I’m sorry that it’s been so long since I’ve posted anything. I’m turning into “that guy” who has a blog but does nothing with it. I’ll do what I can to correct that.
Anyway, I’ve got to admit that the last few days have been very good. I am really liking my Spanish class. Since I’ve taken Spanish before, and because it uses our alphabet, it will be much easier at first than Greek would have been. I can’t say that I like the whole 9:05 AM start time, or the fact that it’s my only class on Friday, but on the plus side I do like my professor. He reminds me a lot of a good high school teacher, which sometimes I miss.
I had to rearrange my schedule to avoid taking a class at 8 AM, so I had to switch sections in my Financial Markets class. So now I’m taking that class at 11 AM with (guess who?) Brian, one of my roommates from Italy. I’ve got to say that I think that’s pretty cool. With all the thousands of people on campus it could have been easy for me to never have a class with anyone from that trip, and even easier for me to not have a class with one of the two other guys (Paulo graduated).
I’ve still only seen two people from the program: Brian and Jill. I’ve talked to Jessica, but everyone else is hiding. Or maybe I’m not looking in the right places.
Thursday night was amazing. I am so pumped about Navigators this semester. There was a huge crowd in Salley Hall this week. Now I know that the fall semester always brings bigger crowds and there’s a drop off in the spring. But this was big even for fall. And so many of them are already Christians who are actively seeking both Jesus and a place on campus to plug in. So even if they don’t end up with the Navs they’ll end up somewhere.
I have to admit that a part of me really likes being A-Team leader right now. I’m not sure if this is going to sound conceited; it very well might be. But because I’m giving the announcements up front each week a lot of people are likely to remember my face. So when I’m walking around campus I get people saying hi and asking if I indeed am “that guy from Navigators” and the like. I like it because (a) I like the attention, and that’s the conceited side of it, but (b) I like being able to get to know so many people. I have to admit that it’s been much easier to get to know a large number of people this year because people recognize me. That was one of my worries about living in Rogers Hall where there isn’t a whole lot of community, but God has been faithful.
I was a lazy bum on Friday. I went to Spanish, and upon coming home I went back to bed and slept until 1:30 PM. I can see that becoming a bad habit all semester long.
What is with Breakfast for a Buck? Andy, Alisse, and I went there this Friday and the line stretched from the door of Crossroads (or RFoC as the freshmen and the sellouts call it) all the way to the Kaplan building. That’s a heck of a line. And it wasn’t like it just opened and no one was inside yet; it was packed inside. I guess this freshmen class really likes midnight breakfast.
Saturday was spent reading for Christian Apologists, falling asleep while reading for Christian Apologists (it’s all Plato’s fault), going to a pool party at the still nameless girls’ place, and watching the USC sneak by VT over at Ross’s place.
And we’ve finally arrived at today. Vance Rains is a stud. The pastor at the Wesley Foundation knows how to preach a good message. One of the cool things that I learned today was that the word worship essentially means “to ascribe worth”, which put another way is worth-ship. Whoa! Who knew? Anyway, he’s been preaching on the topic of worship for a few weeks now and today he talked about things that are holy and why they are holy. He brought up a word that you’ve probably only seen in 200 year old hymns: ineffable, which means beyond description. He quoted some old theologian whose name escapes me who said “When you call God ‘God’ you’re already wrong. He’s so much bigger than that.” It was a strong message, and I know my description of it is a little disconnected but those are the things that come to my mind right now.
Okay, so the rest of the day barring major slacking off is to continue to read for Christian Apologists. I really have nothing to look forward to for the rest of the day which is kind of sad. Tomorrow starts week two, which hopefully will be less stressful than week one but I’m not counting on it.
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