Done and Done

Remember that paper I was trying to finish the other day? It practically wrote itself today. All I had to do was sit still and type. It flowed out like silk. Nice. I have already begun reading for next semester. I am going to thoroughly enjoy classes this fall mostly because I get to take spiritual formation, an area I am interested in and want to explore.

Not that the other classes haven't been interesting and helpful. They have all shed light on topics I never imagined would be so fascinating. It's like getting to go swimming at great beaches every semester. Too bad I didn't connect with this area of study sooner. But then, I might not have been ready to absorb and chew up and digest earlier. Nor would I have been free to delve deeply to my heart's content. Too many other responsibilities to handle.

I am happy to be done with this paper, but it is just the tip of the iceberg. Now I have to work on the serious literature review for my dissertation, along with revitalizing the other chapters that are in partial completion. I think it may well take me a full semester to get everything to a place where I can discuss it with my adviser. I am excited at the turns and augmentations to my understanding of this topic of the role of Scripture in the care of Christian cancer patients. What a mixture of threads to sort through. Onward and upward.