The Velveteen Rabbi (Rachel Barenblat) is at a pretty cool conference this week (the Pop!Tech conference in Camden, Maine) and she and her husband are live-blogging some of the sessions. Check out this session (with Dennis Litky) for some ultra creative ideas for high school and college curriculum. Be prepared to think (way) outside the [...]
I know this material is making the rounds, but it is just too good to resist passing it on again. First found at Eilidh. You don’t even need to be a West Wing fan to love this. The Peters Projection perfectly presented.
Several times in scripture, mankind is likened to clay. We are made of clay. We are malleable like clay. But do you ever think much about what clay really is? Last weekend, we were at Bald Head Island, NC and spent some time on the beach. I enjoy walking on the beach and looking for [...]
I’ve been a bit under the weather the past few days, but I don’t want to get behind on this project. So… onward! Current Assignment: Thursday, September 24 (where is the month of September disappearing to!!??) Read: Contracrostipunctus and Chapter IV: Consistency, Completeness, and Geometry Listen: Contrapunctus 19 from the Art of Fugue (BWV 1050). [...]
I’ve been thinking of finding some folks to “take” one of MIT’s OpenCourseware classes together. After thinking through various possibilities (face-to-face bookclub, social networks, listserv, etc), here’s my proposal: Use my blog as the meeting place and record of conversation for the MIT course: SP.258 / ESG.SP258 Gödel, Escher, Bach The Penrose triangle, also known [...]
It’s obvious from the total views listed for these videos that not enough people have followed the links on Ros’ blog to see what Michael Bird is really like. Considering I just spent intolerable amounts of time traveling back from vacation in a car, I might attribute some of his insanity to travel toxicity (most [...]
This is not a concert or professional presentation. It’s the body of Christ encouraging one another with their gifts. For the full story, read Jerry’s blog post.
The Biblical Studies Carnival 43 is up now. Many of you already know about it, but I’m posting the link here for my friends and readers who might think that biblical studies scholars are always stuck in a book in a library and do not have a sense of humor. Nothing could be further from [...]
I tell my students that studying Hebrew helps to keep their brain active which can stave off things like Alzheimers’ disease. For example, here’s a lecture illustration I use. Which brain would you rather have? But even with all that language study, there are days when you need some supplemental grey matter exercise. So, here’s [...]
Bought Accordance and feel lost? Only know how to find a scripture verse, copy and paste it into another program? Want to figure out how to tap into the power of the Accordance search? Now you don’t have to wait to go to a seminar or borrow someone’s training DVD. It’s all available online for [...]
This collection was actually harder to compile than my digital tools list. I’ve decided to limit this short list to items that help keep me and my office stuff productive. RadTech ScreenSavrz This little piece of miracle cloth will keep everything that builds up on your laptop keyboard from getting on your display. Moisten the [...]
Want to know what my Mac computer and I can’t live without? Here’s the short list of my essential digital tools. Later I’ll give you a list of my essential non-digital tools. Mellel The absolute best Mac word processor for incorporating both left-to-right and right-to-left (i.e., Hebrew) writing systems into your documents. Very active and [...]
Working in a school/university/seminary puts you in contact with lots of people. Often, lots of sick people (for the sake of this post, let’s limit the definition of “sick” to a physical illness). Everyone has their own secret (or not so secret) strategy for keeping healthy. Here’s the simplest: wash your hands. Often. But getting [...]
Welcome back to my blog. I took a long hiatus (for a variety of reasons). Now that we are relocated in Durham, NC, I wanted to reinvent the blog. Previous readers will remember this blog as “Westminster Confessions.” The title was tied to our time at Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia. Now that we are [...]
I guess I’m addicted. My desk is a veritable stonehenge of sorts. If only the rest of my life was as balanced. This was re-posted by special request, so some of the comments are from the “past.” I wanted to make sure that you didn’t think the folks commenting were traveling through time. For that, [...]
