Learning to Walk

the home straight

The exam this morning went as well as I could have hoped in that I was writing for all but about 2 minutes of the 2 hour exam.  I hope that having learnt enough to write for that long I will have passed!  I have two assignments to hand in tomorrow but they have been completed for a while, or so I thought...

Last week, having just finished the second of these assignments (the other was completed 2 weeks previously,) I went to the final lecture for that class.  At the lecture our tutor decided that they would help out with some advice for the assignment; the assignment which, with exams looming, most of us had already completed!  As I was onto my exam revision I decided to leave it but am now faced with a question:  Do I revise what I have written based on the tutors comments last week (it would involve serious revision and not just adding as I am right on the word limit,) or do I hand in what I have got - which I worked hard on and which I thought was quite good?  The latter is the most likely option, especially as I am cooking for the Alpha Course which is running at church tonight.  But it does force me to ask the question:  Why are lecturers giving essay advice in the last essay of the term when at the beginning of term they advise us not to let things pile up until the end?!

Whatever I decide I will be handing them in tomorrow, which will leave me on the home straight with 5 days to complete my final essay, an interesting topic which I am looking forward to getting on with.  The title for it is; 'A practicing homosexual seeks your help.  He feels what he is doing is wrong but is not sure of the teaching of scripture and has also sought assistance from non-Christian therapists.  Explain the counselling options open to you as his Christian counsellor.'

Did I say home straight?  With the 'controversy' surrounding the church with regards its stance on human sexuality I suspect that this term still has quite a way to run.

christology

The exam is tomorrow and I am feeling a bit better after a better night.  The exam consists of 3 questions to be answered in 2 hours.  The first question is compulsory, on the Definition of Chalcedon.  The next two questions are selected from 5 possibles covering: Christology from the NT to Chalcedon; The humanity of Jesus; The significance and application of Christology for Christian life/Church life/mission/world context.

I have done a lot of work on Chalcedon and hope that I won't get my Antiochenes and Alexandrians confused! I have done a lot of work on the humanity of Jesus and its implications for people today.  But the third question is still slightly more up in the air, especially when I had a look at the past papers yesterday (which a lot of my class mates are tipping to not change much) and realised that my extensive notes for a third question wouldn't actually help me to get very far... Oh well, back to the books for me!

man flu?

I don't feel well and following a very broken night I tried to spend the day in the library.  But I have had to pack that in and the hope is that a night resting will enable me to have a solid day tomorrow.  I will also have to give the gym a miss which is a shame as I had set myself the target of training every day through December, but with a big exam on Wednesday and a history of sinus problems the last thing I want to do is make myself feel worse.