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Journal Article: “The Dordrecht Synod at 400: A Guide for the Church in Times of Crysis”

Posted on 2/12/2020 by Eduardo / 0 Comment

The end of the year is nearing, and if it was hectic before, now we are reaching “core meltdown” status. However, in moments of rare respite within this rac...

blogs/General/On Translation

Making this blog bilingual…?

Posted on 25/09/2020 by Eduardo / 2 Comments

As you might know, I’m a native Spanish speaker, and this is an English-language blog. It has served me well for over 15 years and counting, and still doe...

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A Mystery and Then, a Frantic Search

Posted on 24/03/2019 by Eduardo / 2 Comments

I finished writing my previous post and dutifully clicked the big, yellow “Publish” button. I then clicked on the “View Post” link, wish...

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Back to School

Posted on 24/03/2019 by Eduardo / 1 Comment

March came by and with it, the beginning of a new school year. Semester at the Presbyterian Seminary began with a three-day retreat where we could reflect on &#...

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Back from Rio

Posted on 3/02/2019 by Eduardo / 0 Comment

This Friday we arrived safely and sound to Asunción after a small trip to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Rio is a beautiful city indeed.

blogs/General

Off to Rio

Posted on 23/01/2019 by Eduardo / 0 Comment

I’m off to Rio de Janeiro with my wife for a much needed vacation. I plan to return, God willing, after a week. Stay tuned!

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Oh well….

Posted on 4/01/2019 by Eduardo / 2 Comments

Remember that in a previous post I had said, “It’s nice not to have a translation deadline breathing on my neck”…? Famous last words. Al...

blogs/General

New year, projects new and old

Posted on 2/01/2019 by Eduardo / 1 Comment

We had a nice New Year celebration with my in-laws and then a much needed day of rest.

blogs/computers/General

One case where Twitter is awful

Posted on 26/12/2018 by Eduardo / 0 Comment

This article in The Atlantic definitely struck a chord here. This morning I was checking Twitter and I found in my timeline a gross, gruesome image. I won’...

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Merry Christmas!

Posted on 24/12/2018 by Eduardo / 0 Comment

Merry Christmas! I hope you can have a great Christmas Eve with your loved ones, a time full of joy and praise for the wonderful gift of a God who dwelt among u...

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Long time no see

Posted on 7/12/2018 by Eduardo / 0 Comment

Hi there! This year my blogging fell behind. I know it’s disappointing but my life grew increasingly busy. For the first time, I began teaching theology, ...

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Protected: Dogma, dogmática y teología (cont.)

Posted on 21/10/2018 by Eduardo

There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.

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Protected: Dogma, dogmática y teología

Posted on 21/10/2018 by Eduardo

There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.

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Protected: Terminología

Posted on 21/10/2018 by Eduardo

There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.

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Switching to Firefox Quantum

Posted on 29/03/2018 by Eduardo / 0 Comment

The folks at Mozilla recently released Firefox 57, which is in fact a totally new engine and interface, known as Firefox Quantum. When Slackware-current pushed ...

blogs/faith/General

A Useless Polemic

Posted on 6/02/2017 by Eduardo / 0 Comment

Lucía Caram sparks anger in Spain after appearing to contradict Catholic teaching on perpetual virginity of mother of Jesus Source: Nun receives death threats ...

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Review: Operation Thunderbolt: Flight 139 and the Raid on Entebbe Airport, the Most Audacious Hostage Rescue Mission in History

Posted on 12/09/2016 by Eduardo / 0 Comment

Operation Thunderbolt: Flight 139 and the Raid on Entebbe Airport, the Most Audacious Hostage Rescue Mission in History by Saul David My rating: 5 of 5 stars I ...

computers/General

Experimenting with the MATE desktop

Posted on 31/08/2016 by Eduardo / 0 Comment

Some bug bite me and, as a result, I did the unthinkable. 😉 In fact, you might know that I have been a GNU/Linux user since 2000 (fully migrated since 2002). ...

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Article on Borges and the Protestant Bible (In Spanish)

Posted on 3/07/2016 by Eduardo / 0 Comment

Today an article I wrote about the influence of the Protestant Bible on Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges was published (in Spanish) at the Paraguayan newspape...

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Y Combinator’s Xerox Alto: restoring the legendary 1970s GUI computer | Ars Technica

Posted on 28/06/2016 by Eduardo / 0 Comment

Steve Jobs famously saw one and was inspired to create the Lisa, then the Mac. Source: Y Combinator’s Xerox Alto: restoring the legendary 1970s GUI computer |...

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New Theme Version

Posted on 13/06/2016 by Eduardo / 0 Comment

For some time ago I’ve been using the gorgeous Graphy theme. Themegraphy, the theme creators, now released version 2.0, and therefore I upgraded. If I c...

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Senseless Killing

Posted on 12/06/2016 by Eduardo / 0 Comment

Today, the news reported that this early morning there was the worst shooting in U.S. history. Really; the NPR coverage I linked is sobering. At least 50 peopl...

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Dare to be different!

Posted on 5/01/2016 by Eduardo / 4 Comments

I found this inflorescence at Mom’s garden and immediately struck me because of the odd flower there. Seemed to me like a living illustration of the truth...

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Happy New Year!

Posted on 31/12/2015 by Eduardo / 2 Comments

I hope you all have a very blessed start of the year of our Lord 2016. Again, my hope is that you may be able to celebrate with joy and surrounded of the affect...

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Treacherous SiteMeter

Posted on 29/12/2015 by Eduardo / 2 Comments

Yesterday, while I was adding the previous update, I noticed something funny. Like many other Web surfers, I have an ad blocker installed. Well, while updating ...

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Happy Birthday Linus!

Posted on 28/12/2015 by Eduardo / 0 Comment

On this day in 1969 in Helsinki, Linus Torvalds was born! Please join us in wishing him a very happy birthday. pic.twitter.com/d0Wyc2zRZV — The Linux Foun...

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This is the last post you will ever need to read on why they don’t sing in church anymore.

Posted on 27/12/2015 by Eduardo / 0 Comment

This is a great commentary on the sad state of congregational church worship. While I think it doesn’t cover all the causes, what this guy says is spot-on...

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Happy Thanksgiving!

Posted on 26/11/2015 by Eduardo / 0 Comment

Today, the U.S. celebrates Thanksgiving Day. I think this is a custom I wouldn’t mind to import here in Paraguay. 😉 Have a great day with your loved ones,...

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Useless Facts about Paraguay

Posted on 28/08/2015 by Eduardo / 0 Comment

I saw this in the Facebook wall of a classmate. While not 100% exact, it is true and, I trust, an interesting read: 7 Absolutely Useless Facts About Paraguay En...

faith/General

Ed Hurst on Total Depravity

Posted on 3/10/2014 by Eduardo / 0 Comment

Some thoughtful words from my namesake Ed Hurst: The Fall is within us. It afflicts Creation because we don’t understand it and all our actions and though...

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