Yesterday I had the opportunity to attend a worship service at the prison where I am a “student intern.” For those of you who do not know, I am doing an independent study this semester on Prison ministry and pastoral care. It has been great to spend one day a week at the prison [...]
I don’t know in the blog world if there is a threshold that you pass through when you get to your 100th post. Granted about 1/3 of my posts were put in here from journals that I kept but those thoughts were private but now shared with the world. Or as I like to call [...]
What Kind of American English Do You Speak?
Joe’s Linguistic Profile:
60% General American English
25% Yankee
5% Dixie
5% Upper Midwestern
0% Midwestern
http://www.blogthings.com/whatkindofamericanenglishdoyouspeakquiz/
Are You Rock, Paper, or Scissors?
You Are Rock
Powerful and overbearing, you intimidate people with your presence.
People know they can’t push you around, and they respect that.
Deep down, you are calm, confident, and unmovable.
You take everything pretty seriously, and you [...]
We took the dive last night. We started our journey to vegetarianism– well perhaps not total vegetarianism, but now we are going to try and have one dinner a week (the only meal we eat together) where we will not eat meat. I don’t want to give up that protein so we will find [...]
I should be working on my approval essay today. I should be working on my paper for American Religious History today. Maybe I should be doing some laundry too, but I am here writing in my blog. It wasn’t too long ago when I was thinking that I have ALL summer to get this [...]
Since I last wrote in here I ended my internship. It was a long year, but very worthwhile. It is an experience I will never forget. I know that it has really prepared me for parish ministry. There are things that I learned on how I wnat to do things in a church of my own [...]