Caring Teachers

   One of the issues that was mentioned in class was the fact that some of the teachers here don't really care about the students. That we are viewed as a number. They could care less if we passed or not. Although I have met some faculty members that are absolutely amazing in every way, I have had some that lean on the careless side.

   Ok so what I was thinking was that instead of complaining about how awful and careless those teachers are, we should try and find ways to help them out. Usually the teachers who aren't very social, well, don't really know how to be social. Or at least that's the impression they give us. In each class that we have with them we should take a little bit of time in the very beginning of class to ask the teacher how he/she is doing. But don't stop there, ask them questions such as how their weekend was, how their day is going so far, do they have any pets, favorite color maybe. Speak to them as soon as they walk into the room or as soon as you sit down in class. If the teacher decides that we don't need to be waisting time talking but instead working, ask if they could dedicate some time every class just for that reason. Even if it takes showing up to class 10-15 minutes early! And if all else fails, you can take the time after class to socialize with them! I'm serious guys, the more communication the better! If we let them know that we care about them, then they may start caring about us in return! Give love to receive it =)

   Tell me what you think!

I love Jesus.

There is never a day that goes by that Jesus doesn't find a way to tell me that He loves me. I love learning about how crazy awesome he is! Like in Tuesday we went over what exactly the gospels are and what the point of Jesus healing the sick and raising the dead. He didn't do those things to just prove that he was the Son of Man, he wanted to shake the social norms! He wanted to rock that legalistic boat that everyone was aboard! And by allowing a man to be healed just so that he would be able to associate with his people as a regular person just absolutely inspires me. I know that our society isn't as extreme as theirs was back then, but we still exclude others because they may be socially awkward or just weird (in our terms). And who are we to do that? Obviously Christ was totally against that, so why are we doing the opposite? I pray that the Lord will constantly remind us of that everyday so that we can grow closer to his heart and become more and more like his Son. Can I get an amen? =)

VERB

   So, faithing blew my mind the other day in class. I mean yeah I've always heard that Christianity is more than just saying that you believe in Jesus and checking a little box, but when Dr.Borders said that faith in Greek was a VERB instead of a NOUN, I was just blown away at how awesome that was. That just makes so much sense. It made the Bible in general look so much more legit! (not that the Bible hasn't been legit all along) I'm really growing fond of the Greek language. It seems much more personal and even hits home. I mean come on! The Word means the Life and not only just a life, the life of Jesus! That is the life they want us to faith! I wonder what the Greeks think about us and our language..... ???

Interesting...

   I'm not going to lie, I'm thoroughly enjoying The Shadow of the Galilean. I get really into books, so sometimes I feel like I'm actually there. But the one difficult thing about it is the fact that it's fiction. I have to catch myself at times because I almost end up truly believing every little detail. I'm excited to see how it's all going to play out in the end. 

   Jesus Now and Then is quite interesting as well. The authors attitude is a little different than what I'm use to in text books and I guess that's what makes it interesting. He points out some nice things like what Hollywood has done with Jesus. I had no idea that Star Wars, E.T., and The Matrix had anything to do with Jesus. But I wonder if that's what the writers of those movies intended to show. I may have to do some research to find out the "truth" ;)

   Speaking of truth, I guess I'll go ahead put my input on that whole thing. I can't help but agree with Wesley. I guess if you think about it in psychological terms, there can't always be more than one truth. There are people with very severe mental disorders who truly believe that if they step out of their house into the sunlight that they will burn alive/melt/die. But I think we all know that isn't true at all! Yes you could say that it all depends on how you grew up, and yes this is true. But there are still those morals and ethics that already exist in our society that take part in determining the truth. And the deeper we go with our morals and beliefs the hard it seems to see the solid truth. But I guess we'll all know in the end. Until then, all we can do is have faith in what we believe in and actually do something about it.