With Two Ts

This is my first real blog entry on our new blog. With two of us updating here, instead of just one, it should be much easier to stay regular (regular… har har). From the looks of it (see post below, titled “Celibacy“), it seem as though Adam will be more intellectual and I will be more circumstantial in our posting topics. Also, for the record, I think it’s hysterical that this is our family blog about being married and living together and keeping house, etc., etc., and his first post is called “Celibacy“.

At any rate, what’s new with us…?

• Adam is working at a long term Spanish substitute job through the end of the year, and it’s his first big teaching assignment where he gets to make up the lesson plans and administer tests and so on and so forth. It’s been really good experience for him, especially as he hopes to have a full time job teaching high school Spanish next year. Once the school year ends, he’ll work more hours at Starbucks, and do a lot of classes in his graduate program over the summer, and then hopefully start work in August.
• I am working a lot. I drive four days a week, and teach piano the other day. I’ve been playing a lot at Sojourn lately, as well as working on my solo stuff. I’m planning on recording a new album this year, if all goes well, and I’ve been slowly getting momentum with writing and am looking forward to seeing more of what comes out of me creatively.
• Adam and I are going to be attending and serving at the new St Matthews Sojourn site, and it’s been really good to go and get to know some people and worship with them. It’s been exciting to find people that live close to our neighborhood! We are looking forward to spending time getting to know new friends and be more involved in reaching out to our neighborhood.
• We planted some tomatoes! Last year, we didn’t do much with our yard, and this year it’s been fun to get things situated and looking more “kept”. Adam did a lot of work laying down weed paper and mulch, and the front yard landscaping looks really great. We’ve got a lot of hostas and a couple of really big azalea bushes, and two white dogwood trees. In the back, we have a row of evergreens, and we planted some tomatoes in a little plot right next to them: our first garden. I’m excited. We waited a little longer to put them in the ground than we should have because of time constraints, so two of them are almost certainly not going to make it, but I’ll replace those two once I’m sure that they’re dead.

I think that’s about it for now. For pictures of us, check out our Flickr page. We just got a new camera, and we’re planning on being a lot more diligent in taking pictures and posting them here

That’s all for now, it’s getting late and I’m going to bed. ‘Night folks!

So, I was listening to NPR today and they were having a discussion about celibacy among priests in the Catholic Church. As someone who aligns himself with a Protestant denomination, I clearly am in favor of church leaders being free to marry if they feel so led. I do however see the wisdom of the Catholic Church in allowing married men to become priests, but not allowing unmarried priests to get married. It seems that the logical and traditional way of raising up leaders in the church from the first days was not placing 25-year-old seminary graduates as leaders of a church that they have never visited before. Leaders should be raised up from within. There’s nothing wrong with missionaries who leave their hometown to start churches in new places or even sending those who feel called to lead off to seminary, but it seems that those who desire to be leaders should be trained by those who are the leaders in the church that they are a part of.

Also, if priests are taking a vow of celibacy, this isn’t something that they are merely doing for church leaders, but a vow they are making before God. If they confess to be church leaders who believe in God and they make a vow to Him, then they should stick to it.

In the end, however, it is not up to me to judge a man’s conscience. And I definitely don’t get to judge the Roman Catholic Church. But I hope that whatever comes of this happens because it is the right decision and not because it is the most convenient option.

So, we’re just getting started with this. Check back for a real blog post soon! In the mean time, check out the links over to the side.