and it all starts again

The picture above is from a chapel service that was held a few weeks back. As the chapel is extremely cold at all times of the year we decided to move the service outside in the warmth of the sun. It was a wonderful day and now that fall has offically hit and the leaves are releasing their golden stems from the trees, I am trying to hold on to those last few moments of summer. Weather reports tell me it may snow this Wednesday...I am choosing to ignore this fact and wear shorts for as long as possible. 

I can hardly believe that I have "finished" my first class of seminary. I say "finished" as I still have yet to write my major exegetical term paper on the Pentateuchal passages I had chosen.  One may assume this is due to procrastination however, let me assure you this is not the case! As the seminary courses are in 3 week blocks you are left with little time to breath and sleep let alone get all your daily assignments, reading, and other writings done. That having been said I have managed well thus far and have received great marks.  So overall I am not too worried about my one remaining looming paper deadline...not yet at least.

Pentateuch was a great class and I was excited to have Dr Kristine Ruffatto as she is an excellent teacher and scholar on the subject.  Much of the material was a review of previously learned texts and ideas from my under graduate but Kristine brought it back to life in a way that made it new and exciting again. This is something I was greatly thankful for. One of my favourite Anglican Priests let me borrow a few of her texts on the subject and they were extremely helpful and informative! I was so stoked to have the extra resources at my fingertips! So here is a HUGE shout out and thanks ERIN!!! YAY!!! I am sure the rest of the books you sent me with will be of help when the time comes to use them

This morning marked the start of my second 3 week course which is on the Psalms It is with Dr. Ruffatto and will likely be one of the largest classes of this year at LTS with 11 students. It is nice to be in a larger class with some senior students to have a fuller class dialogue.

Well I must run off to Liturgy! Hope to write again soon.

Shalom,
Skakes