Territorial Bloggings

A Cogent Mélange of Lutheran & Pop-Culture Punditry
April 23, 2007

Indeed, that is a good question

Posted by : ghp
Filed under : zeitgeist

Army Sgt. Jim Wilt asks an interesting question: Why lower American flags for the VA Tech students, but not for American troops killed in action?
A general-type writeup on the whole issue raised by Sgt. Wilt can be found here.
It’s a fascinating issue, the whole VA Tech shooting, and one of particular interest & impact [...]


January 16, 2005

A Late Thought on Disasters

Posted by : ghp
Filed under : theology

I know that much has been written of late about great disasters, and how some folks have been seemingly driven to try and answer the question of how/why (a) God could “let” this happen. I’ve weighed in on that particular silly question, but I’ve come across an interesting text & commentary that I think helps [...]


December 31, 2004

A Drop of Thought Amid the Deluge

Posted by : ghp
Filed under : theology

Props to Theresa over at Kiihnworld for taking the time out of the moving of her household to post a very thought-provoking entry regarding the tsunami disaster in SE Asia.
EDIT @ 04Dec31 5:59pm: Rob, over at Beggars All, has also made a very insightful post, with great references. Highly recommended!
More specifically, I really liked the [...]