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Graduation: The other side of the fence

Saturday, May 10th, 2008

Last September it was my turn to graduate with the PhD at the University’s spring graduation. Last Wednesday I was on the other side of the fence, participating not as a graduand, but instead as faculty. Quite a different experience, from carrying the Theology banner through the streets at the head of the Theology students, through to being an academic marshall at the ceremony, and watching the students get capped from ‘on stage’ rather than in the audience.

All in all, a good (though different) kind of day.

Posted by stepheng, in General 2 Comments »

The Homeless Channel

Wednesday, May 7th, 2008

A while back I saw the graphic novel “The Homeless Channel” being mentioned around the net. Part satire, part social commentary, part something else, the story is based around a cable reality TV show that provides 24 hour coverage of the homeless people in the city and the lives of people that intersect with that TV show. It sounds intriguing, and quite different from any other graphic novel I’ve seen recently. I’m going to try and see if I can get hold of a copy.

Comics Bulletin has a couple of pieces related to it: The first is an interview with the creator, Matt Silady, while the second is a review of the novel.

  1. Matt Silady’s Homeless Channel: Not Just Basic Cable: Interviews & Features Archive – Comics Bulletin
  2. Homeless Channel Review – Line of Fire Reviews – Comics Bulletin

The creator, Matt Silady, also has a preview of the novel and a movie trailer of the story.

Posted by stepheng, in Comics 1 Comment »

Blog themes

Wednesday, May 7th, 2008

Useful Problogger article on different ways of getting a design for your blog – from the free through to the expensive. See Problogger: How Do I Get a Professionally Designed Blog?

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Converting Word Docs to Web Pages

Saturday, May 3rd, 2008

Turning MS Word files into web pages can be a really painful experience – particularly if you have to go through them by hand looking to change or modify them. I’ve had some days when I’ve given up trying to get Word content into a nice web format and just gone and recoded the content from scratch. However, I might give some of these tools a trying in future – Convert Word Docs to Web Pages – Wired How-To Wiki.

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A simple introduction to the various Christian spiritual traditions?

Friday, May 2nd, 2008

You would think that there should be a really good introductory survey article, essay or book chapter out there that describes various distinctives within Christian spirituality – either by theme or by historical period. Something that looks briefly at each of things like monastic tradition (desert and cloister), mysticism, mendicant spirituality (Franciscan & Dominican), Lutheran, Anglican, Reformed, Holiness/Wesleyan etc.

Now, I know there are some good books out there like the one’s below – but what about a magazine or introductory academic article? Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Books that do this include:

As does something like Foster’s Streams of Living Water: Celebrating the Great Traditions of Christian Faith does this.

I shall continue my trawling of journals, books and magazines…

Posted by stepheng, in Faith & Religion No Comments »
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