so, ok… i’ve made it to the end of classes.  now we are hitting papers.  i finished a 10 page one this past week, rushed home for a stress test (passed with flying fitness colors, thank you) , rushed back to make my field placement committment, and now am working on a 12 page theology paper.  it’s a real challenge since i aim to take this person’s summary of modern science up to and including quantum physics and discuss how this impacts the concept of incarnation (the presence of God) in the world and in Jesus Christ in particular.

this author, arthur peacocke, doesn’t see how the virgin birth is credible since Jesus could only have had human DNA, so how could Jesus be both human and divine?  if Jesus was only human, what would the implications be for salvation theology, if any?  this is a very difficult paper…

then i have a 25page exegetical (explanatory in a certain style) paper that i am to write on 1 Corinthians chapters 12, 13, and 14 about the gifts of the Holy Spirit and their manifestations today.  yes, people still speak in tongues in biblically correct ways, and there is still prophecy, and discernment of spirits all going on, pretty much as it did in paul’s time.  even within the episcopal church…  both of those papers are due on tuesday.

then i have to write a final exam for my intro to christian ethics course > 3 sections, three single-spaced pages per section.  due on the 14th.  this will not be a fun 2 weeks…