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Christus ist auferstanden! Er ist wahrhaft auferstanden! 2022-04-17
Der Osterhymnus aus der Liturgie der Anglikanischen Kirche 1. Korinther 5,7b, 8; Römer 6,9–11; 1 Korinther 15,20–22 (nach der EÜ2016)
Christ is risen! He is risen indeed! 2022-04-17
Christ is risen! He is risen indeed! The Easter Anthems from the Anglican Liturgy 1 Corinthians 5.7b, 8; Romans 6.9–11; 1 Corinthians 15.20–22 (ESV)
Herbert Kickls blühende Phantasie … 2022-04-11
Weil man es scheinbar nicht oft genug wiederholen kann: Die österreichische Neutralität ist ausschließlich militärischer Art: militärische Bündnisfreiheit und keine fremden militärischen Stützpunkte – that’s it. Alles, was darüber hinausgeht, entspringt der blühenden Phantasie von Herbert Kickl.
Die plötzliche moralische Entrüstung über russische Oligarchen 2022-04-07
Wie soll man das einordnen, wenn dieser “persönliche Assistent russischer Oligarchen” einfach auflegt, wenn seine Klienten ihn jammernd anrufen und diverse Wünsche äußern? Seine moralische Entrüstung in Ehren, aber wieviel von seiner Arbeitsverweigerung hat letztlich damit zu tun, daß seine Klienten aufgrund ihrer sanktionsbedingt eingefrorenen Konten sein Honorar nicht mehr zahlen können?
The Sudden Moral Outrage at Russian Oligarchs 2022-04-07
It’s hard to know what to make of the moral outrage of this “personal assistant to oligarchs” which causes him to hang up on his clients when they want to whine about the pain the sanctions cause them and come with various demands—how much of his unwillingness to do their bidding is in fact ...
Chad Bird: Die wagemutige Geduld des Weinbergbesitzers 2022-04-03
Kennst Du das Gleichnis von den bösen Weinbergpächtern? Den Pächtern, welche die Knechte, die der Besitzer des Weinbergs zu ihnen sandte, um die Pacht einzuheben, verprügelten, verspotteten und verwundeten? Die dann, als er seinen Sohn zu ihnen sandte, Pläne schmiedeten, ihn umzubringen, und diese Bluttat dann auch vollbrachten?
Backing up GMAIL with GMvault 2022-03-21
In addition to wanting a local backup of my Gmail data, Google is terminating the free edition of Google Workspace (previously Google Apps, then G Suite) this spring which means I need to migrate my family’s e-mail accounts to other providers. After some research I settled on the Python script GMVAULT.
Pastor, was hast Du Dir eigentlich dabei gedacht? 2022-03-18
Den Titel dieses Beitrags habe ich von einem Artikel von Joe McKeever in Christianity Todays ChurchLeaders Website ausgeborgt, den ich gestern gelesen habe. Er zählt eine Reihe von Fehltritten ungenannter Pastoren auf, die durchaus den realen Situationen entsprechen, von denen man in den letzten Monaten und Jahren in den Medien lesen konnte, und fragt jedesmal, ...
Pastor, What Were You Thinking? 2022-03-18
I am borrowing the title for this post from an article by Joe McKeever in Christianity Today’s ChurchLeaders website which I read yesterday. He lists a number of missteps by unidentified pastors which reflect well publicized real-life events of recent months and years, and which resulted in an end to the ministry, career, and often ...
Consecration to the “Immaculate Heart of Mary”? 2022-03-16
The Catholic News Agency reports that on March 25 Pope Francis will consecrate the Ukraine and Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, and in another article explains what exactly this means. As an Evangelical open to reconciliation with other Christian traditions this saddens me.

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Hinweise für das Vorlesen der Heiligen Schrift im Gottesdienst 2016-01-18
Dieser Artikel hat mir sehr gut gefallen und wichtige Hinweise für die öffentliche Schriftlesung geboten. Damit auch andere davon profitieren können, habe ich ihn mit Erlaubnis des Autors übersetzt. Wolf Hinweise für das Vorlesen der Heiligen Schrift im Gottesdienst von Russell E. Saltzman Nur weil ich gerade daran denke: hier sind einige Hinweise für Lektoren, die irgendwie das falsche ...

