Category: Life
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Life changes and expired food
This probably is a little odd, but a specific memory I have of my senior year of high school headed into college was looking at the expiration date on a package of cheese and thinking, “by the time this cheese expires, I’ll be in college.” In that moment, it hit me that my high school…
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Press on and get things done. Avoid distractions. Like blogging.
Sometimes, you just have to buckle down and get things done. (or, you know, carry on) I’m less than two weeks away from graduation at Fuller. And all that’s keeping me from it are a paper and a final exam. That’s exciting. But between doing some research and making plans for next year at work,…
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Google is everywhere!
It’s amazing how much coverage Google now has with their Google Maps street view feature. If I can find the house I grew up in from a town of 8,000 in east Texas, what ISN’T covered? Two more thoughts: 1. Wow, those trees have gotten huge! 2. I’m pretty sure we had some nice bushes…
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Odds and ends: Obama, Palin and Yoda
In the midst of sparse posting, here are a few things that have been sitting on my desktop I want to put out in cyberspace. >> Some people don’t get Twitter. I don’t get it sometimes, but I do think it’s a good way to stay connected to some folks. It’s also a great way…
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Classes, transitions, and a lot of paint
Things have been pretty sparse here recently, but for good reason. Between finishing up classes, taking some trips and making some big transitions, life has been packed! For those who may not know, I’m transitioning out of my position working with small groups and moving into a job as a residence director at a university…
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Wha..??
This is part of what I’m reading tonight and trying to make sense of: “The matres lectionis as indicators of historical vowel quantity. The matres lectionis not only indicate certain timbres, albeit imperfectly, but they also indicate etymologically long vowels, again imperfectly. Unlike the Arabic script, the Hebrew script does not use quiescent letters exclusively…
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I hope those Texans appreciate good art…
If you’ve been in our apartment you’ve seen some art done *ahem* in the style of a Vietnamese artist named Minh Son. We picked them up when we were in Vietnam a few years ago. I love his style – it’s unique, vibrant, modern, and still has a traditional feel to it. Well, NorthWood’s bringing…
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White stuff up North
We’re flying back from a trip to Chicago tomorrow morning, but we just found a good Internet connection for the first time at tonight’s hotel (which was fine, really). The first morning we woke up in Chicago, we found this white stuff on the ground. I’m not sure what it is. It feels cold. The…
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A little time for community
Since we’re Community Coordinators for our apartment complex here at Fuller, Grete and I get to organize community events from time to time. Today, we (ok, mainly Grete) put together an egg dying party and had a great time dying Easter eggs and eating candy with our neighbors. We were a little worried, because even…
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30 units away…
You can’t tell, but this little sheet proves I’ll actually be done with my classes at Fuller in December. I’d been telling people that, but it’s refreshing to actually look at it and think, “Yeah, that actually adds up!”
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A little hypocritical?
So I’ve been wanting to read Peter Walsh’s new book. I reserved it at the Pasadena library, but I’m number 11 on a wait list. Today, I noticed that Amazon had it on sell for $6.99. I still have Christmas money for books, etc. So I bought it. And then we bought a few more…
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Let doors close
Even writing that title is hard. I like keeping options open, and it turns out, I’m not alone. The New York Times tells us about a study from MIT that showed people will pay a cost to keep options open because it hurts to feel a door shut. Here’s a section of the article. It’s…
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The Oscars vs. My Big Redneck Wedding
While most people are posting their reflections on the Oscars (you culturally savvy people, you!), I have to admit I didn’t see much of them. Maybe 10 minutes. Maybe. Grete and I were over at a friend’s place tonight for a more low-key small group meeting, and we turned on the Oscars. But before too…
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The school side of life: Next quarter
For those of you interested in these type of things, here are the classes I’m planning to take next quarter (Fuller’s registration is next week!): Beginning Hebrew, second quarter; M. Ramos NT Exegesis: James and 1 Peter; J. Green Systematic Theology 3: Ecclesiology and Eschatology; V. Karkkainen Preaching Practicum; D. Nason
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That sermon…
A few of you have asked about my first “class” sermon. It went well, thanks. It’s always interesting preaching to a group of 8 seminary students for 15 minutes. (I’m a fan of short sermons – but 15 minutes really is a microwaved message!) There’s things I thought went well, and there are even more…
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