November 1st is among other things, All Saints Day, a day that helps us to remember all our loved ones that have passed on. Since last year this time, three special people to me have passed on and I just wanted to take a moment to remember them this day:
My Grandmother, Dorothy Finch, a woman who loved her family fiercely and always made me feel like I was someone special. She was possibly one of the sweetest women I know and was a ridiculously good cook of all things southern...
Kelly Joyner, who took his life before it had really begun. He was a kind, carring young man whose face would light up whenever he saw me, I miss that. I miss him.
Linda Ross-Thaxton, who, after battling cancer, succombed early this spring. She and her husband, showed us all how to be joyous, to be thankful, how to live life no matter what proverbial cards one is dealt. She was the definition of compassion.
It is a blessing to have had the opportunity to share in their lives.
Take care one and all----
Carrie
oh and PS. I am going to Hong Kong!
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Something I read...
All right-
In my efforts to find some resources on the topic of stewardship, I stopped into our school's little book store and purchased the book Giving to God by Mark Allan Powell. As I was walking home I decided to flip randomly through the book and just sort of read the writing style, and I happened on a section where the author was talking about visisting the inactive members in his congregation and he found consistently that in their reasons why they stopped attending worship was that "the church had failed to do what they thought it should do for them." The paragraphs that followed this realization were something that spoke to me, and I thought I would share them here:
"(p20)- This suprised me because when I was a child my family went to church on Sunday morning, my mother used to tell us, "We are going to worship God." I'm not sure if it ever occurred to me that I was supposed to get anything out of it. Certainly, that wasn't the reason we went. I didn't know very much about church or about what it all meant, but even at a very young age I knew that it wasn't about me- at least, it wasn't all about me. These people didn't come from all over town Sunday after Sunday just to get together to meet my needs. No. They came to worship God.
"Six days a week God blesses us," my mother would say, "and on Sundays we give thanks." That has always stuck with me, although I know that there is more to it than that. Pastors and worship leaders work very hard to provide their congregations with services that they hope will be meaningful and inspirational to all who come. Of course. But I still think my mother was right: the main reason for going to church is not to get our needs met; the main reason, the most important reason, for going to church is to worship God.
And now that I am (a lot) older, I have discovered something else. When people do this- when they come to church to worship God- something wonderful happens. They invariably discover that they are much more likely to get something out of the experience that if they had come for any other reason. I don't know why this is- maybe God has a sense of irony. Or maybe the point is that one of our greatest needs is to worship God. We don't always know this, but it is true nonetheless, and when we quit focusing on ourselves and focus instead on worshiping the God who is good to us, one of our deepest needs is met. We just didn't know, perhaps, that that was what we needed." (End quote)
What do you think?
In my efforts to find some resources on the topic of stewardship, I stopped into our school's little book store and purchased the book Giving to God by Mark Allan Powell. As I was walking home I decided to flip randomly through the book and just sort of read the writing style, and I happened on a section where the author was talking about visisting the inactive members in his congregation and he found consistently that in their reasons why they stopped attending worship was that "the church had failed to do what they thought it should do for them." The paragraphs that followed this realization were something that spoke to me, and I thought I would share them here:
"(p20)- This suprised me because when I was a child my family went to church on Sunday morning, my mother used to tell us, "We are going to worship God." I'm not sure if it ever occurred to me that I was supposed to get anything out of it. Certainly, that wasn't the reason we went. I didn't know very much about church or about what it all meant, but even at a very young age I knew that it wasn't about me- at least, it wasn't all about me. These people didn't come from all over town Sunday after Sunday just to get together to meet my needs. No. They came to worship God.
"Six days a week God blesses us," my mother would say, "and on Sundays we give thanks." That has always stuck with me, although I know that there is more to it than that. Pastors and worship leaders work very hard to provide their congregations with services that they hope will be meaningful and inspirational to all who come. Of course. But I still think my mother was right: the main reason for going to church is not to get our needs met; the main reason, the most important reason, for going to church is to worship God.
And now that I am (a lot) older, I have discovered something else. When people do this- when they come to church to worship God- something wonderful happens. They invariably discover that they are much more likely to get something out of the experience that if they had come for any other reason. I don't know why this is- maybe God has a sense of irony. Or maybe the point is that one of our greatest needs is to worship God. We don't always know this, but it is true nonetheless, and when we quit focusing on ourselves and focus instead on worshiping the God who is good to us, one of our deepest needs is met. We just didn't know, perhaps, that that was what we needed." (End quote)
What do you think?
