May 2011 – JasonDeuman.com

Well . . .

Well . . . May ends today. I did not hit my 70 pages goal. I have about 50 pages in rough draft. But I do have some outline and notes for that right now but me at about 63. That’s pretty stinking close, and when I actually write out the outline and fill inContinue reading “Well . . .”

The Comedy of Christian Faith

I read this tonight in The Comedy of Redemption by Ralph C. Wood: The scandalous Christian affirmation is that the ultimate miracle has, in face, occurred. What Christian faith confesses is that God, in the Jews and Jesus, has perpetuated the most outrageous of tricks, a joke to end all jokes, a surprise beyond all surprises.Continue reading “The Comedy of Christian Faith”

5 Years

My son turns 5 today. Judah Timothy Deuman. 5 years old. I can’t believe it. I’m so incredibly proud of him and who he is becoming. I think that John Lennon song “Beautiful Boy” is incredibly cheesy and yet I completely understand the emotion and love behind it. I love this kid so much andContinue reading “5 Years”

Edit

I have about 50 pages of my thesis in a rough draft. I have to edit it. I’m not looking forward to this process. Editing is painful. Editing requires me to decide what is most important. It requires me to eliminate things that I thought were brilliant but upon further inspection . . . notContinue reading “Edit”

Lighter

Today I weighed myself. I crossed a major threshold. Before we had Judah I was pretty focused on losing weight and getting healthy. I lost a lot of weight. I think I was lighter than I had been since my Jr. Year at Northwest University. I felt great. And I was working to keep losingContinue reading “Lighter”

Humor and Joy

“Humor is the story joy tells.” – Earl Palmer, The Humor of Jesus, 120. I’m deep in my thesis writing. I am writing about Humor as a Prophetic Device, how does humor reveal truth to its audience. Pretty fun topic. The chapter that I am working on right now is trying to provide a defenseContinue reading “Humor and Joy”

Wrestling With Ideas

Writing is hard work. Learning is hardwork. I actually love writing. I actually love learning. For me, every class, every book, every paper that I have to write is an opportunity to play with new ideas to try to figure out how they work, and how they interact with other ideas that are floating aroundContinue reading “Wrestling With Ideas”

Whirlwind weekend

I’ve been crazy busy this weekend. But busy in a good way. On Friday I met my niece, Violet. She’s adorable. We had dinner with my Brother and sister-in-law. On Saturday I had an early breakfast with the head’s of NU’s MATC (Ron Herms) and MAML (Alan Ehler) programs, and the Provost (Jim Heugel), andContinue reading “Whirlwind weekend”

progress

Today, I am at nineteen pages for my fifteen to eighteen page chapter on an overview of the prophets. The good news is that I have have done a lot of research and it has paid off with pages. The bad news is that I know I am going to have to edit this chapterContinue reading “progress”