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  • Reply to: Robert Alter on the Psalms17 years 1 month ago
    …: Thanks...
    by: matthew
    for pointing this out James. As a non-expert, I like Alter's translation of Genesis. And I like '…
  • Reply to: Lectionaries17 years 1 month ago
    …: On balance pro
    by: Thomas
    James has established, I believe, that Pros 1 is a real plus, not easily achieved by other ways of…
  • Reply to: Matthew 18:15-20, the sinning brother, in context17 years 1 month ago
    …: Matthew 18 contexts
    by: girlpreacha
    Great to read your blog as I had recently been marvelling at the same thing! That reading Matthew…
  • Reply to: Lectionaries17 years 1 month ago
    …: The Calendar
    by: James Oakley
    Yes, we could observe the church calendar in other ways that allowing it to drive the ministry of…
  • Reply to: Lectionaries17 years 1 month ago
    …: Catholicity
    by: James Oakley
    Sure. I know there are drawbacks (and therefore the clause "considered as a factor on its own" is a…
  • Reply to: Lectionaries17 years 1 month ago
    …: Agreed. My gut thought is
    by: Steffen
    Agreed. My gut thought is that we might do it by finding other ways to maintain catholicity. There…
  • Reply to: Lectionaries17 years 1 month ago
    …: Conclusions...
    by: James Oakley
    It gave me serious pause for thought. You're right about con number 5: One simply has to be free…
  • Reply to: Lectionaries17 years 1 month ago
    …: I like it!
    by: Steffen
    Thanks, James, that's really helpful. I get the feeling that 1-5 on the pros are good things that…
  • Reply to: No more CAPTCHA17 years 2 months ago
    …: Math Captcha
    by: James Oakley
    Yes - I'd have thought that what is called a "math captcha" is an oxymoron. The image ones are best…
  • Reply to: No more CAPTCHA17 years 2 months ago
    …: Why isn’t 4+12
    by: Anonymous
    Why isn't 4+12 Turing-compatible? I should have thought that was exactly the sort of problem…