From Visit to Viva
Viva Voce from medieval Latin, lit. ‘by or with the living voice’ On 22 March, I reached a long-expected milestone in our Durham Journey: my viva voce. The viva is […]
Tag Archives: St. John’s College
10 Things I am Glad I did in my First Year of my Ph.D.
This is an installment in a series of posts about moving to the UK for a Ph.D., specifically at Durham University. To read more posts like this, see our list here. A […]
St. Mary The Less Chapel~St. John’s College, Durham University
I wish I could talk you with me to a chapel service. Daily chapel services enrich the community life here in Durham. St. John’s College, the Wesley Study Centre, and […]
Banking in Durham
This is an installment in a series of posts about moving to the UK for a Ph.D, specifically at Durham University. To read more posts like this, see our list here. Setting […]
Durham University College System–Choosing the Right College for You
This is an installment in a series of posts about moving to the UK for a Ph.D, specifically at Durham University. To read more posts like this, see our list here. Choosing a […]
Post-Graduate Housing in Durham, England
As soon as we learned we were moving to the United Kingdom, we were ready to find a place to live. We wanted to know where we could set up […]
Moving from the US to Durham, England
This post will begin a blog series on the ins and outs of making a move to Durham from the US. We read several blogs before making our move and […]
What can one person do?
Problems in our world abound. Issues like global poverty, mortality rates, wide-spread corruption seem to be everywhere. So who should do something about it? Government? Some big non-profit organisation? Should […]
Science, Religion, and the Search for Extraterrestrial Life
Last night Joshua and I attended a lecture by the Rev. Prof. David Wilkinson entitled “Science, Religion, and the Search for Extraterrestrial Life.” He holds a PhD in theoretical astrophysics, […]
Field Trip Friday #5
Well today was one of those “change of plan” kind of days. I had planned for the three of us to go to a priory ruin and explore a bit. […]
Thinking, Reading, and Learning From One Another
Beth has done a great job in her earlier posts to describe what she and the kids have been up to recently. However, I have been quite busy these last […]
Christian Cliches
Last night I attended a lecture by Dr. Jeff Astley on Christian Cliches and Ordinary Theology at St. John’s College, Durham University. He explains his work better that […]
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