Wednesday, July 30, 2008
THINGS TO DO BEFORE I'M 30
1) Read the bible cover to cover
2) Visit Argentina
3) Be accepted to a PhD program
4) Have a solo art exhibit
5) Shop in NYC
6) Speak Spanish Fluently
7) Drive to Canada
8) Take up backpacking
9) Submit a manuscript to a national publication
10) Co-author a book
Monday, July 28, 2008
Naked Noah
In my experience using the book of Luke to teach conversational English I've felt called to read the bible all the way through, which I have never done before. I think it appropriate to add that to the top of my "Things to Do Before I'm Thirty" list. This list doesn't actually exist as of this moment, but I believe it will materialize as a result of this post.
I'm working my way through Genesis which, for me, is a mountain of a beginning. I find myself questioning the creation story because it seems like just that: A STORY. I'm resolved to believe that there is much more to the story that God left out because our brains and so small compared to his. I think he did us a huge favor and boiled the story down to the basics so our tiny little human heads wouldn't explode due to the awesomeness of his creative abilities.
After the creation the world becomes consumed by evil and God sends the flood. God favors Noah and so he spares his family and makes Noah in charge of maintaining life as humans know it on this planet (and I think I have big responsibilities... ha ha...). As many of us know, Noah, his family and the animals make it out in one piece.
I was absolutely dumfounded by the next part of the account of Noah's life. Apparently, the guy who is SOOOO FAVORED by God gets drunk and passes out buck naked-in his tent. There's more to the story, but I will stop there.
My conclusion: God favored Noah and chose him for a really important purpose, but Noah was just as human and messed up as the rest of us. I think God really wanted to drive that point home to me, otherwise he would not have deemed it important enough to publish it in the most popular book of all time.
Friday, July 25, 2008
Back to blogging
I rather enjoyed blogging while in Rwanda, but came to the conclusion that I do not like sharing a blog page with others. Go figure. I can imagine that those of you who know me best are not at all shocked by my conclusion. I started this blog page last year and then never kept up with it. ROUND 2.
I am currently writing this as a means to divert myself from that which I should be accomplishing... the final revisions to a manuscript that has been accepted to be published in the Texas Art Education Journal called TRENDS. I would continue tooting my own horn, but the truth is Dr. Kraft is the editor. I doubt my manuscript would have been accepted by another publication, but then again all things are possible with God. Luke say so.
More musings to come...
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