One rarely knows what is good for us and what is bad. Therefore if we knowingly put ourselves in the hands of Almighty, whatever happens must be deemed good. And I try literally to follow that precept.
Gandhi, "Letter to Francesca Standenath", April 1947

Category Archives: Academic Update

On to Applications

I re-took the Quantitative sections of the GRE, and I think I may have aced it. Since I had to take the revised test, I got a message saying that the test had not yet been “calibrated”, but based on my answers, I will get a score equivalent to the old range of 750-800. I [...]

New Fall Course Schedule

My class on World Christianity in America was cancelled, so now I have a new schedule: Theology in the Black Church Tradition (J. Cameron Carter) — Highly recommended course on the black church from a highly recommended professor. Intro to Christian Preaching (C. Campbell) — The mandatory preaching class so that I don’t walk out [...]

Moving through 2011:
Ending the Spring, Looking to the Fall

Academically, there is a whole lot going on right now. Finishing Spring Semester — Aside from a week-in, week-out 100-odd vocab words and translations for my “Greek” and “Hebrews” courses, I’ve got two small-ish “close reading” papers for “Ethics” (worth 25% of my grade each), a term paper for “Mapping India”, and a term paper [...]