More questions:
The next major one I have is the question about church and faith community. In my mind faith community and church should be synonymous, apparently they aren’t. By asking my two handy-dandy live dictionaries I’ve gotten two slightly different ways of looking at church and faith community.
How do you define a faith community?
The sad part is that even having both of these viewpoints I can’t quite seem to answer the question. At least not to how I think it should be answered. Perhaps I’m thinking too hard on it. I guess I’ll come back to it later.
Last Sunday at Highlands for the summer. I feel kinda sad, and guilty, and yet eager, cuz this means there's only 15 days til I'm at camp. So as I sit here eating M&M's that are really not good for me, I think on what is causing my sudden 'bout of depression like symptoms. (And my sore throat for that matter.)
Is it the sudden switch from school mode, where I had something to do and someplace to be at specific times and someone noticed if I wasn't there, to marking time before camp, where all I have is what I've set aside for me to do, ie Greek translation, reading mentally challenging books, and taking life too seriously?
Is it the sudden drop in blood sugar levels from eating kettle corn at the baseball game? Is it the fact that my supposition that I am always too slow, too shy, or too whatever when it comes to guys was proved right? Is it the fact that today was the last baseball game I'll be able to see for this season? Is it the fact that I haven't been sleeping well lately, and what little sleep I do get is stuffed with strange fragmented, and somehow wish-fulfillment style dreams?
Perhaps that the story I've been working on for the past two years or so is still only half finished and all the parts that need to be written are sad, angst-y parts, that I don't seem to be able to write cuz I'm already sad and down. Or maybe its the fact that I've gotten yet another "If it weren't _____ (fill in the blank), I would want to date you" statement, well two actually. Damn it.
Oh well. Whatever the cause, I have a headache, a sore throat, and I'm extremely tense, despite the fact that I cannot think of a reason that I should be. And I'm tired, but cannot sleep.
Okay whine session is now completed. You can come out from under the desk now.
How do you define a faith community?
The sad part is that even having both of these viewpoints I can’t quite seem to answer the question. At least not to how I think it should be answered. Perhaps I’m thinking too hard on it. I guess I’ll come back to it later.
Last Sunday at Highlands for the summer. I feel kinda sad, and guilty, and yet eager, cuz this means there's only 15 days til I'm at camp. So as I sit here eating M&M's that are really not good for me, I think on what is causing my sudden 'bout of depression like symptoms. (And my sore throat for that matter.)
Is it the sudden switch from school mode, where I had something to do and someplace to be at specific times and someone noticed if I wasn't there, to marking time before camp, where all I have is what I've set aside for me to do, ie Greek translation, reading mentally challenging books, and taking life too seriously?
Is it the sudden drop in blood sugar levels from eating kettle corn at the baseball game? Is it the fact that my supposition that I am always too slow, too shy, or too whatever when it comes to guys was proved right? Is it the fact that today was the last baseball game I'll be able to see for this season? Is it the fact that I haven't been sleeping well lately, and what little sleep I do get is stuffed with strange fragmented, and somehow wish-fulfillment style dreams?
Perhaps that the story I've been working on for the past two years or so is still only half finished and all the parts that need to be written are sad, angst-y parts, that I don't seem to be able to write cuz I'm already sad and down. Or maybe its the fact that I've gotten yet another "If it weren't _____ (fill in the blank), I would want to date you" statement, well two actually. Damn it.
Oh well. Whatever the cause, I have a headache, a sore throat, and I'm extremely tense, despite the fact that I cannot think of a reason that I should be. And I'm tired, but cannot sleep.
Okay whine session is now completed. You can come out from under the desk now.