Acts of Hope

The link to this map doesn't work, but I saved the image as a jpg. I am linking a Facebook post to this since the link is cranky and ref...

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"There are and will be those who think I have gone overboard. Let them rest assured that this assessment is correct, probably beyond t...

... and editing, in those rare summer moments of quiet and solitude of which I get so little during the year. Also mowing the lawn, griping ...

I am headed for Boston tomorrow to visit the intrepid Parents of Acts of Hope , this time for a week, which means the stay won't be All...

The intrepid Parents of Acts of Hope phoned to say they are home safely and happy birthday. They had a wonderful trip. They are off to bed ...

We had a little conversation going on Facebook last night about the appropriate music to accompany end-of-semester grading. I raised the que...

The intrepid Parents of Acts of Hope have (if all has gone according to schedule) wrapped up their five day stay with the great-grandchildre...

There's a lot of it. Three "final class of the semester" down, one to go. Usually we teach three courses a semester at my scho...

I am taking a couple of days of writing time after a fortnight of very little work on the Big Theological Tome or anything else because of a...

One of our students interviewed me for The Guilfordian , our college newspaper, not long ago, and the article came out in this week's ed...

Thank you, all, for your prayers . We welcome your weekend prayers too! An update on how everyone is doing. 1. I spoke with P. yesterday. ...

The great historian John Hope Franklin died yesterday at the age of 94. The Washington Post has several pieces about him including an obitu...

It's not teh sick in a humongous way, but it is sniffly and headachy and tired, so we are going to nip it in the bud and not let it get ...

Turned in grades on time. Slept all day yesterday. (I teach almost nonstop Monday-Wednesday including evenings, with office hours in between...

Well, it turns out many of us didn't use most of our snow day for grading. We just enjoyed the day, rested, listened to music, noodled ...

... which of course means faculty can stay at home reading and grading, grading, grading because mid-semester grades are due in three days. ...

Dealing with a lot of them these days. But, as a member of my family said to me yesterday, "If Obama can become president, you can get ...

I am just back from the book party for my friend Deidre's new book , held at St. Ambrose, Raleigh, a historically African American Episc...

This was about two months ago. As you see, the always extraordinary +Maya Pavlova, unlike most kittehs, does not fear the vacuum cleaner. Bu...