Escape

Today is the last day of classes at Butler University for this academic year. And so this song by Journey seemed appropriate. The title track off the famous album Escape which featured some of the band’s biggest hits like “Don’t Stop Believing” and “Who’s Crying Now?”, it is one of my favorite Journey songs, and [...]

Oh, So That’s Why!

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Classes Start

Today is the first day of classes in the new semester at Butler University. I’m teaching my course on the Bible, an upper-level course on the Gospel of John, and the second semester of my freshman core curriculum course on Faith, Doubt, and Reason. If you teach or are a student, what classes are on [...]

We Survived the End!

To all those involved in education, and who not only knew better than to be concerned about the Mayan calendar stuff, but were too busy taking exams or grading exams to care, what are you most looking forward to now that the end has arrived?

Back to School

For many of us, return to teaching or studying has just happened, is in the process of happening, or is about to happen. And so I thought I would create an open thread on that topic. Are you teaching/studying? What are you looking forward to, or apprehensive about, in the coming semester or academic year? [...]