With the kids, building a rabbit hutch. It took 5.5 hours in total but the kids enjoyed it and the rabbit seems happy as well. (Better pictures to follow.)
Monthly Archives: October 2009
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Later this month I will be speaking at our Penn State Abington Campus. I was just looking up the details when I noticed who will be speaking 5 days after myself. I don’t think I will be the only one more interested in his talk, just look at his title! […]
Today! The schedule of events can be found here. My opening comments for Panel 2 are more or less what was posted on Friday. Our panelists are listed below. I spent some time last night with respondent, Mark Wallace. He described his theology as “Christian animism.” Wow. He seems like […]
From Ken Catalino. This is clearly a comic about healthcare BUT who would like to say that it is also a less than subtle suggestion of Obama’s messianic calling?
This morning I received an email from Brill letting me know that my article “The Use of Eschatological Lists within the Targumim of the Megilloth” is now in print, Journal for the Study of Judaism, Volume 40, Numbers 4-5, 2009 , pp. 493-509(17). Well, it is available online, but will not […]
I have mentioned before that we have a couple of conferences on climate change coming up at Penn State. One that we as the honors college are hosting and one that I as a scholar and clergy am participating in. The former is “Educating for Sustainability” and the latter is “Stewardship […]
I saw this book, Jesus Was An Episcopalian (And You Can Be One Too!): A Newcomer’s Guide to the Episcopal Church, referenced on a listserv and while I am an Episcopalian I am certain that Jesus was not. This is the sort of thing that makes me so frustrated with […]
Brilliant title for an amusing video of a rare parrot, the kakapo. Note the evolutionary references and the bright future for interspecies relations.