Regent Retreat and Thanks to Editorial

Hi, everyone,

On Sunday, I got back from a weekend Regent College retreat to Warm Beach Camp in Washington. Much of the faculty went too, so it was unlike any other retreat I've ever been on. One of the faculty members was the speaker for the retreat, and he spoke on three texts: Psalm 1 and what it means to be "happy," Luke 1 and the virgin Mary, and Matthew 17 and the transfiguration.

Also, there was a (mostly) hilarious talent show this year at the retreat. During one part of the talent show, people began constructing an imaginary "house of love" out of people on stage. One of the faculty members also participated. He had to be a crackling fire, and he played his part by being prompted to say (with feeling), "Crackling fire!" It was pretty funny to see a biblical scholar saying this in his native Scottish brogue.

I've also found that learning all about coordinating conjunctions, prepositional phrases, and other grammatical peticulars from Editorial has been extremely helpful in learning Greek. They also use a modified version of the Chicago Manual of Style for research paper formats, which I'm relieved to know (I don't like the MLA system as much).

Homework's been picking up, but everything's been falling into place so far, and it's an exciting place to be. Hope everything's well!