Posted by Jonathan on Jun 6, 2009 in
General Texas is really beautiful.
It really is.
Living there most of my life I’d been unconvinced, but I got to see it today. I got to see it today with new eyes.
Have you ever done that? Have you ever rediscovered something ordinary, and realized how amazingly extraordinary it is?
Driving down I-10 for 571 miles towards the Texas/Mexico/New-Mexico border I realized this. I looked around as I listened to my “Man In the High Castle” (REALLY GOOD) audiobook, and was taken aback at the majesty of hills as large as mountains. The broken crags of rock offered a cross-section of minerals, like a rainbow the colors dazzled. Read more…
Tags: Drive, Fuller Theological Seminary, I-10, Mountains, Pasadena, Road Trip, Texas
Posted by Jonathan on Feb 13, 2009 in
General So, I made it! Wednesday during the middle of the day, I received my acceptance email from Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, CA!
I was pretty sure I’d get in, but you know how it is, you just never know ’til you get the email.
I will be getting my Mdiv so that I can become an ordained minister, and start myself a church. My goal (for now) is to start a progressive Baptist church. Baptists have excellent traditions and such, but the politics have become quite muddied over time, and our social justice needs to be revamped too.
March 19th is my last day at work, the moving truck comes the next day, and then I’m gone by the 22nd to Ghana. It’s a little over a month and a week away. It’s all starting to seem quite final. I’m starting to seal off this portion of my life, and it’s quite tough, moreso than I expected.
I realized that New York has had quite an effect on me. Quite a substantial one indeed. I didn’t realize it right away, but I’m starting to.
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Tags: Apple, California, Fuller, Ghana, Mdiv, Moving, New York City, Pasadena, Seminary