Midterm sickness

It is very unfortunate that midterms have to fall during the time of the year when everyone seems to get sick. The bug that has been going around school has been majorly affecting students on campus. They are kept from their jobs and it has a negative affect on their school work and attendance. Now is the time when we all need our strength to study and do our homework so as to pass our classes, but it is hard when everyone around you seems to be getting sick and even passing along the sickness. I believe it would be in the best interest of all the students if we helped one another out during this time. Those that are healthy to take care of the sick, especially if one of your roommates is sick. It is part of our Christian duty to take care of those in need.

Guess what I found out?

I found out recently that when our student handbook changed, the school newspaper was told NOT to run a story informing the students of the changes. What was the change that the newspaper wanted to cover? That it was no longer against the rules for students over 21 to drink alochol in moderation during the spring/winter break and during the summer (which changed from no drinking, ever, as an enrolled undergraduate student). Now, I don't get why anyone would want to drink anyway, but I do wonder how many changes happen that we aren't told about. Why the censorship?

Bambino!

I've been thinking about children lately. specifically, children in single parent homes. It's so sad-I see so many single moms these days. It just sickens me to think of those poor children who have to be raised without a father in their lives. Kids just don't have a fighting chance. Abortion, because it is legal, is happening ALL the time, and only makes the situation worse! Moms think they can go out and have sex with whoever they want. If they don't want to keep the baby, they just have an abortion. But then their biological clocks start ticking and they decide they want to keep the baby and wham! another child is brought into a terrible and unfair home situation. single moms are just incapable of giving a child what he or she needs. They so often go off and party and leave their child with a day care provider without thinking twice about it. It shouldn't be legal for single parents to have children (unless its a situation where a spouse died). When my grandma was in her 20s there were no single moms-people were married or they got married once they had a child together. That is how it should be. and if that isn't an option the child should be put up for adoption.

MILK! and cookies??

So...I think I was supposed to post on this thing like two weeks ago...oops! Sorry, so many more important things to do. Did anyone see Sean Penn's AMAZING speech last night at the Oscars? Wow, definitely a man to inspire the masses. What's even better is that while he isn't gay himself, he really just believes in the movement to make all have equal rights! Personally, I think as Christians, we should be embracing all walks of life...we do anyways right? You know that person that sits next to you in church every week cheats on her taxes every year? Or that man you work with lies all the time? Oh and that friend of yours that you take care of every week when she comes home drunk, yeah that's what we call loving an alcoholic. Isn't it interesting how we can CHOOSE to love some people despite their life choices, but for others we immediately put up the wall. Sounds very Christ-like to me. I still remember that quote from Ghandi once, "I like your Christ, but I don't like your Christians." Hmmm...a little food for thought.

- Liberal Lucy

Truth or Consequence

My hermeneutics teacher brought up something interesting on Friday. He asked the class what happens when we sin. The class came up with the usual, "God is disappointed," and "We have to repent." And he said, "What does the Bible say?" The class came up with all of these passages that have to do with our sin already being forgiven and that we won't be judged on our sin. He then prodded us further: "Then what happens when we sin?" A girl in the class raised her hand, "perhaps when we sin, there are no cosmic consequences, but only the consequences that naturally occur when we do something wrong. Lying means getting caught and having to apologize, stealing means having to go to jail. Maybe the Bible is simply the best way to live." The teacher nodded his head and said, "What are we so afraid of in sin if we are in Jesus?"

I'm afraid that this will give people license to go crazy and break the rules if they think they are forgiven from the start. Guidelines are in place for a reason! What will happen if people are content with settling for the natural consequences?

Touchy Feeliness

As Valentine's Day just passed, I began to wonder about the need to clearly clarify the rules for dating and even non-dating couple's amount and type of physical contact with each other. I love seeing all the adorable couples around campus holding hands and looking all cute but it seems that each individual has their own perception of how far, physically, is acceptable. As one of those couples at a Christian college, I often get confused on what is acceptable and what is not to each individual. For example, one time I saw this couple in one of the boy's dorm lobbies. They were all hugging each other and teasing each other. Their friendly atmosphere was interrupted when someone with a little authority in that dorm came over to them and said they were in trouble for "awkward cuddling." Without the rules for physical contact clearly defined, it is often easy to misstep, especially when everyone has different ideas of what is acceptable and what isn't. Couples at our college need to be able to know their limitations so that they do not have to worry about getting in trouble for showing their feelings for the other person in a physical matter. I would rather see the happiness of couples on campus or the stressed out, upset couples that fight.

This is My Space

We have our own personal. And we choose to invite people in our space, well those whom deserve to come in. Our space can include the chair we sit in class, our bed at school, dressing room etc. Space is important!!! People around the world should respect it! Let me just tell you about an invasion of space I had yesterday. I was at the mall and I was trying on dresses, you know just preparing for my Friday. I was talking to my friend whom worked at the store and she brought me out this dress to try on that I thought was horrible. Like talk about ruining my DIVA status. Well I tried it on anyway. Well even after I tried it on I was still not feeling the dress. Well I came back out of the dressing and this lady who was shopping with her sister and niece. I was complaining to my friend and the lady joined us in our conversation. So my friend gave me another dress. But as I was trying on the dress my DIVA sense came on and I knew it was NOT going to WORK as I was putting it on. I told my friend that the dress just was not rockin’ and that lady came BUSTING into my dressing room. She adjusted my dress. So I told she better get to steppin and back up off me! She told me that I shouldn’t have an attitude! Then she insulted my new pair of boots and called them man boots. I told her she wouldn’t know a good pair of boots if they hit her in the face. I told her I was going to hit her in the face if she didn’t stop talkin’ at me. She told me I wasn’t gonna hit anybody. So I took out my ear rings and told my friend to hold em’ and the lady saw I was serious and backed off. Just because I’m a sister and so is she does not give her a right to come in my dressing room and invade my space like that. SHE DON’T KNOW ME! People all around the world respect people’s space!

