Papers

2 due this week, one submitted and one still in process.

I'm working on a paper that functions as a conversation between John Calvin's The Institutes of Christian Religion and process theology.  Many of the Conservative factions of Christianity have been influenced by Calvinism, calling themselves Reformed and priding themselves on adherence to Scripture and emphasizing expository preaching.  I seek to put Calvin in his cultural and previously Catholic context, and to show some similarities between his theology and the process-relational worldview.

It's a beautiful thing when a paper sort of writes itself.  Thoughts unfold, quotes and commentary self-organize, and the word count continues to grow.

At some point, you get up to eat, and when you come back to it again, your mind feels like it's in knots.  You know what you want to say, but you can't quite get it out in the right way or a good order.

So you take a break.  You do some yoga, you Facebook message some friends, you blog.

Papers are a wonderful thing--and I've never really minded them.  But at this point in my academic journey, I do feel like my brain is slowing down like an old computer.

Thank goodness spring break is next week--and I'll use it to install some updates on my software!