My last post was July 19th, 2016, which makes my
absence in the blogosphere over three months! I won’t offer much by way of
excuse. Hopefully those who are interested in the KPU Chaplaincy have found
other ways of keeping up with what I’ve been experiencing and exploring.
The semester had a good beginning. Familiar faces have been
showing up to the regular Thursday night community meals and though attendance
has been sporadic at times, there has more often than not been a small group of
friends gathering to share a meal, conversation, reflection on scripture, and
just time to hang out. Ordered pizza has been the fare of choice; well, mostly my
choice as Thursdays have become slightly busier days for me, transiting from
Latin at UBC out to KPU for the afternoon/evening. Doesn’t leave me much time
to throw together a pot of soup!
(Though, for those Fleetwood CRC readers of my blog, I’m hoping
to have congregation participation in making soup and passing it on for our
regular meals. If that sounds interesting to you, please keep in touch! Frozen
soup, I expect, would be most convenient. We’ll talk.)
I’ve also been privileged to reconnect with students from
last year and get to know a number of new faces. Students from lots of
different Christian traditions and viewpoints, all with something unique to
offer KPU and to offer our little Christian community here. And so, as usual,
much of my time is wonderfully spent over coffee with students (as well as
staff and faculty) hearing about their studies, work, and life in general.
My first attempt at hosting a film series film was something
of a failure; Friday nights, I now know, are not a good night for
hosting events on campus. But, I am committed to it through the end of the semester,
so we will see how the following two attempts go (the series is scheduled for
the last Friday of each month: September, October, and November). The next film
is “Noah,” a rather creative interpretation of the famous Biblical story. I
simply hope it will draw people in and stimulate good discussion.
And this coming Sunday I am hosting an event on evangelism
and KPU at Fleetwood CRC. What is evangelism? And how should it look on
the KPU campus? My hunch is that there is more to evangelism than merely
getting people to understand and accept Christian doctrine (though that is very
likely an important part of it). So I am hopeful that the evening will be a time for spiritual and theological reflection as well as a chance to share about what's going on at KPU.
