Matthew and Martin
Celebrating St. Matthew and the 500th anniversary of the “September Testament” with friends at the Lutheran Diaconal Association, Valparaiso, IN.
Dr. Mark Schuler
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Materia Medica at ARAM
At the end of July, I participated in the ARAM Society for Syro-Mesopotamian Studies fifty First International Conference on The Decapolis: History & Archaeology at the Oriental Institute at the University of Oxford. My paper, co-authored with Patrick Scott Geyer (University of San Diego), was “The materia medica of monastic health care at Hippos Palaistinēs.” Publication is anticipated by next summer.
A corollary benefit was to see so many colleagues from Hippos who also presented.
Denouement for the Day
Rhoda and I went boating with friends on Thursday evening to mark my retirement,
The sunset was an appropriate denouement.
A day of change
Today it ends… After 28 years at Concordia, I am retiring. I leave for my exit interview shortly.
Today it begins… People call it a new chapter (a final chapter?). I approach it with a degree of uncertainty and ambivalence. I have projects lined up, travel anticipated. But it is a change, and I am Lutheran.
As Jubilate sang at my retirement event (and at my request), “No time to tarry here. I am on my journey home.”
With confidence in Christ and loving support from Rhoda, here we go.
Farewell lecture
I had a wonderful opportunity to report on the Northeast Insulae Project (now complete) and to say farewell to students and colleagues at Concordia University as I retire. The full event is below.