One of the great things about our region is that our regional pastor (rough translation, “A Bishop with severly limited powers, given that they herd cats for a living”) is big on spiritual development. When I moved to the area he was starting up a mentoring program, akin to a spiritual confessor, called “Pastor to…
Month: April 2009
Go Ahead, Pass Your Notes
One of the most interesting things going on during the BibleTech09 conference was the undercurrent of conversation going via twitter during the sessions. It was at that time that I thought Twitter could be an incredible tool for encouraging conversation during a learning event like a class or seminar. I’m already hoping to encourage people…
A Legend Passes
I’m Philly, born and bred – it’s my cultural identity. A huge part of that cultural core of my being is a passion about sports – Philadelphia is simply the greatest sports town in the nation. End of story. Every generation of Philadelphians has a set of characters which drew them into the sports lore…
Talking Genesis with Peter Enns
I’m in a familiar place, McInnis Auditorium, getting ready for Peter Enns to start his talk on Genesis and the Ancient Near East context. I already had to help him get his mac working with his laptop, glad I was hear (he traded me an autograph for it). And here we go, Dwight Peterson is…
Interesting Reading
I’ve been reading Her Heart Can See, by Edith L. Blumhofer for a bit. It’s billed as “The Life and Hymns of Fanny J. Crosby,” but really it’s about the “Life and Times of Fanny J. Crosby.” Actually the times part of my version for the sub-title is the greatest strength of the book. Her…
Hands on with the DSi
OK, here’s the scoop. My DS was dying thanks to having spent a year being passed between myself and two rowdy children. The kids eventually got their own DS systems, but mine never recovered. The mic was flaky, one hinge was breaking, and the cartridge slot was more miss than hit. So, when Game Stop…
