Yes, cliche, but frighteningly accurate at times! The dilemma that I wrote about in my previous note has been solved for me. No more struggling through the quandary of trust versus security for me. All possibility of that blanket has flown ... or is it only rugs that fly? Okay, okay, forgive the mixed metaphors, but somehow a security rug just doesn't have the same ring to it. I digress.
I got a call today letting me know that I was NOT being invited to a second interview for the full-time job I had applied for. After a very awkward 45 second phone conversation, I came to the only conclusion left: "Hmmm, I guess God really does want me to focus on this seminary thing after all." An hour later, I was on the road headed to my first class of the semester.
My first "class" was this evening at 7. The quotation marks around the word denote the very loose use of the term. Every student at Dallas Theological Seminary is required to take four consecutive semesters of Spiritual Formations. This "class" is actually organized small group times with reading and writing assignments that results in absolutely no credit hours whatsoever. The first three weeks are actually held in a class setting before students are split into groups and allowed to meet on their own terms. (I'm thinking my personal terms just might have to include Starbucks.) After attending the first evening, I think that the course will be good and worthwhile. Its purpose is to teach us to thrive in community and learn from each other as well as from books. Apparently, the course was added to the curriculum 18 years ago after it was noted that seminary graduates were sorely lacking in social skills of any kind. I find this fact highly entertaining!
This morning, I took an online entrance exam testing my Biblical and Theological knowledge. I felt like a five-year-old being required to recite the entire constitution and give an analysis on it's impact on the social and moral structure of society ... in 75 minutes. I was done in under an hour. And by done I mean completely brain-fried and totally incapable of coherent thought for the rest of the day. Hopefully this is not a portent of tomorrow's Bible Study Methods and Hermeneutics class.
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