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My Accent
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xscot mcknight
Do you have an accent? I don’t.
Friday is for Friends
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xscot mcknight
Yet another topic for discussion — a topic rarely discussed in spiritual formation books and yet one that is central: feasting as memory. This is the subject of the 14th chp of Darryl Tippens, Pilgrim Heart. I begin with a quotation that struck me — and one that serves as a warning for anyone who…
On Grading Papers
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xscot mcknight
Best opening line of a paper this semester: “My parents are Christians and I grew up in the convent.” (He meant “Covenant” as in denomination.) Anyone with some funny or clever lines in papers?
Papers are now due
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xscot mcknight
It’s end of the term; papers are due. I got a note from a student on Wednesday about 3:45pm. He asked about the paper in such a way that I was confident he probably had not yet begun. I approved the angle he was suggesting, and then added this: “… it’s 4pm the day before…
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