My wife has posted an email and request from a friend back in Louisiana. Please do not let these people be forgotten. Thanksgiving donations: If you are thinking about making a difference this Thanksgiving you can send money to help feed some folks at a FEMA trailer park in Baker, […]
I love David and the narratives surrounding his life and at some point I would like to write about him. In the meantime many great folks have already done so. See Stephen Cook’s recent entry: David: A hermeneutic Entree into Scripture The character of David’s portrait in Bible invites the […]
…we need more than just being “sincere.” In case and when the strip disappears, the dialog is this: Charlie Brown – [mocking Linus with Lucy at his side] “Look at me… I’m the ‘Great Pumpkin’! “I rise up out of the pumpkin patch, and bring toyws to all the children […]
The latest Biblical Studies Carnival is up: Biblical Studies Carnival XI Michael Pahl is the host and he has done an excellent job, drawing together a range of great posts from a variety of blogs, with succinct and stylish comments. (Via NT Gateway Weblog.)
I have been discussing with my brother and the great folks at our TLT department different ways to implement technology, specifically delivery of course content such as Duke’s iPod program and student created dossiers such as one of the many ePortfolio services. As someone who loves to embrace new tech […]
And, in case the comic should go away, Thorax in 9 Chickweed Lane, said, Sin is an act of moral turpitude with an option to renew. Not bad, eh? A note about my linking to comics. I always try to link to the comic’s home directory. I do this as […]
There have been ongoing discussions about teaching the Bible in a secular context, partly due to the new session at SBL in which I am contributing a paper, but in the biblioblogsphere more due to Kevin Wilson’s discussions on Blue Cord. (Kevin has a whole series of posts, so be […]
Get out your hammer and nails! The Weekender bloggerwrites When I was a small child growing up in a conservative Presbyterian church, we spent the evening of Halloween dressed in late medieval or Renaissance clothing at church, eating candied apples and watching grown-ups reenact the nailing of Ninety-Five Theses. It’s […]
My wife blogged Cathleen Falsani’s recent post. Falsani has a great blog and is an excellent writer in her own right. She is the author of The God Factor. From her interview with Thomas Craughwell, author of Saints Behaving Badly: In honor of All Saints Day next week, I intend […]