Thanks­giv­ing came and went. Amaz­ing is all I can say. Now, Kaeli and I are prepar­ing for Christ­mas with my folks in Atlanta. We can­not wait for a some time off, and some qual­ity fam­ily time! Christ­mas gift-​​giving can­not come soon enough!

I am get­ting ready to co-​​teach Intro To Phi­los­o­phy at PBC for the upcom­ing Spring ’12 semes­ter. It’s a intro­duc­tion into phi­los­o­phy, from the ancient to cur­rent his­tory, with a focus on over­ar­ch­ing philo­soph­i­cal themes through­out. We will be teach­ing from a Chris­t­ian per­spec­tive, and I can­not wait to dig in this next semester.

I am work­ing through my man­u­script for Matthew 5–7, intro­duc­tory thoughts on fol­low­ing Jesus. I have bro­ken the 10,000 word bar­rier and writ­ing through my out­line. I have never felt so focused and deter­mined in my writ­ing, and it’s caught me by surprise.

Mar­riage is every­thing and more, bet­ter than adver­tised. If you find the per­son God has for you, mar­riage can be the most reward­ing, ful­fill­ing expe­ri­ence. I am so thank­ful for my wife. We have just crossed the 3 month mark in our young mar­riage. Marriage…I highly rec­om­mend it!

I was re-​​reading some­thing I wrote a while back (06–12-10):

May we ques­tion a the­ol­ogy that works in an envi­ron­ment of peace and sta­bil­ity but falls apart in a place of war, con­flict or chaos.

May we ques­tion a phi­los­o­phy of life that ignores the poor and the unloved and con­tin­ues to fat­ten the estab­lished order of things.

May we ques­tion a Chris­tian­ity that wants, gets, and wastes and has joined along with oth­ers in the rap­ing of our planet.

May we ques­tion a Jesus that would allow us to live self­ishly and return evil for evil in the name of jus­tice or free­dom or good will.

grace and peace,
Ashish