Saturday, October 27, 2007
from last Sunday
Hi all-
I am in the library procrastinating (as usual) writting a paper, so I thought (perhaps for my own edification and perhaps because I know at least my dad would appreciate it) that I would put the written form of the sermon I gave last Sunday on-line. Now, on the given day I did deviate/ add on to the words below, but this is the general gist of the text if you will....
Hope you are all having a wonderful day.
Carrie
P.S. the scripture for the text is: Jeremiah 31:27-34 and 2nd Timothy 3:14-4:5
“Why We Proclaim”
A Sermon for First Presbyterian, Cameron, Texas
October 21, 2007
When something really good happens in your life what do you do? Do you celebrate in silence this wonderful occasion? Do you simply pat yourself on the back and whisper in your head well done? No. On those really important days we usually want to shout it from the mountain tops and share the good news with our friends. If you are married, think about your wedding day- you invite your families and friends to share in the joyous occasion. If you are a parent, the day your child was born did you not want to tell everyone, look at my beautiful little bundle of joy? Or perhaps, the day you brought home your first pay check or even your first report card with straight A’s did you not want to share the sense of accomplishment with some one? (I am pretty sure that that day is coming for me- I can just feel it. Straight As….)
What I am trying to say is that when something good happens to us, for the most part, we are compelled to share the feeling of joy with others. It’s almost like we can’t help ourselves. We have to tell someone. And this friends, is where we pick up with our scripture today. In the book of Jeremiah we have God making a new covenant with God’s people, that all should know the Lord, from the least to greatest, and all sins will be blot out. The Lord says there will be a day when all will know who God is and there will be a day when the law of the Lord is written on the hearts of all. Now that is some good news.
Can you imagine the day when everyone proclaims that our God, the God of Israel, the God of Judah, the God of you and I, is also the God of every heart beat out there in the world? Can you imagine the day when we can look to the north, to the south, to the east and west, when the one beside us and in front of us, is a brother or sister in Christ? Can you imagine a day where there is no war, no fighting about whose land is whose, a day where there is no hunger because there would be an outpouring of support from the least to the greatest to care for each other? Can you imagine the day when there is no fear to walk alone at night or even the day when you would never be lonely?
That day, that glorious day, is the day that all proclaim that Jesus is Lord. That is the day when we not only proclaim it, but when we live out the lives that we are called to live as children of the covenant. And when that day comes, can you imagine the celebration? Everyone bringing something to the party, and there is an abundance of food and riches because we want to share in the feast of thanksgiving.
And this day, the one that we can only seem to imagine right now, is the day that Paul is urging Timothy to work towards, this is the day that God is urging for each one of us to work towards. Because if we believe in the hope that one day every knee will bow and every tear will be wiped away, then we have to start living into that hope. Let me say that again, if we believe in the hope of the kingdom of God and of Jesus Christ, we have to live that reality into being. We have to share the good news with the world. We have to proclaim the message of the gospel not only with our lips but with our actions and our deeds.
And this is no easy task. But we are not called as Christians to simply say to ourselves that we believe in Christ, we have to actually believe in Christ and in the power and love that Christ has over us and for us. We are called to be Christ followers, and friends, that means, we are called to the cross. God does not call us to be powerful, God calls us to be faithful, to persevere. And if we can live faithfully, if we can always present the Gospel in truth and love, not only when it is convenient for us and in our time frame, but in every thing we say and do, then friends, that glorious day of the Kingdom of God, is a day closer to reality.
The world around us, the world that we are a part of, is in desperate need for that reality. We cannot turn a blind eye nor can we escape the pain and suffering that surrounds us in our newspapers, television sets, on the internet, and even in our daily commutes to and from home.
To go out and proclaim that Jesus is Lord means to go out and work. It means kindness and charity. It means talking with others about your faith. It means sharing your time, your money, your energy and your gifts to build up the body of Christ. It means sacrifice. And that’s a hard pill to swallow sometimes.
