Wednesday, January 25, 2012

some things I'm thinking about

what does it mean to develop ethics through the framework of friendship?
how does one cultivate a friendship with scripture?
this quote by herbert mccabe: "In one way (at one level), you could say that as knives are for cutting and pens are for writing, people are for living with each other."
what it means to live in a new creation
Psalm 8:
When I look at the night sky and see the work of your fingers—
      the moon and the stars you set in place—
  what are mere mortals that you should think about them,
      human beings that you should care for them?
  Yet you made them only a little lower than God
      and crowned them with glory and honor.
Abraham's entry into israel. the covenant that includes the phrase 'you will be a blessing.'
damascus; beit sahour, jerusalem
gaza
how to be a witness to suffering without being pulled under
my professor, peter dula, spending an easter in baghdad. peter teaching ethics here.
the stutzmans traveling with a new cross-cultural group
going to a sort of baby-blessing-party tonight for a woman from my homegroup

things I am not thinking enough about:
my ochem exam on friday