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Historian/Teacher @CPHatSMU & @SMU. @HistoryTAMU PhD. Early American & Texas history, religion, politics, region & missions. ❤️ my family, music & TX.

Dallas, TX
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My friend Aaron died this Summer. He joined me @CPHatSMU in 2013 as our 1st postdoc. He worked on the papers of 5 presidents (Jackson, Van Buren, Polk, Grant & GW Bush). He was a good man. We have set up a memorial fund in his honor. To learn more or give:
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@dfriederichsen Sure. But loving your neighbor can *also* involve giving your neighbor good and legitimate legal advice within the system to which they currently find themselves subject. Which is why I often find these issues, *broadly* speaking, too complex for one-answer-fits-all.
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RT @CPHatSMU: Congratulations to our five finalists for the 2025 CPH Book Prize: @Robin70202, Susan Gaunt Stearns, @BNofil, @EvaBPayne, & C…
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@AstorAaron Where to begin?! Music-Dallas Symphony, Winspear Opera, Kessler, Granada, Deep Elllum Art-DMA, Nasher, Crow, Meadows Food-The world's cuisine, w/in 15 minutes Sports-football, basketball, hockey, baseball, soccer, cricket That's just greater Dallas. Didn't include Fort Worth!
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@PastorAndyWebb As respectfully as I can say via X - It is incredibly irresponsible to publish completely non-verified ChatGPT data on a topic that is so contentious and nuanced within these groups right now. I caution my students (and anyone else who asks) about exactly this sort of "research."
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@presbyterianpew @psychotheologin @patriarchysons Started listening this morning. Hope to finish over the next couple days.
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RT @CPHatSMU: Join us @SMU tomorrow (1/30) for a special event. We welcome @JM_Thompson & his new book *Cold War Country.* What better to a…
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@AndreaLTurpin Wonderful!! Hope I get to meet him someday!
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@p_emory Jim Thorpe - Sac and Fox native, baptized Catholic, religious freedom fight over his burial.
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@DanielGullotta Middlemarch I can’t keep avoiding a book that people commonly consider among the greatest novels ever written.
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@kateshellnutt What a beautiful story! Thank you for sharing. Merry Christmas! 🎄
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@coltonlbrewer Yes sir! Trying to do my small part but totally agree with you. Especially on writing (and assigning!) more history (and less historical theology 😬) in history classes.
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RT @ACCFootball: Mustangs' College Football Playoff Debut: @SMUFB is headed to State College for the first-round of the CFP! #PonyUp x #C
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SMU dominated their conference, played in their conference championship, and only lost 2 games. to two 10-win teams, by a combined total of 6 points. In the words of Dabo Swinney, “SMU better be in the dang playoff!” #SMU #PonyUp @SMUFB
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My favorite reads of 2024! 1. Recent stunning novels from Leif Enger, @DoerrTorresal & Madeline Miller. 2. Keller, Peterson & Bonhoeffer - guiding me into love & justice even after they've gone. 3. Treasure Island & The Return of Sherlock Holmes- favorite authors to read again :)
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@Ineverglow Enjoy!
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@SamObiWon @Ameen_HGA It is a *fascinating* book. Really helped me begin to understand Malcolm X, what drove him, and why the movement was so appealing to those who followed or joined him. Highly recommend. P.S. - There's an audiobook version read by Laurence Fishburne. It's great.
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RT @CPHatSMU: Join us tomorrow night (11/19) @SMU for "Character Matters: and Other Life Lessons from George H.W. Bush." Featuring Jean Bec…
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RT @drelizabethrees: Looking forward to speaking tomorrow on a panel on the 40th Anniversary of the 1984 presidential election, convened by…
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RT @CPHatSMU: Apply now! Priority consideration for our 2-year postdoc begins tomorrow, 11/15! All details and application instructions can…
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