There are more than 1900 posts on the HB. There are more than 9700 comments. Some of those are questions that have to be answered. The HB also tends to increase email traffic with even more questions. Some days I spend most . . . Continue reading →
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The HB Passes 1 Million Hits
As they say on the commercial, “Thanks for your support.”
Subscribe to the Heidelblog
It’s easy to subscribe to the HB. Click on the RSS image to the left or the one on the right. You can read the HB in your RSS reader via your web browser (or if you use a Mac you can . . . Continue reading →
When the Coin in Coffer Clinks, the Cost of Bandwidth Shrinks
Cheesy yes, but you won’t forget it will you? The HB is self-hosted but you can help the HB defray the cost of renting space on the computer and of bandwidth (the cost of accessing a web page). There are no ads on . . . Continue reading →
The HB Goes Mobile
The HB has been back for almost two months and we’re still making tweaks here and there. We’re always working to make the site more useful. The latest is a new mobile site. We would like your feedback. Check it out on . . . Continue reading →
Top Posts For 2012
The Most Downloaded Posts Of 2012 Baptism: The Doctrine that Caused Tears (4) Deconstructing Puritanism Resources on Understanding the Differences Between the Lutheran and Reformed Traditions Brothers We Are Not Perfectionists Baptism: The Doctrine That Caused Tears (1) Covenant Theology Is Not . . . Continue reading →
Using the HB Effectively
In our unceasing attempt to serve you we’re always adding features to the HB. One of them is the categories resource. It’s a useful way to track discussions on a particular topic. There is also a search option on the top of . . . Continue reading →
New Mobile Feature on the HB
Now You Can Support the HB on the Go
A significant percentage of users access the HB via their mobile devices. To make it a little easier for you to support the HB from your mobile device (phone, tablet, iPad) the HB technical wizard has made it possible to support the HB on the move—but please not while driving! You’ve been able to support the HB from your desktop for a few months (complete with sound effects!). Here’s the how to from your mobile device.
Click on the arrow at the top of the screen. Scroll down until you see the PayPal icon.
From there, you know what to do. No mobile site on your device? Tap the button on the bottom of the screen.
Thanks to everyone who has graciously supported the HB. I’m thankful.
—The Management
Heidelscribe: Get the HB By Email
There are a variety of ways to get your daily dose of vitamin HB. You can subscribe to the RSS feed, you can try to remember to visit each day, or you can Heidelscribe by email. About three-quarters of the way down . . . Continue reading →
On Dead Links
There are 3000 + posts on the HB. Some of them contain dead links, i.e., links that go to a site that no longer exists or that has moved. When I find them I try to fix them but I probably won’t . . . Continue reading →
Another Way To Connect With The HB
I’ve added a way to follow the Twitter feed. It’s on the bottom right of the HB home page. Why? Because you have nothing else to do? I don’t know. Because it’s there. I do post links there that appear on the . . . Continue reading →
The Coffer Is Quiet…For Now
But it still exists. It’s still possible to support the Heidelblog—the coffer continues!—but now, when your cursor strays over the coffer and your sound is turned up, you won’t be scared out of your chair. It hasn’t gone away entirely, the sound . . . Continue reading →
Thanks, A Request, And Some User Tips
Today the HB 2.0 just crossed a million downloads. Over a 1000 people a day visit the HB to find resources toward exploring and recovering the Reformed confession. Thank you for using the HB and a special thanks to those of you . . . Continue reading →
What Do You Want?
The wonderful wizard of web is planning an overhaul of the HB. What features would you like to see? Yesterday someone suggested connecting the internal search function to google site search. What else would help you to use the HB? Thanks for . . . Continue reading →
She Learns Something New Daily
I learn something new every day from the Heidelblog and it makes me a better teacher — Tara (@tcarrrr) May 20, 2014
Comments Policy
Quick update. Heidelreaders are essential to the HB. So, comments are welcome and important to the HB. Civil, patient discussion is an important way to learn and grow. As a reader, writer, and teacher I’m in almost constant discussion with someone (via . . . Continue reading →
On Ten Years Of The Heidelblog
I think I first heard about weblogs—hence “blogging”— sometime in the mid-1990s, while I was teaching at Wheaton College. It was a revolutionary new form of communication wherein a few people were writing the same sorts of personal things that they once . . . Continue reading →
Why The Heidelblog? Pulpits, Pews, Profs, And Plancius
From time to time I get the question, “Why do you blog?” This is my attempt at an answer. § The first time I remember seeing the word “weblog” was in 1995 or 1996. At the time it was widely regarded as . . . Continue reading →
Straight Out Of Münster
I think I first read about “web logs” about 1995, when I was teaching at Wheaton College. Then they were the domain of people writing about what they had for breakfast. They were daily, public journals where people recorded online their most . . . Continue reading →
Now Easier To Use: The HB Resources Page
There are over 6,000 posts on the Heidelblog. In our never-ending quest to make the HB easier to use, we have re-designed the resources page. This page allows you, the reader, to access some of the many libraries of resources on the . . . Continue reading →