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There and back again…a hippie’s tale

October 20, 2007 on 11:42 pm | In Blog |

For all of you who concerned about my sickness, I am better now so thank you. Better physically at least. Living in the tension only got harder because of my road trip I just took. (1400 miles basically to DC and back.) The reason for this was that I immersed myself back into the very conservative Christian network that I had at UVa. Specifically Matt (the proud half-Asian) and Aaron (the one throwing the frisbee). Besides being really great and caring guys, they have a knowledge and a passion for the Bible that I can only dream of. Not just that, but they seek to do God’s will in every facet of their lives. Aaron is about to go travel the world (Vatican, Israel, Uganda) to discern what God’s next step for him in life is. Inerrancy of the Bible is a big big deal and it’s amazing how much that shapes what they do. Here I am wholly questioning its legitimacy and to them such is utterly blasphemous. I really don’t know where I’m going to land on this subject as far as what I believe but I really appreciated spending time with them and others talking about spiritual matters. NO ONE at seminary comes from such a “right” perspective so I don’t get the balance for my search for truth.

I also got to see Jason and Anastasia on this trip. I knew before it was going to happen but on Sunday, they got ENGAGED! It was great to hear them recount it for us. Basically, Jason set up a scavenger hunt with the ring at the end. He definitely got props from both men and women for the plan and execution.

Unlike my seminary friends, the UVa bunch never knew me with anything but short hair. So going back, I threw them off with my “Jesus Hippie” appearance. Jason Matthews (who I got to see in DC and whose Angry Turtles lost to my Sabered Horsemen!) spoke of a mane around my head. I also saw Jonathan and Todd in DC and then Christa in Maryland. She just finished a year working for a Jesuit Volunteer program in San Antonio and in a couple of weeks is off to southern Peru for a two year stint of the international chapter for the Jesuits. I don’t know how many more times I will be able to see peeps in VA as the last of those I know are spreading out even more so. I guess like in all networks (including the brain), as the whole diversifies the parts specialize. Time to embrace where I am. The problem is, that includes a ten page midterm due Wed. Yay for school.  Speaking of procrastination, I was playing on Google Maps and thought I’d test out how far I could drive in one day from Louisville.  If I have someone with me for the whole day then I can get a bit over 1100 miles.  That equals day trips to Quebec, Denver, Miami, San Antonio, or maybe even Winnipeg.  That is basically the entire eastern half the US.  So a four day road trip anyone?