Divinity

In a thread of comments on thomryng's LJ, scifigal responded to my statement that I'm earning my Masters of Divinity:

Divinity...so you're learning to make candy? hehehe

The funny thing is: for the longest time, I had no idea that "divinity" was a candy. I remember being very young (elementary school age) and reading a Peanuts cartoon in which Linus is going to great lengths trying to get a "piece of divinity" from Lucy. I was smart enough to know that Linus was not trying to get a piece of God from Lucy, but I was utterly puzzled about what it was he did want.

Last Night's Post

The scary thing is that while I didn't get a lot of writing done on my paper last night, I did manage to do some good thinking about it, and working out a structure and outline of points to cover:
* brief background bio of Swedenborg for the prof who doesn't know anything about him
* Swedenborg's utter rejection of the Nicean Creed as one of the worst things to happen to Christianity (he felt it replaced the fundamental revelation of One God with a pagan grouping of three gods)
* Swedenborg's incarnational christology: that is, how he believed Jesus combined the human and divine natures, and its significance.
* How the above, which is the doctrine of the Glorification (ie: over time, Jesus moved from being primarily human to divine human through the conquest of temptation and ever-increasing identification with the divine) provides a model for human regeneration.

Fr. R. says, "If you can't draw a quick line to the pastoral implications, you aren't doing good theology," so expressing what Swedenborg's christology means to those of us who are inspired by his writings is a critical aspect of the paper.

And my mother told me she will babysit The Child during Monday's holiday, which will give me a solid chunk of time to work on the paper in addition to this evening and much of Sunday, so things are looking good for Harn on Saturday.

Three Cheers for San Francisco!

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - . . . an extraordinary act of ongoing civil disobedience in which San Francisco has issued nearly 100 marriage licenses to gay couples. . .

. . with the blessing of newly elected Mayor Gavin Newsom, the county clerk has issued more than 150 marriage licenses to gay couples. Many of the weddings have taken place in quick civil ceremonies inside the ornate City Hall, and the building was to remain open Saturday in observance of Valentine's Day.
http://apnews1.iwon.com//article/20040213/D80MIIC00.html


These quotes are taken from an article in which opponents are trying file suit to stop the process (of course). But hooray for a giant step forward for equal rights for all!

Blech!

I am now at home, in my pajamas, about to get in bed and pull the covers up over my head. Late this morning (after feeling just fine from 5:30am on, thank you very much) I started having spells of light-headedness. Now it feels like someone is twisting a screwdriver in the back of my neck and my forehead feels tight. My stomach is starting to chime in with its own unhappiness. I suspect one of my very rare migraines coming on.

I just wish it hadn't happened on the day before a three day weekend, working for a new boss.

I say again: blech!