Tuesday
Wednesday, 02 March, 2005
8 am starts are painful. Greek 1 first thing wasn't, however. We got given our material for the year as well as our Greek Weeks test. There were a few questions about the test and some were confused as to why they had been marked down. Gibbo was of the opinion that we were marked a little hard but then the test doesn't count for anything and there are around 30 of us in the top class anyway so who cares? I was wondering why they threw in something that we aren't supposed to know until second year in the hidden translation section but Andrew (one of the many!) explained to me it's so they can see how advanced you are. Anyways, just about all of us got it wrong except for Pete who just wrote out the verse from memory which I think is cheating a bit.
There was no women's chapel because it's the first week but we did have combined chapel and Philip Kern spoke movingly on James 1:2 (“Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds”), reminding us of the hope of heaven and why it is we can consider trials “pure joy”. Morning tea followed in which I had a meeting about playing piano for women's chapel with Viv (I'm on the Societas committee but have somehow been roped into the women's chapel music committee and John asked me if I wouldn't mind singing during split chapel). Mission Foundations (a double) followed in which Mike Raiter gave a very stirring lecture on the difference between mission and ministry and why it matters. The head of Pioneers came to speak to us about what they were doing around the world and the challenges that their team faced. Tho was so pumped up after that lecture, he couldn't stop grinning.
Lunch, the WRAG (a.k.a. World Religions and the Gospel)—basically more Mike Raiter. This term we're covering Islam. Mike lectured on Muhammad—who he was, where he came from, his background, etc. He's quite an interesting personality and I look forward to next week when Mike finishes off the lecture (so far, hardly anyone has gotten to the end of their lecture outline; it's all To Be Continued ... How else are they going to get us back?!)
I went to the library in search of a book but couldn't find it so I ended up borrowing The Gospel According to the Simpsons, How to Read the Bible Aloud and The Poets' Christ (poetry about Jesus). Ben and I sat on the grass and read and Andrew (one of the many!) came up to chat.
We had to leave for FEVA staff meeting. I was feeling quite sluggish during the meeting and all my ideas for Suppertalk got rejected (didn't take it personally though). I'm just glad they settled on something at the end.
After staff meeting we went straight to training and I managed to stay awake for that but was visibly fading afterwards. Ben and I drove home and went to bed early.
Blinks:
A way of funding writing in the future: pitch and idea and get people to support it.
Place where you can hire play equipment for parties, etc.
How to recalibrate the home button on your iPhone.
Unsolicited manuscripts accepted by Pan Macmillan with certain conditions.
Thought Balloon is a group blog in which the writers tackle a new theme every week? month? with one-page scripts. This URL is for their Phonogram ones.
How to sew a zipper on a knitted garment.
Issues organised by tale.
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What is women’s chapel? Sounds vaguely disturbing.
Karen ~ I’ve got that book ~ ‘The Gospel According to The Simpsons’. I found it quite an interesting read. Would be interested to hear your thoughts.
Deb: Women’s chapel is where women get a chance to do up-the-front stuff and minister to women. Not all of us get the chance to preach but we are involved in formal sermon critiquing once a quarter and we’re rostered on to assist with the service about once a year.
Dunc: Have you seen his other one, The Gospel According to Disney? That one looked a bit suss.
Karen, I find those concepts quite worrying. Perhaps we can chat about it later.
That came out wrong. Alas.
C’mon Deborah, share your concerns with the wide world! Lets get a good “womens ministry” stoush happening…
Argh, I’m not sure if I’m ready for another theological storm on my blog!! Much better for me and Deb to discuss it together.
Nope, sorry, not getting involved in any comment wars. They look ugly to people outside.
Yes, I wish they would stop happening on my blog. At times I’ve considered turning off the comments to certain posts but I figure people have a right to say what they want—I just don’t have to agree with it and I don’t really think it’s my responsibility to respond to it either (I don’t have the time and often don’t have the inclination, especially if it seems to me that the problem is particularly trivial or blatantly obvious to resolve). Maybe there’s blog etiquette out there about this ... I don’t know.
Karen: No. I haven’t. I have another similar book on U2 (which isn’t as good). There are similar books on Peanuts, Charlie Brown, Lord of the Rings, and Harry Potter.