This Advent I am leading a discussion group at church. Last Sunday was the first and…well, I couldn’t make it. So instead I put together this small set of texts and questions to help them with discussion. Advent is a time of expectation; we await the return of Christ even […]
Monthly Archives: December 2011
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Christmas, a set on Flickr. This is a flickr set that contains photos of and for the Christmas season. Once the semester is over I hope to do some more writing and I have quite a few things to share here that are not photography related (those too, of course). […]
Peace Originally uploaded by Targuman So often we talk about the “peace of Christ, the peace that the world cannot give” and forget that this peace does not mean an end to the struggle. We have gotten into the habit of thinking of peace as the end to all strife […]
Earlier this week I noted this comic “Coffee With Jesus” which I had not read before. One commentator felt that it was a clever premise, but that it was a shame they didn’t do something “more productive with it.” I replied and maintain that if you liked CS Lewis’ The Screwtape […]
I am biased, but I do believe we have a great environment here at Penn State. If you are working in the areas related to the modern State of Israel please consider applying! Jewish Studies Post-Doctoral Fellow The Pennsylvania State University invites applications for a Post-Doctoral Fellow in its Jewish […]