Pisteuomen - πιστευομεν - T. Michael W. Halcomb

Several months ago, Dr. Bill Baker, President of the Stone-Campbell Journal Conference (and Journal) asked me to create & chair a new Focus / Study Group for the annual meeting. At his bequest, I happily obliged. The name of the new study group is: "Mark's Gospel in Mediterranean Context". For the first meeting, I believe we will leave open areas of exploration so that a variety of topics / interests may be covered & pursued. Following this, we will begin zeroing in on specific subjects. So, this year, persons could examine aspects of the Mediterranean context of Mark's story such as: Kinship, Purity, Patronage, Honor/Shame, Healing, Gender Roles, etc., etc. (Some details subject to change; papers offered this year which deal with "kinship" or "purity" will most likely have greater chance for being accepted). Laypersons, Undergrad, Grad, Post-Grad & Professors alike, may apply. This year's annual conference will take place April 9-1...

This weekend I'll be attending the Stone-Campbell Journal Conference where I'm giving a paper titled "Why Jesus Was Baptized: Immersed in Mark's Story & Culture". Here are the schedule and titles of other papers that others are giving, some of them look really interesting! (You may need to use your browser controls to zoom in for reading)

I found out yesterday that another one of my paper proposals as been accepted, this time, for the SCJ (Stone-Campbell Journal) Conference (This will be either my third or fourth year presenting at the SCJ Conference). The title of the paper is: Why Jesus Was Baptized: Immersed In Mark's Story & Culture . I must say, though, that in this paper, I arrive at quite a different conclusion than the one I blogged about some time ago ( HERE ).

I'm presenting a paper this Saturday morning at the annual SCJ (Stone-Campbell Journal Conference). The title of the paper is "Innovations & Galatians: A Social-Science Reading". Bascially, I'm doing a comparative case study that will empahsize what necessitated the composition of Galatians with an emphasis on innovation. Anyway, I'll probably post some thoughts on it afterwards, we'll see.

In a few weeks I will be presenting a paper at the annual Stone-Campbell Journal Conference in Cincinnati, Ohio. The title of my paper is "Innovations & Galatians: A Social-Science Reading". The list of other papers and presenters has recently been listed. If you're interested in skimming through them, click the following link: SJC 2008 Sessions . I'm especially interested in hearing the papers to be presented by David Fiensy, Beth McCabe (keep an eye out for her work; I heard her speak last year and she has some great things to say and insights to offer!!!) and Tom Thatcher.