This video was prepared by the Lion Scouts and is a great reminder of what was just accomplished this past week at Penn State. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89gaUkkqCMY
Yearly Archives: 2009
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THON ended this past Sunday with the students having raised $7.49 million (yes million) this year alone! I will be editing (I hope) my podcast this weekend, but in the meantime the pictures are up. As a refresher, THON is the largest student philanthropy in the world and raises its […]
In class this passed Tuesday in which we were discussing Samuel and the rise of the monarchy a very sharp student asked why/how God could “regret” having made Saul king since God was all-knowing (1 Sam. 15:10 and 1 Sam. 2:3 respectively). I gave my usual, admittedly overly-simplified comment, that […]
This is very tempting, but I wonder how many folks will have the funds to go. 2009 International Meeting Celebrating the Centenary of Pontifical Biblical Institute Pontifical Gregorian University Rome, Italy 30 June – 4 July, 2009 This morning I received the program for The Hebrew Bible and the Dead Sea […]
Anna Blanch of Goannatree is doing a review of the Top 100 Theology blogs listed by Christiancolleges.com. I was honored to be in their list and that Anna reviewed my blog. My marks were even pretty good! Making the Grade: Scope – A- Quality – B+ She does, however, point […]
THON is the Penn State Dance Marathon, the world’s largest student run philanthropy. Last year they raised $6.6 million (million!) for pediatric cancer. It is a tremendous event that transforms those who participate. I will be headed over today around midday and then the last two years my daughter and […]
I hope you weren’t looking for a thoughtful post on the biblical character of Samson and why we should possibly consider him a “hero” of the Bible. I mostly wanted an excuse to share this cartoon with you. As it happens we were talking about Judges and Samson this week […]
I stumbled across this blog post (from a blog I have never seen, more on how I got there in another post perhaps) about the new Masterpiece Theatre version of Oliver Twist. It has an impressive cast with Timothy Spall (Peter Pettigrew in the Harry Potter films) playing Fagin. But […]