Conundrum

This is a question which has been going round in my head for a couple of weeks now. I know I've asked a couple of you prospective readers about this already, but I wanted to get feedback from a larger audience (and I thought it might encourage you to verbalize your ponderings John ;)

So, without further ado

Are there ever truly moral dilemmas for a Christian? (By moral dilemma, I mean a situation in which one would be forced to choose the lesser of two evils.)

I could elaborate but I don't want to limit the scope of the discussion, so I'll refrain from examples. I'm sure you can think of a couple.

Any and all comments are welcome!

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Moments of Clarity

(photo by Jonathan Gerrans)

I've come up for a breath of air, pushing aside Aeschylus, Churchill, and Copland, dodging Bok's globules and avoiding those pesky exculpatory clauses. It's too easy to lose oneself in the flood of information pouring into our skulls during this fleeting period of time called college. I'm afraid I've missed some priceless opportunities in my mad acquisition of letters and numbers--but I am grateful for what I haven't missed

Sitting in my orange-plaid recliner, listening to Thomas Tallis' Spem In Alium while cutting out felts
Taking time to go to the dulcimer concert, and the organ concert, and the other organ concert:)
Talking with a friend I haven't seen in months
Walking down the promenade in the fall sunshine with Emeric and having the kind of conversation one can only have with a five-year old
Making gargantuan sub sandwichs out of three feet of french bread, two tomatoes, an onion, some sprouts, rosemary basil cheese, and some pickles!
Getting to talk with and learn from Mr. Lampart at the nursing home
Working in the garden and getting to sample the arugula:)
Cutting out snowflakes and coloring with the kids in kindergarten Sabbath School
Singing until I can't sing any more at hymnsing

I'm learning to treasure these little things--moments that do little toward getting my homework done or accomplishing my to-do list, learning that piece for orchestra or clearing off the stack of bills on my desk at work. Yes, there are many important things I must do, but. . .

I'm thankful for the moments of singular beauty that God sprinkles throughout our days.

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Pictures from Camp

I decided to put up a few pictures of summer activities:)

About to take Bekah on a super-cool-awesome boat ride!



Bet you can't guess what I'm doing in this picture... :)



My parents and I on top of St. Regis Mountain




Sailing! (very little wind this trip:-/)

Other activities included climbing high peaks, windsurfing, fort-building, skiing (only aquatic-style, sorry), caving, canoing, the new sport of upside-down-standing-up kayaking, trailriding, loon-listening, and star-gazing :D

Brief Update

Ok, so as you might have already figured out, I'm not at camp anymore. I'm currently back at Southern trying to juggle clubs, jobs, orchestra, various other responsibilities, not to mention 19 hours of classes. So, while I must admit that I'm shamelessly excusing my obvious lack of posting activity with the aforementioned activities, I feel certain you will agree that they are rather important excuses.
As for camp this summer, it was pretty much amazing. I saw God working quite literally in the lives of the kids I was privileged to get to know at camp--and it was AWESOME! If you haven't gotten the opportunity to share the incredibly good news of of the Gospel with somebody before, let me tell you, it's probably the coolest thing you'll ever do!
So that's life, hopefully I can find a moment in the near future to detail some stuff.....if Barry will stop giving me so much work in the SA office! :P
Thanks for tuning in to this brief update. Now, back to you....

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Saranac Lake, Here I Come!

Well, I'm off to camp... I'll be checking this (and writing, perhaps) rather intermittently in the near future, so be forewarned:)


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