Columbus and back again

A couple of weeks ago I visited Veritas Community Church, an Acts 29 church in Columbus,OH that had recently launched. It was a good experience all the way around. Nick, the lead planter, was on staff at Sojourn in Louisville for several years while he was in seminary so Veritas has a lot of similarities. I had a good talk with him before and after the service (one of the benefits of a small church)that helped with some of my decision making about seminary. Veritas is only two months removed from it's launch and the night I was there there were about 50 people. (I counted, but I've forgotten what the exact count was now, not that it matters.) Mostly it was just interesting to me to be at a church that close to it's launch, it was an encouraging time for me and I'm truly glad I went.

It's Thanksgiving today which means it's a good time to look back at the past year (and life in general) and give thanks for what's happened. (and sometimes what hasn't.) :)Obviously I most thankful for my salvation, the more I think about it the more overwhelmed by it I become. The amount of grace, love, and mercy that's been bestowed on me is far beyond my comprehension but I know it's far more then I, or any of us, deserve. I'm also incredibly grateful for my friends. I've been reminded of that a lot over the past week, especially as I was sitting in the middle of several of them last night at a basketball game. I really have been blessed to be surrounded by these people. I know I have countless more things I could put here but those are the ones that have pressed on my mind lately.

Have a happy Thanksgiving!

Overdue

I realize it's been awhile since I posted anything, I wish there was a good reason for that but really there isn't. I've just been bored and lazy.

One of the biggest changes in the last couple of weeks has been finding out that it's going to take about three years to finish my degree at Ball State as opposed to a year and a half or two. (needless to say, I'm not altogether thrilled by this.) I've decided to double major in history and religious studies. (mostly to help me make BSU's requirement of 126 credits to graduate.) But before I go back to Ball State I'll be headed back to Ivy Tech for a semester because t he new G.I. Bill doesn't go into affect until August of '09 which means it's not practical to attend BSU during the spring semester.

Since I'm going back to school full time December 27 will be my last day at Sallie Mae. It's been a perfect job for me the last year and a half but there's no way I can work there (especially on thirds) and go to school full time.

The one truly exciting thing that's happened recently is I bought tickets to see Oasis in Detroit December 13th! That's all for now, ciao!