Marie and I are going on a holiday to Jordan, leaving tomorrow, and there will (I’m sure) be many pictures to share from that. After this: more pictures from the magic kingdom.
Bob — exploring (intrepidly) so that you don’t have to.
Promissory note
February 8th, 2010 by Bob HeffernanOutside our apartment
January 31st, 2010 by Bob Heffernan
The stairs lead up to our apartment. The triangular bit jutting out on the right-hand-side is our front balcony.
My office desk
January 28th, 2010 by Bob Heffernan
I love my articulated desk lamp. That is all.
The clock tower
January 25th, 2010 by Bob Heffernan
The KFUPM clock tower as seen from the top of the mathematics building. Each hour the clock tower rings its bells; I often have to remind myself that this sound, incongruous with its surroundings, is not being made by the bells of the local church.
Khobar and the ocean
January 22nd, 2010 by Bob Heffernan
The view of Khobar (and, in the distance, the ocean where one might see Bahrain on a clear day) from the KFUPM campus.
The KFUPM oasis.
January 19th, 2010 by Bob Heffernan
The KFUPM “oasis” as seen from the top of the mathematics building.
Happy birthday to Karl Barth
May 10th, 2009 by Bob HeffernanKarl Barth was born 123 years ago today. I am sure that he and Jesus are celebrating right now by listening to some Mozart together.
Things I would do if I weren’t so busy attempting to create a Ph.D. thesis ex nihilo by doing nothing other than concentrating really hard while furrowing my brow #45:
January 19th, 2009 by Bob HeffernanPost interesting things on my blog.
Sunday Reading
November 17th, 2008 by Bob HeffernanTheology of Hope by Juergen Moltmann
More comments on this after I’ve read more and digested more of what I’ve read (and I only got through a few pages today) but I do have this thought: if the eschatological horizon is a moving horizon does Moltmann expect that history will ever catch up with this horizon? I have yet to see where a total and final fulfillment of promise fits into Moltmann’s system. However, I imagine this will become clear as I go on (I’m only about a chapter into the book, after all).
More some other time. I’m enjoying the book so far. ‘Tis a classic, after all.
Sunday Reading
November 10th, 2008 by Bob HeffernanPeter Pan by J. M. Barrie
I didn’t read much yesterday but I did read a chapter or two from Peter Pan. There is nothing quite as enjoyable as a good children’s book. See also The Wind in the Willows, The Hobbit, The Last Unicorn, &c.