I received this the other day, thought I might share:
Joel,
I love your blog. It is everything that a blog should be. Funny, slightly political, a little controversial, and well-written. I have a question. Is Jim West really like he is on the blog? I mean, he comes off pretty gruff, but I’ve heard that he is not that way in real life.
Thanks,
Huldrych Zwingli
Harry,
First, thanks for your email. It’s always nice to get emails, even from the unknown.
I’ve had the pleasure of meeting Jim several times, in real life, and no, he is really just a cuddly teddy bear full of love and comfort. As a matter of fact, when you stand around Jim, it’s almost as if you experience a glow. He has a certain aura which, if you care close enough, swells your spirit. Also, it comes in handy when you are trying to find Jim in a crowd. For example, I was trying to find him on the SBL Book exhibit floor. I stood on a chair and could actually see the halo-like glow emitting from Jim.
So, there you go.
Joel L. Watts holds a Masters of Arts from United Theological Seminary with a focus in literary and rhetorical criticism of the New Testament. His interests include exploring the role of mimesis in human civilization, specifically in the study of religion and media, as well as science fiction and the way in which it has allowed mythology to be explored in light of scientific discoveries of the past century. He is the author of Mimetic Criticism of the Gospel of Mark: Introduction and Commentary (Wipf and Stock, 2013) and a co-editor and contributor to From Fear to Faith: Stories of Hitting Spiritual Walls (Energion, 2013).
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Is there a way to like this a jillion times?
harry???????
Yeah, he has to stay inside at night for fear of misguiding air traffic, but Jim comes in real handy when Rudolph’s not around.