As this is the first post of the new year, let me give a little update on my life.
I am graduating college in December of 2009. I’ll be graduating, then, with five semesters under my belt. At first I was sad that I would not be graduating on time, but then I saw the beauty of it. I have no idea regarding what I want to actually do with my degree, and another semester will give me more time to figure that out. I only have two classes to take fall semester—well, maybe three—and then I plan on getting my Master’s in New Testament Studies, with an emphasis in Pauline literature.
I am moving into an apartment in August. My sister is transferring to U.C. from Anderson University, and we will be getting an apartment together. My good friend Sarah will be rooming with us. It should be a pretty good time; we’re all really great friends, and it will be nice to get out of the dorm and have my own (shared) place.
I am single again. I broke up with my last girlfriend in early September. For reasons I do not wish to specify, it just was not going to work out. I am content being single—“Your profits just doubled,” my friend Tyler told me—and I am in no rush to get into a relationship. For once in my life, I realize that I am only 21, that there’s no reason to jump headfirst into marriage. Sometimes being single does suck, because the Creator has wired us as relational creatures who yearn for romantic involvement with a member of the opposite sex; loneliness is a big deal, but I am slowly conquering it.
The first girl I ever loved—Courtney; you can read some of the posts about her back in April-May 2007—is getting married in October. That’s kinda weird, to be sure, especially since I thought I would be marrying her. Stranger things have happened, though.
I have been writing a novel—Dwellers of the Night—and am nearly done with it. It is currently at 630 pages, and it will be around 800 pages when it is completed. I’ve been working on it since December of 2007. Only 170 pages to go, and it should be an excellent book. After that, I may stop writing for a while, or I may go on to another book idea: In Memoriam: Infractus Fatum.
I am getting caught-up in a new trend in Pauline studies, "The New Perspective of Paul." It challenges many of the traditional "Lutheran" interpretations of Paul, and my fascination in particular lies with the identity of "works of the law" and the meaning of "justification by faith." It is extremely interesting, and I will probably make a few posts regarding it in the future.
I am graduating college in December of 2009. I’ll be graduating, then, with five semesters under my belt. At first I was sad that I would not be graduating on time, but then I saw the beauty of it. I have no idea regarding what I want to actually do with my degree, and another semester will give me more time to figure that out. I only have two classes to take fall semester—well, maybe three—and then I plan on getting my Master’s in New Testament Studies, with an emphasis in Pauline literature.
I am moving into an apartment in August. My sister is transferring to U.C. from Anderson University, and we will be getting an apartment together. My good friend Sarah will be rooming with us. It should be a pretty good time; we’re all really great friends, and it will be nice to get out of the dorm and have my own (shared) place.
I am single again. I broke up with my last girlfriend in early September. For reasons I do not wish to specify, it just was not going to work out. I am content being single—“Your profits just doubled,” my friend Tyler told me—and I am in no rush to get into a relationship. For once in my life, I realize that I am only 21, that there’s no reason to jump headfirst into marriage. Sometimes being single does suck, because the Creator has wired us as relational creatures who yearn for romantic involvement with a member of the opposite sex; loneliness is a big deal, but I am slowly conquering it.
The first girl I ever loved—Courtney; you can read some of the posts about her back in April-May 2007—is getting married in October. That’s kinda weird, to be sure, especially since I thought I would be marrying her. Stranger things have happened, though.
I have been writing a novel—Dwellers of the Night—and am nearly done with it. It is currently at 630 pages, and it will be around 800 pages when it is completed. I’ve been working on it since December of 2007. Only 170 pages to go, and it should be an excellent book. After that, I may stop writing for a while, or I may go on to another book idea: In Memoriam: Infractus Fatum.
I am getting caught-up in a new trend in Pauline studies, "The New Perspective of Paul." It challenges many of the traditional "Lutheran" interpretations of Paul, and my fascination in particular lies with the identity of "works of the law" and the meaning of "justification by faith." It is extremely interesting, and I will probably make a few posts regarding it in the future.
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