Class hasn't started yet but yesterday Kim and I had our first day of school at Covenant.
Orientation was very nice. Unlike undergrad, where the info is boring and perhaps useless to inane, the info and discussions were useful and challenging.
The purpose of the Orientation seemed two fold. One was a very effecient welcome and data delivery of needed topics.
The second was addressing preconceptions with a challenge that directed us to move toward a right mindset for our time here. Our hearts and our intentions were concerns--something I've taken for granted as this is a Seminary, but frankly had not ocnsidered how the execution of such care and concern would materialize.
We were told "Grades were not the point," personal and spiritual development was. Grades were real, they are par for the course, but there were two curriculums we must keep in mind at all times.
One you pay money for. You get a grade. Some professor(s) give assignments, teach and what not. The usual. The thing one sees.
The other is set by Christ, tailor made for each person. Addressing thier sin and pushing them out of thier comfort zone".
Since arriving I have found so many things about myself that need to change its been a little overwhelming at times, though not crushing. I am being shone daily things for which I need Christ's grace all the more.
While the first set start Thursday, I must confess I'm finding that second curriculums already started.
Josh
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