April 28?

Well, my goal of writing a few times each week has obviously failed miserably but I have a renewed commitment to at least write frequently (I don’t make weekly promises because seminary is beastly… oh yeah, I’m in seminary now :-D )

In the months that have passed since I last wrote, much has happened in my life. I went to Thr3e which absolutely blew me away and changed my outlook on a whole lot of things. I’m sure that you’ll hear little bits and pieces about how wonderful it was in future posts but right now I just want to catch you up to speed on everything. I graduated with honors (Cum Laude) from Liberty University with a Bachelors of Science in Religion and started taking classes at the Liberty Theological Seminary to get my Masters of Divinity degree. If all goes according to plan I should finish around Christmas of 2011… here’s hoping anyway.

My first seminary classes have been on church planting and preaching, two topics that will consume my life in the near future. 2 weeks ago from today (June 10) I gave my very first sermon ever. My newly acquired friend Matt Queen was kind enough to let me preach for his Wednesday night Bible study of roughly 100. I was well-supported and blessed that my family and friends were all in attendance. I was also fortunate enough that the required text was Romans 12:1-2, on knowing God’s will, something that has been a powerful part of my life.

Since taking so much time off I have a lot I want to write but I am going to try to pace myself. As I said, I hope to give some more detailed updates soon, and I have some other things that have been weighing on me recently that I would like to write, but I wanted to prime the pump again, as it were. I hope that you are constantly aware of the love of God in your life. My challenge for you today: be a blessing to those around you. May Christ’s grace be with you.

~Seth