Ruminations on biblical studies, technology, economics, and sports from Jason A. Staples
In the spirit of today’s holiday in honor of one of the greatest men of the twentieth century, I thought it might be good to post a few brief quotes from Dr. King’s “Letter from a Birmingham Jail,” written April 16, 1963. These words are no less powerful (and needed) today than they were when [...] Read more »
Here’s a great example of backwards thinking: apparently black students in Pinellas County schools are suspended and arrested at a disproportionately higher rate than students of other races. The proposed solution: an agreement has been drafted in which the schools are supposed to be “thinking about options and utilizing those options.” In other words, the [...] Read more »
I finally got a chance to watch Avatar in 3D the other night—strictly business, of course, since I had assigned it to the Sociology of Religion class for which I am guest-lecturing this evening on the nature and definition of religion, using Avatar as a launching point. It was essentially what I had heard: a [...] Read more »
