No more excuses, it's time to journal.

So I wanted to call this blog "The Old Lady at the Back of the Class". But I kind of figured that if any of my friends actually stumbled upon this little blog that they might be offended at the "Old Lady" part. I'm really not that old:) Can I just say though that finding myself back at school has made me feel FAR older than I actually am. My college days feel like they happened in a different lifetime.

So much has happened in the last 14 years or so. My amazing hubby and I have been in church ministry in several different capacities. Actually, I suppose he's the one whose jobs have changed over the years. All this time I've simply been a pastor's wife. We've added to our family 3 times now, our house is filled with girls:) We've made several major moves and currently find ourselves settled in a community we love working with a church we love. And over the years I've felt my brain turning slowly (alright, not always so slowly) to mush. Whatever benefit it might have been for me to be a graduate of Bible School before attempting this seminary thing has long since vanished. I feel like I'm going into this experience with a clean slate, which might not be such a bad thing. Maybe not a clean slate ministry wise but definately my brain has a whole lot of room for all the things I'm hoping to learn through this experience. Which leads me to this post...

I had kicked around the idea of keeping a journal or even blogging through my experience of going back to school when I started in the fall. But it didn't happen. Perhaps because I was only taking one small course, I didn't feel like it was worth documenting. Looking back I wish I had started then BUT when I got the syllabus for the course I'm taking this spring the professor suggested that we journal our thoughts throughout the semester as a way of interacting with the material in a more personal way. I'm a notoriously terrible procrastinator at journaling but I thought this might be my opportunity to give it another shot. As it turns out, I think this course will be a huge help to me in the journey I'm on with God right now. I shouldn't be surprised by that. This going back to school idea most definately did not come from me. In fact it scares the living daylights out of me. It's put me a position of absolutely having to trust God with the process because right now I have no idea where He's going to lead me.

Anyway, the course I'm working on right now is called "Theology of Work". The first book I'm reading is "The Call" by Os Guinness. I should have started journaling when I started the book. It is full of all kinds of good stuff. So starting tomorrow I'll post a little something from what I'm reading and the impact that it's having on me.

S