Mr. Linney

Week of February 25, 2008

We are up and running in the 3rd and final trimester of the 2007-08 school year at Durham Nativity School.  This week we are jumping in with both feet into some new and exciting subject areas.  The sixth graders will study Population Dynamics and the Book of Isaiah.  The 7th graders are engaging Paul’s Letter to the Philippians.  The 8th graders are studying connections among Evolution, Chemistry, and Cellular Biology.  We will also begin some in-depth work in Christian literature.  It should be an exciting trimester if each student brings his best work every day.  Let’s have some fun gentlemen!

The New Testament class will be studying some of Paul’s letters.  Check out the serious and contemplative Paul below:

From: http://www.abcgallery.com/R/rembrandt/rembrandt187.html

“This somber portrait by Rembrandt (1606-1669) shows Paul in a deeply reflective mood and stresses the apostle’s consciousness of the enormous burden he bears–the task of communicating his unique vision of Christ to the Gentiles.  In his letters, Paul expresses a wide variety of emotions–joy, anger, bitter sarcasm–but Rembrandt captures here the sense of melancholy and isolation that typcially characterizes this great missionary.”  Description above is from p.307, The New Testament: A Student’s Edition, ed. by Stephen L. Harris, McGraw-Hill, 2002.