My whining rant!

As I sit here writing report cards yet again I am reminded of the compassion that Jesus has on us when we fail. I find it so hard to understand how our society has become so corrupt. Where is the family unit, the sense of belonging and security rather than being bought by parents. Why do children not have to be accountable any more? Why is everything someone else's fault and nobody needs to take ownership and responsibility....Alas, my rant is finished and I go back to the wonderful world of "fair assessment".

where does the time go...

Man I have been so bad writing in my blog. I should be doing homework right now...nothing super interesting to note. There is some stuff coming down the pipe soon, but its top secret, so i'll let everyone know then.

I am looking forward to the movie 300 that's coming out March 9th. The trailers look sweet. I think its cool that a movie about the Battle of Thermopylae and King Leonidas's last stand.

E.

Super Bowl Sunday - What's that?

Here I am at 5:17 PM on Super Bowl Sunday sitting at my computer having finally completed my course assignments due this Tuesday. I was supposed to be at my friend Jay's house with about ten other friends watching the game, eating pizza and having an all around good time. Problem is I did not get my work done. It is difficult to work a full time job and do Graduate studies. No one could have ever prepared me for this. One assignment (worth about 9.5% of my total grade) takes me over twenty hours to complete. (and there are six of these not including journaling and a huge paper due in March). I know I'm a little slow but the first assignment took over 30 hours. (This is for an assignment where the finished product is about 7-8 pages long. Give it up for Greek exegesis!)Well I made my choice to attend seminary. Hopefully, next year I will finish my work so I don't miss the Super Bowl. If the Canucks go to the playoffs I will have bust my chops so I don't miss any games!!

Finally!

Well it seems that I (E) have finally published an article in my Seminary student paper. Although it is a small publication of 12 pages, it is still a moment of joy for me. One must start somewhere with writing, etc.

There is one note to make concerning the article. The editor did not footnote my quote and it looks like I made the quote. I am not trying to plagarize material on my first ever published article! (I have emailed the editor and hopefully he will make a note on the next issue of Mosaic.) The quote is from Henri J.M. Nouwen and Donald P. McNeil and Douglas A. Morrison. "Compassion. A Reflection on the Christian Life." (New York: Double Day): 2005. pg. 14.

Next issue I will submit a Book Review on Craig Evans book: "Fabricating Jesus: How Modern Scholars Distort the Gospels."

E.