Hey everyone!
Hope this post finds you enjoying the wonderful week before Halloween. I just wanted to take a few minutes before I get too busy to update!
On Friday I was contacted by the Invisible Children office to set up a phone interview for the Roadie position. My interview is on Monday at 6pm and I'm excited to see how that works out. I have also applied for a graphic design job with Invisible Children but I have yet to hear back from that.
This week is going to be INTENSE as far as preparation for my final review is concerned. I have 4 meetings with professors and a peer review on Monday (AH tomorrow!). If it is humanely possible I plan to begin production of my pieces after the Halloween weekend. My final review is at 8am on November 13th and our show which will hang in Biggin Gallery is Monday November 17th from 4-6pm! Mark your calendars! I would just love to see you at the show!
After the 13th I can breath again and enjoy the rest of my last semester at Auburn. I still have no idea what the future will hold but I'm positive God has something pretty amazing up His sleeves.
Thanks for stopping by and reading! I appreciate it!
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Thursday, October 16, 2008
You'll Never Know
Today I was sitting in Big Blue Bagel eating lunch with my dear friend Jess when my phone began signaling me through furious buzzes that someone had left me a voice message. I picked up the phone and didn't recognize the number so I went to my voicemail to check it out. Turns out, it was John.
From Invisible Children.
For about a year I have been bouncing around the idea of being a roadie for Invisible Children after I graduated. I have been passionate about this organization and what they're all about since I was a sophomore. If you have no idea what I'm talking about then visit their site! They are the reason my heart turned towards Africa: www.invisiblechildren.com
Basically what a roadie does is we fly out to California and live in the Roadie and Intern house for 4 weeks where we are trained on everything IC and the history as well as the present situation concerning the conflict in Uganda. After the 4 weeks we are assigned with 3 other people to hit the road and tour for 10 weeks throughout our assigned region. While on tour we host screenings of the film and advocating for the Acholi people of Uganda to promote awareness concerning the injustice that is occurring there. Then we return for 2 weeks to California for debriefing and decompressing after our travels.
Okay for my friends and family out there who read this please, please, don't panic!
I merely applied and there are hundreds of individuals who apply for this position so I am completely uncertain if it will even be offered to me. I just felt that you will never know unless you try, and when I reach the end of my life I do not want to look back with a sense of regret for not taking opportunities in life because they were uncertain.
So, I will know sometime around Thanksgiving if this is even an option.
Like I say, you'll never know unless you try.
From Invisible Children.
For about a year I have been bouncing around the idea of being a roadie for Invisible Children after I graduated. I have been passionate about this organization and what they're all about since I was a sophomore. If you have no idea what I'm talking about then visit their site! They are the reason my heart turned towards Africa: www.invisiblechildren.com
Basically what a roadie does is we fly out to California and live in the Roadie and Intern house for 4 weeks where we are trained on everything IC and the history as well as the present situation concerning the conflict in Uganda. After the 4 weeks we are assigned with 3 other people to hit the road and tour for 10 weeks throughout our assigned region. While on tour we host screenings of the film and advocating for the Acholi people of Uganda to promote awareness concerning the injustice that is occurring there. Then we return for 2 weeks to California for debriefing and decompressing after our travels.
Okay for my friends and family out there who read this please, please, don't panic!
I merely applied and there are hundreds of individuals who apply for this position so I am completely uncertain if it will even be offered to me. I just felt that you will never know unless you try, and when I reach the end of my life I do not want to look back with a sense of regret for not taking opportunities in life because they were uncertain.
So, I will know sometime around Thanksgiving if this is even an option.
Like I say, you'll never know unless you try.
Monday, October 13, 2008
Monday, October 6, 2008
Just Stop and Think
For the past month or so I have been slowly working through the book entitled Crazy Love written by Francis Chan. I had the delightful experience of hearing Francis for the first time at Passion a year ago - if you want to hear the talk that he gave just let me know and I can get a copy for you. I went to Passion again and Francis spoke once more. I quickly became a great fan of what he had to say and while working for Relevant this summer I came across an ad for his new book.
Eventually after the prodding of my best friend Jessica I picked up the book and began to read.
I am slowly processing everything that I'm learning but there was one thing I wanted to share with you. He has cleverly created a website that contains videos to go along with the book. I want you to take a few minutes and do the following:
Visit the site www.crazylovebook.com
On the left side of the site click on the word - Videos.
Right below the word video, click on the link - Just Stop and Think.
Watch the video.
Stop.
And think.
Eventually after the prodding of my best friend Jessica I picked up the book and began to read.
I am slowly processing everything that I'm learning but there was one thing I wanted to share with you. He has cleverly created a website that contains videos to go along with the book. I want you to take a few minutes and do the following:
Visit the site www.crazylovebook.com
On the left side of the site click on the word - Videos.
Right below the word video, click on the link - Just Stop and Think.
Watch the video.
Stop.
And think.
You better check yourself
before you wreck yourself.
I just got into studio after a rousing class in History of Christianity. I felt compelled to share and this is a reminder that the following are mainly my personal opinions so take them with a grain of salt ;)
Somehow during our lecture today about the Roman Catholic Church in the medieval time period (700 AD-ish) my professor who is an Anglican Bishop asked the following "Class raise your hand if you believe that women should be ministers in the modern church." Around four to five hands slowly emerged into the air. As soon as he uttered the question I immediately took the position that it was a trick because the answer would depend upon the definition of the word "minister". The simple word "minister" has the possibility to encompass many avenues of church involvement from preaching to serving in the toddler worship.
After the awkward silence that quickly followed a guy in the front row spoke up. For my purposes we shall give him the title "Baptist Boy" because all I know is that he's Baptist and that he's a boy.
