{"id":152,"date":"2008-11-19T13:09:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-19T13:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/bibleandculture\/2008\/11\/2008-blog-awards-for-this-blog.html"},"modified":"2008-11-19T13:09:00","modified_gmt":"2008-11-19T13:09:00","slug":"2008-blog-awards-for-this-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/bibleandculture\/2008\/11\/2008-blog-awards-for-this-blog.html","title":{"rendered":"2008 Blog Awards for This Blog!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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BW3 and Payne Stewart at Pinehurst No. 2.<\/p>\n

I am very pleased to announce that the Blogsperts that be have announced that this blog has been named one of the top five blogs having to do with the Bible and Religion, and this is based not merely on traffic, but apparently on content. I am sure that it is not based on catchy design as I have preferred to keep that very basic and simple. <\/p>\n

As we look toward Thanksgiving, I wanted to thank all the yea sayers and nay sayers who have made this blog a lively and healthy place for us all to discuss important matters related to the Bible and Christianity. <\/p>\n

A blessing on all your houses–<\/p>\n

May your turkey be plump, may your cranberry sauce be from real New England cranberry bogs, may your stuffing leave you stuffed, may your pun’kin pie be tasty, and may a good time be had by all. <\/p>\n

I leave you with a now famous prayer my father once offered at my uncle’s house in Statesville N.C. when he was asked on the spur of the moment to pray, and got a little flustered.<\/p>\n

“Dear Lord, at this thanksgiving meal we ask that you pardon this food and bless our sins in Jesus name. Amen” (P.S. My aunt who had slaved for days over the turkey and food never let him live that one down).<\/p>\n

BW3<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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