Weekly post

February 19, 2007

Dear friends,

As most of you know, I had a course exemption from the first semester of Theology because of the systematic theology courses I've taken through Fisher's Net, but was still required to take the second semester. I'm enrolled in that now. The professor is a well-known and well-respected theologian and author, and under his instruction theology is really interesting, but also very densely packed for the amount of time we have.

Because I hadn't had the first semester of the class, I have been rather nervous about how I would do in the course. Two weeks ago, we turned in the first paper of the semester on a Wednesday and had the exam that Friday (the day I locked my keys in the car!).

Well, I got an 86 on the text, and I was pleased enough with that. Then we got the exams back Friday afternoon. I got an A. The professor noted that it was an "excellent essay." As the professor was putting the exams in our boxes, he was chatting with those of us hanging out in the student lounge (waiting for the exams). He said that he had had some doubts about having me in the second semester of the class without having been in the first, but now he knew that he had nothing to worry about. Nice!

I preached the sermon on Sunday at Emmanuel. It went okay, but I don't feel as though it was a home run. I've had better. It was, as noted, okay.

Coming up: a take-home exam on Christology and a paper responding to a book by a Latin American liberation theologian. Whew! Christology is fascinating -- I wish we had more time to unpack it.

Grace and peace,
Beth