The Seventh Day: Twelfth Edition

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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

Welcome to the Twelfth Edition of the Seventh Day Blog Carnival, a weekly event designed to provide bloggers an opportunity to showcase their best work and readers a chance to get acquainted with some new sites and authors!

I extend my appreciation to everyone participating this week either by submitting a post or supporting those who have graciously shared their work with us! Be sure to visit the submitters’ sites and leave a comment letting them know how much you enjoyed their contribution!

Self-Improvement

Albert Foong shares The Art of Giving What You Don’t Have from Urban Monk.

Fiction

Jenn shares the continuation of her multi-part story, “The Letter.” Part Fifteen moves the story along this week at Mixed Metaphor.net.

Blogging

Sabrina Jefferson shares How To Create Your Own Blog from Sabrina Jefferson.

Sarah Paine shares Is Your Site NeoPet Sticky? from Sarah Paine.

Joshua C. Karlin shares Better Than a Blogroll from Internet Business.

Marcus Hochstadt shares AWeber Secret from Marcus Hochstadt.

Bill Mcintosh shares Google Penalizing Slow Websites from Bill McIntosh.

Family

Dana shares Homeschools and the Gender Gap from Principled Discovery.

Sandy Carlson shares My Apologies to the Fat Pig from Writing in Faith.

Finance

Raymond shares Zero Percent Balance Transfer Credit Cards With No Fees from Money Blue Book.

Nature / Environment

A. shares Dietary diversity from A Changing Life, making the case for not allowing species of plants disappear because they may provide benefits we don’t yet understand.

Spirituality/Belief

Stuart shares This just in: New sins from Connected Christianity. He says, “Just in case you needed an update on what’s sinful these days, the Vatican has updated the list. Handy!”

cindy shares Shift from supernatural christian.

Alice Dee shares This Passion Sunday, pray for the Teenage Atheist from Catholic Me (I am blessed), inviting readers to “come together in prayer to combat the increasing influence of the Atheist movement.”

Interested in hosting a future edition of The Seventh Day? Let me know what Sunday you would like to host the Carnival on your site using the Contact Form!

You can submit a post to be included in The Seventh Day: Easter / Spring Edition, published here next Sunday, March 23, 2008, by clicking here. Although it is not mandatory, I do encourage you to submit posts with a spring and/or Easter theme, message or emphasis!

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 March 15 (yesterday) and next Saturday, March 22, 2008, at 6:00 p.m. Pacific time is eligible to be included in next Sunday’s edition of the Carnival (Sunday, March 23, 2008).