Clarity in Writing
Here’s a great stuff on writing that Justin Taylor posted recently: Joseph Williams’s excellent handbook, Style: The Basics of Clarity and Grace, rests on two principles: “it is good to write clearly,...
View ArticleHow to Ask a Question Intelligently
Got this from http://www.wikihow.com/Ask-a-Question-Intelligently: Define exactly what it is you want to know. This involves categorizing all the concepts in your head. Once you have the concept you...
View ArticleThe Art of Asking Questions
The following was written by Scott Hafemann for students at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in his class Interpreting the New Testament. It is included in the famed “Beale Packet” which began as a...
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Audition: A Podcast from Mars Hill Audio
I was very pleased today to find a most welcome podcast: Audition from Mars Hill Audio. The Mars Hill Audio Journal has been a wonderful staple for segmenting literature, science, art, theology,...
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Nature and Nurture
Just got finished watching a fascinating NOVA program entitled, “Ghost in Your Genes” which was about epigenetics. Epigenetics is the study of genetic modifiers called “epigenomes” that are...
View ArticleSick Around the World
I am a very big fan of the PBS program FRONTLINE which usually airs each Tuesday evening at 8 PM. As I was researching for this past presidential election and the issues we are all facing as a...
View ArticleGeneral McChrystal Interview on 60 Minutes
This is a very informative look at the approach toward Afghanistan that is being taken by General McChrystal. He is a very disciplined man and is taking great personal sacrifice to serve our country.
View ArticleNPR Study: College Grads Unprepared For Workplace
Here is a Morning Edition piece on NPR on how college grads are coming out of school unprepared for professional life. I think that what made a difference for me in college was a work-study position...
View ArticleBeverly Homicide
Big downer in our community. Below are the details. Here is the link: http://www.salemnews.com/local/x1617554686/2-under-arrest-in-Beverly-homicide. June 18, 2010 2 under arrest in Beverly homicide...
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The Questions Most Adults Would Like To Ask GOD
This is an interesting little article from JET Magazine back on June 21, 1999 (pages 20-22). I have seen the statistics from this article mis-cited as though it were from a USA Today poll in a number...
View ArticleKids before Marriage
For sure, the trend of the last 20 years has been to have children and then think about marriage in the future. With the divorce rate what it is, it’s no wonder. This is a good profile piece on the...
View ArticleMark This Day
Amazon has announced that for the first time, their e-book sales have surpassed print book sales. This is important. After Gutenberg invented the printing press, there were still those people who...
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Oil Leak News Resource
I must say that I am entirely impressed with the New York Times coverage of the oil leak in the Gulf. It is updated constantly, tracking the presence of the surface oil slick, the coastal impact, the...
View ArticleBest Magazine Articles Ever
This is a post from Open Culture. “The Best Magazine Articles Ever” – Sure the list is subjective. It’s all in English, and heavily slanted toward male writers. But you can’t quibble with this. This...
View ArticleReading Not a Skill? Not So Fast!
Mark Bauerlein wrote a summary in The Chronicle of Higher Education of Ed Hirsch and Robert Pondiscio’s perceptive article in The American Prospect, “There’s No Such Thing as a Reading Test“. The...
View ArticleTragic Suicide on the Steps of Memorial Church
WARNING: This is heavy stuff. Below is the chilling story about Mitchell Heisman of Somerville who committed suicide on the steps of the Memorial Church in the yard of Havard University on Saturday,...
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Obviously We Don’t Know Religion
Americans may debate about religion all of the time, but it only portrays our ignorance. The White Horse Inn has been saying for years that Evangelicals don’t understand the basic tenets of...
View ArticleDan Pink on What Motivates Us
Dan Pink is the author of Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us. It is designed to help employers get the most out of their employees by exposing the difference between internal and...
View ArticleWe Can’t Handle the Truth
The article below is not stating anything new. Anyone who has taken psychology in high school or college knows the classic defence mechanisms of denial and self-justification. Well, I’ve always...
View ArticleSome Things Teachers Should Know
As someone who teaches on a weekly basis and who has been through a lot of classes, I can resonate and learn from this list. From the Chronicle of Higher Education blog “Brainstorm”:...
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