You’re too kind! I need to be posting more content here. Now that my dissertation is out of the way, I can!

Thank you, James! I hope you’re doing well!

Thank you so much!!

Thank you, Daniel! She was incredible. What a scholar and pastor!

Thank you, Dr. McGowin!! I tried to swing by to say hi but I didn’t catch you 😭

I think I need permission to distribute before a certain date BUT I do also plan on publishing it 👀 I will send you the pdf though once I’m allowed to send it out!

Thank you Jay!!

Thank you Bill!

Please please do!! All of Jeremiah 12 is lyrical gold!

Thank you so much!!

Thank you so much, Koert! I am so grateful for their expertise on this project!

Thank you, Alex!

Unbelievable, right??!

Thank you Kelly!!!

Thank you, Dr. Grainger!!

A picture of me before the defense began

A picture of me with my defense committee: Dr. Amy Peeler, Dr. Auburn Josephs, Dr. M. Daniel Carroll R., Dr. Richard Schultz, and Dr. Lissa Wray Beal, from left to right

Dr. Amy Peeler announcing that I successfully defended my dissertation and am now Dr. Josephs

My pre-defense confidence

On Friday, I successfully defended my dissertation, “Desolate, it Mourns to Me—All the Land is Desolate, But No One Takes it to Heart: Jeremiah’s Ecotheology.” I am so excited to enter the world of biblical scholarship as a PhD!

Deborah!! I forgot that you wouldn’t be Leighton here!

Congratulations! Im going to try and attend these so I can see your work :D

Oooh I thought about proposing to that section (if it’s the one I’m thinking of)! I’ll be there to hear your paper!!

Yay!! Congratulations! What session will you present in?

Looks like I’ll be presenting a paper in the Biblical Hebrew Poetry section at SBL this fall!

I can’t wait! Are any of my friends here also presenting? I’d love to show up and support!

Joshua 8:28 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 28 So Joshua burned Ai and made it forever a heap of ruins, as it is to this day.

Thanks to a random Instagram influencer, I now have a new favourite Bible verse.

Everyone needs to have Bethany Grainger on their radar!

Thank you so much, Bethany!!

Thank you, Ellen!!

It’s such a good one!

Thank you, Andrew!!

Thank you James! I hope you’re doing well!

I submitted my doctoral dissertation this morning! I can’t believe it!

Thanks so much, Charles!

Bad Bunny’s closing messages during his Super Bowl performance:

“The only thing more powerful than hate is love”
“Together, we are America”