I am now enrolled in the School of Social Conduct....

While I do not consider myself to be an extremely outgoing person, I will admit that I have never found it difficult to make friends.....until now. I am finding it more and more important to develop new friendships and must admit that I am sucking it up big time!

And I blame Seminary.

Four years ago I voluntarily jumped into the this blackhole of society also known as Seminary. A place where people who are complete strangers to you are willing to share their deepset thoughts about life, God and spirituality without ever really knowing you, it's the norm.... Turns out, that's not how the rest of the world works. In fact the rest of the world is the complete opposite. People talk about empty, surface level things and they are ok with it. I'm going to be honest, I'm having a hard time diving into heated discussions about the Bachelor or Lost or American Idol. After talking about the plight of the church and discussing my person theodicy for the past four years, I'm having a hard time rustling up emtion about Simon's harsh words to contestents. Not that one is better then the other, it's just that they do'nt have to much in common.


All this to say that the friends i made in college and Seminary have spoiled me. With them, there is rarely a topic that I feel hesitant to bring up, and for that I thank them from the depths of my soul. And I am sad that the majority of them are now distances away and access to their open hearts is a less frequent thing (except you Brooke, thanks for sticking it out in A-Town with me, so happy you're still around!).

But life changes and we must adapt to the changes. And so for now I will sit and nod my head as I listen totopics I have no clue about hoping that one day I'll be exposed enough to pop culutre that I can follow the general conversations. I think I'm going to sugget and "Re-entry into the real world," class for graduating seminarians.