I am giving this blog editor a try and so far so great. I had delayed since I wasn’t sure how steep the learning curve would be and lately I barely have time to eat, let alone play with software. Well that was the beauty of MarsEdit. I fired it […]

For years, from the age of 15 until I got married, in fact, I was a lifeguard and/or pool manager. I was at a variety of pools, many of which were very large and often had 100 or more people in the water at any one time. We had a […]

I am testing MarsEdit to see how smoothly it works with blogger. UPDATE: Smooth as silk! More on this later…

This is a commentary: on the recent study of how effective prayer is in terms of healing. That study can be found here. The Daily Show covered it here. BONUS: Cobert on Kierkegaard “Precursor to Nietzsche my ass, Søren!”

I will be teaching “Historical Jesus” later this summer. I always enjoy finding different images to use in my PPT. The Episcopal Church & Visual Arts has this nice display of a a dozen images. All of which are better than the creepy Jesus painting by Mr. Van Pelt. For […]

I didn’t realize my archives weren’t posting to the right place thus making those links dead. For those considering moving here is the tip: my archives are in a subfolder (subdirectory) of another folder/directory. You need to specify this under Blogger settings or it will simply place the archive files […]

This is a surprisingly (to me) good article by Bishop Harries. A taste of the piece (be sure to read it all): Yet for all the polemic and literary fireworks, all this remains a show to watch rather than a serious engagement with the truth. This is because of four […]

I am not the greatest of flyers (it is the down diddy down that always gets me), but when I do fly I enjoy learning something about the aircraft. I stumbled across this“The Airchive – Boeing Memorabilia” with amazing (and sometimes humorous) images from Boeing’s brochures that they used to […]

A UNO prof used .Mac to get his data and students through Katrina. I long ago gave up .Mac (too much money for what it offered me) but though my sites hosted by 1and1 and my blog I was able to keep in touch with students and faculty. Technology really […]

Geza Vermes comments on the role of Judas Jesus’ arrest. Vermes is an insightful historian with a fascinating personal history. He does not believe that Jesus really was the Messiah, etc. but treats the NT with respect as an historical source (one that must be read carefully, like any other […]