Baptist Boy quickly remarked "Well in 1 corinthians 14:34-35 it states: 'women should remain silent' and that's how it would be in my church".
Granted I cannot convey the tone in which that was stated, but it felt condscending from where I was sitting. Growing up with my church background this particular scripture has always left a sour taste in my mouth. For years I have watched that and other verses be used out of context to make women feel inferior or even useless in the work of the church. As I sat there I wondered if Baptist Boy even considered the audience to which Paul was addressing when he made that statement or if he forgot that women were involved in the ministry of Christ even before the roots of the modern church began to sprout.
I personally believe that Paul's tone here is not one of a modern "shut up woman!" connotation. He is also addressing a specific issue that the Corinthian church was facing. In the synagogue the women sat separately from the men and had the habit of calling out questions to their husbands during the service which was distracting for the congregation. If you take a panoramic view of the Bible and more specifically the life of Jesus it is evident that He uses both men and women for His glory.
I personally believe that men are meant to be the head of the church and are designed by God to lead. Our role as women are to respect those men but it is a challenge. In the garden of Eden God annouces the curse of Eve stating: "And you will desire to control your husband, but he will rule over you". By control I believe it means our desire as women not to control the men in our lives like robots but our struggle with affirming our men and enstilling in them the confidence to lead. As women of Christ in our "silence" we have the choice to step back and build up the men in our churches which is a respectable position to be placed into, not one of inferiority. I believe that the differences between a woman's role and a man's role in the body of Christ should be celebrated - not suffocated.
Also I have heard many arguments in congregations along these lines of "women's roles in the church" and I feel that along the way many of us (including myself) have lost sight of our original purpose. Our purpose both individually and as the body of Christ is to KNOW God. That's why we are here and it is my hope that our churches will seek that more than the differences between men and women.
Feel free to leave your thoughts in the comment section! I'd love to hear them!
I just got into studio after a rousing class in History of Christianity. I felt compelled to share and this is a reminder that the following are mainly my personal opinions so take them with a grain of salt ;)
Somehow during our lecture today about the Roman Catholic Church in the medieval time period (700 AD-ish) my professor who is an Anglican Bishop asked the following "Class raise your hand if you believe that women should be ministers in the modern church." Around four to five hands slowly emerged into the air. As soon as he uttered the question I immediately took the position that it was a trick because the answer would depend upon the definition of the word "minister". The simple word "minister" has the possibility to encompass many avenues of church involvement from preaching to serving in the toddler worship.
After the awkward silence that quickly followed a guy in the front row spoke up. For my purposes we shall give him the title "Baptist Boy" because all I know is that he's Baptist and that he's a boy.
Baptist Boy quickly remarked "Well in 1 corinthians 14:34-35 it states: 'women should remain silent' and that's how it would be in my church".
Granted I cannot convey the tone in which that was stated, but it felt condscending from where I was sitting. Growing up with my church background this particular scripture has always left a sour taste in my mouth. For years I have watched that and other verses be used out of context to make women feel inferior or even useless in the work of the church. As I sat there I wondered if Baptist Boy even considered the audience to which Paul was addressing when he made that statement or if he forgot that women were involved in the ministry of Christ even before the roots of the modern church began to sprout.
I personally believe that Paul's tone here is not one of a modern "shut up woman!" connotation. He is also addressing a specific issue that the Corinthian church was facing. In the synagogue the women sat separately from the men and had the habit of calling out questions to their husbands during the service which was distracting for the congregation. If you take a panoramic view of the Bible and more specifically the life of Jesus it is evident that He uses both men and women for His glory.
I personally believe that men are meant to be the head of the church and are designed by God to lead. Our role as women are to respect those men but it is a challenge. In the garden of Eden God annouces the curse of Eve stating: "And you will desire to control your husband, but he will rule over you". By control I believe it means our desire as women not to control the men in our lives like robots but our struggle with affirming our men and enstilling in them the confidence to lead. As women of Christ in our "silence" we have the choice to step back and build up the men in our churches which is a respectable position to be placed into, not one of inferiority. I believe that the differences between a woman's role and a man's role in the body of Christ should be celebrated - not suffocated.
Also I have heard many arguments in congregations along these lines of "women's roles in the church" and I feel that along the way many of us (including myself) have lost sight of our original purpose. Our purpose both individually and as the body of Christ is to KNOW God. That's why we are here and it is my hope that our churches will seek that more than the differences between men and women.
Feel free to leave your thoughts in the comment section! I'd love to hear them!
Sunday, October 5, 2008
Too Good Not To Share
For the past few months I have become a great fan of the blog Stuff Christians Like.
Basically a guy writes about all of the hilarious absurdity that Christian sub-culture tends to generate. If you have any sense of humor check out his site that I've linked here:
http://stufffchristianslike.blogspot.com
And this was just too good not to share:
Jesus Is My Friend
On a more serious note he has another blog that contemplates spiritual matters - but this is my favorite entry that he's written to date because it addresses some things that I've been working through as well:
Trying To Find A Cause
Hope you enjoy the links! As always, thanks for stopping by and remember - Jesus is your friend - ZAP!
Basically a guy writes about all of the hilarious absurdity that Christian sub-culture tends to generate. If you have any sense of humor check out his site that I've linked here:
http://stufffchristianslike.blogspot.com
And this was just too good not to share:
Jesus Is My Friend
On a more serious note he has another blog that contemplates spiritual matters - but this is my favorite entry that he's written to date because it addresses some things that I've been working through as well:
Trying To Find A Cause
Hope you enjoy the links! As always, thanks for stopping by and remember - Jesus is your friend - ZAP!
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