Dear Santa,
I have been good this year. For the most part this is true. I am counting on the grace of Christ to amend the wrongs of this year. I thought I would list some stuff I am hoping for as a celebration of the gifts the the wise men gave little baby Jesus and the gift that Jesus is to creation.
I would like four(4) five(5) page papers one on post modern Islam, another on The call to Islam, one on Islam in American: music [punk, rock, hardcore], and a paper on Islam as a public religion in America and the consumer mentality of America.
I would like to be accepted to one of the five programs I am applying for. I am hopeful that a full scholarship would accompany the deal.
I would like to finish one of the books I am and have been writing for the last three years and for it to get publish for enough money to pay off my seminary debt…maybe even the undergraduate debt as well.
I would also like to win the lottery and set up a foundation for sustainable development in developing areas of the globe. I may just give it to Dan Tyler of CWSEA to administer. Also a foundation for a scholarship for a student that perhaps/maybe should not be in seminary. Get more marginalized and minority voices to attend seminary.
I would also like this puppy. I would name him Paul or Walter. Yes Walter after Walter Sobchak for Lebowski and Walter Bruggemann my emerging favorite theologian.
Absolutely adorable puppy. Plus I really appreciate the Thomas Merton quote up top.
Thank you Tracy for your comment. That puppy is my happy place these days.I love Merton and that particular quote is especially meaningful to me.
I think I might have seen Merton on the Subway the other night