I was informed today that in the local newspaper (small, Bible-belt town) that a letter to the editor was published saying that voting for Kerry would be like voting for Satan.
I'm glad he spoke for all us Christians. Now those of us with a brain have to undo crap that people like this say. Arg
Wednesday, October 20, 2004
Monday, October 18, 2004
I can't believe it
The Astros won game 5! Amazing. Who woulda thought?
I got to see my fiancee today. That was wonderful. I missed her.
I got to see my fiancee today. That was wonderful. I missed her.
Friday, October 15, 2004
Astros... and then chasing a rabbit
After winning the first playoff series in franchise history, the Astros look like they are up to their old tricks. I missed most of game 2, but from what I could tell, middle relief gave up the game yet again. We've gotta win these two at home to stand a chance.
On a totally separate note, my fiancee is out of town and I miss her. I hope she is having a good time.
Tomorrow I get to look over the lesson for my 6th grade small group on Sunday night, work on an assignment for Dr. Lambert, write a summary of the second half of Augustine's The Spirit and the Letter, write one paper, and attempt to start at least two others. It's a good thing I'm on my own this weekend so I can maybe get some stuff done. Prepare for rant...
Rant: I really love school. I really do. I know I'm in the right major because I love reading just about every single book that I have to and I enjoy all my classes. The problem is, I just don't have time to do it all. History of the Christian Church might be the best all-around class I'm taking this semester, but there's lots of nights that I don't have time to do the readings that I actually want to read. I'm very intrigued by the primary source material we have for that class and wish I had time to look at it more. I have a pretty big paper due in this class that I would love to spend lots of time on and attempt to publish, but I don't think that's gonna happen.
Communicating the Christian Message is a class that I would like to take seriously, but it simply takes a back seat to all my other classes this semester. Yet again, I enjoy the reading about different theories about preaching and communicating.
Philosophy of the Christian Faith is a great class with lots of reading from Augustine. Yet again, I'm not able to read everything for that class as often as I would like. I loved reading Confessions and am drawn to the way he lays things out and presents his thoughts. I have a pretty large paper for this class as well that I think might be worthy of publication if I have enough time to do as well on it as I know I can.
New Testament Book Study and Hermeneutics is a wonderful class that I am keeping up with the reading. I feel like too many youth ministers are lazy Bible scholars and I'm doing my best to change that. This might be the class that I am taking the most seriously and am putting the most effort into. The paper for this class with be the largest paper I've ever written and I plan on kicking butt on it. If this paper isn't the best in the class, I won't be happy. I really want to do well on it.
Foundations and Practices of Youth Ministry is a great class that has a manageable amount of reading. The two books we read are good and the assignments about them are well-written to make you think. I think that JBU has a fabulous Youth Ministry program. I feel prepared to go into any ministry as a result of this degree because it teaches you how to think theologically, not how to be a youth minister. We just adapt our thinking to youth, but it's not very difficult to apply that to any context. Anyways, Youth Ministry at JBU rocks. I recommend it to anyone. Bring your thinking cap though.
On top of school, I'm working about ten hours a week for Dr. Lambert and spending about 12 hours a week doing church stuff. And trying to plan a wedding and keep my fiancee happy. Oh yeah, I have to eat too. And sleep.
I know a lot of people have much busier schedules than I do. I don't know how they do it. I feel stretched as it is. For those who look at me and think "I wish I had it as easy as him" I have the utmost respect.
Rant over. Back to work.
On a totally separate note, my fiancee is out of town and I miss her. I hope she is having a good time.
Tomorrow I get to look over the lesson for my 6th grade small group on Sunday night, work on an assignment for Dr. Lambert, write a summary of the second half of Augustine's The Spirit and the Letter, write one paper, and attempt to start at least two others. It's a good thing I'm on my own this weekend so I can maybe get some stuff done. Prepare for rant...
Rant: I really love school. I really do. I know I'm in the right major because I love reading just about every single book that I have to and I enjoy all my classes. The problem is, I just don't have time to do it all. History of the Christian Church might be the best all-around class I'm taking this semester, but there's lots of nights that I don't have time to do the readings that I actually want to read. I'm very intrigued by the primary source material we have for that class and wish I had time to look at it more. I have a pretty big paper due in this class that I would love to spend lots of time on and attempt to publish, but I don't think that's gonna happen.
Communicating the Christian Message is a class that I would like to take seriously, but it simply takes a back seat to all my other classes this semester. Yet again, I enjoy the reading about different theories about preaching and communicating.
Philosophy of the Christian Faith is a great class with lots of reading from Augustine. Yet again, I'm not able to read everything for that class as often as I would like. I loved reading Confessions and am drawn to the way he lays things out and presents his thoughts. I have a pretty large paper for this class as well that I think might be worthy of publication if I have enough time to do as well on it as I know I can.
