Month: January 2019

Thursday Poll #4 Should the BBC Boycott the Eurovision Song Contest?

This is the fourth Thursday poll, a new initiative started at the outset of 2019.

In today’s news, there are several “cultural figures” (although the definition for what constitutes a “cultural figure” is not given. Certainly Peter Gabriel has written some very nice songs but he should stick maybe to singing about the Salisbury novichok business and not get into international politics) are saying that the BBC should be boycotting the Eurovision song contest because it is held in Israel and that’s not very fair on the Palestinians.

Please tick all of the below statements you agree with:

Please go ahead and argue your corner in the comments below.

All the Psalms

For a change this is a Video not from my channel. et me know if it comes down or is unavailable or anything, but this video is truly remarkable.  Eleven hours long, it contains fine choirs, especially Kings College Cambridge judging by the static images accompanying, singing their way through the entire Anglican Psalter.

Beautiful. God be praised.

And here, if the above were not enough, is a wonderful presentation, voice only of 120 top Christian Hymns.

 

Huliganov’s “Starry, starry night”

Original YT playout date: 29 May 2008
Duration: 7:37

A little bit of experimentation on this as I often did, with regards to effects.
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1000 years of Bible Translation

 

The name David Morgan will be familiar to those who have read my autobiographical account of the sources for my thinking about language learning, culminating in the GoldList Method. He was my German teacher and the first one to bring home to me that languages are not taught by teachers, only ever self-taught by students and the teacher is at best a guide and coach.  This fine Christian man then went on to join the Wycliffians and translated Bible texts into the Lobala language in Congo.

In the document below you can also read his brilliant and inspiring article on 1000 years of Bible Translation, from pages 14 to 20. For those who want answers to why we live in a world of pain when there is a Creator, the earlier part of the same document has answers for you also, prepared by another Christian.

Here you are. Enjoy and read with blessing.

words for life summer 2018

O etatele Iloɓa aɓaka, Iloɓa aɓaka oka Nwaphongo, Iloɓa aɓaka Nwaphongo. O etatele aɓaka oka Nwaphongo.  Mbolo isɔ yakyelama nde nɛ, ɓo sɛɛ phe ekpele yɔnɔyɔ nde teyakyelama.  Isɔ yaakyelama nɛ ili na ɓomɔɔ, emba ɓomɔɔ phaɓaka moo nwa ɓato.  Moo mungyɛngyɛ onte ya enzɔmbi, emba enzɔmbi teikyikoka imozimya.

More Flamenco from Corral de la Pacheca (Huliganov’s Madrid Experience #5)

Original YT playout date: 29 May 2008
Duration: 17:39

Getting used to this Panasonic camera, but the sound remains not that great. Still, it is a reasonable production of the memory of that evening.
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