To anyone who reads this blog with any regularity, my apologies for the prolonged absence. Things have been something of a whirlwind lately. Two weeks ago, I graduated from graduate school and immediately afterward, my wife and I left for a much needed vacation in Puerto Rico where we camped on the pristine–and tiny–island of Culebra for a week. Outside of that, some profound sadness to report. My good friend (one of my best, in fact) Wei, who had been facing deportation back to his home country of Malaysia for some time now due to a technicality in his work visa, was forced to return home because of the sudden sickness, and, I’m sad to report, untimely death of his mother. This departure from the U.S. effectively ended his immigration appeal process leaving him in Malaysia indefinitely, and leaving me without one of my dearest friends. You can peek at his blog “Torn Notebook” for a bit more about, and a window into the head of Wei.
Other exciting news involving a possible adoption for my wife and I (as soon as August!!) has all combined to leave my world a bit topsy-turvy at the moment. In addition, we’re launching our new high school and middle school aged summer adventure camps in a couple of weeks so you’re prayers would be greatly appreciated on that front as well.
Some time ago, I promised excerpts from my Masters dissertation called “A Longing for Home; Rethinking a Biblical Ecological Worldview” which will be forthcoming–likely to keep you busy during my absence at camp through June and July. I’m pleased with it. My new understanding on how the first century Jewish audiences of Jesus, Paul and John may have understood the concept of a ”new heavens and new earth” has left me feeling inspired, guilty and indeed, stupider for my (and the collective Christian) lack of understanding of the complex Hebrew worldview. Hopefully expansion of the project will be enough to keep me busy through the rest of my Ph.D. studies.
So there you have it. Please keep visiting. As I said, I will be taking a brief hiatus during most of June and the first half of July, but I’ll try to fill this space during that time nonetheless. Thanks for your patience and keep looking for more here.
