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se it takes to see schools improved for all children maybe they could start a campaign and call it no child left behind or something catchy like that talk of the war was typical he seemed to be begging a bit like a man desperate for one more chance to prove himself i just don t know if he s going to get it this time he is sure going to try though and if his demeanor reveals anything it seems like his confidence in himself and his ideas aren t lacking we ll see what happens as he faces major dissent not only from a democratically controlled congress but from a doubtful public as well so that s my spin on the state of the union and did you see senator webb s opposition response wow that was pretty intense i couldn t tell if he was going to swallow the cameraman alive or burst in to tears it seemed like it could go either way posted by paulicus 7 11 pm 0 comments the state of the union can i just say how much i love the state of the union it s one of the more incredible things about our country it s a night of mutual respect from two opposing parties it s a night of respect for an office and a form of government that celebrates the separation of powers and a brilliant system of checks and balances just some useless trivia that makes it even more cool the president cannot come until he s invited that s right he has to be invited because he isn t allowed to enter the house chamber without explicit permission from congress all the branches of government are there and each play a distinct part the president s party members stand and ovate over and over again the opposing party stands and claps at times as well what is really cool are some of the other players the joint chiefs and other members of the military are there they stand and clap when the president talks of issues of war and foreign affairs they specifically do not stand and clap when the president speaks of domestic matters because it isn t appropriate for the military to involve itself in domestic affairs the justices of the supreme court are present too however they do not typically stand and clap because it is believed that the court must keep an appearance of impartiality now how cool is all that there is a decorum and a respect it doesn t mean individuals don t have their own opinions it simply means that those individual opinions give way to respect for the roles and offices of our government side note woohoo the president just mentioned taking action in darfur sweet now he s quoting scripture and talking about those who are hugry and needy and those dying of aids in africa this is the good part of the speech anyway another cool part of the speech is that the president is never mentioned by name in his introduction by the sargent at arms to his welcoming by the speaker of the house he is recognized simply as the president of the united states and people on both sides of the aisle clap and cheer and smile and shake his hand because of such great respect for the office how cool is that usually the president recognizes regular people who do extraordinary things as part of his speech its sort of a pat on america s back and is always good for chills or a lump in the throat interestingly these people are referred to as lenny skutnicks because lenny was the first one of these regular people back in 1982 finally this particular state of the union is even more cool because it is the first time a female has welcomed the president as speaker of the house and she even got her own standing ovation that s just awesome i ll talk more about the specifics of the speech in a later post but when you see what happens on this night you just have to smile and give props to this great country we live in posted by paulicus 6 47 pm 0 comments sunday january 21 2007 oh dear an alarming chain of events is unfolding or has unfolded at southwestern baptist theological seminary in ft worth i won t go into all the details here as that has been done more succinctly than i could ever hope to do but i will hit the highlights in 2002 sheri klouda was hired as a professor of hebrew in the seminary s school of theology since that time she been praised by students and colleagues as a fine academician and teacher in addition to that she has been published several times over nevertheless she was refused tenure when the time came saw her class load reduced to nothing and so was eventually forced out by the administration of the seminary based on the history i ve seen the only thing you can fault dr klouda for is her timing she had the misfortune of being unanimously approved for hire by the trustees of the seminary a year before paige patterson was elected as president despite his assurances to the contrary it seems that it has been his mission from the beginning to get rid of klouda and to free the school of theology from the taint of having women serve in the role of professor in his estimation it is unscriptural for a woman to teach a man and so not befitting the seminary to have a female serve as a professor in this particular school true there are other women faculty at southwestern but none teaching theology i take major issue with president patterson over this situation true no professor is ever guaranteed tenure that is the nature of working in an institution of higher learning nevertheless there is no attempt to shift the blame of her not receiving tenure to anything other than her gender so then a person who was unanimously approved for a position by the trustees of the institution finds herself out of a job not because of the quality of her work but because god in his infinite foreknowledge made her a woman wade burleson does a great job of laying out the history and the facts of the case he also does a fine job of exegeting scripture in looking into the issue of women teaching men and serving in positions of leadership inside and outside of the church while others have chimed in i link solely to his blog as he has proven himself to be a seeker of facts unwilling to bend to the political machine that is the sbc you can follow the trail from there paige as quoted in a baptist press article uses i timothy 2 12 in relaying his belief about the diminished role of women in the church not that he would refer to it like that wade does a great job of pointing out the inability to be absolute in our understanding of that passage as it is built on a word from the greek authority that is not found in any classical greek or literature of the day in other words we are merely interpreting here and cannot say with absolute certainty what paul was saying when he said that women must not teach or have authority over a man it certainly opens a door for the possibility that his instruction was contextual and not universal second paige goes on to say that the highest calling of a woman is as mother and grandmother i have to say that this is quite alarming what does that say to the many women who will never be married or to those will not ever be able to have children what is the purpose of their lives better yet what of those who are not yet mothers and grandmothers are they simply biding their time because they cannot know their true purpose until then i m sure paige would say i m putting words in his mouth or exaggerating his statement but what i m doing is asking logical questions based on the statements and i wonder where he can find the scripture to back up what he s saying the truth is that the new testament is full of stories of women