P.S....
Thesis topic approved.
posted by John and Mag @ 11:51 AM
Monday, September 13, 2004
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2 Comments:
[Post from Ed]
Ok, so what is one's thesis topic?
An update to Jennifer's post a while back about our excruciating photo session at Wilshire:
While we were in the process of gazing at the horrific photos that had just been taken of us, having just been given the option of the worst two to choose from for the church directory (the other ones that were a little better were not on an appropriately colored background), Tiffany Wright (the singles minister of Tiffany & Alan fame) came up and introduced us to another couple about our age who were also being subjected to the same photographic torture. We were in about as anti-social a mood as you can imagine, because, as I may have mentioned, the Wagners were not feeling very photogenic and the results were making that very clear to everyone who cared to look. So we said a cursory "hello" to this guy David and his wife, had a very brief and slightly awkward exchange, and then ran out the door to escape the afore-mentioned photographic nightmare.
Fast forward to today. Jennifer calls me out of the blue and asks
"Do you remember that guy David that we met at the photo session?"
"Ummmmm. Oh yeah."
"Do you think he might be one of Wilshire's two new pastoral residents?"
[pregnant pause]
"Oh sh...oot"
Yes, it's true. Our opportunity to welcome this eager new student to his new church family was completely usurped by our vanity.
Oh well. I think there's a lesson in there somewhere, but I'm not sure what it is and I can't be bothered to figure it out; my hair needs teasing.
Vanity, vanity!!! All is vanity!!! Good job, guys, I'm sure the new resident is happy to have accepted the position at your (emphasis on that word) church.
Glad to know you're keeping up an anti-social posture that I hold dear.
The thesis topic/title (as it stands at the moment, and for eternity since it's been entered in the registrar's office already) is "The Shape of Divine Transcendence in Reinhold Niebuhr's Political Realism," which means "Me like Niebuhr, what me think Niebuhr thinks about God. Me think."
Hope all is well in Dallas. Talk to you guys later.
J,M
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