Archive for November 2007

November 15, 2007

Journal Excerpts: 9/11/2001

6:54 pm | N/A | Comments: 1

I recently downloaded all my undergraduate material from my personal drive at GVSU. It’s great fun looking through it, and I can’t imagine I actually did all that stuff. There are lots of journals for various classes (many of them in German which I can’t figure out anymore), and my personal favorite is the journal for Psychology 101, which I took my freshman semester. Here’s the entry for September 11.

9/11
The World Trade Center and the Pentagon were attacked today. It’s strange how quickly things can change in this world. In class we talked about our reactions to the whole business, and it was good opportunity to talk about some very sobering things, like death and control. I personally am not troubled by the thought of not being in control of my own life, because I know that my life is in the capable control of my lord Jesus. But the attack was just a reminder to me of how weak man really is. For me, the question of “why?” is already answered: I don’t need to know why. I know that it is God’s will. We also talked about standards, and how we all have standards by which we order our lives. Why was it “wrong” for the terrorists to do what they did? It can only be because they transgressed God’s Law, which is the only true universal moral standard. So those were my initial thoughts in the wake of the attack.

November 13, 2007

Quick Hits for November

6:37 pm | My Life | Comments: 3

- FreeRice.com is something you should look at. Save the world from starvation and improve your vocabulary at the same time!

- If you’re interested in public service, and who isn’t, you should read this article about redefining public service. I agree with some of the points he makes about government; there are many people in government who claim to be serving the public who are simply serving themselves. Bad people.

- Big news coming on the 16th, so stay tuned.

- I recently was presented with an electric blanket, and I have to say that E. Blanks are amazing. If you don’t have one, you’re completely missing out. It’s like having a hot tub, but in your bed! I’ll stop short of saying that the thing has changed my life, but let me tell you that the quality of sleep that one enjoys when one deploys the electric blanket is superior.