Meandering through the transition week
Just came across this nifty Seminary Scholarship website. They've got a $1,000.00 scholarship and a digital theological library available, with a pretty simple application. I dunno how likely it is that I'll actually receive it, but it'd sure come in handy for paying for this last year at GCTS...
My classes start on Monday, and I haven't finished my online class. It's got until mid-November, but finishing it during the fall semester will amount to doing six grad-level classes, an internship of sorts at church, and a part-time job at the same time. I think Becky would be proud of me. :-P Or maybe throw small rocks at me for trying to be a stupid overachiever.
One of the cool new things I'll be doing this semester is helping out at my new church's youth group as they go through the Alpha course - a roughly ten-week program which introduces people to the basics of Christianity, helpful for people who don't believe and want to understand what we believe, and for people who kind of believe but don't really know why. And even for solid believers, I'm told, it can be a powerful refresher, possibly bringing the faith into a new light. It was developed over in the Church of England, and has caught on among several denominations over here ever since, including even the Roman Catholic church. And it's always a fun thing to see stuff that protestants, Roman Catholics, and folks in between can all appreciate and use. At least it makes my heart all fuzzy and warm and stuff.
Normally, this transition time from summer to school gets me into spells of loneliness where I feel like I'm facing another year to tackle by myself. But it's not the same anymore; I'm married. Not that Becca is attending GCTS with me, but she lives with me now, and we're married. We share each other's burdens and joys. Well, that's what we're supposed to do. It's still kind of easy to maintain that level of openness and communication because we haven't gotten insanely busy with different things yet, nor have we had time to get sick of each other either. I'm thankful for God's provision for our marriage, but your prayers are surely appreciated as enter into the academic year and start becoming busy with work & school again. And a couple of my classes this semester sound kind of scary.
Well, gotta move on from LJ and get some other stuff done now. Catch all o' y'all later.
My classes start on Monday, and I haven't finished my online class. It's got until mid-November, but finishing it during the fall semester will amount to doing six grad-level classes, an internship of sorts at church, and a part-time job at the same time. I think Becky would be proud of me. :-P Or maybe throw small rocks at me for trying to be a stupid overachiever.
One of the cool new things I'll be doing this semester is helping out at my new church's youth group as they go through the Alpha course - a roughly ten-week program which introduces people to the basics of Christianity, helpful for people who don't believe and want to understand what we believe, and for people who kind of believe but don't really know why. And even for solid believers, I'm told, it can be a powerful refresher, possibly bringing the faith into a new light. It was developed over in the Church of England, and has caught on among several denominations over here ever since, including even the Roman Catholic church. And it's always a fun thing to see stuff that protestants, Roman Catholics, and folks in between can all appreciate and use. At least it makes my heart all fuzzy and warm and stuff.
Normally, this transition time from summer to school gets me into spells of loneliness where I feel like I'm facing another year to tackle by myself. But it's not the same anymore; I'm married. Not that Becca is attending GCTS with me, but she lives with me now, and we're married. We share each other's burdens and joys. Well, that's what we're supposed to do. It's still kind of easy to maintain that level of openness and communication because we haven't gotten insanely busy with different things yet, nor have we had time to get sick of each other either. I'm thankful for God's provision for our marriage, but your prayers are surely appreciated as enter into the academic year and start becoming busy with work & school again. And a couple of my classes this semester sound kind of scary.
Well, gotta move on from LJ and get some other stuff done now. Catch all o' y'all later.