Three Red Flags

This morning I had the pleasure of having an early breakfast with my candidacy mentor. It was great to get back in touch with him and talk to him about what I’ve experienced in my first year thus far at Asbury Seminary.
The meeting also served another great point as it allowed a measuring stick, of [...]

Here We Go - Things I Need to Think Through … Soon

I’ve been giving a lot of thoughts tonight to three main questions. Each by themselves would take serious time and consideration to think through. All three together require a lot of attention, prayer, and discussion with others.
The questions are simply these: Why do I feel as though North Carolina is where I want to serve? [...]

Candidacy, the Gym, Summer Plans, and Other Things of Note

Since I arrived here at seminary, I will admit that I’ve neglected one huge aspect of the journey - the political side.
When I say the political side, I mean concentrating on the candidacy. It’s something that has really been gnawing at me lately. I’ve considered my calling and how it applies to my vocation, for [...]

Coming Up After This Commercial Break … The Second Half

Someone needs to blow the Flintstone’s whistle. Vacation is over and it’s time to get back to work. The second half of the first year in seminary is about to begin, folks.
For the past few months, we’ve been learning about the history, spirituality and the language of the New Testament, learned more about the Gospel [...]

What a Sucky Week

This is not been a great week by any stretch of the imagination. Perhaps that is partly why I haven’t posted at all here lately. At one point, I entertained the idea of shutting down this blog - yeah, it’s been that bad. I’ve gone from restful estatic to full of no energy and wondering [...]

Worship Blunders, Shorts, and Being an Uncle

This is sort of a hodge podge of a blog to clear out some interesting and wonderful moments that happened over the weekend. Enjoy!
Yesterday, was perhaps the happiest day of my life in quite some time.
I became an uncle to one of the most beautiful babies I’ve ever seen. My sister-in-law gave birth to a [...]

The Three Week Break

Well, today I finished my final paper for the semester ending my first semester here in seminary officially. It’s strange to think that I am now 12 hours into my seminary career and I can burst my own bubble to think I still have 84 more hours to go for the MDiv.
After writing more papers [...]

Rooted and Established in Love

Today, I turned in my final paper in my Introduction to New Testament course. As one of my friends pointed out a few minutes ago, we are now 3 hours into our seminary career. I had to follow with only 89 more or so to go. Way to put things into perspective. Yay, me!
Today’s final [...]

One Semester in the Books … Nearly

Tonight, I’m watching WVU basketball, listening to Kutless’ Strong Tower, and writing a spiritual reflection on Ephesians 3:14-21.
Must be the end of a semester. Indeed.
The first semester of seminary comes to a conclusion tomorrow afternoon (not including finals and the massive amount of reading and papers I still need to finish). It’s amazing, really, to [...]

Break’s Over … Time to Get Back to Work

I have a question.
Why is it every time you take some time off, you need a vacation from that time off? For the past eight days, I’ve been in West Virginia visiting family. The first few days were spent dealing with the loss of my aunt - whom I’ve realized lately how proud she was [...]