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Hey yall! (Why "yall" is not "y'all")
I have worked as a language specialist for most of my adult life, teaching Ancient Greek, English, Spanish, and Linguistics. Here’s my take on this iconic fragment of southern English. For those of us living in or near the southeastern United States, yall functions as our second person plural pronoun. It is not equivalent to “you all.” Consider the following two questions. Are yall coming to…
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Faith in the Company of Doubt
On March 3 Herman Green and I began a new class at Binkley Baptist Church in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. He and I alternate leading class discussion on topic relevant to the influence of shifting American cultural values and the church. Join us for lively discussions of everything from theology to the place of the Bible in today’s society and the church.
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Laguna Pai
I have recently discovered the Peruvian band Laguna Pai. They blend tradition peruvian themes with Reggae and Rock to produce an amazing hybrid. Here are two of their recent productions.
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Esperar el Amanecer / Awaiting the Dawn
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"Descent", a new composition
“Descent”, a new composition
I completed this composition for drum set, bass guitar, and keyboard on February 18–19, 2021. The images of hot air balloons are inspired by the time I spent with my family in Louisville, KY, where we saw them frequently.
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Música de Adviento y Navidad (Music for Advent and Christmas)
En las ultimas semanas he subido a YouTube varios arreglos de canciones de adviento y navidad. La mayoría son arreglos que compuse mientras trabajaba de Director de Alabanza de la Iglesia Unida de Cristo en Chape Hill, Carolina del Norte. Los he actualizado, haciendo pequeñas mejorías de las partituras instrumentales. Over the past few weeks I’ve uploaded to YouTube several arrangements of…
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Additions to the Bibliography
Additions to the Bibliography
Today I added Carmen Padilla’s article, “Ensayo de Clasificación de la Especie Semántica Atributo en el Nuevo Testamento (Letra alpha)” to A Comprehensive Bibliography of Hellenistic Greek Linguistics. This Spanish language article published in Filología Neotestamentaria applies a type of semantic analysis that was gaining popularity at the time of its publication (1991).
The type of analysis…
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Hipocresía en tiempos de racismo: Moloko Podcast Escuchar a estos dos jóvenes peruanos me do mucha esperanza en cuanto al futuro. El racismo es un problema mundial, y requiere el esfuerzo de muchísima gente enfrentarlo, pero si hablamos con franqueza y honestidad, podemos lograr cambios reales.
A Time for Silence, A Time for Social Distancing, and a Prayer for Shalom
On April 17, 2019 I posted some reflections on the practice of silent reflection during holy week. Now, in 2020, social distancing has hindering our ability to do some of the things we did last year.
Typically, during holy week, Olin T Binkley Baptist Church in Chapel Hill, NC erects a labyrinth and invites the community to walk the labyrinth as an aid to silent reflection. The use of…
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Social Distancing and Face Masks in Chapel Hill and Taipei
I made a much needed trip to the grocery store today and was delighted to see Trader Joe’s enforcing social distancing. They’ve limited the number of people allowed in the store at one time and require six feet between people standing in line waiting to enter.
I was also delighted to see more people than usual using face masks, even though the number is still far too small.
At work in…
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What to do? COVID19 has us stuck at home!
Travel is out of the question right now, but we send you our warmest greetings as you face life in our current unprecedented reality.
To bring you 15 minutes of Perú to renew your connection with the culture, I’m sharing a TEDx presentation filmed in Miami in December of 2016. It showcases Afro-Peruvian music.
Tony Succar’s band, “Mixtura” showcases folkloric Afro-Peruvian rhythms such as…
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History that Doesn’t Suck Today I added a page introducing Greg Jackson's "History that Doesn't Suck." He and his team produce a slightly irreverent, but well-researched podcast on American History through entertaining stories. I highly recommend it. You can access the page here.
Elemental Cognition
In 2012 Nikola Danaylov interviewed David Ferrucci, who had been leader of the IBM Watson project. On December 15, 2019 he interviewed him again. This time, about his work since the Watson project, including his current work with Elemental Cognition, a far more ambitious AI project.
The interview address the challenges facing any effort to develop AI that can learn independently and explain…
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News & Observer Video on Silent Sam and UNC Support of White Supremacy
News & Observer Video on Silent Sam and UNC Support of White Supremacy
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Sunday, December 8
This Sunday will be our last time together for this semester.
I had originally scheduled the class to be about Ephesians 2:17-20, and we will read that passage, but a lot has happened this week, and it would be wrong not to address those issues as well.
Our local university (the one in Chapel Hill) announced over the Thanksgiving break that it is giving $2,500,000 to the neo-confederate…
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Sunday, December 1: A Litany of Welcome Tomorrow morning we will discuss last Sunday's protest against Alamance County's cooperation with ICE, talk about when Civil Disobedience is warranted for the Christian Community, and read together a litany of welcome drawn from scripture. Part of our discussion of last week's protest will involve watching this short video:
ICE Protest in Graham Police in Riot Gear Intervene in Graham Police participation in last week's protest against the Sheriff's department's cooperation with ICE was clearly not meant to protect protesters.