I expect lots of letters and packages!
Shaney Lee
One Bear Place #82972
Waco, Texas 76798-2972
Saturday, August 23, 2008
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Fall Class Schedule
The past two days I have been in Waco for orientation at Baylor. I am now officially a Baylor student, and I have my schedule for the fall. It's pretty decently light. I am taking 14 hours this semester. I would be taking 17 but I get to skip English since I took it at ACC. :)
Chemistry 1300-Introductory Chemistry-MWF 8-8:50
Chemistry 1100-Introductory Chemistry Lab-F 12:20-1:10
Sociology 1305-Introduction to Sociology-MWF 9:05-0:55
Religion 1310-The Christian Scriptures-TTh 3:30-4:45
Theater 1314-Acting for Non-Majors-TTh 9:30-10:45
Human Performance 1117-Beginning Ballet-MWF 1:25-2:15
Chapel 1088-Chapel-MW 11:15-12:05
Chapel 1088-University 1000-F 11:15-12:05
(I have no clue whatsoever what University 1000 is...I just know it's required).
Chemistry 1300-Introductory Chemistry-MWF 8-8:50
Chemistry 1100-Introductory Chemistry Lab-F 12:20-1:10
Sociology 1305-Introduction to Sociology-MWF 9:05-0:55
Religion 1310-The Christian Scriptures-TTh 3:30-4:45
Theater 1314-Acting for Non-Majors-TTh 9:30-10:45
Human Performance 1117-Beginning Ballet-MWF 1:25-2:15
Chapel 1088-Chapel-MW 11:15-12:05
Chapel 1088-University 1000-F 11:15-12:05
(I have no clue whatsoever what University 1000 is...I just know it's required).
Sunday, June 15, 2008
Gaining Wisdom and Spiritual Passion from Older Generations
On one of my previous blogs I wrote a post I titled The Church As Burger King, in which I mentioned briefly, among other things, that "An older Christian adult with much more life experience can give something [to a teenager that] one's peers cannot."
At the end of May I officially graduated from the youth group at my church. This fall I will move to Waco and find a church of my own, but for the summer I needed to find a Sunday School class to go to, so I decided to go with my parents to theirs, The Way and The Word. I have only gone twice but I am absolutely amazed at this class. It mostly consists of couples with children from elementary age to college age, but there are a couple older couple who have no children at home, and of course, there's me, a college student. But despite being the youngest one in the class, I'm already feeling more at home there than I ever did in the youth group. These adults have a spiritual passion that is so contagious. They are more than just a class-they really are a family! They rejoice with those who rejoice and mourn with those who mourn. They constantly lift each other up in prayer. They are incredibly connected. You can't sit through one of there classes without sensing the spiritual passion these people have. They are eager to learn. When the teacher asks for someone to read a passage in the Bible, there is no awkward silence!!! Someone is always willing to read from Scripture, and it's not just the same someones over and over either. And the knowledge they have about Scripture is amazing. Bill Schreyer is the teacher, and he has an incredible wealth of knowledge about the Bible and about history. In youth group, I always had an "I already knew that" during the sermons-not in a bad way, it's just that there wasn't ever much material that I already knew. The opposite is true in this class-I am an "AWANA nerd" and yet I am learning so much every class!
I am loving this class and I am so excited about how much I am going to learn this summer. The adults are amazing. I liked youth group, but it will never compare to this. Of course, the age range is very different, the youth group is much bigger, and many are there simply because their parents bring them-but I hope that one day the youth group will experience the same spiritual passion that this Sunday School class does.
Maybe if teens spent much more time with adults like the ones in this Sunday School class, then youth groups would have more spiritual passion. How can you not see how much these adults love the Lord and NOT want what they have?
