A few happenings

Joy and I have been here since the beginning of July. It's kind of weird because next month's rent is due on Thursday. It does not feel as if we have been here that long. It's also weird to actually pay rent. This is something neither of us have had to do. We can thank Joy's employment at ONU to thank for that one.

I usually don't take the time to update my blog about the goings on of my life. I usually have dedicated this blog to my thoughts and theology. I like it that way. And if you do too, I am sorry that I have not written much in the past month. To be honest, I have not been as disciplined here as I was back at school. I have all the time in the world with no job, but I am distracted easily while at home. I also lack the funds to visit the local coffee shops as much as I did in Bourbonnais. It is an entirely different to also have a wife that also does not work. Essentially, we spend all of our time together. This has been wonderful as I love my wife, but once again very distracting from the routines I had set up over the past year.

It is time for new routines, but I have been apathetic to start them (except for running and exercising everyday) because I would have to re-start them in a month when school begins. I still don't know what my schedule is, and that is frustrating. I know a few classes I will be taking: Hebrew Bible, Formation of the Christian Tradition, and perhaps a Pastoral Care and Theology course. That leaves room for one more. The hope is that there is room to register for a class entitled "The Non-violent Struggle." It covers the biblical basis of non-violence and then analyzes key non-violent movements throughout history with an emphasis on the civil rights movement, South Africa, and Ghandi. As many of you know, I want to take this class.

We're hoping that we have jobs sometime in the next week. If something happens, I will post. We were able to go to a book tour with Tony Jones, Doug Paggitt, and Mark Scandrete last night entitled "the church basement road show." They impersonated an early 20th century revival. It was interesting to say the least. I have not read their books.

That's it for now. If you want to read some funny stories about our first few weeks here in Nashville, check out my wife's blog entitled "Joy's Journey" on the blog roll. She tells these stories better than I could. Peace.

Good News

My wife now has a blog. Apparently, she has been going crazy with nothing to do. After moving to Nashville a little over two weeks ago, we still don't have jobs. So, she decided to write about it. You can check it out at...www.joytpaul.blogspot.com

And I swear I will start writing more shortly. I just want to be back in school...Vanderbilt is still a month from starting.

New Article

Just thought I'd let you know that I just wrote an article for an online magazine. It's under the culture section entitled "Christmas in July..."

The website is www.wreckedfortheordinary.com

Just moved to Nashville so I haven't written in a while. I will do so in a few days.