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The Christian Humanist Podcast- Episode 67.2: Good News for Anxious Christians
- Episode 67.1: The Office of Assertion
- Episode 67.03: The Best Music of 2011
- Episode 67.02: St. Nicholas at Nicea
- Episode 67.01: Singing Faith
- Episode 67: A Christmas Carol
- Episode 66: Desert Island Books
- Episode 65: Academic Conferences
- Episode 64: Environmentalism
- Episode 63.11: Technical Difficulties
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Monthly Archives: January 2007
Hwaet!
400 posts! Woo hoo! Also, I’ve now translated 319 lines of Beowulf, or 10% of the thing! Hwaet!
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Psalms and Pedagogy
We’re two days into the Psalms unit now, and classes are picking up fast. I don’t know whether I’ve just packed the first two papers too closely towards the semester’s beginning or whether my own classes are hindering my ability … Continue reading
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I take it back
Okay, you know that last post in which I said my students were overly compliant? Forget it. On the class’s online discussion board, the pro-Joseph brigade has made a charge. Let the games begin!
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Ambiguous Joseph
I spent a fair bit of time in my classes on Friday laying out my theories about agency and grammar and why excessive passive and expletive constructions hinder good academic writing, so we had too little time, as usual, to … Continue reading
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Fifteen bucks
I found a small, 128MB mp3 player at Toys R Us for fifteen bucks. Since I only use such devices when I run, and since an hour and twenty minutes’ music covers more time than my out-of-shape legs can, it’s … Continue reading
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How ’bout them Colts
Well, two playoff games and zero touchdowns given up… And half a dozen (I think) Manning interceptions with one touchdown thrown. I suppose the playoff season is a strange place to live. Lord help our Colts!
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Let ‘er Rip
Drop/Add period ended at midnight last night, and the semester proper is under way. We did get-to-know-each-other stuff today, mainly so we could get into the texts with a little less tension in the air. Monday we begin Joseph, and … Continue reading
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Back to the Grind
All of my spring classes have now met, and the semester’s going to be a rough one. I’m already feeling tired thinking of all the hours I’m going to spend reading Hegel and translating Beowulf. But when I make it … Continue reading
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Post-Christmas Revisited
First, I’d like to thank the folks who commented on my first, haphazard post-Christmas post for reading and thinking with me. The following (still haphazard) reflections will attempt to respond to some of those comments. When I talk about a … Continue reading
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Christmas 2006 pics
Christmas Trip 2006 I’m not sure how this particular Picasa widget works, but I suppose clicking on it might yield pictures.
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A Haphazard Post-Christmas Thought
If ever anyone actually fought a War on Christmas, I think they won this year. For the first time in my 29 years, I started feeling uneasy when people wished me a Merry Christmas. The greeting, friendly or at worst … Continue reading
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Back from the North
11 days, 2200 miles, four family get-togethers, one stomach virus, and a case of strep later, and we’re back! Christmas pictures will be coming soon, but since Micah’s contagious for one more day (he’s doing quite well on an antibiotic … Continue reading
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