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Some thoughts on Covid-19 2022-01-16
We’re at the beginning of the third year of the global Covid-19 pandemic, and the widely differing opinons on the pandemic, and on the various measures taken by governments and businesses to deal with it increasingly divide society, affecting families, churches, workplaces, and of course politics. Here are some of my thoughts on the subject.
Justice … 2021-12-04
A friend of mine, Karin Laser Ristau, who lives and works in a long-term care facility in Canada, recently posted Amos 5:24 on Facebook, and in response to a question, “What is our part in this?”, Dr. Jerry Shepherd, Professor of Old Testament at Taylor College and Seminary in Alberta, Canada, posted a comment.
Hermit: A Web App Wrapper for Android 2021-09-25
One feature I really like about the Chromium-based Browsers (Google Chrome, Chromium/Iron, Microsoft Edge, Brave; haven’t found it in Opera) is the possibility to save a website as a shortcut. All four of these browses save these shortcuts in a folder in the “All Programs” menu (“Brave Apps”, “Chrome Apps”, “Chromium Apps”, from where they ...
My view of Judaism has changed 2021-09-21
I have just re-read four novels by American Jewish author Chaim Potok: “The Chosen” and “The Promise”, as well as “My Name is Asher Lev” and “The Gift of Asher Lev”. In the course of the past few years I also have read other, non-fiction, books and articles about Jews and Judaism, and the more I ...
The Taliban and “Christian Fundamentalists” 2021-09-04
The secular press frequently draws comparisons between conservative Christians and radical Islamists such as the Taliban. One of their favorite words in this context is ‘fundamentalism”. This is not surprising. It is surprising, however, and quite distressing, when Christians participate in this sport.
Allister Heath on the Fall of the American Empire 2021-08-21
Allister Heath of the British Telegraph newspapers has recently published two compelling – to me, anyway – commentaries in the Daily Telegraph, one on Aug. 4 on the American “woke” crisis, and one on Aug 18 drawing conclusions from the chaotic fall of Afghanistan. Here are a few excerpts which summarize his main points.
Two Vienna Churches: Stadtlicht and New City Wien 2021-07-23
The churches “Stadtlicht – Freikirche Margareten” and “New City Wien” are now sharing a venue in Vienna’s Fifth District, Margareten. These churches have both had an impact on the city of Vienna, and my prayer for them is that together they will be an even brighter light, and be better able to seek the welfare ...
Twelve Good Rules 2021-07-17
These “Twelve Rules” from a Presbyterian church manual of 1838 are, of course, not specifically Presbyterian or Reformed, but would contribute to peace and harmony in all churches, parishes, and communities, regardless of denomination.
Alyssa and her family need our help 2021-07-07
Alyssa is in a minimally conscious state, unable to walk, talk, care for herself or feed herself. At 46, the once vibrant caring wife, mother, daughter, sister, and friend to many, a talented singer, has been silenced.
Lived Experience Trumps Open Debate – Should It? 2021-05-20
In an opinion column in today’s Daily Telegraph “spiked” columnist Ella Whelan comments on “The Twitter mauling of Joe Rogan” in the wake of the US comedian and podcast host suggesting that «the trajectory of “woke” culture is such that eventually “straight, white men won’t be able to talk”».

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Hier werde ich, nach Maßgabe der verfügbaren Zeit, meine Facebook-Beiträge sammeln, damit sie leichter zugänglich sind.
Here I will collect, as time allows, my Facebook posts, to have them more accessible.

