Leaving town...

Sweet Lake UMC, Louisiana

Trouble and I are heading out of town in the morning. We're going on a mission trip to Louisiana - way down south on the west side of the state where Hurrican Rita struck more than Katrina. I need to get away and spend time focusing on other people's situations rather than wallowing in my own, so I'm really looking forward to it. The only thing I'm not looking forward to is the 12 hour van ride down there. It's just such a long day to be in a vehicle! The weather is supposed to be warm and we're going to be doing some serious work (nothing relieves stress like some good demolition or hammering). We're staying at Sweet Lake UMC and some of our group has actually been there before, about a year ago, so this will be part reunion. We're a mix of seminary students, church folks from one particular congregation and a few friends thrown in. :) If I only I knew I was packed and ready to go....

Friday Five - Things to Do Today

Name five things you plan to do today.

Bonus: If today is about "have-to" for you as well, share up to five things you'd like to be doing today.

Well, this is an interesting one for me after the week I've had. I'm leaving to go to Louisiana for a week (thank God/dess for Spring Break!) to work in Hurricane Rita territory, spend time with good people and refresh my spirit. Of course, in order to leave in the morning, there have been PLENTY of things for me to get done today. Since this post is coming rather late in the day, I'm naming things I had to get done:

1. laundry (still in progress but I can at least start packing)

2. counseling appt (first thing this morning and definitely needed after these last 2 weeks)

3. Target run (for sunscreen, travel size toiletries, etc.)

4. Babies R Us (to get gift for my sister in law who has her baby shower the day after we get home - my first nephew!!)

5. Veterinarian (get refills of dog's prescription to deliver with dog to friend who is being nice enough to watch her while we're gone - thanks, Rob!!)

If I could have done whatever I wanted to do today, it would have been:
1. read something fiction
2. watch a movie (I'm falling way behind in pop culture again)
3. get a massage (serious stress relief)
4. go for a walk in the park with a friend
5. take a nap

Who knows, there's still time left in the day....

What's your category?

You scored as Emergent/Postmodern. You are Emergent/Postmodern in your theology. You feel alienated from older forms of church, you don't think they connect to modern culture very well. No one knows the whole truth about God, and we have much to learn from each other, and so learning takes place in dialogue. Evangelism should take place in relationships rather than through crusades and altar-calls. People are interested in spirituality and want to ask questions, so the church should help them to do this. Emergent/Postmodern 82% Neo orthodox 54% Modern Liberal 54% Classical Liberal 50% Roman Catholic 50% Evangelical Holiness/Wesleyan 46% Charismatic/Pentecostal 36% Reformed Evangelical 32% Fundamentalist 0% What's your theological worldview? created with QuizFarm.com

I thought this was an interesting little quiz - some of the questions are clearly slanted a particular way and it's totally Christian. Can anyone tell me who the guy is that is pictured?? I have a feeling I'm supposed to know who he is... I figured out this is Brian McLaren. Doh! And just for the record, this is not the label I would have given myself. But then again, I'm not a fan of putting label on people and sorting them into little boxes... Perhaps that's the postmodern thing!?

So tiiiiiired...

I've been up a long time - I did manage to get a brief nap between 5:30 and 6 this morning and then again from 1-2:30 this afternoon but I basically pulled an all nighter. Man, I'm just not as young as I used to be. I remember a time when I did this for fun!! I had two papers that needed to be turned in today - the end of two long weeks of school stuff. I got them both done, although it's questionable if I made the deadline on the last one, but at least it's not hanging over my head anymore. I know that was a run on sentence, but that's just how my brain is functioning right now. I know that I have intelligent things that I want to blog about, but it's going to have to wait until I can think again... Oh, and did I mention that graduation is only 9 weeks away??