serving valuable roles in the ministry of jesus and in the early church they didn t just sit at home and raise the kids they engaged the culture in ministry teaching and serving for the cause of the christ i think i m alarmed by this turn of events because i consider myself blessed to have known some pretty incredible women in my life when he talks of women as second classes citizens in the hierarchy of the church i think first of my own wife incredibly gifted with wisdom and leadership abilities i think of other women i ve known like kim and natalie and rachel and rikki and alicia and pam the names may mean nothing to you but to me they represent women of wisdom who have each taught me quite a lot and even provided leadership in my life god forbid i also think of some of the women who came through my ministry as teenagers they were young women at the time but even then it was easy to see the anointing god had placed on them girls like rachel and holly and julie and becca and ashley and beth ann they were leaders in our group then and they are a value to the church whether they ever get married and have children or not i have to scratch my head in wonder at a god who empowers and equips such people and then holds back their abilities to serve because it violates the order of things why give them such great skills of leadership and never let them use it in the most significant entity on the planet the truth is that the church speaks out of both sides of her mouth on this issue we speak of proper roles for men and women and yet seem perfectly fine to let the wives moms wear the spiritual pants in the family if they weren t around imagine the condition our already battered families and churches would be in i m open to a healthy debate of these things but when men begin to speak in absolute terms as if their interpretation is the be all end all i begin to wonder if healthy debate is even possible i ve mentioned this before but for far too long we ve had all the answers in the church we know absolutely the correct interpretation of every passage our systematic theology is as inerrant as the word of god itself the powers that be have effectively said there s our side and the wrong side which side are you on it s time to take a fresh look at scripture specifically on this issue and ask some hard questions what instruction of the new testament is contextual and what is universal why does god seem to so equip these women if having them use their gifts is sinful how much of what we believe is really just the effects of thousands of years of living in a male dominated culture how relevant will a church be that doesn t allow women into positions of leadership when we see them leading so often in secular society i m sorry this post has been so scattered i wanted to get something down before the moment passed but haven t really been able to fully think through everything i just have so many questions and so much doubt about the state of the church i ve always known posted by paulicus 8 03 pm 6 comments ch ch changes i m trying hard to break out of the funk i wrote about a few weeks back in some ways i m getting there in other ways i m still mired in the muck i mentioned back then that one of the main reasons for being stuck in the rut was there was a lot up in the air i wasn t very specific then but now i can be just a little more first back in november my wife and i became apartment dwellers again we hadn t lived in an apartment since our first year of marriage and the transition back was difficult especially in light of the fact that this apartment was in a college town which always drops the median age and maturity by a decade or two generally speaking the place is nice but we have missed our house our home we built that one from the ground up well not personally but you get the idea we picked out the colors chose the floor plan and added in all the features that we wanted many times we got frustrated because our house was less than perfect but in the end we were sad to say good bye as it was truly ours nevertheless convenience and logic dictated that we sell it and move to norman so my wife could be closer to school as being a phd student demands all of your time usually in random chunks that make it hard to commute such a distance so we made the move however apartment life is difficult to return to when you ve had your own house you give up your garage your privacy your peace and so much more at the time an apartment seemed best as we weren t sure what the future held for us and we were fearful of making a long term commitment in norman but in the past few weeks we ve gotten a peace about finding a house i ll save the details for you whether its buying or renting timing location and all that stuff but the point is that there is a sense of resolution now regarding making norman our home and i think that makes both of us breathe a little easier another major holding pattern going on in life had to do with my job for the past year i ve worked at a small medium sized state agency as their network administrator i have enjoyed my time there and it was good therapy following my season in ministry but it felt like it was time for a change computer work is something i ve been good at which is nice because it pays pretty well but it s not exactly a passion of mine and i spend my time doing it usually to pay the bills that s a difficult thing when you re trying hard to not get caught in the cycle of just doing a job for the money which could easily have become the case there add to that my commute literally from the far south side of norman to the north side of okc and the time for change seemed to be quickly upon me fortunately an opportunity opened up at ou and so in two weeks i will begin a new position there it s strange how things worked out i didn t seek the position and yet as i learned more about the job i began to see it as something i could get passionate about it is still in the it realm but it is much less hands on technical support and more management i will be overseeing all the student labs on campus i ve yet to see a single one but they tell me there are about 100 of them ranging in size and scope i ll be supervising all the lab employees which will be a great experience for me and will give me the chance to work with students again the it department in the process of trying to re think their computer labs and work to make them fresh and exciting and visioneering is definitely a passion of mine ou is one of the top 10 wired campuses in the country and was ranked on the list of the top 100 places to work in it in the business world so the environment is awesome and so i m very very excited about this new work that i ll be doing i m sad to leave the wonderful people i ve worked with you couldn t ask for better co workers but in the end this will be a good change so as you can see some major life stuff has now been settled and that helps to stir me from my funk we ll see what comes from here peace paul posted by paulicus 7 35 pm 0 comments who to root for well i m wrestling through the quandary of trying to figure out who to root for in the super bowl in two weeks both teams i care about have now officially been eliminated dallas was officially eliminated when they lost to seattle in the first week of the playoffs they were effectively eliminated back on december 10th when they were embarrassed by the saints at home 42 17 and shown to be the pretenders that they 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