Awhile...

It's been awhile since I wanted to post something. Just in terms of updating, it's been a busy month of April!

Cole's notes of my doings of the last month:

-finished my 3rd course - Old Testament Theology. Had the pleasure of learning under Carl Armerding, who's expertise in Biblical knowledge is pretty evident as he's one of the OT contributors to the NIV translation. Amazing to learn more about how it all fits together - from what God was doing with Adam to what he did with Jesus Christ.
-got a month before the next course, so time to work on all my papers for the 3 classes I've taken (lectures done, papers not started)
-went to Italy for a week mission trip to work with the 8 other students here to the local IFES student ministries in Siena and Perugia, a fuller report will be coming. Also had a chance to swing by Assisi and Florence
-Experienced my first houseparty (happened to be the Easter one) here at the Schloss. It was a great time, observed my first Passover (Seder) meal, the students put on an excellent Passion walk, a series of dramas in various parts of the castle/garden to reenact the Passion week.
-considering http://euroleadership.org
-don't think I'll ever do a masters in theology, I like theology in small doses, not to the same extent as the theology students here, perhaps I'm just too pragmatic.
-been trying to figure out what IS me. Thinking more about where I want to go in the future more precisely, hopefully more to come on this too.

What a weak post - I do not at all hold that I am merely a sequence of unfortunate and fortunate events, but I just don't have the energy to expound on any of my experiences recently. Oh yeah, I think I really tired myself out this month too, going to slow it down a bit.

So hey, actually there is my high reflection: If you stress yourself out, you just dry up and really don't have the energy or joy that allows for a more meaningful, reflective existence. Yup.