it is a gorgeous day in berkeley - (as usual). i am back in school and excited about my new classes - "Church, Power and Justice", "Foundational Social Theory", "Introduction to Ecuminism" and "Globalization and Empire". sometime i will get around to adding new booklists here... i probably need to start a separate page ( Read more... )

i've been at home... and have been decompressing. i forgot how much you just want to sleep and sleep after exams and final papers. luckily, my mother has been accomodating and let me do a lot of sleeping ( Read more... )

i had meant to post this a long time ago when i read it - but since i am quoting it in my paper now, i will post it now ( Read more... )

i turned in my take home exam this morning... so now its down to the two major papers, an exam and a presentation. i'm breathing a bit easier now, but i know i will still be cursing on wednesday and thursday nights ( Read more... )

obviously this story has been making the rounds... and while it may not seem like a big deal to some people, i find the move culturally significant.

When Christmas Falls on Sunday, Megachurches Take the Day OffOne of my favorite professors (who was incidentally very influential on my course of studies) was quoted! On the front page of NY Times ( Read more... )

2 short papers down, 2 long ones to go ... and a presentation... and a take home exam ... and an oral exam. whoa. it'll all get down... its just the late nights, over caffeination and thoughts of "i should have started this earlier" that'll kill ya ( Read more... )

today lindsay and i skipped out on our respective churches as neither of us had any commitments in particular today... and went to grace cathedral in san francisco... it was a beautiful service and the sanctuary had an amazing art thing hanging from the ceiling - its hard to describe - but it was red, orange, yellow and white strips of transparent ( Read more... )

Ok, so I said I was going to start posting some commentary from my classes and start using this journal to sort of process my thoughts a bit... so if you aren't interested in church stuff or ideological blabber about justice and ethics, read no further. Note the tags and read at your own risk. ; ) These are barely formed thoughts and postings, ( Read more... )

happy thanksgiving ( Read more... )

lara got the first three discs of the first season of 24... so we ended up watching 10 episodes this weekend... whoa. being inside - even if i am studying - on a sunny day always makes me feel guilty - but watching t.v. episodes? yeah... more guilt. oh well - i am not that impressed with the acting or anything, but it definitely does hook you. ( Read more... )