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

Saturday, January 29, 2011

ChristianityToday Book of the Year...

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Christianity Today has named my book its Book of the Year on the topic of Christianity and Culture. They write: "With wit and wisd...
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Sunday, January 23, 2011

200,000 visitors old...

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This week my blog received its 200,000 visitor... boggles the mind. (Though, presumably 199,000 were looking for something else.)
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Friday, January 21, 2011

The American ideal: Lukewarm religion?

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Something that I enjoy in writing a blog is hearing other people's perspectives on things that I'm interested in. For example, awhi...
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Sunday, January 16, 2011

Back from vacation

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Cathy and I celebrated our 20th anniversary with 8 days in the Caribbean, on the wonderful island of Nevis. I'll post more on it, but he...
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Monday, January 10, 2011

Some really bad stats about religion and gays

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Here's  a story about gays, suicides, and Mormons. It holds the distinction of getting just about every statistic used wrong, and then d...
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Tuesday, January 04, 2011

Finally, someone understands!

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I have spent the last month putting the final touches on my next book. (Working title: Slow Cooker Recipes for the Holidays), and I was/ am...
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Saturday, January 01, 2011

The problem with Twitter

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I've discovered a problem with my Twitter account... sometimes people read it. I recently had an e-mail exchange with a magazine edit...
Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Climate change and Christianity?

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A friend recently sent me this call for papers, and it reminded me of something that I don't understand. Why do people think that the...
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Monday, December 27, 2010

A good example of using statistics in the pulpit

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One of the fun things with writing a book is hearing how people respond to it. This week a pastor in St. Joseph, MI posted a thoughtful r...
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Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Misinformation about Evangelicals... again

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Newsweek magazine recently had an article about Amish fiction. In the midst of it, the author threw in these statistics about American Evan...
Monday, December 20, 2010

Religion and crime... today's ecological fallacy

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This post on the website atheismresource.com cites a study that finds that crime rates in less religious countries are lower than those in...
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Friday, December 17, 2010

How to ask for a better grade

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It's that time of year, when I'm calculating grades and students are hoping to get good grades. Each semester I get several request...
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Saturday, December 11, 2010

The inadvertent Christmas fan

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I'm not much for the Christmas season, at least how it's celebrated in the US. In fact, about my only Christmas tradition is postin...
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Thursday, December 09, 2010

My boring celebrations

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Earlier this week I sent off the last few chapters of my next book to my editor. Now, there's still plenty of proofreading to do, and it...
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Sunday, December 05, 2010

A Church doing the right thing

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A church that I am familiar with has had a tough couple of years. Their lead pastor stepped down amidst moral impropriety and financial mis...
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Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Christmas flash mob sings Handel

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This is almost enough to get me into the Christmas spirit...
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Thursday, November 25, 2010

Reason #62 that I'm a Christmas Grinch

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I don't watch much television, but it's Thanksgiving morning at Grandmother's house, and I'm watching the Macy Parade with t...
Tuesday, November 09, 2010

A protest slogan that we can believe in!

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From the restoring sanity rally... Thanks, John!
Friday, November 05, 2010

Maybe we're not getting dumber

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David Weakliem examines changes in Americans' recognition of famous people.
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Wednesday, November 03, 2010

My weird brain,,, Prosopagnosia

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I've known for awhile that my brain works differently than other peoples', especially when it comes to recognizing things. Well, a ...
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