Wednesday, September 28, 2005

 

Seminar

Had a good Old Testament seminar yesterday. An interesting bunch of people, with lots of ideas and a variety of backgrounds and theological approaches, from what I could see. It was in the URC church committee room in Stowmarket, which was a bugger to find - it's in a pedestrianised area, and there are roadworks nearby which constrain access still further - but we all got there in the end. It didn't help that there are major roadworks on the A14 around Bury St Edmunds, which meant that I (and, it transpired, a number of the other attendees) was crawling for about 3/4 of an hour. As a result, I had to make do with a chicken burger and chips followed by a half of Guinness before we started, rather than manage a proper meal. Again, in this I was not alone (well, I don't know about chicken burgers, but failing to have time for a square meal, anyway). I also had a chance to phone my DDO (Diocesan Director of Ordinands: the person who guides you through the process of discernment of a vocation through selection and training to ordination) and have a chat. I was seeing him around once a month until my Selection Conference, and it was nice to catch up and give him the latest. I'll probably just see him once or twice a year until ordination from now on.

I enjoyed the seminar: it's nice to be thinking theologically and academically with a bunch of people again, and I've set up a mailing list (waiting to see if the set-up is successful) which I hope will enable us to continue discussions. We ranged from across a set of topics as broad as theodicy (why does God allow suffering? - must admit that I had to look up the spelling of this one) through covenant, translation issues, the use of notes, cultural shift in language and alternative readings. I think people found it challenging in different ways. I meet my tutor this evening, and am very much looking forward to moving forward with him into the more general work.

I slept quite well last night. Jo was up a few times, but not as often as late, and I'm afraid that I didn't wake up each time Moo went to her. We'll get there, I'm sure. Si and D have very, very kindly offered to babysit at some point so that Moo and I can have some time together, presumably just to go out for a meal. I think that allowing Moo some time to herself is just as important: we'll need to find a way to do this.

Sounds like Indigo ("Digi", Nik and Tosha's son) is doing similar things to Jo, but he's into going up steps, not down them. Jo's tried this, but only on a rather high step for now, and to no avail. We'll see. Hi Tosha, hi Digi, hi Nik! You'll find them on Tosha's and Nik's blogs. Speaking of blogs, Si's blog for today is very worth reading. Interesting and thought-provoking at the same time.

Music today


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