In lieu of the fact that I've been terrible about posting lately (finals week), I'd like to give you some links to people who have been saying what I want to say.
Church - and life in general - is just messy sometimes, and you can't always package everything into a nice box with a ribbon like you'd always like to: Stacie's Latest Blog
And just because it's funny, and I'm interested to see what my sons turn out to be like in the future (probably just like this only more often), Greg's Latest Post.
Anyway, enjoy ... and pray for me, I have my last final of my undergraduate career today and I'm really not looking forward to it.
May 3, 2005
May 2, 2005
A New Kind of Christian
I read this today from Brian McLaren's A New Kind of Christian and wanted to share it with everyone reading.
"I think some Christians use Jesus as a shortcut to being right. In the process they bypass becoming humble or wise. They figure if they say 'Jesus' enough, it guarantees they won't be stupid. ... That doesn't seem to be working! If people reject Jesus when they hear some half-baked would-be evangelist strutting his stuff and mocking the Buddha or Muhammad, I don't think they're really rejecting Jesus. They're rejecting the arrogance, ignorance, and bad taste of the preacher." ~Brian McLaren
You should read it - it's good.
"I think some Christians use Jesus as a shortcut to being right. In the process they bypass becoming humble or wise. They figure if they say 'Jesus' enough, it guarantees they won't be stupid. ... That doesn't seem to be working! If people reject Jesus when they hear some half-baked would-be evangelist strutting his stuff and mocking the Buddha or Muhammad, I don't think they're really rejecting Jesus. They're rejecting the arrogance, ignorance, and bad taste of the preacher." ~Brian McLaren
You should read it - it's good.
Relaxing for the Future
Well, I got that break. There's nothing quite like a day of laying around doing nothing but watching reruns of Alias and playing dumb computer games with the wife. And I made fondue, which was about the best I've made yet ... even if it ended up a little lumpy, it still tasted fantastic!
Now it's time to buckle down and study for the music history exam I have tomorrow night at 4. I'm not really relishing this part. I have so many things I want to do - and most of them involve reading, writing, doing things that are entirely unrelated to music history in every way. But it's my last final, and so that of course means I should take it seriously. After this final, I'll be done with college. Done. Finite. With but one thing left, and that is to actually go through the ceremony.
On future plans: we received from Wesleyan World Missions a big packet of stuff. And so begins our new life: we are officially missionaries. They have this idea that we're going to Lifegate (which we are, for maybe a week or two), which I'm not sure what to do with. Is it dishonest to leave them in the dark for now? I feel kinda bad.
In any event, before I can go to Australia, I have to study. Time to buckle down.
Now it's time to buckle down and study for the music history exam I have tomorrow night at 4. I'm not really relishing this part. I have so many things I want to do - and most of them involve reading, writing, doing things that are entirely unrelated to music history in every way. But it's my last final, and so that of course means I should take it seriously. After this final, I'll be done with college. Done. Finite. With but one thing left, and that is to actually go through the ceremony.
On future plans: we received from Wesleyan World Missions a big packet of stuff. And so begins our new life: we are officially missionaries. They have this idea that we're going to Lifegate (which we are, for maybe a week or two), which I'm not sure what to do with. Is it dishonest to leave them in the dark for now? I feel kinda bad.
In any event, before I can go to Australia, I have to study. Time to buckle down.
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