Life at College

Well, I've been at college for three weeks now, but it seems like much longer. I saw a friend's blog and decided that it would be a good idea to start my own for several different reasons. First, it will help me to chronicle some of my thoughts. Second, it will keep those who care to read in the loop about my life and experiences at college. Third, it will provide an outlet for me to share the things that the Lord teaches me so that they will not stagnate in my heart.

I am definitely missing all my friends and family, but I am really enjoying college. The first week at college was Welcome Week, so instead of classes there were various "welcome to college" activities that were optional. I chose to go to as many of them as possible. I was on crutches for that whole week, so I got a great workout walking all over campus. I decided to be a part of the welcome week choir, so each day we had a practice in the fine arts center, which is on the opposite side of campus from my dorm. Whew! By the time I got to rehearsal I was ready for a nap.

I am proud to say that despite being in a cast I still participated in the world's largest game of twister with hundreds of other freshman. Welcome Week was full of many crazy activites like this.

Classes began the following Monday, August 27. I won't go into the details of all my classes, but I will spend a moment talking about my favorite which is my freshman Bible class, the Life and Teachings of Jesus.

My teacher's name is Randy Harris, and he is a pretty awesome guy. From what I can tell he lives a radical life for Jesus Christ, and since this is what I want to do, I'm looking forward to getting to know him more and learning a lot in his class. The first day of class, as he was telling us what the class would be all about, he said this, "Jesus can't be whoever you want him to be. He already is somebody."

I'm going through a time of intense questioning of my own beliefs, Christianity's accepted truths, and our society's norms. The statement seemed like a ray of hope in the midst of my cloudy, confused thoughts, and I am greatly looking forward to more clearly discovering who Jesus really is and how his teachings should really affect my life.

I know this post was long and boring, but I assure you that I wrote only a fraction of the many experiences over these three weeks. In the future my posts will be less narrative and more reflective.

Grace and Peace,

Wes