>As most of you have noticed, I have not posted to my blog for several days now. I am still blogging but I will be unable to post regularly until after the first week in November.

As you know and as I have mentioned several times before, Northern Baptist Seminary is going through a process of re-accreditation. This process includes an evaluation of the work of the seminary in light of its mission and vision statements. This evaluation is called the Self-Study. The Self-Study requires that the seminary study all its work for the past 10 years. I am the Director of the Self-Study. The preparation for the re-accreditation visit has been going on now for the last three years.

The visiting team will be on campus in three weeks. Since I am the Director of the Self-Study, I have one thousand and one things to do in preparation for the accrediting visit. This has kept me from blogging for the past week and this will keep me busy for several more days.

There are many things demanding my attention now. My priority must be given to the preparation that is required for the accreditation visit. For this reason, I will not be posting regularly for the next few weeks. Once the visit is over, I hope to post daily again.

Thank you for reading my blog.

Claude Mariottini
Professor of Old Testament
Northern Baptist Seminary.