After all, there are plenty of people out there, and sad to say, even plenty of churches out there, who tell you other wise. We are told that we have to be prosperous, we have to be wealthy, that we have to have status and power and we are even told that God wants that for us too. There are so many people who want to sell you faith for the purpose of your own reward here on earth. If you are faithful enough then you will be rewarded with a promotion, a higher income, a beautiful house. If you only believe enough, pray enough, then whatever you want, will come true. And if it doesn’t? then you are not living as just and righteous as you can. Because God only wants good things for you. Sheesh, Who doesn’t want that? If you wonder why these churches that preach this message are growing, it’s not hard to understand. We live in a society that teaches us the same values, increase, increase, increase. But I think when Jesus is being sold as a prescription for improving your own life, as a fix-all for your ills and troubles, then we are missing the truth of Jesus as Christ, of Jesus as savior of all.
Jesus died and rose again so that we might live freed from sin. Jesus died and rose again to heal the gap between human imperfection and God’s perfection. Jesus died and rose again so that the we might return to the covenant God made for us and with us. We are created to be in relationship, in fellowship with our creator and our fellow man. We are created to be stewards of the earth and each other.It’s not that God doesn’t want us to be happy or successful, to prosper, it’s just that, that is not the point of our being. The point of our being is to live faithfully. Our being is to live prayerfully and in service to our Lord. We are called to be ministers to each other, living as the hands and feet of Christ. And that’s it. And that’s more than enough. To live for Christ, to live to build up the body of Christ, to proclaim Jesus as king in all that we do is joyful. So shout it from the mountain tops, invite your friends and loved ones to share in this joyous day with you, to live into the hope of the reality of Christ. And that my friends, is why we proclaim. Amen.
I am in the library procrastinating (as usual) writting a paper, so I thought (perhaps for my own edification and perhaps because I know at least my dad would appreciate it) that I would put the written form of the sermon I gave last Sunday on-line. Now, on the given day I did deviate/ add on to the words below, but this is the general gist of the text if you will....
Hope you are all having a wonderful day.
Carrie
P.S. the scripture for the text is: Jeremiah 31:27-34 and 2nd Timothy 3:14-4:5
“Why We Proclaim”
A Sermon for First Presbyterian, Cameron, Texas
October 21, 2007
When something really good happens in your life what do you do? Do you celebrate in silence this wonderful occasion? Do you simply pat yourself on the back and whisper in your head well done? No. On those really important days we usually want to shout it from the mountain tops and share the good news with our friends. If you are married, think about your wedding day- you invite your families and friends to share in the joyous occasion. If you are a parent, the day your child was born did you not want to tell everyone, look at my beautiful little bundle of joy? Or perhaps, the day you brought home your first pay check or even your first report card with straight A’s did you not want to share the sense of accomplishment with some one? (I am pretty sure that that day is coming for me- I can just feel it. Straight As….)
What I am trying to say is that when something good happens to us, for the most part, we are compelled to share the feeling of joy with others. It’s almost like we can’t help ourselves. We have to tell someone. And this friends, is where we pick up with our scripture today. In the book of Jeremiah we have God making a new covenant with God’s people, that all should know the Lord, from the least to greatest, and all sins will be blot out. The Lord says there will be a day when all will know who God is and there will be a day when the law of the Lord is written on the hearts of all. Now that is some good news.
Can you imagine the day when everyone proclaims that our God, the God of Israel, the God of Judah, the God of you and I, is also the God of every heart beat out there in the world? Can you imagine the day when we can look to the north, to the south, to the east and west, when the one beside us and in front of us, is a brother or sister in Christ? Can you imagine a day where there is no war, no fighting about whose land is whose, a day where there is no hunger because there would be an outpouring of support from the least to the greatest to care for each other? Can you imagine the day when there is no fear to walk alone at night or even the day when you would never be lonely?
That day, that glorious day, is the day that all proclaim that Jesus is Lord. That is the day when we not only proclaim it, but when we live out the lives that we are called to live as children of the covenant. And when that day comes, can you imagine the celebration? Everyone bringing something to the party, and there is an abundance of food and riches because we want to share in the feast of thanksgiving.
And this day, the one that we can only seem to imagine right now, is the day that Paul is urging Timothy to work towards, this is the day that God is urging for each one of us to work towards. Because if we believe in the hope that one day every knee will bow and every tear will be wiped away, then we have to start living into that hope. Let me say that again, if we believe in the hope of the kingdom of God and of Jesus Christ, we have to live that reality into being. We have to share the good news with the world. We have to proclaim the message of the gospel not only with our lips but with our actions and our deeds.
