To Class or Not to Class?

It's time again for a day of class. I also have news. I'll get to that at some point today. For now it's time to talk about the Maccabees/Hasmoneans. OK, first let me say a couple of things. We got our 2nd book review back in Faith and Hope this morning. I made a 97. Also, I left my phone laying on my bed this morning. I may not survive.

Time for more presentations.

By the way, did I mention that my professor for this class (Dr. Niang) is leaving MTS to teach at Union Theological Seminary in NYC? That's pretty exciting. I am learning from someone who will teach at Columbia. That's pretty exciting.

*update* 9:00 am - Essay question for you aspiring theologians and Bible scholars: Joseph (of Genesis), Esther, and Daniel. Compare and contrast. (OK, I know it's not a question, but you get the point.)

*update* 9:10 am - Guess what's currently written on the board in our classroom... 1+1=2. And you thought upper level graduate courses were difficult.

*update* 9:55 am - Question of the morning, posed by one of my classmates: What if Paul was wrong?

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*update* 1:05 pm - Here's a quote from Eric to which I need to respond:

clericeric said...

re: 9.55 update - wrong about what?

APRIL 7, 2011 11:20 AM

That would certainly be helpful. What if he was wrong about bringing Gentiles into 'The Way' without first converting to Judaism?

*update* 1:10 pm - We have another guest speaker in Intro to Pastoral Care today. He's here to talk about substance abuse & addiction.

Today our topics are 1) Abuse of self. 2) Abuse of others.

Fun stuff.

*update* 1:15 pm - Holy Shnikies! I just found out that there is a Cokesbury store just a few miles from here. Just down the road from the Target I stop at almost weekly. I know where I'll be spending a lot of time (and money?) this summer!

*update* 2:10 pm - We got our mid-term papers back in 'Pastoral Care' today. I made an 'A'.

Just so yo know, I'm not bragging. I'm just sharing my astonishment.

p.s. -- I went back totthe house and got my phone earlier. I survived.

*update* 2:25 pm - I forgot I mentioned news earlier. Here's the first bit: My son is playing drums at Rivertown tonight. I have to spend the next couple of hours trying to decide if I should skip my last class and go to the show or stay here and miss it. I'm torn...

*update* 3:35 pm - I guess I should go ahead and mention my second bit of news. I've been appointed to a church. I'm pretty excited about that. I'll start in June. More on that later.

*update* 10:30 pm - I decided to skip my class and go see them play. I think I made the right decision. Now I'm home and it's (almost) bed time.