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 […]
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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 […]
It looks like NT Wrong’s blog is finally down. (I thought his Top 50 Biblioblogs was going to continue. Last month I jumped 20-some positions! 😉 ) UPDATE: Two items – A study group in Illinois has taken over the Biblioblog Top 50. Mark Goodacre (of the new and improved […]
It has been a busy time for me and I have not been able to give any well, thought out posts of late. I have been coming across some interesting, some amusing, and some thought provoking items, however and so this morning, with little fanfare or commentary, here are some […]
While living in England I developed a real love of Formula 1 racing. I have always liked cars and I really enjoy watching racing, but not NASCAR. Sorry folks, that is just circular madness in my view. Rally racing, touring cars, and Formula 1. Awesome. This year F1 has introduced […]