beginning, again.

thats right. i've decided to give this thing another try. mostly because chris has one now, and at least one person may read it.

status: 3rd semester of Master of Theological Studies at Vanderbilt Divinity. i am variably getting wiser and dumber at any moment. wiser - constructive theology. dumber - continential philosophy. no, i am not saying, though i may have implied, that cont phil is 'dumb', but that it has at times humbled me to the depths of the intellectual abyss. i hear that that is not altogther uncommon for the material we are working with. its the down-going that i need; rebirth. anyway, i am definately a theologian in my essence, and thus, constructive theology is fun going. I dont even need my meriam webster online dictionary to get through the reading!

by the way: the 'ever changing eye' is taken from kierkegaard's Either/Or from the 'aestheticist' who, though he is an asshole, has some wise things to offer about having a good time and fresh view on life. it is the ever changing eye, or, the ability to see things constantly new and differently, that makes for a creative and vigorous life.

i must pick out some tired worship songs for worship service tonight. im stuck between a weariness of the songs that i have been doing - the ones that people know - and being desirous of the songs that people dont know, which are inevitably the best ones. but, thank God that presbys know hymns.