Well, I haven't posted in an age..But, here I am alone in the wilderness posting what no one will read but me. But, journals are a good thing right? We moved to Spokane, if anyone is reading this. The first few days I went through major withdrawals from Moscow..One gets very attached to Moscow. I esp. did because I drank up to the dregs the community in Moscow because I really love people, or I really try. I went from living in the smallest town I've ever lived in to the most urban setting here. It is way different here, but we are enjoying our new world. We went hiking up around the mountains in Cor De' Alene to chop down a Christmas tree and that was a lot of fun as we were with some of the other families from the church. The mountain ranges above us were sprinkled with snow, it very much looked like powdered sugar.
My first week at the office was great, I am really liking the new job. I am reading a book called "The Holy Trinity in Scripture, History, Theology, and Worship." It is fantastic. It is a meaty book , but the chapter lengths are reasonable and well summarized. The author, Robert Letham, especially draws out the lessons we can learn from the Eastern Church and where we can grow here in the West. Did you know that in Eastern Orthodoxy, you can't have communion? There you go, they are closed communion. That, my friend, is a departure from justification by faith. They also bow down like Muslims, and love icons upon icons. However, at least they pay attention to the Holy Trinity all-the-time in their worship and probably their lives to some extent. More later,
Peace