Are Eggs Good Or Bad For You?

Jim West is surely going to tell us. Hopefully his point is well taken.

Focused Life

In the wake of all the turmoil of moving and starting classes and a new work situation things have subsided. I’m still doing an amazing quantity of things. However, it is incredibly helpful that they are now only two categories. I am either working, or reading. I am working, or doing school work. It vastly simplifies what I can, and cannot do. No more wondering “what am I going to do”. Whichever path is least resistant, or more important at the moment gets done. It does not much matter if it is 8am on a Sunday – I’ll usually be reading. Nor 7pm on Wednesday – I’ll usually be working.

It reminds me of a famous phrase from poetry that I was remind: “eternity is now”. There is no before and after. It is all the same. All is focused. The eternity of my work and reading is always now, it was before, and it will be for some time.

First Day

It is like starting all over again. Sitting in one of those plastic desks. Listening to professors talk. Gladly I am not starting all over again. Since this is my first humanities degree, I could have been. My only saving grace is the amount of work I’ve put in on my own over the last three or four years. So I am happy to report that today, on the first day of class – nothing was surprising.

Crazy Life

In the last week I’ve slept on a foutton, slept on the floor, and biked in the rain two too many times. I’ve gone to my first Red Sox game, and helped several good friends move. I’ve been helped by good friends to move myself as well. As if that weren’t enough, I had orientation for the Masters of Theological Studies degree I am starting.

In the next week I’ll have classes, starting a new situation with work, and a new roommate to get to know. I’ll have colleagues to get to know, and a campus to learn. I will have too many books to read. And I will have gone to my old roommate’s birthday party, and a labor day bbq.

Pardon my absence. Life will not return to normal anytime soon.

In the Mail

Just got Dunn’s The Living Word and Hays (et. al) Reading The Bible Intertextuality. Really wish someone could pay me to read.

Mode of Transportation

It rides like a dream! I put the first ten miles on today.

From the Dept of Communication

Ah, Rest

The legs are loving the fact that I’m finally giving them a chance to rest. I am working on my paper for Dallas as I write this. I hope to finish it this weekend and get it off for trusted friends to look over. I am sure they will be surprised, and perplexed on the topic as I am now.

For whatever reason I have a strong rebel streak in me. It manifests itself in most areas of my life now, though I still have some check on it. I wonder with a little more experience, confidence, and freedom just what might happen. I am determined to, as the song goes, drink life from a fountain that is pouring like an avalanche coming down the mountain. We’ll see where it ends up.

New Article Up

It’s that time again for another Glad Tidings article. The last one was titled Jesus at the Center, and this one follows off of that as The Future at the Center. Enjoy.

Slow Lately

Been very slow around here lately. I’ve got ultimate three or four times a week now, and I’m being overly social this week. So spring cleaning hasn’t happened yet. I haven’t finished reading Bauckham’s book either. Buckle down!