Mélange of Lutheran & Pop-Culture Punditry
May 21, 2006

Searching for hits & readers

Posted by : ghp
Filed under : blogging

For some odd reason, in the past two days the number of hits this blog has taken has just exploded — just under 500 referral hits from Yahoo Search. Why, you ask? Well, I wondered that myself. It seems that for the search phrase “kellie pickler prom dress” one of my postings comes up as [...]


May 20, 2006

Searching high and low (church) for the liturgy

Posted by : ghp
Filed under : theology

Over at Gottesblog, Fr. Eckardt has posted a wonderful essay in which he engages & re-examines the appropriate usage of the terms “high-church” and “low-church” — High Church or No Church?
I think he’s on to something, with his contention that the liturgy (and how it’s treated) is now the key ground upon which the battle [...]


May 18, 2006

AI:5 - Razor thin

Posted by : ghp
Filed under : popmedia

Three became two, and by the thinnest of razor-thin margins, Elliot was sent home.
Of 50+ million votes cast, this was the breakdown:

Taylor: 33.68%
Kat: 33.26%
Elliot: 33.06%

That’s pretty darned close, eh?
And so, the denizens of the Yamination (aka Yaminiacs) darned near exploded in rage. They didn’t like seeing the E-Train derailed [...]


May 17, 2006

AI:5 - Three times three

Posted by : ghp
Filed under : popmedia

I stand by my earlier prediction.
Taylor Hicks will be the next American Idol — as it should be. He owned the stage last night, knocking all three songs out of the park.
Kat did outperform Elliot (although his fans will never admit it…); however, it’s still quite likely that she won’t be rewarded for it. The [...]