Archive for June, 2004

Wanted: Church

Tuesday, June 29th, 2004

In our (almost) twenty-seven years of marriage we have moved twenty times. During that time we have attended only seven different local church bodies. Which means we have more experience finding housing than finding church family. We are quite good at packing, but a little more apprehensive about searching out a new place to call [...]

IKEA

Monday, June 28th, 2004

Yesterday we made a pilgrimage to IKEA. It really is a pilgrimage when you consider it takes us almost 2 hours to get there. But more than mere distance earns it that acclaim. We go with a purpose. We go to receive that which we cannot get elsewhere. We go with money and leave [...]

It is Greek to me

Friday, June 25th, 2004

Westminster places a high value on knowing the original languages of the Bible. There are 19 hours of Greek and Hebrew courses to be completed prior to beginning some of the biblical theology courses. Typically, incoming students spend the summer before their initial fall semester in an intensive Greek or Hebrew course. Basically, one month [...]

A Journey Begins

Thursday, June 24th, 2004

Welcome to my documentation of our trek through seminary. Mark and I will be starting our adventure at Westminster Theological Seminary on July 24th (one month from today). That is the day we pull away from our current home with all our belongings in a truck and drive to Philadelphia. My goal is for this [...]