On Wearing a Kilt

A great post on wearing a kilt can be found here from R.C. Sproul Jr. Read it and enjoy.

...When I wear the kilt I am not seeking to say that Christianity is Scottish, but that Scotland is Christian. When I put on my kilt I want to remember how God has worked through my people. But better still I want to remember how God has worked for my people. In short, I wear the kilt, a marker of my own peculiar heritage, to remember that my own peculiar heritage is but one example of the gospel as the power of God for salvation. R.C. Sproul Jr.

Tartan Day April 6th

Yes, today is April 6th and I wanted to wish all of you Scots Happy Tartan Day. Be proud and wear that kilt! Look in your area for local Tartan Day events.

Me or Thabiti, Whatchya Think?

Wow, Thabiti in a kilt. What can you say that he already hasn't? I think its time to vote. Who do ya think looks better in their kilt, me or Thabiti? His T4G lecture was outstanding but to see him in kilt, hhmmm, ok, yeah, its scary. I think I've got better knees, don't you?

The Right to Take Off His Pants

This article from the Associated Press is certainly worth a read. In part the article states, A 6-foot-tall, 250-pound letter carrier is campaigning for the right to take off his pants. Dean Peterson wants the U.S. Postal Service to add kilts as a uniform option for men. The idea was soundly defeated in July at a convention of his union, the 220,000-member National Letter Carriers' Association, so Peterson knows convincing management will be an uphill struggle, but at least he'll be comfortable in his kilt, or Male Unbifurcated Garment. "In one word, it's comfort," he said. …"Unbifurcated Garments are far more comfortable and suitable to male anatomy than trousers or shorts because they don't confine the legs or cramp the male genitals the way that trousers or shorts do," he wrote. "Please open your hearts — and inseams — for an option in mail carrier comfort!” I’m in full agreement with this wannabe kilted latter carrier. Kilts are much more comfortable. Bifurcated clothing for men is a relatively new trend. I was just thinking about this the other night when I came across the movie “Troy” on the tube. You find some really tough “he-man” type guys fighting in skirts. Why the change? I’m sure there is a reason should one want to do some historical research on male clothing trends but I wish we could reverse it. So, c'mon guys, take off those pants and don those kilts.

Tartan Day is tomorrow, April 6th

As tomorrow is Tartan Day here in the U.S. I thought I'd provide a few links for those looking for info. What's it all about? Check out the Tartan Day website and the Wikipedia website. And, here is a link the Ohio Scottish Games which my wife and I attend every year. Aye, to the right is a photo of me in a kilt last year at the Ligonier Games in Pennsylvania.
What will you be wearing for the celebration?

It's Kilt Day - Did You Wear Your Kilt Today?

"A man in a kilt is a man and a half."


~ Sir Colin Campbell, Brigadier-General The Queen's 93rd 'Sutherland' Highlanders



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Real Men Wear Kilts

Having Scottish ancestry is great. There’s lots of cool things about being Scottish, like wearing a kilt, Scotch (or to be more specific – drinking Scotch), the Loch Ness Monster, the movie Braveheart, Scottish music both old and new, McEwan’s Ale, and of course, bagpipes. Every year my wife and I attend the Ohio Scottish Games. It gives me an opportunity to totally absorb myself in Scottish culture for a day. Pipe bands, Scottish country dancing, the Highland Fling, fish and chips – it’s all there to be enjoyed and I do enjoy myself! But having this Scottish connection often goes deeper for me. Having ties to the great Scottish preachers, the Scottish Puritans means so much more. Many of the names we surely know and have read at least something by them at one time or another in our lives: Andrew Gray, Ralph Erskine, Ebeneezer Erskine, Thomas Boston, Thomas Chalmers, William Guthrie, Thomas Guthrie, Horatius Bonar, Andrew Bonar, Hugh Binning, Andrew Melville, John Knox and Samuel Rutherford to name a few. How blessed we are to have these men in our Christian heritage and to still be afforded the opportunity to read much of what they penned. A great site with links to the works of many of the Scottish preachers can be found here: http://www.newble.co.uk/hall/hallofame.html. Sadly, Scotland’s spiritual condition is not what it once was, but the truth continues to be taught by the likes the Rev. James Frew at the Kiltearn Church in Evanton (http://kiltearnfreechurch.co.uk/index.html) and the Rev. Harry Woods at the Beauly Free Church of Scotland (http://beaulyfreechurch.co.uk/). For me there is nothing better than sipping a McEwan’s Ale and reading the works of these fine men that have gone before us.