half-baked thoughts...Am I in Trouble?

1)I've been thinking a lot... And friends, that know me, can tell this usually means trouble. But yes, I have been thinking. I come from an area, on this planet, where globalization (Internet, mass communication, technology etc) is at its beginning stages. I am worried about the enticements and ugly sins that comes with this technological growth, and the negative effect the laypeople, the youth, the pastors will face. Don't get me wrong, I am for technology...properly used. But what happens when you give a prehistoric Neanderthal a machine gun? It pained me to think of the open doors (front and back) of opportunities (to sin) offered to them. It is going to be ugly in the coming years. Progress does have a price. I often wondered why God forbade the Israelites, chariots and horses?

2)When Christ came to the earth, what was the "good news" he brought? A chance for a relationship with God? A new world order? the love of God? the wrath upon sinners? moral teachings? Christians have this tendency to emphasize one over the other. Really, the ugly humiliation of the cross has been romanticized and the sacrificial agape of the father is made sterner and more ascetic. Does it really matter?

3)Is it possible that every action we make in the physical world has ripple effects in our spiritual lives? Can a sinner be anymore sinful? or a Christian more holier?
I am having trouble wrapping my head around sanctification as positional and progressive...How does it work?

4)How many angels can dance on the head of a pin? There are two dimensions involved: the spiritual and the physical. In order for us to see this "phenomenon" either one of the two would have to travel dimensionally.Even if they do, it would be interesting to see what an angel would look like (in its angelic form) in the physical, or perhaps more interestingly, what a pin would look like spiritually? Am I losing my mind...

The trip to Arizona was uneventful, nothing out of the ordinary. I just want to thank all of you for your prayers.

Although the scholarship award letter has arrived, the funds have not. I patiently await its arrival, and so does my registration process.

To all who are in Micronesia, I extend Pastor Herman Buehler's greetings to you!

Prayer Request

This weekend I, and some others, will be driving up to Arizona. A dear woman of God, a mom to some, aunty to others, grand aunt to me, had just passed away. I am thankful that the latter part of her life had been spent going to church under the care of pastor Herman Buehler, a father-figure to many islanders like me. So I take some comfort in that.

Pray for traveling mercies...but especially for comfort and solace in our mourning.

So I took my 2nd Hebrew exam. Boy, was it hard! I was slashing my way in, dissecting and breaking sentences up. Honestly, the score that's coming out won't be something to boast about. The only thing that I can say is that I did my best and I'm pretty sure that to God that's what matters too. Right? Oh for Pete's sake (who's Pete, by the way?), I'm just trying to comfort myself...

Happy Birthday Dad!

Today (Nov 2nd), on the other side of the world (Nov 3rd), marks the birthday of my beloved dad.


I wish to greet him a Happy 50th Birthday!!!