(Kind of) New Christian Humanist Podcast Episode: John Calvin

I should have posted this much earlier in the week, but Tuesday’s episode of The Christian Humanist Podcast went very well, and we’ve already heard from some people who have enjoyed it.? Look to Michial Farmer’s blog for show notes, and perhaps next week I’ll post it sooner after it goes live online.

On Grading Journals

I don’t know what sort of madness assailed me that I assigned journals this semester (I haven’t done so for years now), but I am seeing some benefit in them this time around.? I think I’m going to require (in future classes) that anyone writing journals does them online for the sake of keeping up [...]

Podcast Update

The Christian Humanist Podcast RSS Feed
The Christian Humanist Home Page (rough draft)
First of all, thanks to all of you who have listened and weighed in.? The three of us are gearing up for Tuesday’s discussion of John Calvin, and we’re flattered that people whose podcasts we listen to and enjoy seem to be enjoying our [...]

Some Thoughts on the Tests of Christ

It’s been a week and a few days now since I taught this story (from early chapters of Matthew, Mark, and Luke) to our Sunday school class at Athens Christian Church, but I’m still thinking about the enormous interpretive challenge it represents. ?I’ve tried to draft this post a few times, and having completely rewritten [...]

The Christian Humanist Podcast

So the podcast has finally gone live.? The Christian Humanist hopes to be a weekly podcast (tied, of course, to the academic calendar) hosted by Michial Farmer, David Grubbs, and myself, moderated on a weekly rotation by all three of us.? This is the first attempt for all three hosts, but on the whole, all [...]

Pictures from Miriam’s Visits with Aunt Debi and Grandma and Grandpa Gilmour

Wow… how long have I been letting the memory card sit in there?
There are some good Micah-and-Grandpa pictures in here as well, along with one shot of an overweight dad holding his baby girl. ?Enjoy all of ‘em, eh?

Visits from Debi and Gilmour Grandparents (October 2009)

Picking up the Gauntlet part 2: Dialectic, not Metanarrative

First an explanation of my long delay between posts: as a first-year teacher in Emmanuel College’s system, and for the first time teaching when my home life has no bedtime and no wake-up time, I planned poorly.? Midterms took more out of me (and out of the last two weeks) than I had anticipated by [...]

Baseball Clip for EN101

I promise I’m working on part 2 of my pluralism post, but right now I need somewhere to view a video without the moronic and offensive comments below, so I’m linking here for my freshman comp students. ?The video is hilarious anyway.

Picking up the Gauntlet part 1: Problems with a Particular Pluralism

In a comment to a recent book review post, Tripp Fuller asked me what my basic take was on religious pluralism, a theological question that drives much of his own theological reflections.? I answered briefly in a comment of my own, but I’ve been thinking about the question some more over the last several days, [...]

Alright, Grandma Gilmour…

Here’s the latest batch of Miriam pictures.

Early October 2009