So I'm at Panera near the TCU campus out here just doing some reading. I was about to leave when a torrential downpour showed up. You guys know how I am about my mac, so I'm going to wait it out by catching you up a little on school. I guess the short of it is... its good. I really am enjoying my classes and my professors. I only have one that seems to be a bit harder than I would prefer. I'm taking Church History from a guy who knows how boring the class can be, and is doing a good job of making it really interesting. I've got Old Testament 1 (Genesis - Esther) from a former Hindu guy. He has me reading the 1st half of the OT twice, along with like 6 other books. His class alone is more work that a normal semester at UA. Then I've got New Testament 1 from a guy who isn't making us read very much, posts his notes online, and has a really good time teaching us. Maybe the two are supposed to balance each other out. Then theres a class called Hermeneutics, which I've found out means something about teaching me how to interpret the Bible accurately. Not that they say, "this is what it means and thats final," but rather they talk about needing to understand things like the language, terminology, cultural context, and the big picture context before you go running off sounding stupid and making stuff up. Then theres Greek. If any of you remember my UA experience with Greek, I've got good news... this is the exact opposite. My prof is really old, really funny, and really wants to help us out. Its not going to be bad at all. Last is something called "spiritual formations." Its a 1 hours class where they force you to go to chapel 3 days of week and then skip lunch one day a week to sit and listen to someone give a message for the 2nd time in 2 hours. All total I've got 16 hours. Turns out 10 hours is full time here, and people keep giving me weird looks when I tell them what I'm taking.
Aside from class, I'm meeting some good guys out here (and some kinda weird ones). Two are from UA. I think each of us is glad that the others are here.
Anyway, pray that I will do what I never did in college, and actually stay on top of my work load. I'm ahead right now, which is a first, and I'm going to try to stay that way.
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