The trip back this morning was uneventful until we got to the driveway. State College had about a foot of snow and of course our driveway wasn’t cleared. Driving in and into the garage wasn’t the problem. Getting out of the garage turned out to be the problem. A big […]
This week I was in DC on business. My family joined me (since my folks live here as well). You might have noticed in the news that a large snow storm hit the region. So we are enjoying the Holiday Inn one more night. I want to give full points […]
UPDATE: It was the old Sitemeter javascrip. I got rid of that and all is well. Test. For some reason the right hand sidbar isn’t appearing correctly (scroll down to see it). What I can’t figure it out is that I didn’t change anything! So…I have not idea what just […]
This past Sunday we sang a hymn with the title above that I had never sung before. Imagine my surprise when I saw that the author was Gilbert Keith Chesterton, one of my favorite authors. Hymn 521, O God of Earth and Altar, by G. K. Chesterton: O God of […]
I was IMing someone the other day and typed the phrase “except they expect” and I realized how similar those two words are. Odd.
It is nearly 1 am and I am trying to write up some responses for a video interview. *ugh* But I am keeping up the juices with some good ol’ King’s X! Man, I have not listened to this in a LONG time. For those not in the know, this […]
Today’s Gospel reading (in the Book of Common Prayer was from Luke 13.1-9. The final portion reads: Then he told this parable: “A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came looking for fruit on it and found none. So he said to the gardener, ‘See […]
I have been debating about sharing work in progress on the blog. A group of us discussed it at this year’s SBL (podcast here) and most seemed to feel that publishers wouldn’t mind at that it would be a good way to get feedback from others in the field. So […]
One of the podcasts I listen to regularly from the BBC is called the NOW Show. It is a semi-regular news comedy program (think “Daily Show” on a weekly basis; NOW= News Of the Week). This week they had a piece about the Jesus Tomb special. Very special. I have […]