Monthly Archives: April 2009

An Interesting Dissent in the Educational Psychology World

Posted on 2009/04/30 by ngilmour

How to Wake Up Slumbering Minds – WSJ.com. I might have to check this book out this summer.? Daniel Willingham’s Why Don’t Students Like School?, according to this review, seems to take some of the psychological studies that educational theory … Continue reading →

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Pounding ‘em Out

Posted on 2009/04/27 by ngilmour

Two sophomore lit papers left.? Then 33 sophomore response papers from last Tuesday.? Then 22 freshman portfolios.? Then 33 sophomore lit papers.? Then 22 more freshman portfolios.? Then 35 sophomore final exams.? Then dissertation chapters.? Then a new job.? Then … Continue reading →

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A Darn Funny Post about the Trinity

Posted on 2009/04/26 by ngilmour

3 Pithy Remarks on Handling the Doctrine of the Trinity | The Scriptorium Daily: Middlebrow. Alright, Scriptorium.? You’re slowly turning me into a fanboy. I’m just waiting for the next post about Rush Limbaugh to snap me back to reality.

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Pray for Athens

Posted on 2009/04/25 by ngilmour

Three reported slain at theater One of the three was Ben Teague, husband to my dissertation director Fran Teague and friend to many of my friends. If you pray, pray now.

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Paul Spears on Ability and Work

Posted on 2009/04/24 by ngilmour

Gifted or Determined? I always enjoy stories of late bloomers not named Michael Jordan, and this one from Scriptorium Daily is worth repeating: Intellectual pursuit demands diligence and responsibility. A couple of years ago world class pediatric neurosurgeon Fred J. … Continue reading →

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The Nature of Christian Preaching

Posted on 2009/04/23 by ngilmour

While I’m out of town, I figured I’d give you readers some food for thought, and here’s the question of the day: is Christian preaching primarily the transmission of content that happens to involve rhetorical performance, or is it primarily … Continue reading →

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History and Proselytizing

Posted on 2009/04/22 by ngilmour

I wrote this post back on December 22 originally, but I figured it might bear a quick revision and a repost while most of my readers aren’t on Christmas break.? So here it goes! El Ick’s blog recently had quite … Continue reading →

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Sinc ea?e m?g, gold on grunde, gumcynnes gehwone oferhigian, hyde se ?e wylle.

Posted on 2009/04/21 by ngilmour

Beowulf is over, and so my semester of experimental literature survey wraps up with it. ?I was dog-tired when I taught today, impending events having robbed me of some sleep, and I felt like the lesson suffered somewhat, but Beowulf?is … Continue reading →

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Nothing to Hide

Posted on 2009/04/20 by ngilmour

The ultimate reaping of what one sows: right-wing edition – Glenn Greenwald – Salon.com. I have to admit laughing out loud when I read this.? I know that four-year amnesia is common among the noisy class, but these complaints about … Continue reading →

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Two Good Keys

Posted on 2009/04/19 by ngilmour

With a Single Keystroke People writing dissertations will get this.

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Note from iMonk

Posted on 2009/04/18 by ngilmour

Thoughts on Jesus Camp The post in general is a review of the documentary Jesus Camp, but I thought this observation of the relationship between childhood faith and adult faith was spot on: The Jesus Camp method of intense indoctrination, … Continue reading →

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Easter, Eggs and Scripture

Posted on 2009/04/17 by ngilmour

Here’s a double-whammy Micah post for you. The first part is a brief clip from Athens Christian Church’s Easter service. The second is a gallery of Micah’s many Easter egg hunts and some more pics from Easter Sunday. Enjoy! And … Continue reading →

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Selre bi? ?ghw?m, ??t he his freond wrece, ?onne he fela murne

Posted on 2009/04/16 by ngilmour

Day two of Beowulf is in the can.? Once again I had too much in my notes to squeeze into a seventy-minute class, but that’s an alright embarrassment of riches, as far as I’m concerned. We started out where today’s … Continue reading →

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Return to the Arena part 4: An Attempt at Summary

Posted on 2009/04/15 by ngilmour

Return to the Arena part 1 Return to the Arena part 2 Return to the Arena part 3 It’s now been twelve days since I departed that fateful Friday afternoon for my return to the world of great-hall youth ministry … Continue reading →

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Wyrd oft nere? unf?gne eorl, ?onne his ellen deah

Posted on 2009/04/14 by ngilmour

Strangely enough, even though I had just as much amateur linguistics lore, Tolkien tidbits, and other distractions in my notes today, our class on Beowulf turned out more focused than did our class on Anglo-Saxon elegies just before spring break.? … Continue reading →

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Return to the Arena part 3: Too Many Foci

Posted on 2009/04/13 by ngilmour

Return to the Arena Part 1 Return to the Arena Part 2 Those of you who read my “kids these days” book reviews in the summer of 2008 know that I’m no great cheerleader for the culture of “multitasking.”? Neil … Continue reading →

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Return to the Arena part 2: The Giant Speakers of Mordor

Posted on 2009/04/12 by ngilmour

Return to the Arena part 1 I know it’s been almost a week since I posted about CIY, but reflecting on my teaching comes first here at HLW, and posting Micah pics also comes first, so I do not apologize, … Continue reading →

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Preachy Atheists

Posted on 2009/04/11 by ngilmour

The New Atheists? Easter message? ?Grow up or die? | spiked. It’s always nice to read a bit of complex thought, especially when proponents of us-versus-them have been pounding away at a division of the world into… us and them.? … Continue reading →

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Medieval Times Pictures

Posted on 2009/04/10 by ngilmour

I’ve also got video clips that I might upload at some point, but I figured people might like to see the basic stills of our outing, so here they are! Medieval Times There’s not a whole lot to talk about … Continue reading →

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Bad, Bad Teacher Revisited

Posted on 2009/04/09 by ngilmour

The story of the lost Postman book did not end Tuesday.? When I got home that night (after a rip-roarin’ night at Medieval Times, which will yield pictures and possibly video clips soon), I could not put my hand on … Continue reading →

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