Play that Funky Music, White Boy!

Happy Friday yet again!

As another week has passed, it's been fun and somewhat unusual here in Columbus. The one word that best describes me thus far is "funky." I haven't been sleeping well (although, after I changed my sheets, this has improved!), the weather's been odd, and I have just felt "in a funk!" Not bad, not good, just funky! Who knows...

On the exciting news front, I learned I'll be spending January in Geneva, Switzerland taking a class on Ecumenism through the ELCA and the Lutheran World Federation, which is headquartered there. I'm excited for this opportunity, and look forward to another travel experience.

I've been busy this week talking with family members about a project called a "genogram," which takes a look at your family tree to find connections and social trends in terms of family relationships, emotional relationships, problem behaviors, etc. It's been a fun journey, and I found out there's a lot I didn't know or have forgotten about my own family history. This geneaology stuff is kind of fun. Thanks to those of you who have helped out!

I'm in a hoppy mood, so I thought I would fill you in on yet another weird alignment of the planets. My friend Jes King happened to invite me with a bunch of other seminarians to a senior couple's home for dinner a few weeks ago. Three of the people there were alums of Wittenberg University, another ELCA School. As part of the evening, we watched a video some of them had made back in their Campus Ministry days there! As I was watching the end credits, the name of the campus pastor in the video struck me. Where did I know a Rachel Tune? Then, it clicked! I had rememebed the name from the wall at Our Savior's in Jackson. Rachel Sandum Tune was one of the photos of our own church's daughters who had gone to serve the church. I mentioned to Jes that I thought this Rachel Tune was likely the one I knew from my church. She e-mailed her, and alas, she had known about me. She had read an article about me either in the Jackson County paper or OSLC News n Notes. Neat, huh! Even cooler, is that she is one of the people in charge of the church money I'm supposed to be getting (there's been some tape to pull back because I'm in Columbus, not St. Paul) and wants to meet me when she preaches at Trinity in early December! Oh, the small world of Lutherans.

Another fun aside this week has been my addiction to Scrabble. I've found fun on the webpage www.scrabulous.com, and even though my record's not quite as good as it is against my mom ;-), it is still fun to play. You can also play me on facebook! How about that! I'm welcoming anyone to play me in a game!

I'm gonna cut this short for now, more will be posted toward the end of the weekend. However, I'm going to add a new video of the week feature. I came upon this while on youtube, and found it too good to pass up! Happy Augie Homecoming, and I'm sorry I can't be there, Class of '07! Peace,