Stephen Cook of Biblische Ausbildung has started a new series on the Old Testament portion of the Revised Common Lectionary. Be sure to check it out! This week’s entry (for next week): Preaching Malachi 3:1-4 (RCL: Year C, Advent 2) Warm thanks to all for the huge response to my […]
Yearly Archives: 2006
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Dr. Jim West has the latest BS Biblical Studies Carnival. 🙂 For those new to this, it is a monthly roundup of all the biblioblogging of recent weeks. Jim’s is incredibly thorough and well annotated. Thanks for the good work Jim and for the mention! (Via Dr Jim West.)
Peter Kirby posted this on the XTalk list. I am wondering what people think of this idea. I know that we (academics) often say how important it is to have information free and accessible, but the reality is our jobs (promotion, tenure) and the jobs of the supporting publication industries […]
From a student blog posting: State College – A Photo Journal (farm about 15 min walk from campus) I cannot wait for our first snow! (Via Students @ Schreyer Honors College, Penn State.)
For those interested in how the fundraising side of things work, here is a little primer on endowments at universities. (Cross posted from engage.shc.psu.edu.) With the generous gift commitment from Mr. and Mrs. Schreyer many folks have been asking me how it all works. I will begin by saying that […]
What a relief! So be sure to check out my occasional podcast. Man requests “podcast license” In October, the Global Geek Podcast network became concerned about Apple’s cease and desist letters regarding the phrase “podcast”. So podcast host Dave Gray wrote a letter to Steve Jobs. In the letter, he […]
The Chronicle: Daily News Blog: Richard Dawkins Goes Head to Head With Campus Critics of His Attack on Religion What I find so frustrating about Dawkins is not his views but that (1) he insists that science (specifically Darwinianism) proves that God doesn’t exist, as Stephen Gould pointed out science […]
I was sent an email with a series of questions for an interview for a local magazine. I thought some might be interested in how I responded to the questions. 1. Was it difficult to leave New Orleans given all that’s happened there? It was. In fact, we evacuated to […]
Sufjan Stevens is an incredibly talented, if a bit bizarre, musician. Last year Ed Cook (known as Ralph the Sacred River to many of you) put me on to his music and even had a link to a set of three Christmas albums by Sufjan for free download! So I […]
This is just silly. It will be interesting to see if the ACLU does get involved. A former student at the Art Institute of Portland, in Oregon, says that he was suspended and then expelled, in a series of events that started when he questioned another student’s belief in leprechauns […]