Oh my poor, sad, little blog! It has been so neglected. My Google Reader stands at about 350 unread blog posts (and I’ve kept up with the no brainer ones, it’s the ones I have to think about that aren’t getting read) so I’m not reading blogs either. I have one more week of summer [...]
Entries from June 2009
June 15, 2009
To Obey or Not to Obey, Is There Even a Question?
I’ve had many discussions over which comes first (or is more important), obedience or love? Do we obey God because of our love for him or because we have to do it? Does this obedience then produce a love for God?
I had always ascribed to the first of these propositions – obedience stems from love, [...]
June 13, 2009
Man Made Rules
This is an old repeat from Take the Long Way Home. I’m still drowning in schoolwork, but my poor little blog seemed so neglected I had to post something. This post was written after going to dinner with a girl I had recently met; I would probably write it a little bit differently if I [...]
June 10, 2009
I’m sorry for my prolonged absence. I’ve been out of town and now that I’m back I find myself in a jam trying to get things back in order, both for my family, and for my classes. I might have mentioned this before, but I thought I signed up for two 12 week summer courses, [...]
June 3, 2009
That’s Not How It Goes
In my Brit lit class (the same one I mentioned in my last post) we are discussing Beowulf, and oral cultures / traditions in general. The Professor was talking about the reliability of oral transmission in these pre-written cultures. Stories, histories, genealogies, law codes, even how to perform basic tasks (like cooking, gathering herbs, setting [...]
June 1, 2009
By Whose Authority?
I started my summer school classes today. In the introductory lecture to my early British Literature class, the professor explained the basis for the term paper that will be due in a couple of weeks. In the “canon” * of British literature there are very few women writers. It’s not because women weren’t writing, but [...]