True Love?

Good evenin' y'all!
This weekend I went to see a movie with my momma. We don't get out too often, but decided to treat ourselves to day off, and watched He's Just Not That Into You. She and I were both very disappointed! As you probably know the movie follows people who were either looking for someone to love or were in a relationship. It is really sad to think that people believe that they can find their soul mate by dating.
Let me tell you guys, that is NOT the way God would have wanted it. God doesn't want us dressing up all fancy and polishing our belt buckles to go to dinner with a guy until suddenly, we find The One. I think he would want us to be pursed by a guy through courtship, like they did in the Bible. A guy shouldn't call a girl before he talks to her dad and asks if he can court her. The guy and gal should be friends first! They should never be alone together as this only creates temptations. They should be friends, and ask each other what they are looking for in a spouse.
People in that movie were dating when they weren't ready to be married. Why else would you date? There is no point unless you want to settle down and have a family, right? The guys and gals in that movie were reckless, they gave themselves away to people who didn't really care about them. One of them even LIVED with her boyfriend of seven years before they got married!
I wish people understood that dating is wrong and that courtship is really the way to go. If you want to know about it read a book called I Kissed Dating Goodbye by Joshua Harris.

Thinking outside of the box

I am currently a student at a Christian University too. When I first stepped my little black stiletto on campus I thought it was great that I was going to be able to be surrounded by Christian friends, be apart of a Christian environment, and eventually become a pastor. I never questioned why we weren't aloud to drink, or have sex, it just was the way it was. As I have gotten older, and in my opinion wiser, throughout the last few years it seems as though everything I hoped for in the beginning I now despise. Here is why:

Why should we just be told something and believe it? Why is it not OK to drink? Why should I not have sex with my ever so dreamy fiance, I mean we are spending the rest of our lives together right? As far as my theology goes do I really believe everything I have been taught? What about the major "hype" we have been hearing over the past year of Oprah's church? I love Yoga, is that wrong?

It is easy to get into a Christian box, and never question, never wonder, and become a strict regimented robot who only believes what they are told and does not search anywhere else. However, as I have continued to find my solid footing over the past 42 months I have found that sometimes you need a little Oprah, a little yoga, a little worship, a little sermon, and a little (or big) glass of white wine. It seems as though all that combined is my recipe for a great life, and religion.

Pretty Snowflakes Falling on My Head

Hello everyone,

I am Gentle Jeanie, a romantic and kind-hearted soul upon this beautiful and wonderfully made earth.

Oh, um, anyways, did anyone see the beautiful snowfall that fell on the campus the other day? It was very pretty. The preciousness of it all was the snowball fights between all the boyfriends and girlfriends. So cute! God was blessing our wonderful Christian campus by allowing snow to fall and us to enjoy it. Thank you, Lord, and please continue blessing our school. :)

Who are you representing?

ATTENTION DIVA's:

As a DIVA's we all want to look good and represent right? But we always must remember who are representing. As Christian DIVA's we should not be walking around all boobalicious or bootylicious. I mean I love a good pair of Apple Bottom Jeans and I do have boots with fur but I remember that first and foremost I represent Jesus then my fellow DIVA's. DIVA's you should not be dressing for that brother sitting behind you. If he is a good brother then he should want your mind and not what is below your waste. Think about it DIVA's next time you put on a outfit look in the mirror and ask what is it representing: your true self or your need for attention. Being a DIVA doesn't mean you should dress all scandolous but being a DIVA means you love yourself and others. DIVA is the version of a woman with respect for herself. Tyra says to look in the mirror and take off an accesory but Drea says to look in the mirror and ask who does this outfit represent?

Always Being a DIVA for Jesus,
Dramatic Drea

Godly Teaching

Hey y'all!
This is the first post in the chapel chicks blog, and I'm excited to start our conversations off with a bang! I'm not the type to sugar coat things, and I tend to be very opinionated, so don't be offended if I sound harsh at times.

As a student at a Christian University, I want education that is presented in a godly way. I LOVE that professors open every class with prayer, and that they have the freedom to do so. I think it is wonderful that students are required to take Bible and Theology classes along with their major courses. In my opinion, every class should incorporate Christianity in some way. After all, we came to a christian University to learn from a christian point of view, not from people who do not old the same values we do. When it comes to the subject of science, I'm a little perturbed at how some schools are choosing to handle the subject. The theory of evolution is taught in christian schools. Should this be happening? I do not think it is honoring to God to be teaching a lie about his creation. If you believe that the world was created, not in six days as the Bible says, but that it happened over the course of billions of years, you are denying what the Bible says. If you choose to deny that part of the Bible, why not deny all of it? Why would I go to a school that doesn't teach how every subject (including science) fits into the Bible and Christianity? Isn't that what I'm paying for?

How do you feel about it? I'd love to hear your comments!