Monthly Archives: July 2005

High Level Literary Theory and the Amateur

I should have noticed when I read Lentricchia’s “Confessions of an Ex-Literary Critic” years ago, but I’ve realized recently why I can’t get on board, at least not all the way, with the various “hermeneutics of suspicion” movements: I’m just … Continue reading

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N.T. Wright, Again

I just finished the second volume of N.T. Wright’s series Christian Origins and the Question of God, and Jesus and the Victory of God was just as great as the first volume. Wright engages and critiques many scholarly commonplaces and … Continue reading

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Back from the Road

It doesn’t seem like a week since we’ve been back in Georgia–the month of July just flew. Micah will be five months old in just over a week, and Mary and I will be back in our classrooms. On the … Continue reading

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Micah with his cousins Analice and Adam

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Micah enjoying time with Grandma Burd

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The younger generation of the Burd grandchildren and great-grandchildren look on (kinda) for a University of Georgia apparel shot

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Micah and his cousin Elizabeth

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Micah and Hailey enjoying the afternoon

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Micah gets ready for his first swim (I’ll get the redeye out before I send this one to family)

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Checking things out with Aunt Debi

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Micah, now in Pennsylvania, with Aunt Susan

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He’s in for years of heartbreak…

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Micah gears up for his first Cubs game on WGN radio with Uncle Ryan, Dad, and Grandpa Gilmour (he slept through it; the Cubs lost)

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With Mom and Aunt (or cousin on some level) Rachel

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Playing with Great Grandma Quick

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Four generations of Gilmours

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At the restaurant with Denise

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Waking up (a bit) for Grandpa Gilmour

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Micah’s sleepy Indiana debut with Grandma Gilmour

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Road Trip

Tomorrow I preach my first sermon in two and a half years, load up the car, and take off for Indiana. I’m already realizing that this is going to be a catch-22; if Micah sleeps at night, he’s going to … Continue reading

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