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Easter Pictures

Yes, I’m just now getting Easter pictures online.  It’s been that kind of semester, alright? Easter Egg Hunt and Easter 2010

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Miscellaneous Pictures from March

They’re good ones, though they’re from almost two months ago. Micah and Miriam, March 2010

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Long-Overdue Micah and Miriam Pictures

Wow.  I finally unloaded the camera’s memory card today, and there are still pictures from March on there.  Over the next couple of days I’ll release them here.  If you just can’t wait, go to my Picasa Web Albums, eh? … Continue reading

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Family Pictures

We got family portraits done last week and bought the expensive package, so we got the CD with the photos.  Here they are! Portraits

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Micah’s Fifth Birthday

The party happened Sunday; the pics come up Tuesday.  Now that’s turnover, folks. Micah’s Fifth Birthday

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March 2010 Micah and Miriam Pictures, Pre-Birthday-Party

Okay, so I haven’t posted pictures of my kids for a while. I’ve been busy, alright? Here are some to tide you over. Pictures from Micah’s birthday party will be up soon. March 2010

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Ephesians with Wright halfway through

For those who use my Sunday school resources, I’ve now got two versions of a lesson sequence on Ephesians done, one that boogie woogies through the book in three weeks and one that goes half a chapter at a time.  … Continue reading

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One more thing…

While I’m moving my more speculative posts over to the Christian Humanist Blog, I will continue to update my own Sunday School Resources and Teen Ministry pages here.  I invite anyone who would like to look at them to use … Continue reading

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A New Web Experiment

So for a while there I was a Conservative Reformed Mafia consigliere, and I’m still officially (though not productively, and I’m sorry, linda and Andrew and Joe) a writer over at i wonder as i wander, and now I’m embarking … Continue reading

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Jesus, Interrupted Coming in Paperback

I’ll admit that Bart Ehrman is more likely to get a yawn than a cheer or a jeer from me; I’ve been aware of the Jesus Seminar and N.T. Wright’s engagement with them for long enough that, when Ehrman became a talk-TV … Continue reading

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The Christian Humanist Podcast: A Reply to Phil Rutledge

When I was a junior in college, I was Resident Assistant for the mighty and noble third floor of Webb Hall, a place where youth group kids came to become Milligan men.  In that time, one of the many fine … Continue reading

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The Christian Humanist Podcast Episode 9: Pat Robertson and the Haiti Earthquake

RSS Feed Show Notes Christian Humanist Podcast Home Page (NEW) I had my bit on the apocalyptic vision thought out far more smoothly than I delivered it in today’s episode, but Michial’s and David’s brilliance more than make up for … Continue reading

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New Podcast Episode Tomorrow

Howdy, readers and listeners. We had originally moved the recording session for the Christian Humanist Podcast to today because MLK Day had altered Emmanuel’s schedule.  Now, with a monster storm passing over the home of CHP host and engineer Michial … Continue reading

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Reading Together: A Reflection on the Lectionary Readings for 24 January 2010

Revised Common Lectionary Page for 24 January 2010 Nehemiah 8:1-3, 5-6, 8-10 Psalm 19 1 Corinthians 12:12-31a Luke 4:14-21 This week’s readings are a lovely array of meta-Scriptures: a Gospel reading about Jesus reading the Scriptures, a Pauline passage about … Continue reading

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A Good Football Night

Best thing about tonight’s game: Chargers lost. Second best thing: Chargers kept shooting themselves in the foot by penalties incurred after the play was over.  Being a jerk sometimes doesn’t pay, it turns out. Third best thing: Mark Sanchez, who … Continue reading

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Christian Humanist Podcast Episode 8: Apologetics

Show Notes RSS Feed Today’s episode engaged some fairly technical questions of theological method as well as our more customary interdisciplinary wares, and the stretch was a fun one.  I think we set forth (at the very least) some interesting … Continue reading

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To Domesticate or Not to Domesticate?: A Reflection on the Lectionary Readings for 17 January 2010

Vanderbilt’s Lectionary Page for 17 January 2010 Isaiah 62:1-5 Psalm 36:5-10 1 Corinthians 12:1-11 John 2:1-11 I’ve read some twentieth-century feminist Biblical scholarship, and some of it is quite helpful to keep me mindful of my own assumptions and sometimes … Continue reading

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Christmas Trip 2009: Indiana Segment

Alright… here’s the Indiana segment of the trip. Don’t get confused: this part happened before the Pennsylvania part of the trip. Just think of these posts the way you would recent seasons of Lost. Christmas Trip 2009 Indiana Segment

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Christmas Pictures, Finally: Pennsylvania Segment

Yes, we’ve been back almost a week, and no, I haven’t put up pictures yet.  I’m going to go in reverse order on this, starting with the Pennsylvania days of our Christmas travels.  Enjoy Christmas Trip 2009 Pennsylvania Segment

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Water that Destroys, Water that Demonstrates, Water that Dampens: A Reflection on the Lectionary Readings for 10 January 2010

I don’t know that I’ll do this every week, but one thing that I’m going to try to do more this year is write about the Bible, and I figure one way to do that is to write about the … Continue reading

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