A taste of the richness that is the gift of Robert Alter...

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=14476326

May 21

Idiot watching gets more and more fun every day!

http://www.npr.org/2011/05/07/136053462/is-the-end-nigh-well-know-soon-enough&sc=nl&cc=nh-20110507

Urban Legends, Preacher's Edition

Great post:

http://trevinwax.com/2011/04/27/urban-legends-the-preachers-edition/

Scar or hole?

People often refer to Jesus' "scars" but did he have any? Scarring takes time, and doesn't occur in the dead. So if Jesus was dead for 3 days, the hole in his side would not have healed. So does he have a hole?

John 20:27 Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing.

What will she do for Father's Day?

http://weblogs.sun-sentinel.com/news/specials/weirdflorida/blog/2011/04/cops_woman_tried_to_buy_her_80.html