I'm feeling good about the MACM degree again. I wonder how long this will last. I also wonder how long I will be tucked in my room typing out endless words about the evolutionary Pauline eschatological theories between 1 Thessalonians and 1 Corinthians. Only to have Dr. Willis feed it through his shredder, as he does with all papers. Five weeks of sitting in a tiny room sucking reprocessed air and staring at a computer screen, just to be fed to the dogs. Every time I think about the MACM now I have that "Christmas Story" type of vision with big heads of people I know with evil looks moving in and out in front of me muttering words of warning. Instead "you'll shoot your eye out" it's "you'll shoot your career dead." Really? I feel like Ralphie - I just want people to understand what I am really after and the wonder of it. I often wonder if I chose the right path to get there. Only time will tell, I suppose.

One of my college roommates and co-interns at Sooners for Christ is interviewing for the co-campus minister position at Oklahoma State University. God bless him. I hope he gets it. The OSU University Center, Texas A&M Aggies for Christ, and the Auburn Christian Student Center are the three most active state school campus ministries in Churches of Christ. That's good company.

Jessica becomes an American again April 10. I suppose there is one shining glimmer of hope right now.