If my internet ran any slower it would be 1983.
Read this while doing some reading for Colossians (& Ephesians):
It is Christ, in whom all treasures of knowledge and wisdom are hid (2:3), who is the true Wisdom of God (1Cor. 1:24, 30), who was with God from the beginning and through who and by whom the universe was created (1:15-18; cf. Prov. 8. 22 and Gen. 1:1). But for the Jew, the Wisdom of God is identical with the Torah. In claiming for Christ what has been said of Wisdom, Paul is claiming that he has replaced the Jewish Torah; it is Christ, not the Torah, who is older than creation, the instrument of creation, the principle upon which creation itself depends and to which it coheres. (330)
M. D. Hooker, "Were there False Teachers in Colossae?" in Christ and Spirit in the New Testament, 1973.
University Ministries, cleverly named UMin, here at North Park is using some of my photos from Thailand for their website and other materials. The first picture's up already at their website.
A whole week and I haven't posted. Well, here's a couple of photos from the great weekend in MN. Josh's wedding was great and it was wonderful to see him again. I had a great time seeing old friends and meeting new ones. I feel like my photography has come a ways since I bought my camera. This I feel is the first group of shots that all have a consistent feel to them as you peruse them-- which I think is important. The first shot is of Pete shoveling in some DQ Blizzard and the second is Mark's Bar in McGregor, MN. It's quaint there.