In case you’re curious, the semester began this week. The good news is that this is my final semester of classes (not that I’m close to being a PhD – comprehensive exams await and then Mt. Everst: the dissertation). On paper the semester looks like it shouldn’t be too demanding… but then again I work a full time job. One or the other would be very manageable but both tend to make one weary very quickly. So hopefully it is a smooth ride. I have only one seminar: The Phenomenon of Islam. I’m also taking Latin and am enrolled in the philosophy colloquium. I’ll also be grading for one or two classes to help make some moolah (Islam and Christian Mission and maybe one other). Its somewhat ironic that after so many years and classes in seminary that so much of this final semester of courses involves Islam.