God to enfold me,
God to surround me,
God in my speaking,
God in my thinking.
God in my sleeping,
God in my waking,
God in my watching,
God in my hoping.
God in my life,
God in my lips,
God in my soul,
God in my heart.
God in my sufficing,
God in my slumber,
God in mine ever-living soul,
God in mine eternity.
Ancient celtic oral traditions - carmina gadelica
God in my living
There in my breathing
God in my waking
God in my sleeping
God in my resting
There in my working
God in my thinking
God in my speaking
Be my everything
Be my everything
Be my everything
Be my everything
God in my hoping
There in my dreaming
God in my watching
God in my waiting
God in my laughing
There in my weeping
God in my hurting
God in my healing
Christ in me
Christ in me
Christ in me the hope of glory
You are everything
Christ in me
Christ in me
Christ in me the hope of glory
Be my everything
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
be our guest...
Hello blog-readers!
I figured you're probably wondering why I haven't posted anything in a while...or why I haven't updated you about anything other than my grad school plans and trying to find the money to make them happen. Well you're right. I've been remiss.
There's a lot going on right now, from auditing an amazing class, to having a behind the scenes look at the amazing things God's doing in and through RH Fullerton, to just life. And well, if I were to actually start diving more into each of those, I think I'd go crazy with just too many thoughts happening all at once...But for you, I'm willing to go a little crazy.
The class I'm auditing is "Women Writing the Gothic" and it's been such an amazing class. I knew I'd love it if only because I so dearly loved the other Gothic course I took with this professor. But beyond that, it's been so interesting being a part of the conversations that my fellow students in the class are having. Taking part in thoughtfully reading and academically discussing books that, in most cases, have simply been brushed aside in academia as being sub-par, chick-lit, novels...which only makes me think about the course of study I'm intending to pursue at Aberdeen...sorry I said I wouldn't talk about that this time around. I'd go into more about the class right now, but I think it probably deserves a blog entry of its own. Or several...
On the church side of things...RH Fullerton (the expression of Rock Harbor in North Orange County, specifically Fullerton) has been meeting with evening services since the end of February, and although we may have reached a place where our weekly numbers aren't over-packing our facility, we are definitely growing as a community. It's been fun to see how God has been working in each of the individual lives of the people He's brought together to make up this campus. This week is the beginning of the next phase, and I'm sooooo excited about it! This week we're moving beyond just our once-a-week gatherings! This week is the first week of lifegroup launch! Lifegroups, appropriately named, are the groups where the rubber meets the road, so to speak, and we actually get to start living and caring for each other in a tighter community, as well as reaching out together...where basically, we do life - together. I've been blessed by the relationships I've formed in the lifegroup I'm in, but we've unfortunately dwindled in number. So, this week, we're going to be re-launching! To add a few more to our midst as well as to, say, again, as a group that we're fully a part of this campus! I'm excited, did I say that already? ;-) I'm praying for the people in my lifegroup already and for the people who will come to be in my lifegroup! And I can't wait to meet them!
I'll save other life stuff for another post...but there's an update for now.
allons-y!
I figured you're probably wondering why I haven't posted anything in a while...or why I haven't updated you about anything other than my grad school plans and trying to find the money to make them happen. Well you're right. I've been remiss.
There's a lot going on right now, from auditing an amazing class, to having a behind the scenes look at the amazing things God's doing in and through RH Fullerton, to just life. And well, if I were to actually start diving more into each of those, I think I'd go crazy with just too many thoughts happening all at once...But for you, I'm willing to go a little crazy.
The class I'm auditing is "Women Writing the Gothic" and it's been such an amazing class. I knew I'd love it if only because I so dearly loved the other Gothic course I took with this professor. But beyond that, it's been so interesting being a part of the conversations that my fellow students in the class are having. Taking part in thoughtfully reading and academically discussing books that, in most cases, have simply been brushed aside in academia as being sub-par, chick-lit, novels...which only makes me think about the course of study I'm intending to pursue at Aberdeen...sorry I said I wouldn't talk about that this time around. I'd go into more about the class right now, but I think it probably deserves a blog entry of its own. Or several...
