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POPSYard Sale Crusades Treasure more: "It's not the money that matters to me, it's the absolute buzz of doing the research and meeting wonderful people who are so knowledgeable about their subject." He spotted the piece at a car boot sale in Otley, West Yorks, where it is believed to have ended up following a house clearance somewhere in North Yorkshire. If its origins are verified, the unusual item is expected to go under the hammer at Christie's in December.
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POPSConsolations in a Dark Age
"But then there's the web. For 99 cents you can get a world-class performance of Mozart's Ave Verum Corpus. Or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir singing the Battle Hymn of the Republic. Or a Shakespeare Sonnet beautifully recited by a great actor. Or Jan Peerce singing the Jewish cantorial liturgy. On YouTube you don't even need 99 pennies. You can get Borodin's elegiac String Quartet No. 2, the slow movement. Or Beethoven's 9th, the famous Choral Movement, performed by the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. The Sistine Chapel on Wikipedia; and with a few more finger strokes we can find out what the French Renaissance composer Josquin learned in the Sistine Chapel in 1494. Who says Western Civ is dead? This is absolutely unprecedented. Today more of us can more easily access the best of 20 centuries of Western Civilization -- the real thing, not the college course -- than ever before. And people are doing it all over the world -- as well as the usual dreck that passes for pop music thes
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POPSMr Eternity - Arthur Stace One person can make a difference, but sometimes it can take an 'Eternity'. Arthur Stace the man who wrote 'Eternity' over 500,000 times on the streets of Sydney said, before he began to write eternity, he could hardly spell it, or write his name. he was never able to write any other word in copperplate script.
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POPSGimme That Ole Time Religion I wonder if anyone else would have been extended the courtesy of finishing their work before being arrested for murder, rape, sodomy, sexual abuse and incest? But then again, according to sources, he was a "bulls-eye prophet". Whatever that means.
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POPSMorman Christians An article that does a decent job of illustrating the differences between the Mormon faith, and Orthodox Christianity
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POPSGod Of Wonders "The universe declares Your majesty... Lord of heaven and earth" Lord Of all creation Of water, earth, and sky The heavens are Your tabernacle Glory to the Lord on high God of wonder beyond our galaxy You are holy, holy The universe declares Your majesty You are holy, holy Lord of heaven and earth Lord of heaven and earth Early in the morning I will celebrate the light When I stumble in the darkness I will call Your name by night God of wonder beyond our galaxy You are holy, holy The universe declares Your majesty You are holy, holy Lord of heaven and earth Lord of heaven and earth Hallelujah to the Lord of heaven and earth Hallelujah to the Lord of heaven and earth Hallelujah to the Lord of heaven and earth God of wonder beyond our galaxy You are holy, holy Precious Lord reveal Your heart to me Father holy, holy The universe declares Your majesty You are holy, holy Hallelujah to the Lord of heaven and earth Hallelujah to the Lord of heaven
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POPSPsalm 27 21 months in Iraq--I don't know about you, but for me, there are days that I need the God's reassurance. Today is one of those days.