Ruffled feathers

Phil's been gone since Sunday morning on an Art as Experience trip to Chicago. He will be back tomorrow. Darla and Noah are leaving tomorrow for Colorado on a Senior Sem trip. They're not going to be back until Monday night. Shorb will be leaving Friday right after class to go home until second semester. Am I the only person who's J-Term class is kicking their butt & not taking fun trips? Evidently... Oh well, wait till spring semester rolls around suckas!

Guy Fonz is going to be speaking in chapel tomorrow. He's the pastor at Muncie Alliance Church (a relatively local church that is frequented by many Taylor students). The church is pretty laid back and he does his best to break away from jargon and cliches behind the pulpit. From time to time he's been known to let go of a curse word or two... Man, I wouldn't mind hearing one tomorrow at chapel only to see what certain people would do and how they would respond. I hope that he doesn't feel constricted or restrained because it's Taylor. I think we, as a Christian community, can always benefit from 'getting our feathers ruffled'.

I was talking to someone earlier this week about risks. I recalled several interesting conclusions I've come up with. Nothing can be gained without some level of risk. Very few situations in real life are set up in a way that you are able to answer any and all possible questions before making a decision. Something is only worth as much as one is willing to risk in order to gain it. We cannot allow the fear of hurt, rejection, or disappointment to dictate our choices, actions or life decisions. When thinking about risks, ask yourself if you're still going to be breathing afterwards (regardless of the outcome). If you are still going to be breathing, then what say you take a chance? Of course, I do realize the irony with which anyone should feel hearing me, of all people, write something like that. However, I was reminded today that I do have a right to say that because those conclusions and understandings come out of years of personal mental and emotional struggle. So, yeah, maybe I am allowed to say these things regardless of my past thoughts on the subject. I hope that doesn't come around as biased or skewed, just honest.