“I was enjoying the newfound freedom to sleep at night and looking forward to the birth of our first child.”

I hope the disappointment at not being able to sleep at night was not too earth-shattering?

Seriously, I hope you’ll give us frequent glimpses at this process. I’m looking forward to it, and though my presence in your life has only ever been online, based on my limited information, I’d say you’re headed in a good direction.

Besides that, even a poorly sleeping infant would have been restful compared to that last semester of college. Death, I tell you.

Best wishes on your seminary “adventures!” I just finished my MDiv last December after four years. I can’t speak for everyone, but I loved the experience (although the weeks when you have 3 term papers due I might have answered differently).

As for the blog, I started mine during my final year of seminary, and I found that the practice of blogging helped me in writing papers more quickly and coherently. It didn’t help me with any of those irregular Hebrew stems, but it did train me to write faster.

Anyway, best wishes and may God reveal much to you in your studies.

I daresay that your initial choice of course would be of interest to me as well, although after reading their criteria for acceptance, they wouldn’t accept me as a student. I can still remember (a little anyway) a couple of my professors in high school pointing out little bits of mistranslation, and other linguistic tidbits, mostly from the OT. It all starts in Gen. 1:1, where (in the King James) the Hebrew Elohim (a plural), is translated as God (singular), but paired with a singular verb form. Many, acting in concert as a single entity?

Perhaps this is RMBB fodder?

What’s a blog? You’re soaking in it! The date links over on the right (May 2004, April 2004, etc.) are the archives of this blog. Click on some of the links under Blogroll at the left, and you can get some examples of other blogs. “Instapundit” is kind of the granddaddy of them all, but you’ll see there are many kinds of blogs dedicated to topics other than political news.

And as far as the “real thing” goes, if it turns out I can actually hack this, you’d better believe that’s what I’m after. After three days of the online thing, I can tell it is a poor substitute for the incarnational discipleship you describe. I need that.

And you’re right, we have not talked enough in the past couple of years. Remember how suitable Colorado is as a vacation destination. (Remember further that Kari will have us down there again soon enough.)

Barb:

Thanks! May God enable me to stick with it.

Jed:

Thanks, man. And durn that statement of faith, eh? Denver is actually pretty loose when it comes to admission criteria–not really in terms of doctrine, but in terms of other nonessentials that occasionally clutter Evangelical seminary admissions departments.

I’m not a big OT guy, but we can sure talk about Genesis 1 tomorrow night. Adeodatus, who is actually [a little bit] wise in the ways of Hebrew, will be there, so that might be a fun topic. Of course, if we get talking about Genesis 1, I might accidentally let slip that I’m not a Darwinist, then get the tar beat out of me. Oops! Too late!

Jared:

Ah, four years…so you did it the real way. Hopefully my one-class-at-a-time strategy will keep life and work manageable.

Did you happen to know a student with a last name of Blanks? I’m not sure of his first name, but I know a guy with that name goes to Southern (his brother works for me). I think this would be his second year.

Re. You’re soaking in it! (Barb): ROTFL!

I recall staying out of a discussion betwitxt Zombyboy and Andy about whether God exists, at the last RMBB. Oh, theology will always bring about significant discussion — with the right people, that is, and we are them, eh?

I’ll try to find some really twisty Tibetan Buddhist stuff to warp things around a bit.