“21 percent of self-identified atheists said they believe in God or a universal spirit”

There’s an article from AP religion writer Eric Gorski in the Yakima-Herald today: “Religious Americans: My faith isn’t the only way.” Not that much surprising. But I did smile when I read
Another finding almost defies explanation: 21 percent of self-identified atheists said they believe in God or a universal spirit, with 8 percent “absolutely certain.”
I [...]

slow freewriting on my thesis… religion un-make-critical-able?

Critical review of issue, like Lisa’s Audience article — may be exactly what’s needed, especially if the response of many in the field is “Well, of course, religion ought not to be excluded — as an identity alongside race, gender, age, culture, class, location, political views, etc, and as a massively crucial issue in the [...]

a start on a bibliography on religion in the writing classroom

Anderson, Chris. “The Description of an Embarrassment: When Students Write about Religion.” ADE Bulletin 094 (Winter 1989): 12-15. (I have a digital copy.) Addendum 01-14-08: here’s a link to this article: http://web2.ade.org/ade/bulletin/n094/094012.htm
Dively, Ronda Leathers. “Censoring Religious Rhetoric in the Composition Classroom: What We and Our Students May Be Missing.” Composition Studies/Freshman English News, v25 [...]

[journal entry] on Kolln and Hancock’s “The story of English grammar in United States schools”

October 21, 2007
Journal Entry on Kolln and Hancock’s “The story of English grammar in the United States schools” from English Teaching: Practice and Critique (December 2005, 4.3, 11-31). http://education.waikato.ac.nz/research/files/etpc/files/2005v4n3art1.pdf
This article explains a lot. While at the YVCC Writing Center, I wondered a lot about the place of grammar in the teaching of writing. On [...]

ordo salutis

What if Jesus meant to save us by telling us we’d be resurrected (and thus freeing us from having to fight for survival, freeing us from getting caught up in “us versus them,” freeing us to love — giving up one’s life for one’s friends — without fear of death)? while we Christians have [...]

do not demonize anyone, but “angelize” everyone

“Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares” (Hebrews 13:2).
So! We should be angelizing everyone we meet, never demonizing them!

Duke Divinity School’s “Center for Theological Writing”

Just wanted to make note of Duke Divinity School’s Center for Theological Writing at Duke Divinity School and this cool introduction:
Writing forms a constituent practice of the ministry, as integral as prayer and preaching, rather than a tool employed toward other ends. And like prayer and preaching, writing requires a lifetime’s commitment to growth and [...]

an unusual sensation (at least for me)

I just found and listened to the microcassette I had recorded on July 26, 2004 (when I had been having some trouble with tendinitis in my hand(s), and was using this to record thoughts). It’s about five minutes long, I’d guess. I don’t remember recording it. But, thing is, now I’m impressed with my speaking. [...]

Spiritual Sites of Composing

Berthoff, Ann E., et al. “Interchanges: Spiritual Sites of Composing.” College Composition and Communication 45 (1994): 237-63.
A couple weeks ago I picked up a dozen or so CCC journals (mostly from the early 90s, I think) outside the English department (an instructor had left them for anyone to take — and what a [...]

Christ is baptized, the world is made holy (possibly use for Akira’s baptism)

Note to myself to possibly use for this for Akira’s baptism:
With Christ’s glorious appearance to the world, earth’s waters were sanctified. Draw water from the Savior’s fountains. For now Christ our God has made every creature holy. (p. 1429 Benedictine Daily Prayer — antiphon for The Baptism of the Lord)
Christ is baptized, the world [...]