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Rainy Days and Mondays...

I've learned over the years never to make any life-altering course changes on a Monday. It seems that the second day of the week invariably brings me down to earth, no matter to what heights we soared the day before. For every mountaintop there is a corresponding valley and it is in the valley where I uncover my true mettle, the authenticity of my experience and my ability to handle the 'slings and arrows of outrageous fortune' as Shakespeare so eloquently put it. "Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen," so, right now I'm asking God for faith to stand and continue to stand whether or not I can see the outcome already assured.

Back to work...

It's a New Year and it's back to work and back to school. Time to reawaken desire and drive and rediscover the passion for teaching and enriching lives! It's always tough after the Christmas holidays to get back in the swing of things. It's not that I make a lot of New Year's resolutions, I merely struggle with the need to do something other than eat and watch movies!!
January is going to be hectic, February is going to be frantic, and by March I shall be ready for the burst of Spring. By the way I have successfully negotiated the use of 05 on my date writing. Everyone else is still writing 04. Maybe that's a hopeful sign.

On a more serious note...

The latest news from Asia following last week's Tsunami is pretty bleak. This overwhelming catastrophe puts our petty, media driven, self-absorbed lives into pretty stark perspective. As a pastor and teacher I am challenged to reassess my own theological reasoning in the area of suffering, tribulation and escatology. The events of 9/11 are nothing compared to this.
Check out http://www.christianmediaresearch.com/cmc-12.html to read an excellent article on the subject of Catastrophic Christianity.