Learner and the family spent a few days on the farm for Thanksgiving and had a relaxing, thankful time. They came back yesterday (Saturday) to get a running start on what could be one of their roughest academic weeks at seminary so far.
Aided (to some degree) by the fact that they have a few sick kids as of last night, they stayed home from church this morning and, perhaps somewhat guiltily, are enjoying the day at home.
One of the projects Learner is working on is his prayer poem book. Here are a few "masterpieces" (said smirkily with much sarcasm):
Depending on My Theology
Depending on my theology
God is sovereign or He’s biased
God is good or He’s absent
God allows or He’s dead
Depending on my theology
God observes or He’s deaf
God knows or He’s behind
God causes or He’s retired
Depending on my theology
God was or He wasn’t
God is or He isn’t
God is to come or He’s already left the building
Depending on my theology
my theology may not be the best thing to depend on
Prayer Haiku
It’s learning to breathe
Then learning to forget how
This is prayer to me
So he's no Whitman, but he's trying...and having fun in the process.
