I've had some family intensive weekends of late, which is a good thing in my case. Last weekend, Amy was visiting for a brief spell. Mom, Amy and I spent most of Sunday playing cards around at my Aunt Becky's, which was a blast, and got quite a bit of quality Amy time. She left on Tuesday and then mom headed down to Florida with some of her friends ( Read more... )

Mom, dad and I went to another Jesus Seminar on the Road this weekend. The hyperbolic paraboloid UU church that we've been to before was hosting another JSOR. Hal Taussig and Kathleen Corley were the guest speakers. Kathleen is the first female Fellow of the Jesus Seminar that I've met. They spent a lot of time on the session focusing on 1st ( Read more... )

Tonight the folks and I are, once again, at the Hilton in Fort Wayne. And once again, we are here for a Jesus Seminar on the Road. The two Scholars who are lecturing during this JSoR are Art Dewey and Steve Patterson, neither of whom I'd met before tonight. They used tonight's session to introduce the audience to the Jesus Seminar and associated ( Read more... )

Well, the JSOR at Fort Wayne was really good. Bob Miller focused on the "Virgin Birth" story of Jesus while Tom Sheehan worked on the "Ressurection" of Jesus - basically the bookends in Jesus' life. It was the folks' first time to see Tom and mom and I fell in love with his voice. He's a great speaker. Bob's good too, but Tom has a Game Show ( Read more... )

The parental units and I are in Fort Wayne, IN for another Jesus Seminar on the Road. We left around 3pm and arrived about 15 minutes ago (aka 2.5 hour drive). When we arrived at the Holiday Inn Express, our room was still occupied. The other rooms were full, so the desk lady upgraded us to a suite. And, despite what the desk lady told us, ( Read more... )

The folks and I got back from Indianapolis yesterday afternoon. Leo was pleased to see me (and had been upset that I'd left - he left 3 statements for me to that effect - yuk!) We had a nice time meeting up with Ed Beutner and Bernard Brandon Scott and another of the Westar Scholars, Perry something or other. (I'm bad with names.) Very nice ( Read more... )

The parental units and I are in Indianapolis right now, getting ready to attend another Jesus Seminar on the Road. We went to one back in November where I got to meet two of dad's little Internet friends. Alas, Daryl Schmidt died March 23rd due to a very aggressive cancer. :-( Tonight I'll get to see Bernard Brandon Scott again, but also get to ( Read more... )

Guess where I am right now ( Read more... )