At the end of May I officially graduated from the youth group at my church. This fall I will move to Waco and find a church of my own, but for the summer I needed to find a Sunday School class to go to, so I decided to go with my parents to theirs, The Way and The Word. I have only gone twice but I am absolutely amazed at this class. It mostly consists of couples with children from elementary age to college age, but there are a couple older couple who have no children at home, and of course, there's me, a college student. But despite being the youngest one in the class, I'm already feeling more at home there than I ever did in the youth group. These adults have a spiritual passion that is so contagious. They are more than just a class-they really are a family! They rejoice with those who rejoice and mourn with those who mourn. They constantly lift each other up in prayer. They are incredibly connected. You can't sit through one of there classes without sensing the spiritual passion these people have. They are eager to learn. When the teacher asks for someone to read a passage in the Bible, there is no awkward silence!!! Someone is always willing to read from Scripture, and it's not just the same someones over and over either. And the knowledge they have about Scripture is amazing. Bill Schreyer is the teacher, and he has an incredible wealth of knowledge about the Bible and about history. In youth group, I always had an "I already knew that" during the sermons-not in a bad way, it's just that there wasn't ever much material that I already knew. The opposite is true in this class-I am an "AWANA nerd" and yet I am learning so much every class!
I am loving this class and I am so excited about how much I am going to learn this summer. The adults are amazing. I liked youth group, but it will never compare to this. Of course, the age range is very different, the youth group is much bigger, and many are there simply because their parents bring them-but I hope that one day the youth group will experience the same spiritual passion that this Sunday School class does.
Maybe if teens spent much more time with adults like the ones in this Sunday School class, then youth groups would have more spiritual passion. How can you not see how much these adults love the Lord and NOT want what they have?
Sunday, May 18, 2008
Numero Uno
Over this past year, my senior year of high school, I had two blogs. One, Journey to Jacksonville, was to record how God was working in my life through Summit. The other, God Said It Best, was to record my thoughts on lessons God has been teaching me. Now that Summit is over I no longer need that blog, and I've felt a little "stuck" with my other blog, as I feel like I shouldn't write anything "non-spiritual" on it, when many times it is the non-spiritual things of life that lead us to learning spiritual lessons. So I decided I needed just one blog that was my "everything" blog, my life blog. Where I could write about everything going on in my life AND what God was teaching my through that. This blog is it. I will no longer be updating God Said It Best, and will unlikely be updating Journey to Jacksonville once I get finished recording my Summit memories.
The reason I call this blog "Learning Christ's Dance" is twofold. One, I absolutely love dancing, especially ballroom dancing. Dancing is a passion of mine. Second, I firmly believe that life is about Christ. Christ is the center of everything. I absolutely love drawing parallels between life and dance, and the title does just that. See, in ballroom dancing, it is the job of the man to lead the woman. The man decides what the dance will be like, and it is His job to show the woman what He wants the dance to be like. The same way, Christ knows what He wants our lives to look like, and He will lead us to show us what it should be. Now, when a man leads a woman in a dance, he isn't describing everything out loud or demonstrating everything for the woman. He uses little hints-slight changes in body movement-to guide the woman where he wants her to go. So Christ doesn't tell us His plan for our lives outright, but rather guides us in the direction He wants us to go. The woman can mess it up in many ways-trying to lead, ignoring the signals, hesitating, etc. So we can mess up our lives if we don't follow Christ's lead.
This is my purpose on earth-to learn the dance that Christ has choreographed for me and learn to dance it gracefully, following my Lord and Savior as he leads me where He wants me to go and do what He wants me to do. Hopefully, this is what my blog will show-I hope that through everything I write, that the common thread in everything will be learning the dance that Christ has for me.
The reason I call this blog "Learning Christ's Dance" is twofold. One, I absolutely love dancing, especially ballroom dancing. Dancing is a passion of mine. Second, I firmly believe that life is about Christ. Christ is the center of everything. I absolutely love drawing parallels between life and dance, and the title does just that. See, in ballroom dancing, it is the job of the man to lead the woman. The man decides what the dance will be like, and it is His job to show the woman what He wants the dance to be like. The same way, Christ knows what He wants our lives to look like, and He will lead us to show us what it should be. Now, when a man leads a woman in a dance, he isn't describing everything out loud or demonstrating everything for the woman. He uses little hints-slight changes in body movement-to guide the woman where he wants her to go. So Christ doesn't tell us His plan for our lives outright, but rather guides us in the direction He wants us to go. The woman can mess it up in many ways-trying to lead, ignoring the signals, hesitating, etc. So we can mess up our lives if we don't follow Christ's lead.
This is my purpose on earth-to learn the dance that Christ has choreographed for me and learn to dance it gracefully, following my Lord and Savior as he leads me where He wants me to go and do what He wants me to do. Hopefully, this is what my blog will show-I hope that through everything I write, that the common thread in everything will be learning the dance that Christ has for me.
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