La Journée en France

I was talking to a friend of mine the other day and she asked me if I did much writing, writing all sorts of things from loose thoughts to.. what's the other extreme?! Whatever it is I don't think I do it. Point is that we started talking about blogging and as a result she has made a blog of her own! Yay! It did take some persuading but it worked - however, now I feel bad about neglecting this site here. I've probably lost you two readers I had but I hope to start this up again.

I'm going to France for half a year. I got a job in a restaurant (or I might become the chauffeur - to be decided upon arrival) in Marseille 'dans la vieux pont.' (red. "on the old harbour.") I'm expecting to learn French fluently which I've already studied for 2 years in high school and with which I'm completely taken! [smile]

Goodness me, I have an oral Danish exam tomorrow that I'm completely unprepared for! Shame, 'cos I've plenty to write about, but I'll save it for another time - and yes, that'll be soon..

Thought of the month: why does an otherwise healthy christian upbringing so often result in a narrow-minded, perspective-lacking inability to relate to 'the (dangerous) world'? Why do we as a church accept that our function in the society has been marginalised so - why are we petrified to take part in the society around us. Why are we being taught at church that "there are certain cafés that are riddled, so don't set foot in that place lest your bodily functions are completely taken over by the Devil!" [slightly exaggerated, yes.. I am frustrated but I do know it] What is this defensive mentality as if the Kingdom has to remember to lock the Pearly Gates at night 'cos otherwise the Almighty King will let His city be overrun just to teach the inhabitants a lesson. And why is the brain banned inside the main meeting hall? Aaaand why are we so afraid to give an objective overview of church history? Is it really so necessary to gloss everything remotely to do with christianity-cos-I-once-heard-that-he-was-christian-no-not-just-like-pop-christian-but-really-born-again-and-stuff-so-he's-a-hero-and-we-owe-it-to-him-to-buy-his-record? And why has no-one told the students who are being intellectually battered everyday that we don't have to defend God like there's no tomorrow? That it is necessary to face your doubts? hmpf