New Testament Book Study and Hermeneutics is a wonderful class that I am keeping up with the reading. I feel like too many youth ministers are lazy Bible scholars and I'm doing my best to change that. This might be the class that I am taking the most seriously and am putting the most effort into. The paper for this class with be the largest paper I've ever written and I plan on kicking butt on it. If this paper isn't the best in the class, I won't be happy. I really want to do well on it.
Foundations and Practices of Youth Ministry is a great class that has a manageable amount of reading. The two books we read are good and the assignments about them are well-written to make you think. I think that JBU has a fabulous Youth Ministry program. I feel prepared to go into any ministry as a result of this degree because it teaches you how to think theologically, not how to be a youth minister. We just adapt our thinking to youth, but it's not very difficult to apply that to any context. Anyways, Youth Ministry at JBU rocks. I recommend it to anyone. Bring your thinking cap though.
On top of school, I'm working about ten hours a week for Dr. Lambert and spending about 12 hours a week doing church stuff. And trying to plan a wedding and keep my fiancee happy. Oh yeah, I have to eat too. And sleep.
I know a lot of people have much busier schedules than I do. I don't know how they do it. I feel stretched as it is. For those who look at me and think "I wish I had it as easy as him" I have the utmost respect.
Rant over. Back to work.
I'm a nerd
Over the past few years, I've been adding books to my amazon.com wish list that I eventually want to buy. As I take all of these cool classes at school and hear about good books in class and from other people (or stumble upon them myself), I put them on my list so one day I will eventually get to read them.
The problem is, the list is growing WAY faster than I can purchase, nevertheless read, the books. As of today, I have 68, that's right, 68, books on my amazon.com wish list. Most are biblical, theological, or "Chrsitian " in nature. I've got commentary sets on there, classis Christian writings from the past, and a lot of new stuff dealing with the "emerging church." I don't even know which book to buy first!
One thing that I've realized looking through my list is that I miss Dietrich Bonhoeffer. I read his book The Cost of Discipleship my freshman year and have always wanted to read more of his stuff. He's a magnificent contemporary theologian. I was remined about how great of a writer and thinker he was this past weekend at the National Youth Workers Convention. Tony Jones read a quote out of his Ethics and got me thinking about him. Maybe that will be the next book I buy. But there was also this other seminar that weekend by a guy who wrote a book that I want t o read as well...
And the cycle continues.
The problem is, the list is growing WAY faster than I can purchase, nevertheless read, the books. As of today, I have 68, that's right, 68, books on my amazon.com wish list. Most are biblical, theological, or "Chrsitian " in nature. I've got commentary sets on there, classis Christian writings from the past, and a lot of new stuff dealing with the "emerging church." I don't even know which book to buy first!
One thing that I've realized looking through my list is that I miss Dietrich Bonhoeffer. I read his book The Cost of Discipleship my freshman year and have always wanted to read more of his stuff. He's a magnificent contemporary theologian. I was remined about how great of a writer and thinker he was this past weekend at the National Youth Workers Convention. Tony Jones read a quote out of his Ethics and got me thinking about him. Maybe that will be the next book I buy. But there was also this other seminar that weekend by a guy who wrote a book that I want t o read as well...
And the cycle continues.
Thursday, October 14, 2004
the first one!
Well, I guess that it was only a matter of time before this happened. I mean, everyone's doing it, so why not me?
As much as I hate to be a conformist, blogs are an amazing idea. You can post your thoughts and let other people tell you how dumb or brilliant you are.
This blog is for me as much as anyone esle. I've come to realize that I do a lot of thinking here as I'm in college and I probably forget more than I remember. In order that I don't forget, I'll try and keep cool thoughts here. And it's nice to see other people respond to what I have to say.
Hopefully some people will respond to the things I write, but if not, that's fine with me. At the very least I'll get to look back on all this junk I've written one day and be glad that I'm not the naive, immature, "gotta-change-the-world" college student I once was.
PS - I love my fiancée.
As much as I hate to be a conformist, blogs are an amazing idea. You can post your thoughts and let other people tell you how dumb or brilliant you are.
This blog is for me as much as anyone esle. I've come to realize that I do a lot of thinking here as I'm in college and I probably forget more than I remember. In order that I don't forget, I'll try and keep cool thoughts here. And it's nice to see other people respond to what I have to say.
Hopefully some people will respond to the things I write, but if not, that's fine with me. At the very least I'll get to look back on all this junk I've written one day and be glad that I'm not the naive, immature, "gotta-change-the-world" college student I once was.
PS - I love my fiancée.
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