In consolidating a lot of my stat tracking and such, I have routed my blog's RSS feed through FeedBurner. If you're reading the old RSS feed, you'll need to switch to the new feed (which you can get if you go to the blog's home page and click the "RSS Subscribe" button near the top of the left-hand column).
I added the Vatican to my friends list... we'll see if the Vatican responds! Today there were multiple releases from the Vatican concerning use of the 'new media' in evangelization. It seems to me the Church, as always, is slow to adopt new technologies, but slow for good reason—she always chooses the best!
YouTube's not the best medium because they offer the greatest quality or best services—far from it! But they do offer great community features, and one of the best ways of getting your multimedia content 'out there' on the web. We shall see if the Vatican uses the new channel to good effect!
A couple days ago I was browsing the web viewing some coverage of the Inauguration of President Obama, when I noticed an amazing satellite photo from GeoEye (supposedly the company behind Google's latest Earth-imaging conquests):
From February 25 - April 5, 2009, St. Louis will join in with many other communities across the country participating in the 40 Days for Life pro-life effort, involving prayer, fasting, vigils, and community outreach. If you visit the 40 Days for Life St. Louis website, you can subscribe to their latest news updates, find out how to get involved, and contact the directors of the St. Louis group.
I will be helping in what small ways I can (mostly through prayer!), and I hope that we can strengthen our resolve to pray for a change in the minds and hearts of those who believe abortion to be a societal good, and morally neutral issue.
Please pray tonight and tomorrow morning for all those who have made the journey to Washington, D.C. and will be standing in the ~35°F weather. (I'm not going this year, but I will probably be going next year, since I don't think government-supported abortion will be ended within the next four years—but I still hope and pray that this will be so!).
