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Done.

I had forgotten how much “fun” school could be… until the last two weeks.  5 papers, 4 finals, 2 reading reports, and a partridge group project later, I’ve come to the end, save some loose ends on the group project.  I think I’m ready for a break; good thing one’s coming up.  What holiday is it again?  Oh, yeah…

Sarah and I’ve been able to make the best of a student’s schedule.  Sarah enjoyed setting up Christmas decorations in our home (in the US for the first time!), and we took a friend to go see a massive Christmas performance with John Tesh.  No joke, there were more people in this church’s choir than there are in my church’s congregation. 

We head to California on Sunday for some time with family - it’ll be nice to take a break!

I posted this on facebook already, but I enjoyed this opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal - I keep up with this guy’s blog as well.  He has an easy writing style about him.

I think it’s time to go sleep now.  Merry Christmas!

Big Words

I’ve been learning a lot of big words since I came to Seminary.  After all, why use a 2 syllable word when you can use one with 5?  Here’s my favorite so far:

DTS Chapels

I’ve only been in classes for a week now, but one thing I’m really enjoying at DTS is the chapels. Listening to spiritual giants like Chuck Swindoll or Dwight Pentecost is something I want to take advantage of. Today’s message was a call for trustworthy and transformative teaching. I’ll probably post some links to messages that stood out to me, but here’s the link for old chapels. The message today was primarily for future pastors and ministry leaders, but here’s what I would consider the equivalent for everyone, and a good message as well…

By the way, I’m in the process of checking out the website on Chrome, Google’s new web browser.  So far, so good; it hasn’t crashed on me yet.  The only thing it doesn’t like is RSS feeds.

Happy Labor Day!

Y’all must be wonderin’ why it’s been so long since I last wrote. Well. I’ve been fixin’ to write a post here, but, well…

Okay, I don’t really talk like that. Yet. With any luck I won’t be assimilating the accent and vocabulary any time soon.

School has started at DTS for me. I’ve been reading and reading… and should probably be reading right now. Let’s call this post a break. I am enjoying being in the classroom again, though I’ve set myself up for massive overload by having Wednesday classes from 1pm to 9.30pm, with a scant 30 minute pause for dinner. Even better than that, my last class is almost 3 hours long. Who set my class schedule again? Oh, yeah. I did. We’ll see how it goes!

Sarah and I visited a Chinese fellowship yesterday. It felt good to be lao wai again, even if it was for only a morning.

Because we once again get to celebrate the less celebrated American holidays, I am free from classes today. Sarah is celebrating Labor Day by working. I found humor in this; she did not. I’m still looking for a job, so there is no work for me today.I’m catching up on some news – learning about McCain’s VP pick and reading about bugs with the 3G IPhone. I was buying into the hype… a little bit. But I’m too cheap, and apparently waiting is a good thing.

Back to the reading…

School is starting!

Well, here we go. On Monday I get to be a student again. The end of this week I have had orientation activities at DTS – a chance to get acquainted with the campus, the professors, and the policies I should be following over the next 4 (hopefully) years.

I also had to take some entrance tests. I took a test to find out if I’m crazy or not. Sarah and I took the same exam 3 years ago before heading to China. Unfortunately the results don’t count after two years - who knows what happened in that time – so I took it again. This test was written by people “as dry as sawdust,” according to the proctor, so us spiritual types may have some answers that differ from the rest of the population. (e.g, Do you feel like you are being watched? Is someone out to get you?) But that’s okay. The proctor told us incoming students that our coming to DTS already told him we weren’t normal.

I also took an incoming knowledge test, and will take the same test again before I graduate. This is to 1) see if I learned anything after four years of schooling and 2) to show me how little I actually know right now. It worked. I’m ready to jump in on Monday evening.

We’re feeling very fortunate with the job openings that keep showing up for Sarah and me. Well, for Sarah, at least – she’s doing all the work, and I’m filling out applications and waiting on phone calls. We appreciate your thoughts as we determine what our working situations should be for the foreseeable future.

Enjoy the rest of the weekend!