I know it’s been
quite some time since I have blogged about anything, but I wanted to give a
brief update on what I have been doing!
First, I’ve been
going to school. I know, I know, big surprise. I have nine credit hours on the
docket this semester, but I’m taking the classes in interesting formats. For
the regular, once-a-week three-hour-block classes, I’m taking a course on the
Problem of Evil. That class has a ton of interesting reading, and requires us
to write reading reviews on various essays. I’m also taking a class called
Systems of Moral Philosophy, which is requiring (as my friends in the class can
attest) a very large load of reading and writing on philosophers from the
Pre-Socratics up through the modern day. My favorites were Plato and Aristotle,
who were so close, and Hume, who was crazy. This class comes in the format of
five consecutive Mondays from 8am-5pm, and then it’s over; it’s quite intense!
I’m also taking a theology elective online, and that’s been fun.
In the midst of
all of this, I work in the distance learning department of my school, and I’m
trying to help train some new employees and contribute to a great learning
environment for our students who live away from campus. I’m attempting to be a
research assistant for Dr. Keathley, and I’m grading for him as well.
I’m also
teaching two online courses this semester for Trinity Baptist College. The
classes come in eight-week formats with very little overlap. I’ve been teaching
Poetic Books, and next term it will be Doctrines 1 (starting the first week of
March, I believe). It’s really fun to see the intellectual and spiritual growth
that happens over the course of these short times. It really plants the seed
for further ministry!
I’m coming
relatively close to the end of my MA in Philosophy of Religion program—I’m set
to graduate in December, Lord willing. Because of that, I need to get moving on
my thesis. I have a tentative topic (can theistic conceptual realist accounts
of God and abstract objects be compatible with Molinism?), but I have to get a
prospectus together and get it approved. Speaking of graduation, I need to work
toward applying to PhD programs, and in order to do that I must take the MAT
and GRE. These tests can be very challenging, and so I need your prayers to do
as well as I can!
On top of all of
this, Jodi and I are about to start attending a training class leading to
licensure for foster care in the state of North Carolina. We are excited, and a
little nervous, about this kind of undertaking. We ask for your prayers for God’s
blessing and power in our lives as we try to balance everything.
All this to say
thanks so much for reading! I’ll post as much as I can as time goes on, and try
not to allow large chunks of time to go between writing posts. God bless you
all!
That Systems of Moral Philosophy is getting us all tied up. It is very helpful, but I have to admit I'm looking forward to that last class. Like you, my blog is tied up for the moment. Though I'm hoping that once the class is over in a few weeks, I can get to some consistent posting again.
ReplyDeleteThat would be great if you could get that research position. Not only would it help financially, but it also would be great on a resume. look Forward to your future posts.
Thanks Matt! Hopefully things slow down for all of us real soon. :)
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