Letters Dimissory Clergy may transfer canonical residence from one diocesan jurisdiction to another by presentation of Letters Dimissory from the ecclesiastical authority of the former diocese to the ecclesiastical authority of the new diocese. It is a testimonial by the ecclesiastical authority of the former diocese (typically a bishop) that […]
Monthly Archives: February 2007
The SBL Call for Papers deadline is still March 1 (midnight tonight!), and I encourage all Aramaists out there to propose a paper for our session! But AAR has extended their deadline to March 7th. Call for Papers Deadline Extended to March 7! The 2007 AAR Call for Papers deadline […]
NPR’s Morning Edition just did a fairly balanced piece on the announcement of the Tomb movie and book. Only a summary is up at the moment, but the audio will go up shortly after the program ends and a transcript by tomorrow.
In keeping with my laziness of merely pointing to other bloggers who have done more work on this, I will point readers to Tyler Williams’ excellent round up of the latest and greatest biblioblog discussions regarding the Talpiut tomb. The Jesus/Talpiot Tomb: Around the Blogosphere The hype surrounding the forthcoming […]
I have been following this story, but I have not been blogging since I do not yet have anything to say. Jim has a number of good links below and like him I will wait until I can review all the evidence before commenting in any detail. The Talpiot Tomb […]
Not posted yet, but The Daily Show had a special session on “Fashion Week in God” with Samatha Bee. Look for it here. God was a special guest and described Rt. Rev. Katherine Jefferts Shori’s investiture vestments as looking “like Grimace.” UPDATE: Here is is:
Oh my. This can’t be good. (Although Roseanne Barr would have been worse.) I wonder if she will be an Episcopalian priest, you know, to keep that whole Anglican thing going. I am sure that Kirstie Alley is a nice person and all that, but I just can’t see it…. […]
I just received a message via Facebook from a student at Tulane. They are starting their first dance marathon (for Children’s Hospital) this weekend! Go Green Wave! I happened upon your facebook profile and saw all of the posts about Penn State’s Dance Marathon, so despite not knowing you personally, […]
Read, enjoy, follow the links, read, enjoy, rinse, repeat. How to survive while listening to a sermon I found this cartoon of mine on the following rather splendid page: How to survive while listening to a sermon These notes are set down in sympathetic recognition of the fact that most […]