ST and other thoughts
No Quidditch today. The Facebook messaging system for our team conked out so most people (including me) didn't know practice had been moved (time and location). That was fine. I slept and read and showered. Yay!
Then we had ST. It's fun; there are new people and people back from being abroad, so it's fun to get to know them. I really love Tyler. He's totally silly and at the same time really smart and down-to-earth when it comes to important things. (He and I were partners for the Vocation Care thing we did today.)
I've been thinking a lot about church lately. The Christian Unity event we did awhile back made me realize how much I miss singing praise songs and just jumping around (sometimes) and having fun with music in church. We don't do a lot of [i.e. any] music at ST. I'm gonna try to change that. I emailed my high school youth group leader to see how he compiled their new songbook because I kind of want to steal it. Several people said they'd be down to do music as long as I was the one who organized it. =P
I also suggested to him that he and/or someone else at that church learn to run a Vocation Care session because I think I would have really liked that while I was there, and, quite honestly, I think the adults could stand to do it. I knew way too much about how all the staff interacted since my parents work/volunteer there so much, and it seems like the kind of interpersonal bonding that might be good. *shrug* but I don't really know. I just put it out there and we'll see where it goes.
Vocation Care [btw, I don't know how to properly capitalize that or whether "care" might be an acronym] is this thing where you split into pairs and tell stories to each other about a certain topic, which is related to God in some way, and then you share stuff with the whole group. That's not a great explanation, but I've only done it, like, once and a half.
Then: my sister is doing Chrysalis over Presidents' Day weekend (*must write agape letter*), which has gotten me thinking about Chrysalis, etc. again. I think I'd like to work on a couple flights, almost just because I want a do-over. My flight was soooooo much THIS IS THE WAY TO BE A CHRISTIAN AND THIS IS THE ONLY WAY TO BE A CHRISTIAN AND IF YOU DON'T AGREE YOU'RE WRONG FOREVER, which, you can imagine, really irritated me. "Irritated" is an understatement.
I talked to Br. L about whether there's a community around here, and he said there's one in Boston but he doesn't really know anyone currently involved. He said he'd ask Sr. O if she/the Catholic Center would be interested in getting a community going around campus next year, but it would be pretty complicated. I do realize how complicated it would be, but we'll see how it goes.
Unfortunately, my computer's battery is quickly running out, and I'm still in the dining hall watching the Super Bowl, so I'm going to say good night and get to work on my Greek homework... >.< Ick. And the Steelers need to stop scoring.
-fin-
Then we had ST. It's fun; there are new people and people back from being abroad, so it's fun to get to know them. I really love Tyler. He's totally silly and at the same time really smart and down-to-earth when it comes to important things. (He and I were partners for the Vocation Care thing we did today.)
I've been thinking a lot about church lately. The Christian Unity event we did awhile back made me realize how much I miss singing praise songs and just jumping around (sometimes) and having fun with music in church. We don't do a lot of [i.e. any] music at ST. I'm gonna try to change that. I emailed my high school youth group leader to see how he compiled their new songbook because I kind of want to steal it. Several people said they'd be down to do music as long as I was the one who organized it. =P
I also suggested to him that he and/or someone else at that church learn to run a Vocation Care session because I think I would have really liked that while I was there, and, quite honestly, I think the adults could stand to do it. I knew way too much about how all the staff interacted since my parents work/volunteer there so much, and it seems like the kind of interpersonal bonding that might be good. *shrug* but I don't really know. I just put it out there and we'll see where it goes.
Vocation Care [btw, I don't know how to properly capitalize that or whether "care" might be an acronym] is this thing where you split into pairs and tell stories to each other about a certain topic, which is related to God in some way, and then you share stuff with the whole group. That's not a great explanation, but I've only done it, like, once and a half.
Then: my sister is doing Chrysalis over Presidents' Day weekend (*must write agape letter*), which has gotten me thinking about Chrysalis, etc. again. I think I'd like to work on a couple flights, almost just because I want a do-over. My flight was soooooo much THIS IS THE WAY TO BE A CHRISTIAN AND THIS IS THE ONLY WAY TO BE A CHRISTIAN AND IF YOU DON'T AGREE YOU'RE WRONG FOREVER, which, you can imagine, really irritated me. "Irritated" is an understatement.
I talked to Br. L about whether there's a community around here, and he said there's one in Boston but he doesn't really know anyone currently involved. He said he'd ask Sr. O if she/the Catholic Center would be interested in getting a community going around campus next year, but it would be pretty complicated. I do realize how complicated it would be, but we'll see how it goes.
Unfortunately, my computer's battery is quickly running out, and I'm still in the dining hall watching the Super Bowl, so I'm going to say good night and get to work on my Greek homework... >.< Ick. And the Steelers need to stop scoring.
-fin-