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O.K…they’re not really new sites but they are fairly new to me…in any case…

…I thought I would highlight a couple recent additions to my blogroll and my favorite website section on the right side panel of this blog.

First my blog roll:
(1) Angry Lutherans is an interesting site I came across through a new website I will mention in a bit. It is worth your time to check out.

(2) Augsburg Fortress: One Mission Blog obviously is the blog for Augsburg Fortress. This is a great way to read about new publications coming out or things going on in connection with Augsburg Fortress.

Favorite websites:
(1) Lutheran Central is a website I stumbled upon through someone else. It is a site that has a bunch of Lutheran information, resources and links. They are currently updating some links but what they do have is neat. My blog is also featured on Lutheran Central (hence part of my motivation to return the favor here).

(2) Working Preacher is a great sermon prep resource. Each week there is an in depth write up about each of the lectionary texts. There are also various other preaching resources and even a discussion board to chat about the upcoming texts. I have found this sight to be very helpful in my sermon prep during the week. Even if you are not writing a sermon you can still find some helpful insights into scripture.

I hope you find these useful/interesting.

God bless.

-edh-

P.S. It is VBS week here so hence my relative lack of posting anything recently. I am checking back to see if any comments need to be responded to though. Hopefully I will have a “meatier” post coming up soon about the Sunday texts and maybe even some thoughts/highlights from VBS. So I will catch ya later.

Diane over at Faith in Community has given me an award for having an artistic blog. Even though I do not consider myself artistic, I am humbled and honored to receive such an award from a blogger that I highly respect. But with this honor comes responsibilities. So…below are the said responsibilities.

The rules:
(1) Pick five blogs that you believe deserve this award for their creativity, design, interesting material, and also for contributing to the blogging community, no matter what language.
(2) Each award has to have the name of the author and also a link to his or her blog to be visited by everyone.
(3) Each award winner has to show the award and put the name and link to the blog that has given him or her the award itself.
(4) Award-winner and the one who has given the prize have to show the link of Arte Y Pico blog, so everyone will know the origin of this award which is here: Arte Y Pico

With that here are people/blogs I am giving this award to:

(1) Here I Stand — The banner at the top of David’s page is one of my favorite ones. I think it says a lot about the theology you will find. You will also find very thought and theologically sound content.

(2) The Lutheran Zephyr — Chris gets this award because his content never fails to make me think and reflect. I also enjoy his straight forward-ness and his feisty-ness.

(3) Real Live Preacher — Gordon has been blogging for a long time and has a book (RealLivePreacher.com) out with some of his more popular posts. His design and graphics are really fun and his writing style has been a source of inspiration for me.

(4) Faith in Community — I received this award from Diane, but I just have to include her in my awards list. She has such a variety of content from sermons to poetry to theological ponderings to photos of her dog. Always a lot of fun to check in.

(5) Freedom — Joe’s blog is another one that has a really fun banner at the top and a design that is really appealing. He is also very open about his seminary journey and it has been fun to follow.

Well…there you go. If you haven’t checked these blogs out yet, make sure you stop by and say “Hi”. You won’t be disappointed.

-edh-