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Thursday, 29 October 2009
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On Judging a Book Reader By Its Cover
This summer, I was in the Biola library and I saw a new release. Interesting title, important topic, and written by a respected scholar. The book? "The Meaning of Sex" by Dr. Dennis Hollinger.
Dr. Hollinger is President of Gordon-Conwell Seminary, and also serves as Professor of Christian Ethics. Christian sexual ethics and morality. I checked it out and started reading it. I'm a nerd, I enjoy reading random theology. Good times.
Shawn looks like perv.
Well, that week was the week before our summer retreat (MORe) and we had planned our last leadership meeting at the beach. So I went to the beach early in the morning, grabbed my book, and was reading. I didn't even think that people might look at me funny reading a "sex book" at the beach. At least until some girls walked by me, looked at me funny, then walked off.
From Southern California to Seoul, Korea
So why tell this story now? This week, Dr. Hollinger is visiting Korea and spoke at Torch Trinity's chapel today. Afterwards, I shared the story with him and his wife, and they both got a good laugh out my sitting on the sand at Huntington and getting stared at for the book.
Still, it was totally worth getting looked at like a byunt, just so I had something to share with Dr. Hollinger.
Sunday, 17 May 2009
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ABCs of Me
Why is it that I find myself writing online precisely when I'm most busy? Oh well.
A – Age: late twenties
B – Bed size: Full
C – Chore you hate: organizing my library
D – Dogs’ names: no dog
E – Essential start your day item: coffee
F – Favorite color: solid bold primary colors (red, green, blue, yellow - and yes, I know that green technically isn't one)
G – Gold or Silver: gold
H- Height: 5'8
I – Instruments you play: clarinet, and badly at that
J – Job title: Reverend
K – Kids: none now, in the future? TBD.
L – Living arrangements: with the parentals
M – Mom’s name: are you going to use this to apply for a credit card in my name? You either know my mom's name or you don't need to know.
N – Nicknames: Shawnie, PS, etc. etc. etc.
O – Overnight hospital stay other than birth: well, there was that one time in the ER I went in the evening and came out in the AM
P – Pet Peeve: poor driving, unclean hands, spitting, etc. where to start? I'm in Korea.
Q – Quote from a movie: "You're so money, man."
R – Right or left handed: Right
S – Siblings: older brother
T – Time you wake up: depends on when I need to be up. Usually before 6:30
U – Underwear: boxer briefs - generally
V – Vegetable you dislike: can't think of one right now
W – Ways you run late: taking a shower for too long
Y – Yummy food you make: I can generally cook well enough to please my own palates, but I don't know if I'd serve others. Decent spaghetti.
Z – Zoo favorite: I loved feeding the kangaroos when I was in Australia.
Monday, 30 March 2009
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On Hawaiian Ghosts and Legends
So, during dinner tonight, I was eating with some guy's from Ed's church. It's great to meet the people with whom he's serving and so I tried to soak in some of the Hawaiian flavor.
The conversation turned to local legends and ghost stories. There's the tree that you have to hug, and when you do, you'll be able to see the body hanging above you. There's the hiking trail with more stairs on the way down than there are on the way up (but really, who'll count that much?).
And then they talked about the Menehune, the little people of Hawai'i. Apparently, if you sleep with the window open, and with your feet facing the window, the menehune would grab you by the feet and either (a) drag you out, or (b) steal your soul through your feet, or something to that effect.
I was going to do it tonight as a matter of principle since I think stories are fun, but silly. Except. I'm an insomniac and I can't actually fall asleep. Oh well.
On the other hand, I really can't do it anyways right now because whenever I open the window, the rain splashes in. Now that's a horror story. Shawn can't sleep cause he's too hot. Shawn can't open the window because the rain gets in. Poor Shawn. Suffering in Hawai'i. (Not really.)
Saturday, 28 March 2009
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Hawai'i - Thoughts
Aloha -
I arrived in Honolulu this morning, which was weird since I'd spent all day Friday in Seoul, then woke up in the plane to find myself about to land on Friday morning. Screwy nineteen hour time diff.
I had breakfast here, and need to run some errands - but I'm so exhausted already that I don't know how I'm going to stay awake past the early afternoon. Perhaps I'll just take an early nap, but I suspect that I'll have a hard time adjusting to the time zone difference if I do.
Lunch was at L&L's, I have way missed Hawaiian food.
Thursday, 26 March 2009
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Quizzes I Don't Want to Take
I don't get why everyone is taking these quizzes. I don't mind fill-in-the-blank responses, but man... I don't need to have some cheesy quiz with limited answers trying to define my theological outlook or whatever.That, and I'm sort of scared to think "What Mighty Woman of the Bible" I'm most like.
Esther:shawn:Esther:shawn:Esther:shawn:Esther:shawn:Esther:shawn:
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- Name: Shawn S
- Country: United States
- State: California
- Metro: Orange County
- Gender: Male
- Member Since: 10/17/2002
