Today Peter and I decided not to go anywhere. We made it a day of rest. We slept in until about 7:45, ran, and spent the day reading Hebrew, or other things, etc.
In the evening three of us went into the terraced land of the Kibbutz to see if we could find any animal life and take a picture. We managed to scare off two white tailed deer, but we were evidently too noisy. I'll try another evening.
I am enjoying my studies here very much. It is a great experience. I hope that comes across in the blogs. However, I'm enjoying all the new people I'm meeting as well. It is great pleasure to meet them and hear how God is using them. Today I'd like to introduce you to Jerry McDermott. Jerry is in the Jonah class, but we've had chances to talk outside of class.
Jerry earned his Ph.D. at University of Iowa. He is the Jordan Trexler Professor of Religion at Roanoke College in Roanoke, VA, where he has been teaching for 20 years. Roanoke College is a historically Lutheran school, but has become a private liberal arts school, with about 2,000 students. Jerry is one of the few evangelical Christians on campus. He has an endowed chair, which gives him a reduced course load and allows him to write. He has authored or co-authored about a dozen books on religion and spirituality (you may find them if you search Amazon for Gerald R. McDermott). He co-authored with an oncologist three books on God and dealing with cancer. His latest effort is editing the Oxford Handbook of Evangelical Theology. He also wrote Claiming Christ (Brazos), which is a debate between a Mormon scholar and him. You may be interested in his web page here. Jerry is a very dedicated Christian scholar, whose teaching and writing benefit many people.
Tomorrow Peter and I will go into Jerusalem. Then Monday we begin our last week. The final exam will be on Friday. We will be staying at the Kibbutz Saturday and Sunday nights, taking day trips, and check out Monday morning, go see something, get to the airport by 8:00 p.m., and fly out just after midnight here early Tuesday morning. I should get to Norfolk Tuesday evening around 9:30. It will be a long day. My blogging on those final days may be hit-and-miss, but I'll do my best.
Brakhot!
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