Last night and this morning, my blog made the transition from WordPress.com to WordPress.org (self-hosted) with no small thanks to Brandon who guided me through the process. Along the way, I have selected a new theme/look for the blog, updated some of my links, and started considering what to do with my newly earned freedom.
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After writing my previous post about RevGalBlogPals helping us out with the perennial women and biblioblogging discussion, I thought about their requirements for joining and realized, “Hey, that’s me!” So, particularly on the basis of their third criterion (”All committed to building a supportive online community for women clergy, women church professionals, and women in [...]

I have added a new page on my blog for undergraduate students who might be interested in an academic career in biblical studies. I have seen lots of advice on getting into a Ph.D. programs around the blogs, but not much discussion for how to approach your foundational studies as an undergrad. I had been [...]

Since it is by far the most visited page/post on my blog, and it had been awhile since I updated it, it seemed high time to adjust my “About Pat” page. If you have any interest in my latest introspective construction of identity, as I am certain you all do, feel free to check it [...]

This is my 23rd blog post this month, which is a record for me, surpassing last April’s record of 21 posts. I know Jim West and Nick Norelli write that many posts in about two minutes, but it’s a lot for me (a first year PhD student and father of an uber-fussy four month old). [...]

My wife and I have lived in the LA area for several years now, but today was the first time we attended the LA Times Book Festival. We had wanted to go all these years, but just now got around to it. So, we loaded up Declan and recruited my dad and had a tri-generational [...]

As I was searching the preliminary program book for the SBL Annual Meeting looking for interesting sessions, all of a sudden I reached a page saying, “The Preliminary Program is Not Yet Available.” Hmmm. It was linked on many blogs yesterday, so apparently the folks at SBL noticed the heightened traffic and shut it down. [...]