Discus

The other day Jeremy and I are playing some disc golf in a park. This mother and her child are walking through and the little boy asks what we're doing. The mom says "I think it's called 'discus.' They have to throw the frisbees into buckets." Definitely made me and Jeremy laugh. We're definitely going to start calling it "Discus."

We went today to 2 different courses with Ethan Carlson. I managed to get a total of 1 over on the first course and 2 under on the second course. I'm pretty much pro... Anyways, I hope to go disc golfin tomorrow at Parkside, I'm excited.

What Luck!

I'm on my way Bib Interp when I realize I actually have Intro to Min first. I didn't have the books I needed for the class. We didn't even use the books in class. Score 1!

I had an assignment due today in my Intro to Min class, but I didn't do it. I get to class and long lecture short, he was worried about us doing a bad job on the papers, so he told us what the papers should be like and said turn the papers in by next Tuesday without penalty. Score 2! My laziness didn't screw me over for once!

Pimp Slapped

I just love this... it comes from John 9 (CEV)

²⁶"What did he do to you?" the Jewish leaders asked. "How did he heal your eyes?"

²⁷The man answered, "I have already told you once, and you refused to listen. Why do you want me to tell you again? Do you also want to become his disciples?"

²⁸The leaders insulted the man and said, "You are his follower! We are followers of Moses. ²⁹We are sure that God spoke to Moses, but we don't even know where Jesus comes from."

³⁰"How strange!" the man replied. "He healed my eyes, and yet you don't know where he comes from. ³¹We know that God listens only to people who love and obey him. God doesn't listen to sinners. ³²And this is the first time in history that anyone has ever given sight to someone born blind. ³³Jesus could not do anything unless he came from God."

First Official Chapel

Today was the first day I went to an actual chapel here. Tuesday there was an all-university convocation (which was EXTREMELY boring). I definitely liked this chapel. Matt Wilhelm's band (minus Matt cuz his guitar is jacked up) lead worship. They did this song I've never heard before called "Stronger." Man, what an amazing song. Definitely my new favorite worship song.

The speaker was pretty swell too... I don't remember his name though. He's fairly entertaining and does a good job of keeping your attention (which helps with my part-time ADD). What he spoke about today made me laugh. He talked about Chapel Manners. He talked about it in light of treating the service as a holy place, which was a nice touch. But it was simple stuff... like turn your cell phones off. Show up on time. It was like kid stuff, but we're college students. The funny part? We actually needed to be told that.

Here's what I gleaned from him: People say that God is everywhere. Therefore, every place is Holy. Think about that... then that means there's really no special place for you to meet with God. It was suggested that, in fact, there are some special places for you to meet with God. I guess we can call them "Super-Holy Places" (that is my idear, not the speakers). You need to reserve those spots for God, and God alone. It's not a time or place to start a debate, nor to text, nor to zone out. These super holy spots are for you to focus in completely on God, and to give him the attention he deserves.

It's definitely something I needed to hear. Something I need to spend some more time thinking about. Have you made it to the nearest Super Holy Place today?

Un-retiring.

Yeah. I'm back. It's been quite a while since I've last blogged. I'm not really sure what happened, but blogging just became a bore. But now I'm back, and I'm ready to start blogging 12 times a day.

So what's goin on with me? I'm in my second week of school. I'm taking, Intro to Philosophy, Intro to Ministry, Intro to Intercultural Ministry, and Biblical Interpretation. At least that's what I'm taking now. Before I moved in I received a letter from trinity welcoming to the college and a class schedule... before I signed up for classes. Not sure who signed me up for the classes, but I ended up dropping 3 of them, and getting two new ones, and moving the time for one of my classes. Now I've got I.P. Mon, Wed, and Fri at 8:00 AM. I.I.M. Tues, Thurs at 10:50. I.M Tues, Thurs at 1:40. and B.I. at 3:05. Nice schedule. I'm content with it now. I've also got Chapel at 11 on Mon, Wed, and Fri. I don't have to go to all of them, but I have to go a certain amount of times... not really sure yet.

So I've got from 8:50-11:00 open on Mon, Wed, and Fri. Leaves me a perfect slot to work out, shower, and spend some time with God. This will be great for me. Even though I will want to make excuses, there will be no good reason for me to not do these 2 things. I'm lookin forward to this.

Also, I'm going to look into getting two jobs. The first one, my title would be "Mad Scientist." I would go and show cool science tricks to 15-25 elementary students after school (or at b-day parties (Yeah! free cake!)). Each session lasts an hour, and each session pays $25. The second job I'm going to look into is Best Buy. I know the one near here is hiring, so I'm hoping to get into the Audio Department.

I gotta tell you about the dinning hall they got here. It's fabulous. Not the best food, but they have a ton of food. They serve buffet style. They have 3 different complete meals you can choose from (or mix and match, or get it all!), plus they serve pizza like all the time, and they have a salad bar and dessert table (with an ice cream machine!). I'm tellin you... I'm going to get so fat unless I work out hard. Because there's no way that I can limit myself in that dinning hall. I go crazy in there. It's awesome. I'm glad I'm not on like Weight Watchers or something terrible like that... Plus I got a wicked stash of grub in my dorm that I may feast on at any time. I'm lovin it.

Failure to Blog

I've really lost all desire to blog. I'm not sure why. I just have no desire at all.

The End is Near

I always get these random memory outbursts. Memories of things that I've done in the past that I miss doing. Like going to Grandma and Grandpa's house for Christmas. Like playing kickball in the yard and aiming for Denny's house intending to dent his siding as badly as possible. Like hearing that certain song on the radio every single bus-ride home from school. Memories that just make me all warm and fuzzy inside. Oh, you know what I'm talkin about.

Well, here's another one of those memories in the making. The End of Silver Birch Ranch is near. I have already begun recollecting all of the great memories I've made here. All the short road trips we've gone on, driving into Antigo for McDonalds at midnight, mammoth bon fires, spending hours and hours reading and doing homework. There's just a lot I'm going to miss from this place. A load of people I'll miss from here.

I am going to miss SBR, but it is my time to leave. The End of this chapter is here. Good bye SBR. Hello Trinity.