Sunday morning at Edgewater Dr. Riley preached from Mark 15, regarding the mockery and crucifixion of Jesus. During our small group breakout sessions after the sermon, we discussed our thoughts on the passage. One of my group members spent a few minutes reflecting on the mockery of Jesus found in verses 16-20. And the soldiers...
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Three years ago today I was convinced by Angela Davis to start blogging. A few days later I was to move to New Orleans for seminary, and I decided to journal my seminary experience, which was to end in May 2007, if all went as expected. It’s really hard to believe that it’s been three...
Day 16 had me all around the DFW Metroplex. It began in Weatherford, west of Fort Worth, and ended at Happy Hill Farms in Glen Rose with Britt and Michaela. Britt, Kayla, two of their friends, and our NOBTS diasporates Brent and Laura (Britt, Brent, and I lived in Lipsey Hall our first year at...
In August 2004, I moved to New Orleans to attend seminary. In August 2005, I left thinking I’d be back in a few days. It took nine months. June 1, 2006, actually, was the day I moved back. The first day of hurricane season. It’s been a year now. Ray Nagin was re-elected. So was...
After Katrina, NOBTS experimented with online classes via something called a Threaded Discussion System (TDS). Basically, our classes were self-guided, with online discussion that was led by our professors. The majority of our information was sent to in PowerPoint files loaded on Blackboard, and that’s where our discussion took place as well. Some liked it,...