out of school (for now)

well i am finished with this semester of school, at least for now. i think i shall always be in school, and that is ok by me.

looking at this past semester i had the opportunity to struggle with some heavy issues. i struggled with the idea of aesthetic language and how it relates to theology. i struggled with appropriate defenses for god. and i struggled with the problem of evil.

and so i will unveil my answers: ?????

my professor, clancy, says that philosophy is all about finding new questions to ask. once you find an answer, it ceases to be philosophy.

this is my life as one who contemplates unanswerable questions.

only wish my name was as cool

You scored as Jürgen Moltmann. The problem of evil is central to your thought, and only a crucified God can show that God is not indifferent to human suffering. Christian discipleship means identifying with suffering but also anticipating the new creation of all things that God will bring about. John Calvin 73% Jürgen Moltmann 73% Anselm 67% Friedrich Schleiermacher 60% Martin Luther 53% Karl Barth 53% Jonathan Edwards 47% Augustine 40% Paul Tillich 33% Charles Finney 27% Which theologian are you? created with QuizFarm.com

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happy birthday to me

so here i am at 27.

am i supposed to be having one of those quarter-life crises? it didn't even dawn on me to consider it today, but now as i think about, a crisis enters my life.

it has been just over 9 years since christ said "i love you, dave," in the middle of snow covered fields. nebraska tends to make you feel small when you drive out away from the city (not very hard to do considering there is very little city to be in). there is a vastness to the plains that makes everything look big except for you. the moon is special. that night was special. there was blue all around.

skip forward to the summer and i am at a midnight hardcore show at cornerstone in bushnell, ill. god says, "serve my church." oh crap!

i have become the principle horn player for the university of nebraska-omaha's chamber orchestra. god says, "go to new orleans; learn how to serve my church." my mom says, oh crap!

new orleans has amazing clouds. they are huge. new orleans has amazing people. rich mullins said that the best way he knew how to identify with jesus was to identify with the poor. midnights in the french quarter i listened to people. i watched a homeless man give my friend a tie, just because he wanted to do something nice for him. i watched as this same homeless man was stopped by campus security while he was walking to our bible study we held in the dorms.

on the ground staring at the night sky, god says, "not music, i've got something else for you."

what?

youth ministry?
teaching?
social justice?
pastor?
academia?
theology?
philosophy?
writing?

how many wrong decisions have i made? how many right?

to try to live in abba's embrace is what is needed.
grace.