What’s the news?

by | Jun 9, 2015 | Tools, Workflow

Today my task: to find and read newspaper accounts of Lutheran mergers in 1917, 1918, and 1930.  The idea: to consider what ‘others’ found newsworthy about Lutherans and how they portrayed that news. I started out optimistically, expecting to be able to...

Getting organized

by | Jun 8, 2015 | Uncategorized

At the beginning of sabbatical, with some small and larger projects in front of me, seems like an opportune moment to get serious about how to organize my ‘work flow’ and research methods.  And, frankly, given what a mess those are in, this is not a moment...

Counting down to the beginning

by | May 14, 2013 | Uncategorized

Reading Day (May 14, 2015), or what I’ve taken to calling “Special Event Day.” I’m in that lull between when classes end and finals are administered.  This morning I finished grading the last assignment from my BTS-T class and did some tidying...