Alright here we go. This is my 100th blog post! Yay! Aren't you so excited to hear more of my insightful, possibly life-altering, certainly culture-defining opinions? But really, if you have been reading the whole time I've had this blog you understand that my opinions on certain matters have changed drastically over time and my life is quite a bit different than I would have thought when I started this blog.
I guess I'll say a few things in this regard. I started this blog because I would get ideas and opinions in my head, and they would fester in my mind to the point where I would be thinking about the same issue for a week. I would tell different people my opinions, and I always felt like I would simply be ranting at them. So I decided a blog would be an easier way to get my thoughts out. I had torn my ACL once, was ever so committed to attending Pacific University, and would never have touched a v-neck, much less dawned one.
I won't bore you with looking back for too long, I guess I am just in the mood since I finished my first year of college and have noticed a few differences in life than I would have thought in high school. For those of you that haven't heard, unless something drastic changes, I will not being trying out for the basketball team at George Fox next year. I sort of always thought that I would try out until I made the team at a school, just because I like playing basketball so much. And I still do, buuut studying takes a lot more time than it did in high school... I have a feeling Organic Chemistry will not be so supportive of my athletic career.
Okay, so this was an interesting year. It was great, but it definitely had its unpleasant moments too. Well I felt like I wanted to say something insightful, but anything talking about how the school year went just sounds lame. So sorry if you wanted to hear about it. You can text me, or not.
In other news, Courtney and I have been dating for over 4 months! This may sound corny, I don't really care, because I am thoroughly blessed by her, and am thankful that God has led me to her. I'd say a whole lot more, but I am more of the kind of person who likes to compliment their date personally, rather than writing it all over the Internet for all to see and slightly despise me for. I mean, who doesn't love to read an almost stranger's love letters written as facebook statuses... Anyway, point is that our relationship is going well.
So, I'll say a little something more than talking about daily events. Even though I haven't watched this weeks sermon yet, the last two weeks at Solid Rock had really challenging sermons on Philippians, and I greatly enjoyed it. I really like the history that John Mark, the pastor, has gone into. Philippi was a Roman colony, so their job was to spread Roman culture to the surrounding regions. Caesar would send messengers to the colonies, and they would stand and declare the gospel, that Caesar is King. This sort of gave the message of Philippians a new light to me, because as it talks about being lights in the world, and really what it's saying is that Paul wants Philippi to be a colony for Christ. He wants them to spread Christ, and to proclaim the gospel that Jesus is the ultimate King. I don't know, that sounds pretty basic writing it down, but I guess I just don't always think of myself or my community like that. So much of Christian culture nowadays is blending in, and don't get me wrong, becoming all things to all people is marvelous, but at what point are we colonies of Christ? At what point do we forget what culture is telling us, stand up, and declare that Jesus is the King in our lives? Don't get me wrong, the church will always change certain things in certain cultures, but when does the church stop only being defined by the culture, and when does the church start to redefine the culture? I don't claim to know all the answers, these are just questions I have. Maybe you think they have simple answers, maybe you think I'm missing the bigger picture, but I can't help but wonder. I'd love to hear your thoughts, but I'm done writing for now.
