Gottesblog

Some of the editors of Gottesdienst are getting rather old. Many even have gray hair and have paid $19.95 for those phones with really big buttons. Some even have grandchildren. Well, some of these were complaining that it was becoming difficult for them to read the white type on black background of this blog. So while changing things around for the elderly editors, we of course needed a new color scheme. And what else could we use but a classic, conservative royal blue?

People have a natural love for pageantry, gallant gestures, parades, singing, and, if you will let an oxymoron stand, generally making fools of themselves in dignified ways. In our overly Protestant culture all of these natural urges are strictly forbidden in the realm of religion and end up in sports (Fr. Beane's analysis about football a while back was spot on).