We arrived safely in Iowa last night around 5:00 pm. I am spending today getting settled into my new office while simultaneously doing all the work needed to get courses ready for the semester. I should be ready to start blogging about the Bible again sometime in the next few days.
We arrived back in Massachusetts around 6:00 tonight. We will be here for about fourteen hours before heading out on the road again. Tomorrow we will drive as far as Cleveland, and then Thursday should see us arriving in Iowa.
For those wondering who the “us” is, my mother decided to come along for the TN–PA–MA–OH–IA drive (I only include the states where we will be spending the night). This Saturday she will fly back from IA to TN. She thought she was coming to help me with the driving, but I had to remind her that she can’t drive a stick shift. So, she is here to keep me company.
I wanted to wish all of my readers a happy New Year. May God bless each of you in this coming year.
I spent New Year’s Eve en route from Tennessee to Massachusetts and celebrated the change of the calendar in a Motel 6 in Carlisle, PA. I will arrive in Massachusetts late Tuesday evening, then turn around and drive to Iowa on Wednesday and Thursday.
2007 has been a real hemorrhoid of a year for me, and I am glad it is finally over. Surely 2008 will be better.
Blue Cord is dedicated to the academic study of the Bible. It is written by Kevin A. Wilson, PhD, a lecturer at Merrimack College in North Andover, MA. Kevin also currently works as an editor with Abingdon Press on the New Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible.
Sacred Quest: An Invitation to the Study of Religion (4th Edition) by Lawrence Cunningham
Theological Foundations: Concepts and Methods for Understanding Christian Faith by J. J. Mueller
Augustine: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) by Henry Chadwick
The Myth of the Eternal Return: Cosmos and History (Princeton Classic Editions) by Mircea Eliade
The Year of Living Biblically by A.J. Jacobs
