Yesterday afternoon/evening, we had a couple of the teens over to our apartment to encourage and watch me finish Final Fantasy X (which I did - woohoo!). I can’t remember how we got on the subject, but at one point one of the students asked what it meant to be conservative or liberal theologically. Calvin and I both thought and thought, tried a few definitions, but it seemed like everything we came up with sounded really lame…petty…just plain ridiculous. In trying to define the two “camps” to someone not familiar with the terminology, it occurred to me just how ignorant it sounded to try to label people like that. I was astounded at how petty it seemed. I was ashamed that I even had to try to describe it.

Sure, the terms are somewhat helpful when trying to describe general political views, but when applied to religion or theology, it’s just not that easy. It’s divisive. It’s the “us” vs. “them.” Who’s to say what’s “liberal” anyways? To many people, I might seem “liberal.” To others, I’m sure I seem quite conservative. What is the usefulness of these labels?

I’ve never liked the terms applied to a person theologically, but I’ve never quite seen it from that perspective before.

No, the customer is NOT always right, especially when they are just plain wrong. Get over it!

All of my class grades for the fall semester have finally been posted, and the tally is…

*drum roll*

4 A’s and an A-!!!!!!!!! I honestly don’t know how I did it. I was so stressed all semester I thought for sure I’d do worse than that. Of course, I’m such a disturbed person that I’m sitting here mulling over how if I had just studied a little harder I could have had that final A instead of A- and scored a 4.0 GPA…I know, I know, I’m sick.

What a relief. My first semester in grad school and I did well! I about killed myself doing it…but I did it! Whew, only 3 more semesters to go…at least…until the Ph.D work.

Oh yeah…Happy New Year! (I’m such a slacker…I’ve been too busy catching up on video games to post on my blog.)