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  • When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing

    One of my favorite authors is Daniel Pink. He’s written about how right-brainers will rule the future, the surprising truth about what motivates us, and how to move and motivate others. His latest book, When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing, just came out and I just read it. Like the others I’ve read, it is…

  • 4 Steps to a Well-Educated Mind

    One of the most influential books I read is Susan Wise Bauer’s The Well-Educated Mind: A Guide to The Classical Education You Never Had.* It’s been about 10 years since I read the first edition, and now there’s a slightly updated and expanded version.** I decided to revisit this newer version and will post some…

  • Muscle Monday: Workout Options for TheoFit Cut

    When I posted about the TheoFit cut last week, I almost went on a tangent about workout routines. But, I realized it made sense as its own post. Hopefully, if you’re not doing the cut, some of what follows will still be of interest and/or help. For a bit of history, I started working out…

  • Can Young Academics Review Books Well?

    Young academics shouldn’t be allowed to do book reviews. Either: too much to prove, extra critical, miss forest for trees; or say nothing. — Jonathan Leeman (@JonathanDLeeman) December 19, 2016 Over Christmas break, I was mostly reading books, but I saw my fair share of Tweets. The one above caught my eye, and also got…

  • The 2017 Reading Challenge (And How to Complete It This Year)

    You may have seen my monthly posts throughout 2016 about Tim Challies Reading Challenge (see my year end post here). He made some changes to the overall plan to make it more flexible and is continuing it in 2017. You can download the plans here. This time around, I’m planning to be a bit more…

  • Take The Gospel of John from Dallas Seminary for Free

    Following up from my Tuesday’s post, sometimes it’s a good idea to give seminary a try before fully committing to take classes. Thanks to Dallas Seminary, you can take a full-blown class for free. Specifically, you can take The Gospel of John with Dr. Mark Bailey (the seminary president and Bible exposition prof). The course…

  • How to Get Started Reviewing Books: Setup and Practice

    A couple of weeks ago, we talked about why you’d want to review books. Once you have your “why” in place, it’s time to get started. If you already have a blog up and running, I’m assuming you’ll post there. If you don’t you could start by posting reviews of books you’ve bought from Amazon.…

  • Arriving Somewhere: A Series on Seminary Studies

    It’s hard to believe it’s been 8 years since I packed up my life and moved to Dallas to start seminary. Four years ago, I graduated and Ali and I moved to Florida. We initially lived with her parents and ironically, did so again last month for a short time in between rentals. Having finished four years…

  • 3 Reasons I Want to Review Books (And You Might Too)

    You may remember a blog series I claimed to be starting last fall. I’ve long thought it worth putting some organized thoughts down on how to go about being a book reviewer. For reasons I can’t remember, I was sidetracked last fall and so the series never really got off the ground. As I’m getting…

  • Mapping Your Academic Career: Charting the Course of a Professor’s Life

    It’s a bit of a stretch to think of myself as a professor. I am a teacher, and while I do have graduate education in my field, I don’t have a terminal degree yet. I’m actually kind of in limbo while I’m getting experience teaching and thinking about dissertation ideas. Although I don’t have concrete…