What I want out of grad school: a learning experience that lets me plunge as deeply as I'd ever care to go into the topic of my choice, and brings me out the other side with a new perspective. Also, I have a hunch that I'm going to need a master's degree sooner or later for job-related reasons, and for personal reasons which I won't get into on livejournal (interested parties may feel free to email me) I would rather go to grad school sooner than later on in my life.
What I want out of a church, honestly, is to have my old church back, but here instead of back in NY.
Since that's not possible, here's what else I want out of a church, and what my old church gave me that I haven't found yet while I've been at college:
1.) A christian-supportive environment. In case you haven't noticed, the college itself isn't swarming with Christians, and the few that are there tend to be afraid to speak up about it in classes because their beliefs are sometimes ridiculed, and mostly just misunderstood. It's hard to continue believing in something where everyone else around you, even if they're personally supportive of your religious choices, don't personally support your religious choices.
2.) A place where it's not only okay to ask questions of God and the beauracracy of the church's inner mechanisims and yourself, but expected.
3.) A place where being a Chrisitan is not viewed as a liscence to act pious, but as a duty to try and be the best person that one is capable of.
What an interesting way to phrase that.
Also, I have a hunch that I'm going to need a master's degree sooner or later for job-related reasons, and for personal reasons which I won't get into on livejournal (interested parties may feel free to email me) I would rather go to grad school sooner than later on in my life.
What I want out of a church, honestly, is to have my old church back, but here instead of back in NY.
Since that's not possible, here's what else I want out of a church, and what my old church gave me that I haven't found yet while I've been at college:
1.) A christian-supportive environment. In case you haven't noticed, the college itself isn't swarming with Christians, and the few that are there tend to be afraid to speak up about it in classes because their beliefs are sometimes ridiculed, and mostly just misunderstood. It's hard to continue believing in something where everyone else around you, even if they're personally supportive of your religious choices, don't personally support your religious choices.
2.) A place where it's not only okay to ask questions of God and the beauracracy of the church's inner mechanisims and yourself, but expected.
3.) A place where being a Chrisitan is not viewed as a liscence to act pious, but as a duty to try and be the best person that one is capable of.