Greetings both of you:

Overwhelmed is a description I can use of my current feelings.  At this point I am just trying to stay dedicated to the process of homework and class time.  Deb has had some health issues that have kept her from work and us in the ER and doctor's offices.  Classes have been going well so far, but the amount of reading and work outside class is heavier than last year.  One good thing is this year I only have one class with tests, Hebrew and there are two quizes a week in this class.  The rest of the classes are all papers.  I like this concept.  Last year was memorize and regurgitate and this year is read, listen, think, reflect or research.  Greek Readings is eating my lunch with time it takes, especially for a 1 credit hour class.  Hebrew is going pretty good so far.  I don't know if going through Greek last year has me less anxious about it or if it just clicks in my head differently than Greek did.  I co-lead chapel tomorrow in the morning and preach a stewardship sermon in the afternoon for preching class.  The sermon is done, I just need to practice the presentation. 

Normally we go for Internship for a year in our third year, but there are some situations where we can go in our fourth year and finish our book studies in our third year.  That concept has come to mind recently and seems to be gaining some ground in my head.  We will see how the Spirit works with this over the next several months as we have to have our Endorsement interviews and essays done before the end of the year. 

One thing that really has my head working in the background is my Theology class.  Right at the end of class we discussed this concept that God is of other than this world.  Fine, no problem with me.  But to go along with this is the idea God is not of this world.  I asked if that meant that God is not limited to this world, which I totally agree with, but was told no.  God is not of this world, (if I understood the response correctly), if God was of this world God could not be of other than this world.  I still don't understand how that could be and hope to hear more on Friday to back this up, because at this point I am not able to get on board with this concept.  I wonder if this isn't more in our understanding and use of the restrictors of the lead up to the definition.  At this point it is pretty obvious I don't understand something about this statement.  I guess my brain needs some more stretching. 

I have to finish up for Greek Readings in the morning.  God bless you all.  Steve