Peter Erb's upcoming visit

I'm very excited that my teacher, Peter Erb, will be coming here to give a series of lectures for ECM, the U of Lethbridge and Lethbridge College. When I went to WLU to do my MA I didn't know about Peter but five minutes into our first conversation and I knew I had found my teacher. He taught me to read carefully and introduced me to so much of the Christian tradition.

Here is a great article on his latest work on Christianity and murder mysteries. How wonderful to know that reading mysteries isn't a waste of time!

Here is his schedule here:

Sunday, November 16th
2:00 pm
Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd
2406 11 Avenue South
"Ecumencial gift exchanges: What Lutherans and Anglicans have to offer the Church at large -- a Roman Catholic perspective"

Monday, November 17th
7:30 pm
Lethbridge Public Library
"Christian Killers and Atheist Heroes: Religion and Detective Fiction 2008"

Tuesday, November 18th
12:15 pm
University of Lethbridge, Turcotte Hall 277
"Can Christians be Citizens?” A Victorian Debate in a Twenty-First Century Setting

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Summer Reading - Mysteries

Kevin's comment made me think of the mysteries I would recommend. Here's the beginning of the list of mystery writers I like:

the new Dick Francis is good
Ian Rankin (Scottish police procedural)
Giles Blunt (Canadian police procedural by a fellow who used to write for Law and Order)
Elizabeth George (British police procedural - can't wait until the new one is out in paper)
Janet Evanovich (American comedic - the one, two, three, four series - haven't read the others)
Quintin Jardine (Scottish police procedural)
Kathy Reichs (Canadian forensic)
Andrew Taylor (British - some historical, some theological, some police procedural - all good)
Julia Spencer-Fleming (U.S. Anglican priest)
Charles Todd (British historical - WWI)
Faye Kellerman (American Jewish police procedural)
Robert K. Tanenbaum (American legal procedural)
Deborah Crombie (British police procedural)
Jonathan Kellerman (American psychiatric)
Gail Bowen (Canadian - she's an academic but they have police elements)
Ruth Dudley Edwards (British comedic academic)
Marcia Muller (American hard boiled private eye)
Kate Charles (British Anglican)
Patricia Cornwell (American forensic)
Robert Parker (hard boiled but in touch with his feelings)
D.M.Greenwood (British Anglican)