burning like matchsticks in the face of the darkness

Stupid night owl friends.  I went to bed so past my bedtime last night.  And only got halfway through my RED reading.  (The rest of which I finished at work -- by lunchtime, no less.  Woot!)  I actually got up with my alarm, which I have not managed in ages.  Go me!

( gym )

RED class had a section discussion afterward which lasted until 10:15 (class is 7:45-9:35).  It was better in some ways than the bigger class discussion, but still not all that satisfying.  I'm definitely learning stuff from the discussions, and not just from the prof and the TA, and I'm definitely glad I'm taking the class (and it could so easily be exponentially worse), and I think part of the purpose of the class is to make us better at having these discussions.  There will be a post, but hi, sleep.

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Rest and Bread ("Rest")

The Psalm was 55:1-9.
The Sacred Text was from Isaiah (chapter 30, v.15-18? ... included rest and horses).
In her Reflection, Laura Ruth read from the Isaiah aloud again and commented that, "our busyness chases after us."
She read the Sabbath commandment from the 10 Commandments.  She read the one that talks about how God rested on the seventh day.  When I talked to her afterward, I said that Tiffany's been talking about Sabbath, and that she had talked about how there are the two version of the Ten Commandments -- the one Laura Ruth read and the one that says they should honor the Sabbath because they used to be slaves, and slaves don't get a day off, but they are free now ... and how I find that so powerful -- WE ARE A LIBERATED PEOPLE.

I was reminded today that the Harvard Extension School catalog is up (it's one the emails I got while I was away, and when catching up on Friday I shunted it aside).

I can has Intro Econ!

ECON E-10a Principles of Economics - Fall term (10062)
Siddiq M. Abdullah, PhD, Professor of Management, Pine Manor College.
Tuesdays beginning Sept. 16, 7:35-9:35 pm, Harvard Hall, Room 201. ( course description )

I was considering taking HIST E-1915 Africa and Africans: The Making of a Continent in the Modern World (12991)
Caroline Elkins, PhD, Hugo K. Foster Associate Professor of African Studies, Harvard University.
Online only, beginning Sept.15. ( course description ) but I think I'm gonna be lame and just read the texts on the syllabi (admittedly that means no coursepacket for me) and actually enroll in RELI E-1505 Religion, Education, and Democracy (13202)
Diane L. Moore, PhD, Professor of the Practice in Religious Studies and Education, Harvard Divinity School.
Fall term: Wednesdays beginning Sept. 17, 7:35-9:35 pm, Sever Hall, Room 203. ( course description )

ANTS has their courses up as well, and though there are very few distance learning courses to choose from, I'm stoked about the prospect of taking

THEO 637F
[EL] Process Theology
William Russell Pregeant
( course description )

Except . . . seeking out their forms, registration was apparently Aug. 4-15. Le sigh.