Back In the Saddle Again…

… Sort of. Classes at my university started last week.  We had friends from school over for dinner on Thursday and they asked how I was feeling at the beginning of the semester.  They recalled the anxiety I had about staying home and the grief I anticipated.  I shared that I was fine and that [...]

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two days down in the three days budgeted for the Bonhoeffer paper…

… and not even a paragraph written.   But a REALLY thorough outline is ready so I can draft this tomorrow, right?!  There is only one section of the outline that is poorly organized so that part of the paper will probably be slower going, but I have a feeling I can’t flesh it out [...]

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plans, schmans

It is 3 a.m..  So much for that no late nights, take naps when needed, etc.  I needed a nap yesterday afternoon, right about when I was waiting for the doctor to come into my appt.  Or when I got home with an hour to spare before having to turn around and head out again. [...]

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mid-week update

Well… it is Wednesday, November 12th.  I want to be done with my finals by Saturday, November 22nd.  That leaves me 10 days, or really 9 as I intend for Sunday to be sabbath (and really it needs to be- two church services, company in town, and our shower!)  So how’s it going????  Actually I [...]

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Third Snapshot- Final Stretch

I set a goal at the beginning of the semester that I would finish my coursework by Thanksgiving (or really the weekend before Thanksgiving) in order to give myself a two week cushion before my due date.  That now leaves me, two weeks.  I have three big papers to write in two weeks.  I have [...]

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grr…

Arrived at preferred coffehouse around 11 a.m. It is now approaching four and I need to run some errands and return some phone calls, and I REALLY want to attend to the house (and be there should trick or treaters come by)…  And what have I accomplished?  Read one short introduction (in French- required to [...]

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Time and Needs- A numerical consideration

6 the number of days until I have class again (thanks to the American Academy of Religion) 23 the number of days until my sister arrives to help us prepare for birth, birth, and adjust to parenthood 25 the number of days until wonderful guests arrive for Thanksgiving and to help us ready our home in [...]

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figuring out church

When forced to give a research focus I say “Probably ecclesiology [fancy word for the study of the church], particularly the gap between confessional ecclesiology [what we say we believe about the church] and actual, lived church [how the church actually is and long has been]. For example, a chief belief of the church about [...]

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well…

I had a goal of having my paper drafted by 6 or 6:30 at the latest so that I could grab a bite to eat with my hubby when he got off work and then we could to a lecture on campus on “Faith and the American Presidency: From John F. Kennedy to George W. [...]

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is it procrastination or slow progress?

I have started writing my Friday paper, which, considering it is only Tuesday is pretty sweet. I’m still working on the introduction, however, on page two of what is to be a twelve to fifteen page paper. I’m nowhere near the meat of the paper. This is partially because of some evident moves of procrastination [...]

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