Alternating today between Aramaic texts and outrage over Toronto being stupid about urbanism.

The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon has gotten a facelift and is even better than before. cal.huc.edu

Last night talking to my daughter, she's telling me about this professional development course she's taking. She's by far the youngest in it, everyone else is in their 50s (like me). Good course. But all the other participants are all in on LLM AI. She is not and finds it sad and discouraging. 1/

If we took Elon's net worth, turned it into an endowment, and used the very conservative annual draw of 4%. We could almost double the amount of money all Canadian governments spend on higher education every year.

This is wisdom for life right here.

Just discovered that my cat does NOT like the Cure.

If you live in the GTA, you should do this survey as part of Transport Canada's consultation on the future of Billy Bishop airport. I just did. tc.canada.ca/en/corporate...

The CSBS President, Alicia Batten (Conrad Grebel University College, University of Waterloo) presents her presidential address, "Textile Topography: Dress, Bodies, and Ancient Christ Followers."

SAVE THE DATE for the next TST Conference! Nov 13, 2026 at Knox College, Toronto. Coming soon....Call for Proposals! Open to TST students and faculty *AND* non-TST students and faculty. Theme: "TST Asks: How Does Theology Respond to Our Complex World?" Details to come!

Investments in public art are never just aesthetic. Where public art is placed is as important as the public art itself. Whether explicitly or implicitly, the placement of public art communicates who municipalities (& their stakeholders) consider deserving of beauty and public joy.

A reminder that the United States is not a democracy and not safe and you shouldn't be travelling there.* *recognizing, of course, that some of you have to for work or you have family living there and so... who am I too judge. But the rest of you? Don't be stupid. Or evil. Vacation somewhere else.

This is very niche, but I genuinely laughed out loud. (The Ontario flag has a Union Jack in the top left, for my non-Canadian follows. And Toronto is the capital of the province of Ontario.)

This was the story I needed to read today. Maybe you do too. Gift link.

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I have wonderful students. That's all. That's the skeet.

The award for best press release goes to.... #canpoli #chillax

Well this is a deeply unsettling read for your Friday evening.

"Anti-Americanism flourishes in the United States."

I don't intend to ever travel to the US again. And I'm not the only one. Frankly, it's not safe.

I suppose I would ask why this is an "if" situation.

At least there was this small win

All of Canada right now

Gretzky will be thrilled

High Stick High Stick

FOUR MINUTES???!!!!

This is a fantastic story, and the baskets are amazing and beautiful. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Just when I think this man can't possibly get any more ridiculous ... He is a living, breathing example of how "inheriting Daddy's money" and having no post-secondary education at all leads to worst outcomes. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Catherine O’Hara, the Canadian actor known for her comedic roles across the decades including Schitt’s Creek and Home Alone, dies at 71. tgam.ca/4qcKxLX

TST is hiring! This full-time opportunity may be for you if you have a MDiv, MPS, or MTS degree. Recent TST grads are encouraged to apply (but you don't have to be a TST grad). Coordinator, Ministry and Pastoral Formation Hub Apply by March 11, 2026 See the posting: bit.ly/49MTg2J

We're a Youppi and an Ace away from having an awesome board of peace of our own.

In a speech to the World Economic Forum, Mark Carney says middle powers such as Canada must accept that the rules-based international order is effectively dead, and great power rivalry with is here to stay. Key excerpt:

I chipped in to the @PressProgress.ca legal defence so journalists can keep holding the powerful to account. This case could set a chilling precedent across Canada. If you can, please donate and share. pressprogress.ca/journalism-defence/donate

For my USian follows - yes, we really are mad at your country. And that 4% for "Good" - check out the margin of error...

"Less patriotic than a literal separatist party" is certainly a look for Canada's Conservatives.

Lifelong learning opportunity - take "Chaos and Cosmos: creation stories in the Bible" with me starting in January. ministryforum.ca/posts/new-bi...

Knox College, a founding member of the Toronto School of Theology, is seeking an Assistant Professor of Spiritual Care and Professional Formation. Come work with me! caps.net/wp-content/u...

Lifelong learning opportunity - take "Chaos and Cosmos: creation stories in the Bible" with me starting in January. ministryforum.ca/posts/new-bi...

Geneviève Bergeron Hélène Colgan Nathalie Croteau Barbara Daigneault Anne-Marie Edward Maud Haviernick Maryse Laganière Maryse Leclair Anne-Marie Lemay Sonia Pelletier Michèle Richard Annie St-Arneault Annie Turcotte Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz

My observation and experience: It's not a coincidence that this non-involvement was at the same time that women started to achieve parity in mid- to senior-ranks. Service work (e.g. involvement in governance) became the job of women, with the effect that fewer men took part.

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"Ottawa U.S. Embassy spokesperson Ariel Pollock" has now been required to issue a comment on our foolishness.

Explaining Black Friday to kids: "So the Americans. They don't have Boxing Day. In fact they don't take Christmas week off like we do. Their big holiday is Thanksgiving, which they hold a month late, at a weird time for a harvest festival. The next day is their Boxing Day, which we have to honour."

Just finished my final review for JBL as a member of the editorial board. Fifty reviews (including a handful of re-reviews) over the last nine years. A true privilege to serve.

I believe the technical term for this is extortion

Link to my slides from my presentation to grad students on conferences: drive.google.com/file/d/1MEID...

And challenge they did. At the Montreal Winter Carnival Hockey Tournament on February 7, 1884 the capital’s first representative hockey team took to the ice wearing red and black striped jerseys and caps and dark knickerbockers. They called themselves the Ottawas: wintieorwrangle.ca/team-beginni...

Zotero has changed its look and I am so disoriented.

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It's Weber's analysis in Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism on full display: their homelessness demonstrates that they are predestined for damnation, so assisting them would be interfering with God's plan. eh.net/encyclopedia...