http://blog.rachelandjuan.com Learning and Growing Sun, 27 Jul 2008 16:08:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en What a roller coaster of a summer!  Rachel and I moved here to scenic South Hamilton, Massachusetts, a suburb of Boston to go to seminary.  Things are finally settling down, but I'm realizing our webpage has suffered some terrible neglect. With that, a basic update seems in order.  Rachel is currently working ... http://blog.rachelandjuan.com/2008/07/27/new-life/ I must say that when I ran into this, I couldn't stop laughing.  That's unusual for me, so here it is... http://improveverywhere.com/2008/03/09/food-court-musical/ http://blog.rachelandjuan.com/2008/03/14/this-is-worth-sharing/ During our Urban Immersion time in a couple of weeks, we'll be having a time of worship and prayer.   I wrote this prayer to help us prepare and I thought it might help others of you prepare for your own times of prayer. Heavenly Father, you are gracious beyond our understanding.  ... http://blog.rachelandjuan.com/2008/02/27/prayer/ Jesus is an amazing figure if you believe Him to be fully God and fully man.  It's a paradox and simply won't be contained by the most eloquent of our dissertations or argumentations because it defies logic.To get an idea of what he must have been like, we could look ... http://blog.rachelandjuan.com/2008/01/31/a-god-man/ In my New Testament Survey class I have a few interactions with my "teaching fellow" that I must do.  Already they've been the subject of a couple of posts.  This last one was interesting, so I will reproduce it in its entirety. "I'd like you to integrate this course (NT501) with ... http://blog.rachelandjuan.com/2008/01/24/conversations-with-a-teaching-fellow/ To tell you a bit about myself, I'm currently an M.Div student and will matriculate in Fall of 08 at Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary.  I've been on staff with Campus Crusade for Christ's inner city ministry, Here's Life Inner City, for about 4 years.  My job is partly as a ... http://blog.rachelandjuan.com/2008/01/10/a-bit-about-me/ Should Christians play a part in politics?  If so how? Indeed, the way Christians respond to this question may reflect whether or not they are relevant in today's society and in what way.  Firstly, I do believe that Christians have a vital role in contributing to the American process of Democracy.  I ... http://blog.rachelandjuan.com/2007/12/07/politics-and-relevancy/ Today, I was coming home from an interfaith meeting on how to address the systemic problems of crime and the like in our city.  As I approached our home, I saw a span of 8 blocks that were behind a police line, mine being one of them.  Luckily, Rachel was ... http://blog.rachelandjuan.com/2007/11/06/two-officers-shot-among-5-injured/ I’ve been looking forward to the debut of a movie called The Golden Compass since I saw the previews in August, so last weekend I read the book on which the movie is based. I enjoyed it. Quite a bit. It’s a well-written, highly creative, and engaging story. I could ... http://blog.rachelandjuan.com/2007/11/04/some-hopefully-balanced-thoughts-on-the-golden-compass/ Today, I was working with my Thunderbird client minimized, and the title that it gave me caused me to pause: Is this just simply trash for my brain?  Or more directly, is this trash for my soul?  Perhaps more simply, it's just a monumental coincidence.  But no matter how it came ... http://blog.rachelandjuan.com/2007/10/31/a-message/