An interesting interview with Dr. Steve Boyd of Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati. Read more
I’ve been going to North Myrtle Beach since the 1950s when I was a wee lad. And increasingly, I have observed people who come to the beach and their behavior makes no sense. Here’s some of what I’ve observed: People who come to the beach and do not go in the ocean, but instead swim in the hotel swimming pool, even if it is the size of a postage stamp. I mean they could have gone to a pool in... Read more
One part of our Witherington heritage I had not sufficiently explored is our connections to the Mt. Olive Pickle Company which still today is located in Mt. Olive North Carolina, a town of about 5,000 people about half of whom work at this plant, which today is the largest pickle company in the U.S. and probably in the world. The company was founded Jan. 2 1926 (and soon will reach its 1ooth anniversary), and its part of the Witherington heritage... Read more
One of the more fun things to do on a nice day is to ride to the end of Carolina Beach and take the Fort Fisher ferry across to Southport, a quaint little town south of Wilmington on the Cape Fear river, which BTW is a really big river. The ferry is inexpensive, and the ride lasts about 30 minutes or so, with each ferry able to carry about 30 cars and trucks. Here’s the ferry itself– Actually there are... Read more
Just for the record, I’ve been to beaches all over the world. Australia, New Zealand, Thailand, all over the Mediterranean, Israel, the Black Sea, the North Sea, Hawaii, both coasts of mainland USA, Nova Scotia, I could go on. And in my humble estimation, there are no beaches anywhere that are better than Cherry Grove Beach S.C., the northernmost beach at North Myrtle Beach, on the Inlet and near the border with North Carolina. If you are looking for soft... Read more
Back in 2009 or so when I was scholar in residence at John’s College at Durham university, I began reading Edinburgh finest thriller writer, Ian Rankin, novels about John Rebus and I was instantly hooked. Here was a writer who could produce interesting if flawed characters, colorful depictions of life in modern Edinburgh, police work at its best and worst, and of course one fascinating detective story after another. The stories are complex, like working an 1,000 piece picture puzzle,... Read more
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For many years now, I’ve maintained a daily blog (yes I said daily). In fact it’s been going on for over 14 years, which is to say, since 2009 or a bit earlier. And that doesn’t even count the years I was with another website (Beliefnet) as the Bible answer man and blog poster. I’ve learned a lot in these years about social media and its uses and abuses. And I have no intentions of stopping now, as I... Read more
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