What I Read... Day Twenty

Fascinating Reading!

The topic of photo today...  so there are two things - both from my Systematic Theology course - yeah - I'm not completely sure what it means but it is FASCINATING and I am very much enjoying it - and the reading makes sense! Good times!  So the book on the left is the required text - very interesting in looking at Christianity from a world view and at times comparing it to other religions.  The book on the right is a book of our choice (from the prof's list) that we will present in a written and oral book report.  I had originally chosen a book on prayer for the book report, but after I started reading the textbook, I changed my mind and decided to look at how Christianity is developing in Africa.  So the book on the left led to the book on the right... what I read.

It's been a while... a LONG while!

So Jan and I were talking this weekend about missing the whole blog thing - so I'm going to work on getting it started again...  I'm going to start by finishing up 30 days of photos - from last year!  Then we talked about taking on another project like that to give us some incentive to write on the blog... so with God's help - we'll see where this leads...

Up next in the 30 days... what I read - that should be easy - doing a lot of reading in school!

All About Me!

So I'm taking an online education course and one of our assignments is to create a blog - well - since I have my own blog - thought I would share the info from class...

Greetings one and all!

Welcome to the wonderful world of my blog!

Let me tell you a little more about myself…

The Day Job: I work for a major corporation in their training department. I have worked there for 17 years (I know, a long time in corporate America) and have been in the training department for 13 years. I have taught a variety of face-to-face classes and am just starting to develop and teach online courses.

Night School: I have felt for a long time that there has to be more to life than what I’m doing, so I have decided to go back to school. I am currently enrolled in Seminary to get a Masters of Divinity to become a Chaplain. Since this will take a while and cost quite a bit of money – I will not be leaving my day job any time soon.

Fun and Frivolity: I enjoy hanging out with my friends and doing Half Marathon events with my running peeps – although I’m all about the power walking! I also enjoy playing my guitar and am learning to play the ukulele. And with the addition of Night School – now spend quite a bit of time studying.

On the Road Again: I do enjoy to travel and have had the opportunity over the last several years to do quite a bit of it. Domestically, I’ve been to Walt Disney World and Hawaii most recently – both are a must for everyone! And Internationally, I’ve been blessed with the opportunity to go on pilgrimages with my church to England and Israel. This fall we will be traveling from Turkey to Greece to Rome following the Journey’s of Paul.

Here I am in Jerusalem...

Day Nineteen - Where I Slept

So when I first thought of this topic – I was thinking where I slept last night – although looking at it again – that isn’t necessarily the case. And since I have slept in one of the conference rooms at work and at times in my car – I could have taken pictures of those – but I decided to be traditional and take a picture of where I slept last night that is also where I sleep most often.

I wanted to make sure to get the cat in the picture (since she is always there where I sleep) and I really liked how she cast a shadow on the wall behind her – I also included the quilt above my bed – living in earthquake country, I don’t put anything heavy above the bed – but this quilt is very peaceful and calming to me. So here it is… where I slept!

Day Eighteen - In My Bag

I had initially thought about showing something out of my purse – the bag I have with me most of the time – but then I ended up getting lunch early before I ate and brought my lunch bag to work to keep it all cold – so I decided to showcase my cute turtle bag and the sandwich that a friend of mine raves about… you know who you are! Topped it off with orange soda – yummy!

Day Seventeen - On The Shelf

Geez – which shelf – I decided to share some of the fun of my shelf at work. This is only part of the ‘stuff’ that I have all over my desk – not much to say about this one except it was nice to include little Miss Sadie in this picture!

Day Sixteen - How I Nourish Myself

In the morning I had been thinking about what I would be eating that day to nourish myself – knew I would be getting pizza for lunch so that was a thought – but when we went to the pizza place they had an entire wall of quotes – and I just thought it was the coolest thing and thought – reading the Word, Bible Study, church – those are ways that I nourish myself – so I originally thought of taking a picture of a Bible, but had to stop at the church to get a picture of the prayer garden and when I walked by the sanctuary and looked up – there was the cross – thought it was a pretty cool shot with the blue sky and the green trees.