Archive for December 8th, 2008

What I’m reading: Reading very slowly - my friend Derek’s book So You Thinking About Going to Seminary: An Insider’s Guide and The Art of Reading Scripture edited by Ellen Davis and Richard Hays. For class, I finished Exploring the Old Testament: A Guide to the Psalms & Wisdom Literature by Ernest C. Lucas, but still reading Old Testament Parallels: Laws And Stories from the Ancient Near East by Victor H. Matthews and Don C. Benjamin. The Great Emergence: How Christianity Is Changing and Why by Phyllis Tickle.

Listenin’ and lovin’:

• Podcasts: Mars Hill Bible Church’s podcast. APM’s Speaking of Faith.
• Music: Christmas music is filling up the Curry household. I also recently listened to Mute Math’s self-titled album. Mute Math is a slightly different band than I normally listen to, but I really like their sound.

iPhone app I’m happy about: (1) Go Green Free gives tips to remain environmentally friendly. I’ve learned a few things such as that buying using a laptop saves up to 5 times more energy than a desktop computer. I have a laptop so I’m happy. (2) Amazon.com app is a highly functional app for the iPhone. As someone who uses Amazon.com a lot, this app excited me. I don’t find myself deleting it any time soon.

Something(s) that blew my mind: (1) The Eagles beat the Giants! My only fear is that if the Eagles just sneak into the playoffs, it will give their administration reason for keeping Andy Reid around. I just would like some “change I can believe in” (where have I heard something like that before?), and I don’t think Andy is bringing that.

Job update: (1) I got a part-time job! Only 15 hours per week. But it’s something. I’m a middle and high school cafeteria aide at Calvary Christian Academy. I basically sit there and make sure students don’t throw ice cream at each other, makeout, etc. I also wipe their tables and collect their trash, but they seem to be responding well to me. We’ll see. (2) I’ve sent my resume out to numerous places, but I’ve yet to hear back from any of them. (3) Also trying to pick up some sub hours at CCA.

Seminary update: had class on Saturday, and we studied Job and Ecclesiastes. I also have a 2000-2500 word exegetical paper due Tuesday. I’m doing my paper on Job 28v12-28, which is an interlude of sorts and poem about wisdom smack-dab in the “middle” of the book.

Looking forward to: (1) Continuing to observe Advent through candles and fasting. Can we make it another week without meat and sweets? Always difficult this time of year. (2) Taking Giselle to get pictures with Santa and go to Longwood Gardens to see the lights. Amanda and I did this every year before since we were engaged there, but now excited to take Giselle.