This was a pretty amazing day–I bought a djembe for our ministry, I was formally invited to guest lecture in a grad class about “The Role of Religion In the Ideal Society”, I had a neat answer to prayer, and I met a remarkable person.
First, the neat answer to prayer: I’ve been visiting a guy named Tom at Stanford University Medical Center. He has a trachea tube which prevents him from speaking, and so I had to work out a chart that allowed him to spell out words to me using gestures. Today he asked me to pray that he would be able to speak soon–as we finished praying a doctor walked in a placed a special attachment on the end of his trachea tube that allowed him to do some vocalization! He still can’t talk fluently, but he’s on the recovery trail.
Second, today Paula and I went to pick up a student’s father at San Jose International Airport. He’s going to be in town to see his daughter and do some research. Anyway, I realized this morning that I didn’t really know what Dr. Abegg looked like, so I googled for Martin Abegg and shortly realized that he’s the reason the Dead Sea Scrolls were published after decades of secrecy! For more info, read the fascinating commentary by Penn Jillette (yes, the magician of Penn & Teller fame) or the article The Dead Sea Scrolls: Making The Good Book Even Better?
Anyway, he’s a great guy and we had a wonderful time getting to know him better.
And I just thought this was going to be a day like any other…
More on that guest lectureship in a grad class soon–The West Wing beckons…