It would not be funny if I said that Rick Warren was the ‘Rick’ in ‘Rickshaw Rally’

Just a little something to think and mull over….

A Christian Thing

UPDATE: The contents of the following post concerned a post by Pastor Rick Warren that has been deleted on the afternoon of 24 September 2013. It also coincided with an apology on Sam Tsang’s blog, Engage the Pews, which Tsang has accepted and on which he has written further reflections. Following the examples of other bloggers such as Sam Tsang, Kathy Khang (More Than Serving Tea) and Wm. Darius Myers (Death Pastor), we will be leaving this post up in order to maintain the integrity of the public record. After all, contrary to the comment by L2 Foundation’s D.J. Chuang that appeared on all of our respective blogs that the post was ‘immediately and personally removed’ by Warren, we acknowledge that while the apology may have been personal and may indeed be encouraging for a catholic way forward, a response following two business days is not ‘immediate.’ Indeed…

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Wow…

A quick update since I’m finishing up my quals* (FINALLY).  It has definitely been a long time since I’ve updated this blog (or even logged in), but I have not completely forgotten about this place I have claimed as my little platform on the internet.  So much has happened in the one year and five months since I’ve last posted (yikes, has it really been this long? I guess it has).  I will do my best to update once I’ve passed my quals with a quick recap of each month starting since that last April 2012.

Wish me luck!

*quals = Qualification Exam

Qualification Exam

Noun

1) The exam that all aspiring PhD students must pass in order to achieve candidacy in receiving the degree of Philosophiae Doctor (PhD).  While this exam will vary from field to field and department/program to department/program, there generally consists of (a) a general knowledge portion where the student demonstrates their breadth of knowledge in their field of study and (b) a mock research-grant portion where the student demonstrates their depth of knowledge in a specific subject/field

Alternate definitions from a graduate student:
2) The war battle that all aspiring PhD students must fight through at some point in order to continue their graduate careers.
3) The hell that all mad scientists must go through in order to begin their dreams of world domination changing the world.