Thursday, August 31, 2023

Salad Potlucks, First Week Seminary Readings, and Other Delights

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In a week where seminary classes are underway, and face to face classes that I teach are underway, and online classes have been underway, an...
Wednesday, August 30, 2023

Weather Watching and Laundry

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I feel scattered again this morning.  I got up at midnight and spent an hour reading about hurricane Idalia, at the same time wondering why ...
Tuesday, August 29, 2023

First Day of Fall 2023 Seminary Classes

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My first seminary class for Fall 2023 semester was last night:  The Ethical Self and Prophetic Witness.  We're meeting virtually, every ...
Monday, August 28, 2023

Thinking about St. Augustine in the Midst of Hurricane Season

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Today is the feast day of Saint Augustine.  While I respect his vast amount of theology and other types of writing, his work will never be a...
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Sunday, August 27, 2023

Pivoting to Past Times

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This morning, news of 2 deaths took me back to specific times in my life:  Bob Barker and Maureen Seaton.  I was surprised, in some ways, to...
Friday, August 25, 2023

Brief Reflections on a Second Week of Teaching

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I'm feeling tired this morning, and I can't decide if it's a good tired or not--maybe it's a mix of good tired (I did good t...
Thursday, August 24, 2023

Waning Days of Summer

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In later years, when I look back on this blog, will I wonder at what I left out?  For example, there's no analysis of the first presiden...