Introducing

As an unofficial ambassador for the blogosphere, let me introduce you to three new blogs (and the people behind them) worth your reading time in the future:

My Life in Sweat Pants – a good friend from my old Navigator days, Leura is a freelance editor and terrific writer (and I say that not just because [...]

Wildwood Friends

Here’s a picture I took of my students today after our last (sniff, sniff) day of Bible class.
And here’s a picture of how I confusingly tried to help them solve all the problems of the world (or at least the ones they identified on Monday), using Psalm 1 as a hermeneutic:

Yep. That’s what they said, [...]

Wise Beyond Their Years

I’ve got one more class with my Wildwood students on Wednesday. One more class. Granted, they have their oral final exam next Wednesday (five groups of three students for 30 minutes per group), but that will probably be more fun for me than for them.
In addition to their friendship this year, one of the things [...]

Wildwood Wisdom (part 2)

More proverbial wisdom from my students:
“Like sunlight through a window is a man of wisdom’s words:
a source of light where there is none.”
“When you are in pain, go see your physician;
for the pain he inflicts upon you will replace your original agony.”
“An only child is lonely,
but siblings create discord.”
And here’s one about a student whose [...]

Wildwood Wisdom (part 1)

I’m a week away from finishing up the book of Proverbs with my Wildwood high schoolers (we’re studying biblical wisdom literature). As part of today’s class (and with no warning and a ten-minute time limit), I asked the students to write their own proverbs. Most were really clever, and I thought I’d post some of [...]

On Teachers and Teaching

My kind of weekend: intensive January term class on prophecy with visiting prof, Dr. Richard Pratt of Third Millennium Ministries (check out the website – way cool vision); teaching tomorrow morning at Memorial on leadership (specifically how being a good follower is key to being a good leader); and digging into Proverbs to prep for [...]

The Way of Wisdom

Today I started my second semester teaching at Wildwood. The topic? Biblical wisdom literature (Proverbs, Job, and Ecclesiastes, with some Psalms thrown in for good measure). I’m pumped.
Two texts (among others) I’ll be using to prep for this class are The Wisdom of Proverbs, Job & Ecclesiastes by Derek Kidner and Old Testament Parallels: Laws [...]

Whirlwind Weekend

As of tonight’s General and Pastoral Epistles class, it’s officially Finals Week. Thank the Maker.
Whether in college or in seminary, I’ve always loved Finals Week, not because I’m a particularly good test-taker (I’d say I’m average), but because there’s freedom to really read and study with the majority of assignments done (or almost so). I’ve [...]

Today I Become My Students’ Least Favorite Teacher

In case you’ve been following along, you know we’ve made it through the Pentateuch and are almost to the Promised Land (not bad for a month). Here’s what I’m handing out to my high school students today at the end of Bible class (papers are due November 1st, so mark your calendars and get to [...]

Words to Study By

I’ve only heard myself make one of these excuses with any kind of regularity this past year (feel free to post your guess), but if you’re a student, here’s a list of “no sympathy” lines to seriously consider with regard to your studies. Most of this professor’s responses are more gracious than mine (”Suck it [...]

Nation of Israel (in a Semester)

As promised (and after way too much time spent on it – i.e. since the end of July), here’s the plan for the fall Bible class I’m teaching at Wildwood Christian School. The class begins this afternoon. If you’ve got nothing better to do the next four months, why not study along with us?
Objectives
The intent [...]