change of heart
nah…..I decided to stay up and finish reading the articles. I will feel better and be able to sleep after I read. The articles are not incredibly long. I just like to outline them so I can remember what the h-e double hockey sticks I have been reading about.
tired
I am very tired. I woke up at around seven, studied, worked out, ran errands, went to class, drove to parents’ home, did homework and I still have two articles to read. Honestly, I would rather just go to bed and read the articles tomorrow morning. I have to read them by about nine tomorrow. It is better to read when I am alert than to read while trying to keep my head up.
I think I will do that. I don’t want to make it a habit because I would finish things the night before they are due, but I am beat and incredibly thirsty from the MSG I consumed via Popeye’s Chicken.
But as a result of being so tired, I am so wired because I still have to read two articles. I am also wired because there are some things going on at school and they have been distracting me.
Honk Honk
I am going to Goose Island Brewpub in the famous Wrigleyville neighborhood on Saturday night. I coordinate a Christian social club for people in their 20s and 30s. I don’t advertise it because I want to see who is interested and then with the people who become active participants, I believe that we can construct the tone and the mission for our group. There are no gimmicks, denominational affiliations or hoops of politics to jump through. The social events are not there to entice people into a false sense of community. I started this meetup because it can be kind of boring for me when I go to the same church and see the same people. I tend to burnout if my only source of fellowship is through an institutional church. And to be quite honest – I am still trying to get to know people at Grace and I am not in any hurry to get initiated into a subgroup within Grace. I feel as if I can be myself in this social group because the politics and other baggage that comes with institutional churches are not present.
Anywhoo, back to Saturday’s venue – I am not a big fan of Goose Island, but the beer is pretty good and so is the food. Goose Island was a runner up to UnCommon Ground because of Goose Island’s location. It is so hard to miss Goose Island Brewpub because it is spitting distance from Wrigley Field.
I like church and I believe in the mission God has for my church. Politics exist in any sort of institution and I have accepted that. I am surrounded by all sorts of stimuli from academia, Gold Coast, family, Sparky (family dog), God, traffic, etc. After I deal with the stimuli, at the end of the day, I want to allow myself refreshing fellowship experiences. Personally, I need to experience fellowship from different angles so I can decompress.