On the church side of things...RH Fullerton (the expression of Rock Harbor in North Orange County, specifically Fullerton) has been meeting with evening services since the end of February, and although we may have reached a place where our weekly numbers aren't over-packing our facility, we are definitely growing as a community. It's been fun to see how God has been working in each of the individual lives of the people He's brought together to make up this campus. This week is the beginning of the next phase, and I'm sooooo excited about it! This week we're moving beyond just our once-a-week gatherings! This week is the first week of lifegroup launch! Lifegroups, appropriately named, are the groups where the rubber meets the road, so to speak, and we actually get to start living and caring for each other in a tighter community, as well as reaching out together...where basically, we do life - together. I've been blessed by the relationships I've formed in the lifegroup I'm in, but we've unfortunately dwindled in number. So, this week, we're going to be re-launching! To add a few more to our midst as well as to, say, again, as a group that we're fully a part of this campus! I'm excited, did I say that already? ;-) I'm praying for the people in my lifegroup already and for the people who will come to be in my lifegroup! And I can't wait to meet them!
I'll save other life stuff for another post...but there's an update for now.
allons-y!
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
friends, romans, countrymen!
lend me your recyclables!
yes, you read that right. I have a friend who is a genius, she suggested another way of fund raising that I hadn't thought about: recycling! So, for those of you who either do or don't recycle, would you consider saving it for me? So I can maybe take another small dent out of the cost of going to the University of Aberdeen? Thanks!
allons-y!
grace and peace
yes, you read that right. I have a friend who is a genius, she suggested another way of fund raising that I hadn't thought about: recycling! So, for those of you who either do or don't recycle, would you consider saving it for me? So I can maybe take another small dent out of the cost of going to the University of Aberdeen? Thanks!
allons-y!
grace and peace
Monday, March 22, 2010
something new!
yes, that's a "donate" button over there. yes, it's new. yes, it's to help fund my trip to Scotland for grad school, and finally yes, you will get something (a token of my appreciation) for donating. To see what it is you'll get you'll have to donate (a minimum of $2.00 for the gift). Any other amount is welcome! :D
Ok, I know this is a little weird, and I feel a little silly having it (the button) on here...but I figure: it can't hurt!
after I added the donate button, I started doing some number crunching and realized that if all of my friends on facebook were able to donate $85, I'd be able to pay for all of the expenses involved with going to grad school in Scotland (aka: tuition, food, place to live, getting there, coming back...). Isn't that crazy! I can't even imagine it! It sounds so simple! Anyway, I just thought I'd share. Thanks for listening.
Ok, I know this is a little weird, and I feel a little silly having it (the button) on here...but I figure: it can't hurt!
after I added the donate button, I started doing some number crunching and realized that if all of my friends on facebook were able to donate $85, I'd be able to pay for all of the expenses involved with going to grad school in Scotland (aka: tuition, food, place to live, getting there, coming back...). Isn't that crazy! I can't even imagine it! It sounds so simple! Anyway, I just thought I'd share. Thanks for listening.
isn't it funny?
In doctor who this would be ascribed to the latent psychic ability within humans, but I'm not sure to what to ascribe it. However, the very day I posted the last blog was the day upon which I was accepted to study in the M.Lit programme in the Novel at the University of Aberdeen! Of course the letter saying as much didn't reach me until Saturday night, and since I was out of town, I didn't open it until Sunday night, but it just struck me as funny that the day I posted on this blog that I still hadn't heard was the day I was officially accepted and offered a place for the 2010/2011 Academic year! I'm so excited, and relieved to have heard, but feeling rather daunted by what needs to happen between now and 21 Sept. 2010 for me to be able to go. I just want to thank you all for your prayers thus far and ask that you continue to pray for me as I try to figure out how to raise funds and that I continue to trust and lean on God for His peace, wisdom, and guidance in all of this! Thanks again!
Allons-y!!!!!! (apparently to Scotland!)
Allons-y!!!!!! (apparently to Scotland!)
Monday, March 15, 2010
oops....
Just because the application was out of my hands, I didn't mean to stop blogging for a month...I guess that happens when you're expectantly waiting. Well, in case you're wondering, I haven't heard back from Aberdeen yet. Well, that's not entirely true. I got the initial "we've received your application" automatic-reply email and about two weeks ago I received a more personal email from the International Student Liaison for North America, and today I got the "applicant Ezine" from Aberdeen. So I at least know that they have my information. What I would love is either an email or a letter just letting me know whether or not they like me. Whether or not I can move on with my life, either towards Scotland or towards something else. Ok, well that's enough anxious rambling for now. I'll come back later, but hopefully not a month later, and tell you all about something else going on in my life. :)
Allons-y!
Allons-y!
Friday, February 12, 2010
and it's off!
my application has been sent and it'll probably take about a month or so for me to hear back from them...so now I wait!
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