Mr. Locke’s Classroom

Bruce Reyes-Chow, who is to the Presbyterian Church what Jesus was to mankind, but without the whole divinity thing [ducks in anticipation of things being thrown at him], and who also happens to be our very serious and distinguished moderator, is at it again with the memes.  I had the honor of being tagged by [...]

Even though I’m still in the thick of Summer Greek, I managed to register for classes this week, along with all the other incoming Juniors here at Princeton Theological Seminary.  Almost all of the classes are required, so I didn’t have too much say in the matter, but I did get to pick one “elective.” [...]

Walking the line between confident self-expression and pompous diatribe is tricky (ironically enough, “diatribe” comes from a Greek word that means “waste of time”). This is certainly true of blogs in general, and mine specifically. Last week, I crossed that line. I wrote a public criticism of the educational methods used in my Greek class [...]

The day I was born (according to my mother) one of the doctors listened to my loud cries and quipped, “That kid’s ALL mouth!” And somehow that characterization has followed me ever since. I have an old cassette tape recording of myself in the 3rd grade, talking to the tape recorder. It was a pretty [...]