//Semester 5//

I’m on the cusp of finishing my 5th semester here at George Dub, and honestly it feels like I just started seminary. If all goes as planned, I should be out of here by next summer and well on my way to conquering the world.

More than any other (and I’m sure that I have said this about every semester prior) this semester has been the most tough and busiest stretch of months that I have experienced yet. As every week comes to a conclusion I am bewildered by the fact that I got all my work done. But I guess that’s what seminary is all about: pushing you to the brink o you can see what you’re really made of.

I’ve gotten to take one of the greatest trips of my life and in two days I set out for Prague to spend a week working with military kids and tour the city for a weekend. I’m sure I’ll post all the pictures at some point.

I’ve been working on a sermon on the story of Jesus healing the man with the shriveled hand. One thing that has stuck out to me about this lived out parable is that Jesus’ anger results in restoration. This is entirely unlike my anger. I usually get hacked off over the dumbest things and my anger only results in broken relationships and migraines. But somehow Jesus’ anger results in the healing of a man’s life.

I think the problem is that we don’t ever get angry about the things that really matter.

jared.