I’ve been fairly quiet this summer, but it was actually a pretty eventful season for me this year. No major vacations or trips for me, but..
* sent my two eldest off to California for 10 days,
* lots of changes at church, many of which have direct implications on my family and the ministries that we’re involved in (more to come eventually),
* and of course, an ever-growing newborn
School starts back in 10 Days… 10! Here’s the schedule and some thoughts about each class:
World Religions: Aug 10 – Sept 17 (online) - Open Elective: What?? An OPEN Elective! This is it, this means I have FINALLY arrived into the meat of my program! I’m estatic to have finally finished my basic classes (almost…). I’m excited about broadening my understanding of the various world religions out there. But not only that, we get to watch 6 movies and two CSI episodes. Should be challenging and fun.
Small Group Ministry: Aug 14 – Oct 01 (online) - Major Requirement: Two books that look pretty decent. Considering some of the direction our church is going, this could be a timely course. Also, one seller sent me the wrong book, gave me a refund and told me keep the book. The book is “Organic Community” which looks pretty good. Here’s to people sending wrong books!
Life Science: Sept 24 – Oct 29 (on Campus) - General Core: BLAH. May be a good class, but this is THE last of the “basic” classes I have to take. What the heck is life science anyway? I’m 28 years old, have three kids, a wife of a decade, work in corporate America for a Fortune 20 company… I think I get the science behind living. The bright side is, this is my only on campus class this semester.
Missions: Sept 28 – Nov 15 (online) - Open Elective: I’m not a huge short term mission fan, but I’m grateful for those who take on our great commission through mission work of all kinds: short term, long term, or permanent. Looking forward to the class.
Paul’s Letters: Oct 2 – Nov 19 (online) – Biblical Core: I hear this is an intense and heady class. Heavy theology, lots of exegesis, massive papers and reports to write… In otherwords, right up my alley 
. The letters are where we get most of our theology from… coming from a non-denominational background, we didn’t put much emphasis on specific theology. Don’t get me wrong, we were big into dicsipleship, but I would like to round out some of my thoughts and this class should at least help. We’ll see…
So that’s that. I have more to say in general, but I’m just trying to get back into the mode of saying SOMETHING… anything… anywhere… I used to talk too much, now I stay silent too often…
so, there is difference between saying too much and writing thoughtful items…is say you still talk to much and don’t write enough thoughtful items
j/k
do tell on the developments at church…always a good thing to hear about! i’ve got a couple of pretty good books on world religions if you care (read – important/interesting enough to take time away from something else) to peruse them.
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