Wednesday, February 29, 2012

2/29: Rabbis, Trucker Frank and Timelines

 It's the class before midterms, and as you can see by the syllabus, we were scheduled to have a guest in class, Rabbi Adam J. Bermay.  He has had some health issues, so we will hopfully have him rebooked in a few weeks.   Ne praying for him...He is a great resource, as he is a Jewish rabbi...but unlike most Jews and rabbis, a believer in Jesus.(Remember "rabbi" is Jewish "teacher" and there were three levels of the title: Rab -informal, friendly, peer term; Rabbi, and  Rabboni- so elevated and distinguished  a term and title, it almost implies you are God/Messiah/Ultimate Teacher .Notice this is what Mary called Jesus after resurrection)

(found this online)
So we did something unique today..we had four members of class (including me..the least important member of the class.  Matthew  and Philliipians) draw and narrative theior "timeline" on the whiteboard.

It was  a great honor to be let in on your lives, stories and "timelines."

It reminded us that we never know what another person has been through.
And that though everyone's journey is unique, that in a  way we all haev a version of the same story.

Note what happened today (it always happens when classes do this): similar  patterns;  ups and downs emerge>>>



Also, we learned, by looking at a couple of photos of me from my :lost years that NO ONE had cooler hair than me in the 70s and 80s:

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We also lsitenmed to Trucker Frank's journey/timeline:












Did you notive some interesting emphases on his story, rekated to class:


  • "Kingdom of God is more about the  journey than the destination."
  • He found epople outside  the bounded set of church who were verty spiritual and ":centered set".


Related, see:

Timelines and Testations: Jesus, Sexonomics and Facebook

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REMINDER:

The exam is Friday, and if you want to come an hour early and/or stay an hour late, I will be in the classroom for that purpose.

The exam will require you to use your own paper, so probably a "Blue Book" (available in bookstore) is best.



If you missed our study session Monday, get with someone who was there..or just use all the extra help I gave you on the 

What's on the midterm?  tab at top of blog.


Prayers!

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