Sorry it has been so long since my last post. So far we have two of the three mid-terms back and both have been in the 90’s. So far, so good. We start break today until Monday after Easter. I am not going home because fares are too high for a few days and as it turns out I am buried in work to do with only 5 weeks left when we get back from break. During break my goal is to get 3-10 page papers written, 2 sermons, 1 Exegesis for a sermon, study for Greek test upcoming, come up with my picture of grace for Confessions, read about 200 total pages for upcoming week of class, and read a book that is going SO slow. Other than that I plan to sleep in a lot. :) They announced the election results for next year’s officers and I was elected Treasurer for the Student Body. This will allow me access to the monthly government meetings with the President and Dean to further our ministry of feeding the homeless that our Junior Class has started and of which at this point I seem to be in charge of. The Holy Spirit seems to think I have a lot of spare time it seems.
To update you on the homeless feeding ministry we are trying to get started; we have a distribution ministry that will get the food out to the homeless. I need to touch base with the gentleman that passes out the coffee and the food to work out a time to drop the food off. This ministry that will be distributing has 21 ministry stations in South Carolina of different sorts. I need to get involved with them to learn more but the lady I talked to today says they want to talk to me about being on a board of this feeding ministry to help guide it. They are also trying to get some type of food ministry going that needs some expertise in marketing, signage, flyers, things like that. Is it just amazing what the Lord will do if you just open yourself up to His guidance. This will end up being a longer term thing, BUT since the Seminary is not currently involved in a homeless ministry of any type I think we have a great opportunity to get involved in something that is hands doing God’s work. Needs based ministry. That has become my focus. Find out what the needs are and try to figure out a way to bring resources together with the need. That’s what I think we are called to do. I will keep you updated as there will be much more to share on this subject.
We are discussing Sacraments in our Confessions class. Great discussions and the role plays are really helping. I am still trying to formulate a theology and will continue this during the next two years. CPE this summer should really help this as we are put in an environment of ministering to people in real life situations with supervisors of course. By my senior year they want me to have a theology that I can articulate in a paper that I will have to write. The challenge I am having right now is that I have come to feel that Jesus came to save all of us. Not just the baptized, not just the Christians, not just any one group of us, but all of us. Taking that thought process a step further that would mean that I would not be able to say that baptism is required for salvation. Since, not all are baptized, yet all will be saved as I feel at this point, I seem to have a sticking point with one of our confessional articles. That is the great thing about being here; it is forcing me to think this through completely. As no one knows these answers for sure until we are in heaven and it won’t matter, it is difficult to look at this and say “I know for sure that this is what will happen and what needs to be done between now and then.” From my current point of view I am not able to feel that the God I have come to know will not save everyone. I don’t know how He will do it, but one thing I am figuring out is that every time I try to put limits on God or put Him in a box, I am proven wrong. I prefer to take the outside the box position on this one and believe that He will be outside this box as well. It is not a question of can He? God can do anything He wants. The ONLY question can be ‘Will He?’ To that I say; given the love that I have seen and experienced from Him I believe He will. I am obviously a work in progress. Peace and love.
And whosoever will be chief among you, let them be your servant; Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give His life a ransom for many. Matthew 20:27-28
This is how we know what love is: Christ gave His life for us. And we in our turn must give our lives to our fellow Christians. 1 John 3:16
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