Feindliche Übernahme: Mein Facebook-Konto wurde von Hackern geklaut! 2024-06-12
Mein Facebook-Konto wurde Opfer einer feindlichen Übernahme — es wurde von Hackern geklaut! Was habe ich daraus gelernt?
Hostile Take-Over! My old FB account is now in enemy hands … 2024-06-12
My old FB account fell victim to a hostile take-over and is now in enemy hands . What did I learn from this?
Wolfabschuß in Kärnten 2023-06-02
Bin ich froh, daß ich nicht in Kärnten wohn’ — ich halt’ mich nämlich auch unmittelbar neben, und sogar in, von Menschen genutzten Gebäuden auf …
Social Engineering in Fernsehserien 2023-06-02
Ich kann gut verstehen, daß viele Christen ein Problem haben mit den heutigen Fernsehangeboten. Ich hab mich hier ja schon öfters auf die deutschen Fernsehserien bezogen, die ich an sich recht interessant finde. Mir ist schon öfter aufgefallen, daß diese Serien “social engineering” betreiben, und zwar im Sinne einer progressiven Sexualmoral (oder -unmoral): Homosexualität ist o.k., ...
Lies vs Bullshit 2023-06-02
In 2016, during the pesidential contest between Hilary Clinton and Donald Trump, in which both candidates were caught making untrue statements, I characterized the difference between them as follows: When Clinton tells untruths she knows what the truth is and is consciously saying something else — just like most of us when we lie. Trump, on the ...
On the subject of ChatGPT 2023-05-31
“Language models are trained to predict the next word,” said Yilun Du, a researcher at MIT who was previously a research fellow at OpenAI, and one of the paper’s authors. “They are not trained to tell people they don’t know what they’re doing.” The result is bots that act like precocious people-pleasers, making up answers ...
Mentalitätsunterschiede? 2023-05-29
“24h Polizei im Einsatz”, eine aktuelle Serie auf puls24 TV die Grazer Polizisten auf ihren Einsätzen begleitet, ist genauso interessant, wie die deutschen Serien “Auf Streife” und “Ruhrpottwache” — aber auf ganz andere Weise. Teilweise liegt das sicher am Ansatz (die Deutschen stellen Einsätze mit teilweise tatsächlichen Polizisten und anderen Ersthelfern nach, die Grazer begleiten ...
USA: Problems with super long trains 2023-05-28
When we were living in Plano, TX in 1984-1989 trains would regularly cut the town in half; as soon as the sound of a train whistle was heard, cars started racing along Avenue K to get to a crossing before the train blocked all crossings for half an hour. And this was not rural Texas, ...
Russell Moore on Tim Keller, and other stuff. 2023-05-25
Russell Moore is editor of Christianity Today. This is his weekly newsletter. Link to sign up to it is at the bottom. Moore to the Point
Salzburger Katastrophen-Koalition 2023-05-24
Wie man hört plant Wilhelm Haslauer in Salzburg eine Koalition mit der FPÖ — wohl ein Vorbote dessen, was uns im Fall einer Doskozil-SPÖ auf Bundesebene bevorsteht. Man sieht daß, wenn es um Machterhalt geht, Schwarze (bzw Türkise) und Rote ziemlich gleich agieren und nicht den gebührenden Abstand zur ausländerfeindlichen Kickl-Partie halten.

Hier gibt es gelegentlich eher technisch orientierte Beiträge, vor allem auf Englisch, da dies meine „Technik-Sprache“ ist.
Here I will post the occasional technical note, mostly in English since that is the language I mostly work in.

Proxmox on a Raspberry Pi 5 2024-06-24
I am starting a project to install Proxmox on a Raspberry Pi 5.
Through Theology In One Year 2024-06-24
I am just starting to watch a video podcast series called “Through Theology In One Year”, and found a way to reverse the playlist to watch the episodes in the correct order.
Hostile Take-Over! My old FB account is now in enemy hands … 2024-06-12
My old FB account fell victim to a hostile take-over and is now in enemy hands . What did I learn from this?
Upgrade Windows 11 Home to Pro using an OEM key 2023-10-18
Using an OEM key to upgrade Windows Home to Pro is not as straightforward as using a Retail key, but it can be done, and at least in Europe is perfectly legal.
Forgetting Backups can be Disastrous 2023-10-16
With hard disks / SSDs now frequently soldered to the mainboard you can’t take them with you when your computer breaks. All the more important is is to consider and implement some sort of backup.
Linux Mint Mate: Menu Scripting 2023-07-07
I have been playing around with the Mate menus.
Google Translate has become almost usable 2023-05-19
I am really impressed with the progress Google Translate has made. After a disppointing experiment a few years ago, yesterday it produced a passable translation of a theological article.
Google Translate ist ziemlich brauchbar geworden 2023-05-19
Ich bin schwer beeindruckt von den Fortschritten, die Google Translate gemacht hat. Nach einem enttäuschenden Versuch vor ein paar Jahren habe ich gestern eine ziemlich brauchbare Übersetzung erhalten.
Is Artificial Superintelligence Dangerous? 2022-09-04
Yes, Artificial Superintelligence is dangerous but not just because of the risk of accidents but because it will inevitably be abused by malevolent actors. We should be on our guard but not despair, because Christ’s ultimate victory is assured.
Backing up GMAIL with GMvault 2022-03-21
In addition to wanting a local backup of my Gmail data, Google is terminating the free edition of Google Workspace (previously Google Apps, then G Suite) this spring which means I need to migrate my family’s e-mail accounts to other providers. After some research I settled on the Python script GMVAULT.