Engaged

Because I post news of my life on here, I suppose that I should promptly post a notice that today, Friday the 30th of May 2008, I got engaged to Bethany.
I'm sure pictures and such like should follow, but this much info is enough for now.

Secular thoughts on servant-leadership

Here's an article I came across that I though might interest some of you. It is not incredibly detailed, but it does have some interesting things to say.

badly needed update

Well, I have managed to neglect this for a lot of valid reasons, but as someone said yesterday, "Reasons are not excuses." :)
A group of friends arrived last week, and I have been spending a fair amount of time with them. But last weekend, I traveled with my housemates and spent time with their family, since it was a holiday. This week has been filled with university classes and time with various friends. It has been very nice to get to be with Bethany again, as well as several other good friends who are here.
There are other bits and pieces to tell, but that's not for now...

Irregular sharings

Just some notes:

1. For those of you who use Macs, the newest version of MacSword has come out and is worth downloading as it improves some things that needed it. (If you haven't used this program in the past and want to, get the modules that make the program really useful from here, after you get the main program.)

2. I will give here a hint of my current study project that I hope to blog sometime soon. In my philosophy classes, we have read a number of the classic philosophers and their views on government. In addition to that, I have been in dialogue with a friend who has also been studying the topic though from a slightly different angle. So, sometime soon I will hope to begin posting a several-part "series" on thoughts on Government and the Believer. I expect it to have parts relating to the Old Testament, the New Testament, historic philosophy, and eventually a part on the topic of civil disobedience (which was what started the discussion.) Mayhap it will interest some of you. Oh, and if you are interested in "why?", it is combination of personal interest and a good philosophical discussion to dig into as I begin my studies in this field.

3. Less than 48 hours, Lord willing...

Don't know why I'm posting this...

This was one of a series of pictures taken of several of us last night... Maybe it was an omen that I was going to make pancakes today...

Maybe I should post another one in my own defense...


Oh, and then one last one that's actually normal.

Thessaloniki

It would seem that somehow I have been negligent at posting here for nearly two weeks. What's worse is that I don't really have any convincing excuses. Oh well...

(The seaside at Thessaloniki)

This last week has been Spring Break at the university, so I used it to take a trip to Greece since I needed to go get my visa renewed. I ended up spending two days in Thessaloniki, and so here are a few pictures from there. (The trip actually took up about three days due to traveling arrangements that got messed up.)

This is Atatürk's childhood home. It has some very interesting memorabilia from his life.
The old Roman agora
I find it remarkable how easy it is to picture a modern open-air market here.

School starts again on Monday, and I'm not anticipating any major disruptions to that routine for about another 2 weeks.