And this is no easy task. But we are not called as Christians to simply say to ourselves that we believe in Christ, we have to actually believe in Christ and in the power and love that Christ has over us and for us. We are called to be Christ followers, and friends, that means, we are called to the cross. God does not call us to be powerful, God calls us to be faithful, to persevere. And if we can live faithfully, if we can always present the Gospel in truth and love, not only when it is convenient for us and in our time frame, but in every thing we say and do, then friends, that glorious day of the Kingdom of God, is a day closer to reality.
The world around us, the world that we are a part of, is in desperate need for that reality. We cannot turn a blind eye nor can we escape the pain and suffering that surrounds us in our newspapers, television sets, on the internet, and even in our daily commutes to and from home.
To go out and proclaim that Jesus is Lord means to go out and work. It means kindness and charity. It means talking with others about your faith. It means sharing your time, your money, your energy and your gifts to build up the body of Christ. It means sacrifice. And that’s a hard pill to swallow sometimes.
After all, there are plenty of people out there, and sad to say, even plenty of churches out there, who tell you other wise. We are told that we have to be prosperous, we have to be wealthy, that we have to have status and power and we are even told that God wants that for us too. There are so many people who want to sell you faith for the purpose of your own reward here on earth. If you are faithful enough then you will be rewarded with a promotion, a higher income, a beautiful house. If you only believe enough, pray enough, then whatever you want, will come true. And if it doesn’t? then you are not living as just and righteous as you can. Because God only wants good things for you. Sheesh, Who doesn’t want that? If you wonder why these churches that preach this message are growing, it’s not hard to understand. We live in a society that teaches us the same values, increase, increase, increase. But I think when Jesus is being sold as a prescription for improving your own life, as a fix-all for your ills and troubles, then we are missing the truth of Jesus as Christ, of Jesus as savior of all.
Jesus died and rose again so that we might live freed from sin. Jesus died and rose again to heal the gap between human imperfection and God’s perfection. Jesus died and rose again so that the we might return to the covenant God made for us and with us. We are created to be in relationship, in fellowship with our creator and our fellow man. We are created to be stewards of the earth and each other.It’s not that God doesn’t want us to be happy or successful, to prosper, it’s just that, that is not the point of our being. The point of our being is to live faithfully. Our being is to live prayerfully and in service to our Lord. We are called to be ministers to each other, living as the hands and feet of Christ. And that’s it. And that’s more than enough. To live for Christ, to live to build up the body of Christ, to proclaim Jesus as king in all that we do is joyful. So shout it from the mountain tops, invite your friends and loved ones to share in this joyous day with you, to live into the hope of the reality of Christ. And that my friends, is why we proclaim. Amen.
Monday, October 22, 2007
Out of the wild...
Hi all-
Tonight I went and saw the movie "Into the Wild" which is the perfect way to have capped off my fall break. (Which by the way is a very good movie with a couple of slow parts, but overall two thumbs up). And what a fall break it has been.
I wound up traveling half way across the country (vertically this time) with Monica, a friend from school, to the Salt Ridge Mountain Plains in the Bridger-Teton National forest in Wyoming. We were about 30 miles north of Cokesville on a mountain 8600 feet up. We stayed at a hunting camp in a tent with her sister who is working as the chef for the hunters and guides. There were 8 elk hunters, 6 guides and us there. Not to mention about 30 or so horses and as of the first night there 6 inches of snow. It made for quite an adventure and I am still reveling at the visual beauty of parts of the country I had never seen until this experience. We got back last night and this morning I drove into Cameron, TX to lead worship at the Presbyterian church there which was a cool experience as well. All in all, not a bad way to spend the break (and I am including my brother and his wife's visit in this summation).
Anyways- here are some of the pix from the road and the mountain. Hope you enjoy. I have like 182 of them to pick from, so if you want to see more, just let me know.
Sunday, October 14, 2007
We only live once...
Hi all-
Fall break started this weekend and it came at a perfect time. So far, it has been a nice break, with my brother and his wife coming down for a quick visit.
While they were here we went to my kickball game (which we totally dominated- yeah Old School) and then spent yesterday being all outdoorsy and had a picnic lunch with Melissa and her parents up at Mt. Bonell and then went kyacking on the river.
They headed back to Dallas after that to continue visiting Ruth's parents.
I, on the other hand, am getting ready to head out of town on an adventure as well, a road trip to go camping for a few days in Wyoming. It will be quite the adventure, esp. since I have never seen this part of the country.
