bits and pieces

I will be honest, I am tired as I write this, I have been up since 6 am with no nap (it is currently 9 pm), and I've spent the day thinking from the get go. Nonetheless, I am drawn to write a bit. Lately I've been struggling with some ideas, like inerrancy and authority of Scripture, and how we use (or abuse) Scripture, and its role in the Christian life and the Church. It seems to be a lense I'm seeing life through right now (thank you Lynn), be it my work in class (Reading Practices and New Testament), community group or early morning scripture reading (that is why I was up early) or in my conversations with friends. Anyways, I don't have the mental capacity to engage that right now...I will, hopefully, soon.

I also had a moment of perspective tonight, concerning my education. I am currently in New Testament class, for which I m paying $100 for just tonight's session (it is roughly $33 per credit, per session). I honestly have never thought about my education that way. Lately, I've been rethinking many aspects of my life, honestly, and again, more on that later.

I better pay attention, I think I just missed out on at least $1 worth of education in writing this.

::transitions...

It is been over a year since I have posted to this blog, and in that time much has happened, some that I will briefly cover now, some you'll have to wait for, as a year is a long time to write about and process.

To start at my last post, Random Rambling, a few weeks after that was written, I went back to Flatirons Student Ministry after nine months of processing life. It was a wonderful time involving three mission trips, one to Gulfport, Mississippi to help rebuild after Katrina and two to Basconcobe, Mexico. During that time, I also worked as an intern, worked a year at a credit union, graduated from the University of Colorado at Boulder with a BA in Religious Studies, generally travelled, etc, etc. Much happened since February of 2006.

Now, fast-forward a year and a half. I now live in Seattle, well, I just moved here about two weeks ago. I will be starting my Master's degree in the fall at Mars Hill Graduate School. A very exciting and also tumultuous time for me. On the one hand, I have wanted to move to Seattle and go to grad school for close to three or four years now, so a dream come true. On the other hand, I have also left all that is familiar: geography, friends, jobs, lifestyle for something that is completely unfamiliar and at times a bit scary. Right now, my state of mind is also somewhat in transition, getting used to my new living situation, meeting new people, and the like.

Anyways, I am tired and want to sleep/not think any more. I will continue on all this later.

Cheers!