11/29/2004 12:57:46 PM|||Joel VandenBrink|||

Well my five day weekend is over and it was back to the ole work week this morning at 8 am. It was a good morning though. I had a meeting and got to dream about certain classes that I will someday take. I find it crazy to think that I have an input into a class that i will take sometime in the future. it doesn't really make a whole lot of sense on one level. i help design the class, then i pay lots of money to take the class that i helped design. but, i am grateful for the opportunity to interact and so speak about something that is put on my heart.

i ask myself almost everyday why I left engineering to pursue an M.Div. But in asking the question i don't beat myself up or get mad -- i just remind myself of why i am where i am. and the funny thing is that almost everytime i answer this question it is a different answer. i recently re-told the story of how brooke and i ended up in seattle. it was good to tell and it was even better to remember it. it certainly was a little crazy and a little foolish -- but we look back and still say, "it was meant to be and we had to listen."

however, there are certain times where i question this whole M.Div thing...one of those is right now -- is a sign off to go study hebrew.

peace and love
joel

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