The Seventh Day: Sixth Edition

On the sev­enth day God had fin­ished his work of cre­ation, so he rested from all his work. And God blessed the sev­enth day and declared it holy, because it was the day when he rested from all his work of creation.

Gen­e­sis 2:2–3

The Sev­enth Day is a weekly blog car­ni­val designed to pro­vide blog­gers an oppor­tu­nity to show­case their best work and read­ers a chance to get acquainted with some new sites and authors!

Wel­come to the Sixth Edi­tion of the Car­ni­val, fea­tur­ing a truly eclec­tic col­lec­tion of posts from an amaz­ing group of tal­ented writers!

Blog­ging

Pearl shares Don’t Let Some­one Else Claim Your Blog from Inter­est­ing Obser­va­tions, pro­vid­ing invalu­able infor­ma­tion that every blog­ger needs to know in order to avoid becom­ing a vic­tim of mali­cious behavior.

James D. Brausch shares Make A Wish and Noth­ing Hap­pens from Inter­net Busi­ness Blog. “[A] dream with no action is a wasted thought.”

Spir­i­tu­al­ity / Faith

Shawn shares What David Knew: Made by God from Peace in the Storm. This entry is part of a six-part series based upon Psalm 139:13–18 “writ­ten to affirm the worth of each indi­vid­ual, thanks to God’s lov­ing involve­ment in our creation.”

Alan Giel­czyk shares Bap­tism Part 1 from The Truth IN Con­text. Alan kicks off a series of posts focused upon the infant vs. adult bap­tism debate, but sets the stage with this pro­viso: “Bap­tism is to be done in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.” Stop by and give Alan an “Amen!”

Sunny shares The secret to a com­pletely ful­filled life from Dan­de­lions and Day­dreams. “Love God. Love your Neigh­bor. Love your­self. Can it really be that sim­ple?” she asks.

Stu­art shares Not-so-manly men from Con­nected Chris­tian­ity, ask­ing “What’s adult­hood all about? What does it mean to be a mature adult Chris­t­ian man or woman? Why are guys so imma­ture?” Are they? What do you think?

Cindy shares Do you have a Limp? from Super­nat­ural Chris­t­ian. Cindy writes with a straight-forward, opin­ion­ated, but refresh­ing voice. In this post, she says God told her, “Do not shoot your­self in the leg with the things of this earth. Your walk will become a limp. Be whole and receive my word.” She explains her phi­los­o­phy about this revelation.

Fish­Hawk shares Bitter/Sweets: Polit­i­cal Cor­rect­ness from As the Crack­er­head Crum­bles. In this elec­tion year, he cau­tions that “it is not just over the realm of reli­gion that false prophets seek to reign.”

Music / Cul­ture / Crafts

Mar­i­lyn Ter­rell shares Belizean Musi­cian Andy Pala­cio: A Remem­brance from Intel­li­gent Travel. Suzanne Hack­ett had a chance to meet world music artist Andy Pala­cio when he returned to his home­town in Belize after a whirl­wind inter­na­tional tour. In this video­taped inter­view, he dis­cussed Gar­i­funa music and its impor­tance to the Gar­i­funa peo­ple of Belize.

Gat­tina shares Bel­gian Prison Break from Writer’s Cramps, a “truth is stranger than fic­tion” story that will amaze you.

Michelle shares Vial Vases from Scrib­bet — Moth­er­hood in Alaska. If you haven’t met Michelle, it is time that you did! She is an extremely tal­ented blog­ger, offer­ing “recipes, reviews, crafts and give­aways mixed with sto­ries of life in the Last Fron­tier.” Wait until you see the inge­nious craft idea she shares with us!

Rela­tion­ships / Self-Improvement

Sandy Carl­son shares Crit­i­cism: You can’t Touch This from Writ­ing in Faith. Sandy is a teacher and extremely tal­ented writer. She shares insights about the value and process of pro­vid­ing eval­u­a­tive feed­back, not­ing that “[c]onstructive crit­i­cism is about the lift­ing up of virtue, of help­ing to strengthen a per­son involved in a cre­ative endeavor.”

JHS shares What’s in Your Closet? from Col­lo­quium. Her mother — prob­a­bly unknow­ingly — left behind a scrap­book in a closet in her par­ents’ home that revealed much. What items are lurk­ing in your clos­ets? JHS chal­lenges read­ers to pon­der what those items might reveal about them­selves and their relationships.

Shamelle shares If You Want To Be Under­stood … from Enhance Life. She explains: “Peo­ple go to extreme lengths in order to be under­stood. In my opin­ion, there is one main fac­tor that deter­mines whether we suc­ceed. Are you aware of it?”

Fit­Buff shares What Women Look for in Men from Total Mind and Body Fit­ness Blog. With lines like “the fairer sex isn’t quite as shal­low as us guys,” I don’t know if this guy is actu­ally get­ting any dates, but his posts are always amus­ing, at least. I give him credit for includ­ing items 3 through 5 on this list, even though I don’t rec­om­mend using a title like “Call me Daddy” if you want women to take you seriously.

Busi­ness / Careers / Keys to Success

GP presents The Sweet Smell of Suc­cess from Inn­side Mon­tana — Your Home at the Range. “We’re all look­ing to suc­ceed, in our own indi­vid­ual ways, and we’re all look­ing for nuggets of wis­dom to pave the way.” You will find some in this insight­ful post.

Allyn Paul shares What your e-mail address tells me about you on a job appli­ca­tion from Life and Lawns. Allyn’s blog is gen­uinely unique and this post is one you def­i­nitely do not want to miss!

Dot­Lobby shares What is a Reces­sion? 4 Signs and Symp­toms from Dot­Make­Money, offer­ing an inci­sive look at the econ­omy by ask­ing, “How does this affect me?” Unfor­tu­nately, here in Cal­i­for­nia, all of the signs and symp­toms he lists are read­ily observ­able, mak­ing head­lines every day.

Care­giv­ing / Geriatrics

Mitch McDon­ald shares Main­tain The Basics Of Elderly Per­sonal Hygiene from FYI About.com. Many of us Baby Boomers are going to find our­selves car­ing for elderly par­ents, aunts, uncles, et. al. Mitch broaches a sub­ject that must be addressed with tact, respect and delicacy.

Thank you all for par­tic­i­pat­ing this week either by sub­mit­ting a post or sup­port­ing those who shared their work by vis­it­ing their site and leav­ing a com­ment let­ting them know how much you enjoyed their contribution!

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You can sub­mit a post to be included in next week’s Car­ni­val by click­ing here. Posts sub­mit­ted by next Sat­ur­day, Feb­ru­ary 9, 2008, at 6:00 p.m. (Pacific Time) will be included in The Sev­enth Day: Sev­enth Edi­tion pub­lished here next Sun­day, Feb­ru­ary 10, 2008!

Please note these guide­lines: One post per blog on any topic will be accepted for each edi­tion of the Car­ni­val. Also, your sub­mis­sion should have been pub­lished dur­ing the week imme­di­ately pre­ced­ing the Car­ni­val. So, for instance, any­thing you pub­lish between Feb­ru­ary 2 (yes­ter­day) and next Sat­ur­day, Feb­ru­ary 9, 2008, at 6:00 p.m. Pacific time is eli­gi­ble to be included in next Sunday’s edi­tion of the Car­ni­val (Sun­day, Feb­ru­ary 10, 2008).

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