I hope you all have a good and restful week as well whatever you do and oh, one more thing...
GO CANES!!! They are off to a great start this season and I am loving it!
Thursday, October 11, 2007
New Friends, Old Friends, Good Friends, Bad Friends???
Hi all-
Thought I would give this ole blog an update of the visual variety...
This has been a good week, and I am getting excited about the week off in just one more day (1:50pm, not that I am kepping up). What made this a good week you ask? Well, see, there was a joint birthday party that I went to Monday night that involved some random "shock therapy" and there has been a group visiting the campus this week that has brought me much joy.
To begin, Monica and Joseph (two of my seminary friends) both have birthdays this week so we gathered to celebrate. Now, Joseph has two dogs and he also has an invisible fence, which means that his two dogs have shock collars. Now, some brilliant friend of mine decided it would be funny (which it was) to test the shock value of the collar and so for 20 minutes or so, different people took turns getting shocked and I took turns laughing at them. The whole evening was very cool, bu that definately has to be one for the high-light reels.
Also, the group I mentioned, is the Young Urban Pastors Group (they call themselves the YUPpies) has been in town. It's a group of fifteen pastors from arround the country who work in urban settings in a variety of contexts. They come together once a year in different cities to share in fellowship and support. Well, my good friend Byron Wade is a part of the group, so it has been a great joy getting to catch up with him these last few days. In addition, Jerord Lowry who I had met at Trienium (and who works for New Hope) is a part of the group as well so I have gotten the chance to get to know him better. Yesterday, they offered a forum/discussion where students were invited to basically come and ask them any questions we might have about ministry (with understanding of their individual contexts). Well, it took place at the same time as Greek, so I decided to skip class (horror I know) to attend. And I think, that might have been one of the best decissions I have made in a long time. Only one other student showed up so I essentially had two hours of 15 pastors at my disposal to address questions that I had and found the time to be most fruitful/rewarding. I also decided to join them last night at a club to see this 80s cover band, the Spazmatics, and we rocked out to the wee hours. All of this is to say, is that I have enjoyed this week before fall break a lot. Thankfully, I haven't had too much in the way of papers this week so I have been able to connect to these folks.
Anyways, here are a few pics from this week...
until next time-
C
Thought I would give this ole blog an update of the visual variety...
This has been a good week, and I am getting excited about the week off in just one more day (1:50pm, not that I am kepping up). What made this a good week you ask? Well, see, there was a joint birthday party that I went to Monday night that involved some random "shock therapy" and there has been a group visiting the campus this week that has brought me much joy.
To begin, Monica and Joseph (two of my seminary friends) both have birthdays this week so we gathered to celebrate. Now, Joseph has two dogs and he also has an invisible fence, which means that his two dogs have shock collars. Now, some brilliant friend of mine decided it would be funny (which it was) to test the shock value of the collar and so for 20 minutes or so, different people took turns getting shocked and I took turns laughing at them. The whole evening was very cool, bu that definately has to be one for the high-light reels.
Also, the group I mentioned, is the Young Urban Pastors Group (they call themselves the YUPpies) has been in town. It's a group of fifteen pastors from arround the country who work in urban settings in a variety of contexts. They come together once a year in different cities to share in fellowship and support. Well, my good friend Byron Wade is a part of the group, so it has been a great joy getting to catch up with him these last few days. In addition, Jerord Lowry who I had met at Trienium (and who works for New Hope) is a part of the group as well so I have gotten the chance to get to know him better. Yesterday, they offered a forum/discussion where students were invited to basically come and ask them any questions we might have about ministry (with understanding of their individual contexts). Well, it took place at the same time as Greek, so I decided to skip class (horror I know) to attend. And I think, that might have been one of the best decissions I have made in a long time. Only one other student showed up so I essentially had two hours of 15 pastors at my disposal to address questions that I had and found the time to be most fruitful/rewarding. I also decided to join them last night at a club to see this 80s cover band, the Spazmatics, and we rocked out to the wee hours. All of this is to say, is that I have enjoyed this week before fall break a lot. Thankfully, I haven't had too much in the way of papers this week so I have been able to connect to these folks.
Anyways, here are a few pics from this week...
until next time-
C
Saturday, October 06, 2007
I'm a Tri-Tri...
