Burgs in a New Land, and other links

The posting of links does not constitute an endorsement of the sites linked, and not necessarily even agreement with the specific posts linked.

• Burgs in a New Land -- “175 years ago, a wave of German immigrants transformed the Texas Hill Country.”
• Covid-19 Likely in U.S. in Mid-December 2019, CDC Scientists Report -- “The findings significantly strengthen evidence suggesting the virus was spreading around the world well before public health authorities and researchers became aware...”
• ERLC declares in federal court that ‘hierarchy’ governs SBC churches -- “ERLC joined in the Amicus Curiae with the Thomas More Society...The ERLC Amicus Curiae states specifically, ‘The primary, leading convention, or group, is the Southern Baptist Convention, which is the Southern Baptist governing body over all the various groups of churches...’”
• Full Time Ministers --“Most pastors will be bi-vocational and thus in a position of giving monetarily to the church, rather than receiving from it.”
• Ghost Town Hangout -- “Terlingua’s Starlight Theatre draws a crowd.”
• How transactional faith led evangelicals to embrace transactional politics -- “Small wonder, then, that some evangelicals just adapted this transactional model of faith to politics: We’ll give you votes if you’ll do what we want. That’s a shrewd enough business proposition.”
• LA Mayor bans walking outside -- “Remember the hit song from the ‘80s by the band Missing Persons that went, ‘Nobody walks in L.A.’? Who would’ve guessed that in 2020, that would be mandatory?”
• Mt. Zion Primitive Baptist, Thomas County, Org. 1845 -- “...the architecture and design of these Wiregrass Primitive churches are representative of this all pervasive, conservative approach to life and religion.”
• Siloam Baptist, Greene County, Org. 1828 -- “Siloam Baptist Church was originally organized as Smyrna Baptist and was constituted in December of 1828.”
• Sweet Memories -- “Visits to panaderías for pan dulce create cherished family bonds in Mexican American culture.”
• The Current Fad of Male Bashing -- “We will not have happy work places, contented homes, and fruitful congregations until men and women learn to respect one another.”
• Three Species of “Extinct” Frogs Rediscovered -- “The three animals that have been rediscovered so far include a Mexican salamander not seen since it was discovered in 1941, the Mount Nimba Reed Frog missing since 1967, and the Omaniundu Reed Frog lost since 1979.”