January 2009
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new camera
Cherith and I are now proud owners of a Nikon D60. Many thanks to the millenia-old sand of Israel for helping this event come to pass (by helping destroy our old camera). Pics up soon. Woo!
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a lament
Sitting in class, I often wonder about the future vocations of my fellow students. The majority of them will be pastors with the United Methodist Church. This degree can either be a wonderfully-beneficial step on the ladder to their passion for ministry; or it is a rubber stamp on their goal of ordination and securing a pension. Some of them are laypeople with other vocations already...
dumbing it down?
One of our early discussions this morning in IBS Hebrews revolved around applying our almost ridiculously in-depth method of inductive Bible study we’ve been developing throughout seminary to “actual” ministry. That is, is it feasible to ask pastors to spend this much time with the text in order to explicate the Word to laypeople? I think maybe yes and no. If you’re...
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2 easy ways to save money
If you’re in school and money is tight - and you’re a guy - there are two easy ways to save money. 1. Grow your hair out. Yes, you might look like Keith Green, but hey, it’s warmer. Unless your wife cuts your hair, getting a haircut costs money. So don’t cut it! 2. Grow a beard. If you’re like me and you can’t use an electric shaver because of sensitivity...
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book review
Heresies and How to Avoid Them: Why It Matters What Christians Believe I think I’ve determined that the thing I like most about this book is more the door it opens on discussion than the book itself. Heresies and How to Avoid Them is a collection of sermessays (yes, that’s a word…but only because I just created it) originally delivered by a number of Anglican pastors as a sermon...
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a sort-of apology; or, an apology of sorts
I realize I haven’t blogged anything noteworthy in a long time, and that’s primarily because of schoolwork. However, there are two things I want to mention quickly: 1. Since I am mostly through with my application to Durham (need to finalize my proposal), I’m turning my attention to publishing. My major paper for Exegesis of General Epistles, as I mentioned a while ago, went...
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read the h-man
John Hodgman is a funny guy, as anyone who’s seen him on The Daily Show or the PC-Mac commercials may contest. However, did you know he’s written two books? Or that he devised 700 hobo names? Or that he has a blog? His latest post is an intriguing one, based on the news that Rick Warren has been invited to say Obama’s inaugural prayer. Hodgman is not a Christian, yet I still...
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phew
Finally got everything sent off to Durham. Now I just need to follow up and make sure my references are getting in on time. Here’s to a great couple months of biting my fingernails.
welcome back
After quite some thinking, I’ve decided to move back to Blogger. Xanga was pretty good, but way more people use Blogger, unfortunately, and I don’t need any of the “community” things Xanga offers (picture hosting, networking, etc.). I will miss the “Currently reading/watching/listening to…” feature, but I can hunt down enough widgets to recreate it here....
new year
Someone asked me what my New Year’s resolution was. I usually don’t do these because they’re pointless and hardly ever work out. Not that it’s bad to have goals, but you know…keeping something up for a year is usually an effort in the futility of, well, human effort. No one ever says, “My NYR [because it’s tiring to keep saying/typing such a long phrase...