It’s official. I’m teaching a college class. At an accredited institution, nonetheless. I feel pretty unworthy whenever I think of the PhD shaped void in my life. There’s nothing quite like working on a college campus to give one feelings of degree envy.
There’s no way I’m the best prof on campus. Not even close. But I’m passionate. I’m prepared. And I’m unique. So very unique.
I did a good job sticking to the subject at hand yesterday. Basic Christian Doctrine all the way. But we also touched on some other topics, usually as illustrative points. And those “other topics” make up today’s watchlist.
- Star Wars. Bet you didn’t see that one coming. I actually kicked off the class with a scene from Star Wars Uncut.
- Jay-Z, Kanye and U2. One of my students asked if there would be opportunities to earn extra credit. I told the class I’d give anyone extra credit if they knew Jay Z’s birthday. Nobody did. This then led into my sharing with the class that Jay Z is opening for U2 on their upcoming tour of New Zealand and Australia, and how I need that to happen when the tour the US next summer. Which led to my sharing about the U2 concert I went to in Omaha where Kanye opened. Somewhere in there at least 1/3 of the class started praying for my salvation.
- Pink Floyd. I used the album cover to The Dark Side of the Moon as demonstration of how doing theology is like looking through a prism.
- My Family. Because they are awesome.
- Justin Timberlake. I have very little sympathy for late work, and encouraged my class to just suck it up and take the points deduction like an adult if they hand in work after the due date. I then threatened to sing a the chorus of a certain JT song if they tried to sob story me. But I don’t think I will. That just wouldn’t be gracious or nice.
Tomorrow we have a 75-minute lecture on the Doctrine of Revelation. I prepped it while listening to the DJ Hero soundtrack. The lecture may or may not include the song God 2.o by the Roots. We’ll see if we can squeeze it in. I really have a lot of info and discussion to get through.
It’s going to be a while before the students at this conservative Christian school in the Midwest figure out what to do with me.
Renew and Restore
