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Book titles, if they were written today

This is a chain blog post (a forward of a forward) but it is too good not to share.
Book titles, if they were written today
A great idea…this one in my favorite:
Then: The Gospel of Matthew
Now: 40 Days and a Mule: How One Man Quit His Job and Became the Boss
Thanks to my colleague for forwarding [...]

A word for today?

Psa. 50.16    But to the wicked God says:
“What right have you to recite my statutes,
or take my covenant on your lips?
17 For you hate discipline,
and you cast my words behind you.
18 You make friends with a thief when you see one,
and you keep company with adulterers.”
From Morning Prayer for 23 July 2009.

God texts the 10 Commandments

A tweet good enough for a post:, God texts the 10 Commandments. My fav:
3. no omg’s

Last Call for SBL Mid Atlantic Regional Meeting

I have been intending to submit a paper, but I confess I have not. So Jeremy’s notice buys me more time to procrastinate! No! Get your papers submitted now!
Dear Colleagues,
I wanted to take a moment to remind you once again to keep
the submissions coming for our 2009 SBL Mid Atlantic
Regional meeting.  If you have not [...]

What does the Book of Ruth teach us?

“…the book of Ruth, an idle, bungling story, foolishly told, nobody knows by whom about a strolling country girl creeping slily to bed to her cousin Boaz. Pretty stuff indeed to be called the word of God! It is, however, one of the best books in the Bible, for it is free from murder and [...]