The Chronicle of Higher Education (this link is subscription only, this link will stay free for five days) reports on a study that appears to show that academic success is the greatest factor in keeping lower-income students enrolled. This study is from Serge Herzog, UNVR. For each one-letter grade increase […]
Christian Brady
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Why is it that no matter how much I plan or even prepare during the week, I never seem to have time to sit down to write a sermon until 10 pm on Saturday night?
I noticed a trackback from a blog I had not come across before, “Notes from Off-Center” by Andrew Tatusko. Not only is his article Racism, or Leveling the Merit Field? and excellent explanation of why such programs are not racism (saving me a LOT of work and showing much more […]
How about chicken marsala and a lager please. I am sure by now you have heard the remarkable story of the BA 777 flight that made a crash landing at Heathrow yesterday. Thankfully all survived, but today the BBC is reporting that the pilot, Mr. Burkill, credits the co-pilot, Mr. […]
These videos are from 2005 when Tom Cruise won an award from the Church of Scientology, but they are just emerging now. Hooboy! I will leave it up to you all to watch and come to your own conclusions. The 9:26 video Exclusives: The Tom Cruise Indoctrination Video Scientologists Don’t […]
I posted last week asking if anyone knew of good blogs covering rabbinic studies and literature. Jay Barnes posted with a reference to Balashon, but said that he too was having a tough time finding very many such blogs. I have found one other that I have added to my […]
This is really amazing and wonderful news. I will simply post it in its entirety from Stephen Cook’s blog: Virginia Seminary Waives Tuition for All Black Students I am very pleased that VTS has taken a giant step forward in helping to cultivate African-American leadership in the church. We are […]
If you love history and/or photography, this is fantastic! WARNING: Prepare to lose valuable work time perusing the photos! The Library of Congress tests the waters of Web 2.0 The United States Library of Congress has partnered with the immensely popular flickr photo sharing site. The goal is to increase […]
I have suspected as much! Be sure to go to Sheldon: The Daily Comic Strip by Dave Kellett. And if you would like Shedon for FREE in your college newspaper go here. (BTW, the smooshing is due to the WordPress template. Just right-click and view in new window for full […]