Last day of classes and one student gave me the most spectacular homemade bagels.

Happy Easter Y'all! Paula White-Cain to Trump: "“Jesus taught so many lessons through his death, burial, and resurrection. He showed us great leadership... requires great sacrifice... And, Mr. President, no one has paid the price like you have paid the price.” www.huffpost.com/entry/paula-...

"If Hegseth genuinely believes in a God of wrath, he is a courageous man, one bold enough to presume not only that he represents the omnipotent God’s interests but that he can safely ignore the direct teachings of Jesus in order to carry out what he deems to be God’s will on earth..."

Yesterday was the "official" release day for Esther Keeps the Score, and I am anxious and excited to share my words with you all. Many thanks to @scmpress.bsky.social for making this process so enjoyable. scmpress.hymnsam.co.uk/books/978033...

Very little beats the April-December stretch in southern Ontario.

When @timothysnyder.bsky.social's On Tyranny meets the Bible. American Christians are going to need to read this book by superb New Testament scholar, Josh Jipp. @brazospress.bsky.social

Evening reading at the suggestion of the amazing Jen Graber.

Sure we might be sending our kids to school today with homemade spam musubi, but they will never know the joys of taking a PB&J to school.

Amazing job, @jeremyfcohen.bsky.social!

Last week of classes!

Sounds like someone desperately needed a break.

PDS: Pandemic Derangement Syndrome, in which the sufferer blames the pandemic, vaccines, etc. for their own assholery.

There are many reasons why sports betting is evil, but this is at the very top.

Check out Dr. Rob Jones’ (McMaster PhD 2020) latest article, “Was There an Enoch Group in the Second Temple Period? The Contribution of the Aramaic Dead Sea Scrolls,” in the Journal of Ancient Judaism

The Jetsons lied to us

The demise of AI was prophesied long ago.

Jesus when he comes back to Earth:

It is 87 degrees in my office, which would be amazing if my office had a pool and palm trees.

Why do bad things happen to so-so people? In other news, I forgot my coffee on the kitchen counter.

Dr. Lily Vuong (McMaster PhD 2010 and Associate Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Oregon) recently published a co-edited volume entitled *The World of the New Testament: Encountering Texts in Context* with Fortress Press. www.fortresspress.com/store/produc...

Whole mornings you’ll lose, and whole afternoons To trolling and arguing with faceless buffoons Like MAGABro69 and DixieBrunette — You may even say a few things you regret. But it’s okay! You’ll be tenured! And joy will abound (Until the university itself closes down)

Me, as the sun shines and the temperature nears double digits.

Fingers crossed!

Lord, I see what you've done for other animals and I want that for me!

I don't expect any better, but check out this all-male issue of First Things. Worst Things, amirite?

Alternatively, this driver rejects the hypostatic union of Christ, believing that Jesus is only 1/2 divine and 1/2 human and so fully powers this hybrid.

Winter 2026: "The snow will continue until morale improves."

Tonight, Professor Adele Reinhartz (McMaster PhD 1983) will deliver the Irish Theological Quarterly Lecture entitled "Shared Scriptures, Shared Questions: Jewish readings of the Christian Testament" at St. Patrick’s Pontifical University in Maynooth.

A man who has chosen to comb his hair like this for decades lacks at least two things: - a functioning level of discernment - friends who are able to speak the truth to him

It is right and meet for two people with the worst hairdos in the history of the universe to partner up in this way.

friends! come work with me and the amazing folks on this team at UVA! happy to answer any questions about the position, feel free to reach out! jobs.virginia.edu/us/en/job/R0...

Highly applicable to university professors

At the Toronto Auto Show with my son. Him: dad, let’s go check out that amazing supercar. Me: dude, let’s go check out that station wagon and then the cargo capacity on that minivan.

paul to the disciples

a Ferruginous pygmy owl is cute AF.

Dr. Matthew Thiessen recently published both introduction and critical notes to the book of Leviticus in the Anabaptist Community Bible (MennoMedia, 2025). www.mennomedia.org/anabaptist-c...

Yet one more reason to reject Eric Metaxas’s trash bio of Bonhoeffer.

After drawing the salary of a chaired prof for twenty years and turning 65, Christian Smith believes himself too much of a truth teller to continue at Notre Dame, retired, and publishes this self-congratulatory jeremiad in First Things… what a profile in courage. firstthings.com/why-im-done-...

I have repeatedly called for a reality show called MILF (Manuscript I’d Like to Finish) Island. The existence of this movie proves there is an appetite for such a show!

Time to get apostolic!

Reading this superb book on the tail of Turtle Island. @ivpress.bsky.social @choklotubbe.bsky.social

I repeal the finding that I am almost 50.

I converted to Catholicism two weeks ago. Here's why I hate Jesus and the Pope.

In 2025, Dr. Ellen Amster was appointed the McMaster University Global Ambassador to Morocco on a mission organized by the Canadian embassy to Morocco. This meeting connected Canadian universities with over 35 Moroccan universities. Read more here: healthsci.mcmaster.ca/mcmaster-glo...

dear god.

Check out Dr. John Martens (McMaster PhD 1992) article, "Was There Universal Education of Girls and Boys in the Qumran Communities?" in the most recent issue of Dead Sea Discoveries! brill.com/view/journal...

My department has recently migrated from Twitter to Bluesky. If you are interested in religious studies, please give our account a follow! #mcmaster #religiousstudies @mcmasterreligion.bsky.social @mcmasteruniversity.bsky.social