visiting home

my daughter said it was wierd that her dad was visiting home. i've been home for a few days and going back to grand rapids on tuesday night. it was 4.5 weeks away from home, then another 6 weeks till i'm finished.

the studies have been going alright. the best part is the community with aaron, dan, dale and our hosts bruce and sue. we get into some rich conversations about life and school and doctrine and pool at billy's. aaron calls bruce and sue's house the all inclusive 5 star resort. it is like that, they are caring for us, in a sense freeing us to study, converse, and have a bit of fun.

the environment at cts is more about getting the info and doctrine right rather than challenging it, asking the hard questions -- all the things beyond rote that induce good learning -- and the 4 of us get into that when we are off campus. we do struggle with what we are hearing, talk about what it means at the street level ... struggle in the sense of kicking the ideas around, taking them to their logical conclusions and what they mean for grassroots church.