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Overwhelmed

wakebird — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 15:15:00 +0000

Let’s just say that my brain is already in Maui. We leave Saturday morning and I can’t wait. I still have to read about 200 pages on ecclesiology today and type a position paper on the key issues related to the church. I basically have to accomplish that between 12:45 and 3:00pm today. I’m finding school to be rewarding on one level and horribly boring on another level. I dread having to go each week. It’s a complete discipline to not drop out.

We also have a lot going on to get ready for our trip and have our parents ready to watch Gracie. I can’t complain about that, but it is just another thing to do before the end of the day tomorrow.

Briefs

wakebird — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 00:11:00 +0000

1. My wife is going to Winter Formal tonight. That sounds weird. She is chaperoning for the High School she teaches at. I’m staying home with Grace.
2. I played Guitar Hero for the first time last night. That stuff is fun.
3. The Pro Bowl is the lamest game ever.
4. Some African missionaries from our church say that they think it’s fine to go to Kenya even with the Travel Advisory. Others who have been to Kenya recently agreed. The people from Christ’s Hope think it’s fine too. We shall see.
5. I have been reading a lot lately. I need to update my reading list because my Ph.D. program is completely altering my current reading. A few of the current books: Friendship and the Moral Life – Wadell. Integrative Theology – Lewis and Demarest. Wasting Time with God – Issler.
6. A Barack update will be coming soon with some revelations about radical Muslim connections.
7. I preach in Elevation on Feb 18, Feb 25, April 22, April 29, and May 6.
8. Our church just hired Gary McIntosh as a consultant and he will be observing on April 22. As you saw above, I am speaking that day. Yikes!
9. I am directing at Elevation tomorrow. It’s kind of fun. I work in the Tech Booth once a month or so as a director to make sure that the people running lights, sound, video, PowerPoint, recording, and that they are all doing their jobs at the right time and in the right way. I like it. It probably has something to do with my issues with control, but I also know what’s going on in the service potentially better than anybody else (a few of us could be described this way) so it makes sense to have me back there.
10. Grace has been sick a lot lately and I feel so bad for our sweet little girl.
11. We are going to Maui on March 3 for a week and I can’t wait.
12. Then we are going to Vancouver Island on April 9 for a week and that is going to be awesome too.
13. I love Light Ruffles – Cheddar and Sour Cream flavor. They are awesome and not horrible for you. Fat Free. 15 chips for one point for any WeightWatchers people.
14. We find out the gender of our baby next Friday. WOOHOO!!

Two New Classes

wakebird — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 14:49:00 +0000

So I’m continuing with my PhD in Educational Studies and I’m taking two classes on Thursdays. Yesterday was the first day of the semester.

1. Friendship and Community: A Context for Learning. This class should be interesting although the professor’s pace was a little slow. This is the first class he has ever taught. There are six people in the class and we will be reading things like Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Life Together and about 10 other books that I will post about later.

2. Theological Foundations and Issues in Christian Education. In this class we will look at the Gospel, Sanctification, the Church, the Holy Spirit, Teaching/Learning, and a couple other theological issues that aren’t coming to me right now. We will study each concept and then consider the implications for educational ministry in the church. We will write a chapter for a book in pairs on the subject assigned to us. I will be studying the church or ecclesiology. This class is being offered for the first time and should be pretty interesting. The primary text is called Integrative Theology by Demarest. We will also read a book called 5 Views on Sanctification.

More to come each week after class.