As a contrast to the last post, these are the two most important political moments of the post-war period. Firstly, the Christmas 1945 address by the People’s Party Chancellor, Figl. The translation is as follows: Christmas 1945. The Second World …

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In the piece below on Protestants and spirituality, Iconoclast brought up the example of chants and similar music evoking in themselves an engagement with God. I thought I’d share with us all the piece all that he had found particularly …

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…GO!!! Following a Gerry Anderson moment at last night’s musical rehearsal for the upcoming Contemporary Christmas Service (check out the trailer) I just had to resurrect this glorious video. Frankly, any song that contains the lyrics: It always looks so …

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