I mentioned yesterday that I had the opportunity to talk to a group of elementary students about thankfulness. Just before I was invited forward to speak, we sang a children’s version of the song “His Eye is on the Sparrow.” How fitting. My favorite line: His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He… Continue Reading
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Teaching Children
I had the privilege of teaching about 80 elementary school children this morning about thankfulness. My wife, a teacher at the private school, was kind to suggest how I might make the core of my message resonate with the children (i.e., how to add creativity!). I always find the task difficult because teaching children requires… Continue Reading
Around the Blogosphere
Andy Naselli gives details of the Logos 4 release. The ZIBBCOT is released with footage from one day in the life of John Walton… or should we say “Moses”? The biblioblogger meetup is approaching. Christianity Today includes a piece on the Sheffield ordeal; James Crossley responds to a particular quote from Ben W. III. (A… Continue Reading
The Latest Carnival Has Arrived
For the latest in biblical studies in the blogosphere, go here. It seems more selective than usual (who can know?), but Kevin provides quite a bit of commentary for the links he includes. You’ll notice that audio/video resources seem to be on the rise :). Continue Reading
Carnival Coming?
Estimated time of arrival: 1am Pacific (from the horse’s mouth). Continue Reading
This Week in Blogdom
J. Brian Tucker compares the PhD models of the humanities and the sciences. Thomas Keene offers a tutorial for using Zotero in biblical studies. Biblioblogs.com sets some standards for inclusion. Nijay Gupta points us to some New Testaments lectures from Yale’s Dale Martin. Continue Reading
Fighting in the Barracks
Daniel Akin recounts a conversation with Adrian Rogers about 6 months before Rogers’ death: Dr. Rogers said the problem was we were no longer on the battlefield fighting shoulder to shoulder the real enemies of sin, Satan, death and hell. Rather, we were back in the barracks standing face to face and fighting one another.… Continue Reading
Posts of the Week
Con Campbell calls verbal aspect sexy and sophisticated (but read for context!). AWOL list(s) of open access journals here and here. Mark Goodacre discusses doubts about Nag Hammadi story. Mike Anderson blogs about the polis as the engine of intellect. Nijay Gupta looks to a papyrus text for insight into the occasion of Philemon. Continue Reading
AWOL Blog Compiles List of Open Access Journals
Excerpt: In observance of Open Access Week (October 19-23, 2009), I have assembled here an alphabetical list of all open access journals in Ancient Studies (with some hot pursuit forays into related disciplines) cited here in AWOL since its beginning in January 2009 Excellent! Continue Reading
Posts of the week…
James Spinti discussed an interesting article from the NYT regarding digital reading and the brain. Todd Wood discusses the difference between ‘high level models’ and ‘low level theories’ in science and origins. Hebrew and Greek Reader reminds podcasters to keep in mind that many in the world do not enjoy high bandwidth rates. (So try… Continue Reading