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Christianity, academia, and whatever else I happen to be thinking about

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Differential Opportunity for Criminal Behavior

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Jocelyn Addison, Nia McBrayer, and Jenniffer Watson are three college-aged women who needed some money. They could get a job, but that would...
Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Plane hits cow

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Two things that don't go well together... airplanes and cows
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Monday, April 27, 2009

Sunday 30s

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Okay, I have forgotten enough good lessons about life that I would probably prosper by not learning anything new and just trying to remember...
Saturday, April 25, 2009

Mill pond at sunset (pic)

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There are lots of old mill ponds in New England, complete with waterfall. Here's a picture of one at sunset, and I cropped it so it...
Friday, April 24, 2009

Long-shot door-to-door evangelism

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Laurence Innaccone and Rodney Stark have developed a paper entitled "The Logic of Long Shots: A Theory of Cold-Call Witnessing" in...
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Wednesday, April 22, 2009

How American Congregations are Changing (and Staying the Same)

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Have you ever picked up a sociology journal and tried to read one of its articles? Well, good luck if the article uses numbers because most ...
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Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Stavos Flatly (video)

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Lots of people have commented on the amazing performance by Susan Boyle on Britain's Got Talent, but some may overlooked the true breako...
Monday, April 20, 2009

Three Myths About Christians and Divorce

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Here's an article by sociologist D. Michael Lindsay . (It's a proven fact that people are smarter when their first name is an init...
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Sunday, April 19, 2009

The Sunday comics say that... Gus is pretty smart

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At the breakfast table this morning, Gus picked up the comics, read Foxtrot (one of our favorites), adn about 2 minutes later had solved the...
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Saturday, April 18, 2009

A silver leaf in the river (pic)

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Here's the bank of the local river when the snow was melting. I loved the colors and shapes, though I'm not sure that I have the le...
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Friday, April 17, 2009

Please, be careful how you talk about religion. This is a university.

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Yesterday I went to see Cliffe Knechtle talk on campus. Cliffe is an open-area apologist for Christianity. For 20 years now, he's been...
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Thursday, April 16, 2009

An inspiring talent (video)

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In case you haven't seen it already, here's the video of Susan Boyle on Britain's Got Talent. Why is this video so powerful. I...
Wednesday, April 15, 2009

An illustration of a non-linear effect

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In teaching methods, I cover non-linear effects (where the change in Y resulting from X varies by the level of X). I've been looking fo...
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Sunday, April 12, 2009

Floyd's comment on Good Friday

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We went to our church's Good Friday service, and it was rather abstract. Lots of music, readings, and a silent drama involving building...
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Saturday, April 11, 2009

Spring run-off (pic)

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This is a cool time of year to take pictures of the local rivers because there is lots of water, and it hasn't turned green/murky yet.
Friday, April 10, 2009

Watch your language...

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Here's an interesting story from the New York Times. Apparently a number of states still have blasphemy laws on the books, and while r...
Wednesday, April 08, 2009

Being Off-Time in the Life-Course

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When we think of going through life, we often think in terms of how old we are. Children celebrate birthdays, middle-aged people wear t-shir...
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Tuesday, April 07, 2009

Why we clean house

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This is why we host Bible Study at our house each week...
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Saturday, April 04, 2009

Puppy under Christmas Tree (pic)

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This last Christmas, we bought a puppy for the boys. She's a miniature poodle (to minimize allergy problems for me), and I got to name ...
Friday, April 03, 2009

A politician we can believe in

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Though I'm mildly interested in following politics, I don't gravitate to any of the political parties. It's entirely unclear to...
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