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September 2021

September 04, 2021
There are a couple of sayings attributed to Jesus that Christians often use when attempting...
September 02, 2021
My first teaching position was at a small university in Memphis. My department was the...

August 2021

August 31, 2021
One of my favorite things to do is plan a new course, especially when I’m...
August 28, 2021
The continuing theme of this blog for the past nine years has been an exploration...
August 26, 2021
In last few minutes of Franco Zefferelli's Jesus of Nazareth, Zerah pokes his head into the...
August 24, 2021
Our dachshund Winnie died a week ago. She spent a bit over twelve years with...
August 21, 2021
Coming in at #2 of the most-read posts in the nine years of this blog...
August 19, 2021
I admit it--I am not always kind or politically correct on social media (especially Twitter)....
August 17, 2021
Any caring human being asks the question What is the right thing to do? on...
August 14, 2021
Sometimes various elements of real life align in unexpected ways. In the Spring semester of...
August 12, 2021
When I was a young professor, the chair of my department frequently would say in...
August 10, 2021
Guess what? I got a fever, and the only prescription is more cowbell. Bruce Dickinson Regular...
August 08, 2021
I'm currently reading Shankar Vendantam's Useful Delusions; one of his continuing points throughout the book is...
August 05, 2021
After participating in a frustrating “discussion” on Twitter the other day (is there any other...
August 03, 2021
I recently had the opportunity to have a face-to-face conversation with the new Provost at...

July 2021

July 31, 2021
August is this blog's anniversary month! It's hard to believe that it has been nine...
July 29, 2021
During Tuesday’s initial hearing of the Congressional select committee tasked with investigating the January 6th...
July 27, 2021
After getting sucked into an discussion on Twitter a few days ago in which it...
July 24, 2021
The summer Sunday gospel readings annually are full of Jesus' greatest hits--this year is no...
July 22, 2021
Who gets to call themselves "Christian"? A few months ago on this blog, I suggested...
July 20, 2021
In “Slander,” from her latest collection of essays, What Are We Doing Here?, Marilynne Robinson writes...
July 18, 2021
 I have the privilege of giving the sermone at Trinity Episcopal Church in Pawtuxet, RI...
July 16, 2021
I don't often post an essay on this blog that has no discernable connection to...
July 14, 2021
One of the many positive things that happened to me during the months of pandemic...
July 12, 2021
Some have entertained angels unawares Hebrews 11:2 I’ve never known what to make of angels. I...
July 10, 2021
In a recent episode of “The Chosen,” a multi-year cinematic treatment of the life of...
July 08, 2021
This week, my preliminary work on my next book project--a teaching memoir tentatively entitled Nice...
July 06, 2021
After several years at sea rescuing besieged towns from monsters, slaying the Minotaur, and doing...
July 03, 2021
I have to admit that I'm not a huge fan of Independence Day. I fully...

June 2021

June 30, 2021
A week ago, I described a proposal concerning access to my services that I proposed...
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