Kontakion

Sorry I didn’t get to post this past Monday, as is my habit, if you read the previous post you know I am currently in a job search and try, struggling, to wait patiently on the Lord and what the Lord decides. However about two weeks ago, right after I finished all my class reading I read a marvelous book called “A Walk in the Woods” This book written by Bill Bryson is a fantastic read. While Bryson is no hiker (a quite obvious fact from some of his discussions on what to do around wild animals and his in-ability to remain calm in the wilderness) he paints a rather amusing picture of hiking on the Appalachian Trail (AT). This was a completely enjoyable read, even for people who are in the habit of hiking and camping (such as myself). Bryson’s humor and writing style lands him a solid 4 out of 5 in my list. I highly recommend this to anyone, even people who aren’t wilderness adventurers. This is defiantly a great read if you just want to have a pleasant afternoon laughing at the bo

In my last post I mentioned that I was going to write book reviews for the various text books I’ve had for class. When I was making note of the books I read I was struck by the fact that I would re-read very few of the. That being the case I decided to forgo writing reviews of each one and only write a review for one particular book which I am currently re-reading. So you can look forward to seeing some good reviews in the future on this site, especially since I’m not going to waste the time in writing reviews for bad books. I have noticed that I haven’t posted on anything having to do with daily life for a little while (and what I mean by daily life is what’s going on and my family). So here goes the update. While I am counting down the days to graduation there are a few very pressing concerns on my plate right now. One being I don’t have a job yet. I became a certified candidate almost 2 months ago and have been praying for an appointment since. My spiritual journey unfortun

Since all of my classes need the assignments turned in by the end of April and it’s our week off for Holy Week I have written all my papers. Because of this I can now go back to writing book reviews and writing about the Articles of Religion as well as whatever else is available. Of course for class I have read several books in their integrity (I actually have only 3 left to read). So I am going to begin to write some reviews on these particular books. Now I will admit my bias, especially the fact that the majority of the books I read I had an extreme dislike for. I will be honest and say when I dislike something and also the things I like. For our first book we are looking at “Gender and the Social Gospel,” this is a collection of articles edited by Wendy J Deichmann Edwards, and Carolyn De Swarte Gifford. I admired the intent of this book. All the articles were to be aimed at giving the reader a more up close and personal look at various female social gospel advocates. The ma

Who knew the immensity of your birth? You came and graced flesh and blood, And gave this clay great worth. The Truth came from your lips like a flood, You taught us how to change the earth, Yet you suffered defeat at the feet of Evil, Things didn’t get better, why is it worst? The women came to the tomb and were tested on the anvil, The sparks flew and you revealed your nature, Evil was defeated and you raised us up to join in the dance.