The Eagle & Child

For every man in the world functions to the best of his ability, and no one does less than his best, no matter what he may think about it.  – John Steinbeck, The Pearl These words got me thinking, though I don’t know if I’m interpreting them correctly.  This school year has been one of [...]

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My body is tired today.  It’s amazing how much difference it makes going to bed a half hour later than normal and being woken up in the middle of the night by a child who had a nightmare.  I lack energy. I generally lack energy, as a matter of fact. According to Madeline’s new Littlest [...]

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I handed in my last major assignment on Wednesday. What a relief. Now I just have some reading to do for Monday and then a Hebrew final exam next Friday.  Lessons learned this semester: 1. I am unable to measure the quality of my own work. (Incidentally, I got my major Patristic Fathers paper back [...]

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Since getting married I’ve become more emotionally free, which is a less _______ way of saying that I cry much more quickly and easily. Then having kids made it even more so.  Don’t get me wrong–I don’t spend my days choking back tears, but there’s something in the intimacy of relationship and family that loosens [...]

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Not much to say these days, I’ll be honest.  The semester is winding down, which is reflected in my Busy-ness to Inspiration ratio.  I have two short papers left to write, as well as one final exam, and I’m done.  Hard to believe, actually. I’m already gearing up mentally for next semester.  I’m hoping to [...]

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Some of you might have noticed the question I posted on Twitter and Facebook yesterday: how do you reconcile the existence of a good God with suffering? Some of you even responded. I asked this question out of sheer frustration with my multiple failed attempts at expressing my thoughts in response to David Bentley Hart’s [...]

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I was sorting through some of my old papers tonight and came across all of my old report cards.  I had some good laughs. 1. In my second semester of Grade 12 I got the following comments from teachers of 4 of my 5 classes: “Well done!” “Appreciate participation in class” “Putting forth a good [...]

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I handed in anther paper today.  I was editing it until 5 minutes before class started and had to run to get to class in time.  I have no sense of how I will do on this paper.  I was certainly not happy with it–I think it was a rather rambling affair.  The difficulty is [...]

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I’ve been to 2 out of my 3 regular classes so far (1 class will be a week long affair in October, and the other class is distance learning) and so far so good. Theological Foundations 1 looks like it will be an engaging course with lots of discussion.  I raised my hand often enough [...]

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It was orientation day for the college and seminary today.  Mostly introductions, devotionals, advice and some ice-breaking, get-to-know-you games.  One of the get-to-know-you games was picking a couple of Smarties from a box and, following the colour code, share you favourite food or movie or vacation spot (etc.)  A couple of people went and listed [...]

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