Transylvania as a Study Abroad Destination
Many of you know that I am planning on running a short-term study abroad trip next May to Transylvania (starting in Bucharest, ending in Budapest, and in between visiting Brasov, Sibiu, Sighisoara,...
View ArticlePetra: Go For A Camel Ride Later?
Even more than a year later, I still have photos and stories to share from last year’s trip to the Holy Land, which I have never shared on this blog. It was such a rich experience that I continue to...
View ArticleHaggling for Peace
Even before the announcement was made that the U.S. Embassy in Israel will move to Jerusalem, hints in this direction had already had an impact on the State Department warning regarding travel to...
View ArticleTravel to Transylvania
Students at Butler who want to go on the trip to Transylvania, there is still opportunity to do so. Tell your parents that the trip is what you want for Christmas! Here’s some beautiful Romanian...
View ArticleAfrican Responses to Forced Displacement
As we gear up for the next public lecture in the series, let me share the video recording of the second public lecture in this year’s Butler Seminar on Religion and Global Affairs. It features Jan...
View ArticleOne Thing Needful
This little-known poem is by Bram Stoker, better known as the author of Dracula. The one thing needful In Martha’s house the weary Master lay, Spent with His faring through the burning day. The busy...
View ArticleRoman Synagogues and Romanian Churches
I’ve mentioned before how much I feel I have learned about the New Testament from living in Romania. But I also feel like there is more to be learned and explored. For instance, not long ago I visited...
View ArticleWould and Wouldn’t, Can and Can’t, Should and Shouldn’t
Cristoph Heilig shared an experience of embarrassingly saying “should” when he meant “should not.” We all know that it does happen, even those of us who don’t think that the president misspoke rather...
View ArticleMark Invented the Sea of Galilee
Teaching a class on the historical Jesus, I am revisiting posts from as much as a couple of years ago that I have long meant to highlight or discuss, which relate to this topic. One of these is Paul...
View ArticleWhat Would Jesus See? (And Did Jesus Study Abroad?)
I have asked before whether Jesus had the kinds of cross-cultural experiences that typically enable people to see beyond the culture and values they were brought up in, becoming aware of what to others...
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