Prepare Ye

As a student who has taken 20 years off between my bachelor's and master's degree, sometimes I wonder back on how did we do things back in the 80's? I can't ask my pipeliner classmates, most of them would have been soiling themselves around that time. Pop culture references back then, either you got it, or didn't get it. You couldn't google it or find it on YouTube. But since you can now, here are some pop culture references that got into class on the past two days: Green Day - Boulevard of Broken Dreams "I'm Kind of a Big Deal" - Anchorman:The Legend of Ron Burgundy

A new theory of salvation is that there is a giant pile of gift certificates of salvation. We have to tell people about it. They have to redeem the certificate (what those criteria are could range from faith to faith + good works, dependent upon your flavor of Christianity). If people choose to redeem their certificates is up to them. Gift certificates are not one per customer. Actually, they're available everywhere at anytime. That's why Judas got one, even if he went to the wrong place to redeem it.

When life gives you lemons, through the power of Christ, turn them into wine. That'll freak 'em out and piss 'em off. >>> --- Remember, you give a blessing by holding up TWO fingers.

Apologies to my hundreds of readers (I've started counting in base two.) Here are a few more Random Seminary Conversations - The Holy Spirit is an active verb. The Holy Spirit is our adviser, advocate, coach, comforter, conscience, consoler, counselor, encourager, helper, intercessor, mediator, mentor, and motivator. We need to be like the Chinese Food Lady in "Dude, Where's My Car?" We need to keep asking "and then." We can never do enough. Do good, and then....

Today (well, yesterday, but I have been writing {note the use of the Greek perfect tense} a paper and let the time slip by) is the One Year Anniversary of the start of Prepare Ye. So I'm giving myself paper. And starting a new feature: Random Seminary Conversation "If Baptism and Communion are both Sacraments, why can we do one only once when I've had the other the other 9 times in the past week? And why do you have to go through a class for one, but don't for the one that makes you a member of the church?" If any of my seminary brethren and sisteren want to borrow the idea to post some of the interesting conversations that you happen upon in Seminaryland, please do so. They should be, to quote former late night talk show host, and wearer of a mean hi-top fade, Arsenio Hall, "Things That Make You Say Hmmmmmm."