great weekend

it was partially a blur, but the two sermons yesterday went absolutely great. after the morning sermon, lindsay, who has developed a knack for giving me great constructive sermon criticism, said it was "my best sermon ever." that's high praise, i tell ya! then, after the evening sermon, she said she might've liked that sermon even better! the Lord blessed me with a couple of passages that i was really passionate about and i think that has a lot to do with the preaching. the to-do's of last week were hectic, but it was good. tonight, i have to write a paper on my theology of preaching and i think it will be influenced by my experiences from yesterday.

after the paper, the week will be blessedly light and then we're off to the cabin in the smokies for a weekend with my mom, stepdad and his parents, and my stepsister (though she'll have to leave saturday). we're excited for the getaway. i hope it will propel me through the last few weeks of the semester. i looked at the syllabus for that hebrew class this summer (exegesis of exodus) and it's not actually terribly daunting.