A post on a more practical note now: What on earth have I been up to? (see the post category)

So those sharp-eyed enough to spot the other Relay-related posts on here, there’s a brief description of what I’m doing for the year there. Thought I’d give you all a little update on what actual things I’ve actually been doing recently as well.

Studying
Part of the Relay program involves self-directed study on some core Christian beliefs. The first part of the study module has been on ‘The nature of God in Trinity’. I’ve written a long, waffling study response for this which is a little too wordy to put up here, but a slightly better summary of it is done by Mike Reeves if you’re interested (and you should be! Its amazing stuff!). It’s been pretty awesome studying it as well, as even though its sometimes seen as the technical reserve of very boring people (’socially constipated monks’ – Reeves), and the book we’re reading on it is also quite in depth, Trinity is actually a really fascinating thing to look at, and has really deep implications for our relationship with God and our christian lives.

The second thing I’ve been looking at in the study is Historical Theology, or ‘What did dead people think about God?’ It seems pointless but it’s also been really interesting (and I love CS Lewis so much I’m going to link to him again on the subject.)

Another thing I do as a relay worker is meet with students one-to-one for coffee and Bible-study. In fact one of them has just arrived, so I’ll finish my summary of my life some other time. Catch you soon!