Author Archives: Benj

About Benj

I’m a native North Jerseyan, transplanted to Pennsylvania...lived and taught in Eastern Europe for six years…Old Testament professor, author, minister, musician, liturgist…husband to Corrie…father to Daniel and Elizabeth.

Stellenbosch Travelogue II

Posted on 28 January 2014 by Benj

What we need is trust and humility–both on the part of the academic to periodically descend from the ivory tower to help enrich the layperson’s life and faith, and on the part of the layperson to make the time and effort to dig deeply into Scripture beyond a five-verse paragraph for a “quiet time.” Continue reading →

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Stellenbosch Travelogue I

Posted on 26 January 2014 by Benj

The next few posts will be a travelogue of my trip to Stellenbosch for my dissertation defense… Continue reading →

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Real Presence: Screens, Fatherhood and Distractions

Posted on 4 December 2013 by Benj

I save time by multitasking: reading email on my iTouch while playing trains with my son saves me from being pulled away to read that message later–right? Continue reading →

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Psalm 1

Posted on 9 November 2013 by Benj

“Blessed is the man…” Continue reading →

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Scribal and Print Cultures

Posted on 20 September 2013 by Benj

"Unlike scribal culture, which is inherently anti-individualist, print culture fosters ideas of personal fame by multiplying the author-as-signature indefinitely, projecting him both in space and in time into print-made immortality." J. M. Coetzee, "Censorship and Polemic"

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Sermon: “God With Us, God For Us”

Posted on 17 September 2013 by Benj

A sermon delivered at Lansdale Presbyterian Church on September 1… Continue reading →

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Sermon: “Falling Into YHWH’s Hand”

Posted on 14 September 2013 by Benj

A sermon delivered at Lansdale Presbyterian Church on August 25… Continue reading →

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Home Stretch, Other Projects

Posted on 13 September 2013 by Benj

Stay tuned! Continue reading →

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“The Music Truck.” Or, “Positive Externalities.”

Posted on 26 August 2013 by Benj

My three-year-old son refers to the ice cream truck as "the music truck." He has no idea that it sells ice cream. To him, it’s just a truck that drives around playing music, which he loves. No ulterior profit motive–just … Continue reading →

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Make a Name for Oneself

Posted on 17 August 2013 by Benj

“Everybody and their gastroenterologists can make money off of college athletes, except the athletes themselves….” Continue reading →

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