Mar 29, 2020
I went to Wesley Theological Seminary, a good Methodist institution. It is located in Washington DC. The seminary required that each person seeking a Master of Divinity degree must complete a two-week immersion in a culture different from our own. There were a...
Mar 19, 2020
Not that anyone was waiting, or that the world was facing a shortage of words … do you feel these days that there are too many words? All those medical notices about the Coronavirus … from your grocer! From the electric company! From the gas company! From everyone and...
Mar 9, 2020
I recently learned of the death of Larry Hurtado. It hit me hard because I had greatly enjoyed his book, Lord Jesus Christ: Devotion to Jesus in Earliest Christianity. Larry Hurtado was an American New Testament scholar, historian of early Christianity, and Emeritus...
Feb 9, 2020
On Thursday mornings you can find me in Bath doing the exercises that my long-suffering personal trainer directs me to do. (You should pray for her! Really!) She often stops me and makes me start over because I am not doing the exercise properly. My form is all...
Nov 25, 2019
I have been reading recently about the experience of slavery in this country. Frederic Law Olmsted (yes, the guy who designed Central Park in New York City), wrote a couple of books about his journeys through the American South prior to the Civil War. I am about...
