“I see no color” is not the goal. “I see your color and I honor you. I value your input. I will be educated about your lived experiences. I will work against the racism that harms you. You are beautiful. Tell me how to do better.” ... That’s the goal.

Day 4 - Golan day. Tel Dan, Banias, Bental and some fantastic falafel. Even Yaeli got some. @thechls #biblelanes2022 #ibexlikefalafel instagram.com/p/CdkD_ausgx8s…

Just posted a photo instagram.com/p/CdllQVdMoOU-…

Sepphoris, Gamla, Migdal. @thechls #biblelands2022 instagram.com/p/CdpWyvxjcMD7…

Here's the ToC w/ essays by: Carol Myers, Dr. Shafer-Elliott, Jeffrey P. Arroyo García, Lynn Cohick, Carmen Joy Imes, James F. McGrath, Dr. Beth Stovell, Matthew Lynch, @NijayKGupta, Sandra Richter, Janelle Peters, PhD, and Erin Heim.

Glad to see this in print. Gorgeous volume. The Samaritans: A Biblical People #Samaritans #abiblicalpeople

Every season at El Araj/Beit haBek brings us closer to identifying it with the first century Jewish village of Bethsaida-Julias timesofisrael.com/inscription-po…

In reference to the type scholar, or maybe just the type or person, that you don’t want to be.

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I will never be able to read John 4 again without hearing this song.

Micro-Jesus to the rescue!

There is absolutely no piece of scholarship worth the continu/al/ed devaluation of survivors and victims of sexual abuse. None. This below is a MUST read! Thanks @MAdryaelTong medium.com/@madryaeltong/…

A thread worth reading when considering the so-called missing history of “Our America”. Thanks Michael Harriot for all of your threads.

Happy to see this in print, finally. “A Voice Cries…John the Baptist’s Wilderness Relationship to Qumran" JJMJS 9 (2022): 5-29. jjmjs.org/issues.html Unfortunately, a handful of my edits did not make it to the printed form. So, my apologies.

Responding to Dr. David Falk's misogyny. tiktok.com/@maklelan/vide…

Consider supporting this endeavor. #lautenschläger

Just under a month to apply for Princeton Seminary's open rank faculty position in African American Christianity: jobs.chronicle.com/job/37481422/o…. Please continue to spread word far and wide; and potential applicants, as the chair of the search I am happy to answer any questions you may have.

An account claiming to be a “critic” of culture fails to recognize a standard strategy used by movements across time and place to explain their spread: attribute it to a venerated founding figure! A 🧵 to remind us of the importance of higher education and expertise... 1/6

Immigration & Apocalypse book event at Yale, where I'll be in conversation with Dan-el Padilla Peralta. It's not lost on us that this is after inauguration and MLK day. Please come if you're in the area! Open to the public.