I'm 42% saved.

Thanks to Sarah, I came across this little quiz. According to it I am:
Emergent/Postmodern
71%
Evangelical Holiness/Wesleyan
71%
Neo orthodox
61%
Roman Catholic
43%
Charismatic/Pentecostal
36%
Classical Liberal
32%
Reformed Evangelical
32%
Fundamentalist
32%
Modern Liberal
32%

I think this shows just how wrong this quiz is. I hated the questions, so I put myself in the middle a lot. Eh, what are you?

Muppet Suprise

Suprisingly accurate!

You Are Oscar the Grouch

Grumpy and grouchy, you aren't just pessimistic. You revel in your pessimism. You are usually feeling: Unhappy. Unless it's rainy outside, and even then you know the foul weather won't last. You are famous for: Being mean yet loveable. And you hate the loveable part. How you life your life: As a slob. But it's not repelling as many people as you'd like!

The Sesame Street Personality Quiz

Reconciliation...

I know that I've been horrible at updating this thing. I basically have so much to say and talk about that I get overwhelmed when I sit down to type. So, I just don't do it. Also, there has been a hard set of circumstances taking up a lot of my time and energy lately. I'll try to talk about it here.

Although on the web, you'll find the Promise Keepers taking credit for the tenets of reconciliation listed below, they actually belong to a psychologist who wrote a book on reconciliation whose name I'm too lazy to look up right now. However, I don't think that these tenets refer only to reconciliation, but for building any meaningful community.

I will intentionally be vague, but right now I and a few others in my life are desperately attempting to both reconcile and build community with a group of people in our lives. And they aren't having it. There have been accusations, failures on both sides, and a lot of hurt. There is also a good chance that a small subset of us may end up in a position where we end up being the outgroup of two larger, quite powerful ingroups. And we're all Christians...

So, pray. Pray that my actions and those of all involved will be God directed. That we will sharpen one another while finding ways to connect that are healthy and God honoring. Pray that some big changes that need to happen will in fact take place. That we will all be drawn toward holiness. Pray that those involved can hear the intentions of the feelings spoken and work through our own interpretations to truly hear what others are saying.

I believe in God. I believe in His Love and Truth, and that in the end, I will see a purpose to why all that is going down is going down.

Also pray that I can actually leave this with God enough that I can get over my constant anxiety to do my presentation and 20 page annotated bibliography for this class that I'm in, too.


The Call:­ Reconciliation is Mandatory. 2 Corinthians 5:17-21

Commitment to Relationship: Ruth 1:16, 17

Intentionality: Intentionality is the purposeful, positive and planned activity that facilitates reconciliation. Ephesians 2:14, 15

Sincerity: Sincerity is the willingness to be vulnerable, including self- disclosure of feelings, attitudes, differences and perceptions, with the goal of resolution and building trust. Reconciliation involves Trust and Transparency John 15:15

Sensitivity: Sensitivity is the intentional acquisition of knowledge in order to relate empathetically to any diverse situation, person, place or organization.
Key issue ­ Reconciliation involves Knowledge and Understanding. Ephesians 4:15, 16

Sacrifice: Sacrifice is the willingness to relinquish an established status or position to genuinely adopt a lesser position in order to facilitate diverse relationships. Key issue ­ Reconciliation will Cost Philippians 2:3, 4

Empowerment: Empowerment is the use of repentance and forgiveness to create complete freedom in diverse relationships. Key issue ­ Reconciliation involves Repentance and Forgiveness. 2 Corinthians 8:9

Interdependence: Interdependence recognizes differences but realizes that each offers something that the other needs, resulting in equality in the relationship.
Key issue ­ Reconciliation involves Equality 2 Corinthians 8:13, 14

That's not mine, it's urine.

Today, I uncovered one of the most disgusting discoveries known to man. *Cue wavy flashback lines*

On Sunday, we do laundry. Well, my husband does the laundry (and cleans the house on occasion...that was a 3 year battle worth fighting ;) ). One of my shirts had gotten grease on it when we put together our new elliptical machine. The grease didn't come out in the wash, so he soaked it with bleach in the sink of the spare 1/2 bath. The one where the cat litter boxes are kept.

So tonight, I come home and it smells so distinctly like cat urine in our house, that I'm almost gagging. I start to step into the bath to spritz our ineffective oust sprayer, and there's my shirt in the sink. I think, "Oh yeah, my shirt that had the grease stain." Then I notice my white shirt is YELLOW. Cat Pee yellow, to be exact. I think, "Maybe it's just bleach that yellowed it. Let me do a very wary preliminary sniff."

It wasn't the bleach. Most. disgusting. moment. of. the. year.

Coveting prayer...

Lol, what a silly term, "coveting prayer." Anyway, I do ask you to pray for me as I have a big meeting Monday with my supervisor. Although she isn't aware of it yet, I am going to challenge the fact that the learning contract for my placement says 720 hours for next academic year. In fact, I refuse to sign on for that many hours. I am only required to do 300 hours to pass, and 400 average per year over three years in order to graduate. I already did nearly 800 hours for this placement last year, and I absolutely refuse to drive myself to insanity again. I also know better than to sign agreements that I cannot fulfill. With my dissertation research going on, and a full load of huge ass classes, including one of the hardest theology courses, I don't see myself having time to do that many hours even if I WANTED to.

So, worst cast scenario, they tell me to hit the road, months after all the other practicum spots are filled, leaving me with a black mark from an agency that takes only students from our school. Hm, that's probably not a very good thing. This could be big time stuff, people. I TA for the director of the clinic, which makes this much much messier. Oh my.

Sigh, damn my therapist for teaching me to say no.