Let's call November a "lazy month."
Next year, I vow to run the Marine Corps Marathon again and run it in no more than 3 hours 40 minutes. Until then, I'm getting back to trying to deadlift twice my bodyweight and to be able to hold a full planche for 30 seconds. By next May, inspired by Fighting Irish, I'm also hoping to be conditioned enough to pass the physical fitness test for combat resuce officers.
Admittedly, it has been a struggle to get back into training. It doesn't help to wake up late and go to sleep late. I've been experimenting with different routines that fit into the scheudle better.
Work has been work. The past few days I've been working on a WASP input file. Shuffling Excel worksheets is as fun as it sounds!
Just to show that I've been doing more than working in the office and working out, here's a blurb for a Sunday school class I'm going to help with next January:
In the Grip of Grace: The Wesleyan Understanding of God’s Love
by Brian Lee and Matt Smith
Brian Lee, a recent new member writes, “About six years ago, I encountered a group of people called ‘Methodists’. Growing up outside the church, all I knew of Christianity were textbook facts and people with an unnerving concern about eternal damnation. However, these ‘Methodists’ were so different from my previous experiences that I had to know more. Since then, my life has not been the same.”
“Over time, I learned more about unique theological heritage and history of these ‘Methodists’. I learned that what started as a ‘holy club’ at Oxford University has become a church that is known all over the world. I learned of the unique theological heritage that we inherited from John Wesley, whose understanding of grace can be seen everyday in ministries for the poor, the fight for social justice, and global presence of Methodist church during times of disaster. As I learned more and witnessed the Holy Spirit at work, I felt my own heart become ‘strangely warmed’ and I too became a Christian – and a United Methodist.”
Brian Lee and Matt Smith, Foundry’s Youth Minster, will facilitate a three-week study of Wesley’s understanding of how God’s love is experienced in the lives of individuals. Each week we’ll sing a hymn from Charles Wesley, discuss a selection from one of John Wesley’s sermon, and examine how our understanding of God’s love has shaped Methodist history and practice, from preaching to coal miners in a field to the Reconciling Movement. We’ll meet in the _________ for three consecutive Sundays from 12:30 until 1:45 pm.
January 13 – Prevenient Grace: God’s love is for everyone
January 20 – Justifying and Assuring Grace: God’s love cancels our debts
January 27 – Sanctifying and Perfecting Grace: God’s love transforms our hearts
We hope this course offering will lead you to greater understanding of our Methodist heritage and greater appreciation for the breadth and depth of God’s love.It's going to be an interesting class.
