Matt Jenson

@DZRishmawy DUDE! I'm never on the Twitts/Ex these days, but just hopped on and am so happy for you. What a milestone!

In some personal news, after several long years, many prayers, and much support, I submitted my dissertation and will be defending it on March 7 of the coming year. Thanks to everyone who has prayed and cheered us on!

@crossway do you still have your ETS discount? I'm thinking of adding one of your books to my Christmas secret Santa wishlist...

@SVSPress, I noticed that you had an exhibit at the conferences this past week, but it looked to be empty. I was hoping to buy one of the Popular Patristics volumes. Do you have any discounts on your books at present?

@colincowherd ...it's hard to hear his name used like that. I'm not attributing any bad intention to you hear, just asking you to consider it. And thanks again for the wonderful work you do. I'm grateful for it.

@colincowherd And we certainly live in a place and time where people are far too eager to rage at one another when there are differences of opinion. But I wonder if you'd consider not saying "Jesus" in that way as much. For those of us who deeply love and want to honor Jesus... 2/

I sure do enjoy watching your sporst commentary, @colincowherd. Thank you for your intelligence and insight. There's just one thing, though: You say "Jesus" a lot, as a throwaway exclamation. I know we live in a pluralist society where people think different things... 1/

@jwilson1812, thanks for opening my eyes to Ismail Kadare and TC Boyle. Just finished "Tortilla Curtain." What a book! But also, what a gutting ending.

Truly Magnificent 🤩 Glenn Gould playing the Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation 5 a 1 ovvero 2 Clav. 🎹

@edstetzer @GabrielSaidR does phenomenal work!

@tony_domestico Lovely. Thanks! And what a turn around time on Bitter Water Opera!

@mattjenson Hard to say anything other than Harrow, though Small Things Like These is up there, too. Not included in that image because it wasn't out yet: Nicolette Polek's Bitter Water Opera, which just came out yesterday. I'm teaching it next week and it's terrific.

New Reviewing the Contemporary Novel reading list just dropped

Georgia O'Keeffe Light Coming on the Plains No. II, watercolor on news print paper, 1917

@Dom_S_Hernandez Beautifully put. Thank you so much for this. For all the difficulties, I'm very glad you're here at Biola.

Some thoughts on being a minority person in Christian academia: As minority people in academia we are fighting for our survival in higher education. Some of our theological homes have been slow to accept those who are culturally different.

@quen10banks Thanks, dear, old (OLD!) friend. I love you!

Happy Birthday to the incomparable Dr. @MattJenson! Sending you a ton of love across the miles. Being friends with you is one of the greatest blessings of my life. bit.ly/2GthWNw

@jreimr Yes and amen! That long meditation on that peculiar English virtue of dignity.... I had a glorious January years ago reading that and watching "Downton Abbey."

Agonizingly predictable normie literary opinion, but I finished Kazuo Ishiguro's Remains of the Day over the weekend and was just completely bowled over. One of those books that's so standardly "good" or even "great" that its power sneaks up on you.

@kingbishop_ Happy Easter, dude. Lookin good!

Our word 'school' comes from the Greek word 'scholē', which means "leisure." Unfortunately, for most students, their experience of school is the opposite of leisure. It is a mad treadmill - totally exhausting and leading nowhere.

Searching challenge to classical educators like me from @AnikaFreeindeed... drprather.com/2024/03/17/the…

I can't think of a better example of rich theology and profound missional life and witness.