I am filling out a Church Pension Group form that tracks clergy ordinations. Among the questions listed is: Marital Status: Are you: ☑ Married? ☐ Single? ☐ Divorced? ☐ Widowed So far so good. Reasonable. But then remember, this is the Episcopal Church. Is this marriage your: ☑ First? ☐ […]
Really? I didn’t think that was possible. Oh! She is an Episcopal priest. That explains it… Local News | “I am both Muslim and Christian” | Seattle Times Newspaper Shortly after noon on Fridays, the Rev. Ann Holmes Redding ties on a black headscarf, preparing to pray with her Muslim […]
When you have Steve Jobs and the title “iGod” how can I not blog on it? Please head over to TUAW for the news brief and then NYMag for the story. Steve Jobs profile in New York magazine – The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) Steve Jobs profile in New York […]
Unlikely. Does anyone else find it oddly coincidental that in the US today is Father’s Day and the OT reading in the Book of Common Prayer lectionary is 2 Samuel 11:26-12:10,13-15? Happy Father’s Day dads. At least David didn’t set the bar too high for us! 🙂
This is truly sad news. Stephen Cook is reporting that Prof. Michael O’Connor, perhaps best known for co-authoring the magnificent work Introduction to Biblical Hebrew Syntax with Bruce Waltke, has died of cancer. He was a great scholar and will be sorely missed. Let light perpetual shine upon him. Biblische […]
Two months ago we had a gala dinner to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the founding of the Schreyer Honors College. It was a great evening with wonderful people, especially the students (to get a sense of the amazing students I am bless to work with be sure to check […]
Via Amber Mac. Jakob Nielson would be proud of this sign I snapped this photo on my Blackberry while driving by an Anglican church on Woodbine Ave. in Toronto, Ontario.Old-school usability guru Jakob Nielson would be lovin’ the user-friendly church-goin’ message!
One of the most amazing women in recent history died. My concern is that she will not be remembered for her strength (she told Billy that if he ran for president she would leave him and then no one would vote for a divorced man) but for her decisions that […]
This is just too funny and must be posted in full. Please do the right thing and check out Michael’s Site Euangelion. Top Ten Funny Things I’d Like to see at SBL I know it is earlier than my normal rant about SBL. But here are ten strange, funny, and […]
Two of my favorite musicians were performing at Biola. Fred Sanders has a report. Two Lost Dogs Bark in Berkeley | Scriptorium Daily Last Thursday (June 7, 2007), Terry Taylor and Mike Roe, two members of the Lost Dogs, played an intimate acoustic concert for a group of Biola students […]