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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: November 2008
An Advent Sermon and a Christmas Season Song Service
I suppose I’ll see how this goes when I step up to the plate this morning. I always preach the lectionary–it keeps me honest, meaning that I sometimes have to deal with texts that aren’t necessarily my speed.? I can’t … Continue reading
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Remembering Easter in December
Let the Pagans Have the Holiday Writing for Christianity Today in December 1993, Rodney Clapp noted the beginnings of a cottage industry, the Christmas protest, that would balloon into a full-blown cable news extravaganza a mere decade and a half … Continue reading
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Crazy Friday
Yes, I am among the insane people up before 5 AM the morning after Thanksgiving.? No, I’m not at the moment buying anything.? I’ve got four more papers to grade, and I should have had them done by now, but … Continue reading
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Micah at the Museum
Perhaps I’m turning over a new leaf with regards to the digital camera–here are the pictures from yesterday’s museum trip! November 2008 Museum
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Off to the Museum
No time to write this morning.? We’re headed off to the Interactive Neighborhood for Kids, Micah’s children’s museum here in Georgia.? Since it’s so rare for all three of us to have a day off on the same day, I … Continue reading
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No Eucharist for ANY OF YOU!
SC Priest: No communion for Obama Supporters I have to admit that I’m more conflicted about this story than some of my liberal friends would likely want me to be.? But I do think that the Eucharist is serious enough … Continue reading
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A Separate Peace in a War that Nobody Cares About
Just for the sake of some of us in the pews, could we agree that if St. Francis or Martin Luther wrote the hymn, arrangers are not allowed to do cute syncopations with it?? I really can’t stand tricky praise-bandish … Continue reading
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Next Sunday’s Sermon
Marv called yesterday and asked if I could take the sermon for the Sunday after Thanksgiving, the first Sunday in Advent.? I always enjoy such opportunities, so I said yes, and here is the text that I think I’m going … Continue reading
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Another Semester of Liberal Education
I met with the last of my portfolio-revision groups on Thursday afternoon, and now that I’ve actually slept and had a chance to reflect on this fall’s classes, I’m pleased with my efforts.? I hope I never get so stupid … Continue reading
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Why Even Good Papers Make me Tired
I know that college composition teachers are supposed to bewail the state of “kids these days” and their inability to put together an essay, but this year’s freshman comp group has been, for the most part and in all cases … Continue reading
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Idolatry, Opression, and Negation of Negation
I was thinking about negation as a philosophical move this morning, and I started to think about negation-of-negation as it might relate to reading Hebrew prophetic texts.? Algebraically, of course, a negation of a negation is the same as a … Continue reading
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Should I Write a Junk Post Just to Maintain my Streak?
Yes. Yes, I should. I will say that I’ve got a doozy cooking, but I’m not happy with it yet, so rather than post it without another revision, I’ll resort to a gimmick post. I’m ashamed, but not nearly enough.
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Long Morning Already
So here I am, at the newly christened Zell Miller Center (makes me wish I could challenge someone to a duel), waiting for the last round of revision meetings to start.? I woke up at 3 AM and got the … Continue reading
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Changing my Name to Chrysler
It appears I jumped too early on the “Changing my Name to Fannie Mae” thing.? If I’d just waited about a week, I could have just posted about auto makers again. Privatize the profits, socialize the losses.? And people wonder … Continue reading
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Election Results
No, not the electoral college and all that.? The congregation of Athens Christian has elected me deacon.? I start serving the next time the elders and deacons assemble. That’s all for today.? Papers to grade and all.
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Micah pics from the last two months
I inadvertently put some summer beach pictures in the album as well, but remembering warmer days can’t hurt, right? The new pics span from early October to just a few days ago. I should put up pictures more often, I … Continue reading
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Cute Little Idea
From 52 to 48 with Love Someone mentioned this at work the other day, and I checked it out.? I don’t know that still photos, no matter how clever, can compete with twelve hours (in some areas) of AM radio … Continue reading
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Marketing Western Civilization
Learning for Everyone Not a profound essay, but an interesting bit of American popular history.? I knew that the Great Books movement started in the early twentieth century at Columbia and Chicago, but I never knew about its appeal outside … Continue reading
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What’s the Matter with Kansas Now?
I know I’m weird for all sorts of reasons, and the most recent is that, after retreating into my paper-grading and preparing for my guest lecture at Emmanuel College the full week before the presidential election, I picked up a … Continue reading
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Expelled and the Genre of Documentary
Oh, no.? Having run out of actual text to teach my freshmen, I’ve got no class texts about which to write.? Fortunately, I’ve been doing a bit of pleasure reading (a definite sin against productivity, but eventually I had to … Continue reading
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