Hi all-
So, Melissa and I completed our last Triathlon for the year. (atleast that I am currently scheduled to participate in) and we realized since this was our third one, we can call ourselves Tri-Triathletes... [groan]. Seriously, since I seemed to be too busy to do as much training as I liked, I was worried about my performance today. I had hoped to shave 15 minutes off my time from the Danskin- especially since we were racing the same course.
Well I am pleased to report that I actually completed this one 21 minutes faster! That's right. It's a good feeling, I am not going to lie. I finnished the race with an overall time of 2 hours and 27 minutes. Now, Melissa finished in like an hour and 48 minutes, but she's also a lot more hard core than me... I improved time in each of the events, my swim went from 24 minutes to 19.56, my bike from 1hr, 16m to 1hr, 7m and my run from 58 min to 53 min. Like I said, it's a good feeling to have improved.
Also- since this was the innaugural longhorn tri we got to take a picture with an actual longhorn. Silly, but fun.
Other than that, the Canes looked impressive last night, winning 4-1 over the Penguins. If they play well tonight, I think it should bode well for the season. A strong start atleast. And, they finally got around to resigning the beautiful David Tannabe to a two year contract, so I am a pretty happy person this afternoon!
Anyways- here are some pics from this morning...
Note: After the race... I also realized that Kenny and I share the same awkward smile :)
Wednesday, October 03, 2007
ohh the joys of October
October is here- which is a good thing primarily for two reasons. One the start of hockey season has happened and even though my Canes fell 3-2 in Over Time tonight- I am excited to be able to listen to the games via my computer once again. it sounded like there were a ton of penalties on both sides of the ice which is never a good thing if you are the team receiving them. At least they picked up a point tonight... Secondly, in like 9 days fall break will be here and i will have a blessed week off, a week to play catch up and to spend some time not thinking about school... Bonus this year my brother and Ruth will be stopping by for a day on their trip to visit Ruth's parents in Dallas...
Saturday I will participate in my last triathlon for the year. I have been very poor in my training as of late, so I will probably get my hind area kicked but it will still be fun.
Two more things for this little update and then I really must write a paper... (there seems to be a never ending array of papers waiting for me).
So here's this link: http://play.blogger.com/ that I read about as I was signing in to do the update, it basically plays a slide show of the pictures that people are currently uploading onto their blog sites, which is kind of cool (after I got over my initial sense of privacy violation- I am sure that somewhere in the agreement to start a blog we agreed to let pictures be shown like this- i don't know- i didn't read it...) in that the stories behind the pictures are absent, you are just left to imagine what or why the pictures are there. So I spent some good procrastination minutes just watching... like I said, kind of cool.
The last thing I wanted to share is this picture:
Saturday I will participate in my last triathlon for the year. I have been very poor in my training as of late, so I will probably get my hind area kicked but it will still be fun.
Two more things for this little update and then I really must write a paper... (there seems to be a never ending array of papers waiting for me).
So here's this link: http://play.blogger.com/ that I read about as I was signing in to do the update, it basically plays a slide show of the pictures that people are currently uploading onto their blog sites, which is kind of cool (after I got over my initial sense of privacy violation- I am sure that somewhere in the agreement to start a blog we agreed to let pictures be shown like this- i don't know- i didn't read it...) in that the stories behind the pictures are absent, you are just left to imagine what or why the pictures are there. So I spent some good procrastination minutes just watching... like I said, kind of cool.
The last thing I wanted to share is this picture:
This is someone I know- Matt, a Byzantine Priest receiving communion from the Pope. We (Matt and I) reconnected recently through the joys of facebook and in light of this above picture we have started dialoging about the meaning of Eucharist. Now I know, some of you might be wondering how I know a Byzatine Priest who lives in Italy- it's random sure--- so here's the abbreviated story- several years ago, Matt worked for me at Presbyterian Point as a counselor when he was in college. I had a wonderfully ecclesiatical staff and the rest, as they say, is history.... ohhh except this- when we head to Indonesia in January, I will hopefully get to catch up with Kaylor- who lives there now and who also worked for me that same summer.... small world... one of the many reasons i love the church.
Take care- Pastoral Counseling is calling...
Monday, October 01, 2007
living in a fishbowl
if one wants to know what it is like to go to seminary, I think the best analogy is that of living in a fish bowl. But I am trying not to rant, so instead, I will show you some pictures from this weekend taken with my new camera that thankfully arrived on Friday... 
went to see the KSU-UT game, until half-time, when the rain came pouring down...
fun time though. thanks Ryan.
I miss NC tonight.
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