I’m pretty sure I just failed my final exam from the RTS course I took this summer. Sometimes life just sucks.
Archive for August, 2006
I’m pretty sure I just failed my final exam from t…
Posted in Uncategorized on August 31, 2006 | 6 Comments »
The Gospel of Healing
Posted in Uncategorized on August 28, 2006 | No Comments »
“They do no missionary work here, canvass no alleys, cook in no soup kitchen. Prayer is the occupation.”
This morning’s issue of the New York Times contains, in my opinion, a troubling article about a small cloister of nuns in urban Los Angeles. Their mission is simple: Prayer. Though they are located on Hollywood Boulevard, which [...]
Doing Seminary Well
Posted in Uncategorized on August 26, 2006 | No Comments »
This post is especially for my friends from seminary, both past and present. This month’s 9 Marks newsletter features a brief article from Owen Strachan, a seminary student at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky entitled Doing Seminary Well. I think that it is an excellent article that pushed me to reconsider my [...]
Machiavelli Had It Right
Posted in Uncategorized on August 25, 2006 | 4 Comments »
So, I’m sitting here watching Grey’s Anatomy after a very long day. After a morning chalked full of Hebrew vocabulary memorization followed by class, I jetted off to the friendly neighborhood YMCA to battle it out with the kiddies. Today, I was grossly outnumbered–34 to 1. We had one hundred kids there and had three, [...]
A Word to the Wise
Posted in Uncategorized on August 24, 2006 | No Comments »
Never, never, never, ever… take a year off from a language and then try to jump back into it. Your brain will break. My mind is swimming with Hebrew letters, words, and accents. Never.
Y-M-C-A!!
Posted in Uncategorized on August 23, 2006 | 4 Comments »
Needless to say, I had a little fun in Arts & Crafts time recently. Michael, Charlie, can I get a witness?
The Battle Rages On…
Posted in Uncategorized on August 21, 2006 | 3 Comments »
Today on CNN.com a story was featured concerning the dismissal of a female Sunday School teacher from her longtime teaching position. This article can be accessed here. This is representative of a long-running debate within theological circles on the roles of men and women within the church. I personally hold to the [...]
The End of Summer
Posted in Uncategorized on August 17, 2006 | No Comments »
It is the eve before the semester starts. The adjacent picture represents my freedom going up in flames. I’m really not too bummed about school starting; only Hebrew III shakes me to the core. Burn, freedom, burn!
This brings up an interesting question: would you rather be mildly bored or [...]
The Calm Before the Storm
Posted in Uncategorized on August 15, 2006 | 1 Comment »
In just over two days from now, you can expect regular blog updates to begin. That day, Thursday, is the official starting gun of the race that is Fall semester. I plan on dodging responsibilities, especially those pesky academic ones, by blogging. Life’s just about to get interesting again.
